The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 210, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1992 Page: 1 of 16
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Volume 70, No. 210
Telephone Number: 422-8302
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Baytown, Texas 77520
Funding for a portion of Loop 201
has been assured but the fiiture of
Baytown’s other critical highway pro-
jects is still in limbo. V
City Manager Bobby Rountree said
he has learned that the section of Loop
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that the federal program will aicr> *??* P* Coop 201 project, date and restructuring of the program’s
provide funding ^r construction of ^ch calls construction of overpas- priority criteria left all state highway
overpasses "cm Lood ^Ol at Texa, m0re, locations t0 *e Projects UP in air "Me officials
Uty Manager Bobby Rountree said overpasses on Loop 201 at J5L l % moreJ Iocatlons to the projects up in the air while officials
he has teamed that the section of Loop Avenue and Missouri Street n win n« E whe.r® "^ay meets North determined whether any funding would
201 (Robert Lanier Drive) from Spur for the bridge aooroachlf “ H,ghY^ 146,' 's stlU in JeoPardy, as is be available.
330 (Decker Dnve) to the Fred Hart- That should Sure completion of wS^ro^from"the° aSSUI^ ?a?t
While the funding was assured last
week, highway department officials
completed re-prioritizing the
lengthy list of projects to be funded.
Consequently, the Baytown projects
have no better chance for completion
than any other projects in the state.
Eventually, highway department
officials will issue a list of projects to
be included in the Phase 1, Phase 2 and
Phase 3 portions of a new 10-year
construction plan.
Dressed for summer patrol [ Two-year study shows
210 gangs in county
SSS' 181 ,hemspend,hatLe ,nius' a» ^ comlrnanX
Roadways
to be closed
for parade
The Baytown July 4 Celebra-
tion ’92 in honor of the nation’s
birthday brings with it a parade
and other festivities, but Bayto-
nians need to be aware that ac-
cess to certain streets will be
blocked Saturday.
Also, in celebration of the ho-
liday, area public offices will be
closed Friday.
The cities of Baytown, Mont
Belvieu, Anahuac and Dayton
will close Friday and there will
be no trash pick up. Area school
district administrative offices
will also close Friday.
In addition, offices in Harris,
Chambers and Liberty counties
will close in observance of the
holiday. The Harris County
Fresh Water Supply District 1A
in McNair will also close.
The U.S. Post Office will de-
liver mail Friday, but not
Saturday.
Banks will observe the holi-
day by closing on Friday and
Saturday.
Due to the Independence Day
festivities at Bicentennial Park,
several roads around the park
will be closed.
Lee Drive at Market Street,
Gulf Street and Gentry Street
will be closed from 5 a.m. to 10
p.m. Saturday.
Market Street from the Goose
Creek school district Admi-
nistration Building to Texas Av-
enue will be blocked off from 10
a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.
No vehicles will be allowed
in these areas without proper ap-
proved passes.
Good
Afternoon
SUN DIAL
Around Town........ 7-A
Classified.......... 5-6-B
Comics.............. 6-A
Dimensions.......... 7-A
Editorial.............4-A
Obituaries...........3-A
Police beat..........2-A
Stock quotes........2-A
Sports............... 1-B
Television............ 6-A
WEATHER
THURSDAY NIGHT: Fair,
low In upper 70s. Friday:
Partly cloudy and hot, 30
percent chance of rain, high
n mld-90s. From 6 a,m.
Wednesday to 8 a.m.
Thursday, high of 93, low of
73.
MINI-THOUGHTS
How come they can
predict storms on Jupiter
but can't let us know if
it’s going to rain
tomorrow?
-WO
Cedar Bayou
Order of the
Eastern Star
installs new officers
See story, 7-A
By Jane Howard
of The Baytown Sun
Gangs are firmly entrenched and it will take a
determined community effort to steer youths
toward other activities, a Harris County Sheriff’s
Department official told the Baytown Rotary Club
Wednesday.
Maj. Eddie Macaluso, supervisor of all plain
clothes investigators for the sheriff’s department,
said he initiated a study of Harris County gangs
more than two years ago.
It is not difficult to differentiate between
criminal youth gangs and groups of teens who
simply hang out together and get into mischief.
Macaluso said criminal gangs engage in planned
criminal activity, have a clearly defined leadership
hierarchy and communicate in codes and with
symbols.
The sheriff’s department study identified at
least 210 separate gangs and 1,385 gang members
in Hams County. Macaluso’s officers have work-
ed 1,079 cases that were clearly identified as
gang-related crimes. Of these, 447 were felonies.
While the majority of active gang members are
in their teens, Macaluso said the youngest active
gang member he’s seen was 8 years old. The
oldest was 47.
Young people, he said, get involved with gangs
for the same reasons they get into drama,
basketball or boy scouts.
“It’s the fellowship, the sense of acceptance,”
he said.
Macaluso put the blame on parents.
“Many of these kids are looking for what they
don’t get at home,” he explained. “And parents
want to blame everyone but themselves.”
Youth gangs rely primarily on narcotics to
obtain money. The second most common crime
committed by gang members is armed robbery,
Macaluso said.
Macaluso said he believes the sheriff’s depart-
ment and other agencies had gotten serious about
gangs early enough to prevent the problem from
becoming epidemic, as it is in the Los Angeles
area.
“For once in my career, we’ve been pro-active,”-
he said. “The school districts, particularly Goose
Creek, are to be commended, too,” he added.
But Macaluso believes it will take some
dedicated community and parental involvement to
change the current trend of youths joining gangs.
Macaluso noted that any young person can be
enticed into a gang.
“These are kids from all walks of life — there
are doctors’ sons in gangs, there’s even police
officers’ sons in gangs . . . gangs are equal
opportunity employers.
“The gangs and their members are not a police
problem,” he said, “at least until they start
carrying out criminal activity.”
Many times, adult gang members, those 17 and
older, will induce the juveniles to commit crimes
for them.
“They tell them, if they get caught, not to worry,
about it, that they’re just kids so the cops won’t do
anything to them.”
But that’s not always the case, Macaluso said.
He noted the Harris County Juvenile Detention
Center is just as overcrowded as the Harris
County Jail.
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First day at college for Sasser
New LC president moves into office, begins to share enthusiasm, ideas
hopes to be able to make the beacon shine even brighter than it has
in the past, reaching still more people through new, innovative prog-
rams Without Sacrificing the School’s frarlirinn nf nnolltw F s
By Kenneth Kesner
of The Baytown Sun
ing than being president of a college? . *» a"d making a still greafer effortTo K
I could be a perpetual student, * Sasser said Wednesday, as he traditionally found the path to higher education barred or difficult to
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son settling into
‘I love learning," he said.
After earning his doctorate in administration and higher education
— along the way getting other degrees in educational administration
while mirroring in education law, network analysis and other sub-
jects ■“ he even considered cninff on anrl nAttinn a into
vuuogcs me pencci w«
tion with real service to society.
“I think people in community colleges first need to have a real
service orientation," he said. ,rAnd combine that with a real com-
mitment to excellence in teaching — of which this college has a
cXO.'SiSTta.: m’s communi,y coU'se edu-
“Really, the mission of a community college is much broader than
a typical university if you look at all we do, from developmental
through the most esoteric learning you can imagine,” said Sasser.
Tne thing that’s key in an outstanding community college — and
Lee College I think has this — is regardless of what we do . . it
has got to be excellent,” said Sasser. ‘That may be teaching uphol-
stery, or that may be teaching physics or philosophy. But whoever is
m that classroom, teaching that 20 or 30 students, needs to be im-
bued with all that enthusiasm and commitment to excellence.”
Sasser added that his study of Lee College in the past months has
only increased his appreciation of the faculty, the “professional,”
committed board of regents, the “outstanding" students attracted
to the school and the people of Baytown.
The school’s quality is both complemented and, in part, made
possible by the tremendous support for the college from the com-
munity, said Sasser.
That rare combination of high-quality programs, a commitment to
excellence on the part of the faculty, regents and students, and the
nurturing atmosphere in the community played a major role in the
Sasser family’s decision to come to Baytown.
Sasser, an Alabama native, and his wife, Layne, have two child-
ren: Jackson Jr., 16, and Elizabeth, 12.
He compared Lee College to a beacon in the area, and said he
Jackson Sasser
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 210, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1992, newspaper, July 2, 1992; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1019632/m1/1/?q=aRCHIVES: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.