The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 180, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1993 Page: 1 of 20
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Volume 71, No. 180
Telephone Number: 422-8302
Friday, May 28, 1993
Baytown, Texas 77520
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Bridge contractor fined
By Jane Howard
of The Baytown Sun
year, Warren said. Warren said crews will soon be lifting the cranes will then be used to lift the pre-structured
For the past year, that is about $1.25 million. If 50-foot sections of roadway that will fill the bridge sections off barges and into place,
the bridge is not completed until very late 1994 — bridge’s yawning gaps, completing the span be- Much of the work has been out of the public
The company contracted to build the long- the current projected date when it is expected to be tween Baytown and La Porte. eye. Workers have been preparing the sections at a
awaited Fred Hartman Bridge on Highway 146 is finished — the company could be subject to addi- Workers have spent the past several months get- lay-down yard, according to Warren. “We’re quite
now being fined an estimated $105,000 monthly tjonal fines up to $1,875,000. ting four stiff-legged derrick cranes into place on a bit ahead on that work.”
for nok meeting the construction deadline, accord- Williams Brothers is not required to actually the center tower’s platform. With more than 90 sections to be lifted and set
ing to Dennis Warren, project manager for the pay the fines, but rather that amount will be with- “We’re close to getting the fourth crane opera- in place, Warren said he expected to work at a rate
Texas Department of Highways and Public held from monies owed the company by the state tional,” said Warren. “It’s taking a little longer of one section every four days.
Transportation. for building the bridge. That amount will instead than I expected.” Doug Pitcock, owner and chief executive officer
Williams Brothers Construction has been fined stay in the state’s general highway fund, said Warren said that fourth crane should be proof- of Williams Brothers, could not be reached for
at a rate of $4,200 per day for approximately one Warren. loaded and ready to go by mid-June. The four comment.
Trustees back
TAAS policy
children with specific difficul-
ties,” said Edward L. Hilde-
brand Jr., board president. “We
Goose Creek school trustees want to be fair to all children,
expressed support Thursday for we must rely on Dr. Griffith’s
an administrative decision not to recommendations and the
allow seniors who failed the recommendations of other pro-
Texas Assessment of Academic fessional educators.”
Skills (TAAS) test to participate
in graduation ceremonies.
By Amit Z. Baruch
of The Baytown Sun
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“Dr. Griffith is convinced
there was adequate notice and
About 50 seniors from a everyone knew the consequ-
graduating class of 900 did not ences,” said Trustee Rick Trout.
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pass the TAAS test. Dr. Harry
Griffith, school superintendent, breaking decision.”
decided Wednesday not to allow
seniors who did not pass the
state-mandated exit-level TAAS
test to participate in graduation
ceremonies.
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“This is an emotional time for
students and families affected
by the inability to graduate,”
said Trustee Olivia Messiah. “I
do hope that the students will
“As I understand it, that poli- take the necessary steps to com-
cy decision belongs at the high plete their high school work this
school and superintendent level, summer and be able to get on
not at the board level,” said Dr. with their lives. This is not the
Clarence Albus Jr., Goose end for them. My message to
Creek trustee. them is, ‘For your own sake,
Other board members agreed complete your work. You owe it
with Albus. But they admitted to yourself.”
that it was a painful situation The TAAS test will be
and that they sympathized with 0ffered aga;n in July Griffith
the students and their families. sajd that senior students can
“My heart goes out to those take preparatory courses
kids. This is very painful,” said through the school district at ho
Trustee Weston Cotten. “But the charge. He added that students
superintendent has made his who pass the July test can attend
decision based on his discus- summer graduation ceremonies
sions with the families and the in cap and gown, with the
high school faculty and I will school board and high school
not attempt to change his deci- principals in attendance,
sions based on my emotions."
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Summer vacation starts after classes end Friday in local schools. From left, at Pumphrey Elementary School, are first-
grader Robert Coleman, teachers Jeannette Martin and Leah Jordan and first-graders Marcos Williams and Toni Hopkins.
Trustees Jim Jeffrey and
"This is a complex issue, and George Rincon were not avail-
we need to be sensitive to able for comment Thursday.
Environmentalist concerned about airport’s impact
A West Chambers County resident, who is executive vice presi- what various officials had to say about the East Grand Parkway environmentalist,
dent of the Texas Ornithological Society, expressed concern about Airoort proposal, which included in its list of possible sites one on He said he lived “within a few miles of all the proposed airport
the potential impact of the proposed East Grand Parkway Airport on USX property in Beach City. Though that site has been dropped sites” and felt strongly that any such construction would threaten
the environment. from the top of the list, public wariness has not diminished, judging several endangered species, including the brown pelican, American
David Dauphin made his remarks at a meeting in Beach City, from Dauphin’s comments. osprey, wood stork, southern bald eagle and attic peregrine falcon,
hosted by Concerned Citizens Against the Airport Monday. Dauphin called the proposed airport “a pork barrel project" that The habitats and flight patterns of at least two other threatened spe-
The meeting was held to offer citizens the opportunity to hear will only benefit a few developers, then offered his opinion as an cies, the ibis and reddish egret, would also be in jeopardy.
Ex-mayor
files appeal
Two more
in city race
Good
Afternoon
Council approves plans for
treatment plant expansion
By Jane Howard
of Hie Baytown Sun
. Attorneys for former mayor
Bobby J. Credille have filed an
appeal of his child molestation
conviction in the 14th Court of
Appeals.
Alan Isbell said “at this point,
we’ve filed notice of appeal and
we are on appeal. Now we’re
having the court reporter’s notes
prepared.”
Isbell said he and Patricia
Saum, who joined him in Cre-
dille’s defense, would look
through those notes to discern
errors, especially those pertain-
ing to matters allowed into evi-
dence in the trial that did not
meet the rules for evidence.
“I’m confident we’re going to
get a new trial,” said Isbell.
On Wednesday, Credille ap-
peared in court, was put on a
$5,000 appeal bond, but released
on his own recognizance.
Isbell said he expected to wait
“about a year” before the case
went before the appeals court.
E. Frank Hinds Jr. and Donna
Walker have become the third
and fourth residents of District 4
to apply for the open seat on
Baytown City Council.
Hinds, 61, has been a resident
of District 4 since 1967. He re-
tired from Exxon USA on Aug.
1, 1992, after more than 35
years of service.
Walker, a resident of Bay-
town for 40 years, is a co-owner
of Walker’s Tax and
Accounting.
Other longtime Baytonians
who have applied for the posi-
tion are William P. “Bill” Cor-
nelius and James S. Entringer.
Friday is the last day to sub-
mit an application to City Hall.
City Cleric Eileen Hall will ac-
cept resumes through 5 p.m.
District 4 includes the subdi-
visions of Country Club Oaks,
Allenbrook, Dent, Glen Arbor,
Glen Meadow, FairPark,
Ridgewood, Graywood, Single-
ton, Parkridge, Leavins and Wil-
burn Brothers.
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By Elizabeth Froehlich
of The Baytown Sun
Baytown City Council Thursday approved
plans for the expansion of the West District
sewage treatment plant to more than three
times its current capacity.
Bob McDaniel, a project engineer with
Langford Engineering, presented the 57-page
proposal to council and explained that the plant
will be expanded from a capacity of 1.32
million gallons a day to 4 million gallons per
McDaniel said with the added capacity, the
West District plant will be able to accommo-
date growth in the service area, as well as a
transfer of sewage generated.
“This is the projection for the foreseeable
future,” McDaniel said.
Also, with the renewal of the city’s permit,
the Texas Water Commission has tightened the
restrictions. Thus, the expanded plant will
provide a higher degree of treatment.
McDaniel adde4 that the plans do take into
account environmental concerns.
“We’re doing everything we can to protect
We’re doing everything we
can to protect the aquatic life
at the point of discharge.
Engineer Bob McDaniel
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said.
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The expansion project will cost $4.4 million,
which the city will pay for with bond funds and
with a $1.5 million Economic Development
Administration grant.
Bids will be opened June 30 and the
estimated construction time is 425 days.
The expansion will include additional aera-
tion basins, clarifiers, additional sludge hand-
ling facilities, chlorination facilities and
additional effluent lift station capacity.
The West District sewage treatment plant is
located near the roadside park on the south side
of Interstate 10.
MINI-THOUGHTS
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other job. It is much ea-
sier if you like the boss.
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 180, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1993, newspaper, May 28, 1993; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1157875/m1/1/?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.