The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 115, Ed. 1 Monday, September 11, 1995 Page: 1 of 8
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1995
Alvin Council
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Manvel decides against adding two officers
Analysis of Area Police Department Personnel
#Paid officers
City
Manvel
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14
6
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Alvin
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in city
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Angleton
7
31
10
yes
Brookside
14, 1 part-time
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yes
Santa Fe
16
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City awarded $75,000 in
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VOLUME 105, NO. 115
ALVIN, TEXAS 77511
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non-paids
Alvin Meals on Wheels will
hold a craft sale at ACC on Oct.
21. For more information call
Helen Dickensheets at 585-6633.
Carry
weapons
The Alvin Chapter of AARP
will‘have their monthly meeting
on Monday, Sept. 18, at 6 p.m. in
the South Park Baptist Church
Hall. All seniors are invited.
WELLBORN'S
331-3125
By Wendy Mohon
The Alvin Sun
By Wendy Mohon
The Alvin Sun
Newborn care and infant
safety classes are offered by St.
John’s Hospital. Call the hospital
for specific dates, 333-8839.
The next meeting of the
Athenaeirm Club will be held
on Oct. 3 al the home of Jean
Vance
West
Columbia
The Alvin Beta Sigma Phi
Scholarship Golf Tourney will
be held on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at
the Alvin Country Club. The
shot-gun start is at 1 p.m., regis-
tration is from 11 45 - 12:45 p.m.
Call 388-1812 for more informa-
tion.
Alvin Aggie Moms will meet
on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. at
Alvin State Bank s Community
Room.
St. John’s Hospital offers reg-
ular Lamaze classes on Monday
and Wednesday evenings (five
week course) from 6:30-8:30
p.m. or Sunday evenings (four
week course) from 4-7 p.m..
By Kristie Watthuber
The Alvin Sun
MANVEL - Council members on
Thursday concluded that adding two
full-time paid officers to the city’s
Police Department isn’t feasible at
this time.
Council was asked on Aug. 30 to
Women’s Aglow will meet
Thursday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. in
the Alvin Library.
By Kristie Watthuber
The Alvin Sun
Overeaters Anonymous meet-
ings are held weekly on Monday
night from 7:30-8:45 p.m. at
Alvin Community Hospital, 301
Medic Lane. Admission is free.
For more information, call Nancy
R. at 331-3938.
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CRIME STOPPERS
OF ALVIN
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Photo by Kristie Watthuber
No one was injured when an oil tank vent pipe caught fire about 10:16 a.m. last Thursday at a facility
on County Road 169, east of Liverpool. Officials with the Alvin Volunteer Fire Department said the cause
AFFORDABLE
STORAGE
OF ALVIN
1400 S. Durant • 331-0204
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The City of Alvin recently won
a jury verdict in a lawsuit with Cat
Contracting.
Cat Contracting claimed the
city had breached a contract with
the firm, while the city counter-
sued with the same breach of con-
tract claim.
A jury awarded the city $75,000
in damages, $45,000 and let the
City of Alvin keep the retainage
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consider the proposal made by
Mayor Meri Bradley to increase the
number of paid police officers on
Aug. 30, pending the review of a uti-
lization plan of Manvel Police
Department personnel
Police Chief John Rose was given
six days to develop a plan three of
those days spanned the Labor Day
The Alvin High School Class
of 1945 is having their 50th year
reunion on homecoming week-
end, Oct. 27-28. Alumni classes
of 1944 and 1946 are invited.
Reservations are needed by Oct.
15. Price is $20 per person. For
information, call 331-5654 or
393-2278.
for legal experts.
The case ran from Aug. 24 -
Aug. 31.
City Manager Marvin Norwood
said he is very pleased with the
outcome of the case.
“There was a lot of work that
went into it,” Norwood said. “I
take my hat off to the team effort.”
Cat Contracting was hired by
the city to wok on the West side
trunk line of the city’s sewer sys-
tem.
Machine Shop Service
MOBEN EQUiPMEIT
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Early voting for November
election begins next month
Early voting by personal appearance will be held at the Alvin-Pearland
tax substation on Highway 35 and County Rd 281.
Ballots may be cast Wednesday, Oct. 18 through Oct. 20 - from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.; Monday, Oct. 23 through Oct. 27 - from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Saturday, Oct. 28 - from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Monday, Oct. 30 through Nov.
1 - from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, Nov. 2 and Friday, Nov. 3 - from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m.
As a former fetus I
oppose abortion under
any circumstance
M J. Moore
ly-owned prescription drug called
Vicodin and a small amount of mar-
ijuana all were found inside the cou-
ple’s residence.
Vicodin is a medication used to
relieve pain.
Investigators say the drugs had
been stashed in various areas of the
master bedroom.
Both suspects are charged only
with possession of cocaine, because
of the small quantity of the two
other, narcotics officials said.
The couple was expected to be
arraigned Saturday morning
Injury to a child
An 18-year-old man was arrested
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weekend when most reference facil-
ities are closed.
While council members said the
study proved to be useful, budget
constraints make it impossible for
the city to hire more police officers.
“I’d love to have two more offi-
cers, but I need to see some other
discussion as to how we could afford
it,” Councilman Phil Rosenbaum
said.
Councilman Paul Doggett agreed
“This was not brought up or
included in the 1995-96 budget, and
I don't know where we’d get the
money at this point,” he said. “It's
just not there.”
In recent weeks, five officers -
mostly non-paid - have left the
department. Additionally, one non-
paid officer and one full-time paid
officer have been out because of ill
ness.
Bradley suggested adding the two
paid positions and cutting back the
number of non-paid officers within
the department from 14 to 4. Of the
14 non-paid officers, nine are patrol-
ready, and five are still in training,
officials said
Despite some council members’
indifference about non-paid police
officers. Police Chief John Rose said
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The Alvin EMS is actively
recruiting volunteer EMTs.
Come help the EMS help your
neighbors. .Call 388-4364 for
more information.
With that in mind, Council on
Thursday voted unanimously to
apply for another full-time police
officer through the grant.
Although federal funding for the
grant program is currently exhaust-
ed, Congress is expected to approve
more appropriations that will allow
cities like Manvel to further
increase their police forces.
Once the funding becomes avail-
able, council members said they’ll
reassess the city ’s need for addition-
al police officers.
“It can t hurt for us to let the gov-
ernment know we’re considering
adding another officer position, but
as I understand it. that’s really all we
can do right now until the additional
appropriations are approved,”
Councilman Ed Petru said. “We
don’t have to make another applica-
tion at this time; I think that when
the money is there, they (federal
government) will come to us.”
Rose said the addition of at least
one police officer would greatly help
his department.
“For a city our size, we should
probably have eight full-time offi-
cers, but when you’re faced with a
lack of funding, you just take what
you can get," he said
the officers are vital to the depart-
ment.
“All of the cities in Brazoria
County have a non-paid staff, even
the sheriff’s department,” Rose said.
“If one man can make a difference
and he is properly trained, why not
let him compliment the full-time
staff?”
MPD currently has six paid police
officers, including a crime preven-
tion officer Sander Stotland.
The city’s 1995-96 budget
includes $950 to fund Stotland’s
position, which was created in April
as part of a federal grant called
Cops FAST. The program is part of
President Bill Clinton’s anti-crime
bill and is aimed at cities with popu-
lations under 50,000.
Under the three-year, community-
oriented policing services grant, the
federal government pays a monthly
percentage of the officer ’s salary and
benefits. During the 1995-96 fiscal
year, the government is expected to
supplement the city’s $950 by con-
tributing $27,268 for the position
The mayor said the same grant
will provide funding for another
full-time officer position, if the city
elects to hire more police personnel
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‘ PHOMS WEDDINGS
Service men
and women
honored
The Bayou Republican
Women are hosting a luncheon
and style show on Friday, Sept.
29, 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. at 1501 W
South Street. Tickets are $5 per
sperson. Call 331-5654 for more
.information
Cocaine possession
An Alvin couple was arrested dur-
ing a controlled substance search at
an apartment in the 2500 block of
Highway 35 on Sept. 8. officials
said
The search warrant was executed
about 10 a.m. Friday by members of
the Galveston County Narcotics
Task Force and the Alvin Police
Department.
Steven Bradley, 36, and his wife.
Iris Bradley. 30, were arrested after
four packages of cocaine, an illegal-
Alvin Meals on Wheels is
planning to roast Mayor Elmer
Dezso on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7:30
p.m. at the Knights of Columbus
Hall, 6403 W. Highway 6. A
chicken spaghetti dinner will be
served at a cost of $10 and a
silent auction will be held. The
event is designed to raise funds
for the Meals on Wheels pro-
gram.
A summer art show is running
now through Sept. 22 in the Fine
Arts Gallery (Room B-215) at
Alvin Community College. The
show features the work of ACC
students.
The Knights of Columbus
will hold a Columbus Day
Festival on Oct. 7, starting at 11
a.m. at the KC Hall on SH 6. A
barbecue dinner, live music,
games, rides, crafts and an auc-
tion are planned.Proceeds benefit
the KC charity fund.
American Business Women’s
Association Month; Alvin Area
Achievers Chapter - American
Business Women’s Association
Month; and designated Oct. 8-14 as
Fire Prevention Week.
Council also addressed each of the
following items during the regular
council meeting:
• Council approved the final read-
ing of an ordinance, which will
allow the construction of parking
lots within 60 feet of the tops of the
banks of Mustang Bayou. This
action will amend an ordinance
approved in 1971 prohibiting such
construction. The new ordinance
establishes certain criteria for the
design of parking lots and requires
permits for construction.
• A request for a permit and
restriction waiver was granted for
Junior Achievement of Brazoria
County, Inc. to allow the group to
sell products from door-to-door
from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays
and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on week-
ends from Sept. 11 to Dec. 24.
• The final reading of an ordinance
to approve the 1995-96 budget
passed as part of the consent agenda.
• A list of auction items was
approved by council. The auction is
set for Sept. 16.
• Council also approved transfer-
ring excess usable furniture to the
Senior Citizens’ Center and the
Alvin Museum for future use.
Sept 7 in connection with the
assault of his 14-year-old wife,
police said. >
Bibiano Rodriguez, of the 1000
block of West Sidnor Street, was
charged with injury to a child. He’s
accused of assaulting a 14-year-old
girl in late last month.
Marijuana possession
A 31-year-old woman was arrest-
ed after a plastic bag containing
marijuana was found inside the vehi-
cle she was driving, officials said.
Dorothy L. Borjas, of Alvin, is
charged with possession of marijua-
na Alvin police said a small amount
of the drug was found on the front
seat of the 1987 Dodge D50 pickup
truck Borjas was driving.
A passenger in the pickup, Carlton
W. Granger of Alvin, also was
arrested. Police served Granger, 30,
with three outstanding warrants
involving traffic violations.
Theft
A rifle, a shotgun and a .22-caliber
pistol were reported stolen from a
residence in the 2400 block of South
Johnson Street on Sept. 7.
The value of the items totaled
more than $ 1,000.
Thursday night, Alvin City
Council approved the final plat on a
subdivision which will be located in
both Alvin and Friendswood.
The Star Estates Subdivision is
located off Farm to Market Road
528. The primary frontage of the 6-
lot property is within the City of
Friendswood, while one two-acre lol
and portions of the five other lots are
in Alvin.
The Planning and Zoning
Commission of Friendswood has
also approved the final plat.
Also during the Thursday meet-
ing, council authorized the city staff
to advertise for bids to expand Oak
Park Cemetery. The expansion is
expected to cost $144,000 and will
create 1,835 full-size spaces in the
cemetery.
Bid requests will be sent out on
Sept. 18 and will be due back to the
city by Oct. 3. The contract is
expected to be awarded by council at
the Oct 19 meeting.
A number of proclamations were
also presented at the Thursday night
meeting. Mayor Elmer Dezso pro-
claimed September as Mimosa
Chapter - American Business
Women’s Association Month; Gulf
Crossroads Chapter -American
Business Women’s Association
Month; Alvin Daytimers Chapter -
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For we write none other things
unto you, than what ye read or
acknowledge; and I trust ye shall
acknowledge even to the end; as
also ye have acknowledged us in
part, that we are your rejoicing,
even as ye also are ours in the day
of the Lord Jesus And in this
confidence I was minded to come
unte you before, that ye might
have a second benefit.
Corinthians 1:13-15
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