Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 29, 1989 Page: 1 of 37
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March 29, 1989
The family newspaper of dynamic Calhoun County!
98TH YEAR—NO. 128
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CCISD to name
search committee
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drops in February report
COUNTY JUDGE ALEX Hernandez has proclaimed
the first week of April as Clean-Up Week in con-
junction with the cities of Port Lavaca, Point Comfort
and Seadrift, During the week individuals will be able
as the prime spawning grounds of
red snapper and the area most in
need of protection.
Gregory said the research data,
primarily complied by Dr C Phillip
Goodyear, shows a steady decline in
PORT ARANSAS - Charter and
headboat operators from Sabine
Pass to Corpus Christi turned out
Tuesday night to oppose the propos-
ed five fish per trip limit for red
snapper tn federal waters
Unemployment in Calhoun County
for the month of February dropped
by 0.8 percent to 8 percent, accor-
ding to figures released by the Vic-
toria Office of the Texas Employ-
ment Commission
Calhoun County has the highest
rate of the seven county region ad-
ministered by the office
The labor force in Calhoun County
for January numbered 8,872, a
decrease of 437 from January's
figures The number of employed
workers was down 331 to 8,163 and
the number of unemployed workers
was down 106 to 700
Lavaca County continued to have
the lowest unemployment rate in the
region with a 1.9 percent rate for
January, this is down 3 percent
By PAUL CONATZER
Wave Stall Writer
By CHARLYN FINN
Wave Staff Writer
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INDEX
June is a favorite month for
weddings and with the summer
just around the corner the Wave
is publishing its annual Bridal
Section to help prepare for that
special event. Please see section
C of today's Wave.
Bridal.................
Business
Classified...........
Comics
Editorial.............
Lifestyle
Police Beat
Sports.................
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TIDES
Wednesday, a high of 0.8 ft. at
7:52 p.m. in Indianola, 7:47 in
Port O’Connor and 7:57 p.m. in
Port l^ivaca.
Thursday, a low of 0.3 ft. at
12:16 a m. in Indianola. 12:46 m
Port O’Connor and 12:41 a m. in
Port Lavaca: another low of 0.0
ft. at 11:57 a m., 12:27 p.m. and
12:17 p.m. A high of 0.7 ft at 6 44
a m.. 6:39 and 6 49 a m.
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zales County dropped to 6.2 percent,
a decrease of 8 percent
The county had an available labor
force of 7,126, a decrease of 104;
6,683 employed workers, a decrease
of 42 and 443 unemployed workers, a
decrease of 43.
Jackson County's January
unemployment rate of 5.2 percent
was an increase of 0.2 percent.
The county had an available labor
force of 5.399. a decrease of 75; 5,399
employed workers, a decrease of 83
and 294 unemployed workers an in-
crease of 8
Victoria County's unemployment
rate fell 5 percent to 6.4 percent.
The county had an available labor
force of 35.058. a decrease of 124,
32.817 employed workers, an in-
crease of 76 and 2,241 unemployed
workers, a decrease of 200
PORT LAVACA E
Area Forecasts
The forecast for tonight calls
for fair skies with mild
temperatures Low in the upper
50s Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph
Thursday, partly cloudy and
warm High in the upper 80s
Southwest wind near 15 mph
The extended forecast for the
upper Texas coast from Port Ar-
thur to Port O’Connor for tonight
calls for southwest wind near 15
knots Seas 4 to 6 feet Isolated
thundershowers Thursday, south
wind 15 to 20 knots Seas 5 to 7
feet Scattered thunderstorms
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tionat Marine Fisheries Service sees for red snapper is 2 9 million pounds
per year for the entire Gulf.
Ryder said the quota would be
reached in a few months and would
cause prices to be depressed.
The snapper fmarket is primarily
a fresh fish market, he said, and
the spawning age stocks of red snap- prices would drop while the fishery
per and other reef fish and the
decline will continue unless snap-
pers and groupers are regulated.
The regulations are designed to
provide a 40 percent reduction in
both the commercial and recrea-
tional catch of snappers and
groupers and to build stocks up to
where 20 percent of the juveniles are
able to enter the spawning stocks.
Walter Fondren III of Houston, the
Texas representative on the council,
said marine biologists have deter-
mined 20 percent recruitment is the
minimum level at which a species
can maintain itself.
The regulations are drastic, Fon-
dren admitted, but the system
established by the Maguson Act
moves slowly and drastic measures
are needed to halt the decline in
snapper stocks.
The proposed amber jack rule is
designed to prevent a crisis situation
from developing in the amberjack
population as it has in the snapper
stocks since amberjack have begun
to take the place of snapper as a
targeted species as snapper lan-
dings have declined
Ken Ryder, a commercial snapper
fisherman from Port Aransas, said
he agreed the fishery needs to be
regulated but he would favor
limiting the number of commercial
boats in the fishery rather than a
commercial quota
The proposed commercial quota
Clean up week
to use the county landfill without charge. With
Hernandez is Lawrence Mikolajczyk. general
manager of Garbage Gobbler.!Staff photo by Abel
Mayorga >.
Lara
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determine the impact of longlioers
on the spawning populations since
these boats are taking mostly big
sows
The regulations will ban longlimng
in reef areas and bottom longlines as
a directed fishery for reef fish, but
the council cannot regulate the tuna
fishery or the longline fishery out-
side the 200-mile jurisdictional limit
of the United States.
Tuna are exempted from the coun
cil's jurisdiction by the Maguson
Act.
Roy Schuster of Fisherman’s
Wharf in Port Aransas pointed to the
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was open and then stay down while it
was closed as imports took up the
slack.
Ryder said he knew of reefs in the
Gulf that no longer produced snap-
per because the bottom was dead
and the council should have more
research on other causes of the snap-
per decline than fishing pressure
before adopting stringent regula-
tions
He specifically pointed to the dum-
ping of drilling muds by offshore oil
operators as a source of habitat
destruction.
Gregory said the council knew
more research was needed and they
‘‘couldn't point the finger at any one
source.” The impact of pollutants
traveling down rivers and dumped
at sea is an unknown factor, he said.
The Environmental Protection
Agency ’s Gulf of Mexico Program is
designed to provide this data and
treat the Gulf as one unit for pollu-
tion control.
Giessel and several other head-
boat operators said they would sup-
port a federal fishing license to pro-
vide additional funds for both
research and law enforcement
The ability of the National Marine
Fisheries Service to enforce the new
regulations was questioned by
several of the speakers. There are
only three special agents on the
Texas coast.
Ryder said the council should also
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The oJferatBrt* agrrfit* the red
snapper populations are threatened
and are in need of protection from
overfishing, but challenged the data
base being used by the Gulf of Mex-
ico Fishery Managament Council to
establish the reef fish regulations.
Marilyn Giessel of Port O’Connor
said the limit should be 10 fish per
person per trip She said the council
is using data, for the Texas recrea-
tional catch, based on creel surveys
conducted by the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department and the data is
not accurate because of the collec-
tion method.
Parks and Wildlife creel surveys
are mostly obtained by interviewing
returning anglers at docks and bait
camps. The system misses most of
the fish caught on charter and head-
boats.
Douglas Gregory Jr. of Tampa, a
staff biologist for the council, said
the council estimated red snapper
represent between 50 and 90 percent
of the income for charter boat
operators in Texas.
Gregory conceded the data base
for the snapper fishery is limited
and one of the new regulations is
designed to improve reporting pro-
cedures by head boats.
Giessel said she agreed with the
limits on amberjack of three fish
and the ban on the use of longlines.
fish traps and entangling nets in the
reef fishery
The extension of the “stressed
area” to the 30-fathom line along the
entire Texas coast is also a good
idea, she said.
The current stressed area covers a
portion of Texas off Galveston, the
Louisiana coast and some Florida
waters The area is that zone the Na-
WEATHER
Calhoun County
The high Tuesday in Calhoun
County was 81 with an overnight
low of 62 Temperature at 9 a m
was 70. The Wave recorded no
rainfall in the past 24 hours
Sunset will be at 6:48 p.m
tonight.
Sunrise will be at 6:24 a m.,
Thursday
from December's figure.
Lavaca County had an available
labor force of 8,110. a decrease of 88:
number of employed workers 7,871,
a decrease of 66 and number of
unemployed 239. down 22.
DeWitt County saw its unemploy-
ment rate dropped by .2 percent to
6.1 percent for February
The county had an available labor
force of 8,429, a decrease of 37; 7,871
employed workers, a decrease of 29
and 518 unemployed workers a
decrease of 14.
Goliad County’s unemployment
rate increased .3 percent to 5.4 per-
cent
The county had an available labor
force of 2,624. a decrease of 12; 2.482
employed workers, an increase of 19
and 142 unemployed workers, an in-
crease of 11.
The unemployment rate in Gon-
CCISD since 1965 He obtained in
1965 a bachelor of science degree in
math and physics with a minor in
education In 1971 he obtained a I
masters degree in math with a
minor in education from South
Eastern State College He obtained
his doctorate degree m June 1965 in
education administration from Nova
University in Florida. I
Turk received in 1966 a bachelor of
arts degree summa cum laude in I
history and government from I
Midwestern University at Wichita I
Falls He received his master's in I
education in 1969 from Midwestern. I
He received his doctorate in |
December 1977 in community educa-
tion administration from Brigham
Young University in Utah. Turk has
been with the school district since
1986
A member of the audience said
earlier m the meeting she supported
Turk and would organize a petition
Hail said the school board woulA M
interview the assistant! W
superintendents along with any \ W
other candidates for the job. V ft
Trustee Ron Flournoy invited any \ ■
other qualified CCISD personnel to 1
apply for the job. '
Hall said the school board hopes
“to get something moving for the
next board meeting.”
Also as a result of the executive
session the school board approved 80
support staff contracts and 286 pro-
fessional personnel contracts. No
administrative contracts were ap-
proved Tuesday night.
Earlier in the meeting school
board was informed by Architect
LaMarr Womack that the new Point
Comfort Elementary School will
cost the school district $636,689 The ,
latest cost projection includes a
visitors parking area, a hard surtace
play area, tour oasketbail goajfft^ft
three volleyball courts, and fugftM
niture for seven classrooms
The school board had budgeted I
$524,000 for the building. It was
pointed out that the additional costs
could be funded in the 1989-90 school
year budget
The school board agreed to extend
the contract between CCISD and
CCAD until June 30.
Chief Appraiser Ken Monroe
reminded the school board of recent
discussion between CCISD and
CCAD concerning the non-renewal
of the existing contract for the
school to perform the functions of
(Please see CCISDon Page 2A)
JERRY CLOWER ,
• “Hot 100” charts as well as the ‘
“Pop ” charts on England’s In-
dustrial Radio Network
The Sound of Music Quartet has a
song ranked No 7 in gospel music in
the nation.
Clower. who is receiving the top
billing on the reserves show has
produced countless humorous
albums including “Top Gum and
“Ain’t God Good*” and three
publications including “Life
Everlaughter ”
Clower has received the "Country
Comic of the Year." award for nine
consecutive years by the country
music trade and fan publications.
The show wiU take place at 8 p.m
Saturday. April 1, tn the Calhoun
High School auditorium
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Calhoun County Independent
School District trustees reported
after a closed executive session in a
meeting that commenced on Tues-
day that they had been discussing
the organization of a superintendent
search committee.
“How we would make up that
thing,’’ Board President Carlton
"Pete’’ Hall said. What we will pay
to be the new superintendent and
how we will go about looking for
one.”
Hall said the school board decided
to pay in the $60,000 range for a
superintendent. He said the board
was going to hire a consultant to help
them in their search for a
superintendent
“We are going to make a
statewide search and we are going to
hire the most qualified person that
applies for that job,” Hall said.
Hall said the committee will be an
advisory committee to the board
"with the board having the final say
on who they hire. The committee
will act in an advisory situation It
will have input We will listen to it
and the people of the community.
What they have to say. and then we
will weigh that and hire the
superintendent.”
Hall said the committee will have
21 members There will be represen-
tatives of the CCISD Management
Action Committee. Teacher Ad-
visory Committee, Texas State
Teachers Association, Texas
Classroom Teachers Association,
CCISD secretaries staff, support
Headboat operators question rules
By PAUL FORTNEY
Wive Managing Editor
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Thought for today:
"Philosophy, when superficially
studied, excites doubt, when
throughly explored, dispelled.”
Sir Francis Bacon
personnel staff, industry, financial
institutions, Chamber of Commerce
senior citizens, ministerial alliance,
and Council of Parents-Teachers
Associations,
Hall said he would serve on the
committee and each school board
member will be appointing a
representative from his or her
district to serve on the advisory
committee
During a question answer session.
Hall was asked if the MAC team
would be allowed to interview the
field of supenntendent choices once
it was narrowed down “I am not
sure about that,’’ he replied “We
use our committee in that capacity ."
Hall said the school board needs to
talk to its consultant and to for-
mulate a system for hiring the
superintendent
Hall was asked who the consultant
will be He replied that he will make
a telephone call to Texas Education
Agency to get a suggestion. “It may
be Dr. Dan Long or it may be so-
meone else,” he said
Someone from the audience said
that in view of Long’s involvement
with the previous superintendent, it
was hoped that the school board
would get another consultant Long
was former superintendent Elvis
Arterbury’s non-legal represen-
tative during the negotiations.
Hall said the board had also ex-
pressed concerns.
The assistant superintendents,
Sylvester Walleck. Ed.D., and T. R.
Turk, Ed.D., both indicated they
plan to apply for the
supenntendent s job
Walleck has been employed by
Tickets for the Jerry Clower show
being sponsored by the Calhoun
County Sheriff Reserves on Apnl 1
are now on sale at the HEB Food
Store and the First State Bank in
Port Lavaca
The show represents the reserves
annual fundraiser.
Clower. who has been selected
"Country Comic of the Year." will
be joined by Billy Western and the
Sound of Gospel Music Quartet
Western is currently featured on
WSM’s Midnite Jamboree, which
originates from the Ernest Tubb
Opry land Record Shop every Satur
day night in Nashville His most re-
cent recordings include “I Love You
So Much It Hurts.” "Waitin For a
Tram,” and "Sitting On Top of the
World." They made the Cash Box
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Surber, Chester C. & Fortney, Paul, Jr. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 29, 1989, newspaper, March 29, 1989; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1298318/m1/1/?q=cemetery: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.