The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 57, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1995 Page: 4 of 12
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Our congratulations to members of the Evening Pilot Club of Baytown,
whose monetary donations to the Bay Area Rehabilitation Center will
help pay for purchases of language development computer tapes for
students there.
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ewt Gingrich and his cronies in the 104th Congress are taking
their oaths of office even as you read this. The pundits are
already looking past the aftermath of the 1994 campaign to
1996. Election season is over, right?
Not quite yet. Voters in three sections of Goose Creek CISD will
head back to the ballot box on Jan. 21 to select their trustees.
In District 4, incumbent Edward L. Hildebrand Jr., 48, who lists his
occupation as “business consultant,” faces challenger Dr. Dann
Ganzhom, 38, program director for the Family Practice Residency
Training Program at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital.
In District 7, Robbie Reddell, 28, a student, will be running against
Braden Woodall, 28, an operator at Arco Chemical. Woodall resigned
from Goose Creek CTSD in 1993 after spending two years there as a
teacher and coach. Reddell attempted to withdraw from the race, but
waited until after the deadline for doing so. His name will appear on
the ballot, although he is encouraging District 7 voters to support
Woodall instead. The District 7 trustee’s seat has been vacant since
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Serious Worriers look forward to the new year
s we enter the second half of the 1994- i
1995 worrying season, I would like to I
call attention to two items that, year I
after year, continue to prove themselves reli- 1
able sources of anxiety for Serious Worriers. 1
(Normal People, by which I mean those |
who seldom worry about anything more cos- |
mic than whether Letterman is getting better f
ratings than Leno, probably cannot appreci- f
ate what I am about to impart to my fellow
Serious Worriers and may want to skip on
down to paragraph six.)
The first item is asteroids. They are a con-
stant threat, these great masses of stuff that
whisk through space and sometimes crash
into planets. On May 20,1993, an asteroid
measuring 30 feet in diameter passed within Year’s Day and goes until Memorial Day.
90,000 miles of Earth. Another asteroid the During this period, Serious Worriers pace the
size of a school bus flew by last month at a floor, pondering such esoteric matters as,
distance of65,00^ miles. Will a chunk of
space rock slam into Earth and throw up a
cloud that will block the sun and create a
new Ice Age that will wipe out life as we
know it?
and cookie batter may contain salmonella
enteritidis, and that could kill you... Too
much aspirin can give you ulcers, too much
Tylenol can damage your liver, too much
Advil can cause kidney failure.
The pantyhose industry could suffer
because more women are dressing casually
and buying less hosiery... Drowsy drivers
may be causing as many accidents as drunk
drivers... Fewer teen-agers are getting the
Let’s hear it for heavenly bodies and tilting exercise they need for healthy living... The
number of American farms has fallen from
6.8 million in 1935 to 1.9 million in 1994...
worrying business, I should explain that the The tracking industry is suffering from a dri-
official Worrying Season runs from Labor
Day to Christmas, picks up again on New
August, when Rick Trout resigned the post.
In District 1, Olivia Messiah is running unopposed for re-election.
We wish there was an easy way to tell you which GCCISD district
you live in, so you would know which candidates are seeking your
vote. Unfortunately, there isn’t.
We suggest you call the school district’s administration office at
420-4800 to ask for help.
Your school trustees have more to do with the daily lives of you and
your family than Newt Gingrich, Steve Stockman, Bob Dole or Phil
Gramm ever will The League of Women Voters plans a forum dis-
cussion for 7 p.m. tonight at the City Council Chambers at Baytown
City Hall, 2401 Market Street. We hope you’ll attend to learn more
about these candidates, and then cast your vote in the Jan. 21 elec-
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turrets.
For those who are not familiar with the
ver shortage... The American Medical
doctors.
Still not sure if you are an SW? Tiy these
“Who owns Antarctica?” One of the most ■ A team of researchers at Arizona State
unsettling matters of recent years, to give University says that women who read popu-
you an example, was ftie news that crema- lar women’s magazines and watch a lot of
tion is polluting the air with vaporized mer- television are significantly more likely to
cury from dental fillings.
3 The second item is the Leaning Tower of Are you wondering if you are a Serious tion with their appearance.
Pisa. It got out of kilter as it was being built Worrier? Check the following inventory of ■ Shopping malls may be going the way
eight centuries ago and has been threatening things SWs are fretting about as we enter the of the dinosaur. Retail marketing experts say
to fall over ever since. In 1990, it listed
another .04 of an inch, but then a group of
engineers piled 600 tons of lead at the base major-league worrier:
of the tower to act as a counterweight, and
the thing straightened up half an inch. Seri-
ous Worriers around the world brooded over
the loss of a staple source, but then came a
miracle. A foot-wide chunk of stone fell offi to cutbacks in pesticide use, black widow
The tower is crumbling! Will it fall com-
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new year. If any three of them give you that Americans are spending significantly less
iron-fist-in-the-belfy feeling, you could be a time in malls than they were just a decade
ago, and many are predicting a return to strip
shopping centers.
If that last one bothers you, try friend, you
are definitely Serious Worrier material.
Joseph Spear’s column is distributed by
the Newspaper Enterprise Association. His
spiders have been found hiding in the grapes mail may be addressed care of this newspa-
at the supermarket... Homemade ice cream per.
Texas viewpoints
1994 saw the U.S.-Mexico border region
move toward a much-needed consensus
hit
Long-term users of mouthwashes that
contain more than 25 percent alcohol are
more likely to get oral cancer... Your cat
may be a bubonic plague carrier... Thanks
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Oh, what a year it was for the Rio Grande Valley. The year 1994 was filled
with political twists and turns, subplots of human drama and tragedy, and an
economic resurgence that gives the region a sense of hope...
Our pages, and local conversations, were filled with NAFTA’s first year, the
indictment and eventual removal of a local sheriff, and political upheavals
that included the defeat of a colorful Texas governor.
A year of solid economic growth was unfortunately tempered in December
by Mexican peso devaluations that saw the currency lose one-third of its
value. The unexpected devaluations were another reminder of how closely
linked border life is to developments in Mexico.
The devaluations set off concern—but not panic — in the Valley business
community. The measured response is an indication of the region’s economic
maturity and development. The Valley now waits and hopes for the new
Zedillo administration to announce an economic plan that will instill confi-
dence and calm the crisis.
The uncertainties of border business again point to the need for regional
consensus and leadership on a number of different economic and political
issues. The Valley has always been known for fragmentation that is driven by
competing community and political interests, but 1994 saw some solid gains
made in regional consensus.
The region came together to forge an impressive proposal that resulted in
the Valley being awarded an empowerment zone. The designation will pro-
vide $40 million in federal assistance for the Valley. The funding will be used
for job training, infrastructure and incentives to attract new business to the
region.
In politics, the Valley stood alone on Election Day as one of the few
remaining Democratic strongholds in a state that followed the national trend
toward representation by GOP politicians.
Gov. Ann Richards suffered a stinging defeat despite overwhelming Valley
support. Still, Gov.-elect George W Bush sounded an optimistic note for
South Texas when he named Cameron County Judge Tony Garza secretary of
state.
Bush promised to continue focusing attention on South Texas in the man-
ner Richards did, and he has vowed to make appointments that reflect the
state’s diversity. Keeping those promises would benefit the Valley greatly and
upgrade the Republican’s Party’s profile in the region...
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An open letter to Gen. Colin Powell: Go for it
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I stoke the fire of your invisible presidential
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I Then and Now”... the conservative ventrilo-
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1 lowing your success in negotiating America
* out of the Haitian quagmire.
ear Gen. Powell:
Go for it
How neat and simple. Exhortations
are easy for couch potato pundits. But only
you can decide what “it” is—a two-letter
undifferentiated neutrality that appeals to \
everybody.
Is “if the presidential candidacy on Paul f
Tsongas’proposed third party? Vice presi- §
dential candidacy on the Republican ticket?
Or vice presidential candidly on the Demo- at the record.” No third party candidate has dits of all persuasions salivate over you like
cratic ticket (only if your former comman- ever been elected president. Only one third starving puppies in a meat locker is Ameri-
der-in-chief decides not to run for re-election party presidential candidate—former Presi- ca’s awe-struck love affair with generals,
and A1 Gore succeeds as the logical heir dent Theodore Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party Since Washington, we have elected 11 gen-
apparent).
Of these three options, the last is the least sneak Democrat Woodrow Wilson to victory president,
attractive. Even with the popular and more with a minority of the popular vote,
merchandisable A1 Gore, the Democratic Wilson’s minority-vote election wasn’t
party will go into the 1996 primaries as dam- unusual. Seven presidents, beginning with
aged goods, weighed down by 1994 Democ- Lincoln and ending with Clinton, have been unknown tantalizes the national psyche. Are
ratic rejections and a two-year scorched-
earth policy on Democratic legislation.
Your second least attractive option is the lage votes—and that’s hard,
third party because it is the most daunting. So, those of us who would support you for Who really cares? The only issue for 1996
American voters are passionate middle-of- president (why does that come as a sur-
the-roaders. They periodically oscillate prise?) enthusiastically commend Paul which they can reflect the rambunctious
between the two major parties but never con- Tsongas’ statesmanship in urging your third mood behind the 1994 middle America
fer their national affections on a third party. party candidacy, despite the formidable odds revolt
Furthermore, getting majority status is against its success,
now a logistical and financial quagmire. Your best option is Republican vice presi- Newspaper Enterprise Association. Write
But as A1 Smith loved to quip, “Let’s look dent But relentless speculation continued to him care of this newspaper.
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