The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 203, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 17, 2001 Page: 3 of 28
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Sunday, June 17,2001
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How do you
Sharp for* the Democratic
nomination.
“1 am qualified, experi-
enced and prepared to serve,”
Coronado said. “My recent
eight years in Washington,
D.C., working very closely
with congressmen and sena-
tors from both sides of the
aisle, qualifies me to work
with our state senators here in
Texas, regardless of party
affiliation.”
Others running for lieu-
tenant governor are Texas
Land Commissioner David
Dewhurst, Sen. David Sibley
of Waco and former Texas
Supreme Court Justice Greg
Abbott, all Republicans.
Speaking to about 70 sup-
Ex-Selective Service head joins race
OBITUARIES
State
The Associated Press
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Forever.
Joseph Miller
Owner
Antonio native, joined
other candidates in the
and will challenge for-
state Comptroller John
Bertha Alford, brother Al
Alford, and sisters Eva and
Edon Allen.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Sterling Funeral
Home, 602 N. Main, Dayton,
(936) 258-2678.
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enters election for
lieutenant governor
By MICHELLE KOIDIN
The Associated Press
porters, Coronado said he
would press for higher
salaries for police officers,
teachers and nurses and for a
higher minimum wage,
known as a “living wage.”
In recent years, about 50
cities and communities
around the country have
adopted “living wage” ordi-
nances, setting the minimum
wage at up to $12 an hour.
The current federal mini-
mum wage is $5.15 an hour.
Coronadp says he would
push for more medical treat-
ment and rehabilitation rather
than jail time for non-violent
head and caught in the under-
tow.
“Unless you can jump
across the river I wouldn’t
try,” Zuniga sard.
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SAN ANTONIO — To the
cheers of a cozy crowd in
Veterans Memorial Plaza, for-
mer Selective Service Director
Gil Coronado announced his
candidacy for lieutenant gov-
ernor in 2002 on Saturday.
Coronado, a 65-year-old
San
four
race
mer
drug abusers and work to pre-
vent corporations from pollut-
ing the air, water and ground.
He supports abortion
rights.
Standing before a statue of
a soldier knelt over a fallen
comrade, the retired Air Force
Colonel who served in the
Vietnam War said he has been
discouraged from running by
“some prominent members of
the Democratic Party.” He did
not offer any names.
He said Sharp “is the
favorite s^mvof the Austin
political and money establish-
ment.”
“Some say they have
already decided that my
Democratic opponent would
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Seal of Dallas; sister and broth-
er-in-law, Lucille and Jim
Gibson of Baytown; 10 grand-
children; and one great-grand-
child.
Visitation wi 11 be from 2 to 5
p.m. today, June 17, 2001, at
Navarre Funeral Home.
Funeral services will by held
Monday, June 18, 2001, at
Garth Road Baptist Church at 2
p.m., with the Rev. Ed
Weatherly officiating. A private
graveside service will follow.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Navarre Funeral
Home, 2444 Rollingbrook,
Baytown, (281)422-8111.
Kaci Rae Fink
Kaci Rae Fink, 17, of
Baytown died Friday, June 15,
2001, in Baytown.
She was bom in Baytown on
April 1, 1984, and had lived
there all of her life.
She was a student at Sterling
High School, where she wfes a
member of the varsity volley-
ball and soccer teams, the Bay
Club Volleyball team, the
Stealing Band and the Christian
Student Union.
She was a member of Second
Baptist Church, where she was
a member of the Youth Group.
She was a Girls State finalist
and a former Girl Scout.
She is preceded in death by
her grandparents Cora
Geraldine Hyder, Arlo Frank
Fink and Bonnie Fink.
She is survived by her par-
ents, Larry and Tanis Fink of
Baytown; her grandfather
James Hyder of .Baytown; her
brothers Ross, Neil and Ryan
Fink all of Baytown; her aunts
and uncles, James Hyder Jr.,
Margaret and Dave Falkner,
Dennis and Dale Hyder,
Marilyn and Ted McCollom,
Sandy and Mike Friermuth,
a couple on June 6, the couple
said they were caught off
guard by the river’s depth.
Most people think they can
wade across; many cannot
swim.
But the river is deep in some
places, and dam releases can
cause shallow areas to sudden-
ly swell.
“Someone who crossed a
year ago may think they know
a good place to cross. They
may get caught in some deep
water. There’s no way of gaug-
ing what the river’s going to be
like from one period to anoth-
er,” Smith said.
Currents swirl beneath the
surface and in some areas non-
native river weed has been
growing rampantly from the
bottom, ready to trap and
choke.
Some migrants start walk-
ing across, and before they
HARLINGEN —Dozens of
Mexican nationals who cross
the Rio Grande each year in
' search1 of a better life come to
the end of their journey in an
unmarked U.S. grave.
Hidden currents and unex-
pected depth are among the
hazards that take their toll
along the fickle river, leaving
their victims to be identified
by officials on the American
side.
“The first thing we do is try
to determine citizenship,” said
Tomas Zuniga, spokesman for
the Border Patrol’s Central
Region, which has a coverage
area that includes the 1,354-
mile length of the river from
Brownsville northwest into
New Mexico.
“A lot of times they’ve been
dead so long it’s hard to I.D.”
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searching for better life
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Dorothy Peart Spilka
Dorothy Pearl Spilka, 85, of
Baytown, passed away Friday,
June 8, 2001, at Anahuac
Health Care Center. Graveside
services will be held at 11 a m.,
Monday, June 18, 2001, at
v Palms Memorial Park, under
the direction of Sterling
Funeral Home of Dayton.
She was a native of
Brookhaven, Miss.
Mrs. Spilka was a retired
registered nurse who enjoyed
fishing and gardening and had
worked at the San Jacinto
Monument for the Department
of Parks and Wildlife. She was
also a member of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles.
She is survived by her
daughter, Sharon Austin of
Baytown; sons, James P.
O’Shaughnessy of Baytown
and John Maihps of
Waivelland, Miss., and brothers
Chubby Alford of El Monte,
Calif., Bill Alford of Hawaii
and Frankie Standingwater of
Mississippi.
She is also survived by seven
grandchildren and 11 great-
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her parents Frank and
Wakefield; her cousins Lori,
Scott, Jodi, J.R., Kalissa, Allen,
Theo, Clint, Jason, Damien,
Angela, Ricky, Tanya,
Leighann, Corey, Todd, Amy
and Erik. She is also survived
by special friends, teammates
and a Ifirge extended family.
Visitation will be held 4 to 8
p.m. today, June 17, 2001, at
Navarre Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be
held at 3 p.m. Monday, June
18, 2001, at Second Baptist
Church, with the Rev. Tommy
Clements and the Rev. Chris
Ratley officiating.
Internment will follow at
Cedarcrest Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Ross
Fink, Neil Fink, Ryan Fink,
Theo McCollom, Clint
McCollom and Allen Falkner.
Honorary Pallbearers will be
Shelby Vickers, Luis Cervantes
and Keith Petru.
In lieu of flowers, donations
can be made to a volleyball
scholarship fond to be estab-
lished at Southwest Resource
Credit Union.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Navarre Funeral
Home, 2444 Rollingbfcpk,
Baytown, (281) 422-8111.
Louise Cook
Louise Cook, 78, of
Baytown passed away Friday,
June 15,2001, in a local hospi-
tal.
She was bom Nov. 21,1922,
in Rose Hill, Miss.
She lived in Baytown for 40
years as a homemaker.
She did volunteer work for
many years at Gulf Coast and
Baycoast Hospitals. She was a
member of the Order of the
Eastern Star. She was a mem-
ber of Garth Road Baptist
Church.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, husband
William Shelby Cook, and son
William Michael Cook.
She is survived by her sons
and daughters-in-law Kenneth
and Carole Cook of
Jacksonville, Texas, James
Charles and Debbie Cook of
Winnie, and Randy Cook of
Houston; daughters and sons-
in-law, Mary and Henry
Reimar of Silver Creek, Colo.,
Virginia and Robert Jones of
Tylertown, Miss., and Cathy 4 are testamgpt to a border
" . — crossjng danger few migrants
seem prepared for. Before
they get to South Texas’ miles
of searing heat and cactus,
there is the Rio Grande.
“We need that message to
go not only to the border areas
but the interior of Mexico and
Central America,” said
Dennis Smith of the Border
Patrol’s Del Rio Sector. “The
river itself is a formidable
obstacle, then after that we
have some pretty inhospitable , I
terrain.” I
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agents on boats rescued two
toddlers from the shoulders of
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Cash, Wanda Garner. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 203, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 17, 2001, newspaper, June 17, 2001; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1176305/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.