Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 306, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 1988 Page: 2 of 19
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The new date for Cub Scout Pack
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Sept 22 at the Jackson Elementary
School cafeteria For more informa-
tion call Mary Ann Kelly 552-1940
Persons who wish to donate to
Hurricane Gilbert disaster victims
may go by the Calhoun County
American Red Cross office, 114-A S.
Benavides in Port Lavaca, during
regular afternoon office hours. Cash
donations will be accepted at the of-
fice. Money orders or checks may be
sent to: American Red Cross, Hur-
ricane Gilbert Disaster Relief Fund,
P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D C.
20013.
Those wishing to donate through
credit cards may call 1-800-453-9000
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canned goods, bedding, clothing,
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County economy
City sales tax allocations for the
first seven months of 1988 are up 13 5
percent over the same period in 1987
They are up in Point Comfort and
Seadrift also, l.y IK 6 percent and 8 3
percent.
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Tourism is also looming as an im
portant segment of both the Calhoun
County and Texas economies The
recent completion of the Bauer Com
munity Center should boost the
county's economy by attracting con
ventions and meetings and the re-
cent awarding of a grant to the City
of Port Lavaca by the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department, which will
be used to build a beach near the
center, will also play a strong rule in
luring tourists, city officials say.
EMS CALLS
A patient was transported from ,i
residx nce on Brookhollow Drive al
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public meetings in the past several
months, opting instead to hold inlor
mal discussions with less than a
quorum present in order to avoid i e
quirements of the Government in the
Sunshine I41W
On the revenue side, Strauss said
the commission was examining
boosting so-called sin taxes such as
federal levies on cigarettes and
All our regular lobby teller services are available
in our Mini-Bank during hours the main lobby is
closed. 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Registration for third through fifth
grade CCD classes at St Patrick's
Catholic Church in Seadrift will be
from 3:45-4:45 p m today Grades
6-12 w ill register at 7 p.m. Thursday
The fee is $2 and all registrants must
bring baptismal records
native education teacher at
Gaston and driver oi the bus, was
being counseled by a Dallas In
dependent School District
psychologist Tuesday Garner
was not at fault and no charges
would tie filed against him, jjolice
said
Pat Raney, assistant director
ot the Dallas County Schools
transportation services, said
Garner told the bus system safety
supervisor that the boy often was
late catching the bus and he had
discussed this problem with him
"There was no way the driver
was at fault," Ms Raney said.
"It was a treak accident It was
a I most u nprevent a hie. ”
The driver was in shock after
the accident, she said
"At first he was handling it real
well, but I think he was really in a
state of shock,” she said. "He
wanted to continue to drive the
route, but the supervisor had
another bus pick up the students
"Then, after he got to school
and the assistant principal told
him the student had passed away,
Our I^ady of the Gulf Altar Society
has rescheduled its regular meeting
for 7:30 p.m Thursday, Sept. 22 at
the church. Plans for the annual
turkey dinner will be discussed.
CARBIDE OPEN HOUSE
All Calhoun County Independent
School District central office person-
nel previously housed at the ad-
ministration building. 526 N.
Guadalupe, are now housed in the
administrative annex, 714 N. Col-
orado, near Harrison Elementary
cafeteria. The annex will be open
from 8 a m. to 4.30 p.m. each work
day. With any questions, call
552-9728.
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The United Way breakfast will
still be held Thursday, Sept 22, at
the Bauer Building at the
fairgrounds For reservations call
552-3630.
While Strauss did not talk about
gasoline taxes in his presentation,
there have tM*en published reports
that a hike in the gasoline tax ot up
to 50 cents is among the tax options
the commission is studying
alcohol Strauss said that other
types of consumption taxes also
would tie considered
Calhoun County residents are in-
vited to join together to help Tivoli
resident, Joe P. Garcia, by donating
blood to a replacement blood drive,
held from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 25 at Our Lady Guadalujx*
Catholic Church in Tivoli.
For more information call Dora
Valenseala, 512-286-3641.
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Republicans, was created by Con
gross last year m an attempt to
break the impasse between Presi-
dent Reagan's refusal to increase
taxes and the refusal of the
Democratic controlled Congress to
cut government spending enough to
bring the deficit under control
Strauss said the group probably
will recommend a four or five-year
plan to eliminate the deficit, which
this year is expected to total about
|1S2 billion
Social Security benefits, Medicare
and other entitlement programs and
defense spending will have to be cut,
Strauss said, since they account for
68 percent of total spending.
Strauss said the commission was
aware of the political firestorm like-
ly to be triggered by such sugges-
tions.
“That means you are withholding
money from the sick, the elderly and
the defense of the nation,” he said
Strauss said top priority will be
given to spending cuts and only after
they are exhausted would the com-
mission look at possible tax in-
creases as a way of balancing the
budget.
His comments marked the most
detailed discussion yet of where the
commission is headed. The panel
has been criticized for not holding
—Wave lengths
Lupe Rodnguez, Calhoun County
juvenile probation officer, will be
the featured program speaker at the
Knights of Columbus meeting to be
held at 8 p m Thursday, Sept 22 at
the KC Hall All members and pro-
spective members are urged to at-
tend as the council starts a new-
fraternal year of family and com-
munity activity.
The major tourist and entertain
ment attractions in Calhoun County
are centered on its coastline
Matagorda Island State Park, which
covers 7,325 acres of Calhoun Coun-
ty, received 16,800 visitors in 1987
Sport fishing in the area brought in
$35 9 million to the area in 1987, and
other recreational activity added
$5.1 million, according to the Texas
Water Development Board
Travel- related spending in
Calhoun County reached $11 million
and created over 90 jobs in 1986
(most recent figures available/ ac-
cording to the Texas Tourist
Development Agency.
The recent growth in the county's
economy has seen unemployment
fall steadily from a high of 13.5 per-
cent in July of 1986 to 8 9 percent in
August of 1988
ARRESTS
Martin (Marty' Lee Lewis, 21. of
Port O'Connor was arrested Tues-
day by sheriff's officers on a war-
rant charging burglary ot a habita-
tion
William James Butler, 33. of
Seadrill was arrested Tuesday by
Parks and Wildlife officers for tak-
ing oysters from polluted waters and
other violations of the Parks and
Wildlife Code
DALLAS (AP> A 13 year old
boy fell beneath the wheels ot a
school bus he was attempting to
board and was crushed to death
while hundreds ot students wat-
ched, authorities say
Adonis Collins, a student at
Gaston Middle School, was pro
nounced dead at Baylor Universi
ty Medical Center Tuesday morn
mg, officials said
The eighth grader was trying
to catch his bus as it pulled away
from the curb at John Henry
Brown Elementary in South
Dallas The boy pounded on the
side of the bus. jumped up and
clung to a window to get the
driver's attention, but he lost his
grip, fell to the pavement and
was crushed by the rear wheels,
w itnesses said
There wen* 66 students aboard
the tins as it pulled away from the
curb and dozens of students at the
elementary school and dozens
more from Pearl C. Anderson
Learning Center witnesses the
accident.
Homer turner. 59. an alter-
Pagc 2A—Port Lavaca Wave, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1988___________________________
Boy dies after being
struck by school bus
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Local organizations wishing to
donate bulk items for Hurricane
Gilbert disaster victims may take
them by First Baptist Church on
Pease Street in Point Comfort
Designated times are from 9am to
noon, Monday through Friday.
Canned milk and foods, blankets
and sheets are the most necessary
items. Bulk water is discouraged
due to shipping weight and storage
capacity. For more information con
tact Debra Harrel at the Red Cross
office, 552-6114
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propriate documents directly back
to the requesting regional office as
quickly as possible.
All VA medical centers will be
responsible for the completion of ail
requested exams, special reports
and or studies The medical center
will determine where and how the
exams will be conducted.
Those medical centers without
specialty staff to complete certain
requested exams will be responsible
for coordinating the completion of
those exams at other VA health care
facilities or on a fee basis.
The chief of medical administra-
tion service will be responsible for
establishing contact with other VA
health care facilities for the purpose
of referring patients lor special ex-
ams which cannot be completed at
the responsible/parent facility
Following the completion of an ex-
amination. or a portion for which the
remaining specialist exams are not
completed within seven days of the
initial reporting date, all ap-
propriate documents shall be for
warded directly to the regional of-
fice for rating action.
he became very emotional He is
very upset, and I'm not sure
when he'll drive again."
Teams of psychologists
counseled children who witness
<'d the accident
Betty Dodd, a school
psychologist who spoke with
children who were on the bus,
said children suffer griet in the
same way as adults.
"Some kids just collapse and
are completely undone, other
kids go into shock and say, I
don't believe this,”’ Dodd said
“He was a real nice kid," said
Robert Let' Collins, the boy’s
lather “I never had any pro-
blems with Adonis. He worked
hard at school."
Collins, a custodian at Brown,
where the accident occurred,
said the day had liegun routinely
The boy was carrying a hand-
written copy of bus safety rules in
his notebook at the tune he died
They had been given to students
as part of the current observance
of National School Bus Safety
Week.
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Surber, Chester C. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 306, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 1988, newspaper, September 21, 1988; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1298274/m1/2/?q=Women+labor: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.