The South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 1978 Page: 2 of 8
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By BUI Clayton
Editor, South Belt Press
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School soon starts and as usual, all our heads turn
to football. I have a son and he will play football in the
local youth league, but let's look at one other area ....
our girls at Doble.
We have had basketball, volleyball, tennis, swim-
ming, and I might add that all these, along with our drill
team are good, but I feel that this is not enough!
We have good women coaches, trying to do their
best with what they are supplied - getting to use their
gym If its not raining and the boys don't have to have
It for baseball practice, but again, what about our girls
at Doble?
Our Pasadena Independent School District Is made
up of a number of different Little League areas where
girls really aspire and make championship softball
playoffs.
Why do we not have a softball program for the
girls at Doble, South Houston and other Pasadena High
Schools?
I understand that It Is questionable whether or not
the girls will be offered golf this year. Let's hope so,
but let's also hope that we have coaches who will at
least require that they attend class, and holds club in
their hand to receive a grade, and not Just be given a
grade “because of a lack of time to teach golf and
also football’’.
My daughters have played basketball, made Junior
varsity and also varsity, but they would like to play
softball. They play It for the youth league In the area
and with the number of girls involved In the various
leagues throughout Pasadena Independent School Dis-
trict. I feel the time Is right to offer a program at
school level.
I know the question Is that with such a good youth
program, is It duplicating effort to have a girls’ softball
program? Not so, we have aboys’ high school baseball
team.
purchases of vending or dis-
play equipment and mer-
chandise. bi some cases, the
salesman promises that the
company “locators’’will es-
tablish the locations where
the products will be dis-
played and sold. Location of
the products in "high traf-
fic’’ areas If vital ^'making*
sales. Unfortunately, the so-
called locators - if they ever
show up usually establish a
place In the first spots they
can find. Almost always,
these turn out to be In a
remote, out-of-the-way, lo-
cation where no one will ever
see the product.
When the distributor be-
comes disenchanted and at-
tempts to hold the company
to Its promise of buying back
the products, he meets with
substantial frustration. The
company may simply move
out of town quickly and set
up In another area under a
different name.
If you are the victim of an
unscrupulous business op-
portunity scheme, contact
our Consumer Protection
Division In Austin, Dallas,
Houston, San Antonio, El
Paso, or MCAllen.
This week’s Pasadena independent
School Board of Trustees meeting could
prove to be very interesting.
It’s a fairly well known fact that the
board of trustees normally votes pretty
much as the administration recommends.
Only on rare occasions does the board buck
the administration. This could be for a
number or reasons; maybe the administra-
tion always makes good suggestions, or
maybe the board members prefer not to
make waves, or whatever. This meeting
could bring about quite a test
The administration has made Its feel-
ings known In regards to allowing the seniors
to use money raised for their prom to go
towards the expense of food.
Well, the appointed citizen’s group
made a recommendation to the board last
month, requesting that some of the money
raised be allowed to go towards the food
expense, and thereby reducing the cost of
tickets for the prom.
In a meeting with some members of the
administration, some of the committee
members reported that they were told that
allowing the money raised by students to go
towards food In this manner was “Immoral”
and consequently, the administration did
not approve.
It Is my general feeling, after attending
board meetings for approximately four
years, that normally the citizens advisory
committee never would have been formed,
but the board and administration were under
great pressure due to the publicity the
senior class funds for the Pasadena class
When “The Fourposter”
opened on Broadway, the New
York Times called It “the
pleasantest comedy of the
season,” and the Dally
Mirror said, "It’s good to
have another hit on Broad-
way, It’s good to chuckle
again, to be moved again.”
$362.2 million for the bien-
nium.
Many Issues in the 66th
Legislature will center
around increased funding for
these services; however,
choices must be made in
extending this funding to new
programs. We will have a
limited amount of funding
available which must be di-
vided among the many agen-
cies of state government*
As time approaches when
the Legislature will again
review State agency budget
requests for the upcoming
biennium, I think It’s appro-
priate to re-examine what
happened during the last ses-
sion with regard to funding
State programs.
In my travels across the
State, one area of state ser-
vices has continually drawn
comment from Interested
Texans - the appropriations
to funds for welfare
services.
Of the $2.8 billion appro-
priated for welfare and
social services tn Texas, the
largest portion ($2.5 billion,
87.7%) was appropriated to
the Department of Human
Resources (formerly the De-
partment of Public Welfare.)
This agency’s budget can
be divided Into three main
segments - financial assis-
tance, medical assistance,
(nd social services.
The financial assistance
program Is composed
largely of cash payments to
recipients of Aid to Families
with Dependent Children.
For the current biennium,
$317 million was appropria-
ted for this program.
The other major compon-
ent of the financial assis-
tance program Is the food
stamp program which re-
ceived $74.5 million for the
biennium. These two major
areas plus some minor pro-
grams brought the total ap-
propriation for financial
assistance to $417.4 million,
14.5% of the Department’s
appropriation.
Medical Assltance (en-
compassing medicaid, nurs-
ing home care, and vendor
drug payments) received $1.7
billion or 58.2% of the total
appropriation
partment.
Significant
creases over
biennium (from $625.5 mil-
lion to $835 million) were
granted by the 65th Legis-
lature for * nursing home
care.
The third major compon-
ent in the Department’s
budget Is for social ser-
vices - which Include day
care, family planning, ser-
vices to abused and neglec-
ted children, foster care,
and alternate care for the
aged and disabled. Com-
bined, these programs rep-
resented 12.6% of the
Department’s budget or
The Inflationary spiral has
caused many consumers to
look for a second Income or a
more lucrative primary In-
come. Sometimes, however,
consumers In search of more
money get themselves Into
ventures that cause them to
lose rather than gain It
particularly hazardous,
according to our Consumer
Protection Division attor-
neys, are so-called distrib-
utorship opportunities or
franchises. Ads for such
ventures regularly appear
under the “Business Op-
portunity’’ heading in your
newspaper’s classified sec-
tion. An advertisement may
offer the chance to become
a “distributor” for a "na-
tionally known product” and
to make “fantastic earnings,
up to $25,000 per year work-
ing part-time.” The ad may
or may not note that you will
be required to make a “small
Investment” In order to
qualify for the “chance of a
lifetime.”
Attorneys In our Con-
sumer Protection Division
warn that these opportunities
may seem to have all the
elements of success but often
THE FOLLOWING SERVICES ARE
OFFERED AT OUR ANNEX IN
EDGEBROOK PLAZA, ACROSS
FROM OUR MAIN FACILITY
The first dramatic pro-
duction of the 1978 fall
season at the University of
Houston at Clear Lake City
will be Jan de Hartog’s ro-
mantic, two character com-
edy, “The Fourposter.” The
play will run one weekend,
September 15, 16, and 17 at
8 p.m. in the auditorium of
tNk Bayou mindWg-, rrosBay
Area Blvd.
Directing the charming
chronicle of a husband and
wife through 35 years of
marriage will be Cynthia
Chandler, a graduate student
who has chosen this pro-
duction as her Master’s
Thesis Project. A graduate
of Lamar University, Ms.
Chandler previously has di-
rected a number of plays
Including “You’re a Good
Man, Charlie Brown,” “No
Exit,” and "To Be Young,
Gifted, and Black.” She
teaches English and Theatre
at Clear Lake High School.
Auditions for the man and
woman roles will be July 29
and 30 at 1:30 p.m. In the
auditorium of the Bayou
Building. Casting is open to
the general public as well as
UH/CLC students. Formore
Information, call Dr. Robert
Everdlng, 488-9264.
of *78 received. The students were quite
good business people and raised approxi-
mately $10,000 for their prom, rather than
the normal $3000 or $4000. (Doble’s sen-
iors of '78 raised approximately $3000.)
The board decided to appoint a com-
mittee of citizens to investigate the spend-
ing and raising of activity funds.
A committee was named, and that
committee did a very thorough Job! They
held numerous meeting, and Inmyoplonlon,
came up with some very Intelligent, non-
rad leal, sensible recommendations. But
some of the recommendations go against
the grain of the administration.
To an outside observer, however, It
appears that the board will have to force
at least some of the changes, because after
’ all, the committee was appointed by the
board.
The committee consisted of members
from each of the high school areas; a good
cross section of the voters and taxpayers
of the Pasadena school district.
As far as I can recall, this asking of
opinions from the citizens In this organized
manner Is really a first; and It seems that
the committee did Its homework and proved
Itself.
Consequently, I sincerely hope that the
administration Is willing to listen and re-
commend changes accordingly.
It would be a big step In the right
direction. It would Indicate that the admin-
istration Is becoming open to communica-
tion with people in the district
turn out to be losing
propositions. They say the
promoters who place the ads
are well aware of the appeal
of phrases such as “be your
own boss," "no selling,"
“all locations established,”
and “high earnings - no
risks.’*. They are also well
aware of how such ‘ phrases
can ta£e on an almost
magical significance for
people who want to be In
business forthemselves, and
that this magic will help
blind consumers to the flaws
and frauds embodied In the
scheme.
“Business opportunity"
operators usually form a
company to sell so-called
distributorships of products
that may or may not be well
known brand names. Sales-
men for these operators set
temporary quarters in motel
or hotel rooms throughout
the country and advertise In
local newspapers.
Consumers responding to
the advertisement are con-
tacted and a meeting
arranged with the company’s
salesman. There, the pros-
pective distributor is enticed
to sign a contract for the
NEW ACCOUNTS ARE OPENED MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 4.00 P.M
REPUBLIC STATE BANK
MEMBER F.D.I.C.
1155 EDGEBROOK 944-34
Tellers are Open Monday through Friday from
7:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. and 9:00 A.M. to Noon on Saturday
CALL FOR INFORMATION:
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CAROL-JANKE REUBENS MI-3433
DON'T FORGET
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
YOU GET:
1. Dinner for two (Choice of Beef, Ham, Link, Rib,
or Pork) plus your choice of tea or coffee (Rolls,
Beans, Potato Salad, or Slaw).
2. Two movie tickets good Sunday through Thurs-
day at Almeda 9 Theatres or any American-Multi
Cinema Theatre.
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Flickinger, Marie. The South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 1978, newspaper, July 26, 1978; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1199598/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting San Jacinto College.