Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 175, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1987 Page: 1 of 14
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March 31, 1987
10 Ityes, 1 Section
The family newspaper of dynamic Calhoun County!
Established 1890
96 TH YEAR -NO. 175
USPS 438 780
City Council planning
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Getting it together
Detention hearing held
.Area Forecasts
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However, many analysts believe
the index is overstating future
growth
Sunset at 6:48 p m today
Sunrise al 6 19am Wednes-
day
Security card Fuentez says this is
because the card is on record In
order to obtain a legal Social Securi
ty card, you have to be eligible to
work in the United States.
Another practice in the fraudulent
market is a process by which the
alien is told he will tie represented in
the legalization process The price
for the service is about $300 to $500.
Another met hid is at intervals, each
time the alien visits he pays about
$100
The fraudulent market is not only
aimed at illegal aliens who don't
qualify and have nothing to lose
Euentez says that the alien who does
qualify but who will not take the
time to obtain the legal documents
needed is also falling into the hands
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By PAI I. FORTNEY
Wave staff Writer
B\ PALL (ONATZEK
Hau Stall Writer
By COKIN \ ESPINOS \
l.ifrMtlr Writer
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Classified......................
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Deaths
Editorial.......................
People's voice...........
Police beat
Sports
Wavelengths............
Port Lavaca -K
The index formerly contained an
even dozen forward pointing
business statistics, but with the
February report the government
dropped one ol the indicators which
measured business formation The
change was made because ol a
deterioration in the quality ol this
data series, the government said
The various changes left the index
at 187 1 percent ol its 1967 gbase
following a revised 185 8 percent in
January
For the past five months, the index
has t»een growing at an average rale
of t) 8 percent each month, a pace
that would suggest the economy in
six months time could be expanding
at an annual rate of around 4 per
cent.
Tides
Tuesday — A low of -0.1 ft at
10:36 pm in Indianola. II 06
p m in Port O’Connor and 10:56
pm in Port Lavaca
Wednesday, a low of 1.0 ft. at
11 50 a m., 12 :2V p m and 12:10
pm A high of 1.4 ft. at 7:50
a m . 7:45 and 7:55 a m
capital investment
Two indicators, credit growth and
inventory changes, were not
available for inclusion in the index
Weather
Calhoun County
The high Monday was 56 with
an overnight low of 33.
Temperature at 9 a m this mor-
ning was 53 The Wave recorded
no rainfall in the last 24 hours.
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CALHOUN COUNTY Li J R Ait 1
tVAI LaVaCa. T&XAS
CRUZE GARCIA, A worker at the sight ol the new
fire station at the corner of Travis Street and High
way 35 is holting steel roof supports together in
preparation for the siding and roof. The station will
for community center
By ( IIARI.YN FINN
Wa*r Meff Writer
for juvenile suspect
Shafer s husband reported she
had failed to return from what he
believed to be a shopping trip to
Victoria
The husband had ta-en told the
previous evening his wife had
gone to Victoria to attend a class
and go shopping
While questioning family
members and searching the
house, investigators found
bloodstains on the victim's mat
tress and evidence she had been
slain in the bouse and dragged to
the car
The juvenile was taken into
custody and later taken to the
Hickport center tor psychiatric
evaluation
County Court-at-Law Judge
Mike Fricke was to decide Tues
day whether or not the youth
should lie committed to the
custody of the Texas Y outh Com
mission or released
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Tonight’s forecast calls for
clear skies and cold
temperatures The low will be
in the mid to lower 4o’s and
winds will be light and variable
Wednesday, sunny skies and
mild conditions The high
temperature will be in the up-
per 70 s. and winds out of the
south near It) mph
The extended lorecast for
South Texas along the upper
Texas coast from Port Arthur to
Port O’Connor - Tonight,
variable w inds at 5 to 10 knots
Seas will be less than three feet
Wednesday, south winds near 10
to 15 knots, w ith seas swelling to
3 to 5 feel
tificates, driver's licenses and Social
Security cards can be purchased tor
about $10
With fraudulent documents so
easily accessible, where does the
employer stand’’ What are his
rights'1 After all. he doesn't have a
trained eye or the authority to
authenticate documents "The
employer takes them at face value,”
explains Steve Fuentez with the INS
in San Antonio Should the
documents presented by the
employee and accepted by the
employer turn out to be fraudulent,
the employer 'hasn't done anything
wrong The vendor and the pur
chaser have committed a crime.”
Vernon Claflin, also with INS in
San Antonio, confirms that the prac-
tice is a crime As a matter of fact,
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Ixiuiseand W.H. ‘ Bill Bauer, funds
from some civic groups that have
been kept in a trust fund, and owns
property to build the center on near
the Fishing Pier Park
Lester said Monday night that
back in the early 1980s "the funds
fell through” but now funds have
been provided and "we are ready to
pick up where we left off.”
However, today there is an almost
totally new city council with a dif-
ferent outlook This city council has
indicated it is interested in hiring a
local architect. It also prefers
building a concrete budding instead
of the previously proposed metal
structure with a brick veneer front
Riley and GAW Engineers, two of
the three choices of the citizens com-
mittee. are available to do the work.
Riley is the architect with GAW
Engineer David Gann, owner and
engineer for the firm, said at the
March 23 council meeting his firm
would be interested in undertaking
the community center project
Mayor Lester said Monday night
Butler had requested several years
ago to have his name withdrawn as a
prospective architect after realizing
the scope of the project. “He does
not maintain an architectural-
engineer office,” the mayor said.
DiStefano, who indicated he is a
Port Lavaca taxpayer as he owns
Port Lavaca property, said he is still
interested in the project He remind-
ed the city that a contract still exists
between him and the city and until it
is dissolved, the city council cannot
interview other architects
“I am still interested in the pro-
ject, I would love to do it, I am not
adverse to having another architect,
but a contract is in existence and as
long as this contract exists you can-
not talk with another architect,”
DiStefano said ”1 think it would be a
mistake to interview as long as we
have a contract.”
DiStefano later explained that ac-
cording to Architectural Institute of
America (AIA> regulations, “it
would be technically and ethically
wrong for the city to talk to other ar-
chitects I mean architects should
not even be in here Either talk to ine
or dismiss them or dismiss me and
talk to them ”
The city council members in-
dicated that they are still consider-
ing using DiStefano and that they
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WASHINGTON (APi - The
government's main gauge ol future
economic activity rose a healthy 0 7
percent in February, the Commerce
Department reported today
The department's Index of
Leading Indicators posted its best
gain since a three-year-high set in
December of 2.4 percent
That gain was followed, however,
by a 0.5 percent drop in January
The volatility in both December and
January was blamed on the new tax
law, which caused a spurt oi buying
activity late last year as businesses
and consumers rushed to take ad-
vantage ol expiring tax breaks
Analysts said the February in-
crease, which was in line with expec
tations, was more representative of
the underlying economy.
Economic growth, as measured by
the gross national product, sagged in
the final three months ol 1986 to an
annual rate of 11 percent
The Reagan administration and
many private economists believe
growth will revive this year,
although there is debate over just
The Immigration Reform and
Control Act of 1986, signed by Presi
dent Reagan Nov 6 has brought
"document vendors" out ol the
woodwork These vendors are sell
ing packages of fraudulent
docum?nts to illegal aliens the go-
ing rate for such packages on the
black market is from $400 to $5(Mi
The packages include everything
needed to present to the Itnmigra
tion and Naturalization Service lor
legalization, from rent records to
utility receipts There is a less
elaborate fraudulent market
available for illegal aliens not will-
ing to pay the high price of these
packages False copies of birth cer
Thought for today: "The
honeymoon is over when the
dog brings your slippers and
your wile barks at you."
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house the fire fighting equipment now housed in the
building on Mahan Street. (Staff photo by Rick
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tee said The committee said they
thought a local architect would be
more readily available "And we
keep our dollars at home." it said
The committee listed three local
choices for the council to interview
Pat Riley of Port O'Connor, GAW
Engineers of Port Lavaca and Ray
mond Butler ot Matson Addition It
also had obtained the names of three
out of town architects
At the time, the council elected to
utilize the services of DiSlefano He
agreed to do the preliminary draw-
ings free of charge if eventually the
council agreed to use his services for
the total project
According to Mayor Kenneth
lister, the council authorized him
to enter into a contract with
DiStefano.
The council at that time took no
action on preliminary drawings
sketched by DiStefano tiecause of a
shortage of funds
Today the city has $1 million to
spend on the community center due
to a generous contribution from
Before the Port 1-avaca City Coun-
cil can proceed with Bauer Com-
munity Center construction plans, it
will have to hire an architect, it was
decided at a workshop held Monday
at City Hall
The consideration of selecting an
architect will top the agenda when
the council meets in regular session
April 13.
At the Aug 23 council meeting,
council members were undecided as
to whether to use Christopher
DiStefano, who drew some
preliminary drawings of a proposed
community center a tew years ago,
or to hire a local architect.
A citizens committee, appointed to
prepare the initial community
center proposal, indicated that the
council should hire a local architect.
Hiring a local architect would be in
"the best interest of our city at heart
and contribute that extra effort
nt-eded in this project." the commit
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"We've been very busy," U.S.
Small Business Administration
Disaster Loan Specialist Nick
Bancer said of the first day at the
SBA s temporary office in Calhoun
County
The office opened Monday to issue
loan applications to area
businessmen and commercial
fishermen who were affected by the
closure of the bays to oystenng
Calhoun County was declared an
Economic Injury Disaster Area
because of the closure of the bays to
oystering due to freshwater
flooding “We are making loans
because of the closure oi the oyster
grounds,” Bancer said
"We talked to over 90 people." he
said According to Bancer. a lot ol
people came in during the morning,
"We had to ask people to come back
in the afternoon," he said.
"We are making loans to meet ex-
penses they could have met if it
hadn't been for the disaster," he
said Items such as boat
'Document vendors' out in force
Title 18 United States Code section
1546 was recently revised The docu
ment vendors, says Claflin,
"Defraud the immigration service
in refernce to any benefit an alien
might be receiving Offering false
evidence is illegal, it's a conspiracy
on the part ol the seller and a viola-
tion by the purchaser."
In simple terms, the employer w ill
be taking the document in good faith
the one presenting and the one
who sold the false document is
wrong
Fuentez further explains that
employees are required to present
documents of identification with a
picture, "On it's value it indicates
you're employable " Another docu
ment, without a picture, that can be
used for identification is a Social
Leading Indicators post gain
how substantial the upturn will be
The 0.7 percent increase in the in-
dex for February was accompanied
by a substantial upward revision in
the January performance, which
originally had been reported as a 10
percent decline
The biggest source of strength for
February came Irom the huge rise
in stock market prices However,
the market, after setting a siring ol
new highs earlier this month, suf-
fered a big decline on Monday, with
the Dow Jones industrial average
falling by 57.39 points
Also contributing to the strength in
February was a big rise in manufac-
turers' orders for consumer goods, a
rise in the average workweek and
higher applications for building per
mits
The biggest negative factor
holding the index back was a change
in raw materials prices, followed by
a decline in growth in the money
supply, changes in the speed with
which businesses filled orders, a rise
in weekly unemployment claims and
a decline in orders lor business
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maintenance, boat payments and
equipment, he added
To qualify for an Economic Injury
Disaster Loan, according to SBA
rules, the applicant must be unable
to receive loans from any other
sources
The maximum loan limit for a
loan is $500,000, Bancer said "The
amount of the loan is based on the
businesses actual economic injury
and its financial needs,” he added
Bancer said that the average
amount requested by applicants so
far is $20,000 "But we haven't had
any oysterhouse owners contact us
yet."
Applicants must furnish balance
sheets and operating statements for
comparative periods of time, so the
SBA can compare the applicant's
financial condition and operating
condition preceding the disaster
with those during and since the
disaster period. Bancer said
SBA guidelines prohibit the use of
a loan to pay cash dividends or
bonuses or for disbursements to
owners, partners, officers or
stockholders that are not directly
related to the performance of ser-
vices for the business, an SBA pam-
phlet said
The SBA will not refinance long-
term debts and will not provide
working capital which was needed
by the business prior to the disaster,
and as a result is not disaster
related, according to the pamphlet
Collateral is usually required by
the SBA for the loans Occasionally,
very small loans may be made on a
unsecured basis However, a loan
will not be declined soley because
available collateral will not ade-
quately secure the loan, the pam-
phlet said
Interest on the loan is 4 percent
and the terms on the loan may not
exceed 30 years.
The temporary office is in the
Calhoun County Agricultural
Building at the County Fairgrounds
It is open from 9 a m to 6:30 p m .
until Friday. April 3. The office also
has a temporary phone number -
552-4225
An adjudication and detention
hearing was scheduled Tuesday
morning in Calhoun County
Court at Ixiw for a juvenile lieing
held in the death ol a 1 jing Molt
woman
The juvenile has lieen held at
the regional juvenile detention
center in Rockport since the body
of Batsy Ann Shafer was
discovered on Feb. 24
The partially-clad liody was
found in her automobile on a
county road near her home by a
county road work crew
Shafer had been shot in the
head several times, investigators
said There was no sign ol sexual
assault
A search for the woman had
been launched that morning after
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Surber, Chester C. & Fulghum, Gary. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 175, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1987, newspaper, March 31, 1987; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1280585/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.