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20 indictments
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Court approves
new tax rates
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St Ann's Altar Soc.
St. Ann's Altar Society of
Point Comfort will meet at 7
tonight in the Parish hall.
Moving day
County employee* Monday morning began moving display cases from the Calhoun County Museum in
the Courthouse annex to the museum's new home in the old library building. The work should be com-
pleted by Tuesday. (Photo by Gerald Klamm)
Cemetery Assoc.
The Port Lavaca Cemet
ery Association will meet at
4:30 today in the town hall
at First State Bank and
Trust.
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expected tax increase.
Although the school district
is losing$3'4 -$4 million in local
property tax dollars and state
funds as the result of the crea-
tion of the CED, CCISD will be
recouping $2'A million of that
due to Formosa Plastics gifts.
The school district will receive
an additional $1.5 million gift
from Formosa in October and
$1 million in May.
Doyle was asked if the prop-
osed tax rate and fund balance
would generate enough ftinds
to give teachers a salary
increase. Swope has placed a
teachers’ salary increase prop-
osal on the agenda.
Doyle said the budget prop-
osal does not include a salary
increase, but it is possible a
small increase could be
financed by using monies from
the fund balance.
The tax rate proposal tops
the agenda of a regular meeting
to get underway at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday.
Other agenda items, in addi-
tion to the proposed salary
increase for teachers, include
accepting an agreement with
Hatchbend Country Club for
student use of the golf course,
Conroe Oak. 21
Wharton 8
would lose $3 million in proper-
ty tax dollars.
CCISD’s proposed tax rate
would generate some of the
funds lost due to the creation of
the CED.
So CCISD will have the same
revenue as last year, CCISD is
setting a tax rate and taking
monies from its fund balance,
according to Superintendent
Jerry Doyle.
The proposed CCISD tax rate
is less than the effective tax
rate of 48.04 recommended by
Calhoun County Appraisal Dis
trict. The effective tax rate is
the rate needed by an entity to
generate the same revenue as
the preceding year.
Ken Monroe, chief CCAD
appraiser, said CCISD could set
a tax rate up to 56.04 cents to
avoid a tax rollback situation.
It is now required by law that
$3,961 be spent per student.
This would be raised by the
CED’s 78.47 cent tax rate.
CCISD’s proposed 41.38 cent tax
rate would make it possible for
CCISD to spend $5,567 per
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TIDES
The tide forecast for Port
O’Connor shows a low at 5:03
p.m., and a high Tuesday at
4:06 a.m. For Powderhorn, a
low at 6:09 p.m., and a low
Tuesday at 3:52 a.m. And for
Sand Point, a low at 6:39 p.m.,
and a high at 4:22 a m
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Wive Stiff Writer
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WEATHER
Tonight skies will be part
ly cloudy with 30 percent
chance of afternoon showers
or thunderstorms. The low
will be in the mid 70s. Tues
day it will be mostly cloudy
in the morning and partly
cloudy in the afternoon with
a 30 percent chance of show
ers or thunderstorms. Highs
will be in the upper 90s
Wind tonight will be from the
south to southeast near 10 to
15 knots with seas 2 to 4 feet
child.
CCISD has a fund balance of
about $5.1 million, according to
Doyle’s latest report. Some of
the fund balance has already
been committed for projects
such as the roofing project and
salaries.
Part of the fund balance
includes last year’s $2 million
gift from Formosa Plastics. The
$2 million from Formosa has
been earmarked for a roofing
project and salaries. The
school board earmarked funds
for salaries so that funds would
be available for new positions
in the event student enrollment
increases due to new industrial
construction projects.
At the Aug. 27 meeting there
was some discussion about how
to earmark the $1 million
placed in the salary fund. Trus-
tee Bill Swope suggested look-
ing at a pay increase for
employees. Board President
Naomi Albrecht and Trustee
Ken Ryan were of the opinion
CCISD is not in a position to
raise salaries at this time. The
board was reminded about
upcoming roof expenses and it
was suggested some of the
money be used to offset the
Saldivar is charged with
breaking into two vehicles on
Aug. 28.
Ray Gene Fricklen was
indicted for aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon. Fricklen
is charged with assaulting a
person with a knife on Aug. 15.
Kenneth Dale Melancon was
indicted for aggravated assault
on a peace officer. Melancon is
charged with striking Port
Lavaca police officer Robert
Mead on July 14.
Fernando Etheridge was
indicted for possession of a con
trolled substance. He is
charged with possessing
cocaine on July 16.
Antonio Amejorado and
Sabas Amejorado were named
in two indictments charging
aggravated assault with a dead
ly weapon.
The two men are charged
with striking the victim in the
head with a pipe on June 29.
Erasmo B. Montemayor was
indicted for third offense driv
ing while intoxicated.
According to the indictment
Montemayor was previously
convicted of driving while
intoxicated in Calhoun County
Court on Mar. 27, 1987 and Feb
2, 1986
Calhoun County Commission-
ers Court Monday morning for-
mally approved ad valorem tax-
es totaling 35 cents per $100 val-
uation. This is an increase from
22.3739 cents per $100.
The general ftind tax rate will
decline from 19.11 cents per
$100 to 18.8 cents per $100.
The road and bridge hind tax
rate will rise from zero to 6.45
cents per $100.
Taxes from the debt service
ftind will increase from .3929
cents per $100 to 6.75 cents per
$100. The debt service tax is to
retire the certificates of obliga-
tion issued for renovation and
expansion of Memorial Medical
Center hospital.
All four commissioners and
County Judge Howard Hartzog
voted for the tax increase.
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The Coastal Area Charter
Chapter of the American
Business Women’s Associa-
tion will host a special
event luncheon of lasagna,
salad and dessert for pros
pective members from 11
a.m. until 1 p.m. tomorow in
the town hall at First State
Bank and Trust. Anyone
interested in membership
is invited to attend, meet
some of the members for
lunch and find out about
the organization.
Retirement Club
The Point Comfort Retire-
ment Club will meet at 10
a.m. tomorrow at the Union
Hall in Point Comfort. The
11 a.m. program will feature
country music played by
Sterling Giffith and Bud
Jackson with a covered dish
luncheon at noon. Door
prizes were donated by
First State Bank and Trust.
The Calhoun County Inde-
pendent School District Board
of Education will consider
passing Tuesday night a 41.38
cent per $100 value property tax
rate.
The proposed CCISD tax rate,
combined with the 78.47 cent
tax rate already approved by
the Victoria/Calhoun County
Education District, would give
taxpayers a total tax rate of
$1.1985. This represents an
approximately 21 cent increase
over the current tax rate of 99
cents.
Property owners will be pay-
ing two school taxes for the first
time — one to the newly created
Victoria/Calhoun County CED
and the other to CCISD.
Taxes generated by the CED
tax rate will be divided among
the five school districts in Vic-
toria and Calhoun counties
according to Average Daily
Attendance. As a result of this
new division in ftinds, CCISD
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Calhoun High School fought for two quarters to pull away from Rockport Fulton Friday, before finally
putting away the game, 15-6. A throng of Sandcrab fans made the trip to Rockport to see Calhoun move to
2-0 on the season. See story, page 10. (Photo by Gerald Klamm).
Twenty indictments were
returned by the September
term of the Calhoun County
Grand Jury for felony offenses
ranging from driving while
intoxicated to sexual offenses
involving children.
Twelve of the indictments
had been served on the defen-
dants by Monday morning.
Roberto Martinez Moreno
was named in two indictments
involving a minor as the victim.
Moreno was indicted for
indecency with a child in an
incident that allegedly took
place on May 8.
He and Elizabeth Moreno,
acting together, were indicted
for injury to a child. The pair is
charged with striking a child
with a cord, causing injury. The
incident occurred on Aug. 9.
Sam Tuttle was indicted for
indecency with a child. Tuttle is
charged with engaging in sex
ual contact with a child on Aug.
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Reynaldo DeLaRosa was
indicted on a charge of burglary
of a building. He is charged
with burglarizing a Port Lavaca
business on July 23.
Ronnie Rene Saldivar was
named in two indictments for
burglary of a motor vehicle.
Thought for the day: “A wish
ia a desire without an
attempt.” — Farmer’s Digest
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Eastern Star
Port Lavaca Chapter #373,
O.E.S. will have initiation at
7:30 tonight at the Masonic
Hall. Members are asked to
bring items to send to the
O.E.S. home. All member
are visiting O.E.S. are
invited to attend.
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U.S. to drop
North charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
special prosecutor’s office said
today it will drop its case
against Oliver North in the
Iran-Contra affair.
“We will be seeking dismis-
sal of the North case,” Mary
Belcher, spokeswoman for
independent counsel
Lawrence Walsh, said in a tele-
phone interview. "That’s all I
can say at this point,’’ she said.
Both sides were due to
appear in the courtroom of U.S.
District Judge Gerhard A.
Gesell, who last week opened
hearings on whether to rein-
state North’s felony convictions
in the Iran-Contra case.
A federal appeals court set
aside the convictions, saying
prosecutors had to demons-
trate in court that North’s 1987
testimony to Congress, given
under a grant of immunity,
wasn't used against him at his
The Pilot Club of Port
Lavaca will meet at 7
tonight in the community
room at First National
Bank.
Booster Club
The CHS All sports Boos
ter Club will meet at 6:30
tonight in the CHS cafeteri
a. All football players will
be recognized and coaches
will be introduced. Refresh
ment will be served
Parents are invited to
attend.
Coupon collectors
The Calhoun Coupon Con
nection will meet at 6:30
p.m. tomorrow in the com
munity room at First
National Bank.
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Classified..
Comics.......
Letters......
Lifestyle...
Obituaries
Sports........
Bay City
Sharp,town
criminal trial.
Former National Security
Adviser Robert A. McFarlane
stunned prosecutors on the
opening day of the hearing last
week by saying his testimony at
North’s criminal trial was
influenced by North’s national-
ly televised appearances to
Congress.
North was convicted of
destroying documents, accept-
ing an illegal gratuity and aid-
ing the obstruction of Congress.
The destruction of documents
conviction was overturned out-
right in July 1990 by the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit, while
the two others were set aside.
Gesell said in June there was
only a slim possibility that the
independent counsel’s office
could prove that the testimony
against North was not tainted
by his congressional testimony.
CCISD board to consider tax rate Tuesday
advertising for sale of a school
property in Point Comfort,
approving students* extracurri-
cular organizations, approving
participation in the Tech Prep
Program with Victoria College
(See TAXES, Page 2)
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Bales, Steve & Fortney, Paul, Jr. The Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 250, Ed. 1 Monday, September 16, 1991, newspaper, September 16, 1991; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1255243/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.