The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1995 Page: 4 of 16
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A PAT ON THE BACK
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... to Josh Shafer of Mont Belvieu. Josh, a second grader at Barbers
Hill Primary School, won second place in a statewide environmental
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The Baytown Sun is published Monday through Friday and Sunday at
1301 Memorial Drive in Baytown.
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Managing Editor
Gary Dobbs
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Asst Managing Editor
Mark Kramer
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Rep. Jack Fields
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or 12 years, Jack Fields was Baytown’s congressional representative. He
was dedicated to us, made us feel important, looked after our interests —
the things we like our congressman to do.
In 1992, it was decided that Baytown should be represented by half of Con-
: gress and not a sole representative. Baytown was removed from Jack’s district.
- He did a good job for the Baytown area and we hated to lose him.
Over the past three years, Jack continued to serve many of the folks in Bay-
town because they kept calling him. He was not required to address any of our
problems but he did. He kept his ties with our community even though we
weren’t his constituents.
He didn’t seek the spotlight, but instead, worked hard for those things he felt
were good for his district and the country.
Now, he has decided to retire from Congress to spend more time with his
family. We truly admire him for taking this stand. In fact, our world would be a
better place if more people followed his example.
Thanks for the many fine things you did for our community. We wish you and
your family the best.
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Slow down until you see the sign
the TAAS passing rate for all students or
any of the four student groups is below 30
percent. And, by the year 2000, any dis-
trict or campus that has less than a 50 per-
cent TAAS passing rate will receive the
lowest rating.
AUSTIN — Texas motorists should
continue to heed the posted speed limit, |
although President Clinton has signed into |
law a bill that repeals the national maxi-
mum speed limit.
The Texas Department of Transporta-
tion and the Department of Public Safety
jointly announced that new speed-limit
signs are not expected to start going up on J
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“The best advice for motorists is to
abide by the posted speed limit, “ said
Maj. E.C. Sherman of the DPS Traffic
Law Enforcement Division. “Some areas
will stay 55 mph, so motorists should not
assume the speed limit is any higher than
the posted limit.”
Bill Burnett, executive director of the
Department of Transportation, said the
agency has anticipated the maximum
national speed limit would be lifted.
But the law allows the Texas Trans-
portation Commission to set speed limits
lower than 70 mph “if the lower speed is
justified by engineering and traffic studies
for particular sections of highway,” he
added.
CAPITOL
National forum set in Austin
Organizers of the National Issues Con-
vention, Jan. 18-21 in Austin, are calling
the event “an unprecedented experiment in
the American Democratic process.”
It is hoped the convention will draw
many of the 1996 presidential candidates.
Only U.S. Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan., has
Free speeehis atthe
heart of flag ‘debate’
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ty System for 1996 to the year 2000, the
Texas Education Agency announced early
this month.
Mandated by the Texas Legislature in
1993 as a method of rating school districts said he would not attend,
and campuses, the new four-tiered rating
system is based on students’ scores in the
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills
Bell to refund customers
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. is to
share $19.4 million with customers as a
final payment under a four-year regulatory
plan that governed its rates and earnings
before the state’s new telecommunications
t shouldn’t have been that close. By only three votes, the Senate on Tues-
day turned down a proposed constitutional amendment to ban desecration
of the American flag.
The amendment would have given Congress the authority to outlaw flag
burning and other forms of desecration of the Stars and Stripes.
It’s disappointing that so many of our leaders in the Senate seem to be playing
1 to emotionalism on an issue that strikes so close to one of our most basic free-
doms: free speech.
The First Amendment, we should all remember, was designed to protect
speech. Especially politically unpopular—or even reprehensible— speech.
As despicable as flag-burning is, it simply does not qualify as an issue that
merits the rewriting of our Constitution.
According to officials, there were three flag burning incidents in 1994 and
none in 1993.
Amending the Constitution to address those incidents is senseless and redun-
; dant. There are, already, laws against theft, vandalism and inciting a riot that
r can be used to deal with such rare occurrences.
j; Supporters of the amendment, sensing political ground to be gained, vow that
they will continue to seek an anti-flag-buming amendment.
It’s unfortunate, with the unfinished business facing this Congress, that an
; issue like this — full of sound and fury, signifying nothing — has once again
i taken center stage in Washington.
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(TAAS) exam given to pupils in grades 3
through 8 and 10, and dropout rates and
attendance rates. In 1996, districts and
campuses will also be acknowledged for
high performance on college admission
tests.
law took effect Sept. 1.
In a report filed with the Public Utility
Commission, Southwestern Bell agreed to
School districts are rated exemplary,
recognized, academically acceptable and a one-time credit that customers may see
academically unacceptable. Campuses are on their billing statement as early as
rated exemplary, recognized, acceptable or r March. Credits will be $1.36 per residen-
low-performing. tial line and $2.99 for a business line.
“Although in many ways, the system
remains unchanged for the past years,
some performance standards will be sub-
stantially increased by the turn of the cen-
toy. The system expects high perfor-
mance from all groups of students, “ said
Texas Education Commissioner Mike
Engineers with the Department of
Transportation have been reviewing the
77,000-mile state highway system since
September to determine appropriate
If approved, the refund will bring the
five-year total of refunds to $172 million
speeds.
The study is divided into four phases:
interstate and divided highways, undivided
highways of four lanes or more, all other
highways on the state and U.S. systems,
and all other farm-to-market and ranch-to-
Grover challenges LBJ law
Former GOP state Sen. Henry C.
“Hank” Grover of Houston filed a lawsuit
in Travis County against the Texas Repub-
lican Party, claiming that the election rule
market roads. Results of the first phase
indicate the Transportation Department
cannot justify a speed limit lower than 70
mph on the majority of rural interstate and
divided highways—which make up
about 10 percent of the total highway sys-
tem in Texas but carry more than 60 per-
cent of the traffic.
Moses.
In 1995, for example, a district or cam- allowing a person (in this case, Phil
pus was rated academically Gramm) to run for the presidency and
unacceptable/low performing if less than » another office at the same time is uncon-
25 percent of its total students or student
groups (African American, Hispanic,
white or economically disadvantaged)
passed the reading, writing and math sec-
tions of the TAAS exam.
Now the bar is being raised. In 1996,
districts or campuses will be rated acade-
mically unacceptable/low performing if
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stitutional.
The rule was written in 1960 to allow
then-U.S. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson to run
for re-election and president.
Today in histoiy
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Academic ratings upgraded
Texas public schools will be held to
higher performance standards under the
newly revised Public School Accountabili-
j Today is Thursday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 1995. There are 17 days left in
J the year.
* Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 14,1799, the first president of the
^United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon home at age 67,
g nearly three years after leaving office.
\ On this date: In 1986, the experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick
» Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on
* the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world.
; Today’s Birthdays: Comedian-actor Morey Amsterdam is 81. Actor-director
; George Furth is 63. Actress Patty Duke is 49.
Capitol Highlights is compiled by Lyn-
dell Williams and Ed Sterling of the
Texas Press Association.
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ping to get to it.
ROYLMALL
Baytown
Compost pile—garden—cockroach-
es. Come on, Luther Haddick! You have a
good thing going, but you have been
The Associated Press breeding cockroaches like mad and for
several years too.
Roaches have wings for the purpose of
flying away. They may stay at home dur-
ing the daylight hours, but they go astray
at night. I’ve had houses on each side of
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JAY M. ESHBACH, II
Baytown
It was with surprise and sadness that
many of us heard on Monday, that U.S.
Representative Jack Fields, R-Humble,
has decided to bow out of politics.
It is an undeniable fact that Jack has had
a positive impact on our area for many
years and his leadership will be missed.
I am sure I speak for a large group of
Baytonians when I say, thanks Jack for all
your dedication and hard work.
complaining. But, in this picture you are
next to civilization and too close to a nice
looking home.
If you want to dispense of garbage, pour
it on the garden ground and cover it with
dirt. Grandma did this for years and years
and she had a garden that would match
yours any day.
Cockroaches are like human beings,
animals and other bugs. They don’t stay at
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