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Thursday, August 2, 2001 News Bulletin Page 3
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Middle School passes final air quality exam School tests VOC clear
Adelina Gonzales
the interior microorganism ed concerns of building humidity levels down.” Starr writer , ■ '
counts were over the accept- leaks, but said it was unclear Director of Plant are .era 1
final able 100-250 CFU/m3 rang- whether such problems were Management Gary conthratidelaear the RecnigYoEne VaUey
Medina Valley Middle es for office areas according directly linked to the micro- Holzhaus said he has been wain 0 y
Adelina Gonzales
Staff Writer
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School s Indoor Air Quality to proposed U.S. Public organism counts. working on that recommen- ,1 1 A 1., 1p -
Report from Applied Earth Health" Service. Federal Robinson said the micro- dation for the past month. AppIlba Eaptd doura
Sciences, the district plans Occupational health, Region organism levels were high- Once the humidity lev- ihiata that 41th neoblame Ate-tAa
to continue with plans to III, guidance, she said me a- est in room 203, where a els have been consistently sipspeoicaterth atinai che bloues vererd pted th.
track humidity levels and sures have since been taken science teacher had a sealed maintained below the rec- outside testing agency J recommend collecting for mar
keep temperature controls to get those numbers down, compost container, which ommended 60 percent mark, 1 1. .- 17 1
throughout the building con- In addition to finding may be the source of the AES will retest the rooms lehvdrsndacesad
tinually set the high microbial counts, identified Staphylococcus and surrounding outdoor ventodor that may be found in building products such
AES representative Robinson Said both high aureus. areas for microbial concen- as onto Kurmitur cafpetin in paneling Pxalesives ch
Renee Robinson was pres- temperatures and humidity According to a follow-up trations. insulation '8 panelmg .
ent at the school district’s levels were found in the interview with the room’s Such testing would mauon . .
July 18 board meeting. classrooms. She estimated teacher, the compost con- ensure that the problem has and thpoat wait menoserse tcritatiorittoitch exerrnose
She explained the test- such conditions may be tainer was disposed of in been corrected. , problems may occur ihel centra 10 " P S
ing conducted was limited to fueling the microorganism’s May. He also said it wouldBased on information VOCs include emissions from solvents and various
only two rooms and not the growth, no longer be stored in the from the Barron Engineers, other hydrocarbon compounds When airborne concen-
entire campus. Although Robinson mentioned classroom in the future. Holzhaus believes the trations of these materials exceed their respective or
the test levels indicated . preliminary reports includ- "So were these prob- humidity levels can be con- combined permissibleresposdre frhit there in cause
Uu lems caused by the past trolled using set tempera- Cause
Library board member chosen water leaks?" trustee Karla ture points. Menivatedamergy ayinptodtim and dratArdigere rrcis
Adelina Gonzales the Library Board. The life Salzman askeRobinson said ha Weive got set points In extremely high concentrations, more severe prob-
Staff Writer knowledge gained in tech- Although Robinson said and they re not going to be lems may arise Some VOCs may be carcinogens or
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1 1 nthey may have contributed. Teachers are going to holler . 1.
Carrera-Bosquez, 31, to apply boards are other ways m % = * , air sampling pump and charcoal tubes.
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Her appointment was . Trisler said it has been the first bloom going, but Trustee Joanne Van 1/100thof the recommended limits for thoseagents listed
approved July 23, leaving one difficult to find Castrovilleby the American Conference of Governmental Industrial
toe+ A :it’S the humidity that kept Winkle was concerned that -. 11
more vacancy to fill. residents interested m serv- . , ...,Hygienists in their 2001 Threshold Limit Values and
it up. It s the humidity the temperature controls - 1
of tho ew/o pinines to board these eldlansy acaiot inem thate the food. she said couldn’t be modified at all. RialtAq reponture ices manual, ace dine to the
has had available for over bers of Friends of the Library, ."I think the mam thing but Holzhaus said he could “Everything with the VOC turned out to be well
a year, according to Library most don’t live within the city right now is to get the do so from his office. within the required ranges," AES representative Renee
Director Carole Trisler. limits.Robinson said.
Carrera-Bosquez, who Trisler urges any inter-
recently moved back to ested residents to submit
Castroville, joined the Friends applications for the remain-
of the Library, which is where ing position on the library
she learned of the openings board.
Sewer bond payment costs $4500
Julie Dunnavant
Staff Writer
and sent in an application
July 11.
Following her application,
the issue was placed on the
next city council agenda July
23 for a vote, where she
Carrera-Bosquez, cur-
LA COSTE-
Retirement System, $933.63
•Office Depot, $656.64
received a
unanimous
rently employed as an execu-
tive assistant, also serves on
the Beautification Committee,
to which she was appointed
in June.
She previously resided
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Paying • City Public Service, $529.74
down the interest and sinking • Southwestern Bell, $397.77
fund on the sewer bond took • Bond Sinking Fund, $899
the biggest chunk of money *PMI Pump Movers,
from the city coffers in June. $1,380.09
City council members • Hondo Disposal Company,
approved the $4,500 payment $268.52
at the July 16 meeting. • U.S. Postal Service, $220
- .............. ■ Other bills approved at • Waste Management, $
. that time: 3,576.06
1 • GCI Contents and • Edwards Aquifer Authority,
so . • Restoration,$2,782.44 $497.05
". - -' • i _ -Theis Auto Parts & Garage, •Humana, $3,468.14
.$234.16 . • Diamond Shamrock,
serves both goals in an out- "I have returned with the Expansion of the Medina Valley Middle School parking • Carpet Cleaning Services, $482.94
standing manner,"Carrera- intent to reside permanently lot (pictured above) was completed in July in time for the $700 ASnOM go a Li h. 2 .US. Filter $249.67
Bosquez wrote in her applica-e in Castroville. AAs a familyto start of schoolthe coming term. The project, completed • La Coste National Bank, • Pollution Control Services,
Villarreal ) Iserinllition.vot21 o s and as individuals, we are by Wayne Rodgers Construction, included the construction $3,506.68 . $350
committed to serving our com- of an entire new lot adjacent to the former lot and FM • Texas City Managers •Torres, Tschirhart &
rience in for-profit industries, munity in any way we pos- 471. There will be no new entrance to the school. (Photo Association Conference, $828 Gamble, $718.50
sibly can,” she wrote by Adelina Gonzales) • Texas Municipal
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whether "
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nmenial"
appointment.
in Castroville from 1994
“My mother, as an edu- through 1998, before moving
cator, instilled in me from to San Antonio. Carrera-
an early age, the value and 1 Bosquez recently moved back,
love for reading and educa- with her husband. Jason and
tion. Our Castroville Library daughter, Maite, 4.
al chloro-
n Friday
g from as
5 per mil-
onies per
“I can contribute my expe-
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and non-profit industries to
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Barnes, Thomas. News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 2001, newspaper, August 2, 2001; Castroville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1689416/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Castroville Public Library.