The Ingleside Index (Ingleside, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1993 Page: 1 of 18
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November 18,1993
Volumo 44
Numbor 42
USPS 264-260
Inglosido, Texas 78362
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USS Gladiator to
arrive tomorrow
The 14th ship to arrive at
Naval Station Ingleside, the
USS Gladiator (MCM 11), will
make NAVSTA its home Fri-
day morning at 8:30. The pub-
lic is invited to attend.
The USS Gladiator was com-
missioned in Sturgeon Bay,
Wise., on Sept. 18. The ship
was built by Peterson Builders,
Inc. The ship and its 80 man
crew left Sturgeon Bay on Sept.
21 on its maiden voyage with
port stops in Port Golbume,
Canada; Rochester and
Clayton, N.Y.; Halifax, Nova
Scotia; Boston; Charleston,
S.C. and Key West, Fla.
The ship is commanded by
Lieutenant Commander
Christopher D. Noble and is
only the second MCM to be
equipped with the modern AN/
SQQ-32 Advanced Minehunt-
ing Sonar, a system capable of
showing accurate images of
underwater objects.
The USO of Naval Station
Ingleside will also host a “Wel-
come to Naval Station Ing-
leside” reception for the Gla-
diator crew and families on
Sept. 19 from 4 to 8 p.m. inside
the new USO building.
Area businesses will sponsor
the reception, whose purpose
is to acquaint new military
families with local businesses
and promote their services.
Sponsors will participate by
displaying promotional mate-
rials and providing business
cards for all who attend. Food
and beverages will be pro-
vided.
The USO plans to welcome
each new homeported vessel
with a similar reception upon
their arrival.
Churches, civic groups
sponsoring food drives
Several area churches and
civic organizations will be col-
lecting food and other items to
help make the upcoming holi-
days a little brighter.
In Ingleside, First Baptist
Church is collecting food and
gifts for a trip to the Children’s
Home in Mathis for a party
there, according to Pastor
Donald French.
“That is being coordinated
through our Women’s Mission-
ary Union,” French explained.
“We’re also working with the
Christian Service Center to try
and give them some aid as
well.”
Our Lady of Assumption
Catholic Church is working
with Catholic Social Services
and local scout troops to distri-
bute 20 food baskets to needy
families for Christmas. The
tough economic times are
hurting those who offer aid.
“Last year, we gave out 27
food baskets, but because of
cuts in funding, this year we’ll
only be doing 20,” Sharon
Tiemann with the church’s St.
Vincent DePaul group, said.
Those wishing a basket can
apply for one at the church’s
rectory during business hours
on S. 8th Street.
The First United Methodist
Church has a food pantry for
which canned goods are being
collected through the month of
November. The pantry is open
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday
through Friday, a spokesper-
son said.
A spokesperson for Ing-
Ieakle Assembly of God church
•aid all food collected is taken
to the Christian Service Cen-
ter for distribution.
Bethel Baptist Church is col-
lecting food and gifts for two
sets of needy people, accord-
ing to Pastor W.T. Morris.
“We have our annual Kans
for Kids program through
November, which we then take
to the South Texas Children’s
Home in Beeville and have a
little party with gifts and
such,” Morris explained.
“We’re also collecting goods to
help out some of the people
around the community. Both
drives are going real well so far.
For the third consecutive
year, the Ingleside Library is
also getting into the holiday
spirit. Through the month of
December, all overdue library
fines will be waived for a dona-
tion of canned or non-
perishable food. Household
products such as cleansers, di-
apers and paper products are
also needed.
Ingleside Women’s Club
members will then distribute
the items to local church pan-
tries so more families will have
an opportunity to use them.
Ingleside Rotary Club will be
working with the Ingleside fire
department on Dec. 18 by
making fruit and candy bas-
kets and distributing them to
residents of the Aransas Pass
Nursing and Convalescent
Center.
“It’s a project that we really
enjoy doing,” Rotary Club
President Don Vance said.
See FOOD, Beak Page
Bay calls January election
One cent sales tax proposition set to go before voters
Tuesday night, Ingleside on the
Bay city council called a municip-
al election for Jan. 15 to elect a
mayor and two aldermen.
Places held by Mayor A1 Rob-
bins, Alderman Dick Ehmann
and Alderman Carol Cervenka
will be on the ballot. Also on the
ballot will be proposition calling
for a one cent city sales tax to be
placed on businesses and non-
essential utilities, such as tele-
phone and cable.
If approved, the tax revenue
will go into the city’s general fund
where it will be used to help pay
for city projects, such as street
work. Citizens who wish to have
other items considered for place-
ment on the ballot are asked to
contact an alderman, Robbins
said. The idea will then be
brought before the council
The council appointed Pat
Girard as election judge. Girard
may hire two election clerks to
aid her at a cost of #5 an hour for
no more than 13 hours, Robbins
stated.
Citizens will cast their ballots
at 419 Woodhaven, the city’s
temporary city hall. Early voting
will also be held at the same
address at a date to be
announced. Robbins said the
municipal building will not be
ready for the election.
City Secretary Ann Rosenk-
ranz was asked to begin accepting
candidates for the ballot and to
prepare the ballot form, which
states the order in which candi-
dates will be listed on the ballot.
Drawing for positions will also be
held at a later date, Robbins said.
In other business, the council
agreed to spend up to #1,500 for
building materials for the inside
walls of the municipal building.
Robbins said the money will be
used for a center wall dividing the
municipal building from the fire
department and to begin a secret-
ary’s office.
Citizen John Hennigan asked
the council to form a committee
to help get information on what is
happening in the area out to more
of the citizens.
Hennigan said many citizens
have no idea what is going on
around them.
“Citizens see me or Owen
( Smith) working on the roads and
think that’s my tax dollars at work
when it’s actually us volunteering
our time,” Hennigan explained.
“We also need to start getting
some real revenue in here to sup-
port our 25 cent tax rate.”
Hennigan feels getting the in-
formation out concerning the
proposed one cent sales tax is
imperative to the city.
“I have mixed feelings on
whether it will pass, but I’ll do
what I can to help it,” Hennigan
said.
DAVID ALVARADO (20) inbounds the ball to Ashton Cook (L) during freshman basketball action
against Bishop Tuesday night. The game was the season opener for both schools.
CB Hospital moves into future
By Juliet K. Wenger
Feature Editor
(Editor’s Note:This is the first
in a series of articles tracing the
changes coming about at Coastal
Bend Hospital as the nation
moves into a new concept of
health care.)
Wellness is increasingly the
concentration of the health care
industry. The change is radical
both for the patient and for hos-
pital staffs when there is a new
thought process in terms of
paying for wellness and going to
the doctor when you are well, not
strictly in cures for advancing
illnesses.
Patient education, early detec-
tion, healthy life styles are integ-
ral parts of this new approach.
Shirley Gallagher, hospital admi-
nistrator, says changes are
underway at Coastal Bend Hos-
pital which are significant in pre-
paring for what the future will
bring.
Computer technology will play
an important part in shaping the
new health care reforms. Coastal
Bend is moving on to what is cal-
led the Affinity/Compucare sys-
tem. Phase 1, which includes pa-
tient accounting, medical re-
cords and the business office
went on line almost a year ago.
Last week, training began in
Phase 2 which will be clinical ap-
plication. All personnel will be
taught how to carry out their own
computer transactions. This in-
cludes everyone on the nursing
staff and in the ancillary depart-
ments, including laboratory, im-
aging and pharmacy.
Two members of the hospital
staff, Pete Avila from respiratory
therapy and Dana Lanier from
the nursing department, are now
receiving intensive instructions
so that they in turn can train
others in the clinical and nursing
areas. This will require different
degrees of instruction.
Robbins also announced the
Birthday Bash held earlier this
month raised approximately
#1,800.
Board election
is granted
extension
Election of a member to one of
five positions on the San Patricio
County Appraisal Board is too
close to call. The deadline for vot-
ing passed November 15, but an
extension has been granted by
the state under the circumst-
ances.
Two nominees are running a
close race, Richard P. (Sonny)
Park, Jr, with 537 votes and J. M.
Attaway with 520 votes. Both are
from Aransas Pass.
Members of the board who
appear to be elected are Joe Zapa-
ta from Sinton, Maurice Priday
from Ingleside, Mike Flinn of
Portland and Walter Roots of Taft.
There are a total of 5,000 votes.
Votes are weighed according to
the amount of taxes assessed in
that jurisdiction. San Patricio
County commissioners have the
largest number of votes, 1,222;
Gregory-Portland Independent
School District, 854; Ingleside In-
dependent School District, 818;
Aransas Pass Independent
School District, 371; Sinton Inde-
pendent School District, 344; and
all others less than 300. The city
of Aransas Pass has 198 votes and
the city of Ingleside 93.
When the deadline passed, Ing-
leside, Mathis and Gregory had
failed to have quorums and could
not cast their votes, that is a total
of 156 votes which could make a
difference in the Park-Attaway
race. The extension in time to
allow those votes to be cast was
then granted.
This board names the chief
assessor and adopts a budget for
See BOARD, Back Page
Joan Gagnon, director of nurs-
ing, says that the new procedures
will mean doctors will receive re-
sults of tests more rapidly and
with even greater confidence and
accuracy. Other advantages will
be the reduction of paper work
and its dissemination.
With the Affinity system, each
nurse and technician will enter
data on line which is then im-
mediately processed, with doc-
tors receiving information on
tests results and the business
office receiving information
simultaneously.
One of the advantages the com-
puterized system will provide is a
more accurate and less time con-
suming process for staffing. The
number of nurses and skills re-
quired on each hospital shift de-
pend not only on the number of
patient in the hospital at the time
but also on the acuity level of
See FUTURE, Back Page
Peterson to
pledge funds
Peterson Builders, Inc. has
pledged #15,000 for support of
the new USO facility at Naval
Station Ingleside
The money will go toward
programs to aid military per-
sonnel and their families.
Peterson Builders is based in
Sturgeon Bay, Wise., but has a
facility in Ingleside. Peterson
is the major shipbuilder for the
mine countermeasure ships
homeported at the base.
Several more ships are sche-
duled to arrive during the next
12 months.
A plaque made from the
wood used to construct many
of the MCM ships will be un-
veiled this morning at 10 a m.
at the USO building A check
presentation will follow the
unveiling.
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