The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 87, Ed. 1 Monday, June 5, 1995 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 104, NO. 87
ALVIN, TEXAS 77511
BRAZORIA COUNTY'S
OLDEST NEWSPAPER
Citizens sound-off on
proposed purchase of
certificates of obligation
Alvin Women's Aglow will
meet Thursday, June 8, at 6:30
p.m. at the Upper Room Cafe.
Dinner is $4.25. The meeting
begins at 7 p.m. with guest
speaker Rosa Lee Stull of
Galesburg, III. There will not
be a July meeting. For more
information, call 331-5588.
meets every
By Wendy Mohon
The Alvin Sun
An information round table
is slated for June 7 from 12-2
p.m. at the Women's Center,
1216 N. Velasco in Angleton.
RSVP by June 5 by calling
(409) 849-9553. The session
will feature individuals from
various service organizations
who will field questions from
the audience.
By Wendy Mohon
The Alvin Sun
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The 4-H mini horse shows
will be held at the AYLAA
arena off FM 517 on June 8.
15, 22, 29, July 6, 13 and 20.
English and western events
start at 7:30 For more informa-
tion call 331-3269.
By Kristie Watthuber
The Alvin Sun
palities with enforcing hazardous
materials laws.
Free legal assistance is
offered on Wednesdays from
1:30 pm.-5p.m. at the Alvin
Community Health Endeavor
building, till W. Adoue. The
service is provided for anyone
falling below the Federal pov-
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No one was injured Friday morning, when the owner of an empty storage building decided to set
fire to the structure. Officials with the Alvin Volunteer Fire Department said the man doused the
wooden and tin shed with gasoline and set it on fire to destroy it.
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The Alvin Sun
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A parenting class will be
held at the Women's Center,
1216 N. Velasco in Angleton
beginning Monday, July 7 from
7-8:30 p.m. and continuing
throughout the year. Classes
are for men and women and
child care will be provided.
There is no charge. For more
information, call Kimberly at
(409) 849-9553.
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Bonnie Boff of Manvel
needs B positive-type blood for
an upcoming surgery on June 5.
She needs three pints donated
as soon as possible. Call 331-
*1283.
A benefit fish'fry wi be
held for BACH Rehabilitation
Center in Angleton at the K.C.
Hall on Friday, June 9. For
more information call 331-
7117.
Christian Singles meet on
Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at 1325 S.
Johnson Street. For more infor-
mation call 585-2020.
improvements. He said he was
concerned about the cost that
would be passed on to the taxpay-
ers.
“People on a fixed income are
hurting and small businesses are
hurting," Haney said. “All you
people can do is tax, tax tax,
spend, spend, spend. Really it’s
getting out of line. It's getting to
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wedding on June. 3.
“The ordinance should be avail-
able to manage overt violations
with illegal tankers and illegal
dumping," he said. “In no case, in
my opinion, should the City of
Manvel enter a financial contract
with a third party which dictates the
degree to which the city will
enforce its ordinance."
Councilman Phil Rosenbaum
said he’s concerned the city will
project the wrong image.
"There's got to be some kind of
balance present when enforcing this
ordinance," he said. "If this program
pays far itself, that's great; but if it
doesn’t, we don’t want this to turn
into a ravenous situation.”
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The Knights of Columbus
plays bingo every Monday and
Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the
K.C. HaR on SO 6 and C.R. 146
The public is invited.
By Wendy Mohon
The Alvin Sun
Alvin City Council listened to
the concerns of several Alvin citi-
zens at the regular council meet-
ing Thursday night.
J.R. Haney addressed the coun-
cil regarding the city’s proposal to
purchase certificates of obligation
to pay far the landfill closure and
various water and sewer system
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(hat the firm is ready to begin the
bid solicitation and approval
process, which should take
approximately 30 days. Once bids
have been approved by council,
the actual conversion of the
building should take about 90
days to complete, Thompson said.
This is a two-phase project.
Phase one will convert the old
library, while phase two will
renovate the half of the building
now occupied by the Alvin Police
Department Phase two will begin
once APD has moved to their new
building on Gordon Street.
Construction has not yet begun on
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MONDAY, JUNE 5,1995
set fire to the structure on June 2.
Officials with the Alvin Volun-
teer Fire Department said the tool
shed fire erupted about 9:01 Friday
on Greenhouse Road, about one
mile east of North Highway 35.
Firefighters said a man living at
that location doused the wooden and
tin shed with gasoline and set it on
fire to destroy it.
State air control laws prohibit the
intentional burning of materials
like plastic, rubber and creosoted
wood because the hydrocarbons they
release can be harmful.
But fire officials said the man
likely did not know he was violat-
ing the law.
Overeaters Anonymous
meetings are held weekly on
Monday night from 7:30-8:45
p.m. at Alvin Community Hos-
pital, 301 Medic Lane. Admis-
sion is free, donations are wel-
comed. For more information,
call Nancy R. at 331-3938.
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Out of school students still
needing to pass one or more
parts of the TAAS or TEAMS
test need to register for the
next test dales which are July
11 - Writing, July 12 - Math;
and July 13 - Reading. Regis-
tration packets are available in
the Alvin High School
Guidance office from 7 a.m. to
3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The completed registration
forms must be received in Iowa
City, Iowa no later than 5 p.m.,
June 9.
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building.
During both burglaries, entry to
the lounge was gained through a
Crime of the
involved isli) of small build.
Alvin police are seeking informa- Crime Stoppers will pay up to
tion about two burglaries that $1,000 for information leading to
occurred in the 100 block of East the arrest and grand jury indictment
Willis Street last month, of the suspect(s) involved in these
The first incident occurred on burglaries.
May 8, when someone broke into Anyone with information is
Jame’s Lounge, 116 E. Willis St, urged to call Crime Stoppers at
and stole two, white First Natjional 331-STOP, 1-800-252-TIPS, or
Bank money bags. The bags con- Sgt. Todd Arendell at the Alvin
tained an undisclosed amount of Police Department at 388-4370.
c mplete the proposed fixtures and other things that are
renovations, not including roof
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currency, police said. Callers do not have to reveal their
On May 26, someone again identity.
aninsdensvcsaerbcsnmanlonage Structure fire
closed amount of currency from a No one was injured when the
juke box and a pool table inside the owner of an empty storage building
explore the p”*1* * 1 meetins.
dPBlTcX contract is afattre to his fellow
> firm that councilmember, Petru reportedly
dik munici- was preparing far his daughter’s
According to officials, the
proposed senior citizens' center
could be open to the public before
Christmas.
Thursday night, Alvin City
Council got their first look at the
proposed plans for the conversion
of the old library into a senior
citizens’ center.
Charles Thompson of
Thompson-Nelson and Ritchey,
Inc. Architectural Planning
Interiors firm made the
presentation to council. He noted
available for the center
Plans include a small kitchen
area and limited storage space
Thompson said that phase two of
the project will include more
room for storage. The proposal
will also move the main entrance
from Sealy Street to Taylor The
existing meeting room will be
converted to a game and crafts
room
The total budget for the project
is $485,000 Thompson said
$173,000 will be required to
the new police facility.
Thompson said that until the
police vacate the other half of the
building and make the parking on
the Hood Street side of the
building available, parking will
be limited.
"We know that we don't have
enough on-site or at least on-
street parking,” Thompson
explained "The supermarket
across the street has been a
potential site for overflow
parking."
He said once the police vacate
the other half of the building, over
40 parking spaces will be
Thompson said he will not know
the extent of roof repairs required
until a survey can be done He
said he also would like the city to
authorize surveys on the air
conditioning and electrical
systems for the building
“We know there are going Io be
some things that we'll uncover
that you just can't tell on the
surface." Thompson said "We
don't want to push our budget to
the max at this point because
there's also a lot of furniture and
If approved, PBI Technology will
MANVEL - Councilmembers on aid the city with the inspection and
Thursday unanimously approved the regulation of vehicles that may be
first reading of an ordinance that transporting hazardous materials
would regulate the transporting of illegally - for an undetermined fee.
hazardous materials through the City officials predict enough reve-
city. nue will be generated from fines,
The decree must pass a second to pay PBI for its services.
and third reading before it becoenes But some councilmembers fear a
official. Once approved, the ordi- financial contract will lead to the
biih State Highway daily enforcement of the nrrii nanct -
as routes for tranj- in order to meet certain ticket quo-
a materiala. ttn and produce sufficient revenue.
m with the ordi- Councilman Ed Petru, who
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A public hearing was part of the
regular Alvin City Council
meeting Thursday night.
The hearing was called to give
the public an opportunity to
discuss replat requests for two
pieces of property and the
negotiated basic cable service
rates and scheduled cable rebate.
No One had any comments on any
of the items.
Several items were removed
from the consent agenda for
discussion. Councilmember Larry
Townsend questioned the
proposed ordinance to amend a
section of the code of ordinances
regarding fences around wrecker
yards. The amendment requires
that steel-panelled fences must be
able to sustain 100 mile-per-hour
winds.
Townsend argued that this is
not fair if other fences in the city
are not required to meet the same
standards.
T still feel like I said last time
that we’re singling-out one
industry,” Townsend said.
Councilmember Dwight Rhodes
questioned how the 100 mile-per-
hour wind load requirement was
determined. City Engineer
Brandon Wade said the figure
came right out of the code of
ordinances pertaining to structural
design.
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Schwind, Jim & Mohon, Wendy. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 87, Ed. 1 Monday, June 5, 1995, newspaper, June 5, 1995; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1561820/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.