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in the detention hall at Cedar Bayou Junior
School.
PBR Architects and Herbst and Stiffler has
estimated the total cost, including professional
fees and contingency, to be about $910,000.
Trustees have asked school officials to
relate the recommendations in the study to other
security-related projects that have been discussed
and to provide a total cost estimate.
“If we’re going to have the best schools in
Harris County, we’ll have to have the safest
schools in Harris County,” said Superintendent
Harry Griffith.
As potential solutions, the study recommends
restricting access to the rear of the school after
classes begin and to provide locked fences and
walls. The only access would be either through the
front entrance or the south student parking lot.
Also, the study recommends additional parking
lots, lighting, landscaping, zone alarms and an
intercom system.
While security problems at other facilities were
listed as less serious, the study did recommend a
new visitor parking lot, intercoms and zone alarms
at Sterling; intercoms and motion sensors at
Baytown, Gentry and Highlands junior schools;
and a new auto drop-off drive, an intercom
upgrade, an expanded alarm system and a camera
elements to the campus,” the study said. “During
the course of a school day, no current technology
exists to discern the difference between desirable
Baytown school trustees are looking at results and undesirable elements.”
of a safety and security study which recommends The study found that the most serious architec-
more than $900,000 in improvements to some tural and equipment-related security problems are
buildings. at Robert E. Lee High School.
PBR Architects Inc. and Herbst and Stiffler Inc. “Robert E. Lee is the most critical in terms of
completed the study of the Robert E. Lee and Ross security,” said Bill Harrison of Herbst and Stiffler.
S. Sterling high school campuses and the Bay- The school is comprised of 14 buildings
town, Gentry, Highlands and Cedar Bayou junior constructed over a period of about 60 years, the
school campuses. _____ ___________________ study said. This has led to a problem regarding
“The single most important factor in improving unauthorized access to many campus facilities,
the security at the intermediate and high schools Another serious problem at REL is traffic, the
within the district is limiting access of undesirable study said.
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school trustees Monday
will discuss setting em-
ployees’ salaries for
1992-93.
Board members will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
Administrative Services
Building.
Other topics to be dis-
cussed include considera-
tion of an after-school care
program with the Greater
Houston YMCA for the
1992-93 school year and
consideration of action to
clarify school policy re-
garding the possession and
use of mace* or other defen-
sive chemical substances.
Trustees will also hear
reports on the Districtwide
Educational Improvement
Council, the status of dis-
trict finances and salary in-
formation and Texas Edu-
cation Association com-
pliance monitoring.
Many environmental activists, lead by Jim
Blackburn, a Houston attorney who is the founder
of the Galveston Bay Foundation, said immedi-
Thc work of the U.S. Army atcly after the ruling they hoped construction
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WALLISVILLE
Coips of Engineers on the Wallisville Reservoir would stop because the federally funded project
project has continued despite a unanimous vote by should not continue in the face of ruling by a state
the Texas Water Commission calling for a commission. Blackburn could not be reached for
yearlong environmental study before the project’s comment regarding the continued construction of
state permit is renewed, according to Col. Brink the project.
Miller, who supervises the reservoir project for
the corps.
“The state’s decision does not impact our reservoir, which has been battling environmental
project at all,” Miller said. “I’m constructing a activists and fiscal constraints since construction
federal project as directed by the Congress and the first began in 1966.
federal government.
“I have had no communication with the state or
the water commission about their ruling, and I
don’t expect I will,” Miller said. “We receive our
funding from the Congress, and they told us to go
ahead, so that’s what we’re doing.”
Texas Water Commission spokesman Bill Col-
bert said the commission has no power to stop the
Corps of Engineer’s construction. “There’s no
definite timetable set for the environmental
review,” he said. “(Commission Chairman John
Hall) said it will probably be anywhere from eight
months to a year before the review is completed.*’
Colbert added the corps is working under a
limited budget, and that even with renewed
construction the project is likely years away from
completion.
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October 1991, despite the protests of environ-
mental leaders who say construction will further
devastate the Galveston Bay system by stopping
the fresh water which comes down from the
Trinity River.
A spokesman for the Corps of Engineers said a
completed reservoir would serve three major
functions: create a saltwater barrier for fanning
irrigation water, reduce local barge traffic and
provide a new source of water for the Houston
metropolitan area.
“We will continue to complete the project so
that W can provide a better water supply, no
saltwater intrusion and an increase in recreational
activities,” Miller said.
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Anahuac Refuge receives
$1.5 million to buy land
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Photo by Jane Howard
As older brothers do, Glenn Hartrick, 10, gives younger
brother Christopher, age 7, a nudge as they show their
appreciation for Baytown police officers to Sgt. Jon Hud-
son on. Cop Appreciation Day.
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the early 1980s, so the majority of our growth has
been fairly recent,” he said.
In addition to the 28,000-acre Anahuac loca-
ANAHUAC — Though all reports indicate the tion, Ciccone said the area’s wildlife refuge
recession has had a devastating effect on the oversees 43,000 acres on the two McFaddin
Texas home buying industry, Dorn Ciccone refuges in Victoria County and the 9,000-acrc
recently discovered he has $1.5 million to spend Texas Point Refuge in Jefferson County,
on buying land.
Ciccone won’t be spending his money on has a non-development easement for 3,000 acres
ranch-style homes or beach front property. As on the Moody National Wildlife Refuge. “The
project leader for the Anahuac National Wildlife easement means the private owner can’t do
Refuge’s Anahuac Complex, Ciccone said he was anything to the land which will destroy it,” he
“thrilled” to receive $2.1 million in President said.
George Bush’s proposed 1992 federal budget for - “We have recently put considerable effort into
R. W. “Bill” Upchurch, vice— Two years later, he became operations and continued land' acquisition. identifying and protecting the wetland area for the
president of the refinery depart- assistant manager of the corpo- “We definitely can use the money,” Ciccone migratory North American wetland fowl,” he
ment, Exxon Co. USA, will rate planning department and in said. “I expect we’ll be able to continue with our added. “We want to try and do something to bring
speak to the Baytown Exxon 1977 he was named manager of current programs for land acquisition, which have back the declining duck population, and the
Annuitants Association at 10 the Baton Rouge Refinery. been a big priority ... We have a total goal of refuge’s land acquisition will really help us with
a.m. Wednesday at the Com- After four years -as manager, acquiring an additional 33,000 acres for the that goal.”
munity Building. he returned to Houston in as Anahuac Refuge.
A former |-- operations manager of Exxon The funding includes approximately $541,000 not a problem at this point. “We have identified a
employee at JHk USA’s Headquarters Refinery for management of the Anahuac Refuge, Ciccone lot of willing sellers for the land,” he said.
Exxon’s Bay- Department. said. The complex currently has 15 staff members,
town Refinery, Br w In 1984, he was named depu- Ciccone noted the funding is what his office away without giving a fair price, we usually have
Upchurch is a CSS W ty manager of the corporate expected and is not related to a reduction in any to wait for the appropriate funding before we can
native of Rus- V I I planning department at Exxon other project. add all the land which is available.”
ton, La. Corp. headquarters in New York The refuge began in 1963 with 10,000 acres in Ciccone added that Liberty County has received
\ He earned his City. the Anahuac section, Ciccone said. “We began $2 million for the creation of its own wildlife
bachelor’s and M In 1985, Upchurch moved to acquiring a great deal of land in the late 1970s and refuge, which will not be handled by his office.
master’su—— London as planning and refining -— -------------- t
degrees in ch manager in the petroleum pro-
chemical engi- ^ ducts department, Esso Europe
ncering from Louisiana Tech Inc.
University. The following year, he
After graduating in 1963, he returned to the U.S. in a similar
began his career with Exxon at capacity with Exxon Co. Inter- By Jane Howard -
the Baytown Refinery. • national in New Jersey.
Upchurch served in a series In 1988, Upchurch was
of engineering assignments appointed vice president and Baytown Chamber of Commerce is taking Chamber members,
before being named (technical assistant general manager of registration for its annual Business Expo, an all- Already, the list of exhibitors includes Lee
manager at Exxon’s Baton Petroleum Product, Esso Ita- day event scheduled for May 1 at Community College the Baytown school district, several
Rouge Refinery in 1971. liano in Rome, Italy. Building. v 6 ’
In 1972, he became the pro- In 1989, he returned to Exxon Expo is billed as an opportunity for people to
cess superintendent of the Baton Co. USA as manager of public get to know local businesses and what services
Rouge Refinery. affairs department. and products they have to offer. Chamber officials
In 1974, he moved to Hous- In 1990, he was appointed to say it is a prime example of “networking,” which
ton as manager of product line his current position as vice is a basic function of the organization,
coordination in Exxon USA’s president of the refining depart- With room for approximately 50 indoor exhibits
marketing department. ment. and 10 outdoor exhibits, the’92 Expo is expected 422-8359.
By Greg Kahn
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Ciccone also said the federal government also
WEATHER
Upchurch former local employee
MONDAY NIGHT; Fair and
cooler, low in mid-to-upper
40s. Tuesday: Mostly
sunny, high in low-to-mid
70s. From 8 a.m. Sunday
to 8 a.m. Monday, high of
81, low of 50. Rainfall: .23
of an inch recorded.
Ciccone said tracking down available land is
MINI-THOUGHTS
Because we don’t condemn land or take land
Ahhh yes. Always re-
member the sage warn-
ing of comic W.C. Fields:
“Trust everybody but cut
the cards."
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Business Expo slated May 1
Got the Gators
Lee College Rebels
overcome San Jacinto Ga-
tors with rally in 8th in-
ning. See Craig Wilson’s
story, Page 7-A.
to showcase a wide variety array of the Baytown
area’s best.
Registration cost is $250 and is open to all
of The Baytown Sun
‘Czech’ it out
Secretary of State
James Baker is no fan of
rock star Frank Zappa.
See Jack Anderson’s col-
umn, Page 4-A.
hospitals, banks, chemical companies and smaller
specialty businesses.
The event will be preceded by a business mixer
from 7-9 p.m. April 30 at the Community
Building,"“hosted by Miles Inc.
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 93, Ed. 1 Monday, February 17, 1992, newspaper, February 17, 1992; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154059/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.