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Thursday, August 10, 1989
Baytown, Texas 77520
NED HOUSES
Ship channel
deepening
Chamber topic
Ned S. Holmes, chairman of
the Port Commission of the Port
of Houston Authority, will pre-
sent a talk here Friday on the
proposed widening and deepen-
ing of the Hous-
ton Ship Chan-
nel.__
Holmes will
be the speaker
for the Baytown
Chamber of
Commerce
weekly lunch-
,eon at noon at
Holiday Inn, 300
S. Highway 146. -
A native Houstonian, Holmes
is chairman of Parkway Invest-
mentst/Texas Inc. He has been
actively involved in the develop-
ment construction and manage-
ment of commercial, industrial,
residential and retail projects as
well as large-scale, mixed-use
developments.
After graduating from the
University of Texas and UT
School of Law, Holmes spent a
few years in New York City with
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. He
returned to Houston in 1971' to
form Holmes Investments, a
predecessor to Parkway Invest-
ments.
In 1980 Holmes helped orga-
nize Commercial Bancshares
Inc (CBI), a hank=hnlriing cnm=
pany. A former president of CBI,
he serves on its board and^also is
a member of the board of Park
Tower National Bank.
Appointed to the Port Commis-
sion in August 1987, Holmes
became chairman in June 1988.
He chairs the Governmental
Relations Advisory Committee
in the Houston Chamber of Com-
merce and serves on the board of
the Greater Houston Partner-
ship.
Pearce Street Journal-
All kidding aside., ,
If they paid a premium for be-
ing the most joked in 1989, it
would be a tie between Exxon
Valdez and former ball player
Steve Garvey.
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MAYOR EMMETT Hutto
of the British Army Cadet
presenting a plaquenaming
citizens of Baytown,
exchange program with the
! ROTC. From left are Sgt. Findley Far-
thing, Mayor Hutto, Lt. Adrian Leech and Sgt.
Paddy Tyrell. A story about their visit will ap-
:of an pear in The Sun’s weekend edition.
Junior (Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor)
Around Town
r. By RENE MOODY
After suffering with brain
cancer for almost three years,
Mandy Stout, 12, of Mont Belvieu
died Wednesday
at Texas Child-;
ren’sHospital,
Mandy, whose j
birthday was
Tuesday, would;
have been a sev-
enth-grader at j
Barbers Hill j
Middle Schoc
She was diag-
nosed with; a
malignant brain tumor in De-
cember 1987, her mother, Linda
Barber, said several months
ago. Since the diagnosis, Mandy
has undergone surgery and
treatments at Texas Children’s
Hospital
“She accepted her situation
and was very optimistic,” her
MANDY STOUT
homebound instructor, Sue
Bickerstaff, said about the
freckled-faced little girl “who
was a little shy at first.”
Mandy hoped to lyturn to
school with her friends and kept
her grades up in case she was
able to do so, Ms. Bickerstaff
said.
“She was a conscientious stu-
dent who wanted, worked (for)
and achieved good grades,” her
history teacher, Anne Daniels,
said.
“She was a very loved little
girl,” Ms. Daniels said. “The
children just gathered around
her” when Mandy made visits to
the school to see her friends.
In June, one of Mandy’s
dreams came true when she met
country singer George Strait.
Strait, who learned of her con-
dition, sent her yellow roses and
had Mandy, her mother and
great-aunt driven by limousine
to his concert where they went
backstage to meet him.
She also was flown to Disney
World with her family and best
friend by the “Make A Wish
Foundation” during spring
break last year, her mother had
said.
Mandy also met actor Paul
Newnfan when she spent 10 days
at his camp in Connecticut for
terminally ill children.
A fund was set up for Mandy at
Mont Belvieu State Bank earlier
this year to help defray her
medical expenses.
Funeral services for Mandy
will be held at 2 p.m: Friday at
Trinity Tabernacle, 1008 E.
Lobit, with the Revs. James
Smith and Logan Garrett, of-
ficiating.
HISTORIC SCHOOL
1923 a big year for elemen-
tary pupils with opening of
Anson Jones Elementary
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The U.S. Embassy
reported late Thursday morning that a weather satellite had
picked up what might be an airplane’s emergency radio locator
signal about 130 miles south-southeast of the capital, well out-
side previous paths used in the search for U.S. Rep. Mickey
Leland of Houston.
Resignations
plague city,
council told
Rountree sees more turnover
Mandy Stout services set
Girl loses battle with cancer
By RENE MOODY
Compensation and significant
employee turnover are problems
affecting the entire city staff, in-
cluding the police department,
Acting City Manager Bobby
Rountree told City Council at a
budget work session Wednesday.
Forty-seven city employees
have left their jobs so far this
year, Rountree said. Of these, at
least 19 cited a “better job” and
more money as reasons for leav-
ing, he said.
“I don’t know if that meant the
same job and more money, or a
different job and more money,”
he said.
Rountree said mechanics,
health sanitarians, risk
managers and horticulturists
are some of the employees who
have left the city.
More than 500 employees \york
for the city. The city lost 57
employees last year and 54
employees in 1987, Rountree
said, and the problem may get
worse.
“I think as the economy
changes over the next year or
two...I feel that our turnover
rate will go up unless we address
the salaries citywide, ” Rountree
said.
A review of Texas Municipal
League salary survey, using
data from January, shows that
the city’s salary range requires
an 8-10 percent adjustment to
maintain market position as of
October, Rountree said.
Rountree said $120,000 would
provide a salary adjustment in
the 8 percent range.
This adjustment would in-
crease the starting pay of new
employees and increase the
maximum pay for employees at
the top of the salary scale, he
said.
The positioning of other
employees within a new salary
scale would also need to be con-
sidered, Rountree said.
“I do not expect these issues to
be addressed in one budget year.
They do need to be addressed,
however, if we are to retain our
experienced personnel,” he said.
During the session, council
discussed the details of the
police and fire departments as
outlined in the proposed budgets.
Council is considering re-
quests from the police for a
salary step plan, increased star-
ting pay for officers and better
benefits.
Budget requests from the fire
department include the hiring of
one additonal dispatcher, which
would allow the training captain
more time to spend on training
and would cut down on overtime
expenses.
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IAILEY FUDGE enjoys the
>ark and ice cream to cool off
. . Joyce Dickens is always
here when needed . . . Rose
rhompson having a good vaca-
ion here in Baytown.
Casey and Brad Cowan are
lappy boys these days... Cathy
[ekes and JoAnn Boyett talk
ibout how someone was glowing
. . Sandra Duree returns a call.
Devin Hooper has a nice rent
:ar for a weekend ... Amy
itiggs buys a huge jawbreaker
.. Regina Bounds is never still.
Bobby and Alice Bounds busy
is ever . . . Ronnie Calloway
*ears up for a bike race in early
September . .. Clint and Missy
Bargainer are back in town.
Lucy and Lester Guidry, Red
IJross disaster volunteers;
•etum from helping flood vic-
;ims in Baton Rouge and Alexan-
Iria, La., in time to feel the fury
>f Hurricane Ghantai.
Jerry McGill gets what he
vanted all along . . . Brett Bur-
■oughs proud of his newly ac-
juired privilege ... Shirley
iVidner still finalizing all the ar-
•angements for this weekend.
Man charged
in arson case
A 41-year-old Baytown
man has been arrested in
connection with a July 4
warehouse fire, according
to Lt. Darrell Davis, a
spokesman for the Bay-
town fife marshal’s office.
Crisondath Badall of 322
E. Jack has been charged
with arson. The charge was
filed in the 185th District
Court. Badall is out on
$5,000 bond, according to
court records.
The charge stems from a
warehouse fire at 1102 S.
Pruett. The budding was
leased to Badall who used
the structure as storage for
a business, authorities
said.
The building, which was
a total loss, had an insur-
ance value of $95,000, Davis
said.
A courtdatehas not been
set for Badall.
Air fleet sent to look for Leland
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The United
States sent a fleet of rescue and military aircraft to
Ethiopia to help in the third day of a search for a
plane carrying U.S. Rep. Mickey Leland and 13
others.
, See related story, Page 2-A
Officials said they remained optimistic because
a master bush pilot was at the controls when the
plane disappeared in bad weather Monday shortly
after leaving this capital for a refugee camp near
the Ethiopian-Sudanese border.
President Bush called Leland’S disappearance a
matter “of great concern to us” and said Ethiopia
is “going to get all the cooperation we can give
them.” „
State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tut-
wiler said Wednesday that Marxist Ethiopia
“agreed to an overflight of the area by a U-2 photo-
reconnaissance plane.”
She said an Air Force C-141 Starlifter medical
evacuation plane was sent from West Germany
carrying a 20-member medical team and search
and rescue, weather and communications person-
nel. The C-141 was scheduled to arrive Thursday.
Woman to lead military academy cadets
For the first time in West
Point’s 187-year history, the cap-
tain of the Corps of Cadets is a
woman. —
Cadets new to the academy
that ftastin Baker will lead this
year influde Kenneth Hathaway
and Shawn Elliott of Baytown,
both of whom graduated in May
from Ross S. Sterling High
School. RSS graduate Marshall
McKay currently attends West
Point.
Baker, a self-proclaimed “Ar- into a horde of reporters and
my brat” from Burke, Va., con- photographers.
fidenUy marched onto Uie U S. „N first objective is
Military; Academy grounds lRj Weekend,’ thenthe first
Wednesday afternoon after footLf9^Mhen graduation
'ttStZStTStSl
Frederick, where they’d trained
for six days.
The 5-foot-4-inch, 112-pound
Baker told the panting plebes to
get some chow and then waded
I j/eally don’t know,” Baker said.
immanding a brigade of
more than 4,400 cadets will be
Baker’s primary concern for the
coming academic year, which
started Thursday.
Police probing
death of child
early Thursday
Baytown police are
investigating the death of a
3-year-old boy Thursday
morning, Assistant Police
Chief Bob Merchant said.
Merchant said the boy,
Clayton James Hilzen-
dager, apparently fell
down some stairs at an
apartment complex in the
500 block of Massey-Tomp-
kins Road sometime before
7 a.m. Police were still
investigating the incident
so other details were un-
available, he said.
The boy was taken to San
Jacinto Methodist Hospital
where he was pronounced
dead, Merchant said.
An autopsy is pending at
the Harris County Medical
Examiner’s Office, Sgt.
James Lankford said.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 243, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1989, newspaper, August 10, 1989; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1052759/m1/1/?q=mission+rosario: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.