The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 294, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 8, 1996 Page: 1 of 23
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Sports, Page 1-F
Calendar, Page 2?A
Hispanic Chamber Mixer
Mixer tonight at Southwest
Resource Credit Union
Latest victim
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Bible Verse
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Today in History
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Volume 74, No. 294
Telephone Number: 422-8302
Tuesday, Octobers, 1996
Baytown, Texas 77520
50 Cents Per Copy
Sheriff warns residents of
tainted temporary tattoos
The Chambers County Sheriff’s office is warn-
ing residents to be cautious with tattoos for chil-
dren which may contain LSD.
According to a warning the Sheriff received
from Jefferson County, unknown sources are sell-
ing tattoos to children that contain drugs, which are
absorbed through the skin. One tattoo, called Blue
Star, is a small piece of paper the size of a pencil
eraser and has LSD, which is absorbed through the
skin by handling the paper.
Other tattoos resemble brightly colored postage
stamps with cartoon figures like clowns, Disney
characters and Bart Simpson, which are laced with
strychnine.
“The tattoos have been out for two years and so
far, none have been found in our area,” a Chambers
County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman said.
More encephalitis cases reported in area
ByMAJKEvan WUK
The Baytown Sun
Two Houston residents have been in-
fected with the St. Louis Encephalitis
virus, the Harris County Health Depart-
ment reported Friday. The virus was
transmitted by the bite of an infected
Culex mosquito.
Symptoms of the potentially fatal dis-
ease include fever, headaches, nausea,
vomiting, a stiff neck and/or a change
in mental function like disorientation or
sleepiness. Children and the elderly are
most susceptible to the disease.
The two Houstonians, who live in the
northwest part of town, are recovering
•from the disease and there have been no
fatalities, said Health Department
spokeswoman Sandy Kachur.
The Harris County Health Depart-
ment also reported four new confirmed
cases of St. Louis Encephalitis mosqui-
to sites in the southeast area of Houston
Friday, bringing the number of con-
firmed locations to 11.
Culex mosquitoes were spotted in
storm sewer sites at Stafibrdshire/Wyn-
dale near Old Spanish Trail and Cam-
bridge, and in Pasadena at Dade/West
Curtis near Shaver and West South-
more streets, Romeo/Juliet near Shaver
and Spencer Highway, as well as Deep-
water/Thomwood near Red Bluff Road
and Preston.
The other seven sites include
Nance/William streets in downtown, off
Highway 59 and near Interstate 10;
Birdwood/Robindell streets near Bis-
sonnet and Beechnut; Cedardale/Oak-
tree near Blalock and Westview;
Alden/Howland near West Little York
and Highway 6; northwest Houston ar-
eas Austin/Truxillo near Alabama and
Highway 288 and Rockcrest/Shadow-
dale near Clay Road and Gessner Road,
and Cellini/Terebone near Hufimeister
Road and North Houston.
Testing is still being performed at
many other sites. “Typical’ ; we see the
disease mosquito until mid-October.
We’re hoping that we’re coming to a
close,” said Kachur. However, if the
weather stays warm, the county will
still be plagued by less threatening
mosquitoes. “The pest mosquito we can
see all the way through the fall,”
Kachur said.
In order to prevent breeding of mos-
quitoes, people need to limit any water
containers in their yards and nearby
places. The health department recom-
mends the following precautions:
• Eliminate standing water outdoors
by draining, inverting, covering or re-
moving the containers like baby pools,
bird baths, flower pots and tires.
• Keep mosquitoes outdoors by re-
pairing screen doors and sealing around
window air-conditioning units.
• Wear protective clothing like long
sleeves and slacks when outside, and
apply insect repellent containing the
chemical compound DEET as directed
(Remember that any misuse can be tox-
ic, especially to a child).
Complaints on
odor over city
still coming in
By MAIKE van WUK
The Baytown Sun
State officials are still baffled by the re-
ports of iodine-like odors Baytown residents
have complained about since last week.
Last week, Texas Natural ResourceCohser-
vation Commission investigators centered
their attention on two plants located near
Mont Belvieu to determine the source of the
odor, but have not yet confirmed anything.
“Although we had a few complaints this
morning and we went out there around that
time, we haven’t pinpointed the source,” said
TNRCC air program spokesman Larry Prid-
dy Monday. “They weren’t nuisance-type
odors.”
He said the plants being investigated were
already scheduled for investigation this year.
“It’s definitely in the air,” said Whispering
Pines resident Sherry Coburn. “It’s nothing
I’ve noticed before. Usually in our neighbor-
hood we don’t have chemical odors, not even
from Exxon.”
Cobum said she had acquaintances tell her
the smell was in the Lakewood and Country
Club subdivisions as well.
Complaints can be filed with the TNRCC
in Houston at 767-3712, or Harris County at
920-2831.
Photo by Cams Piyor-Newman
Accident on Decker
Steve Avid, left, and Dana Dalbey, right, help Robert Harris to an ambulance after his truck struck a car and flipped over Monday af-
ternoon. Dalbey was taken to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital where he was later released. He was cited for running a red light A
40-year-old male was seriously injured when Dalbey's Kenworth semi hit him where Wngbrook Drive intersects with Decker Dri-
ve. Douglas Keyser, who suffered a broken neck, was transported to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital where he was stabilized and
then taken by Lifeflight to Hermann Hospital.
Five Goose
Creek students
named National
Merit Scholars
ByCAROL1H0BAE
The Baytown Sun
Five Goose Creek CISD students
made the 1997 National Merit Schol-
arship list. Sterling High School se-
niors Meagan Brunson, Susan Kelly
and Aaron Prince, and Lee students
Rebekah Gaston and J. Meghan John-
son were named National Merit
Scholars.
These students will receive a letter
of commendation from their school
and the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation. Only 35,000 students in
the nation will receive such a letter
this year.
Students were chosen on the basis
cf their 1995 Preliminary SAT scores
and their achievement on the National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
These five students lengthen the list
of Goose Creek seniors receiving na-
tional honors this year.
Lee students Jeffrey Bachtel, Jessi-
ca Bagwell and Kristen Williams
were named National Merit Semifi-
nalists earlier this month for the high-
est scores in the state.
Hankamer man arrested after
police discover marijuana plants
The Chambers County Sher-
iff’s Department arrested a Han-
kamer man Sept. 23 when offi-
cers found 29 marijuana plants in
his home.
According to Chief Deputy
Wesley King, Chambers County
deputies responded to a call for
deadly conduct when Shere W.
Wallas, 59, fired a rifle at people
who were several miles from his
house.
While they were investigating
the incident, an officer spotted a
marijuana plant in the house.
After receiving permission to
search the property, deputies
found 29 plants ranging from
three to 14 feet high behind Wal-
las’ home on Gulf Camp Road.
Wallas allegedly denied any
knowledge of the marijuana.
Josephine hits land with rain,
tornados, winds up to 65 mph
PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Josephine
pushed a windy, rainy mess across
Florida’s swampy western coast to-
day, forcing people into shelters,
flooding roads and scattering tor-
nadoes across the state. It brought
more soggy weather to Georgia
and the Carolinas as it headed to
the northeast.
The storm’s broad center made
landfall at the peak of high tide,
just after midnight. Downgraded
from a tropical storm as it moved
over land, it then crossed the north-
ern part of the state and into Geor-
gia, bringing heavy rain across a
wide area.
By 5 a.m. the storm was off the
Georgia coast, 50 miles southeast
of Savannah.
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The Baytown Sun
The United Way of the Baytown Area has
raised $710,463, or about 45.5 percent, of
its $1.56 million goal for this ybar.
Ninety-three cents of each dollar will support
agencies and programs that provide services in
Baytown, Highlands, McNair, Mont Belvieu and
West Chambers County. More than 99 percent of
the money raised will remain in the area.
Below is a profile of one of the 25 service agen-
cies that receive funding from the United Way of
Baytown. For information on contributing, call 424-
5922 or424-5831.
1996-97 Goal: $1,560,000
Funds raised as of Pel. 4: $710,463
Former Ashbel teacher
killed in car accident
By CAROL TH0BAE
The Baytown Sun
A former Ashbet Smith Elemen-
tary teacher died in a car wreck in
Houston on Saturday morning.
Sandy Johnson was pronounced
dead at the scene at 11:50 a.m. after
a car reportedly sped through a stop
sign at Jeurgen Road and Cypress-
Rose Hill.
Johnson taught at the Goose
Creek CISD school from 1991 to
1995, when she took a teaching po-
sition in the Tomball school district.
She lived in Tomball with her hus-
band, J.A. (Jim) Johnson, who is the
vice president of the Harris County
Deputy Sheriff’s Organization.
A memorial service for the for-
mer Baytonian will be held
Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Tomball
Intermediate School Auditorium at
723 W. Main, Tomball.
Johnson’s husband intends to set
up a foundation to accept donations
for purchasing Winston children’s
books for school libraries in re-
membrance of his wife.
“Sandy Johnson was a remark-
able teacher and friend,” Ashbel
Smith Principal Lani Randall said.
“She will truly be missed by our
staff and students.”
Weather
Tuesday: Clear, lows in the
mid 60s.
Wednesday: Sunny and
warm. Highs near 80.
Art by Merritt Drewery.
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