The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 260, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 30, 1992 Page: 1 of 44
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Volume 70, No. 260
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Sunday, August 30, 1992
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Kickoff rallies
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Woman, 66,
rescued in
house fire
The 1992-93 Ross S. Sterling Rangers football team and
cheering squad will be introduced to their fans during the
RSS “Pigskin Preview" and rally Tuesday night. The
Pigskin Preview begins at 7 p.m. at the RSS Auditorium.
Above are, back row from left, RSS co-head cheerleader
Sarah Goerner, defensive tackle David Alsip, co-head
cheerleader Tessa Untz; front row, Amy Treloar, Colonel
of Stars, and Aaron Lington, RSS band drum major.
Photos by Carrie Pryor
The Robert. E. Lee Ganders football team and cheerlead-
ers will help kick off their 1992-93 season with the REL
“Ganders on Parade" rally at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial
Stadium. Above are, back row from left, REL band mem-
bers Courtney Rose and Cleve Ford, Lee Brigadiers
Company Commander Regina Johnson and Drum Major
Karen Franta; front row, cheerleader Ashley Sorenson
and linebacker Ray Francois.
By Jane Howard
of The Baytown Sun
Two Baytown firefighters re-
scued a 66-year-old woman
from a fire in her home at 115
John A in the Wooster area early
Saturday, authorities said.
Firefighters arrived at the
house just after midnight when
neighbors noticed smoke and
flames coming from the house
and called 911, according to Ar-
son Investigator Marian Wyse.
Those same neighbors tried to
get into the house to save the re-
sident, but were forced back by
smoke and flames.
Told by neighbors that the re-
sident of the burning house had
suffered a stroke only a week
before, Lt. Tim Rogers and fire-
fighter Ralph Feniello immedi-
ately entered the house on arri-
val and found Joyce Shelton ly-
ing in a hallway, just outside the
living room where the heat was
intense. Just about everything
from paint, furniture to light fix-
tures had melted.
With bums on her back and
suffering from smoke inhalation,
Mrs. Shelton was pulled from
the house and put on oxygen im-
mediately, authorities said. She
was transported by Life Flight
Helicopter to Hermann Hospital
If she’d been in
there just a couple
more minutes,
she’d have died.
Marian Wyse
where a spokesman reported her
in stable condition Saturday.
Officials with Baytown Fire
and Rescue Service said the vic-
tim suffered second- and third-
degree bums over 20 percent of
her body.
Firefighters from Stations 5,3
and 2 responded and remained
at the scene until 3:30 a.m. Ms.
Wyse said she believes the fire
started when a cigarette was
dropped into a couch and smoul-
dered until flames eventually er-
upted. Fire damage was limited
to the living room.
Ms. Wyse said she also be-
lieves that rather than attempting
to escape from her burning
home, Mrs. Shelton was trying
to put the fire out when she col-
lapsed from smoke inhalation.
Firefighters found the water run-
ning in the bathroom.
“If she’d been in there just a
couple more minutes, she’d
have died,” said Ms. Wyse.
Goose Creek Stream greenbelt awarded $500,000
By Betsy Claggett
of The Baytown Sun
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Board has awarded a $500,000
grant to the city of Baytown for thf first phase of the Goose Creek
Stream greenbelt project.
The grant, awarded Thursday, will be matched with more than
$500,000 in donated property, in-kind services provided by the city,
contributions and some bond funds.
“Without the grant, we would have had to do a much simpler
version using bond funds,” said Jo Roosa, special projects coordina-
tor with the city’s planning department. “With the grant, we can do a
showcase project that will really stand out in the city of Baytown.”
The first phase of the project will be the development of a
13.6-acre multi-use greenbelt park between Loop 201 and Decker
Drive, and will include the construction of a 1.5-mile biking/jogging
trail with 16 exercise stations, two playgrounds, a bird observation
platform, a fishing pier, an unlighted soccer/football field, a canoe
launch and retrieval area, a half-mile hiking trail and two unlighted
basketball/volleyball courts.
The project also includes the construction of an unlighted sand
volleyball court, two horseshoe pits, six sheltered picnic tables with
grills, a pavilion, landscaping, fencing, roads, parking and bike
racks.
Ms. Roosa said no date has been proposed for the start of con-
struction. The first step now will be to get appraisals on the donated
properties and to develop engineering and construction plans.
Out of 48 applications submitted to the state parks board for fund-
ing, only 23 received grants. Of those 23, the Baytown project
earned the third highest rating.
“This was Ms. Roosa’s first effort on such an application and the
high rating it received is a high statement of regard for the work she
and others put into the effort,” said Richard Harris, director of plan-
ning and traffic.
See related photo on Page 4-B
Nailon retiring after years safeguarding bays
By Jane Howard
of The Baytown Sun
Bob Nailon, marine agricultural service exten-
sion agent for Harris and Chambers counties for
the past seven years, will resign at the end of this
month to take a position as a consultant in private
industry.
Nailon will be working for ENSR Consulting
and Engineering, an environmental consulting
firm headquartered in Houston.
In his new position, he’ll be responsible for
drafting wetland mitigation project proposals and
overseeing wetland mitigation projects associated
with industrial development.
His first assignment will be in San Francisco.
Nailon said he will keep his home in Baytown.
In his position as a marine extension agent,
Nailon said he hopes that he has educated some
people on the importance of saving the bays
before it’s too late.
“People have got to realize that the government
doesn’t have the money to do this by themselves,”
he explained. “It’s going to be up to the private
sector to work towards improving water quality,
stabilizing shoreline and restoring the fisheries
habitat that man has destroyed.”
“And it’s not just an environmental issue, it’s
economics.”
industry if private citizens, industry and the
government work together to maintain the bays’
productivity, he said.
“The salt marsh is the world’s second most
productive ecosystem,” explained Nailon. “It’s
right behind the rain forest.
Nailon introduced many people in the area to
the concept of wetland mitigation and the impor-
tance of preserving and restoring marine habitat.
“If we don’t have the habitat, it just doesn’t
matter how many fish we stock, how many
hatchlings we raise and turn out in the bays,” said
Nailon.
His efforts to introduce new methods of
shoreline conservation, restoro marine habitat and
find new and natural ways to restore water quality
have gained recognition from coast to coast. In
fact, a fall issue of National Geographic magazine
will feature Nailon’s work and related efforts to
save the Gulf, particularly the Galveston/Trinity
Bay complex.
Earlier this year, he won the Department of
Agriculture’s Distinguished Service Award for his
work in creating and restoring wetlands. A video
on wetlands which he produced with soil conser-
vationist Eddie Seidensticker was widely
acclaimed by marine experts. It also won a trophy
in the Houston film festival.
the Galveston/Trinity Bay complex is approxi-
mately $175 million annually. Commercial fishing
generates another $63 million per year, according
to Nailon.
The area can only support a thriving fishing
His experiments using plots of grass have
own that shoreline can be restored. Several
stands of smooth cord grass now protect areas
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Direct expenditures for recreational fishing in shown that shoreline can be restored. Several
threatened by erosion. The grass itself is protected
by a line of cargo parachute suspended on posts. It
will remain there until the grass takes firm root
and begins to reproduce.
Photo by Carrie Pryor
The ^console of Bob Nailon's extension service boat, the “Sea
Aggie,” was personalized for him by volunteers who custom-
ized and reconditioned the military pontoon boat. Nailon, who
is resigning as the area’s Texas A&M University’s Agricultural
Extension Service marine agent, introduced many people in
the area to the concept of wetland mitigation and the impor-
tance of preserving and restoring marine habitat.
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 260, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 30, 1992, newspaper, August 30, 1992; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1020104/m1/1/?q=1966+yearbook+north+texas+state+university: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.