The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 212, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1990 Page: 1 of 14
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WEATHER
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of evening showers,
low in the low 70s. Friday:
Partly cloudy with a 40 per-
cent chance of rain, high in
the low 90s. From 8 a.m.
Thursday to 8 a.m. Friday,
high of 92, low of 79.
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Volume 68, No. 212
Telephone Number: 422-8302
Thursday, July 5, 1990
Baytown, Texas 77520
SUN DIAL
Classified......... 11-13-A
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Dimension............ 7-A
Editorial.............. 4-A
Markets.............. 2-A
Obituaries............ 3-A
Police Beat........... 2-A
Sports................ 9-B
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Heat can’t halt celebration
Daytime attractions include petting zoo, parade
By JANE HOWARD
Despite the heat, Baytonians
turned out in huge numbers to
watch the annual July 4 parade
and enjoy festivities in Bicen-
tennial Park.
High temperatures were a
common complaint, and soft
drinks and sno-cones were defi-
nitely hot sales items.
“It’s hot even in the shade,”
commented Harold Jones.
“This is great, other than the
heat,” said Ann Jones as she
shepherded her grandchildren
around the park to see the sights.
“I think the parks department
has things very well organized
this year,” said local realtor Car-
ole Opryshek.
The petting zoo with camel
rides and a elephant to visit was
“a nice addition,” according to
several celebrants. One zebra
gave children a scare when it
leapt from its stall and broke
free of the “zoo” area. The ani-
mal was quickly contained,
calmed and returned to its
quarters.
Parade entries varied from
floats to pickups to horses and
even a llama.
Various masonic lodges
seemed to be responsible for at
least half the entries with an
honor .guard, marchers, classic
cars, miniature cars, motorcy-
cles, horsemen and floats.
Winners in various parade
judging categories included:
—Best miniature vehicle:
Shawn Cochran and Kip Ed-
wards, first; John’s Trim Shop,
second.
—Best classic car: Sid Ellis’
1957 Cadillac, first; Mort Hall’s
1958 Edsel, second; Sid Ellis’
1963 Buick, third.
y—Best antique car: Joe Tho-
mas’ 1929 Model A, first; Mort
Hall’s 1958 Edsel, second; Fred
Real’s 1949 Plymouth, third.
—Best marching group:
Shriners, first; Star Twirling
Academy, second; ROTC, third.
—Best float: Baytown State
Bank, first; Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 912, second; New
Generation Hair, third.
—Best decorated vehicle:
Brownie Troop 713, first; Sonic,
second; West Baytown Civic
Association, third.
—Best decorated bicycle:
Nathan Holt, first; Janet Malone,
second; Cub Scout Pack 93,
third.
—Best wagon and team: Am-
. ish buggy, first.
Giles, Scott win little mister, miss titles
Parks and Recreation Dept.
announces winners of contests
I Joshua Giles and Natalie
I Scott were named Little Mr. and
| Miss July 4 at the Baytown
i Parks and Recreation Depart-
I ment’s holiday celebration at
I Bicentennial Park Wednesday.
3 Joshua is the son of Mike and
* Tammy Giles while Natalie is
the daughter of Rachelle and
| Terry Scott
Other winners in the July 4
i. competitions were:
Mustache contest — Neatest:
John Allen, first; Frank Bruno,
I second; and Mike Davis, third,
i Fullest: Steve Wingate, first;
\ Dayne Hobbs, second; and Tom
S Zakes, third. Best overall musta-
che trdphy went to John Allen,
p Beard contest — Neatest:
1 Jesse Gutierrez, first; Alton
Horn Sr., second; and Dennis
* Davis, third. Fullest: John Craw-
ford, first; Gary Jones, second;
and Scott Norris, third. Grayest:
Bill Carson, first; Benard Mur-
phy, second; and J. Davis, third.
Best overall beard trophy was
awarded to Benard Murphy.
Best decorated booth — Tra-
vis Green.
Water balloon contest — Di-
vision one: Courtney Prewitt
and Melissa Clinton, first; Ste-
phanie Newman and Holly Guy-
nes, second; Tirtlothy Sigers and
Joangel Montelongo, third. Di-
vision two: Larry Rowers II and
Chad Windsor, first; James Wil-
son and Donavan Hooper, sec-
ond; and Allison Latham and
Victor Latham, third.
Hippity hop race — Division
one: Kristin Eubanks, first; De-
siree Hall, second and Joshua
Tovar, third. Division two: Ste-
phanie Barrington, first; Fred-
rick Powell, second; and Carrie
Guynes, third.
Hula hoop — Division one:
Sabrina Smith, first; Natalie La-
corbiniere, second; and Amanda
Stanley, third. Division two:
Stephanie Barrington, first; Mar-
cia Bargas, second; and Jonie
Spretz, third.
Cow chip chunk — Under 18
division: Jason Baggett, first;
Fredrick Gowell, second; and
Stevie Ortiz, third. Adult divi-
sion: Kenneth Skelton, first;
Thomas Robinson, second; and
James Shoxstahl, third.
Remote control car race —
Eric Wueste, first with a time of
20.7 second; Jeremy Anthony,
second, 22.7 seconds; and Cary
Rouse, third, 23.7 seconds.
Three-wheel race — In the
2-3 year old division, winners
were: Lindsey Dugg, first with a
time of 22.01 seconds; Victoria
Tiemann, second, 24.66 sec-
onds; and Josh Shafer, third,
27.22 seconds. In the 4-5 year
old division, winners were: Kolt
Daniel, first, 13.03 seconds; Ste-
ven McLendon, second, 14.08
seconds; and Tina Robinson,
third, 16.99 seconds.
Bicycle rodeo — Division
one: Cody Langley, first. Divi-
sion two: Nicky Nava, first;
Nathan Smith, second; and
Jeremy Anthony, third.
In the food categories, win-
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IN ADDITION to games, music, fireworks
and other attractions, sellers and buyers had
ample opportunity to display their wares and
find something special at Bicentennial Park on
Wednesday. Ruby Pinson, left, Baytown Op-
portunity Center assistant director; and
Jeanette Novak, BOC client; convince Ken
Mitchell of the Baytown Opportunity Center
board of directors that they have a plant that
will look perfect in his home or on his patio.
(Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey)
Homemade jelly — Sandy
Gallatin, first; Francis Williams,
second; and Carolyn Davis,
third.
Homemade preserves —
Sandy Gallatin, first; Peggy Or-
tiz, second, and Sharon Peikins,
third.
Pickling — Cindy McCowan,
first; Peggy Ortiz, second and
third.
Pie baking — Best of show
went to Sharon Perkins for her
apple pie.
Best fruit pie — Sharon Per-
kins, first; Leanne Howell, sec-
ond; and Peggy Ortiz, third.
Best cobbler — Eva Stockett,
first and second; Jane Heinrich,
third.
Best cream pie — Candy
Veach, first; Brandie Alexander,
second; and Cheri Foster, third.
Best nut pie — Vema Miller,
first; Kathy Main,-second; and
Peggy Ortiz", third.
In cake baking, best of show
went to Paige Alexander for a
red velvet cake.
Best fruit cake — Shirley
Horn, first; Cindy McCowen,
second; and Peggy Ortiz, third.
Best vegetable cake — Pat
Mitchell, first; Dorothy Syzdek,
second; and Sharon Perkins,
third.
Best miscellaneous cake —
Paige Alexander, first; Kenny
Puckett, second; and Vickie
Sims, third.
Pearce Street Journal-
Best teacher
One of the best virtues
of experience in Baytown
or anywhere else is it en-
ables you to recognize a
mistake when you make it
again.
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R/UDAT suggests vacant house remedies
AROUND TOWN
JESSE SMITH is in the right
place at the right time . . . Ran-
dall Pitts calls with an encourag-
ing word.
Nikki Moyers has a new set
of wheels . . . Huey Jenkins
lends a friend his vehicle . . .
Clay Williams studies skills.
Frannie Laubach drops off
photos at The Sun . . . Sonny
Baughman makes a detour
through his decoys . . • Janet
Brewer leaves her heart in San
Francisco.
Matt Rodda loves to read
“Around Town” . . . George
Knierim shows souveniers of his
European vacation . . . Kathy
Brock shows off some pictures
. . . Margaret Carroll asks a lot
of questions.
Pam Warford says she has to
go . . . Pamn Weaver makes
some good selections ... He-
len Wismar is a perfect hostess
. . . Gail Cupps and her
daughter, Anne, make a trip
across the country . _
By JANE HOWARD
Vacant houses have long been a problem
in Baytown, as they are in other cities and
towns across the nation.
Often not kept up by absentee owners,
vacant houses tend to be the target of
vandalism, harbor vermin, detract from a
neighborhood’s appearance and can eventu-
ally force down property values.
As noted in the Regional/Urban Design
Assistance Team’s report^ most houses in
the older parts of the city, such as Old
Baytown, Pelly and Goose Creek, are in
good condition and well-maintained by their
occupants. But many are not.
There are few blocks in these areas which
do not have isolated houses in substandard
condition. There are other blocks where
many of the houses are severely inadequate.
Many of these houses lack heating,
bathroom facilities, adequate doors and
windows and show signs of faulty mainte-
nance and repair.
Elsewhere in the city, many older and
smaller garden apartment complexes also
show signs of disrepair and lack of mainte-
nance.
Police records show that as well as
becoming targets of vandalism, such places
can also become popular spots for drug-
related activities.
Instead of allowing vacant houses to
detract from their neighborhoods, the R/
UDAT report suggests remedies.
With more than 600 families in need of
housing, the primary lower income housing
need in Baytown is not for construction of
new housing, but for rehabilitation of sub-
standard housing and for the restoration of
abandoned and vacant homes to usable
condition.
Many of the vacant homes in the city are
potential candidates for rehabilitation and
can be brought up to adequate standards for
approximately $15,000 per house, the report
notes.
One of the major problems that must be
dealt with is absentee ownership. Under
such conditions, housing tends to be less
well-maintained, often dilapidated and fre-
quently abandoned. A major effort must be
made to replace absentee home ownership
with occupant home ownership or to owner-
ship by community-based or socially-
oriented corporations.
At the same time, the report says, any
housing strategy must not ignore other
factors that affect a neighborhood: trash-
strewn vacant lots and incompatible or
abandoned commercial and industrial build-
ings.
The R/UDAT report suggests a simple
strategy — formation of a community
development corporation to purchase sub-
standard and absentee-owned housing and
rehabilitate it, either for rental at affordable
rates or for sale to low and moderate income
families.
The entire community can benefit, the
report notes, from increasing the number of
homeowners in the city, increasing property
values and expanding the tax roll.
A community development corporation
should be able to obtain:
—A moderate percentage of Community-
Development Block Grant Funds received
by the city of Baytown.
—Federal rental rehabilitation funds.
—Funds raised by the sale of low income
rental housing tax credits to investors. These
are tax credits available to individuals and
corporations who invest in low income
rental housing.
—Financing at conventional rates, but
with flexible underwriting from local banks.
Under such a program, the report says, a
family earning as little as $12,150 per year,
or less than 50 percent of the median income
in the Baytown area, could afford to become
homeowners.
“Creation of a community development
corporation and initiation of a larger scale
housing rehabilitation program should be
considered a urgent community need,”
according to the R/UDAT report.
“For the lower income and minority
citizens of Baytown who make up a large
and growing percentage of a diverse com-
munity, it is a fundamental matter of human
dignity.” '
Richard Harris, Baytown’s director of
planning and traffic, said he would like to
see the R/UDAT report ideas explored to
see the possible impact on the overall needs
of the city.
Over the next 18 months, Harris said, a
comprehensive plan will be develope'dYo see
how best to manage funds and address
problems that include housing.
“But with limited funds, we can only dc
so much," he said.
School
queries
to start
Board to talk
with candidates
Baytown school trustees
expect to begin interviewing
superintendent candidates
next week after a screening
process that will start Satur-
day* according to Dave Ro-
bins, board vice president.
The board will have a work
session with Nolan Estes of
Webb and Associates from 9
a.m.-l p.m. Saturday at the
school administration build-
ing, 1415 Market.
Estes’ firm has helped re-
cruit applicants for the school
superintendent’s post, offi-
cially vacant since the March
7 resignation of Bill Kennedy
in the wake of Kennedy’s
conviction on a- felony theft
charge.
In the year and a half since
Kennedy was indicted by a
Harris County grand jury and
suspended with pay by the
school board, retired La Porte
superintendent Ralph Pearce
has served as interim superin-
tendent here.
Besides reviewing the
more than 50 applications
that have been received, trus-
tees on Saturday will consider
Estes’ impressions about the
resume's, as well as personal
impressions about any of the
applicants Estes may already
know or have met, Robins
said.
Their goal will be to get
the list of hopefuls down “to
a manageable number,” ac-
cording to Robins.
Robins said board mem-
bers will try to finish screen-
ing the applications Saturday,
but added he’d be surprised if
they manage to do so.
The start of the board’s
regular meeting Monday has
been moved from the normal
7 p.m. to 6 p.m. to allow
more time for discussion of
the applications, Robins
noted.
Although the board is striv-
ing to meet an early August
deadline for hiring a superin-
tendent, “it’s critical at this
point to give all applications
equal consideration,” Robins
said.
Man killed
in accident
Wednesday
MONT BELVIEU — A
32-year-old Mont Belvieu
man was killed Wednesday
evening after the motorcycle
he was operating was in-
volved in a collision with a
truck, according to a spokes-
woman for the Mont Belvieu
Police Department.
The accident occurred at
8:15 p.m. Roy Joseph Tevay
was traveling north on his
motorcycle in the 900 block
of Highway 146, the spokes-
woman said.
Tevay’s motorcycle was
involved in a collision with a
Ford pick up truck, which had
been traveling north on High-
way 146.
The truck, driven by Paul
Clayton Martin of New Ca-
ney, was turning left into a
parking lot when the accident
occurred, the spokeswoman
said.
The accident is under in-
vestigation, she said.
Services for Tevay are
pending.
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