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The Silsbee Bee
VOLUME 73 • NUMBER 19
SILSBEE, TEXAS 77656, THURSDAY, JUNE 7,1990
14 PAGES IN 1 SECTION
Officials Continue To Agonize
Over How To Build New Jail
Hardin County commission-
ers looked at yet another set of
alternative plans for a new jail
Monday after the Texas Com-
mission on Jail Standards re-
fused to allow the county to add
additional cells in the jail’s
chapel to help relieve over-
crowding.
Representatives of the archi-
tectural/engineering firm of
Adams, Richardson and Assoc-
iates Inc. approached the jail
commission this past week with
tentative plans to add two
eight-man cells in the chapel
and one or two bunks in the
women’s cell.
The additions would have
increased the 31-bed jail's ca-
pacity to approximately 47
beds, helping to relieve over-
crowding and perhaps delay the
necessity of boarding inmates
in other counties’ facilities.
The jail commission on May
23 voted to place a cap on the
jail of 31 properly classified
inmates. The jail has been
decertified since March 1988
because of overcrowding and
related problems.
County Judge M.R. “Pete"
McKinney said he received the
remedial order capping the jail
population Monday, giving the
county until June 18 to rectify
the overcrowding. One method
of reducing the number of
inmates is to house them in the
jails of other counties at a cost
of approximately (60 per in-
mate, per day.
The plan to add cells and
Whaps delay the
Inmates was not
the commission because what
the county was asking for was
not consistent with its needs,
said Armand Fisher, vice presi-
dent/architect with Adams,
Richardson.
A letter dated May 81 by
Jack E. Crump, executive di-
rector of the jail commission,
said the jail's overcrowding
already taxes other service and
support areas.
“Your proposal to add low-
risk space is not consistent with
the incarceration needs and
does not provide that needed
service or support space,”
Crump said in the letter. “The
jail commission will review any
proposal that would solve the
complete incarceration needs of
Hardin County.”
One or two bunks may still be
able to be added in the women’s
cell, Fisher said.
The architect presented com-
missioners with a plan to build
a one-story, 144-bed jail at the
courthouse with no new ad-
ministrative offices for the
sheriff's department. The plan
proposed to use the existing
sallyport for department park-
ing, with a secure sallyport and
the jail constructed adjacent to
the existing covered area.
The estimated cost of the
144-bed facility is approximate-
ly $2.9 million. Fisher said.
“You're trading the sheriff's
office for extra jail space,” he
said. A 96-bed jail with no
offices would cost approximate-
ly (2.69 million.
Building a 144-bed facility
would allow the county to hold
inmates for other entities,
bringing in funds which could
be used towards the debt
service on certificates of obli-
gation or bonds, McKinney
said. The larger jail would also
allow for increases in the num-
ber of Hardin- County inmates
Immunization Shots
To Be Available
For Beginning Students
The Hardin County Health
Department, located in the
Hardin County Courthouse An-
nex in Kountse, will be open on
Wednesdays from 8 a.m. until
11 a.m. to give immunization
shots that are necessary for
children to enter school.
A representative of the
drnurtkea pAPfirn
mended that parent
S “
for a number of years.
“It sounds pretty good to
me,” Precinct 3 Commissioner
Bill Fregia said. “It sounds like
the whole state is going to be
farming (inmates) out. If we
can get that kind of capacity,
we will prohably be able to pay
for the (jail) without robbing
the people.”
Sheriff H.R. “Mike” Holzap-
fel said the jail would be filled
with Hardin County inmates by
the time the facility was paid
for or before. Boarding inmates
for other entities would simply
provide an extra benefit to the
county in the meantime, he
said.
‘To me, this makes a lot
more sense than the things
we’ve seen so far,” county
judge-elect Tom Mayfield said,
adding that he would like to see
written assurance that other
entities would be Willing to
house their inmates in Hardin
County. Mayfield and others
have protested plans to include
administrative offices in a new
jail facility and to build at a site
other than the courthouse.
Mayfield said he would sup-
port the 144-bed proposal if
Holzapfel can produce the writ-
ten indications from other enti-
ties.
Removing the offices from
the jail plains poses a problem
for county officials, who are
faced with devising a method of
removing asbestos from the
current sheriffs offices while
they are occupied. McKinney
said he had hoped to have the
department's personnel moved
into new offices before the
clean-up job began. Structural
repairs are also needed in the
offices.
Commissioners were sche-
duled to vote to issue $2,995
million in certificates of obli-
gation at their regularly sche-
(Soa Jail Sac. 1. Pag* 14)
Expanded Airport Could
Produce Economic Benefits
An expanded airport could
mean industry and jobs in
Hardin County, several mem-
bers of the Hardin County
Economic Development Com-
mission learned when they met
May 26 to discuss the economic
impact of proposed improve-
ments to Hawthorne Field.
“When corporate site selec-
tion committees consider areas
in which to locate, airports are
always on the list of top 10
criteria," Charles Willis, presi-
dent of Charles Willis & As-
sociates of
Willis was I
rlington, said.
approved* by uPd*te th® airport’s master
Corporate America travels
by private aircraft, allowing
easy access to places which may
not be serviced by scheduled
carriers, he said.
“A well-equipped and well-
managed facility makes an area
more attractive to industry,”
Willis said. “A corporate jet
based in the .county can also
mean three to five jobs.”
The proposed upgrading of
the airport would lengthen the
airport’s 3,800 foot landing
strip, airport board member
Buddy Cowart said.
.7, 'fiitflnrtiM tlifpresent run-
way to 5,000 fee$ would allow
more business jets to access the
county, thereby increasing our
chances of attracting new in-
dustry," Cowart said.
In 1986, the cost of the
runway extension was estimat-
ed at approximately $900,000,
with the possibility of 90 per-
cent of the cost to be funded by
a Federal Aviation Administra-
tion grant. Of the remaining 10
percent, 5 percent may be
funded by the Texas Depart-
ment of Aviation. Economic
Development Commission
member Charles Breaux said
he believed the county is due
from the FAAJsr.l«)d
purchased when the original
facility was constructed. The
Organized Activities, Increased Patrols
Are Approved For Exquisette Park
Silsbee City Council gave the
go-ahead May 30 for organized
activities and increased police
patrols at a city park in an
effort to curb recent problems
with unruly crowds.
“We don’t want that park
closed down, and the com-
munity doesn't want that park
closed down, so we're trying to
work out some kind of agree-
ment to keep it open,” Council-
woman Lenda Blount said
Tuesday.
Jack Martin, chairman of the
city’s Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board, approached
the city council in mid-May
with a list of recommendations
made by the advisory board
and by citizens to help reduce
problems at Exquisette Park on
21st Street. The problems in-
clude noisy crowds which re-
fuse to disperse, frequent dis-
turbances and fights, loud mu-
sic and objects thrown at police
officers.
Suggestions to help rectify
the problem included day-in-
the-park type of organized ac-
tivities sponsored on alternate
Sundays by area churches, with
a coordinator to be hired and
paid through the park equip-
ment budget. Another sugges-
tion was to pay off-duty patrol-
men overtime to patrol the city
parks and increase law enforce-
ment's visibility.
Blount said the council’s vote
to accept the suggestions was
unanimous, but stressed that
the plan will be adopted for a
trial period and will be evaluat-
,ed at the end of August.
Officials said at the May council
meeting that the park could be
closed if the measures do not
help lessen the problem.
Assistant City Manager Ce-
sar Dominguez said the advi-
sory board met without a
quorom to discuss the council1!
vote to accept the recom-
Yolanda Johnson has been
hired as coordinator of the
day-in-the-park program to or
chestrate activities and volun-
teers. Tony Runnels has offer-
ed to act as chairman of the
committee of volunteers, Do-
minguez said.
It has not yet been determin-
ed how Johnson’s salary will be
computed, he said. Officials
have allocated $500 from the
park equipment budget for
supplies and materials required
for the program.
A meeting may be conducted
next week to begin coordina-
tion of the volunteers for the
biweekly activities, Dominguez
said.
credit could be applied to the
county's portion of the match-
ing funds; if the credit is
received, the county’s contribu-
tion to the project could be
small, Breaux said.
An environmental impact
study should be completed
soon, Willis said. The study,
along with an economic forecast
and other data, will complete
the master plan,
“We are running on schedule
and should have the total study
completed by August,” he said.
“At that time, the county will
beJn. a position to submit a
ptfyosal for improvements to
the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration."
Community support of the
project is essential to its suc-
cess, Willis said.
’The FAA will not award
grants to groups who neither
support nor recognize the need
for aviation in their communi-
ties,” he said.
“I believe the current facility
is proof that the citizens of
Hardin County are aware of the
economic benefits of the airport
to the area. I also believe they
(So* City to*. 1, Pog* 14)
Wife Is Arrested
After Evadale Man
Is Stabbed To Death
Jasper County sheriff’s depu-
ties arrested the 18-year-old
wife of a man stabbed to death
Sunday and charged her with
murder, Jasper County Sheriff
Aubrey Cole said.
Jalene Santos Murphy was
arrested Sunday afternoon in
the murder of 22-year-old Rob-
ert Wayne Murphy of Evadale.
Robert Murphy was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at
Baptist Hospital in Beaumont
early Sunday.
Murphy was reportedly stab-
bed once in the left side with a
heavy, serrated steak knife
about 1 a.m. Sunday, Cole said.
The stabbing occurred at the
Murphys’ residence approxi-
mately 2.5 miles north of Eva-
dale.
Air Rescue transported Mur-
phy to Baptist after the stab-
bing. Jasper County officials
were notified of his death about
3:38 a.m., Cole said.
No one else was at the
residence at the time of the
stabbing, he said. The couple’s
two small children were al-
legedly visiting relatives.
Jalene Murphy was taken
from the residence to Silsbee
Doctors Hospital for obser-
vation after she claimed she
had been beaten earlier, Cole
said. After she was examined
and released, she was taken to
the sheriff's department for
questioning.
Justice of the Peace Clark
Gimpel set bond for Jalene
Murphy at $15,000. She was
released from jail on bond
Monday afternoon.
Funeral for Murphy was at 2
p.m. Tuesday at Fanner Fun-
eral Home with burial at Morse
Cemetery in Buna. Rev. Jack
Holt officiated. Murphy was a
lifelong resident of Evadale and
was an ironworker.
Survivors other than his wife
include a son, Robert Joseph
Murphy of Evadale; daughter,
Brittney Danielle Murphy of
Evadale; parents, R.E. and
Gloria Murphy of Evadale;
brothers, Bennie Earl Murphy
and Rockey Lynn Murphy, both
of Evadale; sisters, Lesia Jean
Coleman, Sandra Louise Cole-
man, Penny Lee Millirow and
Tammy Renee Willis, all of
Evadale; grandparents, Lucy
Mae Murphy of Evadale and
Marie Dunnock of Vidor.
Lamar To Offer Giro Curriculum
Classes At Silsbee High Campus
Two Get Prison Terms In
356th District Court Action
East Texas residents-and
anyone else who so desires-can
now complete the first two
years of college core course-
work at a location near their
homes, thanks to off-campus
credit programs at Lamar Uni-
versity-Beaumont.
Beginning with the Fall I960
semester, Lamar has scheduled
class offerings for two years at
the Silsbee field center, which
will be relocated to Silsbee
High School. With this sche-
dule, any student, regardless of
major, can plan to earn credits
for core curriculum classes
which are required of all ma-
jors.
“The classes we have sche-
duled are those courses which
everyone is required to com-
plete as an undergraduate,”
Janice Brammell, assistant di-
rector for credit programs,
said. “These courses include
freshmen and sophomore level
English, history, political
science, laboratory science ami
mathematics courses, among
Lamar University has been
providing credit courses in
Silsbee for about 15 years,
Trammell said, but the two-
year core curriculum plan rep-
resents the first time the
university has been able to
schedule ewe courses two
years in advance.
‘This two-year schedule has
been developed as an out
growth of our co
said. “We realize that many
people are unable to assume the
traditional role of on-campus
student, but still desire to
pursue a degree in higher
education.
Through off-campus credit
programs, they can earn the
credits they need with classes
scheduled at times and lo-
cations which are convenient
and close to home,” she said.
Currently, Lamar University
H.E.B. Pantry Store
In Lumberton Slated
For Septembe Opening
Lumberton will once again
have two grocery stores when a
H.E.B. Pantry store opens this
fall on Highway 96.
Groundwork has begun on
the 23,563-square-foot store,
which will be located beside
Diary Queen. Opening of the
store is tentatively slated fw
Sapt* 2D*
That’s a pretty tight sche-
dule. Everything hinges really
on being able to get the
concrete poured" without inter-
ference from the weather, Ron
Bollinger, superintendent fw
Craig General Contracting of
Arlington,said
off-campus classes in Silsbee:
are conducted at Silsbee Middle
School, but the growth of the
program has been such that the
move to Silsbee High School
will be made this fall.
“Moving to the high school
will enable us to offer more
courses, such as lab sciences,”
Trammell said. “The demand
has just steadily increased from
year to year, and with this
move, we’ll be better able to
meet it."
Since 1966, Lamar has wit-
nessed a 79 percent increase in
enrollment in Silsbee. Enroll-
ment was 110 in Fall 1986,
jumping to 197 in Spring 1990.
The greatest number of stu-
dents enrolled was recorded in
Spring 1969, with 210.
Trammell predicts that en-
rollments will continue to rise
with the new two-year plan.
“With the two-year program,
students will see not only what
will be offered, but also when,”
she said. “It will help increase
enrollment because students
can now make a commitment to
enrolling much further in ad-
vance."
she said. “Because of that, they
are attractive to the adult
learner, and we expect the
two-year plan to be as warmly
received as our current class
offerings have been.
“However, the two-year plan
can also help the traditional
student-that student who has
just graduated high school. By
enrolling at the Silsbee field
center, the traditional student
who lives in East Texas can
ease his transition into college
life a little more gradually,
since classes are conveniently
located near his home.”
Registration fw classes at
the Silsbee field center will be
conducted from 4 to 6 p.m.
(SoolamarSec. I. Pag* 14)
Two persons were sentenced
to prison and 11 others were
placed on probation after they
entered pleas in separate cases
in the 356th District Court May
31, according to the records of
District Attorney R.F. “Bo"
Hwka and District Judge Britt
Plunk.
Gary Leslie Furthmyer, 37,
Rt. 9, Box 663, Sour Lake,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
sexual assault of a child re-
duced from a charge of aggra-
vated sexual assault of a child.
He was sentenced to 15 years in
prison, with credit fw time
served, and was ordered to pay
court costs upon parole. The
sentence will run concurrently
with any sentence handed down
in Kansas courts.
Robert Arrie Hooks, 27, Star
Rt. 2, Box 700, Silsbee, pleaded
guilty to a charge of burglary of
a habitation and was sentenced
to 12 years in prison. He was
ordered to pay court costs and
$63.67 in restitution upon pa-
role and was given credit for
time served in jail. The sen-
tence will run concurrently
with all Jefferson County mis-
demeanor cases and a pending
burglary of a motor vehicle
charge was dismissed for the
plea.
Bobby Joe Quinn, 31, P.O.
Box 17, Hardin, pleaded guilty
to a misdemeanor charge re-
duced from a charge of posses-
sion of a controlled substance
(methamphetamine). He was
fined $500, plus court costs, and
was placed on one year of
unadjudicated probation.
Earl Foster, 49, 460 S. Uth
St., Silsbee, pleaded guilty to a
charge of theft. He was placed
on three years of unadjudicated
probation and was ordered to
pay court costs and $1,395 in
restitution.
Jackie William Brumfield,
33, P.O. Box 1615, Buna,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
felony driving while intoxicat-
ed. He was fined $1,000, plus
court costs, and was placed on a
five-year sentence suspended
over five years of probation. He
was also sentenced to 30 days in
jail and his driver's license was
suspended for |g> days. A
pending case of possession of a
controlled substance was dis-
missed for the plea and Brum-
field received credit for time
already served.
Danny Roy Worth Jr., 34,
2715 Myrtle, Vidor, pleaded
guilty to a charge of felony
driving while intoxicated. He
was fined $1,500, plus court
costs, and was placed on a
four-year sentence suspended
over four years of probation.
He was sentenced to 10 days in
jail, with credit for time ser-
ved, and his driver’s license
was suspended for two years.
Another pending charge of
felony driving while intoxicated
was dismissed for the plea.
Lawson Edward Loper Jr.,
44, 130 Victoria, Lumberton,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
indecency with a child. He Was
placed on five years of un-
adjudicated probation and was
ordered to pay court costs.
Charles Dewain Dear Jr., 27,
P.O. Box 1883, Silsbee, pleaded
gulity to a charge of theft. He
was fined $500, plus court
costs, and was placed on 10
years of unadjudkated pro-
bation. He wu also ordered to
pay $2,749.50 in restitution. All
pending justice of the peace
court cases were dismissed for
the plea.
Glenda Lynn Woods Dear,
33, P.O. Box .1888, Silsbee,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
burglary of a habitation. 9m
was placed on one year of
unadjudicated probation and
was ordered to pay court costs
and $1,069.29 in restitution. A
pending charge of theft by
possession and a justice of the
peace court ease were dismiss-
ed for the plea.
George Bylsma, 68, Rt. 8,
Box 313, Lumberton, pleaded
no contest to a charge of
indecency with a child. He was
placed on three years of un-
adjudicated probation and wu
ordered to pay court costs.
Allen Lorenzo Jagneaux, 86,
6370 College St., Beaumont,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
burglary of a building reduced
from a charge of burglary of a
habitation. He wu fined $750,
plus court costs, and wu placed
on three years of unadjudicated
probation.
Mary Ovena Thomu, 30,
P.O. Box 1508, Liberty, plead-
ed guilty to a misdemeanor
charge reduced from a charge
of possession of a controlled
substance (methamphetamine).
She wu fined $500, plus court
costs, and wu placed on one
year of unadjudicated pro-
bation.
Patrick Wayne Taylor, 22,
Rt. 5, Box 1160, Breaux Bridge,
La., pleaded guilty to a' charge
of misdemeanor theft reduced
from a charge of felony theft.
He wu fined $500, plus court
costs, and wu placed on one
year of unadjudkated pro-
bation. He was also ordered to
pay $150 in restitution.
Lumberton Man Is
Charged With Assault,
Robbery In Missouri
A Lumberton man hu been
charged with assault, robbery
criminal action in
vith the r
a florist’s shop in Missouri in
January.
Mkhael J. Fowler allegedly
entered the flood shop Jan. 19
and asked fw an arrangement
of roses, according to Associ-
ated Preu reports. Fowler
allegedly attacked shop owner
Mary Sue Lohse when she went
to the back of the store for
ribbon.
Fowler was later arrested in
Colorado while he was driving a
stolen car. The owner of the
car, a Jamestown, Mo., man
who had checked into a hotel
with Fowler, had been tied up
and beaten with a hatchet. He
declined to press charges
against Fowler. ‘
Fowler is scheduled to ap-
pear before Judge Donald Bar-
nes on Monday. A psychological
examination will reportedly be
requested at that time.
Fowler previously waived a
hearing on the assault charge
after Lohse testified he had
beat her and robber her store.
238 Silsbee High Students
Get Diplomas Friday Night
Some 238 Silsbee High Sch-
ool seniors braved the wind and
rain May 31 at Kirby Memorial
Stadium to crou the stage u
candidates for graduation.
Recognised at the cere-
monies u high honor graduates
were AMeia Drennen, Jarrod
Parks, Charles Hardy, Stephen
* Kindrick, Dennis Miller, Kris-
tina Arntson, Michael Augus-
tine and Amy Simpson.
Recognized as honor grad-
uates were Doug Johns, Chris
Lacy, Darlene McWilliams,
Shawn Hollyfield, Rebecca
Price, Christi Osborne, Drew
Sellers, Sonya Caraway and
Daviif Biddle.
Students presented as candi-
dates for graduation were:
(So* list Sac. I. Pag* 9)
Commission Votes Statewide Ban
On Hunting Deer With Dogs
commitment to
learning ^and the
While off-campus credit pro-
grams are designed to meet the
needs of the older-th&n-average
learner, Trammell emphasizes
__ _ pat the traditional student can
b.7^^e‘;but wifi glso benefit from the two-yrar
be a smaller, full-service store program,
tailored to meet the needs of “With off-campus credit pro-
grams, you have more flexi
a huge bility m accommodating your
the i
This will not be
AUSTIN-Changes in arch-
ery deer hunting regulations,
modifications to the antlerless
permit system and a pro-
hibition of running deer with
dogs were among hunting regu-
lations adopted by the Texas
Paries and Wildlife Commission
last week.
unanimously to enact a state
wide ban a
ties during the last half of the
1969-90 hunting season. The
ban, along with other hunting
regulation changes, will be
effective Sept. 1,1990.
Departmental officials cited a
study showing that deer densi-
ties were lower in areas where
hunting with dogs was permit
ted, compared to areas of
(to* H.I.B. Sac. 1, Pag* 14)
Work schedule, since
•re scheduled in the evenings,*
allowed in 10 East Texas i
lice
was The commission also adopted — *• ~'
coun white-tailed deer archery dates {s**o*a*S*t. i.Paa*’
that will
This year’s archery set
be Oct. 1-31, and the
season is set for Nov.
through Jan. 6, 191
whitetail seam
is set for Nov. 10-Jan. IS. The
handle is Nov. 17-Dee t sad
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