South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1976 Page: 1 of 6
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Thursday, August 19, 1976
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needed at fire dept.
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Volume 1, Number 29
School Board meets to
approve 1977 budget
THERE’S STILL some openings left! That’s
the good word from local members of All-Play
football. Members of the Mustang organization,
(left to right) Ralph Myers, vice president;
Johnny Parker, sophomore coach; Mark John-
son, Richard Clark, conference athletic direc-
tor; and Tom McClure, president are shown
checking out the All-Play rule book. All three
local teams, Mustangs, Cowboy and Knights
still have openings for Freshman and Senior
team members. Boys ages 8, 11 and 12 are still
being accepted for placement on the teams.
Archer,
dead, 51
DAVE ARCHER JR.
Dave Archer Jr., 51,
a Sagemont resident and
an Elder of the Sage-
mont United Presbyter-
ian church passed away
Wednesday evening af-
ter suffering a heart at-
tack.
’’ITS THE FIRST THING I’VE EVER WON!” exclaimed Julia Garza
of Kirkwood as she tries on the sterling silver, Tiffany & Co. bracelet
recently won through Crutchfield Carpet Co. in the Fuqua Shopping
Center. The bracelet contains three Vermeil Stars, with a sapphire,
diamond and ruby stone set in one of the three stars. The contest was
a promotion of Congoleum.
District staff has in-
creased by 136, bringing
the total staff to 3046.
The majority of the new
staff will be working
with the new facilities in-
cluding the Special Edu-
cation center at Park-
view.
000.00 increased cost in
utilities for the district.
The allotment for uti-
lities in the new budget
is $2,179,874, an increase
of 80 percent over last
year’s budget.
The largest portion of
the budget increase,
nearly $3,000,000 will be
used for increased wages
in the district. Pav rais-
es for teachers range
from $350 to $1,060, de-
pending on degree and
years of service.
Bachelor’s degree
teachers salaries will
range from $9,400 to
$13,530 and master de-
gree teachers frpm $10,-
100 to 14,780.
Approximately $1,000,-
000 of the increased bud-
get will be used for in-
creased allocations for
teaching supplies and
materials, part of this is
being used to offset the
approximate $250,000.00
lost to the district when
the State Attorney Gen-
eral prohibited the col-
lection of fees for nor-
mal instructional pro-
grams.
According to Nohavit-
za, an increase in the
present tax base will not
be necessary to cover the
higher budget, although
some residents will have
a higher tax bill through
re-evaluation.
Nohavitza stated that
through evaluations dur-
ing this past year, $2,-
900,000. additional will
be available from the
district.
The present tax rate is
$1.66 per $100 on an 80
percent evaluation. Of
that $1.66, 30 cents is
used for the deht service
budget. The Debt service
budget allows for an in-
terest and bond payment
of $4,064,015.00.
The bond indebtedness
of the district is $61,-
049,795.00
District officials expect
an increased enrollment
of approximately 1000
itudents over last year’s
enrollment of 37,000
The Pasadena Inde-
pendent School Board of
Trustees is expected to
j ..anpraye^a record $3g.-
7 950,4(13.00 budget for
the 1976-77 school year
at their August meeting
to be held today.
The meeting will be
held in the board room
of the Administration
Building on Bayshore
Drive, beginning at 7:30
p.m.
The record budget re-
record g3g.: presents. ao increase in
excess of $5 million over
last year’s budget of
$34,694,997.
According to Elio No-
havitza, director of the
budget for PISD, the
biggest surprise to the
district was the $1,000,-
Archer had recently
been released from the
Diagnostic Hospital after
recovering from a pre-
vious heart attack.
Archer and his wife
Virginia have been long
time residents of the
Sagemont subdivision.
Archer was extremely
active in the Sam Hous-
ton area Boy Scouts,
serving as district chair-
man, institutional repre-
sentative, and various
other positions.
He was also a member
of the American Associa-
tion of Petroleum Geolo-
gists, and past president
of Crude.
He is survived by his
wife Virginia; sons, Da-
vid Bruce Archer and
D. Clay Archer of Hous-
ton; sisters, Lilly Mae
Brehm and Yvonne Rob-
erta of Baytown.
Representation!
In spite of the fact that some of The South Belt Press
readers may be getting tired of my editorializing on involve-
ment in the school district, I ask that you bear with me a little
longer.
We are at the start of a new school year, and as with
last year, the year before, and all the years before that, we
are members of a school district, without the benefit of some-
one from our area to represent our fast growing active area
on the school board.
Maybe to some people that does not seem important, but
parents who have attended school board meetings, or tried to
present something at one of those meetings, will most hardily
agree that we do need representation.
This year, we have a better chance than ever before.
Theoretically, with the growth of the area, we have over
2000 more possible votes than we had last year, just be virtue
of new residents.
If voter participation in school elections in the past is any
indication, just these new move in votes would be enough to
elect a school board candidate!
I am certain that we have the largest number of children
from our size area attending the Pasadena distrist, and we
are the only such area not to have ever had a local representa-
tive.
We make up over one fifth of the distrist. and have not
been able to gain one of seven elected seats — ever in the
history of the Dobie area.
I am confident that this is the year!
We at the South Belt are determined to help achieve
the goal of having a concerned, interested local resident repre-
sent our area.
We have heard of numerous people who would like to
run for the school board . . . Heaven help us if this happens
again!
Last year we had three people running for one position
and consequently area votes were widely split. Had onlv one
local resident run for an open position, our chances would have
been much better.
To get a local, interested resident on the board, we need
to begin immediately.
It appears that the first step would l>c to find out how^^"
many people are really serious about running for the board,
get them together and through some process make certain
that we have no more than one candidate for each of the two Age-
positions which will be up for election.
We then need community backing on all levels, PT A, .',4
civic, etc. In addition, we need a community drive to see that .
all those of legal voting age are registered.
This being a presidential election year, registering voters
should be easier.
If you are someone, or know someone who is planning $
seriously on running for the school board, or would like to J
help someone locally get elected, please drop up a line: TMra
South Beit Press, 11426 Sagecanyon, Houston, Texas 77089. ,J
Let’s not make the same mistake we did last year.
A large increase of ac-
tivity for the Southeast
Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment and a decrease in
volunteers is prompting
a membership drive for
that organization.
The department has
responded to 92 calls
during the first 6 months
of this year, as opposed
to only 39 responses dur-
ing the same period last
year.
Exactly half of the 92
responses made during
the first six months have
been ambulance respons-
es. Twenty-six of those
responses resulted in the
transporting of victims
to the hospital.
Fire responses this
year are broken down as
follows: Auto, 17; struc-
ture, 12; grass, 10; trash,
5; and other, 2.
In June, 24 calls were
made, making it the
busiest month of the
the people living in the
unincorporated areas
covered bv the depart-
ment should take on the
responsibility of provid-
ing fire and ambulance
service.
six, with May being a
close second with 19 re-
sponses.
The total fire loss
• through June 30 of this
year is $35,700 as oppos-
ed to $5,500. Two major
responses contributed to
the larger figure this
year, a home explosion
and a barn which burnt.
Lev attributes the de-
crease in volunteers to
the fact that many of
the members of the or-
ganization who lived in
areas that have been an-
nexed by the city, have
resigned, thinking that
When the department
was first organized, the
subdivisions of S a g e-
mont, Kirkwood and
Sagemont Park were not
in the city limits, and re-
lied on the volunteer or-
ganization.
Those areas are now
covered by the city op-
erated departments.
“A lot of people who
live in the area we cover
do not realize that they
are in the county,” stat-
ed Lev.
The SFVD covers ap-
proximately 2000 resi-
dences in the subdivision
of Sagemeadow, Scars-
dale, Woodmeadow and
Sageglen.
SFVD has only three
daytime people available
for both ambulance and
fire help. Two are wom-
en, the third is a man
who works nearby and
has made arrangements
with his employer to
leave work in case of an
emergency in the area.
Additional daytime
help is critical but addi-
tional volunteers are
needed for nighttime
hours too.
For more information
regarding the depart-
ment, contact Ervin Lev
at 481-5477.
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Flickinger, Marie & Griffin, Bobby. South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1976, newspaper, August 19, 1976; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1198937/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting San Jacinto College.