The Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 169, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1991 Page: 1 of 38
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May 24, 1991
Vol. 100, No. 169
22 Pages, 2 Sections
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Summerfest dance featur
ing Johnny D and the Rock
et 88’s from 8 p.m. until
midnight tonight at the
Bauer Community Center.
Tickets are $10 per person
at the door.
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Clifford P. Houser, field rep
resentative for the Joint Com
mission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations, gave
the Memorial Medical Center
laboratory glowing accolades
Wednesday.
He reported the inspection
findings to the hospital’s labor
atory department heads Thurs-
day morning.
Houser indicated to the hos-
Saturday-and Sunday offs
hore anglers will be competing
in the Jim Fly Invitational
Kingfish Tournament.
Weigh in will be at the newly
re opened Port O’Connor Fish
ing Center on the Gulf Intra
coastal Waterway until 7 p.m
Saturday and noon Sunday.
smallest fish, largest fish and
most fish.
There is no entry fee for the
tournament. Trophies are pro
vided by the chamber of com-
merce and Bobbie’s Bait is
supplying the bait.
Judging in the Community
Service Club Kite Flying Con
test will begin at 2 p.m. Satur
day at Front Beach Park.
Prizes will be awarded in sev-
eral age groups for both home
made and commercial kites.
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Mrs. Koliba puts her all into tossing a bean bag while atudenta of Laural Academy look on during the
Junior/Senior Olympic games yesterday at Coastal Healthcare Center in Port Lavaca. Fun, games and
hamburgers were enjoyed by the residents, students and volunteers.
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By CHARLYN FINN
Wave Staff Writer
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ticipated in an Olympic like
opening ceremony Everyone
received a tee shirt, button, or
cap to commemorate the annu
al intergenerational event
“The games help the youth
and seniors in opr community
to better understand and relate
to one another,” Administrator
Beth Ruehle said "’’’he youth
learn that elderly persons can
be people whe are physically
and mentally active, and the
residents learn that the kids
respect them ”
Ruehle says that the medals
symbolize not only the winning
efforts of the residents but also
their courage, determination
and vitality
The tide forecast for Port
O’Connor shows a high at
12:44 p.m., a low at 8:18 p.m , a
high Saturday at 4:14 a m., a
low at 10:52 a.in., a high at
12:54 p.m. and a low at 8:54
p m. For Powderhorn, a high
at 12:30 p.m., a low at 8:04
p.m , a high at 4 a m., a low at
9:38 a m., a high ai 12:40 p in.,
and a low at 8:40 p.m. And for
Sand Point, a high at 1 p.m., a
low at 8:34 p.m , a high Satur
day at 4:30a m , a low at 10:08
a m., a high at 1 10 p.m and a
low at 9:10 p.m.
Tonight and Saturday it
will be partly cloudy with a
chance of showers or thun
derstorms and a low in the
70s Chance of rain is 20 per
cent tonight and 30 percent
Saturday Remainder of
Memorial Day weekend,
partly cloudy with a chance
of showers or thunderstorms
and a high in the 80s Wind
tonight will be from the
southeast at 10 knots with
seas 2 to 4 feet
Thought for the day: “Luck
never gives; it only lends.”
—Swedish proverb
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Get out your pots and
pans and enter the Texas
Summerfest Cook offs
Entries may be beef bar
becue, pinto bean and/or
chili. Entry fees are $5 for
the bean cook off, $10 for
the chili cook off and $15
for the barbecue or pay $25
and enter all three. Contes
tants must furnish their
own equipment including
firebox. You may enter
until 6 a m. on Saturday, the
day of the cook off For an
entry blank and rules and
regulations go by the chain
ber office.
f IM Port Lavaca
1 HE WAVE
The family newspaper of dynamic Calhoun County'
AUSTIN (AP) — The House
approved a proposed constitu
tional amendment to allow vot
ers to save their partial home
stead exemptions from school
district property taxes.
“Your homeowners’ property
taxes will go up unless we pass
this constitutional amend
ment,” said Rep. Paul Colbert,
D-Houston.
The measure, which earlier
passed the Senate, won approv
al with a vote of 124 17. It was
returned to senators for consid
eration of House changes.
If it wins final legislative
approval, the proposal will go
on an Aug. 10 statewide ballot.
The bill is needed because
the state’s new school finance
law created countywide educa
tion taxing regions for school
districts. A minimum local
property tax is imposed, and
revenue is shifted among
school districts within the
regions.
However, the governing
boards for the new taxing reg
ions don’t have the same
authority as school boards cur
rently do to grant homestead
exemptions.
The constitutional amend
ment would allow voters in a
county education district to
exempt from property taxes a
percentage of the market value
of the residence homestead, or
Dance,
Coming
up....
House passes
tax exemption
pital staff he had checked out
3,000 different items pertaining
to the operation of the laborat
ory. He said he saw exemplary
activity and “many, many good
things in the laboratory."
Houser liked the way the hos
pital defined job descriptions,
conducted orientations for new
employees, complimented the
labratory’s policy manuals and
statistics program.
Houser was particularly com
plimentary about the laborat
ory’s transfusion service, che
mistry and hematology
departments.
Houser’s survey of the hospi
tai laboratory represents the
first phase of the Joint Commis
sion on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations
survey of the Memorial Medical
Center. The rest of the hospital
will be surveyed next month.
When the rest of the hospital
is surveyed, the findings will be
forwarded to Chicago, III.,
tourneys
are slated Saturday
in Port O'Connor
at least $5,000
Voters also could exempt at
least $3,000 of the market value
of the residence homestead of a
person who is disabled or at
least age 65.
Of the state’s 1,050 school dis-
tricts, 259 currently grant
homestead exemptions.
Rep. John Culberson, R-
Houston, tried to amend Col
bert’s measure to allow voters
to nullify the state's new school
finance law, and to virtually eli-
minate the possibility of suc-
cessful court challenges to the
public school funding system.
Culberson’s proposal would
have said that as long as a
school finance law is rational, it
is constitutional.
However, his proposal was
ruled out of order and not
considered.
The school finance law was
passed after poor school dis-
tricts sued the state, and the
Texas Supreme Court ordered
lawmakers to even out educa-
tion funding available to school
districts.
The House also tentatively
approved a bill that would give
teachers and other public
school employees access to a
statewide group health insur-
ance plan. The state would put
no money into the program.
"There are a lot of school dis-
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The Texas Department of
Public Safety will increase pat
rols over the Memorial Day
holidays in areas highly visited
by tourists
The troopers will be concen
trating on DWIs and speeders
in an effort to reduce the holi-
day traffic toll
Seniors, children
vie in competetion
Local senior citizens and
children demonstrated the true
spirit of competition at the
ARA Living Centers Junior/
Senior games from 9 a.in. until 1
p m. on Thursday at Coastal
Healthcare Center
More than 50 senior citizens
from Coastal Healthcare Cen
ter teamed up with children
from the community for the
annual games They competed
in events such as bean bag toss,
balloon popping, and wheel
chair races for gold, silver and
bronze medals Local residents
and family members served as
event judges
Before the start of the games,
the residents and children par
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Belly dancers
The Mystic Belly Dancers
will be performing for Sum
merfest at the Bauer Com
munity Center from 1 to 2
p.m. on Saturday. Two
female dancers and one
male dancer.
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PORT O’CONNOR — The
annual Memorial Weekend
Street Dance featuring the
country sounds of Kevin Black
will highlight the weekend
activities in Port O’Connor.
The dance, held at the
intersection of Third and Main
streets in downtown Port
O’Connor, begins at 9 p.m. and
the band will play until 1 a.m.
The chamber of commerce
will have beer and margaritas
for sale while the Friends of
Youth will operate the snack
bar. Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission regulations prohi-
bit alcoholic beverages from
being brought into the dance
area.
Saturday morning the Kid’s
Fishing Tournament will be
held at Front Beach Park. Tro
phies will be awarded for the
Holiday
closings
Government offices, banks
and many businesses will be
closed Monday for the
Memorial Day holiday
Post offices throughout the
county will observe a holiday
schedule Monday. Window
services will be closed and
there will be no home
delivery.
All local, county, state and
federal offices will be closed
except for emergency
services.
All banks will be closed
The business office at Tlu-
Wat>e will be closed and the
papers will be printed and
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Don’t miss one of the hot
test bands going, “La Fie
bre” playing from 9 p.m.
until 1 a m. on Saturday at
the Bauer Community Cen
ter. Tickets available at the
door for $10 each.
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Summerfest winners chosen
An evening of glamour and excitement was experienced by these young ladles at the Bauer Community
Center last night. A large crowd filled the center and the suspense was felt throughout as the Judges
chose the young ladies that will represent Calhoun County for the Port Lavaca Calhoun County Cham-
ber of Commerce and Agriculture in 1991 92. Winners are (I tor front) Junior Miss Summerfest first run-
ner up, Rosalynn Garza; Little Miss Summerfest, Elysha Taylor; Junior Miss Summerfest, Brandilyn
Haith; Little Miss Summerfest second runner-up, Stefanie Fisher; and Little Miss Summerfest first
runner-up, Brittany McGrew In the back row are: Miss Summerfest first runner up Dana Deetz; Miss
Summerfest, Jacquie Goodrich; Miss Summerfest second runner-up Kathy Rodriquez and Junior Miss
Summerfest second runner up Sabrina Daniel. Goodrich, Haith and Taylor will ride on the chamber
float during out-of-town parades, among other duties.
MMC laboratory lauded
where it will be determined
whether or not the hospital will
get its accreditation.
Hospital Administrator John
Hays said the hospital board
will learn in September “if the
hospital will get its
accreditation.”
Hays said he is very pleased
that the accreditation process
began on a positive note and
praised Laboratory Director
Ethel Reinhardt. “She is doing
terrific work,” he said.
“Judging from the survey, all
our laboratory performance is
being done in conformity with
the standards set forth by the
Joint Commission," Hays
deducted. “It is fair to conclude
we are pleased with the initial
phase of this survey.”
Houser gave a report to all
members of the laboratory
department Thursday morning.
He had been surveying the
laboratory for 2% days.
The Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations is composed of
representatives of the Ameri
can Hospital Association,
American Medical Association
and American Dental
Association.
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Bales, Steve & Fortney, Paul, Jr. The Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 169, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1991, newspaper, May 24, 1991; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1280621/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.