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Zoning issue goes to district court
City awaits ruling on appeal of lawsuit over ordinance election
Amoco lays off 146
employees at plants
By Kathleen Holton
Managing Editor
The Alvin Area Achiever-
Mimosa Chapter of the
of East SH6 on Aug. 20 in reference to LeCompte had pulled up and began
a fight in progress One suspect, the talking "trash" to the other two men A
Man lying in road arrested
for public intoxication
• On Aug. 21, an Alvin officer was
dispatched to the area of West Sidnor
and South Second Street in reference
to a male lying in the roadway. The
condition of the man was unknown,
and Alvin EMS was dispatched the
the scene as well.
Upon arrival, the officer found the
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the weeds growing up between the pavers. In some
situations, vehicles, including semi-trucks. have
driven over the median, breaking the pavers.
This system for changing the look of medians is
costly and time consuming, said Schaeffer The
By Jennifer Mason Simonis
Staff Writer
was difficult to understand what he
was saying. He told the officer he had
been sleeping, however, he did not
believe he had been sleeping in the
road.
The officer took Williams into cus-
By Jennifer Mason Simonis
Staff Writer
The four suspects were identified as
19-year-old Ricky Lee Martinez, 21-
year-old Brad Martin LeCompte. and
18-year-old Daniel Isaac Garcia. and a
17-year-old minor.
One of the officers spoke with a wit-
ness who was an off duty Harris
County Deputy Sheriff. He stated he
was westbound on SH6 and observed
the four males fighting in the parking
lot as he passed them. He stated it
looked like they were fighting over a
gun LeCompte was holding. He said
he intervened in the altercation, sepa-
rating the men and ordering them into
the prone position.
A second witness said Garcia and
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"Our goal is to cover up all the gray concrete out
there." said Charlie Schaeffer
331-9330
1106 E. HIGHWAY. 6
ALVIN, TX.
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In May, 1998, the voters of Alvin
approved zoning in a city wide election.
This approval came after several successive
failures of the ordinance during elections.
After a long battle from two differing sides,
a court will not decide what to do.
In February, 1998, the Alvin City council
voted to put zoning on the May ballot.
By Jennifer Mason Simonis
Staff Writer
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2646 Bypass 35 South
Fight with gun leads
to four arrests
• Three Alvin officers were dis-
patched to a business in the 600 block
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checked the condition of the man.
who was later identified as 30-year-
old Leon Dray Williams. Williams
was breathing and did not have any
visible injuries.
The officer woke Williams up. at
which time Williams stood up.
The police report stated Williams
was unsteady on his feet and while
speaking to him, the officer could
detect the smell of alcohol on
Williams
When williams spoke, the report
states, his speech was slurred and it
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FAX (281) 585-4117
The Bay Area Quilt Guild
will meet Tuesday, Sept. 7
in the second floor meeting
room of the Mount Olive
Lutheran Church, 10310
Scarsdale Blvd., Houston,
Texas at 7 pm. The meeting
is open to the public and
free of charge.
BP Amoco Chemicals Chocolate
Bayou Works announced an invol-
untary severance program on
Wednesday, affecting 146 workers,
approximately 129 of them from
the Chocolate Bayou plant.
The rest of the lay offs affect peo-
ple who were at the Cedar Bayou
chemical plant in Baytown.
Those who have lost their jobs
are being offered a severance pack-
age of from two months to 71 and
one-half weeks, depending on the
employees length of service to the
company
They can also continue to receive
subsidized medical benefits, out-
Alvin Patrol CpI. Howard
Hamrick was checking the park-
ing lot of a bar on August 14 at
1:58 a.m. when a man pointed
towards two subjects standing
next to a truck.
Hamrick noticed that the subject
standing at the driver’s door began
fidgeting in a very suspicious
manner, according to the police
report.
The officer exited the vehicle,
and saw the man, identified as 30-
year-old Leonardo Alviar, pull his
hands from his pockets, dropping
something onto the ground.
After Alviar dropped the item,
he and a woman standing next to
him began to walk away from the
yuck.
Cpl. Hamrick ordered both of
them to stop, at which time the
oman pulled her hand from her
pocket, appearing to drop some-
thing as well. The officer looked
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apply. However, not everyone in the com-
munity believed this to be true.
Former council member Larry Townsend
and Elizabeth Esquivel Brinkerhoff filed a
lawsuit against the city to overturn the elec-
tion.
Retired Civil District Judge Shearn Smith
ruled in favor of Townsend and
Brinkerhoff. He ruled the two ordinances
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tion s--orten tear out existing con-
A Blood Drive will be held
for Norma Morgan on
Friday, Aug. 27 from 3 pm
till 7 pm at Union Planter’s
Bank, NA (formerly Alvin
State Bank) in the commu-
nity room.
The Amoco Chocolate
Bayou Alumni Club will
hold their quarterly meet-
ing and covered dish din-
ner on Sept. 2 at the Alvin
Senior Citizens Center at
6:30 pm Info call 281-
331-4046
placement services and educational this year in conjunction with down-
assistance up to $5000, according sizing due to business conditions
to Director of Public Affairs Daren Please see Lay Offs, Page 4
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Commercial • Residential
Any Type of Service
And Repairs
281-388-0709
Over 20 Years Experience
Women's Association meet
the third Wednesday of
each month at the
Homestead Inn at 6:30.
Info call 281-585-5106 or
281-585-4973.
Youth & Family Counseling
Services is sponsoring
Parenting classes for
Parents of Pre-teens and
Teenagers at the St.
Stephen's Lutheran Church,
3521 E Orange, Pearland.
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The five-weekser ies .sill be .
held every Wednesday
evening from 6 - 8:30 pm
Sept 1. 8, 15, 22, 29 A
$20 registration fee is
requested per person or
couple.
Call St. Sthphen’s Lutheran
Church at 281-485-1818 or
the courthouse ext. 1577 to
register.
When the officer arrived, they LeCompte pulled the shotgun out and
observed four males in the prone posi- brandished it towards the two men, the
tion in the parking lot. All of the sus- police report states.
pects were secured in handcuffs until The report also says four additional
the weapon could be found. Please sec Beat, Page 10
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Beaudo.
The majority of the workers left
on Wednesday, while the rest will
work during a transition period to
help those who will assume those
positions to learn the jobs.
According to Beaudo, the
employees were approached a few
months ago with a preference sur-
vey.
They were asked if they would
rather receive a package and leave,
or take the package and stay for the
transition period.
According to Beaudo, about 60-
65 percent said they would like the
package. Others are helping train
those who will stay.
The severance package contains
benefits which were offered earlier
down, and saw a clear piece of
plastic which was tied into a
baggy lying on the ground. Inside
the baggy was a white powdery
substance that appeared to be
cocaine.
He ordered Alviar and the
woman, identified as 27-year-old
Debra Balderez, to put their hands
on his pa'rol car. He then retrieved
the baggy from the ground.
Hamrick then called for back-
up. While they were waiting, a
Department of Public Safety
Trooper Lozano arrived, and
Hamrick advised him of the situa-
tion.
He asked the trooper to identify
the subjects in the truck. They
were identified as Rosemary
Rodriguez, Benjamin Lucio, and
23-year-old Richey Shane Farrell.
Lozano asked them to exit the
vehicle. When Rodriguez opened
her door, Lozano noticed more
suspected cocaine in plain view.
Construction/DcorCrete, recently complete their crete is not only a cheaper alternative and less time
first test site for the Texas Department of consuming, but it also strengthens the concrete.
Transportation on traffic medians. The polymer is three times stronger than con-
A median, which was normal gray concrete, and crete. Once put on top the concrete, it will not
and was made to loom like it had been constructed come off. It was tested one time with a jackham-
with stone pavers. This multicolor stone pattern mer, and when it finally broke, it took the concrete
had a State of Texas inlaid in the middle of the with it
median Unlike paint applied to concrete, the polymer is
In the past, the state had been tearing out old permanent and slip resistant
concrete medians and replacing them with pavers. "Paint on concrete just does not last," he said.
The problem with this, Schaeffer said, is the old The polymer can also be r ade to look like any-
concrete must be torn out, and the new stones must thing the customer wants.
be put in. The company has done work making concrete
Once the pavers are in. someone has to control Please see Concrete, Page 7
The city charter states the city must pub- several areas.”
licize any vote on zoning six months prior He said these changes included clarifica-
to the election. tion of the code and adjustment to the zon-
Before the May election, public hearings ing map.
on the ordinance were held, including ones The ordinance was approved 1153 to 925
on September 8 and 14. At the first meet- in the May election.
ing, two people attended, and at the second The council members maintained the
meeting, only six people spoke. public meetings that were held for the 1997
Former City Engineer Brandon Wade said election satisfied the requirement. The city
in interviews that the “ordinance is signifi- contended the two ordinances were identi-
cantly different from the previous one in cal, therefore, the six month notice did not
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crete along Bypass 35. The work is part of a project that will rebuild
the pump station and replace the storm sewer Unes. It will also
lower the road under the railroad tressel to allow for a greater
clearance The beam on the railroad tressel which has been dam-
aged by high clearance traffic will be replaced as well The work is
expected to tone a year to complete, however. lanes on the Bypass
ire not expected to be closed the entire time.
The Alvin Daytimer
Chapter of the American
Business Women’s
Association meet the
fourth Monday of each
month at 1:30 pm at the
Senior Citizen Center.
More info call585-6419 or
281-585-4973.
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