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Tidehaven HS names Class of9 honor grads
Shannon Armstrong has been
named valedictorian and Paula
Frick salutatorian for the 1985
graduating class of Tidehaven
High School.
The two will be recognized at
the Tidehaven High School com-
mencement exercises to be held
at 8 p.m. May 24. Also announc-
ed were the highest ranking
student and runnerup in grades
9-11.
Shannon is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Armstrong of
Blessing. She held a grade point
average of 94.02 throughout her
four years of high school. She
had been named Miss T.H.S.,
was a Girls State Represen-
tative, recipient of the Danforth
Foundation Award, L.G. Balfour
Award, D.A.R. Good Citizen
Award and was listed in Who’s
Who as well as being an UIL
Literary regional qualifier for two
years.
Shannon has also been a class
officer for four years, along with
being an officer of FHA, National
Honor Society, Language Arts
Club and Council of Presidents
for two years. She has served two
years on the school yearbook
staff, including its editor in 1985,
three years on the paper staff and
Fire Chief and Flag Girl.
The 1985 valedictorian has also
participated in volleyball, bask-
etball, track and cross country.
After graduation, Shannon will
attend Texas A&M University
where she will major in Pre-
Medicine.
Paula, the 1985 salutatorian, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. A. Frick of Markham. Her four
year high school average is
93.79. of the Society of Distinguished three years and an UIL Literary
She has been named Junior High School Students. She was a Regional Qualifier one year.
Class Favorite and was a member UIL Twirling State Qualifier for She has served on the Fire
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SHANNON ARMSTRONG
THS Valedictorian
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PAULA FRICK
THS Salutatorian
Staff, school paper staff and has
been a twirler for three years.
Paula has also been Class Officer
for two years and an officer of
FTA, FHA, National Honor Soci-
ety, Language Arts Club and
Band.
She has participated in volley-
ball. basketball (Honorable Men-
tion All District) and track.
Paula plans on entering the
field of business following gradu-
ation.
STUDENT RANKINGS
The highest ranking student
and runner-up in each grade at
Tidehaven High School are as
follows:
9th Grade Highest: Melissa
Hopper, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Hopper. ^Avg. 91.-
05.
9th Grade Runnerup: Dawn
Daniels, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G.S. Daniels. Avg. 90.80.
10th Grade Highest: Kimberly
Phillips, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Phillips. Avg. 97.45.
10th Grade Runnerup: Kath-
ryn Usry, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Usry, Sr. Avg.
97.05.
11th Grade Highest: Maribel
Garcia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Crain. Avg. 96.54.
11th Grade Runnerup: Sherry
Dybala, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Dybala. Avg. 95,45.
NHS MEMBERS
The senior members of the
National Honor Society will also
be recognized at the commence-
ment exercises. Students who
have maintained a 90.00 grade
point average throughout their
four years in high school are
Shannon Armstrong, Paula Fri-
ck, Anita Dannels, Doris Rodri-
quez, Robert Usry, Gail Murphy
and Lisa Jasek.
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PALACIOS, TEXAS
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THURSDAY, MAY 3,1985
'VOLUME 78, NO. 18
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STP update at
CofC meeting
Susan Meyers, CP&L infor-
mation specialist with the
South Texas Project, will be
the guest speaker at the
regular monthly membership
meeting of the Palacios Cha-
mber of Commerce at 12 noon
Thursday. The meeting will
be held in Petersen's Restaur-
ant.
Meyers will present an
update on the STP, along with
a slide presentation.
Band concerts at
Fine Arts Bldg.
The Palacios High School
band concert will be held
tonight (Thursday) and the
Junior High band concert will
be held Monday, May 6. Both
concerts, free to the public,
will be held at the Fine Arts
Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Gun Club election
slated May 9
The Palacios Gun Club will
hold its annual election meet-
ing Thursday, May 9, to elect
officers and directors for the
following year. The member-
ship will also be asked to
consider a proposal for revised
format and frequency of fut-
ure of club meetings.
All Palacios Gun Club mem-
bers are urged to attend at 8
p.m. in the program room of
Palacios Sporting Goods.
Historical groups
meet Saturday
The Matagorda County His-
torical Commission and the
Historical Society will meet
jointly at 9:30 a.m. Saturday
in the Bay City Service
Center. A progress report of
the "County History Book”
will highlight the regular
quarterly meeting.
A report on Texas Sesqui-
centennial events planned in
Matagorda County in 1986 will
be reviewed by members of
the coordinating celebration
committee.
Blessing Day to
honor citizens
The 30th Annual Blessing
Day will be held Sunday at the
Community Center. Beef bar-
beque will be served from
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at $4 per
plate. Meat to go will be
available at the pits.
Reception honors
Holst Sunday
The Board of Trustees,
faculty and staff of the Pala-
cios Independent School Dis-
trict invite everyone to join
them in honoring George
Holst for his 38 years of
service as teacher, coach,
principal and superintendent
Sunday from 2-5 p.m. at the
Administration Build
Twelfth Street.
ilding, 1209
Linked to other thefts
Attempted burglary leads to 4 arrests
The apprehension of three
individuals during an attempted
burglary of a vehicle last week
has led Palacios Police to the
recovery of several thousand
dollars worth of items reportedly
stolen earlier in the month and
charges being filed against four
suspects.
According to special invest!
gator Emmett Greene, two men
and one 15-year old juvenile were
allegedly attempting to break
into a vehicle last Tuesday when
they were caught by the vehicle’s
owner. Greene said the owner
notified police and detained the
three suspects at gunpoint until
officer Benny DeLeon arrived.
Greene said .officers later
searched the residence where the
suspects had been staying and
recovered a large amount of tool s
and other items believed to have
been taken in previous bur-
glaries.
Charged with burglary of a
vehicle were Van Dung Bach, 18,
and Tuan Chau Pham, 19. Also
charged with theft by exercising
control of stolen property was
Luyen Van LuOng. 23 6P706
Ritchie. The 15-year old juvenile
was charged with buiglary of a
vehicle.
Greene said that all the
individuals involved are believed
to have recently moved to
Palacios from California.
According to Greene, Bach,
Pham and the juvenile were
caught around 11:05 p.m. last
Tuesday as they were allegedly
using a screwdriver to pry open a
window vent on a vehicle at 417
Moore. The owner of the vehicle,
Tony Kana, detained the trio at
gun point until police arrived.
Greene Obtained a search
warrant Friday to search the
residence at 706 Ritchie in which
the suspects and a number of
other individuals were reportedly
staying.
After the renter, Luong, con-
sented to the search, Greene said
officers discovered a number of
tools valued at $2,500, along with
weight-lifting equipment, several
cameras and stereo components.'
The tools, according to Greene,
were identified as some that had
been reported missing by Charl-
es Forrest after the burglary of
his pickup truck April 4. The
(See POLICE, Page 21
Palacios Chamber
to initiate survey for
business directory
The Palacios Chamber of Com-
merce is going to publish a
directory of Chamber members.
Plans are for the new publica-
tion to hit the streets by June 1st
and will be available to new
residents in the area, as well as
current residents. It will contain
names, addresses and phone
numbers of current Chamber
members, as well as a listing of
the services or products provided
by these businesses. The Direc-
tory is designed to let the public
know what services the Chamber
of Commerce membership pro-
vides.
“Many inquiries are received
by mail requesting such a
directory and It is a publication
provided by many of the neigh-
boring cities,” commented Cha-
mber secretary Mary Eggemey-
Also in the works is a color
brochure/map of Palacios. Bus-
inesses will have an opportunity
to have their place of business
marked on the map. It will
include a navigational chart of
the Tres Palacios Bay System on
the back of the Citv map.
The deadline for inclusion on
the map or in the Chamber
Directory is May 15. The Direc-
tory will contain only the names
of Chamber members in good
standing at the time of publica-
tion. Chamber members will
receive a survey form by May 5 to
ensure that current information
is available for the Directory,
For more information call
972-3960 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon
or 972-3009.
Studying Center plans
REVIEWING the plans for the
new addition to the Friends of
Elder Citizens Senior Center
are FEC member Robert Mont-
gomery and Pat Howarth. The
contract for the addition, which
will cost around $18,000, was
awarded recently to Carroll
Construction. Montgomery ser-
ved as chairman of the building
committee and will continue
as building consultant. Mrs.
Howarth, who along with her
late husband, John, were In-
strumental In establishing the
Senior Center. Along with
funds raised from the general
public, the John Howarth Es-
tate will also contribute to the
building fund. [Beacon Photo
by Nick Westl_
Lightening—better safe than sorry
When it comes to a brilliant
display of lightning in Texas
skies, "better safe than sorry,”
is a good motto.
Deaths from lightning may be
rare, but it's shortsighted for
anyone to ignore the simple
precautions and slight inconven-
ience of safety measure, says
Texas A&M University Agricul-
tural Extension Service health
education specialist Dr. Mary
Ann Heussner.
She says the first rule of
lightning safety is to get away
quickly from any open space-a
field, golf course, hill top, beach
or pool. Get away before the rain
starts, since lethal bolts some-
times strike during the muggy
lull before a storm.
"If you’re caught outside, the
best kinds of shelter are outta-
ings equipped with a lightning
protection system, steel-framed
buildings, and cars, buses or
tractors with metal tops and
closed windows," advises the
specialist. "But don't trust a
flimsy shelter on a golf course. ”
When you can’t take cover,
you can better your chances by
taking refuge in a ravine, culvert
or ditch--keeping away from
pipes and staying alert for flash
floods, Heussner says.
When none of this is practical,
crouch as low as possible with no
part of your body except knees
and toes touching the ground.
Also remember to avoid tall
isolate objects, like a lone tree,
staying twice as far away as the
tree is high.
Just being indoors doesn’t
entirely protect you from light-
ning, Heussner points out.
Stay away from open doors and
windows, fireplaces, radiators,
stoves, metal pipes, sinks, bath-
tubs, shower stalls and plugged-
in electrical appliances. Electric-
ity of lethal strength can enter a
home not only by a direct strike,
but also by a side jlash from
(See STORM, Page 2]
Weather kicks up a storm in residence
Many Palacios residents were
awakened by the massive thun-
der and lightning storm that
rumbled through the area last
week and most may have glanced
out the window to view Mother
Nature's antics.
However, the Mark Mazoch
family did not have to peep
through the curtains to see the
goings-on. Instead they had a
front row seat as the storm
caused havoc inside their own
home at 411 University.
"1 had just gotten up to check
on the storm when all of a sudden
there was a big snap and a blue
flame coming from the bath-
room," recalled Mazoch after
lightning apparently struck a
vent on the roof, travelled down
to the bathroom, knocking a
picture off the wall and shooting
through a water pipe.
The incident occurred around
12:15 a.m. Mrs. Mazoch said.
The busted water pipe under-
neath the sink left the family with
as much water inside their home
as was falling outside. It took the
Mazochs nearly three hours to
repair the damage, which includ-
ed tearing out a section of the
wall to repair the damaged pipe.
Along with the glow" from the
“blue flame" the lightning also
left the house full of smoke, Mrs.
Mazoch said, and almost promp-
ted them to call the fire depart-
ment.
When the weather permitted,
Mark Mazock inspected the roof
and found a quarter sized hole
knocked into the comrnode vent.
The exit point underneath the
bathroom sink also showed a
penny size hole as well as melted
copper.
"It was really strange. If
someone had been taking a
shower at that time, they would
have gotten a free hair style,”
Mrs. Mazoch joked. She remark-
ed that perhaps next time she
would be safer to stand outside
instead of staying in the house.
“But then again, they say
lightning doesn’t strike twice,”
she added. "Maybe I’ll just go
stay in the bathroom.”
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