Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 198, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1987 Page: 1 of 18
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MAY 2
Friday
18 Pages, 2 Sections
May 7, 1987
The family newspaper of dynamic Calhoun County!
96TH YEAR NO. 198
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\ NON-INJl RY ACCIDENT on \uslin Street
near Seadrift Street occurred when the trailer
being towed by a 1978 Chevrolet pickup truck
broke away. The trailer, carrying a ditching
machine came uncoupled from the truck and
traveled into the oncoming lane where it col-
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County Auditor Ben C'omiskey and
the outside auditors said a large por
tion of the funds represented in the
surplus fund balances are dedicated
revenues and can only lx? used for
specific purposes
These funds, like the $136,822 in
the debt service account, are ear
marked in the tax levy or by stale
law and cannot be transferred into
the general fund
Taxes are levied in October and
taxes collected before January 1
must be held and cannot be spent un
til the tieginning of the fiscal year for
which they are collected
Therefore, some 1987 taxes which
were billed and paid in 1986, will be
spent during this budget year
Other restricted funds include
state and federal grant monies for
Sunset at 8:04 p m today
Sunrise at 6:47 a m Satur-
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B> PAUL CONATZER
Maff Writer
By CHARLYN FINN
Wave Staff Writer
Weather
Calhoun County
The high Thursday was 8t
with an overnight low of 66
Temperature at 9 a m. today
was 73 The Wave recorded no
rainfall in the last 24 hours
Index
Classified ...................
Comics..........................
Deaths..........................
Leisure.........................
Lifestyle
Police beat
Religion .....................
Sports..........................
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specific piujects, the district at-
torney’s hot check fund, forfeited
property and fees of office.
The hot check fund and forfeited
property fund must tie used tor law
enforcement purposes.
Fees of office < court costs, filing
fees, etc.) must be used in the
department that generates them
Debt retirement funds which are
produced by a tax levy attached to a
bond issue must be used to retire
that specific bonded indebtedness
and must be kept in separate ac-
counts from other funds
In the management letter, the
auditors mentioned several items
regarding federal grant funds
received by the county where
reports to the granting agency were
not reviewed by the county auditor
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holds a pipe support The wheel
went up the footer and the truck
overturned, trapping him," she
said There were no witnesses to
the accident.
Hummer expressed sadness at
the accident and extended con-
dolences from the company to
BulliK-k's family
Hummer said that Alcoa is in
the process of conducting an in-
vestigation into the accident
The Mine Safety and Health
Administration will also conduct
an investigation. Hummer said
"It's standard practice for them
to conduct an investigation after
a death," she added
According to Pam l^ambden.
assistant administrator at MMC,
Bullock was brought to the
hospital via ambulance at 5:45
a m today and died 45 minutes
after arriving at the hospital
Lambden said the cause of death
had not yet been determined
(Please see Alcoa. Page 2A)
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tant to the scoring of the grant ap-
plication
"What we are trying to do is
resolve the issue and hope the city of
Seadrift qualifies for the grant
again," Pluta said "But there are
no guarantees.”
According to Pluta. the TDCA has
worked with Seadrift often over the
past few years. "The city received
funding for its sewer project over
three years from 1983 to 1985,” he
added
Pluta blames the problem on a
lack of communication between the
city and the agency
Pluta said the agency was doing
what could be done to re-fund the ci-
ty's project but there were no
guarantees. "We've given Seadrift
more latitude than we normally do,"
Pluta said
Holland had said that it might be
possible to extend the grant contract
and Pluta said that was a possibility
The city council will have a
workshop meeting at 1 pm Monday
to discuss the grant
POINT COMFORT An Alcoa
employee died in Memorial
Medical Center after an accident
at the plant, early this morning
John Bullock, 51, of the Jackson
Count; community of Francitas,
died at 6:30 a m today at MMC
after a fork-lift truck accident
that occurred at the plant at
around 5:20 a m. today
Bullock had been employed by
Alcoa for 25 years He started
working for the company in April
of 1962
According to Alcoa Public
Relations Officer laiurel Hum-
mer, Bullock, a general
maintenance mechanic at the
plant was transporting a pump
motor to another section of the
plant in a fork-lift truck when the
accident occurred "Mr Bullock
niade a right turn and he struck a
square concrete footer, which
Registration for pre-kindergarten
and kindergarten children in
Calhoun County Schools for the
1987 88 schixil year w ill be held dur
mg the week of May 4 8, 1987 from
8 30 am to 3:30 p.m.
At Harrison Elementary, children
with last name ending in A through
G will register Tuesday. May 5 from
8:30 a in. to 11:30a m. Last name H
through M. from 12:30 p m to 3:30
p m on Tuesday. May 5. Children
with last names N through R should
register from 8:30 to 11:30 a m on
Wednesday. May 6 Ixist name S
through Z should register on
Wednesday, May 6 from 12:30 p.m
to 3 30 p m
Judy Lmdsley of Harrison school
said that parents should bring then-
child, the child's official birth cer-
lided with
Fulghum >
to speak or understand English and
have a family income below sub-
sistence level, according to the
CCISD office
Children eligible for kindergarten
must be five years of age on before
Sept 1,1987 All children w ho are not
presently enrolled in the
kindergarten this year and who will
be six years of age on or before Sept
1, 1987, should register for the first
grade
CCISD requires parents bring
their child's birth certificate and im-
munization record to registration
It is required by state law that
prior to admission to pre-
kindergarten. kindergarten or first
grade, all students are required to
be immunized for diptheria. tetanus,
polio, measles, rubella and mumps
The CCISD School Board requires
The Texas Department of Com
munity Affairs has revoked a
$500,000 grant that the agency had
previously awarded to the City of
Seadrift
According to Bob Pluta, TDCA
regional director in Austin, the grant
was revoked because the city had
failed to submit a portion of the in
formation necessary to receive the
grant within the six month deadline
"We have a six month deadline to
receive the information," Pluta
said "When we didn't receive the in-
formation by the deadline, we
suspended the contract," he said.
Seadrift Mayor Donald Holder
said at a city council meeting on
Tuesday, that he had received a let
ter from TDCA in Novemtier re-
questing information In January he
received another letter from the
agency which revoked the grant
Seadrift had applied for the grant
Area Forecast
Tonight, mostly cloudy with a
20 percent of showers or
thunderstorms The low
temperature will be in the mid
60 s and winds will be blowing
near 10 mph out of the
southeast
The forecast for South Texas,
along the upper Texas coast
from Port Arthur to Port O’Con
nor, calls for south winds near
20 knots Seas 4 to 6 feet
Isolated thunderstorms Seas 5
to 7 ft through the weekend
Tides
Saturday, a high of 1.5 ft. at
11:10 a m in Port O’Connor,
11:05 a m in Indianolar and
11:15 a m in Port Lavaca A
low of 0.0 ft at 12:24 am. 12:54
a m. and 12 :44 a m
Sunday, a high of 1.4 ft. at
12:28 p.m in Port O'Connor,
12:23 pm in Indianola, and
12:33 p m. in Port Lavaca. A
low of 0.1 ft. at 1:14 a m., 1:44
a m and 1:34 a.m.
Monday, a high of 1.4 ft. at
1:28 p m in Port O’Connor, 1:23
am in Indianola and 1 33 a m.
in Port Lavaca; a low of 0.2 ft.
at 2:12a m , 2:42 and 2:32 a m.
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that a child have a negative tuber-
culosis test within one year prior to
entering school
CCISD recommends that these im
munizations be completed before
schixil starts The school office must
have pr'xit that the registering pre-
kindergarten student has started
his/her immunizations If a child
has not received any immunizations
at all, he will not be allowed to
register.
Texas law does not require im-
munization against smallpox, but
the school board recommends that
parents talk with their family doctor
about the smallpox vaccination.
When registering children for pre
kindergarten, kindergarten or first
grade, it is necessary to bring proof
of immunization from a family doc-
tor or the Health Department
faculty could be accomplished in
PE-health and vocation depart-
ments The teaching staffs in each
department could be reduced by
two. * a
"Clearly, one must weigh
gram implications of -.uct^Hgrag
Turk said It nee^MHt
understood tli.r tins woul^BffilK1'
ngs
Ik- expected that it wouRU^^^^r'
impact on atfilefA
Turk said tha^jg^^^W^J
reduction in cb
that there will
enrollment in ■
options <
Turk said ■
need to bring*
in the core c^
pupil-teacheA.
setting cuts i&
grams would*
drastic
and cheese, but other commodities
could be obtained if the county would
contract directly with the United
States Department of Agriculture
He said the program could also in-
clude powdered milk, corn meal,
flour and other items
The only additional cost to the
county would be transporting the
commodities from Corpus Christi
and storing them The actual
distribution in Calhoun County is
handled by volunteers
County Judge Alex Hernandez told
the commissioners the county had
received a bill from Genera)
Telephone and Electric Company
for the installation of telephones in
the office opened by the Small
Business Administration to process
disaster loans for local oystermen.
Runaway trailer
courthouse annex
The state agency will continue to
pay the county $6,120 per year for
the space.
The DHS had considered moving
into other offices in Port Lavaca
because of a space shortage in the
county building, but they have been
unable to find suitable quarters.
The agency is continuing to search
for other office space and may move
next year.
Precinct 4 Commissioner Oscar
Hahn said the county should explore
the possibility of operating its own
surplus commodities program,
rather than working through the
Community Action Agency in Vic-
toria.
Hahn said the CAA has been sup-
plying the local program with butter
CCISD planning
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rH‘remainMR
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sir.
A total of six teaching positions
and 30 class sections have been
eliminated at Calhoun High School.
Calhoun Independent School District
Superintendent Elvis Arterbury,
Ph D., said Thursday.
The cuts in teacher positions and
class sections for the 1987-88 school
year came about following a CHS
enrollment-staffing data survey
made by Assistant Superintendent
T.R Turk, Ed.D., Arterbury said
Turk’s survey was completed in
March Final steps towards
eliminating the teaching positions
and class sections were completed
this week, according to Arterbury
Completion of pre registration at
CHS made it possible for CCISD ad-
ministration to determine where
cuts could be made for next school
year
Turk explained that the school
board policy is to have a 19:1 pupil-
teacher ratio. The analysis showed
that there is a 17.1:1 ratio currently
at the high school
To bring the ratio closer to the 19:1
ratio, it would require a deduction of
six staff members and 30 class sec-
tions.
Three of the six teachers involved
will not have jobs in CCISD next
year, according to Arterbury Two
of the remaining three teachers
were reassigned to a middle school
position for the next school term.
One middle school teacher job has
also been eliminated.
Counting the recent cuts, over a
three year period CCISD has cut its
staff by 28 members
Turk explained Thursday that
with the move to a Saturday deten-
tion, that was incorporated in the
spring, plus the elimination of duty
assignments, it became possible to
reduce nine sections at CHS or ap-
proximately two full-time
equivalents The data suggested that
the four remaining positions should
come from the physical education
(PE) health and vocational depart-
ments.
Currently there are a total of 59
sections allocated to PE-heaith and
43 sections are allocated to voca-
tional classes
Turk said that if these programs
were to be brought to an average of
15 students each, the reduction in
TDCA revokes Seadrift grant,
but will allow new application
in September of 1985 The money
was to be used as matching funds for
a $500,000 federal grant that the city
had received for harbor im-
provements and development
According to Pluta. the informa-
tion the city did not send concerned
local loan contracts. “Their package
was missing information on term
and rate for the loans."
Pluta said that the agency has had
several meetings with the city to try
and work out the problem
"We are going to allow the city to
resubmit their bid and compete for
funds on the latest go round of grant
monies," Pluta said
Pluta added that this is the first
time that the agency has allowed a
city which has had a grant revoked
to resubmit an application
The Seadrift City Council and the
city's grant consultant Bill Holland
will travel to Austin on Tuesday to
make a presentation to the TDCA's
Technical Review Committee Pluta
said that this presentation is impor-
lULEOr’* Ooni.TY
Thought for today: "Civil sei
vice a commodity formerly ob
tainable in restaurants
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tificate and immunization records
The screening and registration pro-
gram should take about an hour and
will take place in the Harrison
Auditorium
The schedule for the other elemen-
tary schools is as follows:
• Jackson May 4 through 8
• Port O'Connor May 4 through
8
• Roosevelt — May 4 through 8
• Seadrift - May 4 through 8
Children will register at the school
they w ill attend Parents who are not
sure which school their children will
attend should call the Calhoun Coun-
ty Independent School District Of-
fice at 552 9728
Children eligible for pre-
kindergarten must be four years of
age on or before Sept t. 1987. unable
The accounting firm of Bumgard
Morrison and Company of Vic-
toria Thursday told Calhoun County
Commissioner’s Court, "the county
is in very good financial shape "
The audit, for the fiscal year en-
ding I lecember 31, showed the coun
ty had revenues, from all sources, of
17,444.4.34 compart'd to $6,820,431 in
1985
Total county government expen
ditures in 1986 were $6,005,865 com
p«red to $5,566,151 in 1985
The 1986 surplus of revenues over
expenditures was $1,438,569
The county’s total fund balance on
**c 31 was $6,629,643 up from
*5,188 812 on Dec 31, 1985
car. (Staff photo by Gary
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the oh
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According to Turk’s survey tht.
current school year thereX^ 73
teachers at CHS teaching 35^.,^
sections to 6.140 students (Ther^,,,
not 6,140 students at CHS. Turk
(Please see CCISD. Page 2A)
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County in 'very good financial shape
The auditors suggested that all
I reports to state and federal agencies
providing grant funds, be reviewed
1 by County Auditor Ben C’omiskey
1 before being submitted to the agen
cy involved
! Comiskey agreed this policy would
‘ eliminate any discrepancies bet-
ween the agency report and his
! records.
1 The auditors said the county
“ should begin maintaining a balance
1 sheet of fixed assets. Comiskey said
his office is currently in the process
of inventorying the county’s fixed
) assets and entering them into his
1 computer files.
1 Commissioners approved a
■ renewel of the lease between the
’ county and the Texas Department of
Human Services for space in the
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Surber, Chester C. & Fulghum, Gary. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 198, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1987, newspaper, May 1, 1987; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1280611/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.