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Sunday, May 5, 2013
The Baytown Sun *1 1A
OBITUARIES
I'or obituary information, call 281-425-8008
Maxine Pace
Hatcher
Maxine Nelverda Hatch-
er, 81, of Houston, for-
merly of Baytown, died
Thursday, May 2, 2013, at
Calder Woods, Beaumont,
She was bom on July 30,
1931, to Marian Helen An-
gel Pace and Milton Veiay-
ers Pace, in Camp Ruby.
Maxine Was a member of
West University Church of
Christ in Houston.
Survivors include her
sons, Don Welch of Kyle;
Michael Welch and his
wife. Dr. Jennifer Welch,
of Houston, and Rusty
Norma Lee
(Piwetz)
BickerstafT
Norma Lee (Piwetz)
BickerstafT, 74, of Abilene
(formerly of Baytown),
departed this life on April
25, 2013. She was bom in
Baytown on February 17,
1939 arid was the daughter
of L.J. and Alvina (Orsak)
Piwetz.
Norma spent most of her
life in Baytown, with re-
cent years in Abilene. She
graduated from Robert E.
Lee High School in 1956
and worked in Baytown for
many years as a secretary.
Welch and his wife, Les-
ley of Cedar Park; daugh-
ter, Cathy Welch Rector
of Lumberton; grandchil-
dren; Whitney Rector and
Hunter Rector, both of
Lumberton; Taylor Welch,
Tessa Welch, and Mason
Welch, all of Houston;
and Kaieigh Welch and
Brady Welch of Cedar
Park; sister, Vertie Young
and her husband, Billy, of
Baytown; sisters-in-law,
Charlene Pace of Blanco
and Ginger Pace of Ama-
rillo; and numerous nieces,
nephews, and cousins.
A gathering of Mrs.
Hatcher’s family and
friends will be from 4:00
p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sun-
day, May 5, 2013, at
Broussard’s, 1605 North
Major Drive, Beaumont.
Her graveside service will
be 11:00 a.m., Monday,
May 6, 2013, at Camp
Ruby Cemetery, Camp
Ruby Road, Livingston.
Complete and updated
information may be found
at
www.broussardsl 889.
She was married to the late
Charles Gregg BickerstafT
for 41 years.
Nonna was preceded
in death by her husband.
Charles Gregg BickerstafT;
parents, L.J. and Alvina
Piwetz; brothers, Beauford
Piwetz, Curtis Piwetz.
She is survived by her
son, Beauford and wife
Whitney of Abilene, son,
James Lee BickerstafT of
Corpus Christi; grandchil-
dren, Maison BickerstafT.
Cristen BickerstafT; great
grandchildren, Aydan Hen-
derson, Harlie Skinner;
and many good friends.
For those desiring, me-
morials can 'be made in
Norma's memory to the
American Diabetes Asso-
ciation or the Clyde Nurs-
ing Center, 806 Stephens,
Clyde, Texas 79510.
Arrangements are under
the direction of Elmwood
Funeral Home, 5750 llwy
277 South, Abilene, TX
79606. A memorial service
will be held at a later time.
Online condolences may
be shared with the family
through the obituary link at
www.el m woodfunera I .com
James JK‘
Berwick
James Robert “JR” Ber-
wick, 49, of Baytown,
went home to be with his
Lord and Savior on May 1,
2013.
He was a kindheart-
ed man who never met a
stranger. He had a great
sense of humor and was a
sports enthusiast. He im-
pacted many kids with his
dedication to them through
friendship & coaching. He
was loved by many & will
be greatly missed by all.
He was a traveling man
but he always found his
way back home.
He was preceded in
death by his grandparents,
James Luther Berwick, Sr.
& wife Violet; Joe Alva-
rez & Jean Seymour; his
mother, Doris Jean Ber-
wick, and a sister, Tracy
Berwick.
He is survived by his
father, James Luther “Bub-
ba” Berwick, Jr.; two sis-
ters, Julie Berwick, Vicki
Lucas & husband David,
three nieces, Stephanie and
Tiffany Berwick, and Tori
Jo Lucas, a nephew, Den-
ton Lucas, a great-neph-
ew. Logan Beard, aunts,
uncles as well as numer-
ous other family members
and friends; and special
friends, the Martin, By ms
& Bilnoski families.
Serving the family as
pallbearers will be Denton
Lucas, Billy Martin, Ray-
mond Ryan, Starsky Wal-
lace, Kyle Bilnoski, James
Alvarez, Tommy Byms, &
Jeff Byms. Honorary Pall-
bearers will be Blake Mar-
tin & Nolan Bilnoski.
The family will receive
friends on Sunday, May
5, 2013, at First Baptist
Church of High Island,
1368 Weeks Ave, High Is-
land, TX 77623, from 5:00
to 8:00 p.m.
Funeral Services will be
held on Monday, May 6,
2013 at 11:00 a.m. at First
Baptist Church of High Is-
land.
To view the online obit-
uary, post a tribute for the
family and order flowers
for the service visit www.
earthmanbaytown.com.
Arrangements are under
the direction of Earthman
Funeral Home, 3919 Garth
Rd., Baytown, TX 77521;
(281)422-8181.
EARTHMAN
(DigBtfY/ pUNERAL Home
3919 Garth Road; Baytown, TX 77521
(281) 422-8181; earthmanbaytown.com
Pablo
Salinas Sr.
Pablo Salinas Sr., A
beloved Grandfather, but
Father to all. Born Jan-
uary 25, 1926 was called
home on April 29, 2013.
“To a soldier who has
lost his life not to war but
to our creator.
He will always be re-
membered so it’s never
goodbye just see you lat-
er.
He will always be
missed,
But we will always re-
member him for every-
thing from his sweet love
to his kiss.
He is a good man who
taught us many things in
life.
He made the men into
the husband that we are
today and the women into
some great wives. “
He is survived by
Guadalupe Salinas and
Family, Sylvia Salinas
and Family, Adriana Sa-
linas and Family and the
Family of Pablo Salinas
Jr„ San Juanita Arellano,
Mafia Rosalinda Ybarra.
Service will be held
Monday, May 6 at
1:00pm to 9:00pm with
Rosary at 7pm at Santana
Funeral Home, Baytown,
TX. Funeral will be held
on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
at 10:00 am. Burial with
military honor will follow
at i»L30pm at Houston
National Cemetery.
Cindy Vardas Cocoa
Cindy Vargas, bom
on November 8, 1958 in
Galveston, TX and her
faithful companion Co-
coa passed away on April
23, 2013. She is survived
by Marcia Sanchez, Joe
Sanchez, Bill Vargas, Bob
Vargas, Lisa Vargas Rior-
dan, Lucy Vargas Varney
Mary Lynn
Mazoch
Mary Lynn Derden Ma-
zoch, 56, of Deer Park
passed away Saturday,
May 4, 2013 in Houston.
Services are pending at
Navarre Funeral Home
& Cremation Services,
2444 Rollingbrook Drive,
Baytown, Texas 77521,
(281) 422-8111, www.na-
varrefuneralhome.com.
Mercedes
Genell
Quinton
Mercedes Genell Quin-
ton, 89, of Baytown, TX
passed away on Wednes-
day, May 1,2013.
Mercedes was bom in
Beeville, TX and grew
up in Houston, TX. Her
nickname was “Sweet"
not only because of her
demeanor but because
she never refused a bit
of dessert. As a young
woman she rode the trol-
ley from the Heights to
work at AT&T telephone
operator in downtown.
She married Curtis Lin-
coln Quinton and moved
east of Houston, eventu-
ally settling in Baytown.
She was a long time
member of Cedar Bayou
Baptist Church where she
was an active member of
her Sunday school class.
Time outdoors garden-
ing was another hobby
and her roses still bloom
today. She was most
devoted to her family;
hosting Sunday dinners,
Thursday tea parties for
grandchildren, and never
forgot to host a birthday
party for each family
member. Mercedes will
be remembered for her
adventurous spirit, kind
heart, and love of laugh-
ter.
Mercedes is preceded
in death by her loving
husband of 52 years, Cur-
tis Lincoln Quinton and
her son Timothy Lynn
Quinton. She survived
by children, Paul and
Liesbet Quinton, Suzy
Clean Air suit
not thrown out
and Betin Atkinson.
Celebration of life will
be held May 11. 2013
from 2pm to 6pm in Old
R i ver- Win free C om m un i -
tv Building. 4814 FM 565
in Baytown. TX 77520.
Cindy was loved by
many.
and Larry' Wood, Kay
Kudla Quinton, and Dar-
la and Dave Youngblood.
Her grandchildren, Ni-
cole W'ood and husband
Chris Galvan, Lauren
Wood and her husband
Paul Mansfield, Marquis
and Jenny Quinton, Kara
and Tyler Johnston, Su-
zanne and Scooter Hol-
guin, and Katy Quinton.
Great grandchildren,
Evan Holguin, Matilda
Mansfield, and Kaden
Holguin.
The family would like
to extend special thanks
to the staff at Remington
Park and Faith Commu-
nity Hospice. No words
can express how much
their genuine kindness
and loving care were
appreciated. Special
thanks go to Andreas,
Marisol, Brenda, Lori,
Sara, Vanessa, Chelsea,
Faith, LaQuisha, Mary,
Michelle, Cassie, Betty,
Paula, Diana, Adela, Lu-
pita, Vicky, Crystal, Shei-
la, Laura, Julia, Rosa-
linda, Mary Lou, Joyce,
Felicia, and Tammie.
In lieu of flowers or
other tributes, the fami-
ly requests that remem-
brances be made in or-
der to support the work
of Mercedes' son, Paul
Quinton, PhD, in his re-
search to find a cure for
Cystic Fibrosis. Informa-
tion available at Cystic
Fibrosis Research, Inc. at
www.cfri.org and Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation at
www.cff.org.
The family received
friends on Friday, May
3, from 5-7 PM at Earth-
man Funeral Home 3919
Garth Rd, Baytown, TX
77521. Funeral services
were held on Saturday,
May 4, at 2 PM at Earth-
man Chapel. Interment
will be Monday, May 6,
at 10 AM at San Jacinto
Memorial Park Cemetery
in Houston, TX.
EARTHMAN
Funeral Home
3919 Garth Road; Baytown, TX 77521
(281) 422-8181; earthmanbaytown.com
BY MARK FLEMING
mark.fleming@baytownsun.com
A federal judge in Hous-
ton declined to stop a lawsuit
against ExxonMobil that al-
leges violations of the Clean
Air Act at the company’s
Baytown facilities.
The company had sought a
summary judgment dismiss-
ing the lawsuit that was filed
in 2010 by Sierra Club and
Environment Texas, accord-
ing to a press release from
the Sierra Club. It said that
ExxonMobil claimed that cit-
izens could not sue under the
Clean Air Act when state and
federal regulatory agencies
had already addressed the is-
sues raised in the suit.
. In his ruling, though, U. S.
District Judge David Hittner.
said, “citizen suits were in-
tended to be a mechanism for
the public to second-guess
the adequacy of an agency’s
response to Clean Air Act vi-
olations.”
Thursday's ruling does not
address the alleged violations
contained in the lawsuit by
the environmental groups,
but it allows the lawsuit to
move forward.
Patty Errico. public and
government affairs manag-
er for the Baytown area for
ExxonMobil, said, "Exx-
onMobil is disappointed in
Judge Hittner's ruling and we
will aggressively defend our-
selves against these allega-
tions in court. The Baytown
complex operates under an
aggressive state and federal
regulatory system and along
with local industry efforts,
has produced significant im-
provements in air quality. We
work hard to operate with-
in regulatory standards and
continue to make significant
: improvements in environ-
BOND
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ever before. The bond has
security upgrades for each
campus.
Every district campus
will be upgraded with in-
terior room locks, exterior
doors lockable with card
access, camera system at
exterior doors and interior
halls.
Vestibule entries will be
constructed at Hopper Pri-
mary', Harlem Elementary,
Highlands Elementary, De-
Z.avala Elementary, Lamar
. Elementary. San Jacinto
Elementary, Austin Ele-
mentary, Ashbel Smith El-
ementary, Baytown Junior.
Cedar Bayou Junior, Gen-
try Junior, Robert E. Lee
High School and Ross S.
Sterling High School.
Fencing with drive
through control will be
added at Hopper Prima-
ry, Crockett Elementary,
Harlem Elementary', High-
lands Elementary, Bowie
Elementary, DeZavala F/le-
mentary, Austin Elementa-
ry, Walker Elementary, Tra-
vis Elementary, Baytow'n
Junior, Cedar Bayou Ju-
nior, Gentry Junior, High-
lands Junior, Horace Mann
Junior, Goose Creek Me-
morial High School, Rob-
ert E. Lee High School
and Ross S. Sterling High
School.
Technology
A sophisticated high-
speed, wide-area network
connects every facility in
the district with Internet
connectivity and officials
stress that the Technology
Center is a crucial aspect of
all the district’s operations.
The current Technology
Center is in a building built
more than 30 years ago.
The building was designed
to be a skating rink. Offi-
cials point out that the roof,
siding and overall structure
are not at an industry-lev-
el standard for sustained
operability during a hurri-
cane.
The Technology Cen-
ter is a facility used to
house all district comput-
er systems and associated
components such as tele-
communications, network
connectivity, software
applications and storage
systems and must offer a
secure environment which
mental performance through
emissions controls, technol-
ogy enhancements, and pro-
cess changes.”
When the two environmen-
tal groups filed the lawsuit in
December 2010, they held a
press conference in Unidad
Park - adjacent to the Exx-
onMobil Baytown Refinery
-- to make their claims. The
lawsuit, they said, targets
"upset” emissions, which are
releases into the atmosphere
that happen because of
non-routine operations, such
as equipment breakdowns
and other malfunctions,
The groups claim that Exx-
onMobil released more than
eight million pounds of pol-
lutants during such incidents
between 2005 and 2010.
The two groups had earlier
filed similar lawsuits against
Shell in Deer Park and Chev-
ron Phillips in Baytown.
Both of those lawsuits re-
sulted in the companies ne-
gotiating settlements out ol
court that included changes
to equipment, and procedures
and financial contributions
to community health and
environmental causes $5.8
million from Shell and S2
million from Chevron Phil-
lips, according to reports at
the time.
Luke Mezger, executive
director of Environment Tex-
. as. said that the environmen-
tal groups had discussions
with ExxonMobil before fil-
ing the lawsuit, but have not
had settlement negotiations
since. They have exchanged
information through the legal
discovery process, he said.
In the earlier suits against
Shell and Chevron Phillips,
he said the companies indi-
cated a willingness to nego-
tiate a settlement very soon
after the suits were filed.
minimizes any type of se-
curity breach.,This center
• includes emergency back-
up generation. |
The proposed technol-
ogy bond includes a sub-
stantial amount of tech-
nology, including major
infrastructure upgrades,
classroom technology,
tablet and laptop technol-
ogy. student response and
collaboration, systems and
interactive white boards.
A summary list of technol-
ogy items planned, for our
schools includes:
• Wireless network ac-
cesswith 100 percent cov-
erage in ali schools:
• Interactive white
boards and ceiling-mount-
ed projectors;
• Classroom mobile
tablets and/or laptops for
fourth through 12th grades
in target content areas;
• Take-home mobile de-
vices for senior high school
students;
• Library and instruc-
tional media centers;
• Computer lab replace-
ments and expansion;
• Video broadcasting;
• New communication
and telephone systems;
• Data storage expan-
sion:
• Network electronics
and high speed Internet
communication systems;
and
• Teacher and staff com-
puter replacements.
Officials cite new state
standards now require es-
sential knowledge and
skills in the area of tech-
nology. This includes
technology standards that
facilitate creativity and in-
novation, communication
and collaboration, research
and information fluency,
critical thinking, problem
solving, and decision-mak-
ing, as well as digital citi-
zenship.
Other facilities
• Transportation Center:
The district currently does
not have a permanent fa-
cility for its Transportation
Department. Employees
are working out of three
doublewide portable build-
ings at Stallworth Stadium.
The Transportation Ga-
rage/Shop at Lee Drive,
built in the early 1970s, is
inappropriately equipped
and not large enough for
current shop staff and the
fleet of 206 buses it serves.
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Yanelli, Adam. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 90, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 5, 2013, newspaper, May 5, 2013; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1065681/m1/11/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.