The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 201, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 22, 1994 Page: 4 of 14
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Our congratulations to the 12 local junior school-age students awarded
Good Citizenship Medals by the Goose Creek Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. To qualify, these students were noted for
excelling in honor, service, courage, leadership and patriotism.
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The Baytown Sun is publishdNtonday through Saturday at
1301 Memorial Drive in Baytown.
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that not every man they’ll meet is Prince Charming.
But every one isn’t A1 Bundy, either.
Richards addressed several hundred delegates to Girls State this
week, urging them to become self-sufficient and not rely on others
to take care of them.
Prince Charming may ride up on a Honda, she told them. But
he’s going to expect you to make the payments.
Half of all marriages end in divorce, she added, and 70 percent
of divorced women find themselves living in poverty.
Richards said her sober message was meant to be honest, not
depressing. She also urged young women to reject the stereotypes
they see on television.
We agree with Richards that today’s young women need to hear a
message of self-reliance and responsibility.
We wish she could have done so without taking a jab at men.
“Prince Charming may be driving a Honda and telling you you
have no equal,” she said, “but that’s not going to do much good
when you’ve got kids and a mortgage, and I could add he’s got a
beer gut and a wandering eye.’’ '- ,
The best way to raise the self-esteem of young women is not by
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Writer says thanks for coverage on condition of school bleachers
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ment at an additional $1,000 per month each
— That’s $3,000 per month, folks—added
to their current salaries. And exactly what is
that figure, plus what benefits? Griffith will
continue as a consultant—paid how much?
I know the man at the top traditionally has
the most, but we are talking about our school
district You know, education? What our
very high school tax pays foi? Exactly whose
pocket did the recent tax increase go into?
It’s not for extracurricular activities and
equipment I see nothing added to die basic
school needs. True, we are finally getting the
new buildings we have needed for years, but
haven’t we been paying for them for years?
Leth turn some pockets inside out and see
what is really going on. 1 know I’m curious.
DENNIS W.STAVINOHA
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LETTERS
Please extend a special thank-you to Jane
Howard and Carrie Pryor-Newman for
reporting die condition of bleachers through-
out the school district. I also thank you for cess. There was a total of3,500 pounds of
die editorial in an attempt to redirect school food donated by you, die Baytown area resi-
board members’ focus on eliminating unnec-
essary and tragic risks to the “ordinary” peo-
ple of the community.
The tragic loss of Jennifer has immeasur-
ably affected and altered our lives forever. It
is our hope and desire that responsible par-
ties throughout all sport levels will focus on
bleacher safety. It is our prayers that no indi-
vidual and family will ever experience a loss
of this magnitude.
Thank you again for your responsive cov-
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Our thanks again for help in this food
drive program.
Robert Zbranek is postmaster at Bay-
town s main post office.
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DIANNE ROMBS
Baytown
I am truly amazed by the priorities set by
die Goose Creek CISD. Each school Parent-
Teacher Organization must hold fund-raisers Write US...
to purchase things such as playground or P.E.
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Texas viewpoints
Texas’ top political leaders are promising no
new state taxes, but advocating new spending
ordinary” people in die community.
Dennis Stavinoha is the unde of Jennifer equipment at any other “extras” the district
does not have die funds in-budget for.
The Baytown Sun welcomes letters of up
to 300 words, and guest columns of up to
500 words, on any public issue. Guest
columns should include a photograph of the
writer.
We publish only original material
addressed to The Baytown Sun bearing the
writer’s signature. An address and phone
number not for publication should be includ-
Sutton, the young girl who died when the
bleachers at Memorial Stadium collapsed
during a high school baseball playoff game, shell out of their own pockets for little things
to make class more interesting or provide
ROBERT ZBRANEK
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The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Yet we have been paying the district super-
The United States Postal Service Baytown intendent a salary that would support at least
employees would like to thank all Baytown four teachers annually, not to mention the
area residents who participated in the recent bonuses and allowances he receives.
National Association of Letter Carriers food And now it takes not one but three people
ed.
Although the call to order for the Texas Legislature’s next regular ses-
1 1 sion still is more than six months away, some of the state’s political lead-
; ; ership already is making promises that are going to be difficult if not
impossible to keep.
-I Preliminary reports note that some of the state’s top political leaders
' are promising that there will be no new state taxes while simultaneously
. *. advocating new spending.
Taxpayers need think nd further back than 1993 when the state held the
line on taxes simply by shifting the revenue burden from Austin to the
local level, thereby forcing boosts in local property taxes to make up the
shortfall...
A state teacher pay raise — a promise that has been made but not kept
1 for the past six years — will cost about $1.1 billion. Court-mandated
school finance reform may add another $2 billion in the coming bienni-
Higher education, health and human services and the expanding
; ; prison system cannot keep pace now with rising demands, despite
v ’ increased revenue from the existing tax base.
*; • Making promises in the short term that probably can’t be kept in the
long term may be good politics — but it’s also bad public policy and a
disservice to those who pay the bills.
We ask that submissions be limited to one
per month.
All letters and guest columns are subject
to temporarily fill the superintendent’s posi- to editing. The Sun reserves the right to
tion until one man can be found as a replace- refuse to publish any submission.
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Should the single and childless pick up parents’ slack?
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Coming Inc. grants leaves of absence for
personal projects such as volunteer work,
and the Kodak Co. grants leaves for “a com-
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unique personal experience,” Kodak
spokesperson Kathy W. Olson told the New
York Tones. The guiding principle is that as
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afford to be flexible with employees’ person-
al lives.
’ll admit I sometimes get a little annoyed
when our secretary is off with a sick kid
and the boss sends me on an errand she
would ordinarily do. My office is closest to
hers, so when he comes up empty searching
for her, he finds me.
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with a sick child, but it’s not all right for
them with me. I want her to be at the assem- them to take off a day or two for personal
bly when her daughter wins almost every
business.
They’ve come to realize that when fee
them, should be better for parents, too. If all
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llrlruJteSi Yet there are plenty of childless workers lying home to fix supper for a toddler and a children. Applicants wife kids will be
Tfcmtl wSoSl who feel left out offeeperic line in this age kindergartner. “I already have plans” sounds expected to miss more work and be less wrill-
poLL°WeP BY waves °f LIGHT ' of flex-time, on-site daycare and the Family pretty lackluster compared to a 2- and 5- ing to work overtime, and an eager persoit
PIGNUTS WiTH Ck*BRiTY and Medical Leave Act More than 20 per- year-old waiting at daycare to be picked qp wife no family ties can look much more
°tua cent of workers polled by Hewitt and Asso- and fed.
MoVfe W--WHo i ciates, an employee-benefits consulting firm, Leslie Lafayette, a high-school English
said they are made to assume more responsi- teacher in Sacramento, Calif., says she’s tired basis of expected nonperformance.
__® bilities and work longer hours to cover for of doing more than her fair share. She started Olson may have put it best when she said
fee Childfree Network, a support organiza- ’ ‘ ‘ ^
tion for nonparents, and claims 2,500 mem- “equity” means “everybody gets fee same
bras in 33 states. thing.” Instead, she suggests, “Everyone
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needs of childless workers who want to take best and are expected to shut up about it,”
an ifl pet to the vet or think itb important to Lafayette told fee New York Tunes recently,
be at home when the termite guy comes.
Sarah Overstreet is a columnist for the
A few companies are trying to make sure Newspaper Enterprise Association. Her cor-
Nonparents don’t understand why itfc OK for their childless employees feel included in the respondence may be addressed care of this
fee fellow at the next desk to be off five days new atmosphere feat supports families:
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 201, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 22, 1994, newspaper, June 22, 1994; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1157864/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.