Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 62, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1994 Page: 2 of 26
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deadly weapon.
The Alvin Independent School District should be
commended once again for taking steps to ensure
students' safety. Starting in January, AISD Police
will be putting metal detectors in use on several
campuses.
When the detectors are operational, two units will
be set up five feet apart to create a magnetic field that
goes from the ground to seven feet high. Students
will walk through the field and if they are carrying a
gun, knife or pager - an alarm will sound.
The unit will be manned by two officers. If the
alarm sounds, the student will be taken to the side by
one officer — who will use a hand held device to
locate the area on the person, it a weapon or pager is
found, it will be confiscated and the student will be
dealt with appropriately.
The portable detectors will be handy at large events,
where violence can sometimes occur. Chief of
Security Wayne Duncan said random checks with the
detectors will be done on many of the campuses
during the year.
Ever since the threats and isolated outbreaks of
violence have occurred early in the school year, AISD
has taken step-by-step measures to curb the problem.
It's good to see that the district is sticking by its
commitment.
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Kyan requested that the majority
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every interest,” Ryan said. "We
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Brazoria County Jail, where he was subjects were involved in the strayed one unit at the Garden Gate
being held on $200,000 bond. shooting. A warrant was obtained Apartments on Mustang Road. The
Several weeks later, Alford was for the fourth suspect and it was unit was unoccupied at the time of
found dead in his jail cell after he also discovered that a juvenile sus- the blaze.
hung himself. He was awaiting trial pect was being sought by sheriffs Units from Alvin, Manvel,
on the murder charges. deputies in connection to an unre- Friendswood and Webster were
Family members of the couple lated incident called on to fight the fire.
have filed a lawsuit against Wal- Alvin Police officers and Brazoria Firefighters were able to keep the
Mart, claiming negligence on part County Sheriffs deputies went to a fire from spreading to other parts of
of the store. The suit alleges that residence in Pearland, where they the complex.
Alford signed an application to located the other suspects. Chaffin and State Fire Marshal
purchase a .38 caliber handgun. The Law enforcement officials seized Keith Riehs conducted a thorough
suit says that Alford said on the a rifle and a shotgun suspected of investigation and ruled the blase an
application that he had received being used in the incident. The arson. However, no suspects have
mental treatment. After he found weapons had been stolen in a bur- been apprehended in connection
out he would not be able to buy the glary in the city, along with several with the fire and investigators con-
gun, the suit says that Alford other personal items, which were tinue to check out leads on the case,
changed the response to the ques- ee, • a
tion and a salesperson and assistant
manager approved the sale.
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aggravated robberies, a police
spokesperson said. After leading Rocoluufione
law enforcement officers throughout •c3vnuuIUI1> —
the city, the pursuit ended in front Continued from page 1
of the Conoco station on Highway
6, where the suspect exited his van for this year are the same ones I
and came at BCSO Lt. Robert broke last year, so maybe I
should resolve not to make
resolutions," said Dezso.
Justice of the Peace Jerome
Jozwiak shares the mayor's
sentiments.
"New Year's resolutions are
like campaign promises," said
Jozwiak. "They're made with the
best intentions, but seldom kept,
so why should I make a
hended."
Major fires make headlines
Two major fires kept Alvin Vol-
unteer Fire Department busy in
August and early September. A
three alarm blaze destroyed a long-
time Alvin business, while several
weeks later, a two alarm fire gutted
one apartment unit at Garden Gate
Apartments.
Fire destroyed the Celco Paint
Center on Gordon Street, Aug, 10.
Firefighters from Alvin,
Friendswood, Algoa and Pearland
fought the blaze for five hours.
After an investigation by Fire
Marshal Spencer Chaffin and offi-
cials with the Texas Fire Commis-
sion, the cause of the fire was ruled
accidental.
A month later, a massive fire de-
Christopher with knife. Christo- also seized by police.
pher then fired a shot striking Helm "Our police response was over-
in the right eye area. whelming," APD Detective Sgt.
Helm was taken by Life Hight to Todd Arendell said. "I immediately
John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, activated sufficient personnel to en-
he was later released and was trans- sure this case was investigated to
ported to the Brazoria County Jail. the fullest extent of the law and did
In addition to the robberies. Helm not stop until every responsible
was charged with the aggravated as- party was identified and appre-
$9900 First Month Rent
robbery suspect led Brazoria County County Fair Rodeo Queen. "My hope for Alvin in 1994 is
Sheriffs Deputies and Alvin Police Alvin Mayor Elmer Dezso - nothing but the best," Dezso said,
officers on a 30-plus minute pursuit "I have realized several of my "I hope that everyone working for
through the city. aspirations this year, being elected the betterment of our community
Nathaniel Shane Helm, 24, of mayor, building my new will be successful in their
Alvin was wanted for a series of convenience store and being allowed endeavors."
diversification than buying funds were the worst performers,
individual bonds. However, such with total return of 2.21 percent,
mutual funds are not without The European currency crisis was
disadvantages. directly responsible for the erratic
In 1990, world bond funds swing.
outperformed all other bond funds. Although low inflation may not
with an average return of 11.64 always be easy to predict, it avoids
percent. Two years later, these same the volatility of currency swings.
When interest rates began to
decline in the United States, some
investors looked to foreign bonds
for higher income, and the strategy
paid off - for a while.
In 1986, U.S. owners of foreign
bonds realized a total return of more
than 20 percent from interest
payments and price changes. The
following year, that dropped to
13.79 percent, and in 1988, total
return declined to just five percent.
However, money managers
continue to encourage
diversification into overseas bonds,
because it generally pays off over
the long term.
The short-term volatility of
foreign bonds can be attributed to
currency risk.
For example, during the first
quarter of 1993, Japanese bonds
rewarded U.S.
investors with a 16.64 percent
total return, but Japanese investors
received only 2.72 percent.
This happened because, during
that period, the Japanese yen
jumped 12 percent in relation to the
value of the dollar. Had the dollar's
value risen instead during that time,
U.S. investors would have suffered.
Currency exchange is unpredictable
in the abort term. However,
analysts agree that diversifying into
overseas bonds generally pays off in
the long term.
There are two ways to invest in
overseas bonds: purchase them
directly through a U.S. broker, or
invest through mutual funds.
Investors who purchase bonds
.directly seldom realize any price
change until the bonds are sold or
mature.
Purchasing mutual funds that
invest in foreign bonds generally
offers less risk and better
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much of the space as we could for Drive-by shootings solved
the community and we feel like in what was termed as some
we ve accomplished that. "overwhelming police response,"
Local man murders parents
A few tragic stories also made in a drive-by shooting of house in
headlines in 1993. One of those in- the 1500 block of West Phillips in
volved an Alvin man who fatally early December.
shot both of his parents in A juvenile, who was inside of the
September. house at the time, was uninjured.
Mike Alford, 37, called the 911 APD Detectives and officers were
dispatcher saying that he had shot called to investigated the scene,
his parents. When police arrived at Approximately one hour after the
the scene, Alford surrendered him- shooting, a sheriffs deputy pulled
self to authorities, and both parents, over a car matching the discription
Claude Brantley Alford and Mary of the suspect vehicle. The occu-
Alford, were found dead. pants of the vehicle met the
discriptions of the suspects.
Alford was then charged with As the investigation continued,
capital murder and transferred to the officers discovered that two more
role as their coach.
In addition to coaching, he has
unselfishly taught lifeguarding and
progressive swim classes. Also, he
has been seen in the lifeguard's
stand on occasion.
Even with all of the hours of
volunteer serve, Cowles finds time
to be a Houston fireman, father and
husband. His wife Linda and sons
Chance and Casey are all active
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The Carl Cooper Award, one of has been in the area of aquatics.
the Greater Houston YMCA’s most For the past three years, he not
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