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interested should call one of the
officers of the PTO.
President for this year is Shir-
ley Fischer, first vice president
is Marta Clayton and second
vice president is Nancy Ander-
son.
Laura Gaskins is the secre-
tary and Jill Kneuper is the
treasurer. Prizes were an-
nounced for the membership
drive with winning teachers re-
ceiving gift certificates for din-
ners at The White Marlin, the
Spaghetti Works and Uncle
Slick's. The winning classes
were given *10 gift certificates.
Halloween
carnival set
Plans for the annual Hallo-
ween Carnival sponsored by the
OTB-Sheldon PTO were cemen-
ted at the regular meeting of the
PTO on Monday, Sept. 26.
The carnival will be held on
October 29 from 5-8 p.m. at
Sheldon school with games and
contests for all the children.
Volunteers are needed to help
out with these activities and if
We Invite
We invite to be our guests at the pic-
ture, "Psycho II" showing Friday thru
Thursday, September M thru October 8
at the Rialto Theatre, Jerry Ulke and
guest.
This notice, clipped from The Ingleside
Index, will serve as your admission.
contract
thews said the sign is now after the cross-
ing and is a dangerous situation.
The sign was placed by the highway
department and the city is not authorized
to move it.
4-H Club President Molly Bradshaw re-
quested a proclamation for 4-H Week
starting Oct. 3.
Councilman Arion G. Hill was absent
for the council meeting for the third time,
and Perry asked that the next agenda in-
clude consideration for council to excuse
the latest absence, which was job-
related
Hill on the third absence is in violation
of city charter.
DuPont marks
10th year
Yesterday marked the 10th anniver-
sary for the E.I. du Pont de Nemours &
Co. Inc. Freon products plant in Ingleside
and an afternoon celebration was to
attract about 750 people.
Edward G. Jefferson, chairman and
chief executive of the Delaware-based
chemical company, was among the Du
Pont officials expected for the anniver-
sary celebration and ground-breaking
for a new production unit previously an-
nounced for Ingleside
A multi-million-dollar expansion for
chloroform production will start in No-
vember with start-up set for 1985.
The new addition will produce chloro-
form and carbon tetrachloride to be used
in manufacture of Du Pont’s Freon.
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Vol. XXXIV —No. 33
USPS 264-260 - Ingleside, Texas 78362 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1983
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New editor
Sidelight
Resolution
Tim Fischer
The local problem is individually-
owned 10-acre or 5-acre tracts that
owners want to split between themselves
for a homesite and buyers to help finance
the home’s construction.
Technically, any dividing of land
already platted creates a subdivision.
The ordinance, in effect since about
1979, is aimed at making developers pay
up front for new streets, curbs and gut-
ters, new water lines and new sewer lines
when a subdivision is built in Ingleside.
As written is is similar to policies in
most Texas cities, large and small, as
council and the city manager pointed out
Tuesday night.
The new budget for Ingleside was for-
mally adopted Tuesday night, as was the
new tax rate of 67 cents per hundred and
policy for collecting taxes.
Billing will go out soon and all taxes
are payable by end of January 1984
before interest for late payment accrues.
On the Charter Review Committee,
Mike Hulsey's resignation was accepted
and city council voted to replace the posi-
tion with Earl Kelley
Kelley's name was submitted by Coun-
cilman Melvin Michaels, who said Kelley
had served on the original charter com-
mission five years.
Mayor Raymond Perry was authorized
to accept a new water contract between
the city and San Patricio Municipal
Water District, with amendments called
for by Ingleside previously
The new contract is necessary for the
water district to finance new im-
provements for service to the regional
cities.
Ingleside had earlier rejected a pro-
posed contract with the water district
because of inclusion for water sales to
customers other than cities with no
necessary approval by present
municipal customers.
That item was not included in the new
contract Tuesday night.
An ordinance~Cailing for Buckeye St.
improvements was passed to the third
and final reading, set for next council
meeting before it is adopted.
In the presentations portion of the
agenda, Councilwoman Cookie Matthews
asked for an update on the water tank
vandalism.
University in San Marcos. He earned a
B.S. in Journalism in 1975.
While in San Marcos, Fischer gained
valuable experience on his college week
ly, The University Star, serving as
business manager for two years.
For two college summers, he also
returned to the News Bulletin and helped
publish the weekly for his friends, Joe L.
and Bobbi Schott, while they vacationed.
“I sold my first magazine article while
I was a freshman at SWT, too,” noted
Fischer. “It was about Castroville’s
Alsatian heritage, something I knew
enough to write about back then.”
"I was thrilled to check in at the dorm
one night about 1 a.m. and find a *100
check in my mailbox,” he added.
After earning his degree, Fischer spent
several months on the retail advertising
staff of the San Antonio Light, but then
entered graduate school to study
theology for the Roman Catholic Diocese
of San Antonio.
noted.
Larry Wittnebert, contributing editor
of the Index, said, "It's a pleasure to
work with Tim, and his experience, along
with that of the rest of the staff, will help
meet the needs of the growing Ingleside
area.”
By Tim W. Fischer
Editor
At one point accused of enforcing "no
growth” policies, Ingleside City Council
Tuesday night directed city staff to en-
force the subdivision ordinance fairly
across the board and to demand plats or
replats of property for all building per
mits as required by the ordinance.
ordinance were strictly adhered to for
everyone requesting a building permit.
Haas also noted that the ordinance
might need changing if it is too strong.
"1 agree that individuals should have
the opportunity to build,” he said.
With enforcement of the ordinance, an
individual building a home is required to
pay for any water main extensions
necessary for water service, in addition
to a water tap fee.
Sewer extensions are also required to
be paid before lines are extended to
reach the property.
Depending on the size of the property,
streets with curb and gutter and proper
drain&ge are to be included in the replat
of the property, to city standard.
This means no unpaved streets or
streets with minimal paving.
Tim Fischer, who has served as an
associate editor with The Ingleside Index
and Aransas Pass Progress for the past
year and a half, has been named editor of
The Index, announced publisher Dick
Richards.
' During his tenure in Ingleside, Fischer
has covered city hall and school board
news and Mustang sports activities
He also assumed the responsibility for
Aransas Paas sports coverage in the Pro-
If no replat for the property was filed
at the county courthouse or made
available to the city, intentions for pro-
perty improvements are not known by ci-
ty hall at the time of any land sale, it was
pointed out.
The city’s enforcement is for im-
provements, not land sale according to
the city attorney.
All three real estate companies in In-
gleside were informed of the Tuesday
agenda item for discussion. There was no
Mayor Raymond Perry, anxious to find
a solution for allowing individuals to
build homes in Ingleside, said the pro-
blem is in separating those individuate
from high-density developers who can
add 20 homes on a 10-acre tract.
In the past, these developers have ex-
pected, and received, city services at
taxpayers' expense for adding new water
mains, sewer lines, and new streets.
Councilman Mike Haas added Tues-
day’s discussion item to the agenda
because, he said, he knew of instances
where building permits were Issued
without following the subdivision or-
dinance.
He called the practice unfair unless the
One family attending the meeting was
cited as an example of the problems in-
dividuals are having in building new
homes in Ingleside with the subdivision
enforced.
Ttie couple purchased a lot 94 ft. by 127
ft. at Sixth and Poinsetta, which was a
portion of a larger tract not replatted ac-
cording to subdivision regulations
If the property had been replatted for a
subdivision, the previous owner would be
responsible for any major utility and
street improvements.
With required right-of-ways for street
and alley and side? set back restrictions,
the owners of the property cannot build
their home; there is not enough room,
they say.
The city is only first aware of intended
property improvements when a building
permit is applied for, according to city
staff
letin, in Castroville, Tens*—
"I learned early that sometimes
you’ve got to separate yourself from be-
ing a ’news person’, but that you’ve got to
really listen to people in the community
in order to be responsive,” he related
He majored in advertising and public
relations at Southwest Texas State
He said that he is confident that
Congress never intended such
lengthy delays when they wrote the
Environmental Protection Act, but
the federal bureaucrats in writing
EPA regulations have made it ex-
tremely difficult for any community
to make economic progress.
Also, Eugene Seamans, Nueces
County Republican Chairman,
discussed the efforts that their
organisation have made to date.
Seamans said that although some
progress has been made with federal
officials, that much more effort will
be required to assure federal ap-
proval of Baker’s Port.
Seamans noted that letter writing
“My sales territory included San An-
tonio's deep West Side and the poorest
neighborhoods. Something struck a
. chord inside of me, looking back now,”
he explained.
He studied theology and philosophy at
Oblate College of the Southwest and at St.
Mary’s University for three semesters.
"That time for reflection and study
helped me understand more about God,
community and people," Fischer said.
He resumed his career with an entry-
level position at Southwest Research In-
stitute in San Antonio, a nationally
reknowned scientific research firm.
During his four-years at SwRI, Fischer
was promoted three times, from proof-
reader, to editorial assistant, to publica-
tions consultant
The institute’s editorial unit was
responsible for publication of technical
documents and promotional brochures,
Baker's Port backed
in GOP endorsement
PORTLAND — The Baker’s Port
project was endorsed by acclama-
tion by the Executive Committee of
the Republican Party of San
Patricio County at their meeting,
September 20.
Prior to the vote, Larry Baker, Jr.
spoke to the group about Baker’s
Port, stressing the benefits to the
area and stating the many frustra-
tions in attempting to get federal ap-
proval for a project that provides so
many economic benefits to so many
people
Baker noted that it could take as
long as 18 years to get federal ap-
proval of a project such as Baker’s
Port.
gross during the past year.
“I’ve come to be familiar with many
faces In the area,” Fischer said, "and
I've enjoyed growing with both com
munition”
The native Texan began his newspaper
career when he was 15 years old and
wrote a high school column for his
WHEREAS Baker's Port Inc. Is ready and willing to movoforward with
a private project that will create uffto 7,000 construction
jobs and up to 5,000 permawont jobs near Ingleside, Texas
and "
WHEREAS the July 1983 unomploymont rote In San Patricio County
was 12.0 percent and
WHEREAS the overwhelming ma|orlty of the residents of this area
favor this project and
WHEREAS expedited Army Corps of Engineers approval of the
Baker's Port project would help to alleviate the very
serious economic crisis In south Toxas without cost to the
fodorol government. Indeed, federal oxpondlturot for
unomploymont and welfare would be reduced and tax
revenues Increased.
THEREFORE bo It resolved that the Republican Party of San Patricio
County, Texas endorses the Baker's Port project and urges
expedited action by the federal government to approve
Baker's Port.
campaigns to elected officiate seem-
ed to have the greatest impact in
Washington.
John Herron, San Patricio County
Republican Chairman said that in
Ms several years of dealing with the
federal bureaucracy, that the only
effective method of getting action
was through elected officiate. He
said that the Republican resolution
would be forwarded to officials in
Washington.
Herron said, in a later statement,
be is convinced that Baker’s Port
will not become a reality until the
people in this area unite and start
fighting for their right to determine
their own future.
It would be a shame if a few
radicals and federal bureaucrats
were allowed to deprive us of
several thousand jobs and an in-
creased tax base that could improve
our roads and schools, be com-
mented, adding that of the few op-
posed to this project, most are not
even residents of Ingleside or Aran-
sas Pass.
What right do these people have to
deprive us of a better life and to rob
our children of their future, he ask-
ed.
Herron said that he would like to
see a bipartisan organization form-
ed to seek approval for Baker’s Port
and that he is willing to participate
in the organization.
representation from any of the three.
City Attorney Martin Haskett told
council that the ordinance in effect was
"good” and that staff should be directed
for policy to enfprce it.
As an aside, the mayor said that the
defeated major improvement bond issue
for *8.5 million would have solved much
of the problem for individuals wanting to
build*new homes in Ingleside.
“We’re going at it the best way we
know how,” he said.
Council adopts tax rate
She was informed that the contractor’s
actual cost caused by the vandalism
several weeks ago was *4,000, to be paid
by seven youths involved.
Grand jury action on .felony charges is
also expected.
The water tank was being repainted
when several youths allegedly dim ted
the tower and painted a section with
“artwork”on a dare.
Other recent vandalism, unrelated to
the water tower incident, includes pain-
ting Mustang Drive, windshield damage
to city vehicles at the warehouse, and
braces kicked out from the new radio
tower at the 40 ft. level.
City Manager Jim Elium also agreed
to contact the Texas Highway Depart-
ment concerning a misplaced school
crossing sign on FM Road 1069. Mat-
While at SwRI, Fischer was introduced
to computer typesetting technology and
helped to develop a total word processing
system for the institute
"Then one day a friend of mine offered
me an editor's position on a small town
weekly in Central Texas,” Fischer add-
ed.
"My wife, Cathy, and 1 were ready to
‘get back to basics’ and leave the bustle
of northwest San Antonio, so we headed
for San Saba and The San Saba News and
Star,” he went on.
The community journalist learned first
hand about writing for his readers and
dealing directly with them for recording
hews each week.
After joining The Progress and The In-
dex staff in February 1982, Fischer earn
ed for The Index a third-place award for
news feature writing in the South Texas
Press Association’s annual contest
His entry was about the San Patricio
Municipal Water District’s service to the
area during the 1982 summer drought
Thirty-year-old Fischer moved his
family to the Coastal Bend “to be closer
to our families.”
He and his wife are parents of two
children, Patrick, age two years and
Amanda, age eight months
They are members of the Episcopal
Church of Our Saviour in Aransas Pass
and Ingleside.
Fischer is now active in the Ingleside
Rotary Club. He serves as Club Bulletin
Editor and Program Calendar Chair-
man.
His plans include raising his children
and completing his master’s degree
“We are very pleased with Tim’s per-
formance in the Ingleside area,”
Richards said. "He has been a real asset
to the Index and to the community, as
web.
"He has helped us to add a new dimen-
sion to the community news coverage
and to the sports coverage in both The
pubMeetion u* thuee iUBHiB Ml Uli SB —TTogrerr -rd Thr Index,” Richards
lUsmuiITgiTOpr -,r~
"My goal was to acquaint myself with
printing processes and in-house
publishing,” he said, "and it was a
challenge at times, with research scien-
tists expecting miracles overnight from
their scribbled notes "
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Novian's 29th
year marked
After almost 30 years Mr. and
Mrs. Alfonse Novian have sold
their "Novian’s Drive Inn
Grocery” to Bob and Maxene
Long.
The Longs will host a grand
opening for their business on
South Avenue B this Saturday,
Oct. 1.
This is their first retail
business venture; they
previously managed an oil com-
pany in Oklahoma.
She is the former Maxene
White of Beeville. He is a “con-
verted Texan” after several
years residence.
In conjunction with the grand
opening, there will be a door
prize drawing Oct. IS with
numerous items to be given
away, including a microwave
oven and a Coca-Cola radio.
4-H week
Oct. 3-9
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Parent's Night,
Stt pa ft 10
Ponies are pictured,
Stt pa ft 6
Bissa York's
Raisin Cake,
Set paft 3
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