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Opinion
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Thursday, August 14,1986
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It's Time To Close The Pool
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If your home and personal belong-
ings suffer water damage during a
storm, you may be able to make
some of the repairs and restoration
yourself.
Refrigerators, sofas and other
hard goods should be hosed off and
kept for the adjuster’s inspection. A
good deodorizer when cleaning ma-
jor kitchen appliances is to add one
teaspoon of baking soda to a quart of
water. Any partially damaged items
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juster will make recommendations
as to their repair or disposal.
Take pictures of the damage done
to your building and contents.
Take all wooden furniture out-
If the building has been flooded,
shovel out mud while it still is moist
to give walls and floors a chance to
dry. Once plastered walls have
dried, brush off loose dirt. Wash with
a mild soap solution and rinse with
clean water; always start at the bot-
tom and work up. Ceilings are done
last.
to his constituents.
COME NOW, it is simple.
The people of the Coastal Bend, of
Texas do not want this one stretch of
still open beach access to be damm-
ed up with the bricks, mortar and
parking pavement by money-hungry
developers, promoters, speculators.
They want the beach to remain
open for the people.
They want to drive on the beach.
THEY WANT to enjoy the natural
aspects of this beautiful stretch of
sand and sea.
And they want their children to
have the same opportunity.
They don’t want to be boxed in by
If the city of Portland continues to grow, certainly a second pool will
be needed. But council has indicated its preference to build a new, ex-
panded Community Center in future years. A second city pool could be
located adjacent to this facility. Planning could ensure there would be no
parking problems, as experienced by the current Community Center.
If council still hesitates to make a final decision on the eastside pool,
it should consider the current economic times. Can we afford to spend
monies on improving recreational facilities when we do not even know if
residents want those facilities?
The answer is clear. The time has come to close the pool. Council also
would be wise to heed the words of member Charlie Tothill — The pool
should serve as an example to council that it cannot allow, other city
facilities to be neglected.
Let one costly lesson on the importance of maintenance be our last.
This newspaper is published Thursday after-
noon.
PDL is the pen name for Paul Le-
veen, who retired from the Portland
News in 1984.
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1981
5 Years Ago
Ami Palmer won first runner-up
honors in the U.S. Twirling Associa-
tion’s Miss International Pageant.
THURSDAY, AUG. 21
Commodity Distribution - 9 a.m. until gone, Trinity Baptist Church,
206 Lang Road
Alcoholics Anonymous - noon, 5:30 and 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
TOPS 638 -6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church
Gregory Lions Club - 7 p.m., fire station
FRIDAY, AUG. 15
Portland Al-Anon - 10 a.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic
Church
Alcoholics Anonymous - noon, 5:30 and 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20
Kiwanis Club - noon, Chamber of Commerce building, 902 Elm
Alcoholic Anonymous - noon, 5:30 and 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
Portland Sea Gulls Square Dance Club - 8 p.m., Community Center
SATURDAY, AUG. 16
Alcoholics Anonymous -5:30 and 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
THURSDAY, AUG. 14
Alcoholics Anonymous - noon, 5:30 and 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
TOPS 638 - 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church
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Miss Ann McCain will be teaching
the second grade at Hill Crest
Elementary School in San Antonio.
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SUNDAY, AUG. 17
Alcoholics Anonymous - 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
Narcotics Anonymous - 7 p.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic
Church
HELENS. TRACY
Publisher
JAMES F. TRACY, JR
Sec.-Treas. & Business Manager
JOHN HENRY TRACY
Vice-Pres. & Sales Manager
CHARLES SULLIVAN..........Editor-Sports'
LINDA CASTLEBERRY
ARMOND ASHWORTH
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KAY ATKINSON.....
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VICTORIA A. NERIOS
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Portland’s Past
1966
20 Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Isenburg
and daughters, Betty and Barbara,
were in Austin last weekend to at-
tend a softball tournament.
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The number of marriages record-
ed in San Patricio County ran to 334
for the year of 1965 against a record
of 14 recorded in 1895.
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D.D. Harvey won the gold medal
in the senior girls division at the
AAU/USA National Junior Olym-
pics, held at the University of Iowa,
at Iowa City.
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RED SAILS in the sunset. And to
travel even a little further into the
land of what was , Lehman now has
ordered the design of a tall ship - a
large, square-rigged sailing ship -
for Navy training.
What can top this? Possibly the
recommissioning of Old Ironsides.
Who knows?
When will the Stearman bi-wUlF
trainers of yesteryear appear over
NAS Corpus Christi?
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Kira Holt, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Holt, recently returned
from a four-week tour of England,
Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
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The Gregory-Portland Symphonic
Band ranked fifth in the state in a re-
cent Honor Band Competition for 4A
schools.
Hurricane Preparedness
doors, but keep it out of direct
sunlight to prevent warping. A
garage or carport is a good place for
drying. Remove drawers and other
moving parts as soon as possible;
but do not pry open swollen drawers
from the front. Instead, remove the
backing and push drawers out.
WHAT HAPPENED? Corpus
Christi politicos are trying to figure
out what hit them.
A landslide of “No” votes crumbl-
ed their little sand castle to capture
60 square miles of “open” beach
land through annexation.
They were grabbing in the gulf
breeze for reasons. Excuses run
from not enough time, not a large
enough turnout of voters, no
knowledge of the “real issues,”
whatever they are; to one coun-
cilman complaining that not enough
effort was taken to explain the vote
FULL REVERSE SPEED. It
seems that Navy Secretary John
Lehman is imprisoned in a time
machine and traveling back through
years past.
First, he is bringing out of
mothballs 43-year-old battlewagons
and building places to park them.
Then Lehman wants to go into the
blimp business.
He has authorized the construction
of prototypes for tests to determine
if the vulnerable airships will go into
production.
THE HISTORY of accident-prone,
lighter-than-air craft is a short and
not necessarily an attractive one.
But, one thing on the positive side.
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Story,” by Rock Hudson; “I’ll Take
Manhatten,” by Judith Krantz;
“When All You’ve Ever Wanted
u"' If it gets down to: where the bucks
Kushnerrand Nenlca s Story,” by are in short supply the Navy can
ne c a rey. rent ou^. advertising space on the
These are just some of the new hlimns tn snmP tire L™nv
books available at your local
library. They all may be checked
out.
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the path back through time, Lehman
also ran into a bit of magic.
The Navy now says that the giant
surface vessels including the carrier
can be hidden at sea.
The Navy says all that is needed is
weather, speed, advanced high tech
tomfoolery and logistical planning.
Navy tacticians say the ships will
reappear “only at the moment of at-
tack.”
Oh, come now.
SOME NAVY big wigs, who won’t
even allow identification for their
quotes, say that a “stealthy carrier”
is not far fetched.
These “strategists” say the
oceans are big, and that you can “be
lonely if you want to.” Just hide in
the weather and slip away.
In this age of super tracking and
surveillance capability it seems
unlikely.
Surely it would be sheer folly to re-
ly on such thinking in a combat
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1976
10 Years Ago
Twelve new teachers have been
hired by the G-P school district to
get ready for the new school term.
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The Portland swim team placed
second with 200 points at the Corpus
Christi League swim meet at Collier
Pool in Corpus Christi Saturday.
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Donna Albers will leave by plane,
Aug. 20, for Memphis, Tenn., where
she will take part in the National
AAU meet which will be held at
Memphis State University.
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TUESDAY, AUG. 19
Alcoholics Anonymous - noon, 5:30 and 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting - noon, Chamber building
Volunteer fire department - 7:30 p.m., fire station
Masonic Lodge stated meeting - 7:30 p.m., Masonic Lodge building
Planning and Zoning Commission - 7:30 p.m., City Hall
MONDAY, AUG. 18
Rotary Club - noon, Community Center
Alcoholics Anonymous - noon, 5:30 and 8 p.m., 426 Moore Ave.
Traffic Advisory Board - 7 p.m., police department conference room
Parks.and Recreation Advisory Board - 7:30 p.m., Community Center
Editor’s Note: Lyra Sparks is on
vacation this week. Her column will
resume next week.
By Sue Kornfuhrer
The Bell/Whittington Public
Library has obtained numerous new
books this summer. Some of these
books have been purchased through
the library’s budget; others were
purchased with the help of Mrs.
Lyra Sparks.
Some of the most popular new
books are the following:
“Enter Talking,” by Joan Rivers;
“A Matter of Honor,” by Jeffrey Ar-
cher; “Act of Will,” by Barbara
Taylor Bradford; “Q Clearance,” by
Peter Benchley; “The Empty
Nest,” by Elizabeth Cadell; “God
Game,” by Andrew M. Greeley; and
“Stranger in Two Worlds,” by Jean
Harris.
Also, “Warrick,” by Marilyn Har-
ris; “James Herriot’s Dog Stories,”
by James Herriot; “The Rotation
Diet,” by Martin Katahn; “Barrier
By Linda Castleberry
Once again, City Council has debated the needs of the Community
Center pool without reaching a final decision on the eastside facility. This
week, however, indications are council’s preference will be to close the
facility permanently.
In a three-hour budget workshop Tuesday, council discussed the
pool’s needs and the needs of the community before agreeing to leave
renovation monies in next year’s proposed budget — those funds,
however, more likely will be used to make improvements to the H.E.B.
pool rather than to the mothballed eastside facility.
Council has discussed the problems at the Community Center pool
many times; the last word from experts who studied the pool was that
$50,000 would be needed to bring the facility up to current standards.
Delaying that spending decision, council this year temporarily mothball-
ed the facility.
The fact is the time has come to permanently close the pool and coun-
cil, understandably, has been hesitant to deny the eastside its own public
pool.
There is no doubt that closing the pool will affect some people who do
not have easy access to the H.E.B. pool. While many eastside residents
have memberships in Northshore Country Club or private pools at their
homes, other residents must.rely on the H.E.B. pool for recreational
swimming.
condos and other highrise promo-
tions.
The political powers in the big city
can muster all their might, all their
expensive public relations gimmicks
and smooth sell programs, but the
people will still say, NO.
SURE, THEY may be able to gob-
ble up a parcel at a time, but those..
who care about the barrier islands
still will give them a dandy fight.
North Padre Island and Mustang
Island are an expanse of fun and
entertainment - a vacationland - for
hundreds of thousands over a year’s
time. They come from all over
Texas and beyond.
Il With hope it is an area that shall
not be fenced in with condos and
other developer ideas to keep the
people out. Not like South Padre
Island, and some Florida beaches,
California beaches.
One beach condo owner has whin-
ed in the press for ‘ ‘consideration. ”,
Owning a condo in the sand does situation with a respectable enemy,
not mean they also own the beach.
The wise voters have seen to that.
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How many of those residents, however, do not have transportation to
the westside pool? Too few to merit the high costs of renovation, surely.
And how strained are facilities at H.E.B. pool? Earlier this summer,
the pool was much more crowded than in recent weeks. However, we
have heard no indication that the pool is too crowded for current use.
Similarly, we have heard no complaints about the temporary closing
of the pool. If residents truly opposed the closing of the pool, surely they
would let council know their feelings.
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from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK
DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
. August 14,1901—First airplane flight made by Gustave Whitehead,
Bridgeport, Connecticut.
August 15,1940— 150 German planes shot down over Britain.
August 16,1945—Marshall Petain found guilty of treason.
August 17,1976—Philippines earthquake took 8,000 lives.
August 18,1944—Dunbarton Oaks Conference opened, led to forma-
tion of United Nations.
August 19,1772—Revolution in Sweden backed by France.
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1985
1 Year Ago
City Manager Bill Lewis has
resigned to accept a position as chief
administrative officer in Sugarland.
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The Portland Extension
Homemakers Club recently donated
an aspirator to the Portland Police
Department.
Library Has Selection
Of New Books To Offer
Island,” by John D. MacDonald;
“Love is Always,” by Michael
Miles; “The Good Mother,” by Sue
Miller; “The Eight Command-
ments,” by Lawrence Sanders;
“Bearer of a Million Dreams: The
Biography of the Statue of Liberty,”
by Frank Spiering; and
“Wanderlust,” byflanielle Steel.
Also, “The Triumph of Politics,”
by David Stockman; “Murder in
Georgetown,” by Margaret
Truman; “Dr. Ruth’s Guide for
Married Lovers,” by Dr. Ruth
Westheimer; “And So It Goes,” by
Linda Ellerbee; “Rock Hudson: His
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Landslide Tumbles Sand Castles
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blimps to some tire company.
DIRT STRIP ANTICS. During
World War I and up through part of
World War II, the motorcycle was on
the military scene.
Through changing times, chang-
ing combat conditions and because
of being accident traps, the two-
wheelers and three-wheelers in good
common sense were put to rest.
Lehman thinks differently.
Using the taxpayers’ money he
has penned a check to pay for 188
Kawasaki 250 dirt bikes for the U.S.
Marines. They costs $2,800 a copy.
That, dear taxpayer, is $700,000.
AND THEY talk about $75 ham-
mers.
To add insult to injury, why
Japanese bikes?
Harley-Davidson, a good, old-
fashioned American industry, surely
would have like to have such an
order in as much as they are fighting
for their economic life.
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Castleberry, Linda. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1986, newspaper, August 14, 1986; Portland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1304385/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.