Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1988 Page: 1 of 12
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Dedicated To The Best Interests Of Portland
"Gem City Of The Gulf"
W Portla
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PROCLAMATION Mayor Booby Whif ington hands the proclamation declaring Fob * 13 os
"Booutitication Week" to Chombor of Commerce President Fred Nardmis os Wanda Sheppard delivers
rose bvshos to the Mayor
Mayor Proclaims Feb. 6-13
As Beautification Week
Mayor Bobby Whittington has pro-
claimed the week ot Feb I • Feb 13
as "Beautification Week
The proclamtion, which was sign-
ed Tuesday night, reads as follows
WHEREAS, the Portland
nber of Commerce and the City
M rtland. in a joint effort, are is-
, M rt.n.nge to all citizens of
I to pa rticipate in
beautification cam-
peignfaraMaeinrss and residential
^ II etolfcng,'
■^aO'OOlWllan
a clean *?*•»; ot
areas of our city; and
WHEREAS, ui keeping with the
goal to achieve significant improve-
ment in all areas of our community,
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
will be lioldttig a rose sale beginning
January 1 through January 14, 18M.
and agt.in os February 6. 19M The
City will provide designated areas
for rose gardens, in which Citizens
may donate roses in honor or in
memory of loved ones
WHEREAS, the City commends
the efforts of the Chamber of C<*n-
merce, and eztends full cooperation
ublicizing and encouraging this
rorthy p
NOW. THEREFORE, I Bobby
i project;
Portland Chamber of Commerce
is taking time to stop and smell the
roses and hopes citizens will do the
same as members prepare for
Saturday's rose sale
Branch Bank
Planned For
Ingleside
Skip Barnes. President of Nor-
thahore Bank of Portland, has an-
nounced that Federal and State
regulators have approved Nor-
thshore'.s application to construct
and operate a branch bank facility in
Ingleside Barnes said that design
plans for the bank are near comple-
tion and expects to begin con-
struction in the immediate future
Northahore Bank has served the
residents and busuiesses of San
Patricio County since 1970
Wanda .Sheppard, project chair-
man. and pre-sale roses can be pick
ed up Thnisday - Saturday from 9
a m. tc 6 p.m.
Roms can also be purchased
Saturday at the Triangle from 9a.m.
to 6 |i.m. If the weather is bad.
bushesi wtlJ be sold at 901 Market St
Mrs Sheppard said. We have
already sold over 600 and have 800
left to go We’re not do.ng to bad and
expect them all to be gone by 6 p m
Saturday
She also said the Chamber ap-
preciates the City ’s support and that
85 bu'ihes have already been donated
to the city as memorials
Fnid Nardimd. Chamber presi-
dent, added that if this year's pro-
ject it a success, they will turn it into
an annual rose sale event
Mayor Bobby Whittington said.
Rotes will grow here and will be a
big improvement to the city parks
The nty can always use touching up
here and there
Volume XXII — Thursday, February 4,1988
Portland, Texas 78374 — 12 Pages No. 4
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35c
Exceeds Budget
Council Says No To
HEB Pool Addition
By Ijtr Ana Neill
After much discussion, the
Portland City Count'll voted four to
three to postpone the expansion of
the H E B Swimming Pool until the
next budget year
The reason for the debate was
$12,000 wan budgeted for the addi
tion, but informal estimates to build
the additiM as a turn key' project
have run from $31,000 to $110,000
Richard Burdine. city manager,
said an alternative tc this would be
to hire a pool specialist to work and
supervise City labor This approach
would cost from $20,000 to $24,000
The addition planned for would
add 800 wjuare feet of swimming
area to the shallow end and give the
children more usable room
Councilman Ihck Moser, said he is
for the expansion, but doesn't want
to do it unless the money is there to
do it right
He said, I'd like to go ahead with
it. but the pool is already in bad
shape because the chonnator is
damaging the plaster We need to
maintain what we have and worry
about expanding too "
Robert Matter, mayor pro tern,
said, The pool is used by young peo-
ple and g ves them something to do
It is recre ttional and good for the lit-
tle ones I d hate to see us walk away
from it thi ;year”
Howeve \ Malter doesn't think ci-
ty people *bould do the work because
there is no guarantee and recom-
mended that the work be done on a
turn key " basis
Norm Truesdell added that they
always find money for other things
and that they decided to close the
( ommunUy Oder pool in order to
improve the HE B Pool
He is als<> opposed to city help do-
ing the work and said he is willing to
look for the money and do the expan-
sion this year
Despite these and other
arguments Charles Tothill's motion
to save the $12,000 until next year
and do the addition then passed
Council also considered, but took
no formal action on a proposal by the
National Softball Association for the
use of the city ’s softball complex for
Men’s. Women's and Coed league
play
Dan Ixmaldaon. director of the
league was unable to attend the
meeting, fait a representative
presented his proposal to the coun-
SeePOOl PsqsK)
San Patricio County
Commissioner Attends Conference
Whittington. Mayor of the City of
Portland do hereby proclaim
February 6th through February
13th. 1968 as Beautification Week
in the City of Portland, Texas, and
urge all citizens to torn me in extern
ding commendation to the dedicated
volunteers who are giving so freely
of their time in this worthy cause,
and to assist in every possible way in
the community beautification pro-
ject
SIGNED AND SEALED this the
2nd day of February. 1968
San pMtricio 'ounty Commis-
sioner Carl Dunean joined some 700
other judge* and commiaaMmers at
the 30th Annual County Judges and
Commis*toners Conference at the
College Station Hilton January 26-28
The theme of the conference was
Responsible and Responsive Coun-
ty Government Operations
Understanding Administrative
Responsibilities of ( ommi.vsioners
Court "
Professional development
workshops keyed to special needs of
rour.ty judges ami < nmrnissioners
were sponsored by the V G Young
Institute of County Government, of
the Texas Agnoihursl Kxteiuoofi
Service The Office of Professional
Development at Texas A&M Univer-
sity awarded continuing education
units to commissioners court
members who attended all ses-
sions. explained Duncan 'County
judges who participated received
both .judicial and administrative
credit, while comnu.vsiooers receiv-
ed credit for study in their ad-
ministrative and technical duties."
he continued
Among the speakers who address-
ed the conference were Governor
Hill Clements, Texas Attorney
(General Jim Mattox and Dr ZerleL.
Carpenter. Director of the Texas
6th, 7th and 8th Grades
Agricultural Extension Service The
three-day program included train-
ing subjects ranging from capital
project financing, considerations for
economic development, county pur-
chasing. ordinances and subdivision
regulations
Challenge Parents
To Meet Monday
fered at each grade level,
cess for enrolling 6th graders in t
There will 1*
meeting for the
and 8th grac
y.Fel
pan
ade challenge students on
y, February 1
i the
rents of 6th
lenge studen
15 from 7 00-8 00
Gregory-Portland Junior
High School cafeteria The ohallenge
program is designed to meet the
needs of Gregory-Portland gifted
children
The agenda for the meeting in-
cludes a description of courses of-
junior high program, high school
registration information for 8th
graders, and plans for the future
For further information, contact
Darlene Goods, Junior High
challenge Uiason, at 643-2552
between 12 30 and 1 15 p.m or at
643-3674 after 4 30 p.m
No Pre-Clearance Given
Constables, JPs Keep Jobs Four More Years
A letter of request has
ed by San Patricio Count
ireaent
A letter of request has been reeeiv
nty to prea
certain documents for action taken
by Commissioner's Court in July
1987 to realign Justice of the Peace
precincts within the county
According to Joel Johnson, a Sin-
attorney representing three of
four judges effected by the realign-
ment, the county has been requester!
to submit information justifying the
proposed reduction of six justice of
the peace precincts to four
In a letter written by William
Bradford Reynolds, assistant at-
torney general of the Civil Rights
Division, and Gerald Jones voUi
section chief, an analysis subnu'
by the county in seeking expedited
•ting
itted
consideration on the reduction re-
quest w as "insufficient
In the letter Reynolds and Jones
state that information sent by the
county in it’s request is insufficient
to enable us to detemune that the
proposed changes do not have the
purpose and will not have the effect
of denying or abridging the right to
vote an account of race, color, or
membership in a language minority
group
In m
not to pre-dear the realignment, the
attorney general requests the follow
ing information from the county 1»
Population, by race and Hispanic
origin, for each of the existing
justice of the peace and constable
precincts according tc
lied cf
king i
e-clea
peaci
•ruing to the 1980 cen-
A detailed chronology and
description erf the events, meetings,
discussions, studies, etc . that led to
the derision of the Commissioners'
(ourt to adopt the changes; 3)
( opies erf all newspaper articles, let-
ters to the editor, editorials relating
to the proposed change*, and t opics
<rf transcnpls and minutes of
notings of the Commissioners
(ourt concerning the proposed
changes
The attor ney general also requests
a description *rf the reasons for the
decision to reduce the number of
justice the peace and constable
precincts, and the criteria followed
in preparing the new districting
plan, and data for each election from
1976 through 1906 for state or county
offices in which a Hispanic can-
didate participated, provide a list of
the Hispanic candidates and the
number of registered voters, by
precinct and by race and Hispanic
origin, at the time of the election
"... it has been alleged that a
reason for the reduction of justice of
the peace and constable precincts is
to dilute the voting strength of
Hispanic county residents by
decreasing the number of justices of
the peace and constables elected in
Sm JP Pago 10
Health Dept. Inspections
Food Servers' Scores Fall Below Average
The average score rectived by
San Patricio County eating
establishments fell below average m
January
The average score in January was
65.79 - down 22 points from 87 72 in
October and November
urants in Mathis recieved
best average score in the
/ with 86 88. followed by Sin-
ton, 62 50; and Portland, 48
No eating establishments were in-
spected in Oden and Taft during the
month of January , and no eating
establishments in San Patricio
County were inspected in December
Eighteen restaurants were in-
spected by the department in
Mathis; Sinton. two; and Portland,
one.
Approximately 21 inspections
Restaurant
Score
HEB
48
90 abort
Good
tt 9C
Average
W-Mm
Beiow Average
-
were conducted by the San Patncio
County Health Department in
January - not including those con-
ducted in Ingleside and Aransas
Pass
The eating establishments listed
in the tables shown were inspected
in January
These food servers
spected every month,
irnately every six months depei
on the results <sevei
ciesi of the last department
spection conducted
pprox
ending
nty of deficien-
depa
Pioneer Days Chairman
Needs Committee Help
IPtam for Pioneer Days are under-
wjiy, but volunteers are still needed
for each event.
According to Mannie Seale, chair-
man off the Portland Pioneer Days,
this years Pioneer Days are looking
bigger and better than ever
He said, I want to thank all those
who have stepped up to volunteer
However, now we are entering the
crucial stages and we need to fill out
tlie committe roster ”
Chairman are needed for the Chili
Cook-Off, Fun Run, Clean Up. Park-
ing and Coke Booths committees
Seale said. Please lend your sup-
port to this worthwhile event
Kemrmber for every dollar that
enter's the community U turns
hands an average of seven times
Project* like this help everyone
Committee chairman for (Jus
year’s event are Booth. Joe Pur-
pich; Auction, lusa Adams. Softball
Toum . Joe Garcia; Entertainment,
Judy Butler. Bull Riding Contest,
Matt Lynch. Publicity Crystal
Robinson. Arts and Crafts. 1-ana
White. Golf Toum , James Black,
Tennis Toum . Gerry Maingot; Style
Show and Pageant, Donna l>ee: and
Children's Area Crystal Robinson
There will be a planning meeting
Monday. Feb 8 at 7 30 p m at the
Chamber Office
Patrick J eiamgan was sworn m as Assistant District Attorney last Friday
morning at the San Patricio County Courthouse Administering the oath ot office in a special ceremony
was Judge Rachel Litfleiohn »James Pease photo)
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Neill, Lee Ann. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1988, newspaper, February 4, 1988; Portland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871689/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.