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Preview Clear Brook’s
varsity football team
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What’s PISD students’
favorite cafeteria food?
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BULLETIN: San Jacinto College has extended regular registration for the fall
semester through Thursday, Aug. 28. Registration hours are 8 a.m. through
7 p.m. For further information, call San Jacinto South at 484-1900. For infor-
mation on late registration, see story this page, left side.
August 27, 1992
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“The Voice of Community-Minded People"
Vol 17 Number 30
PISD board OKs record budget
Trustees of the Pasadena school district on Tuesday approved a budget for
1992-93 which is up $18.5 million over last year’s budget of $129.7 million. To.
fund the budget, there will be a 25.4 percent increase in the tax rate. Last year,
the tax rate was $1.14 per $100 of valuation. The rate to fund the newly approved
budget is $1.43 per hundred.
The new budget is 14.2 percent over last year’s, with much of the increase
going to employees. Teachers will get a $1,000 raise, administrators will be given
2 percent raises, and other employees will receive a 3.5 percent pay hike. In addi-
tion, newly added staff accounts for $5 million.
This was the first time in 30 years a school board member has voted against
the budget because it was too high. Carmen Orozco and Vickie Morgan voted against
it.
Former board member Billy Morris said he had voted against some budgets
because they did not give teachers enough money, but he doesn’t know of any in-
stance of a board member rejecting the budget because it was too high.
Orozco said she has been involved in education since the 1960s, and this is
the first time she could not support a budget. “We have an overtaxed community,”
she said. “Some businesses are going under. I will not support this budget.”
Morgan thanked the press for getting out the word on the budget, and she said
she has received many calls protesting the spending. Morgan felt that many of those
who complain to her are afraid to come out publicly for fear of repercussion. “The
administration says that is not warranted, but it is happening,” she said.
Trustee Denny Delafield, who voted in favor of the budget, also thanked the
Leader, the Pasadena Citizen and the chambers of commerce for their interest in
the budget, even if he did not always agree with them. (The South Houston and
Pasadena chambers opposed the record budget.) He called the budget “the most
humongous and awesome one ever passed. He lamented that the district has no sav-
ings account. “If you want to blame it on anything, blame it on a quality education
for our children.”
CCISD holidays Sept. 4, 7
Students in the Clear Creek Independent School District will have a four-day
weekend next week. Friday, Sept. 4, will be a teacher inservice day, and Monday,
Sept. 7, is the Labor Day holiday. Also observing the Labor Day holiday will be
the Pasadena school district and San Jacinto College.
College sets late registration
Late registration for San Jacinto College will be held Monday and Tuesday,
Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, on all three campuses. Hours will be from 2 to 3 p.m. and
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. both days.
Registrants should bring their automobile license tag numbers, proof of residency
in Texas the past 12 months and sufficient funds for registration costs and books.
A $20 late fee will be assessed.
For more information, call the South campus at 484-1900 or the Central cam-
pus at 476-1501.
Heavy trash pickup planned
South Belt area residents who live in the Houston city limits south of Fuqua
(Kirkwood, Sagemont and Scarsdale) will have their heavy trash picked up Thurs-
day, Sept. 3. That area is scheduled for the first Thursday of each month. The area
north of Fuqua (Beverly Hills) has heavy trash picked up on the second Monday
of the month.
PISD gains
400 students;
elementaries
lose locally
By Cheryl Bolen
Enrollment in Pasadena Independent
School District schools is up by 400
students this year, but enrollment at South
Belt area elementary campuses is down
from last year’s head count.
Districtwide enrollment on Monday was
38,628 students.
The South Belt area experienced growth
at secondary campuses, especially at the
bulging Beverly Hills Intermediate where
new classrooms under construction are ex-
pected to relieve overcrowding.
Beverly Hills’ enrollment on Monday
was 1,064 students, compared to 1,018 at
the same time last year.
Thompson Intermediate, with an enroll-
ment of 963, is up just two students over
the same time last year. South Houston In-
termediate increased from last year’s 1,058
to 1,103 this year.
Dobie High School, with 2,290 students,
experienced an increase of 36 students and
has the lowest enrollment of any high
school in the district. Rayburn, with 2,461
students, leads the district. South Houston,
at 2,368 students, increased from last year’s
2,350 students.
Two local elementary school enrollments
are virtually unchanged since last year.
They are Meador, at 666 compared to last
year’s 665, and Moore at 707, compared
to last year’s 710.
Texas Little League champs
Representing the state of Texas in Florida were these
Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little League All-Stars who were the
first from the South Belt area to make it all the way to the
regional finals. The team consists of, front row from left,
Tubby Escobedo, Daniel Willingham, Napoleon Malimban,
Mike Siggins, John Caswell and Zach Roberts. Top row,
Brian Coyle, Russell Minter, Mario Gutterrez, Shaun Stan-
ton, Delrick Brown, Terry Stormer, Josh Gregory and
Nathan Mitchell. The manager is Bob Mitchell, and Bryan
Willingham is coach.
Kirkwood club to meet
The Kirkwood Civic Club will hold its first meeting of the 1992-93 year Thurs-
day, Sept. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Leonard and Mary Root, 11518
Kirkmeadow.
Cowgirls hold garage sale
The Sagemont Cowgirls and cheerleaders will hold a garage sale from 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, to help earn funds for new uniforms. The sale will
be held at 10215 Glenkirk, off South Bluff.
Dobie yearbook on sale
The 1993 Dobie High School yearbook is on sale now through Dec. 1. Students
may order a yearbook or a yearbook and a video by mailing in the order form received
in homeroom the first day of school. For additional information, call the yearbook
office, 481-3000, extension 276.
CCISD waives all facilities use fees ^X^S^
. •4 DU VO ment there climbed from 551 a year ago to
In a move^o Chery Bolen adl the yearhe refore, trustees waived the fee last district facilities. They have always paid Jessup Elementary grew modestly from
s^m^ RoFer Davis mked the die se?’ra"on and
$155 000 in the distr f ut of an estimated trict s attorney, David Feldman, for an opi- Snooks said she favored eliminating the enrollment at Atkinson and Jessup will
5,000 in revenue for facilities use fees, mon about waiving the fee, fee because the federal government man- grow as bilingual testing is done. Those two
The board voted 5-2 to waive all facilities Feldman said the Y should be treated no dates districts make a provision for after- campuses will offer bilingual programs
barges differently than anyone else. school care, and the Y meets that need. Atkinson’s enrollment of 439 is down 13
Opposing the measure were board presi- When trustee Gary Davis made the mo- She also said she felt children in the Y students from the same time period a year
ent R°ger Davis and Dan Donaldson. tion at July’s board meeting that the Y ren- program might otherwise be latch-key ago
. The matter came to a vote when the tal fee be waived, Ro§er Davis declined the children left alone. All other South Belt campuses
CA asked the district to waive its fee motion. Charging for facilities is a complex issue, their enrollments decrease this year
for using the schools to provide after-school The board president said the attorney’s Many things need to be considered. The opening of three new elementaries
care. J . opinion rendered it necessary that everyone The district has not charged for Boy accounts for a drastic change at South
e YMCA offers the service at seven be treated equally. Scouts and Girl Scouts, and sports teams, Houston Elementary (down 239 students
district campuses. During the 1991-92 Then, Gary Davis made the motion that including basketball, have been given from 1 035 last year) and Freeman (down
school year, the district agreed to charge all facilities use fees be waived. liberal use of facilities 44 from last STXAA 5801
the Y for facilities use. in the pastcan deration has given 44 from last year's 580).
Pnoet D. . . in tne past, consideration has been given Enrollment at the new elementaries was
Roger Davis said the Y service is in Though she voted for the measure, to additional utilities costs and whether a Matthys 704; Morales 757- and Turner
direct competition with privately owned trustee Margaret Snooks said, “I think the district employee would have to come and 593
day care providers which pay taxes to the issue needs further study." open the building. Burnett, with 729 students, is down just
district and who have complained about the Roger Davis said he feels a Pandora’s One of the board’s most outspoken crit- 7 students from the same time last year.
:vbox has been opened. , ics, the fiscally conservative Margaret Frazier, at 448, is down by 26 students,
, he district did not bill the Y monthly It s not that I m opposed to the Y, Baird of the Taxpayers’ Coalition, did not and Garfield at 533 students is down bv
last year, resulting in presenting the Y with Davis said. “I’d like to help, but you can’t get ruffled over waiving the fee. 47 students
a staggering one-year rental fee statement give special favors as it suits your whim.” “I think they were charging too much,” Genoa Elementary has enrollment of
they were unable to pay. Some fledgling churches currently rent she said. 418, compared to 438 last year
Brookwood open house, fund-raiser
Brookwood Elementary PTA will have a silent auction and ice cream social
Tuesday, Sept. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the school, located on Middlebrook Drive
in the Brookwood subdivision. Those attending will attend the school’s first open
house and may tour the school and meet the faculty.
Auction items include meals at restaurants, hand crafted items, tanning and
fitness, antiques, cellular phone and more. Proceeds will fund PTA programs for
the upcoming school year.
The Brookwood PTA will meet at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month,
except December.
Bausers leave Thompson Intermediate for Japan
By Cheryl Bolen
to decide what to pack. Both were told they
Y soccer sign-up at Stuchbery
The Tri County YMCA will hold local registration for its youth soccer pro-
gram on Thursday, Sept. 3, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Stuchbery Elementary School,
11210 Hughes Road.
Teams are offered for children 3 years through eighth grade.
Registration will also be held at the Y in Pearland through Sept. 5. For addi-
tional information, call the YMCA at 485-6805.
Taking a year’s leave of absence from would not be able to purchase clothes to fit
Thompson Intermediate this year are nurse them.
Karen Bauser and her husband Jim, a social Though Karen’s size 12 is not large in
studies teacher at the school. the United States, it would not be available
They left Aug. 24 to spend a year in in Hadano.
Hadano, Japan, where Jim will teach And Japan cannot accommodate Jim’s
English at Pasadena’s sister city. 6-foot-2-inch frame in any way. He’ll have
A job notice in the school district’s to duck to get through the 6-foot doorways,
newsletter caught their eye in May, they ap- and clothes are out of the question because
The Bausers were innoculated with son next year, and Karen echoes the wish,
wanderlust when they were early married Once they had summers off together, the
and lived in Taiwan. Bausers secured their Freeway Manor
They put the itch to travel on hold while home and took to the road.
they reared three children. One summer Jim served as a volunteer
(Their daughter Ann Colina is married at a Pennsylvania battlefield to reenact
to a doctor and lives in Seattle; daughter battles.
Amy Ternois is married to a Frenchman In 1991, they logged 7,500 miles during
and lives in Maryland with their 5-month- their seven-week trek through the northwest
old son, Justin; and son Mike recently United States.
Wood Meadow II to meet
The Wood Meadow II homeowners association will meet Thursday, Aug. 27,
at 7 p.m. at the Clear Brook City Municipal Utility District Building, 11610
Sageyork.
Softball fall league set
The Sagemont-Beverly Hills Girls Softball Association will offer a fall instruc-
tional league for girls ages 6 to 14. Registration will be held Aug. 27 and 28 at
Shipley’s Donuts on Fuqua from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the
utility building on Hall Road from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Birth certificates are required of first-time players. The registration fee is $20.
For further information, contact Andy Cavender at 481-5663 or Lisa Walsh at
484-3129.
Judge holds barbecue
There will be summertime barbecue for Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Howard
Wayland on Friday, Aug. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Arco Recreation Center, 1300
W. Jackson. Tickets are $20.
Dobie senior pictures set
Dobie seniors who have not had their senior portraits taken should phone Bryn-
Alan Studios at 487-6654 for an immediate appointment. Senior portraits not taken
by Sept. 15 will not appear in the yearbook.
plied for the position in Japan and were 5 feet 8 inches is considered tall for a graduated from Marquett University.) They’ve hiked to the bottom of the Grand
selected in June. Japanese man. Once Mike, the youngest child, Canyon, and they’ve gone white river
Neither Jim nor Karen speak Japanese, Jim’s boss in Hadano schools, who graduated from South Houston High, Jim rafting.
but they were acquiring some vocabulary speaks fluent English, has been in frequent went back to school to get teacher certifica- Mike Bauser, like his parents, has taken
before they left. Jim said he could say, “I communication with the Bausers. tion. He student taught at Dobie and taught an overseas job. His two-year assignment
am fine and where is the bathroom?” He has rented an apartment in a high-rise two years in Dickinson before he came to for the Lutheran Church will take him to
In preparation for the year abroad, the apartment building. The small apartment Thompson last year to teach sixth-grade Tokyo for six months while his parents are
Bausers sold one of their cars and gave features a tatami to sleep on, which they social studies-the study of the world’s there.
another to a daughter. (They won’t need a will roll up in the morning and store in the geography, culture and history. So it looks like they’ll be going back and
car in Hadano because the Japanese rely on futon (closet). He hopes he can come back to Thomp- forth to Tokyo on a high-speed train.
their excellent public transit system.)
Karen requested a western-style table and
A University of Houston law student will chairs for the kitchen.
live in their house, and he will occasional- Jim will be the first native English ■ -rOcATU ctore may rAnen
ly use the Bausers’ remaining car. speaker to teach in Hadano, a city of ap- • PevA V 41€ ± 1
One of the hardest things to do in proximately 150,000 population. • C T * A 4
preparation for their year in Hadano was MostJapanesestudentsreadand write in pageW000 onoping U enter
English but cannot speak it well. Jim, with © 1 A ©
Karen at his side, will work at nine cam- By Cheryl Bolen Dallas office, but he will oversee it.
puses in Hadano, located about 50 miles The new owners of the Sagewood Shop- At the local level, Lori Duck of the
from Tokyo. ping Center on Scarsdale Boulevard are Weitzman Group will manage the center,
Jim, a former basketball player and well working with architects on a facelift for the and Charles Roof will be responsible for
known basketball ref in Pasadena from center, and they have pledged an aggressive leasing.
1970 to 1985, hopes to observe Japanese leasing campaign to fill the center. Weatherall said he is currently negoti-
students’ athletics. Cencor Realty and GE Capital bought the ating with Fleming Foods, owner of Holi-
Jim’s salary in Hadano will be more than center and 51 other properties for over $70 day Foods, about reopening and possibly
he made in Pasadena, though they won’t million from the federal government’s expanding the store, which closed in late
have Karen’s pay. In addition, the school Resolution Trust on Aug. 14. Six of the 1991.
system is paying the Bausers’ rent. properties are in Houston. Weatherall noted that the food chain and
They may not have many opportunities Cencor’s George Weatherall said his others had trouble operating with Resolu-
to spend the money, though. The school company is very enthusiastic about the tion Trust, which was “tough to deal with
year in Japan is 230 days (compared to 188 Sagewood Center, which he said is on the for leasing.”
in Texas) and he will have to teach two right side of busy Scarsdale Boulevard.
half-days on Saturdays each month. There "It's °n the ‘going home’ side of Scarsdale Another problem with Resolution Trust,
are 12 national holidays in Japan, and Boulevard,” he said. Weatherall said, was that it would not
students get two weeks off in December He has met with all the current tenants, spend money on properties.
and two more at the end of March. “They’re our kind of people,”he said. “We have plenty of money,” Weatherall
Jim’s 1992-93 school year will end July Cencor will manage and lease the prop- said, and they are prepared to spend it on
25. erty. Weatherall works out of Cencor’s the center.
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