The Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 73, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1990 Page: 2 of 8
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only to the person who aban-
doned it. Since the pup was
brought to its new home, it
appears that someone may have
removed the pet from my office
worker’s yard in Port O’Connor.
She wants the pup back and is
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agency," Ms. Bailey said. "But
these places can get funding
through the state and that
needs to be looked at before the
statement is made that they’re
The city dog warden is back
on the job this week. Anyone
looking for an adoptable pet or
a lost one should telephone the
warden at 552-3788.
There are currently a num-
ber of dogs at the pound of all
ages.
Six puppies that appear to be
about six to eight weeks old
were given up by the owner.
The owner told the warden the
puppies are a combination of
doberman and terrier mix.
Four puppies that appear to
be three or four months old are
at the pound. One of these pup-
pies is a red chow mix. The
other three appear to be a
shepherd/col lie type of
mixture.
An adult dog of unknown ori-
gin, black and tan, was found
wandering on Wilson Street.
A black chow wearing a red
collar was found wandering on
Wilson Street.
A male husky mix, about two
years old, was given up for
adoption by the owner.
A white shepherd mix was
found wandering on Wilson
Street with a hound mix.
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major metropolitan counties
will run just as they have tradi-
tionally,” Mattox said. "Based
on the order, you can tell that
the (appeals) court wants a spe-
cial session to deal with this
issue.”
Gov. Bill Clements has called
the Legislature into session on
Feb. 27 to consider judicial
selection, along with school
finance reforms.
Bayoud said the appeals
court’s ruling has eased heada-
ches for state and county
officials.
"It's going to make it easier
for the counties that were wor-
ried who was going to pay for
this (special elections). It’s
going to be much easier on the
judges. The Texas Legislature
is going to have to come in — it’s
already been put on the call —
and bring this issue up. It's a
good day for Texas,” Bayoud
said.
In a two-page opinion, the
appeals court said that if Bun-
ton’s ruling against the state’s
judicial election system were
upheld, it would mean sweep-
ing changes in Texas’ 113-year-
old judicial system.
And that job is most properly
one for lawmakers, the court
said.
“That holding, if sustained on
appeal, will require an organic
and wholesale review and
reconstitution of the Texas jud-
icial election system, a task
which should be addressed and
carried out by the state's
elected representatives, rather
than by the federal courts,” the
ruling said.
"Only if it becomes apparent
that the state is unwilling to act
with measured and appropri-
ate speed in this regard should
the courts intervene.”
The appeals judges went on
to say that the Legislature, thus
far, hasn’t had *'a reasonable
period within which to address
the problem presented."
The court also rejected a
motion by Mattox that sought to
prevent Bayoud from hiring for-
mer Texas Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Hill as
lawyer for the secretary of
state.
Bayoud signed up Hill after
Mattox refused Bayoud’s
requests to immediately appeal
Bunton’s Jan. 2 ruling. Mattox
did not ask the appellate court
for a stay until Wednesday, two
days before the deadline for
Democratic and Republican
party chairmen to submit the
names of candidates for the
primary ballots to the secretary
of state.
Mattox noted in his request
for the stay that Bunton's order
for a special, nonpartisan elec-
tion did not specify who pays
for the elections, supervises
them, prints ballots or certifies
results.
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representatives dominate wit-
nesses scheduled to testify
today before a special legisla
tive panel on toxic air pollu-
tion, environmentalists said.
The panel, a special interim
study committee, was created
by House Speaker Gib Lewis
and Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby to study
toxic air emissions and the pre-
dicted global warming of the
greenhouse effect.
But Rick Abraham, director
of Texans United, the Houston-
based affiliate of the National
Toxics Campaign, said the
panel will get a skewed per-
spective because they failed to
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The pup rescued by my co-
worker is a mixture of many
backgrounds. It is colored like a
shepherd, but has a combina-
tion hound dog/boxer look. My
co worker said the puppy had
been cared for. It was clean
when found, appeared to have
recently had a bath, had no
fleas or ticks, had clean ears,
and appeared to be acustomed
to being indoors.
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bring the Lithuanians back to
the fold, Communist Parties in
the 14 other republics could
feel encouraged to break with
Moscow.
The Soviet leader told the
crowd that the rights of all
minorities in the Soviet Union
— whether they be Lithuanians
or small non-Lithuanian ethnic
groups in the republic — must
be respected, or it could endan-
ger the unity of the country’s
more than 100 ethnic groups.
“If even the slightest sup-
pression occurs, or misunder-
standing, somewhere in Estoni-
a or Moldavia, it spills over into
the rest of the country,” he said.
Several thousand people
gathered around the square as
Gorbachev placed the wreath,
and several hundred of them
broke through police cordons
to surround Gorbachev
afterward.
The crowd was calm and curi-
ous. Gorbachev, who has bitter-
ly criticized the Lithuanian
Communist Party decision to
split, was straightforward and
friendly.
The people who gathered
apparently were passers-by
attracted by the heavy security
around the Lenin memorial. It
was not announced in advance
that Gorbachev would visit the
memorial.
The Sajudis political move-
ment that is pressing for inde
pendence planned a formal ral-
ly later, and organizers said
they hoped a half-million or
more Lithuania residents
would show up to prove to Gor-
bachev tney cannot be
dissuaded.
Vytautas Landsbergis, head
of Sajudis, said Wednesday he
had called on everyone in the
republic of 3.7 million people to
fill the streets of Vilnius.
Considering the cold and
otherwise inclement weather
seen in Calhoun County
between the Christmas holi-
days and Jan. 5, only a very
heartless and inhumane person
would abandon a puppy on a
state highway majorly used by
18 wheeler tractor trailers.
On Friday, Jan. 5, a cold foggy
day, the above type of villain
committed the above type of
cruelty.
The villain did not take into
consideration that an eight
week old puppy could freeze to
death in cold weather, and that
it would be very difficult for the
driver of an 18 wheeler to see a
puppy on the highway on a day
handicapped by fog. Probably
the guilty party did not even
care. The goal was to get rid of
what the guilty person or per-
sonstermed a nuisance, and the
deed was accomplished.
The above incident was
brought to my attention by a
young married woman, a fellow
colleague, who told me this
week she and her husband
adopted an eight week old pup-
py. They have another dog and
were not looking around for a
new puppy. However, they
could not in good conscience
leave a small puppy stranded
on the highway. The puppy had
actually been found by one of
the employees at one of the fer-
tilizer plants in the vicinity,
and he brought the puppy to my
co-worker's husband, who is
also an employee of one of the
fertilizer plants.
The site of the abandonment
was on Loop 1060 by the city
owned concrete culvert local
youths use as a skateboard
arena.
This puppy represents one of
a succession of puppies, kittens
and adult pets that have been
abandoned on the loop over the
years. Earlier in 1989 the Port
Lavaca Animal Impoundment
picked up at different times a
couple of bitches and their lit
ters that had been abandoned
on the loop. At least those dogs
were abandoned during warm
weather.
My co-worker was of the opin-
ion that the puppy must have
been a Christmas gift to a child
whose parents did not wish to
care for the pup. Quite often
some well meaning person
gives a child a gift of a live pet
for Christmas without consult-
ing first with the parent. Some-
times parents make the mistake
of buying a pet as a surprise
instead of allowing the child to
choose his or her own pet. If you
do not allow your child to
choose his or her own pet, there
is a possibility that the pet and
child will be incompatible, and
you will be looking for another
home for the pet.
invite members of community
and labor groups affected by
airborne toxic chemicals.
Abraham said the move
showed “a real lack of sensitivi-
ty," noting that Harris County
ranks sixth among U.S. counties
for industries' air emissions of
toxic pollutants.
But the committee's clerk
said members of the environ-
mental community were asked
to testify at the panel’s initial
meeting in Austin last fall that
was designed to "lay the
groundwork and let people
know the problems."
“Now, we’re going around the
state and finding out what
industries are generating prob-
lems and what they’re doing to
address them," said Grace Ele-
ment, clerk of the Senate Natur-
al Resources Committee and of
the special study panel.
She said industry speakers —
including representatives of
the Texas Chemical Council,
Exxon, Union Carbide and
Radian Corp. — were invited
here as “expert witnesses” on
those subjects.
Propane
Bottle Gas
and
Home Delivery
Hall Propane Co.
Hwy. 35 South
Mon.-Sat. 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
552-5587
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not getting any money. They’re
not getting a direct allocation.”
In addition to Calhoun Coun-
ty, other Texas counties cut
from the program, with their
allocation from last year, are:
Bee, $18,451; Fannin, $18,973;
Hale, $19,165; Hopkins, $18,573;
Midland, $67,251; Montgomery,
$102,205; Palo Pinto, $17,701;
Polk, $19,322; Walker, $19,130;
and Wood, $18,747.
For Bee County, the loss of
the direct allocation is going to
be tough, Anna Simo said. Simo
is the administrative assistant
for the Bee County Community
Action Agency.
“We have to look for other
means to offset costs for the
program. This fiinding was a
tremendous help,” Ms. Simo
said. “Since we’re not going to
have it, we’re going to be in a
pretty bad way. We're going to
have to look for alternative
sources.”
Ms. Simo said the money had
been used to help pay for pro-
viding a daily meal to about 200
elderly and disabled adults.
Part of the funds went to an
organization that provided
emergency food supplies to
about 250 families a month.
County Judge William Streit-
man said the county has prob-
ably grown a little poorer over
the lastfewyears,“between the
oil and gas (downturn) of the
last four years or so, and the
fact that we're in the second
year of a drought."
The county has received only
19 inches of rain over a period
in which it should have seen 30
inches, he said.
“We’ve lost a lot of crops
down here ... and farmers are
having to sell off their cattle —
they’re costing more to feed
than they’ll get out of them.
There’s no pastureland, no
grass. It’s pretty tough right
now. I’m sure there are hungry
people in this county."
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irresponsible people are not
only heartless, they are also a
nuisance for farmers and
ranchers.
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Dennis Dean Williamson, 35,
of Port Lavaca was arrested by
city police Wednesday for driv-
ing while Intoxicated.
David Lopez Lopez, 39, of
Tivoli was arrested by Port
Lavaca police Thursday for
public intoxication.
Vicente DelaRosa of Port
Lavaca was arrested by city
police Thursday for public
intoxication.
•“Edward Saenz, 19, of Port
Lavaca was arrested by city
police Thursday for displaying
a ficticious license plate.
Jimmy Wayne Mize, also
known as Jimmy Wayne Woods,
38, no address given, was
arrested by Port Lavaca police
Wednesday for public intoxica-
tion. A parole violation warrant
from Ohio is also outstanding
against Mize.
Johnny Heinaman, 26, of Port
Lavaca was arrested by city
police Thursday on a blue war-
rant from the Texas Depart-
ment of Criminal Justice.
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of the satellite, known as the
Long Duration Exposure
Facility.
Brandenstein and mission
specialist David Low inter-
rupted their flight plans for
more than two hours today to
cope with the leak of about two
gallons of water, shown on tele-
vision as a slow bubbling of
water beads.
They shut off the faulty dehu-
midifier, shifted to a backup,
and then went to work on the
water with towels and a hand-
held vacuum. Loose water,
which forms beads and glo-
bules in weightlessness, can
interfere with electronics.
Looking at all the equipment
that had to be moved to get at
the water, Brandenstein
remarked, "It’s kind of a mess
right now. I'll get the plumber
of the year award, but not the
housekeeper of the year
award.”
Scientists are eager to exa-
mine the satellite to learn how
various systems and materials
withstood the long stay in orbit,
information that will help in
designing the space station and
other space vehicles.
Atmospheric drag has been
pulling the satellite closer to
Earth. If Columbia does not
retrieve it, trackers estimate
the satellite will burn up in a
plunge into Earth's atmosphere
about March 9, its experiments
lost forever.
The shuttle, which is in a
slightly lower orbit, takes less
time to circle the globe and was
catching up with the satellite at
a rate today of about 38 miles
for each 91 minute orbit of the
Earth.
Controllers, meanwhile,
reported the $85 million Navy
communications satellite
launched by the astronauts
Wednesday was functioning
well. An onboard motor burn
late Wednesday boosted it on
another leg toward its perma-
ment working outpost 22,300
miles above the Pacific Ocean.
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My co-worker pointed out
another reason for not aban-
doning a dog on the loop.“They
are close enough to the country
that if they survive they could
turn wild and kill cattle and
sheep. There are a lot of cattle
and sheep grazing along that
road."
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My guess is that the type of
people who abandon pets fre-
quently chose the loop as the
site for their dastardly deeds
because they believe that pos-
sibly some child will take the
stranded puppy or kitten home.
This probably does happen.
Probably when children bring
home strays, they get dumped
again more often then they get
taken to the pound or kept.
Why don’t people wishing to
get rid of an unwanted pet take
that pet directly to the pound,
or advertise it in the newspaper
or on the bulletin board at a vet-
erinary clinic. If the pet is taken
to the pound, there is a small
chance it will be adopted. Prob-
ably the pet will be put to death
in five days, but at least it won’t
die over a longer period of time
of thirst in the summer or of the
cold in the winter, or an excru-
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Surber, Chester C. & Fortney, Paul, Jr. The Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 73, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1990, newspaper, January 11, 1990; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1280564/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.