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Numerous fall craft shows
slated throughout area
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Genoa Methodist congregation
to celebrate 100th birthday
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Fund started for motherless
little girls in Scarsdale
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outh Gelt-llington Trade
October 73, 1994
“The Voice of Community-Minded People"
Vol 19 Number 35
Dobie bonfire parade next week
The second annual Dobie High School parade and bonfire are set for next Friday
night, and Dobie’s homecoming will be the following night, Oct. 22.
The parade will begin at Sagemont Church at 6 p.m. and continue down Hughes
Road to Blackhawk, then head toward the bonfire destination, El Franco Lee Park.
A pep rally will be held at the park at 7:30 p.m.
Police to meet here Tuesday
Juvenile crime will be addressed at Tuesday’s meeting of the Houston Police
Department’s Positive Interaction Program at Parker Williams Library, 10851
Scarsdale Boulevard.
The Harris County Juvenile Probation representative will speak at the PIP
meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. Houston policemen will bring local crime statistics
to the meeting.
This is the second month a PIP meeting has been held in the South Belt area.
Officer Randy Derr said meetings will stay here if attendance is good. The meetings
were formerly held in the Clear Lake area where attendance was not high.
Atkinson festival Saturday
The annual Atkinson Elementary fall festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 15,
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The event will feature cake walks and a snake walk, Wheel of Fortune, Plinko,
tatoos, an obstacle course and many other games and booths. There will also be
an auction for items ranging from crafts to trips to dinners.
Food will include pizza, sausage on a stick, grilled burgers, smoked turkey
legs and a sweet shop.
Moore open house Tuesday
Moore Elementary will hold an open house Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m.
Rummage sales set for Saturday
The following rummage sales for non-profit organizations are scheduled for
Saturday, Oct. 15:
Aggie Moms at Dobie
The Pasadena area Aggie Moms will hold a rummage sale at Dobie High Schoo
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 176 will have a garage sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
at 1010 Strawberry, next to Asbury Methodist Church. Freezers, computers, ap-
pliances, tools, toys and more will be available.
Pancake breakfast Saturday
An all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast to benefit the Dobie Volleyball Booster
Club will be held at the Scarsdale Boulevard McDonald’s from 7 to 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 15. Tickets, which sell for $2.50, are available from any girl on
the varsity, or they can be purchased at the door.
No new taxes for college district
The San Jacinto College District Board of Regents voted Oct. 3 to maintain
the district’s property tax rate for the third consecutive year.
The board unanimously approved a rate of 10 cents per $100 of property valua-
tion for the 1994 fiscal year.
Because the district’s effective tax rate calculates to 10.3 cents, the district
is effectively lowering rates, said Chancellor Tom Sewell. Increases in local funds
will make up the difference on expenditures, according to Janet Priess, vice
chancellor for fiscal affairs.
The local property tax will help fund a $64.1 million budget, passed at the
August board meeting. Approximately 30 percent of the college district’s budget
is funded through local property taxes.
Spaghetti dinner Tuesday
A spaghetti dinner sponsored by the Knights of Columbus will be held at St.
Luke’s Tuesday, Oct. 18, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets sell for $5 and can be
purchased at the door.
Drama at Clear Brook
The Clear Brook High School student production of “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12-14 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
16. Tickets are $5 for orchestra seating and $3 for all others. For ticket informa-
tion, call 996-5446 weekdays from 8:30 am. to 4:30 p.m.
AARP to meet Oct. 14
The South Belt chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons will
hold their regular monthly meeting Friday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. at Kirkwood South
Christian Church, 10811 Kirkfair near Beamer.
City Councilman Joe Roach will speak, and a silent auction will be held.
Members are asked to bring items for the auction and get there early to bid.
Basketball boosters to meet
The Dobie High School Basketball Booster Club will hold an organizational
meeting at Dobie High School Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m.
Agenda items include election of officers and plans for the upcoming season.
The club supports five Dobie basketball teams.
County treasurer to speak here
County treasurer Katy Caldwell will speak at next Thursday’s meeting of the
Kirkwood Civic Club. The meeting will be held Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Dobie
High School. (Use back entrance.)
Family education at Meador
The Consumer Credit Counseling Service will present a parent program (En-
joy a White Christmas and Avoid a Blue New Year) and a children’s program
(Understanding Credit Card Use) at Meador Elementary School’s PTA meeting
Tuesday, Oct. 18. Refreshments will be served from 6:45 to 7 p.m., and the pro-
gram will begin at 7 p.m. Baby-sitting will be provided for younger children.
Softball directors needed
The fast-growing Sagemont-Beverly Hills Girls Softball Association is seek-
ing board members for the 1994-95 season. Those interested or those seeking more
information are asked to call a board member or Sherry Morris at 481-8627, Lisa
Resendez at 947-1245 or Renee Riddle at 484-9222.
Fall star party Saturday
The annual fall star gazing party at Challenger Park sponsored by the Johnson
Space Center’s Astronomical Society and Harris County Commissioner El Fran-
co Lee will be held Saturday, Oct. 15, from dusk until 10 p.m.
Challenger is at 2301 W. Nasa Road One behind the shopping center.
The open-to-all astronomical society has one of the largest assemblies of
“home-made” telescopes in the world. Many of these will be available to view
through at the star party, located around the park’s pavilion. Inside the pavilion,
there will be a slide show and video presentation, and children can draw for prizes.
For more information, call Carol Springer, Challenger 7 Park program direc-
tor, at 332-5157.
College site
of Sunday’s
sale, car show
The first annual car show, swap meet and
craft sale sponsored by the South Belt-
Ellington Rotary will be held from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16. at San Jacinto
College South.
Special attractions will be KILT FM disc
jockey Karen Leigh from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m., food and drinks, door prizes
throughout the day, an orbortron for
children and a professional street racing car
and driver.
Also, firemen and police officers from
several agencies will be on hand with
demonstrations, canines and the mounted
horse patrol.
“This is a good time for mom, dad and
the children to all go out for a day of fun,”
In Sunday‘s car show
The South Belt-Ellington Rotary’s Richard Fincher, right,
signs up Glenn Casteel and his 1934 Ford for the Rotary-
sponsored car show/swap meet/craft sale that will be held
at San Jacinto College South Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. said Richard Fincher, chairman of the
Car judging will begin at 10, and awards will be presented event.
at 4. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for
rd d PTI i aq Carah V Al ng's rAO 11 act Dobie High School students who are in
DUCA U UVALVD DC1 <U1 1 UUAL® D A uCOU volved with Interact, a Rotary-sponsored
__service club, will help with the event.
By Cheryl Bolen “administration” because anything that Jacobs also said the algebra program was The prize for Best of Show will be $250,
The Pasadena school board voted unani- might discredit another employee was a phased in over three years; Young ve- and $250 will be awarded to car show par-
mously to uphold the reassignment of matter to be discussed only in closed hemently denied it. ticipants for Best Club Turnout,
former Thompson math teacher Sarah session. What was phased in over three years was Registrations are still being accepted for
Young at a grievance hearing Tuesday Young insisted she wanted a public hear- elimination of honors classes and craft booth space and for car show entries,
night. ing and agreed to amend her statement. heterogenous grouping of all students. For information, call 944-9668, 991-7936
Board president Vickie Morgan later The district, said Young, was throwing The only time the audience got loud was or 771-8557.
said, “We had no evidence that an arbitrary “away 20 years of experience for no reason when discussion ensued over Young’s as-
decision had been made.” except being vocal against a program that sertion that she was instructed not to have
Morgan said the board had to base its needed help.” more than 10 percent of her students fail,
decision on legal issues rather than emo- In addition to teaching math at Thomp- Board members Ted Sullivan and Vickie
tional ones. son for 20 years, Young said she was math Morgan questioned Young, who said she
“It’s really tough,” she said. department chairman for 14 years and had “got written up for having more than 10
She said the board should not tell prin- evaluations which never questioned her percent” of her students fail,
cipals they cannot make reassignments competence. The audience, which included seven dis-
based on what is best for their programs. She said she opposed the program—be- trict math educators, supported Young’s
gun last year and abandoned this year—to statement.
District administrators had pointed out teach algebra to all eighth-graders. One of the those educators was Dobie’s
that no teacher contract spells out the Eighth-grade math teachers were never Kathleen Murrell who told the Leader,
assignment or the campus. Positions are consulted before the program was initiated, “Sarah makes my job easier.” She praised
based on district needs. she said. Young’s abilities as a math teacher and said
The approximately 35 Young supporters “Seventh-graders who had not mastered Young’s students are well prepared for high
packing the board room stayed for the hear- TAAS objectives were placed in algebra,” school math.
ing after it was rescheduled from 5 to 6 Young said. The board hearing was the final step in
p.m. Jacobs, representing former principal Young’s grievance process. PISD adminis-
Jennifer Jacobs, an attorney for the Vicki Thomas (who reassigned Young), trators at each preceding level had upheld
district, informed Young at 5 p.m. she said Young had been a member of the site- the administrative recommendation to re-
would be denied a public hearing if she based decision team that approved the assign Young to teach science, which is
mentioned another employee or even said algebra program. Young denied this. within a principal’s right.
Thompson TAAS scores earn $13,441
Thompson Intermediate School will ly raising TAAS scores were Matthys
receive from the Texas Education Agency Elementary with a $9,701 reward and
$13,441 as a reward for improvement on Fisher Elementary with an $8,183 reward,
the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills Statewide, only 391 of the state’s 6,152
tests during 1994, it was announced last campuses qualified for the Significant Gain
week.
Award.
Thompson got the highest amount of Thompson’s gains in 1994 over the
money of the four Pasadena campuses earn- previous year were 12.3 points in reading,
“I am so proud of the Thompson teach-
ers and students,” said Thompson’s new
principal Cheryl Fowler. “I can take no
credit for this, since these TAAS tests
scores were earned last year.”
Vicki Thomas was principal last year.
The state will release its $5 million in
achievement awards in December, and an
awards ceremony will be held Jan. 30.
There are no restrictions on how the
money will be spent.
CCISD, Southbend
developers settle
Brio lawsuit
The Clear Creek school district reached
an out-of-court settlement with South-
bend developers Oct. 6, four days
before the trial was set to begin.
The school board approved the settle-
ment in a special called meeting Mon-
day night.
No details of the settlement have been
released.
Superintendent Ron McLeod released
a statement that said the district moved
“to accept the settlement offer of the
defendants in the Brio litigation as rec-
ommended by the attorneys. The board
of trustees authorizes the board presi-
dent to execute a settlement agreement
to that effect.”
Undisclosed sources have revealed
that Farm and Home will take owner-
ship of the abandoned school, with plans
to demolish it.
The district was suing Southbend
developer Farm and Home for the cost
of replacing Weber Elementary. Weber
closed in 1992 because of its close
proximity to the Brio Superfund site.
ing rewards. Last year, no Pasadena 8.6 points in math and 5.2 points in writing,
schools earned achievement awards. The cash award is based on average daily
Frazier Elementary—the only district attendance,
school to earn recognized school status TATIe 4 • 7® *A 1 A 1
because of its high scores—will receive Elington's Wings over Houston Saturday, Sunday
$2,255. P P 7 •
Other schools rewarded for significant- A 3 p.m. performance by the U.S. Air • 10:20a.m. - Army Rangers parachute in 1956, his T-34 has modern avionics and
Force Thunderbirds will highlight the drop with 60 Army Rangers from Ellington a 285 horsepower engine.
1 a Wings over Houston’s annual airshow at Field. • 12:40 p.m. - The world’s premier mar-
I C ICHaS Ell ington Field Saturday and Sunday. • 10:30 a.m. - A-10 Thunderbolt gun- itime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft, the
. — . Gates will open at 7 a.m. and close at 6 ship demonstration. Royal Air Force’s Nimrod MR2 Hawker
to discuss Brio p.m. Shuttles will be available from • 10:36 a.m. - Jan Collmen will fly his Sydney will perform an aerial display. It
4 Edgebrook and Bay Area Park ’N Rides. Pitts S2B Fina Special in aerobatics has a 48-foot bomb bay capable of carry-
A Advance tickets are on sale at Randalls maneuvers, ing Stingray torpedoes, Harpoon missiles
ncaiun and TicketMaster. Tickets are $5 for • 10:42 a.m. - Teresa Stokes, an inter- anenoughdinghiestorescuelOOsurvivors
X children and $10 for adults. Military and nationally known aviation and space artist at sea.
The federal health agency’s local Com- senior citizen discount tickets are $8. Prime and aerobatic pilot, will perform her • Three-time national aerobatic champ
munity Assistance Panel will review the view reserved seats are $20, and hospitality Showcat biplane wingwalk act with Gene Gene Soucy will headline the aerobatic ac-
agency’s symptom and disease prevalence area tickets that include parking, tram, food Soucy. tivity with his solo performance in his new
study of Southbend residents at Monday’s and beverage will be $75. • 11:02 a.m. - John Piggot will pilot the world class Extra 300S monoplane. He will
meeting at San Jacinto College South. New features this year include a craft Russian Sukhois SU-29, a two-plane der- also perform his Showcat biplane wing-
Set to begin at 7 p.m., the meeting will show, at4p.m. Miss Molly and the Whips ivative of the airplane that has captured walking act with Stokes.
be held Oct. 17 in the second-floor banquet concert following the Thunderbirds and a more international aerobatic gold medals • 1:30 p.m. - The Confederate Air Force
room of the J.D. Bruce Center. reactor motion theater simulation of flight than any other. Piggot is a 15-year airshow will present its reenactments. Featured will
The Agency for Toxic Substances and with the Blue Angels. The reactor costs $5. veteran with more than 2,000 hours of high be Nazis Conquer Europe, The Japanese at-
Disease Registry released a draft report for Also new this year is the Coca Cola performance aerobatics. tack on Pearl Harbor, the Doolittle raids,
public comment Sept. 30. Roadshow, a $1 million, 40,000 square • 11:20 a.m. - There will be a flyby of America Trains for War, Guadalcanal,
The report can be viewed at the meeting foot activity center that will be open all day, B-1B Lancer bombers. Midway, air war in Europe, B-17 raids, a
or at the local Environmental Protection both days. Ongoing activities will be a foot- * 11:35 a.m. - The United States Coast pass in review for cameras and the miss-
Agency office in the Gerland’s center on ball skills course, roller hockey rink, a Guard will demonstrate a life raft drop, ing man formation.
Scarsdale Boulevard. That office is open state-of-the-art Sega Genesis video arcade, * Noon - The AH-64 Apache helicopter The airshow will also include a large
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through baseball, basketball, soccer and stage for gunship will be demonstrated. static display of U.S. military aircraft in-
Fridays. the Miss Molly concert. • 12:10 p.m. - Bud Light Laser 200. eluding the B-1B Lancer bomber, B-52
ATSDR formed the CAP to address resi- The following is the program schedule: • 12:25 p.m. - Jay Cullum will demon- Buff bomber, KC-135 Stratotanker, a
dents’ health concerns about possible health • 10 a.m. - Texas Air National Guard strate his Beechcraft T-34 Mentor used by WC-130 Hurricane tracker, the C5A
effects in the neighborhood surrounding the will open the show with a four-ship F-16 the U.S. Air Force and Navy during the transport, an A-10 gunship and the F-117A
Brio toxic waste site. Falcon formation. 1950’s and 60’s as a primary trainer. Built Stealth fighter.
Study on Brio containment under way; May completion expected
By Cheryl Bolen ways at the site, consideration of Brio • Well in the middle to remove DNAPLs. Thus far, that independent expert has not
A focused feasibility study on a contain- issues such as groundwater, DNAPLs, The selected remedy will have to be pro- been hired.
ment remedy for Brio will be released in Mud Gully and aesthetics and will evaluate tective of human health in the short and When questioned at last week’s meeting
May, the recently hired contractor told a other studies. long term, Cox said. about the hiring, Brio task force spokesper-
local meeting Oct. 4. An air emission control study is currently Other considerations will be reduction of son J.J. Goldman said the task force is still
Groundwater Services Inc. began the first being done at the site as well as a DNAPL toxicity, implementation, cost and com- exploring ways to come up with the money
phase of the study in mid-September, said delineation study. munity acceptance. to hire one.
Grant Cox, vice president of GSI, when ad- “We’re in the business of trying to fix Neither the BSTF nor EPA wants to pay
dressing the Community Advisory Group Cox listed the following as elements of Superfund sites,” said John A. Connor, for that expert.
at the local Environmental Protection a containment remedy: president of GSI.a EliCkiEr sue-
or the away will be io * METHH-pIcVEn uuKJENU - wred by the Brio sue Task ^«S
evaluate containment options, estimate risk migration. The community group at an Aug. 9 meet- finalize plans for hi g p
reduction from each option, compare to in- • Lower barrier. The study will deter- ing approved hiring a contractor to conduct technical expert, * attended the
cineration and identify the best possible mine if clay will be an effective barrier, the study if an independent expert chosen Approxima X P EPA Ombudsman
option. • Cap. A site cover to control air by the committee could assist in review of CAGmeeting, including ERA Ombudsman
The study will include examining path- emissions. technical data. Bob Martin g
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