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and failure of the Council to ascer- said would be somewhat difficult,
tain the facts surrounding this since it would require entry into a
citizens to conclude that department Mapel to recommend that the court
heads are not competent enough to hire an assistant D.A. "to do
perform the duties for which they nothing except work the jail, so
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Tyler Finney
Tyler Finney celebrated his
second birthday on Jan. 10. His
parents are Joe and Dobie Finney.
Grandparents are Joe and Voncile
Finney and Larry and Chris Kinsey.
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Emily E. Nelson
Emily E. Nelson celebrated her
first birthday on Jan. 12. She is the
daughter of Bill and Carol Nelson
and the granddaughter of Raymond
and Dorothy Hansen and and Bob
and Betty Nelson.
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tax revenues to other tax supported
institutions.
In the area of economic develop-
ment, the commission recommends
that the Chamber of Commerce be
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violation of the Charter under Arti-
cle VII, Section 18 Depository and
Withdrawal and is still in violation
of the Charter, because the Council
has not complied with this section.
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firmative action goals, warding off court, adding, "We have 10 or 12
managerial obsolescence and hiring who are willing to take some of
the right people at the right time these (defendants) on a rotation
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sion's opinion that the restriction of structure. The commission has been
this revenue invites instances of told by companies, that concrete
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that people who have been out there tough," Phillips said.
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sentenced to probation, and trying providing educational or recreational
them would free jail space. programs for them
"I told (the officials) that I have a
long list, and I can find no place on
it where we are going to start an
educational program or a structured
recreational program," he said. "If
the Wyndham Independent School
district, which is responsible and is
provided funds to educate inmates of
could have been obtained for the
same cost. According to the report,
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Hayden Richard Ivey is wished a
happy second birthday by his sister.
Heather and brother. Hunter. He
celebrated the day, Dec. 11 at his
home in Uvalde with a pizza party,
snowman cake and snowman
pinata.
Hayden is the son of Randy and
Lisa Ivey of Uvalde. Grandparents
are Richard and Irene Peltier of
Manvel and Bill and Sandra Ivey of
Alvin. Great grandparents are Mary
Kucera of Alvin and Evelyn Coppie
of Corsicana.
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Correction, no matter where they
are...If they are not worried about
it. I'm not worried about it."
He said the county will try to
take care of the small physical
requirements, such as lighting, the
state has said are not now being
met by the county.
"But as far as getting into a
situation where we're going to
spend an immense amount of
money to put in special programs
to take care of problems that are not
ours, I'm not for it," Phillips said.
"I think Mr. (Jack) Crump (of the
Jail Commission) understands
that”
Phillips added, however, that
Crump has been understanding.
"I have no problems with him,"
Phillips said. "He has a job to do. I
think he has been very lenient with
us."
sonnel. expeditiously." last week, Phillips emphasized that
The report said that planning fu- Many of these prisoners who are his priorities involve finding space
ture staffing needs to make invalu- charged with misdemeanors will be to put beds for inmates, not
Keith Hixenbaugh
Keith Hixenbaugh celebrated his
fifth birthday on Jan. 15. He is the
son of Eric and Toni Lamm
Hixenbaugh and the grandson of
Barbara and Rudy DeMarco,
Charles Hixenbaugh and Hal and
Lorrie Lamm.
Keith we hope you have a happy
fifth birthday. We love you.
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The commission suggested that the allowed to process and administer
Council needs to comply with these future economic development grant
rules immediately. projects on behalf of the city rather
The Council is also in violation than hiring consultants.
of the Charter in the use of sales The Commission also questioned
and use tax, reports said. Commis- the city's expenses in some areas,
sion members said they could un- For example, one of the items
derstand how this happened and the was a sidewalk which has been laid
commission recommends that the along Ryan Drive. Asphalt was
Council submit to the voters the used on the project instead of con-
deletion of this section as it re- crete because at some point in the
stricts the use of revenue at a time future, that section of Ryan Drive
when the funds could better be ap- would have to be lowered and re-
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"We feel it is more important
than ever to reconfirm the
Chamber commitment to
"working together," said Banquet
Committee Chair, Mary
Schomburg. "By recognizing this
special group of people, we are
showing the community how
people truly make a difference by
being a light in someone's life.”
The Alvin Manvel Chamber of
Commerce 37th Annual
Installation of Officers and
Awards Banquet will be held Feb.
19, with the reception beginning
at 6:30 p.m. and dinner being
served at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30
an individual and $300 a table.
For reservations, contact the
Chamber at 331-3944.
Second class pottage paid at Alvin, TX. 77512
Published Tuesday 4 Saturday
201 E House St., Alvin, TX. 77512 •(713) 331-4421
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Reports also suggested that the believe we now have 41 additional
Council review requests for consul- counties that would like to be a
tant and contract services. The party to that suiL”
commission believes the excessive He told commissioners court he
use of these services leads many has asked District Attorney Jim
___________________ SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1994
VA office announces
1994 life insurance
policy dividends of
over $51 million
The Department of Veterans The largest group in Texas to
Affairs (VA) has announced it will receive 1994 payments will be
pay more than $51,361,000 in 110,716 veterans of World War II
dividends in 1994 to 127,076 Texas with National Service Life
veterans holding active veterans' life Insurance ("V") policies. They will
insurance policies. receive an average payment of
These dividends are made possible $392, with total payments expected
because veterans are living longer to reach $45,146,000.
than originally predicted, and the Some 11,128 Texas Korean
insurance trust funds are earning Conflict veterans who have
high yields from investment in maintained Veterans Special Life
long-term government securities. Insurance ("RS” and "W ") can
"This is good news for veterans expect to receive dividends
and an economy in need of this kind averaging $405 for a total of
of positive stimulation," said $4,457 000.
Houston VA Regional Office Dividends totaling $558,000 for
c,, .01.1 Director Ted W. Myatt. an average payment of $256 will go
hasn t even been billed yet. The national payout of $955.9 to 1716 Texas World War I
The committee was most inter- million is comparable to dividends veterans with U S Government
ested in the payment to a vendor of paid in recent years, with $963.3 Life Insurance EK»pics
$30,400 for moving 380 loads of million paid nationwide in 1993 -sommerexPetsns who
dirt from the City Cemetery to the and $1 billion paid in 1992. The hinetrnbpedsntmnswo
Landfill at $80 per load. This took 1994 navout will be credited veterans Reopened Insurance
nlace ADrii 30 1992 through Mav . paxout. De credited policies will share a $1,200,000
6 1992PThe commission's inves- automatically to some 2.5 million dividend. Average payments to "J"
gauonrevealemmhesdepariment policyhatderoonethe anniversary policyhoiders wibe$308;10"R”
head 10 which this item was changed Policyholders may choose io policyhoilder,s526lian °
refused to sign the invoice since he receive a check or select one of nine While VA also administers a
had not requested the dirt and there alternate dividend options. VA is While VA in
was not a purchase order for it The cautioning veterans that only those Pnsuande coverage and a special life
inyoieswaspaidby the Finance policies that have been kept in force insurance program fordisabled
Manager who maintained he ty receive annual dividend veterans, neither pays dividends,
proved il on » emergency basis. distnbudiondend amount will vary pAvsuperises a ~e™Tiu
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that it could not be used at the andicuronn rOm for active-duty:servicermembersand
landfill. The report said the city was aPPiLaton is nXJv reservists. Nodividends are paid on
forced to buy additional dirt at $45 P°ycordnsis nefesaenc Servicemen s Group Life Insurance,
ner 1ad in cover thic Ann Government lite insurance Veterans who have questions
pernloadt this $30,400 policies were issued to World War I about their policy may call the VA
The ommiecon 1eom. ,i.A and II and Korean Conflict veterans Insurance toll-free number: 1-800-
The commission learned the serving between 1917 and 1956. 669-8477
Council approved this emergency °"
expenditure on June 11, 1992 in a CAini'1/
very vague reference. • UUI f IV ,
The commission said they con- Continued from page 1
sider this to be a prime example of
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Charter violation and further sets
forth a large fund of money which
i can attract the wrong type of atten-
l tion.
1 The report said that city depart-
ment heads did not understand the
proper chain of command and the
limitations of their authority. The
commission advised that department
heads and all employees should be
advised they must always use the
chain of command and that the
Council should never encourage
employees to depart from this
course.
Commission members also made
suggestions about the use of ATVI
funds.
According to the report, ATVI
funds are tp be used to promote
tourism and help fill the city's ho-
tels, motels and restaurants, bring-
ing revenue to the city through in-
creased buying by visitors. The
committee feels that the Council
has been less than circumspect in
approving requests for these funds
and there apparently is no follow-up
on how these funds are actually
used.
The report suggest that all re-
quests for funds to promote tourism
should be coordinated with the
Chamber of Commerce ATVI
Committee. The Charter Review
Commission also said they would
discourage the future donation of
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have to put more money towards
public safety."
Alvin Police Capt. Terry Lucas
also informed Hermann of the de-
partment's efforts to curb gang
problems.
"Assaults by alleged gang mem-
bers are being investigated on a day-
to-day basis,” Lucas said. "We also
plan to tackle the problems with
graffiti in the near future.
"As far as a curfew goes, we've
talked to a couple of cities about an
ordinance and we plan to get with
City Council in the future about
this."
Lucas said that APD will con-
tinue to fully carry out its "zero-
tolerance" policy on gang violence.
He cited arrests in drive-by
shootings at a residence on Phillips
Street and at Sonic as part of the
department's commitment to
fighting the gang problems.
"I know this is a high priority
issue with our police department,"
Dezso said. "And I am confident of
their efforts to combat these prob-
lems.”
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10-15 days."
A trial of this idea two weeks ago
helped clear some jail space,
Phillips said.
The trail involved a list of 27
persons, all charged with
misdemeanors. All of them /had
been in jail over 19 days and four
for more than 100 days.
"We need to get these people
adjudicated...A 103 days on a public
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Schwind, Jim & Kramer, Mark. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 67, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1994, newspaper, January 15, 1994; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1561679/m1/2/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.