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VOLUME XLIII » THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17,1996 = ODEM, TEXAS 78370 = 8 PAGES - NO. 42
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Thursday:
7:30 p.m.- Pep Rally
and Burning of the "O"
on the high school cam-
pus.
Friday:
2:55 p.m.- City Wide
Pep Rally at Owl
Stadium. Queen candi-
dates will be introduced,
Mr. Irresistible will be
anrounced.
6:50 p.m.- Pre-game
festivities. Queen will be
crowned.
7:30 p.m.- Football
game. Odem Owls vs.
West Oso Bears
HOMECOMING QUEEN NOMINEES...
surround Odem High School Principal Manuel Lunoff. Those vying for the honor are front left to right, Marlena Garcia representing the Annual
Staff; Sandy Hinojosa of the BPA; Lunoff, 'dahlia Hinojosa of the NFL and Lori Stephens, representing the Owl Post. Standing, Jana Duenez of
TALA, Christina Cruz of Student Council;, Venessa Guzman of GAA; April Cuellar of the Owl Band; Veronica Ibarra of NHS; Bettina Luis of BAA;
Christina Cruz of the Student Council and Bobbie Rawson of FHA. Not pictured, Gina Garcia of the Rally Club and Sara Mdver of the Odem FFA.
One of these lovely young ladies will be crowned at the Homecoming Activities Friday night at the Odem-West Oso game. (Claudia Garcia Photo).
Marine Extension Agent Vacancy
May Be Filled By Henry Mullins
v It's been several months since
Rich Tillman, left his post as the
San Patricio-Aransas County
Extension Service Marine Agent.
The search for Tillman's
successor now appears to be at an
end.
At Mondays meeting of the San
tPatricio County Commissioners
Court, the members of the Court
visited with Henry Lloyd Mullins,
a long time resident of the
County, employed by The Texas
General Land Office in Aransas
Pass since 1974. Mullins, a
candidate for the Marine Agents
post, holds a Master of Science
Degree in Wildlife and Fisheries
Science from the Texas A&M
University Marine Laboratory in
Galveston. He also holds a
Bachelors of Science Degree in
Biology awarded by Stephen F.
Austin State University in
Nacogdoches. Immediately before
accepting his appointment to the
Texas General Land Office,
Mullins was a Research Assistant
at the University of Texas
Institute of Marine Science at Port
Aransas.
Since joining the Land Office,
Mullen has occupied the positions
of Field Office Manager, Program
Director of the Resource
Management Division and most
recently Technical Coordinator of
the Field Operations Division.
Mullen and his wife live in
Aransas Pass. Mrs. Mullen is a
member of the faculty in the
Ingleside School District.
In an exchange with the Court,
Mullens spoke enthusiastically
about the opportunity to join the
County Extension Service which
would provide him the
opportunity to "become more
deeply involved in more areas of
the county and it's residents." It
was also during the exchange that
Judge Miller and Mullens
rediscovered having been
acquainted, at least casually,
When Judge Miller (then
Josephine Welder, and a new
teacher) and he, were both
associated with the Beeville
Schools.
Since Mullens appearance at
the Court was not on the agenda
as an "Action Item." the Court
was unable to formally consider
his candidacy for the post.
However Judge Miller said the
issue would be rescheduled next
HENRY LLOYD MULLINS..
of Aransas Pass appeared before the commissioners' court
Monday to speak of his interest in the post of Extension Service
Marine Agent for San Patricio County. (Jim McElhaney photo)
week for consider and action. She
also added "it appears to me that
your appointment should be little
more than a formality." Precinct
#4 Commissioner Gordon Porter
seemed similarly supportive of
Mullens, commenting on the value
of Mullens "long tenure in the
county providing him with many
insights into problem areas."
Also present Monday morning
was County Agricultural
Extension Agent Rick Jahn who
was there to inform the Court
that his office was prepared to
arrange training for County
Employees for handling restricted
herbicides and pesticides. Jahn
said support would be available
from the Texas Department of
Agriculture in the presentation of
classes in agriculture, non-
commercial, licensing and testing.
Yet another search ended
Monday for the Court, when Judge
Josephine Miller nominated Debra
Barrett to replace Roberta
Mengers on the San Patricio
County Drainage District Board of
Directors. Mrs. Barrett and her
husband are residents of the west
end of the County where they
have substantial agricultural
interests. Mengers recently
submitted her resignation from
the board due to increasing
professional demands on her time.
Precinct #4 Commissioner
Gordon Porter enjoyed a banner
day Monday when he was finally
able to accomodate the need for
refueling facilities at the T.P.
McCampbell Airport near
Ingleside. Actually, the facilities
were already in place but were
inoperative since the lease of
them was originally arranged by a
fixed base operator who had
contracted with the County to
provide the service. When the
operator was tragically killed in a
helicopter crash last summer,
none of his heirs or associates
were disposed to continue the
service, leaving the County unable
to do anything except seek
proposals from suppliers in an
attempt to restore the service.
Three proposals were received,
ranging in cost from $53,000.00
to $77,318.50. The low bid for the
fueling system was submitted by
Colonial Pacific Leasing Company
of Oregon. Not surprisingly ,
Colonial bid the equipment which
it owns and is already installed at
the Airport. Funds for the
purchase will come from the
County General Fund which will
be reimbursed by funds from the
1997 Airport Funds which include
the monies budgeted for the
refueling station.
Other agenda items addressed
by the Court were primarily of a
"house-keeping" nature including
the payment of bills and receipt of
departmental reports. The Court
also received a request from Halo
Flight Air Ambulance Service,
asking that the county donate
$20,797.75 for 1996 and a similar
sum for 1997. Judge Miller
observed that the requests were a
little too late and that the $5,000
donated this year and again next
year would have to suffice. She
also thought it might be a good
idea to inform Halo Flight that if
they wanted a higher donation,
they needed to get the request
before the Court at a more
appropriate time for
consideration.
Flu
School Personnel
Offered Vaccine
As part of the Wellness Program,
flu shots will be offered to the Odem-
Edroy ISD staff Friday, October 18, at
a cost will be $5 each.
Times and places for the
vaccines are: Odem Elementary
Campus 11 a.m. until 12 noon in
Room 32
Odem High School Campus, 12
noon until 12:35, Room 11A
Odem Junior High Campus 12:40
to 1:15 in the Library
Tetanus shots (Td Booster) and
TB skin tests will also be done upon
request.
Candidates Speak At
Tuesday Nite Forum
County residents met with
candidates for constable, sheriff
and state representative at the
first Candidates forum hosted by
the San Patricio Association of
REALTORS Tuesday evening.
Improving the local school
systems and curbing youth
violence and drug use were the
prominent themes throughout the
discussions.
The round table discussions,
which took place at the Portland
Community Center, gave
candidates ten minutes to discuss
their platform and qualifications
with a small table of voters before
rotation to the next table.
The candidates present were:
State Representative Judy Hawley
and Jim Gaines; Sheriff Leroy
Moody and Robert Whitstine;
Constable Precinct 4 Jerry Kiker
and Frank Lozano and Constable
Precinct 6 Gene Schwenke.
State Representative
incumbent Judy Hawley, in her
second year in office, brings her
conservative philosophy to the
election, emphasizing that she got
voters' input before taking any
action in Austin.
"I went to every school
district and every community and
got your input," she said. "I voted
as you told me. I kept my
promises to you. I'm very proud of
my record."
Hawley has voted to increase
local control of schools and to
reduce state regulation. She also
voted for a balanced budget,
welfare reform and juvenile
justice.
Increased accountability and
earlier intervention are ways to
reduce juvenile crime she told the
group Tuesday.
Gaines, Hawley's opponent,
carries much of the same views in
terms of welfare reform, juvenile
justice and education.
When asked if taking people
off welfare will result in more
crime, Gaines has a quick
response. "Not all these people
are going to be criminals. That's a
choice they make," he said.
"We've got empty prison beds
right now. I'd rather have them in
prison than stealing from me."
Gaines has lived in Portland
for the last 23 years and owns his
own business. He has never held
elected office.
Getting children off of the
television and taking back area
schools from violent youth were
the main topics of discussion
from Sheriff Leroy Moody
currently in his second term as
sheriff, Moody has been with the
sheriff's department 31 years,
starting as dispatcher and
working his way up, he said.
"I've done every phase there is
to do in the sheriff's department,"
he said.
He said he wants to see
parents be more accountable for
their children's actions as well as
the implementation of a more
morally correct code of conduct
from the community.
Moody's opponent, Ingleside
police officer Robert Whitstine,
wants to establish a 24 hour a day
patrol for the county and a
standard operating procedure for
the sheriff's department.
Whitsine said he can establish
such a patrol without raising
taxes and without paying
overtime. He said he would stack
schedules and restructure there
serve officer program in order to
ensure that someone is always on
duty.
Whitstine has been a police
officer for six years and is a K-9
office. Before that he worked for
one year at a juvenile center.
Precinct 4 Constable Jerry
Kiker has held the position for 22
years. He said he would like to see
stiffer penalties for the first time
offenders of drunk driving. His
opponent Frank Lozano has been a.
reserve officer at the sheriff^'
office for 16 years and is a
member of the tri-county
narcotics task fore. "I have the
training," he said.
See Forum, Pace 8
WALLY WISEGUY...
visited the students at Odem Elementary School yesterday to talk
to them about the San Patricio County Emergency Management
program. With Wally is David Vela, who accompanies Wally on his
trips around the county. (Claudia Garcia photo)
Oct. 19 & Oct. 26
Various County Locations
Named For Early Voting
Early voting for the November
5, General Election is available to
all voters registered in any
election precinct in San Patricio
County. The voting will be held in
the County Clerk's office, Room
110 at the Courthouse in Sinton
weekdays of the early voting
period from Oct. 16-Nov. 1 from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Early voting will also be held
two Saturdays, Oct. 19 and 26
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and two
Sundays Oct. 20 and 27 from 1 to
5 p.m.
Branch office voting for the
election will also be available to all
voters registered in any of the 33
precincts on October 19 and 26
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Portland
at the County Annex Building, 900
Austin Street; Aransas Pass at the
Tax Office Substation 913 S.
Commercial St. and Mathis at J. P.
Office, 619 N. Frio.
Anyone having questions
about any aspect of Early Voting
may call the clerk's office at 512-
364-6290.
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