South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 1980 Page: 1 of 14
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SOTTTH BELT LEADER
In South Belt area
Vol. 4 Number 49
Jan. 16* 1980
PISD election Saturday
Area voters will elect two members of the Pasadena school district’s
Board of Trustees Saturday.
Voting will be conducted from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the four district high
schools. Voters will vote at the high school in whose boundaries they live.
The two open positions are for Position 6 and 7. There is no incumbent in
Position 6, and Carl Schwartz, who has filed for re-election, is the
incumbent for Position 7,
The five candidates in the Position 6 race are (in the order they appear on
the ballot) Sam Hawkins, 2907 Dewberry, Pasadena, an instructor of
government at San Jacinto College Central; Ray Brewin, 10106 Sagetrail, a
computer programmer; Calvin Powitzky, 4507 Mohegan, an architect; Lee
Thomas Sowers, 1207 Marleen, Houston, an auditor for the Fort Bend
school district; and Paul Tittsworth, 2115 Hickory, Pasadena, an IBM
customer engineer.
In the position 7 race, Schwartz is being challenged by Don Bane, 11807
Sagecliff, of Playa Homes, and Bill Roller, 2211 Embe, Pasadena, assistant
manager for Colonial Funeral Home.
Baseball registration Saturday
The Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little League, pony-colt and girls softball
organizations will hold three joint registrations, with the first one
scheduled for Saturday.
The first registration will be at Burnett Elementary School, 11825
Teaneck, in Scarsdale, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Two more registration dates have tentatively been set for Feb. 2 and
Feb. 19. Each of the registrations will be at a different location.
Each family registering will be required to pay a $30 fee to the United
Sports Association, the organization rormed to purchase the playing fields
on Choate Road.
In an effort to enhance registration, Little League has cut their fees in
half this year. Boys in majors and minors will pay $12.50 each. Boys in pee
wee pay $7.50, and boys in five-pitch will pay $5.
Little League is for boys who will be seven by July 31,1980, and who are
no older than 12 by July 31.
Boys seven and eight play five-pitch; nine year olds play pee wee, and
majors and minors are open to boys ages 10 through 12.
Fees for pony-colt, which is for boys ages 13 through 16, had not been
set at press time, but were expected to be in the neighborhood of $25,
according to Bob Buchanan, pony-colt president.
Fees for girls softball will remain the same, with each girl paying $15.
Girls ages seven, eight and nine will play as freshmen; girls 10, 11 and
12are sophomores; girls 13, 14and ISare juniors; and girls 16, 17and 18 are
seniors. Girls will play at the age they are on Sept. 1, 1980.
Mononucleosis no threat
Although there have been reports of cases of Thompson Intermediate
School students having infectious mononucleosis, only one case has been
reported.
That one case was reported last Thursday, according to school nurse
Jane Perkinson.
Perkinson said parents of any student who has contracted an infectious
disease should report it to the school nurse.
Infectious mononucleosis, however, is not a disease the Harris County
Health Department requires to be reported.
Mononucleosis, a viral disease, is contagious and effects different people
differently. Generally, a student is out of school a week to ten days with the
disease.
Sagemont Civic Club meets
Several speakers from the telephone company explained new phone
services which will be available in the area in March at the January
meeting of the Sagemont Civic Club held last week.
In addition, representatives of the phone company explained that new
cables are being laid throughout the area due to flood damage of existing
cables.
In other action, club member Carol Coulston urged area residents to
become active in The Metropolitan Organization to work for representa-
tion for the South Belt area in matters concerning flooding.
Coulston was getting up a local group to attend a Metropolitan
Organization meeting Tuesday at which Mayor Jim McConn was going to
appear.
The club will have a speaker from the state highway department to
speak on the South Belt at next month’s meeting.
Recreation courses offered
A variety of courses are being offered at Sagemont Recreation Center
(across from-Safeway on Hughes).
Available courses are gymnastics, modeling, drama and dance (Jazz,
modern, disco, tap and ballet).
Classes will be held on Saturdays and evenings. Field trips, meets and
recitals are included in the course, and certificates will be given to
students for their accomplishments.
Programs are for ages 4-16. Call Jana at 481-3939 or 481-9950 for
information on times and fees.
School board to meet
Trustees of the Pasadena Independent School District will hold a short
meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the board room at the district administra-
tion building, 3010 Bayshore Dr.
Trustees are expected to approve a school calendar for the 1980-81
school year.
In addition, they are expected to approve a bid for a new air
conditioner for the kitchen at Beverly Hills Intermediate School.
School board meetings are open to the public.
SJC South enrollment up
San Jacinto College South's enrollment for the spring semester showed
a slight increase over the fall semester enrollment at the close of regular
registration.
Regular registration concluded Jan. 9 with 1,068 students, an increase
of 20 over the fall semester at the same time.
Late registration was held Jan. 14-15, but enrollment figures for that
registration period are not yet available. Also not included in the 1,068
figure are students who registered for South Campus courses at the other
campuses in the district.
The South Campus registered approximately 140 students during late
registration in the fall, and campus vice president Qr. Parker Gregoire
expected a similar number to register late for the spring semester.
“We are very pleased with the spring enrollment,” Gregoire said.
"Traditionally all colleges have smaller enrollments in the spring than
they do in the fall. For us to show any increase at all in our spring
enrollment is an indication that the community is pleased with our
program.”
The South Campus opened this past fall with 1,200 students, a higher
opening enrollment than either the Centra) or North campuses in the
college district. „ , .
The total enrollment for the college district at the close of regular
registration was 11.109, an increase of 876 over the spring 1979 enrollment.
The tentative enrollment figures for the other campuses are Central, 7,591;
North, 2,190; and Clear Creek Extension. 240.
Several thefts reported
Area burglaries and an elusive
barefoot speeder htave increased law
enforcement activity in the South Belt
area.
Police and sheriff's officers have
been investigating burglaries result-
ing in losses of thousands of dollars of
property to area homeowners and a
local jeweler.
One of the most rscent occurred in
the 9000 block of Kirkmont where
burglars broke into the Robert Lewis
home stripping it of over $15,000 worth
of property.
Items taken by the burglars includ-
ed linens, silver, jewelry, cash,
stereo, a china closet and buffet, din-
ing room table and chairs, records,
tapes, golf clubs, a mattress and box
springs and a backgammon game.
Included in the jewelry stolen was a
wedding ring.
The burglars apparently knocked
over two clocks while in the home.
Both became unplugged and indicate
the burglars entered the home around
4p.m. and may have stayed as late as
8 p.m.
There was no apparent forced entry
at the residence.
Other recent burglaries include
approximately $5,000 worth of items
missing from the Mike Stockton resi-
dence in the 10,000 block of Kirkaspen.
Items stolen in that burglary includ-
ed jewelry, a vacuum cleaner and
camera.
Nearly $3,000 of belongings were
taken from the Robert McCullough
home in the 11500 block of Sage-
meadow.
Burglars backed a vehicle into
Klein's Jewelry at Almeda Square
and escaped with approximately
$10,000 in watches Sunday evening at
approximately 10 p.m.
The vehicle severly damaged the
front of the store which is protected by
burglar bars.
Burglars escaped before City of
Houston Police could arrive on the
at FM Road 2351. A scuffle ensued
between the officer and the suspect at
which time the officer hit the suspect
on the head with a flashlight. The
suspect managed to elude the officer.
An assist-the-officer call was answer-
ed by surrounding law enforcement
officers and the Houston police heli-
copter.
Although hampered by dense fog,
officers searched for the suspect in
the field south of Scarsdale where
they located a shoe reportedly belong-
ing to the man. A further search on the
north side of the freeway resulted in
the finding of a mate to the shoe.
At pres* time, the suspect was still
being sought.
SJC South registration
Students stop at a card check station at San
Jacinto College South's spring registration.
The South Campus registered 1,068 during the
regular registration period, and campus of-
ficials expect the total to go over the 1,200
mark by the end of late registration.
Stuchbery bomb threat
Jan. 26 meeting slated
for flooding task force
State Representative Bill Caraway
and Senator Gene Jones announced
that the Regional Task Force on
Flooding will meet Jan. 26 at 10 a.m.
at Dobie High School, 11111 Beamer.
Caraway and Jones co-chair the Task
Members of the Sagemont-Beverly
Hills Little League approved a pro-
posed operating budget for the 1960
season which included a 50 percent
No bomb was found. Students re-
turned to their classrooms and were
dismissed according to the regular
schdule.
Force.
“I am hopeful the task force can
work quickly and purposefully in
order to make recommendations for
specific flood prevention legislation in
time for a special session of the
and hung up.
Stuchbery personnel sounded the
fir* alarrU'. and stixlcits filed out of
the building where they remained
until 2:45 p.m.
Police arrived on the scene at ap-
proximately 2:30 and checked out the
indicated restroom and nearby area.
Some students had been taken home
early by parents and friends who were
picking up kindergarten students
shortly after the threat occureed.
While waiting for the police to ar-
rive. students were kept calm and
busy by their teachers who engaged
them in games and other activities.
The students were not made aware
of the reason for the exodus from the
building.
City of Houston Police are investi-
gating.
Doble High School
11111 Beamer
Voting in the Pasadena Independ-
ent School District Board of Trustee
election will be conducted at the
following location* from 7 a.m. to 7
p.m. Saturday:
scene.
A '77 Chevy, believed to be used in
the burglary, was found in the 6600
block of the Gulf Freeway at Howard
Johnson's. Police are running tests to
determine if paint scraping* left at the
scene match the paint on the vehicle.
Detective Wayne Shirley of the
Houston Police Department and Sg[>
Mike Smith of Harris County Sheriff’s
Department both urge area residents
to become “nosey neighbors" and
watch what is going on in the neigh-
borhood.
Both agree the majority of burglar-
ies occur during daytime hours.
“Everybody works, very few people
are at home," said Shirley. According
to Shirley, when residents see a sus-
picious vehicle they should record the
license number and call the police.
"After the call, watch and see what
goes on, making notes, particularly of
who enters the vehicle," he said.
Both officers say there is no appar-
ent increase in burglaries in the area.
In other crime activity. City of
Houston Police, Harris County sher-
iffs officers, members of the Depart-
ment of Public Safety, Pearland Po-
lice, constables and members of the
Southeast Volunteer Fire Department
pursued a speeder who resisted
arrest.
The incident began when DPS
officer J. Jason gave chase to a
speeder near Clear Lake City. The
case ended just off the Gulf Freeway
reduction in registration fees at a
general membership meeting at Mea-
dor Elementary School last week.
Registration fees will be cut in half
this year. Boys in majors and minors
will pay $12.50, with boys in pee wee
paying $7.50, and boys in five-pitch
paying $5. All registrants, however,
will be required to pay a $30 member-
ship fee per family to the United
Sports Association, the organization
formed to purchase the playing field
on Choate Road.
Little League President Joe Sink
said the reduction in fees is an effort
to bring more boys into the Little
League program.
Sink said any family who cannot
afford to pay the fees should talk with
him or any other board member.
The approved budget estimates total
expenses at $14,378.25, with expected
income to be $12,475. The league has a
surplus of $6,867.45. (See detailed bud-
get on sports pages.)
Another move Sink proposed to in-
crease Little League enrollment is to
hold registrations in different areas.
The league, along with pony-colt
and softball, will hold registration* on
three date* at three separate loca-
tions.
The proposed dates are Jan. 19,
Feb. 2 and Feb. 16.
The first registration has been set
for Burnett Elementary School in the
Scarsdale subdivision.
A bomb threat kept Stuchbery Ele-
mentary students outdoors for over an
hou'^l^Mtfdihr j>*ternoon. t J '
According to the City of Houston
Police, the threat came through a tele-
phone call to the school at approxi-
mately 1:30 p.m. Frances Fuller,
Stuchbery attendance clerk, answer-
ed the call. "There's a bomb in your
building in the bathroom near the
cafeteria," the adult-male voice re-
portedly said.
The caller repeated the statement
legislature,” Jones said.
The task force is composed of elect-
ed officials, civic leaders, and drain-
age experts from Harris, Galveston,
Brazoria, Fort Bend and Montgomery
counties.
Caraway and Jones have proposed
legislation to create a regional flood
authority for these five counties.
“Currently, hundreds of govern-
mental entities have some level of
jurisdiction over drainage and flood
control in this five county area: in-
cluding counties, cities, river and
basin authorities, water districts, and
the U.S. Corps of Engineers,” Cara-
way said. "Action taken by another
county or an upstream jurisdiction
can cause increased runoff and flood-
ing downstreamhe said. “This kind
of jurisdictional conflict has impeded
the development of an effective, co-
ordinated flood prevention program."
“The seriousness of the recurring
flooding problems demands immedi-
ate attention,” Jones said.
The legislators added that It is im-
portant the task force complete its
work in time for a special session.
“Special sessions are for the consid-
eration of emergency issue* and the
threat of thousands of families being
repeatedly flooded out of their homes
definitely constitutes an emergency,"
Caraway said.
(See baseball registration story on
page one for more registration
details.)
In other action. Sink discussed the
proposed split of the league.
On recommendation of Little
League District Administrator Ed
Cawley, Sink says for the present the
S-BH league will apply for a charter
from the national Little League organ-
ization just as it has always done.
However, a few days after making
application, the S-BH league will then
apply to the national headquarters for
an exemption to the policy of a little
league organization's population not
exceeding a population of 15,000.
The S-BH league is in violation of
Continued on page 9
Saturday's polling places
Pasadena High School
206 So. Shaver
Rayburn High School
2121 Cherrybrook
South Houston High School
.3820 So. Shaver
Voters must vote at the high
School whose boundaries they live
within.
Little League board
drops registration fees
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