The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 149, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1988 Page: 1 of 24
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Volume 66, No. 149
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By ELAINE RICHARDS
A Baytown man was part of a
rescue team that searched for a
missing U.S. helicopter sup-
posedly shot down Monday dur-
ing fighting in the Persian Gulf.
John Timothy Bergh, 27, air
crewman on an H60 Seahawk
helicopter stationed on the USS
Simpson, participated in the
search for two Marines and their
Cobra helicopter, said Bergh’s
mother, Donna Reisner of
Baytown. \
• Iran claimed to have- shot
down the helicopter Jduring
fighting in which Iran fir4d land-
based Silkworm missiles at U.S.
warships, and in which
American forces destroyed two
Iranian oil platforms and
blasted six Iranian vessels, ac-
cording to reports.
Reisner said the USS Simpson
and another. U.S. ship fired the
first*'two missiles on the plat-
forms.
This is Bergh’s third year in
the U.S. Navy and his third
month of a six-month tour of du-
ty in the Persian Gulf, said
Reisner.
She says she never thought
when Bergh told her he was join-
ing the Navy three years ago
that he would end up in a war in
the Persian Gulf.
“I worry about him, but it’s
even harder on my daughter-in-
law,” she said. Bergh’s wife,
Judie, lives at Mayport, Neptune
Beach, Fla., where Bergh is sta-
tioned.
Bergh was born and raised in
Baytown and attended Ross. S.
Sterling High School. His two
brothers, Chad Reisner and Jeff
Bergh, live here, and an aunt,
Lillian Funderburk, lives in
Pasadena. Grandparents are
Gene and Wilma Godkin of
Bastrop.
Teague seeking seat
on LC regent board
Native Baytonian Walter E.
“Teacher” Teague is a can-
didate for the Nov. 7 Lee College
Board of Regents election.
Teague, 58, has worked 28
years as a longshoremamat the
Port of Houston.
1 “Having worked my way
through college, I know the
sacrifices a college student and
his family have to make,”
Teague says.
“I have never
met a person
who wasn’t pro-
ud of his college.
I am proud of
Dr. Blevins (LC
president) and
her staff and I
think they are , ,n
doing a wonder- Walter tkague
fuljob.”
Teague says he favors the pro-
posed $5.5 million LC bond issue.
Improvements are necessary,
especially for science instruc-
tion, he says.
Teague notes some im-
provements are required by law
and he says campus lighting is
"very weak.”
The bond issue “will only cost
the average taxpayer a few
dollars a year,” Teague says.
“There are so many things in
Baytown I am proud of, but Lee
College is number one on the list.
“Iam especially proud of its
involvement in educating our
prisoners. I believe education
will deter them from returning
to prison.
“I am proud of the college’s in-
volvement in setting up college
courses in the neighboring towns
and San Jacinto Mall.
“Education requires sacrifice
and hard work, but it pays off in
better jobs, better lives, better
homes, better children and a bet-
ter community.”
Teague says he and several
members of his family have at-
tended Lee College. At age 50,
his mother enrolled in the licens-
ed vocational nursing program
and worked as a nurse until she
retired.
Teague belongs to Interna-
tional Longshoreman’s Local 24,
AFL-CIO and is a charter
member of Friends of Lee Col-
lege. He also belongs to Friends
of Sterling Municipal Library
and plans to begin teaching next
month in the library’s reading
literacy program.
He earned a master’s degree
in school administration at
University of Houston and a
bachelor of business administra-
tion degree at Southwest Texas
State College. At University of
Houston, he was a charter
member of Delta Phi Epsilon,
the National Business Teachers
Society.
Teague has high school
teaching certification in
business education and has writ-
ten articles on teaching.
A former teacher of business
classes at West Columbia and
Humble high schools, Teague
said he is proud of the nickname
by which his co-workers have
referred to him for the past 28
years.
During four years of service in
the U.S. Air Force, Teague at-
tended personnel records school
and worked in London, England,
as a personnel records clerk.
Teague and his wife, Leora,
belong to the Baptist church.
Kennedy: Study
of cafeterias not
to reduce jobs
Informal discussions of all
By DAVID MOHLMAN ........... V1 aiJ
A study evaluating Baytown possibilities for improving
school district cafeterias “is not a cafeteria efficiency have includ-
an attempt to eliminate jobs,” ed contracting out the district’s
BANKING THE LOOP
WORK CREWS construct a concrete embankment for Loop 201
at the Highway 146 overpass. State highway department of-
ficials expect the route will be completely open by fall. When
finished, Loop 201 will stretch nearly six miles and will connect
southern and eastern sections of Highway 146. The loop has
been open from the Baytown-La Porte tunnel to Decker Drive
since 1979.
(Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey)
according to Superintendent Bill
Kennedy.
ARA Services, which Kennedy
said has a contract for food ser-
vice in the La Porte, La Marque
and Lubbock school districts, as
well as sports stadiums and
other facilities, visited Baytown
school cafeterias last week.
In its report, expected in the
next few weeks, the company
will suggest ways the district
might cut costs and operate bet-
ter, Kennedy said. He noted
ARA Services has experience
with closed campuses, which
will take effect this fall during
lunch at both high schools.
John Muth, food service direc-
tor, indicated he expects the
report will include recommenda-
tions in areas such as improving
portion control and increasing
the district’s buying power.
Muth noted school districts
commonly must add classrooms
to accommodate growth, but
rarely add to cafeterias,
auditoriums and similar
facilities affected by that
growth. v
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food service, Muth said. ARA
Services conducted the study
here at no cost, he said.
“Obviously, they wouldn’t be
doing (the study) if they didn’t
see possibilities,” Muth noted.
Kennedy said the company
commonly does similar studies
for other districts. “There’s no
strings attached as to whether
they will do any work in our
district,” he said.
If school officials seriously
planned to contract out the
district’s food service opera-
tions, they’d get proposals from
several companies, Kennedy
said. At present, any reduction
among the district’s 123 food ser-
vice workers would be through
attrition, he said.
Before the study began, school
officials told cafeteria managers
that ARA Services would be
visiting throughout the district.
Cafeteria workers who are
concerned about losing their
jobs are “worrying needlessly,’
Muth said.
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Crosby setsno bond election date yet
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CROSBY 1— School trustees
Thursday got a few steps closer
to calling for a building plan
bond issue, but no definite date
was set for the election.
For the past two months,
board members have discussed
the range of and cost estimates
for the building program, which
and flood prevention work at the
Drew campus, amounting to
$1,433,975; addition of a gym-
nasium, 10 classrooms and four
laboratories, and expansion of
the commons area at Crosby
High School, equaling $1,796,275;
plus $505,000 for furnishings and
utilities and $262,658 in architec-
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calls for the construction of two Aturalfees.
elementary schools and renova- The district currently has just
tions and additions at Drew In-
termediate School and Crosby
High School.
The current cost estimate for
the entire building plan package,
outlined by project architect
Robert Webster in accordance
with the board’s specifications,
is $8,509,250.
This figure includes construc-
tion costs for two new 700-
student-capacity elementary
schools - one on FM 1942 and
the other on Farm Road 2100,
each at a price of $2,387,000; ad-
dition of classrooms, the laying
over $3 million in surplus funds,
according to Superintendent Don
Hendrix, and board members
Thursday discussed the
possibility of dedicating up to
half that amount toward the cost
of the proposed construction pro-
gram.
Trustees decided that the
15,000-square-foot gym to be
built at the high school should
seat 1,500 to 2,000 and were told
by Webster that the facility,
whether constructed as an addi-
tion to the main building or as a
free-standing structure would
$525,000.
Crosby High’s present gym
will be divided in half, with one
portion to serve as a practice
area and the other to be combin-
ed with the commons area.
Trustee Jake McAllister ex-
pressed doubt that as many as 10
new classrooms and four labs
are needed at the school, poin-
ting out that some of the classes
are small.
Hendrix explained that stag-
gered scheduling is practiced
now to permit all students who
want to take a course to do so
and that 11 teachers are current-
ly without their own classrooms.
The high school, which
presently has a 850- to 900-
student capacity, will be capable
of holding 250 more after expan-
sion.
Trustees Thursday hired the
firm of Greer, Moreland,
Fosdick and Shepherd of
Houston as its financial adviser
Cheaper than African safaris
Wilburn arranger of lion hunts
Also, the district’s attorney,
Kelly Frels, was instructed to
draw up a preliminary draft of a
document calling for the elec-
tion. The proposed sites for the
two elementary schools should
be stated specifically on the pro-
position ballot, the board decid-
ed.
In another matter, Frels
presented a draft of the first
quarterly report the district is
legally required to submit to
federal district court and the
U.S. Justice Department, under
the most recent court order
issued in Crosby ISD’s
desegregation case with the
government.
Hendrix said the report con-
tained copies of the board’s
meeting agendas for the past
three months, copies of minutes
and up-to-date enrollment
figures at each of the district’s
campuses.
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There is one thing Bill can
never duplicate — his late dad’s
signature. He made William E.
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WEATHER
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly
cloudy, 20 percent chance of
showers, low in mid-60s. Satur-
day: Partly cloudy, 20 percent
chance of showers, high in up-
per 80s. From 8 a.m. Thursday
to 8 a.m. Friday: High of 78,
low of 55 degrees.
service owner says he Pr°- Tied about them. Their main fear, of course is
vides lions that were raised in captivity for people what if the lion gets loose and starts roaming. ’ ’
who want to hunt the animals but don’t want to go Ed White, spokesman for the Army Corps of
on an African safari. ,..u.-„u _________ ... r____K
Chambers County rancher Larry Wilburn says
his lions are no more dangerous than the wild
boars already living in the boggy area of Southeast
Texas.
“My lions have been raised in captivity,” said
Wilburn, whose hunting service lists 20 exotic
species that can be hunted at his three ranches.
Wilburn says he buys his lions from owners who
bought them when they were “cute, cuddly cubs.”
He says people sell them when they grow into 300-
pound animals that cost their owners $6 a day to
“The ones I get are usually past their prime,”
said Wilburn. “They’re old and mean and not
useful any more. The zoos usually can’t use them
and they were destined for the gas chamber when I
get them.”
Some residents don’t like the idea of lions roam-
ing the area.
Chambers County Clerk Beanie Rowland, a resi-
dent of Wallisville, said “If I see a lion coming
across the marsh, I’m going to shoot across
Booster Stephenson’s fence and end that.
“I think if someone wants to kill a lion, they need
go to Africa and not shoot one who can’t pet
to go to Africa and not shoot one who can’t get
away,” said Rowland.
Jack White, a Cove city councilman, said “I’ve
gotten some phone calls from a few people who
have heard rumors about lion hunts and are wor-
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Engineers, which oversees the 20,000-acre
Wallisville Reservoir project near the hunting
ranch, said “If a lion is wounded and gets away, he
could become a public menace. There’s a lot of
room for him to hide on that 20,000 acres, and these
animals can be secretive. A lion might be impossi-
ble to find once he escapes. ’ ’
“What a terrible thing it would be if a wounded
lion came upon somebody fishing or hunting out
there,” White said. “Also, we’re concerned about
stray bullets from the elephant guns they’re us-
Kendon Clark, a resident of Cove and a former
city councilman, said “The only thing I know about
Lions in the marsh is what I read in The Baytown
Sun. I’ve heard all sorts of stories, but they don’t
agree. Apparently, some people love to hear
stories about wild lions.”
The hunts are conducted on a 400-acre raised
area in the marsh called Lawrence Island; a
remote area surrounded by bayous, canals and
waterways, Wilburn said.
“Although lions can swim, ,’>he said, “They don’t
like to get their feet wet.”
State officials agree it is legal to hold a lion hunt
on private property, but that it is illegal to do it on
the adjoining federal land.
Attention was brought to bear on the lion hunting
when a ranger found two lion carcasses, beheaded
and skinned, about 100 yards inside the reserve.
San Jac Hospital
head accepts
post in El Paso
Russ Schneider, ad-
ministrator of San Jacinto
Methodist Hospital, has
submitted his resignation
to the hospital’s board of
directors.
The resignation is effec-
tive May 16.
Schneider has accepted a
position as chief executive
officer of Columbia
Hospital Corp., which owns
and operates two hospitals
in El Paso.
Schneider came to San
Jacinto in December 1985
after serving as a senior
vice president in the
Methodist Hospital Health
Care System and as chief
executive officer at Nan
Travis Memorial Hospital
in Jacksonville. t
During Schneider’s
tenure, San Jacinto for-
mulated plans and began
building a new $18.3
million, 146-bed hospital at
Garth and Baker roads.
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