The Penny Record (Bridge City, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2001 Page: 2 of 26
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extension of the abatement with
Compliance Agency for the
collection of delinquent court
costs, fines and restitution
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the school replaced a former leaky roof, extensive damage was
already done to the building that continues to cause problems.
Others complained that they had not been informed of air quali-
ty problems at the school and said the superintendent would not
meet with them to discuss the issue.
Superintendent Sam Lucia said the district will do "everything in
our power to make our buildings as safe as possible."
When the air quality issue was brought to his attention in the fall
of 2000, Lucia said he had the Texas Association of School Board
personnel do a study on the school's air quality. The district fol-
lowed through on the TASB's recommendations then and had the
air tested again in April.
"Some of the issues were resolved and some were not," Lucia ■
said. "Since then we have asked a local vendor to come in and do
air quality checks and to also test for mold in our air-conditioning
system."
TASB is to come back to the district this month to do a third set
of tests to determine what is needed next, Lucia said.
"Our intent is to resolve this issue by removing and replacing the
air-conditioning system and the duct work and the carpet that is on
this floor,” he said.
Lucia said he could not guarantee the carpet would be removed
prior to the Christmas holidays because everyone would have to be
moved out. But parents questioned the validity of the tests and
asked if they could raise money to hire their own certified person
to do the tests. Board President Tim Latiolais said they would need
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demand for rubber, Ringle said.
He assured commissioners
the project would be resumed
but said he did not know when.
"We have a huge investment
in this project with almost $28
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Doug Manning reviewed the
proposals and made the recom-
mendation to commissioners to
award the contract to Meadows.
Commissioners also agreed
to extend the Firestone plant's
abatement agreement for a
$29.5 million project for anoth-
er year to Dec. 31, 2002.
Firestone
Colin Ringle said the project
was put on hold because of cash
flow and the worldwide
demand for rubber. When the
project was stopped, it was
within four to five months of
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County collection locations
include the Precinct 1 bam on
Highway 87 at Teal Road, the
Mauriceville sheriff substation
at Highway 12 and 62, the
Precinct 3 county bam on .
Roundbunch and the Precinct 4
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Current operator Chuck
Baldwin is retiring and did not
submit a proposal. Baldwin has
been the fixed-based operator
for about 20 years.'
Purchasing Agent Janell
Duchamp said Larry Kemp of
Lumberton also submitted a
proposal, but he indicated in an
accompanying letter that he
was not prepared to do the job
now.
The fixed-base operator man-
ages day-to-day operations at
the airport, including access to
the grounds, scheduling meet-
ing rooms and allocation of
rental and hangar space.
Under terms of the contract,
Meadows will pay the county
$565 a month and 10 cents per
gallon on all fuel
Duchamp said. The contract
also requires at least $1 million
in insurance coverage.
Duchamp, emergency servic-
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Pacific.
"In 15 minutes I was sea sick,
and a lieutenant came by and
told me I'd never make it. He
was right," Wingate said. "I was
chronically sick and never got
over it."
Even though he was in the
hospital several times, Wingate
managed to stay in the military
until after the Invasion of
Luzon in 1945.
Wingate was not always on a
ship, spending some time on
Pacific islands, including
Manus and Mindora. The Navy
assigned him to the 113th
Seabees at San Jose, Mindora.
During his military career, he
managed to put his meat han-
dling skills to use. During the
war, most of the men's meals
consisted of K-rations. When
he saw a herd of about 600 cat-
tle on the island they were on,
Wingate had the idea of adding
some fresh meat to their diet.
"I went to the captain and
said how about we kill some of
those calves over there and
cook them," he said. "He told
me no shots could be fired here,
but I didn't need a shot because
I had a rope.”
So Wingate roped about a
1941 by offering him more
money and promising to teach
him to build ships.
"I told Mike I didn't know a
tugboat from a Broussard, but
he said, ‘You will when I get
through with you,' " Wingate
said. "He wasn't joking either."
Wingate was making $16 a
week at the meat market and
was to get 58 cents an hour at
the shipyard with his workweek
being 48 hours or more.
When he joined Levingston,
two 72-foot tugboats, the Pan 6
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completion.
The company has no money
in its 2002 capital budget to
assume the project, but it could owed by offenders. But they s
be resumed at any time, pend- left on the table consideration
ing improvement in world eco- of an agreement with State Tax
conditions and the Management Review for col-
lection services associated with
sales taxes owed the county but
misapplied to another entity.
Commissioners also
approved county trash collec-
tion locations for Saturday's
million involved out there county wide clean up. The event
now," he said. "We'll need
about $4 or $5 more million to
finish it, partly because some of
the money was used to stop the
construction, and some will be
used to resume it."
County Judge Carl
sold, Thibodeaux, who favored the
extension, reminded Ringle that county bam, Gould Community
Center and Pine Forest City
Hall in the Vidor area.
The old county landfill on
Farm Road 1442 will accept
and Assistant County Attorney those taxing entities. white goods, furniture, air-con-
Commissioner Sue Bearden ditioners and refrigerators.
said the Firestone plant has
been in operation in Orange
County since 1957 and has
been "a great contributor and an
asset to the community."
Commissioners also agreed
to support a proposed amend-
ment to the U.S. constitution
Plant Manager prohibiting the desecration of
the U.S. flag. And they
approved an interlocal agree-
ment with Fire District No. 3
for work on a parking lot.
Commissioners approved an
agreement with the Texas
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and Pan 7, were just coming off
the ways. The shipyard was
starting to build tugboats for the 20 men working with me all the
U.S. Navy and for England. time," he said. "They had to
Wingate began as a shipfitter learn just like I did, and I had to
helper and was eager to learn teach them."
the trade. Wingate's shipyard days were
"Every time, I would eat my interrupted in 1944 when he
lunch real quick and would go received a draft notice for the
by and watch the welders," he Navy. The notice came as a sur-
said. "After les^ than a week, I
was welding and burning too.
They all helped me because
they needed some help."
He progressed to shipfitter
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Childress, Jerry. The Penny Record (Bridge City, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2001, newspaper, November 14, 2001; Bridge City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1293844/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .