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VOLUME 73 - NUMBER 33 THE SILSBEE BEE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1990 16 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS
WATER RATES TO INCREASE
Public Hearing Scheduled On A
Proposed $3.55 Million City Budget
Silsbee City Council voted
Monday night to call a public
hearing on a proposed $3.56
million 1990-91 budget and to
warn Waste Management Inc.
that garbage pick-up services
must improve.
The council is scheduled to
conduct a public hearing at 7
p.m. Sept. 24 on the proposed
$3,550,469 budget, the adop-
tion of which will be on the
agenda of the council meeting
scheduled at 7:30 p.m. the same
night.
The proposed budget con-
tains across-the-board raises of
4 percent for all city employees
and funds for the purchase of
police cars and a used asphalt
distributor and the financing of
a new motor grader, City
Manager Ronald Hickerson
said.
Also included will be funds to
continue a water line replace-
ment program and rehabilita-
tion of the sewer collection
system as mandated by the
Texas Water Commission.
Funds have also been placed in
the proposed budget to under-
take a program which will
strive to improve drainage
through work on major outfall
ditches, Hickerson said.
The proposed budget includ-
es increased funding for ridding
the city of dilapidated struct
teres, which will afiow the city
* be more aggressive in its
fight to dean the arte of such
dangerous structures, Hicker-
son said.
The tax rate is expected to
remain at 56.6 cents per $100
valuation for the sixth year and
no sewer rate increase is an-
ticipated.
■ Water rates are expected to
increase by an average of less
than $4 a month per user to pay
the balance of the bond debt'
service owed for the year on
bonds issued for sewer treat-
ment plant renovations, Hick-
erson said.
The year's debt service on
the bonds will be $209,000. An
increase this past year in sewer
rates generated approximately
$80,000, he said.
The base rate of $5.15 a
month for the first 2,000 gallons
used will not be affected. The
charge for every 1,000 gallons
used after the first 2,000 will
increase from $1.25 to $2.
That's less than a penny a
gallon increase,” Hickerson
said.
The average water consumer
in the dty uses about 7,000
gallons a month, so the rate
increase will cost most custo-
mers somewhat less than $4 a
month.
The dty voted in August
1989 to issue $2.1 million in
25-year revenue bonds to pay
for state-mandated renovations
at both of the city’s sewer
treatment plants.
No employee positions were
added or deleted in the pro-
posed budget, which is up from
the 1989-90 budget of $3,227,-
196.
“We feel like the budget...is
one that will continue existing
programs and will meet the
needs of the citizens this next
year," Hickerson said. “It’s a
good budget, and we're pleased
that we didn’t have to raise the
tax rate.”
In other action, the council
voted to notify Waste Manage-
ment that the company has 30
days to improve the quality of
service in Silsbee or its contract
could be cancelled, Mayor Wes-
ley Latham said.
Numerous residents have
complained of late pick-ups and
poor service, prompting the
council to authorize the action.
“We’ve given them every
chance in the world to get
things squared away," Latham
said. “They’ve been promising
us a new truck for the last
several months.”
The service had improved for
a period of time, but within the
past few weeks has deteriorted
again, he said.
“We’ve had a tremendous
amount of complaints,” Latham
said, adding that much of the
problem seems to stem from
equipment failures.
“We’ve bent over backwards
and given them every chance in
the world to improve their
service,” Latham said.
SILSBEE POLICE SGT. CHARLES BROUSSARD looks ovor a cor wodgod into a deep ditch on Loop 49B about 2:40 p.m.
Soptv 5 otter a ono-car accident. On the roadway above, emergency workers attend the car's driver, 20-year-old
Joseph Lae Schaffer of Silsbee. Schaffer told officers he was northbound on the highway when he fell asleep and
left the roadway. He struck a speed limit sign, then continued northbound until the car came to a stop in the ditch
in front of Donalson's Dodge. Schaffer was treated and released at Silsbae Doctors Hospital.
Commissioners Complete Proposed
*11,430,602-1991 County Budget
Hardin County Commission-
ers completed a proposed 1991
budget Monday that calls for
total expenditures of $11,430,-
602. This includes $2,942,277
for a new jail.
County Judge Pete McKin-
ney said the budget includes
$15,000 with which to continue
the Hardin County Senior Ser-
vices through Dec. 31, by which
date the Southeast Texas Reg-
ional Planning Commission’s
Area Agency on Aging is
expected to have located an-
other contractor to take over
Block Grant Funds Expected
To Be Announced This Week
Local entities vying for Com-
munity Development Block
Grant funds should find out late
this week how they ranked in
the first round of project scor-
The South East Texas Reg-
ional Review Committee was
scheduled to meet at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday at the Jefferson
County Airport to score and
rank nine local applications
competing for funding under
the grant program for non-
entitlement jurisdictions.
Silsbee has applied for $250,-
000 to replace approximately
2,600 feet of deteriorated sewer
collection lines in the northwest
portion of the city. Hardin
County has submitted an appli-
cation for $250,000 to provide a
water system to 50 homes in
the Old Evadale Road com-
munity northeast of Silsbee.
in the Fly-Blow area. Sour
Lake applied for $249,160 to
replace deteriorated sewer col-
lection lines at about 20 sites in
the western half of the city.
In all, nine entities have
applied for a total of more than
$2.1 million. Thq block grant
allocation for Southeast Texas
(Hardin, Jefferson and Orange
counties) for 1990 is $838,731.
The Community Develop-
ment Block Grant is a federal
program funded by the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development and ad-
ministered through the Texas
Department of Commerce.
Funds are made available to
cities and counties to make
improvements which enhance
the living conditions in low and
moderate income neighbor-
hoods.
Grants are awarded through
a ranking process that awards a
total of 700 points based on a
variety of scoring criteria. The
merce each award up to a
maximum of 350 points, with
the highest combined scores
funded.
The regional committee is
composed of 12 local elected
officials appointed by the gov-
ernor. Silsbee Mayor Wesley
Latham serves as chairman of
the committee.
The state commerce depart-
ment is expected to award its
points during October or Nov-
ember, Latham said.
SAT Review Course
High School students Who
want to prepare for college
admissions with a thorough
orientation of the Scholatic
Aptitude Test may enroll in the
SAT Review course set for
October 2, 9 and 10 from 6-9
p.m. by contacting the Continu-
ing Education Department of
the project.
The proposed budget includ-
es raises for only two county
employees: County Auditor
Horace Moye’s annual salary
was ordered set by the district
judge at $34,464.00. His cur-
rent salary is $32,316.00 per
year. The district judge is
authorized to establish the
salary of the county auditor and
may order it set equal to that of
the highest paid county official,
McKinney told the Bee Tues-
Thickef Preserve
To Issue Trapping
Permits Oct. 1-5
A limited number of trapping
permits will be available at Big
Thicket National Preserve,
3785 Milam, Beaumont, from
8:00 a.m. to 4:80 p.m. on
October 1 through 5.
Trapping permits will be
issued by random selection. A
driver’s license or some other
official form of identification
will be required. Trappers may
make application to trap in one
unit only form the following
available permits:
Jack Gore Baygall Unit - 7
permits;
Neches Bottom Unit - 3
permits;
Beaumont Unit •* 4 permits;
and Lance Rosier Unit - 7
permits.
Recipients of these permits
will be required
day. The other salary increase
voted by commissioners was for
Justice of the Peace Gerald
Loper of Sour Lake, who re-
ceived an increase from $1,-
780.00 per month to $1,904.00
per month to bring his salary in
line with four other county
justices of the peace perform-
ing comparable duties.
The overall tax rate the new
budget calls for is 53.8 cents
per $100.00 valuation, which
includes 3.4 cents per $100.00
valuation to service the new jail
bonds. This compares with a
present tax rate of 46.2 cents
per $100.00 valuation.
Commissioners also signed a
five-year contract with a three
year option to renew Eugene
Long to operate the Hardin
County Airport.
The county will receive five
cents per gallon on fuel sold and
two percent of all labor and
services.
Commissioners renewed a
three-year contract with D & J
Equipment of Kountze to
operate the county landfill. D &
J has operated the landfill for
eight years at an annual fee of
$69,000.
StesePTA Schedules
School Open House
Silsbee PTA open house will
be held Sept. 17-24.
Dates, schools and times of
schools will be:
IT Middle School 7 p.m.
Read-Tunentine 7
U.S. Forest Service
Offers Deer Permits
The U.S. Forest Service is
offering a limited number of
permits to hunt anterless deer
during the general season Nov.
3 - Jan. 6.
Those interested in applying
for a permit should mail a
postcard with the words
“Anterless Permit” and only
one hunter's name on each
card. Multiple applications in
the same name are not allowed.
Only postcards will be accept-
ed.
The anterless deer hunt will
be on the Davy Crockett Natio-
nal Forest. Hunters familiar
with the area are encouraged to
specify the zone or area they
prefer.
Deadline for submitting ap-
plications for the permits is
Oct. 6. The card should be sent
to U.S. Forest Service, Atten-
tion: Larry Bonner, 701 N.
First St., Lufkin, Texas 75901-
8088.
There will be a drawing in
late October to select a limited
number of permits. Only those
chosen will be notified.
The anterless deer hunt is
coordinated by the National
Forests in Texas, a federal
agency, and the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department, a
state agency, in an effort to
balance the deer population
with the available food and
natural cover on the National
Forests.
An increase of $9.1 billion in
191 capital, maintenance and
operating expenditures over
1990 spending is forecast for
the worldwide petrochemical/
chemical Hydrocarbon industry
by Hydrocarbon Processing
magazine.
Forecasts are that total HPI
spending will be $126.6 billion
in 1991 for petrochemical/
chemical processing, gas pro-
cessing, synfuels and pet-
roleum refining.
Capital expenditures are ex-
pected to increase $3.7 billion
to $31.1 billion. Maintenance
spending should be $20.4 bil-
lion, up $2.4 billion. Operating
expenditures, excluding feed-
stocks, should increase $3 bil-
lion to $75.1 billion, including
$22.1 billion for chemicals and
catalysts. Equipment and ma-
terials expenditures are ex-
pected to exceed $56.2 billion.
Total U.S. HPI spending is
predicted to increase $2.1° bil-
lion to $3 .4 billion, while
outside-U.S. spending is pro-
jected to reach $93.2 billion, up
$7 billion.
Petroehemical/chemkal sec-
tor spending will be $71.1
billion, up $6.2 billion, while
spending in the refining sector
is forecast to increase $8.3
billion, to a total of $46.6
billion. Companies not only are
constructing new projects but
are spending significant sums
to demothball idle plants and on
retrofit projects in existing
plants.
(See Oil Sec. I, Page I)
Evadale Boy Is Safe After
Night Lost In Neches Bottom
An 11-year-old Evadale boy
was safe Sunday morning after
spending Saturday night lost in
the Neches River bottom.
David Leyendecker, son of
Dennis and Carolyn Leyendec-
ker, left a neighbor’s house to
visit a friend at a deer camp in
the Boat Lake area after telling
his friend's mother that he
knew how to find the camp.
When the neighbor's hus-
band and son returned from the
camp Saturday afternoon and
had not seen David, his parents
were notified. Law enforce-
ment officers and volunteers
then searched the woods until 4
a.m. and resumed about 7:15
a.m. Sunday.
An oil gauger saw the boy,
who had walked to the end of a
road about three miles north of
the camp, at 9:80 a.m. Sunday.
He tote David to Sheriff
Aubrey Cole’s car and he was
reunited with his family.
He was taken to Silsbee
Doctors Hospital where scra-
tches and mosquito bites were
treated. Although fatigued he
was otherwise all right.
Hardin County Grand Jury
Returns 20 Indictments Sept. 5
The Hardin County grand
jury indicted 20 persons on a
variety of charges Sept. 5,
according to the records of
District Attorney R.F. “Bo”
Horka.
Person indicted were:
Anna Maria Bowman War-
ren, 25, 203 Stones Throw
Drive, Silsbee, on a charge of
welfare fraud. She reportedly
made a false statement to the
Texas Department of Human
Services which resulted in her
receiving excessive benefits.
Patricia Ann Lotto Warren,
43,615 S. 12th St., Silsbee, on a
charge of welfare fraud. She
reportedly made a false state-
ment to the Department of
Human Services which resulted
in her receiving excessive bene-
fits.
Richard W. Watts, 18, Prince
Hall Villa, No. 21A, Silsbee, on
a charge of aggravated assault
(threat) July 19. He is charged
with threatening Vanessa W.
Lowe of Silsbee with a knife
while at her residence.
John Lawrence McCarty, 32,
203 Stones Throw Drive, Sils-
bee, on a charge of welfare
fraud. He reportedly made a
false statement to the Depart-
ment of Human Services which
resulted in his receiving exces-
sive benefits.
Bruce W. Stutzenburg, 21,
P.O. Box 712, Silsbee, mi a
charge of burglary of a build-
ing. He is charged with burg-
larizing a storage space being
rented by Nancy Tyler of
Silsbee July 18.
Jeffery Glen Spears, 21, Rt.
1, Box 250, Silsbee, on a charge
of credit card abuse Feb. 5. He
reportedly used a telephone
1
credit card belonging to Albert
G. Oglesby of Si’sbee without
permission.
Vickie Cory Castie, 23, 1486
Highway 96 S., Silsbee, on a
charge of felony driving while
intoxicated July 31.
Tommy Edward Fuller, 39,
Rt. 2, Box 745, Lumberton, on
a charge of felony driving while
intoxicated July 30.
Ramona Denise Mouton, 22,
P.O. Box 362, Kountze, on a
charge of forgery March 21.
She allegedly passed a $40
check at Brookshire Bros. Su-
permarket in Kountze on the
account of Nancy Bell of Lum-
berton.
Sheilah Stone Chambliss, 30,
7710 Forest Park Drive, Beau-
mont, on a charge of possession
of a controlled substance. She
allegedly possessed less than 28
grams of cocaine on May 12.
Melvin Darwin Winkle, 40,
P.O. Box 410, Silsbee, on a
charge of injury to an elderly
individual July 23. He is
charged with choking and hit-
ting a 67-year-old Silsbee wo-
man.
Theresa Rosene Morain, 22,
6810 Prutzman, No. 31, Beau-
mont. on a charge of forgery.
She reportedly forged a $300
check on the account of Mike
Holcomb of Silsbee and attemp-
ted to pass it at the First State
Bank of Lumberton July 31.
David Allen Shrader, 25, 743
N. Fourth St., Silsbee, on a
charge of theft July 26. He is
charged with taking tools and a
radio from a vehicle belonging
to David Chapman of Silsbee.
James Thomas Doucette HI,
29, 8015 Greenlawn, Houston,
on a charge of unuathorized use
<4 a motor vehicle. He allegedly
took vehHe belonging to
Barbara Allan of Lumberton on
July 10.
Chester J. Ashworth, 86,
address unknown, and Thelma
Earlene Drdddy, also known as
Thelma Earlene Durbin, 89,
address unknown, on one
charge each of unauthorised
use of a motor vehicle March
15. They allegedly tote a
vehicle belonging to Freddie
Landry of Kountze.
Milton L. Thompson III, 22,
12526 Hunting Brook, Houston,
on a charge of burglary of a
habitation. He is charged with
burglarizing the residence of
Kathleen T. Locke of Kountze
July 21.
Billy Joe Powell Sr., 54, P.O.
Box 921, Buna, on a charge of
theft April 19. He reportedly
gave Best Buy Autos an $800
check for an automobile, then
stopped payment on the check
and refused to return the
vehicle.
Lapatriek R. Edwards, 17,
370 S. 16th St., Silsbee, on a
charge of burglary of a habita-
tion. He allegedly burglarized
the residence of Myrtle E.
Hodge of Silsbee July 25.
Jennie Mae Hudson, 42, 510
S. 16th St., Silsbee, on a charge
of aggravated assault. She is
charged with cutting James A.
Noble of Silsbee with a knife
during a disturbance at his
residence July 26.
In Jefferson County among
indictments recently returned
by the Jefferson County grand
jury was:
Andrea Kay Parr Jones, also
known as Andrea Kay Parr, 27,
of Silsbee, forgery.
Tigers Go To Huntsville Friday;
Win Opener From Vidor 46-8
(leePTASec. I.PegeS)
By Vanessa Favors
Experience, speed and exe-
cution carried the Silsbee
Tigers to an impressive open-
ing game victory over the Vidor
Pirates Friday night in Vidor.
Thu Tigers won by a score of
46-8.
Coach Charlie Woodard said,
“We!re pleased with the effort
and outcome of Friday night's
game.”
This Friday night the Tigers
go to Huntsville to tangle with
the 5A Hornets Coached by Joe
Clements.
“Huntsville should be a good
test for us. They were in the
playoffs last season, and they
have Quarterback Chuck Clem-
ents back, who passed for 840
yards (50 percent completions)
in last week's game which
Huntsville lost to Waco by a
score of 27-13,” Coach Woodard
said.
In the first quarter of the
Silsbee-Vidor game Sid Wilson
made a 34-yard touchdown oa a
pass from Brian Does for the
first of sevan Tiger tallies.
The Tigers scored again with
4:57 left in the first period.
Senior Adrain Arline made a
6-yard touchdown ran. Brian
Does' pass to Harold Barnes
was good for the 2-potat con-
version. The Tigers who lead-
ing 14-0 at the end of the first
quarter.
The Pirates’ oaly points came
hi the seeend stanza on Silsbee
miscuee. The first came with
11:58 left on the dock. The
the end
at thee
Vidor’s
boos for a safety. Then
ne score i«-n.
Early in the second quarter
rian Dess ran the ball in from
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