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For April 12
Dedicated To The Best Interests Of Portland
"Gem City Of The Gulf"
Volume XXII — Thursday. March 10, 1988
Portland, Texas 78374 — 12 Pages - No 10
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Trevino, Hernandez In Commissioner Run-Off
Moody Downs Zapata In Sheriff Race
Super Tuesday proved eventful
with over 10,000 voters throughout
San Patricio County turning out for
the Democratic Primary Elections
"Election turnout was higher than
usuai but we really had with in-
terest in the sheriff's and commis-
sioner's race) expected voter tur-
nout to be higher,' said Frank Kelly.
Democratic Party chairman
In county races, San Patricio
County Democratic voters
nominated Leroy Moody aa sheriff
by a l,15*-vote margin over Joe
Zapata Moody garnered a total of
5.536 or 56% of the voting while
Zaps*a netted 4,377 or 44%.
In other contested races at the
county level, Precinct #1 will see a
run-off on April 12 between Commis
aioner's candidates Nina Trevino
and Fernando Hernandez From a
field of seven candidates, Trevino
and Hernandez emerged as the top
two contenders for the Commis-
sioners' seat A total of 1,059 vrters
28 percent) cast their ballots for
Trevino with Hernandez trailing in
second place with CD votes (22 per-
cent).
Eliminated from the run-off were
Precinct #1 Commissioners’ can-
didates Noe Dei^eon 502 votes),
l^onard Cantu « 169 votes), Cipnano
Maldonado <249 vales), Jack Dun-
can <537 votes) and Vernon Ned-
balck (467 votes).
Virters in Precinct #? picked Pedro
G Kodriguev as their nononee for
County Commissioner hodnguez
received 1,856 votes or 52% of the
voting Coming in second with 40
percent of the vote was Clarence C.
iKipelas. who received a total of
1,441 votes Hodnguez will run unop-
posed in the November election.
Receiving five sod three percent
of the vote, respectively, in the
Precinct i3 Commissioners' race
were Jack Buck and Thurman L
Williams
Aquarium Groundbreaking
Scheduled For March 19
ADOPT US PLEASE James Montefoogo plays six mixed
chocolate labs that were dumped on Wildcat Dr this '* ecfc The pup
pies are about four weeks old end are waiting to be adopted by so
meone witling to give them specie! attention Those interested in mak
mg a home tor one of puppies should contact the P itind Police
Department today or Friday
Pageant Deadline Monday
Kick-Off Dance Nixed
Portland Pioneer Days are just a Showntansnip will I*- judgi
mittee 11:30 a m. to 1:39 p.m and t
chairmen are busy putting the
finishing touches on tlieir events
To kick off the celebration. « style
show and dinner will be held March
l at Sandy Snores.
1 oi the show is The
kl Present" and adm:s-
i Tlie dotbn will be pr>
flA by Beall's Department Store
Aher big event w the 2nd An-
m Miss Pioneer Days Pageant
which will be Apni S at the G-P High
School Auditorium
Application form:; may be picked
up at 2006 St. Charles and must be
returned no later than March 14
The following aye divisions will
compete T:ny, 4-6 Little Miss. 7-9;
Pre-Teen. 10-12; Tten 13-16; Jr., 17-
19; Miss, 20-up and Queen, over 60
For more information, contact
Donna Lee at 643-6294
In entertainment news, the Kick-
Off Dance scheduled for March 26
has been rancellec.. due to another
dance in Portland that night
However, Five Card Draw will
still be playing at. the free dance
which will be April 9, after the
builriding contest.
There will also be performances
throughout the weekend by the
Texas Kmena (.loggers. Seagull
Square Dancers, Evans Brothers,
The Boys, and San Pat Gynmastics
teams
Entry forms have been sent out for
the 8th Annual Pioneer Days Chili
Cook-Off which will be field April 9 in
the front parking lot of 13 Acre Park
led from
I p m and the chili
will be judged at i p ni.
The entry fee ut $15 and camping is
available for Frtdoy and Saturday
nights but there are no hookups
The deadline Inr putting entries in
the Parade is March 28 and Pioneer
Days chairman Mannu? Seale is en-
couraging businesses. groups and in-
dividuals to participate
Comma riding officer of the USS
Wisconsin. Cap!. Jerry Bleach will
be the parade marshall and 20 of-
SoeiHONEE*. Page 12
Groudbreaking ceremonies and a
beach party have been set for March
19 to celebrate construction of Piiase
I of the multi-phased Texas State
Aquarium
The festivities will begin «t 10 a m
on the Aquarium site at the
southern-most Up of Corpus Chruiti
Beach
First I^dy Rita Clements will be
the keynote speakei and will t* join-
ed by other speakers and
dignitaries In keeping with her
commitment to promote Texas,
dements endorsed the Aquarium
project in early November and lias
been promoting the p jject as a
future prominent pom. of interest
for the state
The Groundbreaking activities are
open to the public and begin with the
10 am water-front ceremony
followed by a Guinness Book World
Record attempt - to form the world's
largest human starfish
A beach party will follow at 11 30
with contests, muuc, food and dnnk
The children’s events include a kite
de sign contest, a :*s*a creature design
contest and a sandcastle building
contest
The groundbreaking ceremonies*
will kick off construction of the
Phaje I Guil of' Mexico Exhibit
Building, a 40 000 square foot exhibit
building dedicated to the scientific
research study and display of
mArtne life within the Gulf of Mex-
ico
The site for the aquarium is 7.3
acres on the southern-most Up of
Corpus Chn&ti Beach, across the
slup channel from downtown Corpus
Christ and the Itey front Arts and
Setences Park
Additional propertu
provided by (he city t<
public parkin* and street im-
provements TFv* total acreage in
volved exceed.*, 15 Peres The
Aquarium ls scheduled to ooen in
early 1990
being
udate
By Bn oda Nettles
Two new caroiidat.es have filed for
a place in the constable race since
the rescheduling cf the constable
elections for April II!.
Mark Mainer of Sinton tiled for
precinct one in the Democratic race
and Joe Enis lias filed in the same
precinct m the republican race
Both Republican arid Democratic
party chairmen, Charles McEntire
and Frank Kelly, expect several
more new candidates to file before
the March 15 deadline
The Constable Election was
rescheduled fur Tuesday. April 12,
under a restraining order from U S.
District Judge Hayden W Head, Jr,
March 3.
The elechou will! run under the
current plan, whidi uu hides the six
existing precincts
Candidates for constable who had
filed for the March 8 primary elec-
bon will have to refile an applica-
t on. but will not have to submit new
petitions or a filing fee
Filing opened March 5 and will
continue until Tuesday, March 15.
Absentee voting will begin Friday,
March 18 to Friday, April 8 County
Clerk Dottle Maley said everyone
who had an application on file to vote
ansentee will receive a new applica
Uon for this election.
If a run-off election is needed it
will be held May 21
The resc heduling of tlie constable
election was ordered because of the
confusion and misunderstanding in
the county as tc which plan the elec-
tions were being conducted.
At the naUonal level, though
presidential candidate Michael S
Dukakis earned San Patncuo Coun
ty on the democratic ticket. <K*orgr
Bush earned the county on the
Republican side of the coin
Dukakis, the front runner receiv-
ed 3.816 votes in San Pathos County
while A1 Gore, in second place,
garnered 1,752 of the votes Also
receiving strong support here was
Jesse L. Jackson who netted 1,155
votes
Other presidential candidates on
the Democratic ballot included
Bruce Babbitt '421 votes i. Gary
Hart 1425 votes), David E. Duke 137
votes), W A WilLams '43 votes).
F*aul Simon <157 votes). A1 Gore
<1,752 votes), Dick Gephardt '997
votes), Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr 128
votes), and Norbcrt G Dennerll Jr
On the Republican fron-
trunner Bush garnered *16 votes
• Hhrr Kepubu an presidential can-
didates on the ballot were Pat
Robertson < 370 votes i. Pete DuPont
'2 votes;. Boh Dote <196 votes).
Alexander M Haig Jr '2 votesi.
Jack Kemp >96 votes;. Uncommit-
ted < 16 votes»
Also on the Republican ballot as a
randidate for the sheriffs post was
O C. Cliff Boy U Boyls received »
total of 1.014 vertex ar«d will face
Moody in Die November general
election
For County Commissioner.
Precinct *1, C'R Stubby Marsh
received 122 votes and will face the
winner 4 the Trevino/Hemander
runoff
JUST FLOATING ALONG The newly refurbished City nf Portland Float won first place in the Fulton
Oysterfest Parade held last weekend It will also lie at the Goliad County Fair March 7* before coming
home for the Portland Pioneer Days Parade /.pril 9 at 10 a m Pictured on the float are Suranne Matula
Barbara Westphal Betty Satinas, Lori Oft and Hindi Mattson (Ron Rakes photo)
County Commissioners passed a
resolution Aug 14, 1967 for the
realignment of .1 ustices of the Peace
prec incts, abolishing two J P.
precincts and two constable posi-
tions
The resolution stipulated that the
court W8S to seek approval from the
Justice Department, but it also
stated that (Tie change was to
become effective Jan 1,1988
The Mexican American legal
Defense and Educational fund which
filed a lawsuit last year against the
county, county judge and commis-
sioners asked Die court to invalidate
the election because some in-
dividuals may have been kept from
filing
Three individuals who did not file
Sup CONSTABLE Pag# 12
Appraisal
District
To Meet
praisal Ihstiw-t board ,
will meet Thursday, March 10. at
9 31a m in Room 113. < ounty ( our
thouse Annex in Sinton
Following roll call and determina-
Uon of a quorum, minutes of
previous meetings, accounts
payable and the monthly financial
report will I* reviewed and con-
sidered for approval The board will
alto consideir the otl and gas ap-
praisal contracl for 1969-1910 hear
reports, and if requested, hear com-
ments iron, members <it tne au
dierKT
If nei essary the board will go into
executive sewn on to discuss person-
nrl. and related items, taking action
an sucti items upon return to open
meeting
Appraisal district directors are
Walter L Routs. Jr . Taft, J Harrell
Curie* Sinton Bruc e Birmingham.
Portland. Joe Zapata. Sinton and
Frank Be liken. Aransas Pass
Kathryn Vermillion, Taft, is the
district's < (nef appraiser
SHERIFF,
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
✓
✓
Pet
# Location
1 Trinity Lutheran Church Aest S»nton
63
5 j
2 j County Barn Odem
386
512
3 Parish Hall Old San Patricio
61
1/
4 Fsre Station Gregor/
15
156 1
5 j File Station Mathis
L. *» .
283 j
6 Municipal Court Room Aransas Pus
13/
115
7 Fdroy Coop tdroy
60
109 n
8 1st Christian Church Portland
186
62
9 City Hail Ingleside
23/
103
10 Fire Station Taft
459
84 ,
11 Homemafcmg Building, Sinton
211
446 _J
12 Taft Gin & Seed North of Taft
‘ 34
4 I
13 0 Odem Mementary Sinton
336
nz J
14 Old High Schoot Smton
504
245
15 County la, Ollice hiansas Pass
26/
104 J
16 Community Building Tatt
184
418
17 Sinton [levator St Paul
148
18 ! County Barn Math:,
438
368 j
19 Community Center Portland
183
46
20 Brass Turtle Inglevdeon the Bay
63
17
21 West Portland Gin Portland
42
I 'I J
22 Community Cente» Gregory
1/
IT* J
23 Countj Anne, Build ng Potlland
244
56 J
24 North Shore Country Club Dev Office Portland
154
23 ]
25 County Batn Injjie.ide
160
56
26 Shirley Bios Building FM 1069 Atansas Pass
41
16 |
27 County Bam Portland
59
15
28 Absentee
610
803 n
T0TM
5.536
6,3//
% of Those Voting
56%
44%
Health Dept. Inspections
Restaurant Scores Improve
The average score received by the
San Particio County eating
establishments improved in
February
The average score in February
was 80 82 - up 15 point:; from 65 79 in
January
Restaurant* in Gregory received
the highest average score in the
county with 91 50, followed by
Portland, 80 83. Taft W). Mathis.
79 50. and Sinton. 69
No eating establishment* were in-
spected in (Mem during the month of
February
Two eating establishment* were
inspec ted by the department in
Gregory : Portland, six; Taft, two;
Mathis, six. and Sinton. one
Approximately 17 inspections
were conducted by the San Patricio
(.ounty Health Department in
F'ebruary
ducted m Ingleside and Aransas
Pass.
The eating establishments listed
in Uie tables shown were inspected
Portland Eating Establishments
(hose restaurants rocoivod tne«' regular
inspection this month
Restaurant Score
Floyd's Restaurant 93
Maverick Market No 95 88
Nu Way No 300 85
Maverick Marke* No 55 83
Buenos Dia? 81
Feudo's 55
90 above Good
S5 90 Average
85 beiow Below Averaie
Swa RESTAURANT Pag* 12
EDUCATION &OtS PUBLIC Student's from rwrs Cafhy
Twilltqear's class at Andrews Elementary learn math the practical
way at Beall's Department Store This activity was part of Teias
Public Education Week and G PISDs effort to bring the classroom to
the community
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