The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 68, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1987 Page: 1 of 14
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By DAVID MOHLMAN Moreno and Zamarron totaled However, two recounts gave
Two races will be on the ballot 1,807 after the recount. -Moreno 27 and Smith 13.
when citizens vote Feb. 14 in the If three persons who voted for Two recounts of Box 149 (San
school board runoff election. either Moreno or Zamarron had Jacinto Elementary School) in-
Position 5 incumbent David voted for Smith instead, Smith creased Moreno’s total from 86
Smith remained just short of a would have won without a to 87, All other numbers remain-
majority Monday after a recount runoff. He also would have wop ed the same,
of ballots from Saturday’s elec- outright if five more persons had Smith gained a vote at Box 533
tion. . come to the polls and voted for (Alamo Elementary School)
Smith and former school him, or if five persons who did when an observer representing
trustee Willie Moreno will not make a Position 5 choice had him at the recount noticed a
square off in the Position 5 voted for him. / replacement ballot had not been
runoff, while Manuel Escontrias The recount changed vote properly marked
and James Maple will meet in a totals from four precincts. A corner of the original ballot '*
runoff for Position 7. Election officials recounted was torn, causing the vote-
The school board Monday Box 165 (Travis Elementary counting machine to reject the
night canvassed the election School) three times. The first re- ballot. The ballot had a vote for
ballots and set the runoff date, count increased the total each of the three positions,
r school trustee Willie Moreno. The board will" canvass runoff number of ballots from 358 to 360 However, the replacement
runoff will be between political election returns at 7 p.m. Feb. and increased Moreno’s total ballot, which had been marked
newcomers Manuel Escontrias and James Maple. i6. * from 231 to 233.
, . _ J Final Position 5 vote tallies A second and third recount of Saturday night, was punched on-
board, begins her third term as a trustee. A past election. Escontrias received the most votes for credit Smith with 1,803 votes, that box showed 361 total ballots ly for incumbent Wanda Ellis for
school board president, Mrs. Ellis works as a Position 7. On Feb. 16, the school board is slated to Moreno with 1,720 votes and and 234 votes for Moreno. Position 6
counselor at Lee College. Positions 5 and 7 on the canvass runoff election returns and runoff winners Ralph Zamarron with 87 votes,
school board will be filled on Feb. 14 in a runoff are scheduled to take office,
election. Position 5 candidates are incumbent
David Smith, the top vote-getter Saturday for that
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WANDA ELLIS takes the Baytown school trustee’s position and k
oath of office as administered by Rick Peebles, the For Position 7,'
school board legal adviser. Mrs. Ellis, who was
unopposed in her re-election to Position 6 on the Incumbent Helen “Bees” Barolak did hot seek re-
while votes were being counted
Original returns from Box 63
A candidate must get more (Harris County Library in Joseph, also noticed one Original
(Sun staff photo by David Mohlman) than 50 percent of the vote to be Highlands) credited Moreno ballot that had not been marked
an outright winner. Votes for with 28 votes to 12 for Smith, at all.
Smith’s observer, Stan
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Seeks second consecutive term
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City to consider
new voting plan
Mayor Hutto running for re-election
Baytown Mayor Emmett Hut- “With City Council’s help,” Hutto also noted when he left the channel cities represents
to has filed as a candidate for the Hutto continued, “1 was able to office in 1983, several Harris tion.” /
city’s highest office in the April 4 combine, reduce or eliminate County street projects were
certain budgetary requests that scheduled to begin.
“I am filing for re-election as allowed us to hold the tax rate to
mayor, seeking voter approval the same 59 cent rate.’’
to continue.my record for fiscal ... . . .,
restraint and to pursue some , ‘‘Agam 'p 1986 Hutto said.
specific objectives vital to th*
B a V t 0 w n ’ s ■ jitj_ —1986-87 budget with the same a9
recovery and"^ -cent tax rate.”
future growth,”
Hutto said Mon-
day.
Hutto, 67, a
semi-retired
developer, serv-
ed five years as
mayor before he
was defeated in
Harris County and the city of
Houston currently select the
five-member Houston Port
ByBRUCE GUYNN
Baytown City Council took an initial step Monday toward
■ complying with a federal Court order to come up with a new
municipal election system by March 5. ’ - ’ ■'
After meeting for more than an hour in executive session, Ci-
ty Council decided it wants to take a look at the voting plan of
the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit, seeking to change the
municipal election system.
“City Council has instructed its attorney to contact the plain-
tiffs’ attorney as soon as possible and ask for their plan,”
Mayor Emmett Hutto said.
Hutto explained council is exercising “every effort to reach a
settlement beneficial to all the^itizens of Baytown.”
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge John Singleton
ordered the city to come up with a voting plan that includes at
least one predominantly minority single-member voting
, district. ; •
The city was given 60 days to comply with this* order, stemm-
ing from the lawsuit, filed by a group of black and Hispanil
citizens. ' • . ;
City officials have requested a staybf the order so the April 4
election can be held as scheduled and are considering a possible
appeal of the ruling.
Even though City Council wants to look at the plaintiffs’
voting plan; Hutto said, “We still maintain the option to ap-
peal.”
City Manager Fritz Lanham noted Singleton has indicated he
wanted both parties in the case to sit down and work out a plan.
This is a step toward complying with the court’s March 5-
deadline for coming up with, a new election system, Lanham ’
noted. . 0
Baytown council members are currently elected by a vote of
the entire city. However, council members must reside in the
districts they represent. 0
Under a single-member district system, council members
are elected by the citizens in their districts only.
The city of Houston has a combination of the two systems.
election
“I was amazed upon my
return to City Hall in 1985 to find Authority board,
that these (projects) were at a Proposed legislation would in-
complete standstill: Baker Road crease the size of the board to
from Decker to Bay way: North
Main from Cedar Bayou-
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h However, he added, the from Baker to Lynchburg-Cedar
■ necessity of having to start up
I our own emergency medical ser-
■ vice dictated a change upward to
I 60.5 cents.”
seven members.
“As a working mayor,” Hutto
continued, “1 am dedicated to
doing anything necessary, to re-
juvenate jJaytown’s economy?”
Bayou
“Within 90 days.” Hutto con-
tinued, “we had these either
under way or in varying stages the
“I believe a stable tax rate is
st asset our recently-
created B’ay town-West
^Additionally, the city-county, Chambers Economic Develop-
upon my insistence/combined in ment Foundation can offer in at-
a project removing the trading new businesses,and ins?
esplanade from North Main dustry to this city.” j
(from Baker southward),” Hut-
to noted. z
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Hutto said he was afble to to go out for bid?’
minimize this increase “by us-
ing a novel and innovative ap-
proach of asking for advance in-
the 1983 election. He was return- dustrial tax payments as well as
ed to office in 1985 and is seeking securing a commitment from
his second consecutive, two-year San Jacinto- Methodist Hospital
term. * * and Gulf Coast Hospital to
“Upon returning to the pledge funds of $70,000 each.”
"mayor’s office in 1985,.the*tax-
payers were faced with a propos-
ed 5 cent tax rate increase to Hospital will shortly join this ef- “supporting legislation in Austin A mayor and three city coun-
fund the 1985-86 budget,” Hutto fort with a similar pledge,” he toexpand the membership of the cilmen will be elected in the
Port Commission, thus allowing April 4 election.
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EMMETT HUTTO
“With your support, we Can at-
tract new jobs and reduce
Hutto noted he is currently unemployment .. . we can
heading a Harris County Mayors restore Baytown to its' former
“We hope that Humana and Councilmen’s Committee, " vitality,” Hutto concluded. -
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Part of new complex
SJMH announces plans
for cancer center here
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San Jacinto Methodist therapy department.
Hospital will include a cancer
treatment center in its new
medical complex. - '•
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Texas prison doors reopen
as releases reduce numbers
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Members of the steering Com-
mittee are Dr. Drew Williams?’
Dr. Pamela Medellin, Dr. Fred
The cancer treatment center A. Quenzer Jr, and Richard
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MIKE SIMMONS joins the
sports staff at The Baytown Sun. will be part of the 300-bed Bradley, administrative direc-
He formerly worked for the capacity hospital planned at the tor of radiology.
12.4-acre tract on the southwest
corner of Garth and Baker
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Pasadena Citizen.
Also serving on the committee
are Russ Schneider, ad-
ministrator; -Randy Bacus,
Construction, which will start associate administrator, and Dr.
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HUNTSVILLE (AP) — Texas limit, allowing prison officials to
prisons will continue accepting reopen Monday,
inmates as long as they remain
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Larissa Tucker .gets a clean-/
bill of health . . . David Berges
wears a Boy Scout uniform ...
s. Dennis Hughes is congratulated in APril- is expected to be com- Miguel Castro, chief of staff.
pleted in July of 1988.
The decision to include thg^ field liaison of the Commission
on Cancer at San Jacinto
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roads. . •
Inmate population Sunday
under a 95 percent capacity totaled 38,207, or 168 prisoners
mark imposed by the state to short of the ceiling of 38,375,
avoid overcrowding, a prison Brown Said,
spokesman said.
WEATHER
CLOUDY WITH a 70 percent
chance of rain and a low in the
mid-30s is the forecast for the
Baytown Area Tuesday night.
For Wednesday, an 80 percent
chance Of rain and a high tem-
perature in the low 40s is ex-
pected, with a northeast wind
of 10-20 mph. During the 24-
hour period ending at 8 a m.
Tuesday, a high of 54 and a low
of 38 was recorded.
by friends.
Dr. Williams was appointed
Judi Craig shows she knows
how to handle newspaper people cancer treatment center was
. . . Jeanetta Auzenne begins made after a select committee Methodist Hospital by the
evaluated the need for such a American College of Surgeons.
He will serve to establish and
maintain the hospital’s cancer
program to meet the guidelines
for approval by the Committee
on Approvals of the Commission.
An estimated 21 more inmates
were, released Monday and
(95 percent). We’ll probably go about 60 new prisoners were ae-
on with business as usual,” cepted, but Brown said he would
Texas Department of Correc- not have an official count until
tions spokesman Charles Brown later Tuesday,
said Monday. Mondav traditionally is a slow
The Texas law setting the 95 day for? admissions, officials
percent capacity limit was pass- sajd
ed in 1983 after a federal judge gome sheriffs around Texas,
ordered officials to take steps to faced with their own limits on
reduce overcrowding in Texas’
penitentiaries.
‘I feel that we’re still under
. . Geraldine D^ttfurth
classes .
keeps tabs.
center in East Harris County.
Martha Mayo reports some
jeanni Pruitt, director of
news -v. Ron Kinnamon and son public relations at San Jacinto
enjoy a dove hunt . .. Scott Methodist Hospital, said,
Bigott keeps a busy schedule... “Cancer patients now have to go
David Jentho lends a helping to Beaumont or Houston for
radio
Dr. Medellin, who specializes
treatment This in lhe treatment of cancer pa-
tients, has more than three
years of experience as a
Baytown oncologist. She will be
closely involved in the overall
hand.
apy
ill be used for both out-
$ inpatient care.”
Dr. James Easley, chief of
radiotherapy and Dave Gager,
technical director of
Patricio Meiss does a good radiotherapy physics of the
Methodist Hospital in Houston? Dr. Quenzer and Bradley will
Charles and Jerry Tillman en- are providing the steering com- be In charge of the design and
joy New Orleans.. . Susan Cade mlttee consultation to aid in the development of the radiological
finally gets a vacation. . development of 'Ahe radiation services provided by the center.
Dot Schaeffer does some facility
remodeling.. . Claudine Bender patient
looks for some bridge partners
... Laverne Bishop is at a loss
for ideas.
county jail population, ac-
celerated prison transfers last
But inmate population in the week once .they discovered the
26-unit system, the nation’s se- state prison system was about to “
cond largest behind California, close its doors. Brown said
exceeded that limit Friday forc-
Corttra policy
under scrutiny
See Jack^Anderson’s
column on Page 4-A
design of the unit and the treat-
ment modalities offered.
Prison administrators were
ing officials to close its doors to trying to devise a more organiz-
new inmates. ed system for transfer from ’
Weekend paroles pushed the about 20 of the state’s most
Inmate population below the populous counties.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 68, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1987, newspaper, January 20, 1987; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153272/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.