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Volume 72, No. 294
Sunday, October 9,1994
75 Cents Per Copy
Telephone Number: 422-8302
Baytown, Texas 77520
Trustees to
set schedule
for hiring top
administrator
COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF...
REGISTER TO VOTE
The last day voters can reg-
ister to vote in the upcoming
Nov, 8 general election is Oct.
9, But since Oct. 9 is a Sunday,
and Oct. 10 is the Columbus
Day holiday, voter registration
offices will hold special hours
this weekend. Saturday, the
Harris County Precinct 3 Court-
house, at 702 W. Baker Road,
will be open from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. Sunday’s hours are 1 to 5
p.m. Applications to vote must
be postmarked by Monday. For
more information on registering
to vote, call 224-1919.
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By JANE HOWARD
The Baytown Sun
Perkins receives
life sentence for
1992 murder role
Goose Creek school board mem-
bers are expected to approve a pro-
cedure and time line for hiring a
superintendent at their next meet-
ing, set for 6.30 p.m. Tuesday in
the board room of the Administra-
tion Building, located at 1415 Mar-
ket Street.
School district administrators
have received and tabulated
responses to a survey distributed to
staff, parents, some students and
the community to gather informa-
tion related to the search for a new
superintendent. A total of 12,689
surveys were distributed, but only
480, or 3.8 percent, were returned.
In a memo to the board from
Public Information Director Kathy
Clausen, she offered a run down on
the information received.
In the portion of the survey that
asked respondents to list questions
they would ask of the new superin-
tendent, the main questions
addressed security and safety in the
schools and the gang problem.
Another frequently offered ques-
tion asked how the superintendent
would see that the education pro-
vided by the district would help all
levels of students — not just GATE
students or students having serious
problems learning. Another popu-
lar question was how the new
superintendent would reduce the
dropout rate.
Asked what major characteristics
the respondents want in a superin-
tendent, honesty, integrity, high
moral character and fairness to ail
students and people were among
the leading answers. Respondents
also indicated a desire for a super-
intendent who is a strong discipli-
narian and leader and who will
make a decision and stand by it.
Goose Creek trustees will begin
and end their Tuesday meeting in
closed sessions with attorneys on
pending or contemplated legisla-
tion, but in between those session
will address a number of issues in a
public forum.
Items on the agenda for public
discussion include limits on stu-
dents’ activity-related absenteeism
and earning credits by examination.
Other items for discussion
include:
■ Trustees will discuss the high
school schedules for the 1995-96
school year.
■ Board members will discuss a
request to the TEA for a waiver on
the number of students allowed per
classroom in grades Pre-K through
4. A Second semester enrollment
survey conducted on Sept. 23
revealed that nine grades were out
of compliance and at least part of
the reason for that is a lack of bilin-
gual teachers.
■ Truste.es are expected to
approve contracts with Melton
Henry & Associates for the con-
struction of Lamar and Ashbel
Smith elementary schools and
select architects for other projects.
■ Trustees will discuss budget
amendments and consider a possi-
ble tax value lawsuit.
Various bids, contracts and pur-
chase considerations will also be
before the board, as will as discus-
sion regarding the vacancy in the
District 7 board trustee position.
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By JANE HOWARD
The Baytown Sun
case accepted a plea bargain, agree-
ing to reduce the charge against her
to aggravated robbery. They gave
“problems with some of the evi-
dence” as the reason. Perkins plead-
ed guilty to the charge, then every-
one had to see what would turn up
during a pre-sentencing investiga-
tion. The judge would decide
Perkins’ punishment in a sentencing
hearing at the close of the investiga-
tion. The possible punishment
ranged from probation to life, but
probation seemed a good possibility
since this was Perkins’ first criminal
conviction.
Carter’s family went public with
pleas for a heavy sentence — the
maximum of life in prison. They
asked the public to send letters and
petitions to the judge if they agreed.
Friday morning, Carter’s friends,
family and supports filled the court-
room. “They locked the doors and
wouldn’t let anyone else in,” said Jo
Ellen Young, Carter’s mother.
Perkins took the stand during the
hearing and admitted leading her
accomplices to Carter’s apartment,
and to pulling sheets from Carter’s
bed to tie him up. Asked if she felt
responsible for Carter’s death, she
said "well, kind of.”
The judge showed the* courtroom
onlookers a stack of letters he’d
received about the case. "It was at
least 20 inches high,” said Mrs.
Young.
About two minutes after testimony
ended, Judge Barr rendered his deci-
sion. “The courtroom went wild,”
said Mrs. Young. “They immediately
rushed Tina out of the room but we
heard her asking, ‘Why did they do
this to me?
Young said she felt some justice
had been done.
“I know now she can’t hurt me or
my family, or anyone else’s family,
for at least 15 years,” she said.
“Maybe we can heal now.”
Assistant District Attorney Ed
Porter, who helped ADA Marc
Brown with the case, said afterwards
“I feel it was a just verdict. Marc
worked very hard on this case.”
Photos by Kurt Gaston
A More than
200 people
attended the
Homemakers
School at the
Baytown
Community
Center Thurs-
day evening.
The event
A Mont Belvieu woman saw her
hopes for the future destroyed in a
Harris County courtroom Friday,
while the family and friends of a
young murder victim saw the same
circumstances in an entirely different
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way.
Judge Jim Barr sentenced Tina
Williams Perkins, 20, to life in
prison for her role in the October,
1992 murder of Blake Carter.
Two years ago, police found
Carter tied to a chair, stabbed, stran-
gled and with his throat cut in his
Rollingbrook Drive apartment. His
money, jewelry and credit cards were
missing, along with his car.
Investigators got onto the suspects
when they found Perkins car in the
apartment complex parking lot.
Carter’s car was missing. Subsequent
investigation gave police a good idea
who they were looking for —
Charles “Rusty” Davis, Tommy
Smith and. Perkins. They put out an
all-points bulletin on the car and set
up phone traces with relatives and
fHends of the suspects. One of those
paid off. They learned the trio was
headed to Florida. Several days after
the murder, authorities there located
the car as a call was traced to a
phone booth there. The trio was
apprehended still wearing the blood-
splattered clothing they’d worn the
night of the murder, still driving
Carter’s car and using his credit
cards. All three confessed to the
crime, though the admissibility of
Perkins’ confession in court was
questionable because of her low IQ
and capability of understanding the
warnings and explanations given her
at the time.
Initially, all three were charged
with capital murder.
Davis pleaded guilty to capital
murder in exchange for a sentence of
life in prison. Soon after, Smith
pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of
first-degree murder and was also
assessed a life sentence.
Just before Perkins was to go on
trial, the prosecutors handling the
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Open house kicks off Fire
Prevention Week Oct. 9
By JANE HOWARD
The Baytown Sun
and residents of the city can have
them installed in their homes free.
Hermann Hospital’s Life Flight
helicopter is scheduled to arrive at
3:30 p.m.
That’s just one of the events
planned for Fire Prevention Week.
Firefighters will visit all the pri-
vate and public schools in the Bay-
town fire response area to distribute
fire prevention literature to every
student in kindergarten, first- and
second-grades. Many of the area
day care centers have visits to the
fire stations planned.
A Fire Prevention Poster contest
is being held in all public and pri-
vate Baytown elementary schools.
Ribbons will be awarded in each
school and some of the posters will
be displayed at events during Fire
Prevention Week.
On Oct. 15, Baytown, Liberty
and La Porte will join forces in
Center Court at San Jacinto Mall
for a Fire Prevention Week display
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. New and old
fire apparatus will be placed inside
the mall along with “smail-sized”
firefighter gear for kids to try on.
Fire prevention literature will be
available on duty to answer ques-
tions throughout the day. Visitors
can register to win smoke detectors
which will be given away through-
out the day.
Baytown Fire & Rescue will kick
off Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 9-
15) with an open house at the Fire
Administration Building, located at
201 East Wye Drive, from 3-6 p.m.
Visitors will have the opportunity
to learn to use fire extinguishers on
actual fires, watch the Baytown Hi-
angle rescue team demonstrate their
skills, and see vehicle extrication
equipment at work. Firefighting
equipment will be on display and
safety materials distributed. Every-
one can sign up for smoke detectors
to be given away every 15 minutes
Weather
Saturday night: Cloudy with a 50
percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid
60s inland, near 70 at the coast.
North wind 10to15mph.
Sunday: Cloudy with a 30 per-
cent chance of showers. High in
the lower to mid 70s. North wind
10 to 15mph.
Drawing by Jenny Swart, fourth
grade, Travis Elementary.
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