South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1983 Page: 1 of 16
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The Voice of
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January 20, 1983
Voi. 7 Number 49
SJC incumbents re-elected
Charles Ray Ogden easily won re-election to the San Jacinto College Board of
Regents Saturday with 3,466 votes to 2,259 for his opponent, Curtis Doolan.
Ogden, who has been on the board since 1973, received 173 votes at Dobie to
135 for Doolan. Other totals in the Pasadena school district are: Rayburn, Ogden
599, Doolan 433; South Houston, Ogden 125, Doolan 164; Pasadena, Ogden 249,
Doolan 175.
Voting in the five other school districts which comprise the college district
was as follows:
Channelview, Ogden 87, Doolan 9.
Deer Park, Ogden 864, Doolan 482.
Galena Park, Ogden 1,053, Doolan 776.
La Porte, Ogden 252, Doolan 49.
Sheldon, Ogden 11, Doolan 16.
W,L. “Levi” Smallwood, who was not opposed, won re-election to Position 4
with 4, 586 votes.
Youth baseball sign-up set
The Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little League and girls softball league and the
South Belt Pony-Colt baseball league have scheduled joint registrations for
Saturdays Jan. 29 and Feb. 12 at the Sagemeadow Utility Building on Hall Road.
The registration is being coordinated by the United Sports Association, the
organization formed to purchase the playing fields on Choate Road. The USA will
be collecting $30 at the registration for each family’s annual membership.
PISD board meets tonight
Trustees of the Pasadena school board will reorganize at their regular
monthly meeting Thursday, Jan. 20, when they elect a president, vice president,
secretary and assistant secretary following Saturday’s election.
Architect Calvin Powitzky will submit for approval plans for the first phase of
renovations to the district-owned Strawberry Mall.
In other action, trustees will consider a boundary change affecting the shift of
students from South Houston High School to Pasadena High School and the
appointment of interns to temporay administrative positions.
The meeting, open to the public, will be held at the Board Room of the district
administration building, 3010 Bayshore Drive.
Crime watchers meet Tuesday
Members of the South Belt Crime Watch Association will re-establish goals
for 1983 at the regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Jan. 25.
The meeting will be held at the Sagemont Recreation Center, 11507 Hughes
Road, at 7:30 p.m.
SJC South registers 3,171
San Jacinto College South completed registration for the spring semester last
week with a near record total of 3,171 students, an increase of 337 over spring of
1982 and nearly as many as the 3,202 registered at this time in the fall semester.
Register Arthur Hardy said a drop in enrollment between the fall and spring
semesters is not unusual.
Over 1,700 students enrolled in Occupational-Technical courses, with
management development, real estate, computer science and technical math
Classes all showing substantial increases. The new electronic technology,
electricity technology, air conditioning mechanic and cosmetology programs also
did well, according to Occupational-Technical Director Richard Robinson.
Campus president Dr. Parker Williams said, “San Jac South offers academic
and occupational-technical programs during the day, in the evening and on
weekends.
With the completion of the new Voc-Tech Building and construction well
underway on two new additions, we look forward to being able to continue
increasing our programs as we grow with the area,” Dr. Williams said.
Error on ’84 PISD calendar
The last day of school in 1984 for Pasadena district students is May 24. Last
week’s issue erroneously reported the day as May 4.
The final day for students in 1983 is May 26.
Hospital approval pending
The Health Systems Agency at a hearing last week recommended approval of
a certificate of need for the Southeast Memorial Hospital proposed for Beamer
Road in the South Belt area.
However, it cpuld be June before final approval comes from the state. Last
week’s decision was a committee recommendation which must now be considered
by a full board of the agency. From there, the measure will be considered by the
Health Facilities Commission, which will begin the hearing process in Austin on
Feb. 22. That process could take up to 90 days, and extensions could be granted if
the certificate is challenged.
Football banquet tomorrow
Baylor University head football coach Grant Teaff will be guest speaker at the
Dobie High School football banquet Friday, Jan. 21.
The banquet will be held at the Golfcrest Country Club at 7:30 p.m., the same
time the varsity basketball team plays Baytown Lee.
Candidate filing to end soon
The deadline is approaching to file for candidacy in the Feb. 19 election to the
Sagemont Maintenance Committee.
Any Sagemont homeowner who is interested in running for the committee
must file either with committeewoman Nell Leech (484-6809) or file in writing to
the committee, P.O. Box 34146, Houston, TX 77234, by Jan. 31.
The election to fill the seat currently occupied by Joseph McFarland will be
Feb. 19 at the Sagemont Presbyterian Church. Absentee voting will be the
previous Saturday.
Sageglen meeting rescheduled
The January meeting of the Sageglen Community Association has been
rescheduled to Jan. 24 because of repairs to the meeting site, the Harris County
Municipal Utility District No. 13 Building, 11610 Sageyork. The rescheduled
meeting will be held at the MUD 13 Building.
In this tveek’s issue
In this week’s issue of the South Belt Leader, readers will find the following
news items: 6
• An area-wide calendar is on page 2.
• Fire reports appear on page 3.
• Over the Back Fence is on page 4.
• School menus appear on page 5.
• PTA news is reported on page 6.
• Varsity basketball is reported on page 8.
• The sports calendar appears on page 9.
• Subvarsity basketball reports appear on page 9.
• Girls basketball is reported on page 10.
• Volleyball reports appear on page 10.
• Intermediate school basketball is reported on page 10.
• Youth basketball is reported on page 11.
Pasadena School Board
1983 Election Results
District-wide totals of Jan. 15 voting
Voting
Precinct
Position No. 6
Hawkins
Position No. 7
Milam Schwartz
Total
Votes
Cast
No. 1
Pasadena High
School
312
99
331
445
No. 2
Sam Rayburn
High School
864
247
785
1095
No. 3
South Houston
High School
237
8 172
150
332
No. 4
J. Frank Dobie
High School
251
266
86
360
Absentee
Voting Machine
72
21
58
80
Totals
1736
805
1410
2312
Large interest
shown in having
soccer at Dobie
The athletic director of the Pasadena
school district said there is a far greater
interest in offering competitive soccer at
Dobie High than at any other district
school.
Gerald Meyer’s comments came after
last Wednesday’s meetings which were
held at each of the high schools to gauge
interest in offering interscholastic
league soccer and girls’ softball at the
high school level.
Meyer released the figures from Dobie
but said figures from the other three
high schools would not be made public
until Friday, at which time they would
be official. He said he had an unofficial
report that only four students showed
up at one of the meetings.
The official count at Dobie is as
follows: 56 boys interested in soccer, 25
girls interested in softball, 18 girls
interested in soccer.
Not counted were parents represent-
ing students who were unable to attend
(one father said he was representing his
child who was home studying for finals)
and eighth graders.
Dobie principal Frank Braden said he
could not officially count them because
he was “following exact instructions.”
Approximately 150 attended the
meeting although there was no advance
publicity in the school paper, the South
Belt Leader or the Pasadena news-
papers. Announcements were made via
the Dobie High School public address
system.
Meyer said the interest -in offering
soccer at South Houston High was not
nearly as high as the interest at Dobie.
The district has until September to
make a decision on offering the sports,
Meyer said. He has not talked yet with
superintendent Dr. C. Lee Meyer, but
he said it would be feasible that a
proposal on offering the sports in the
district would be forthcoming at the
February board meeting.
Board members Rudy Schubert and
Dr. B.J. Garner attended the Dobie
meeting.
Boy’s death gives life to others
By Marie Flickinger
and Cheryl Bolen.
Betty Fisher said donating her 14-
year-old son’s organs was the easiest
part of his death. Her son, Bobby, died
Jan. 13 from head injuries sustained in
a car-motorbike accident on Jan. 8.
His mother is convinced Bobby
stayed alive for five days so she and the
family could arrange to have his healthy
organs used so that others could live.
If the pain of losing Bobby, a football
and track star at Thompson Intermed-
iate, can be less for the family, it is in
knowing that he did not die for nothing.
Because he died, others will live. The
others include a 50-year-old man who
received Bobby’s heart, a 10-year-old
girl and a 21-year-old male who each
received one of Bobby’s healthy kid-
neys, and others who received the boy’s
skin and eyes.
Betty Fisher said she would like to
turn around people’s thinking about
organ donations. She said her family
(husband Bill, other son Billy and Bob-
by) had approved donating organs prior
to Bobby’s accident.
The night before Bobby died, the
doctor came out with tears in his eyes
and told the family “It won’t be much
longer.” It was then that the Fishers |
requested a private talk with the doctor,
and it was at the talk the Fishers ap-
proached the subject of donating Bob-
by’s organs.
The doctor said their offer made
things much easier for him because that
was the next subject with which he was
going to approach them.
Since Bobby’s death, his mother has
kept in constant touch with the organ
coordinator at Hermann Hospital, try-
ing to learn as much as she can about
those people who are now using Bob-
by’s organs.
Identification of donors and recip-
ients is unusual, and no names were
released to the Houston news media last
week; however television’s Mary Ellen
Conway read of Bobby’s accident in last
week’s South Belt Leader and deduced
that the 14-year-ofd accident victim
whose heart was transplanted to a
50-year-old man in Houston Thursday
night must be Bobby. ~
She then did a feature on TV about
the Fisher’s decision.
As soon as the recipient of Bobby’s
heart gets out of intensive care, the
Fishers plan to meet with him. Betty
said she can’t wait to meet him, to put
her hand on his chest and “feel Bobby’s
heart beating and know that he’s living
on.”
She said she heard a report on the man
on television, and she turned to her
husband and said, “I love that man. I
don’t care if he’s short or tall, fat or
skinny. I love him.”
The Fishers are residents of Sage-
glen and have lived in the area for seven
years. They said there is no way to
express their gratitude to those in the
community who helped them so much at
the time of Bobby’s death.
Arbor Day observed
Sagemont Park’s Sara Kabell and her father, Dick, observe Arbor Day by
planting a tree in their subdivision’s esplanade. The Kabells donated the tree
as part of a project to earn a Bear Claw award in the YMCA Indian Princess
program. Arbor Day is set for Jan. 21.
Homestead exemption
tailing in January
2 men arrested here
for drug possession
The Harris County Appraisal District
will be mailing applications for 1983
residence homestead exemptions to all
residences in the Pasadena Inde-
pendent School District in late January.
This marks the first year that appraisals
and exemptions have come from the
central appraisal district. Previous ap-
praisals had been determined by the
school district.
According to Pasadena Schools Tax
Collector Ken Risinger, all homeowners
are eligible for a $5,000 homestead tax
exemption. Taxpayers who purchased
homes during 1982 will automatically
receive applications even though they
did not receive the exemption the pre-
vious year.
Furthermore, homeowners who are
eligible for federal old-age, survivors or
disability insurance benefits may claim
an additional exemption. Claiming the
exemption lowers the valuation of pro-
perty, and the lower the valuation, the
lower the 1983 tax bill. Homeowners
age 65 or older (as of Jan. 1, 1983) may
apply to freeze their valuations at the
current rate and avoid any future reap-
praisals.
“To qualify for these exemptions,”
explains Risinger, “homeowners must
apply annually and certify that the
property for which the exemption is
claimed is their principal residence.”
To do that, they fill out the exemption
form and return it to the Harris County
Appraisal District, 4624 Fairmont Park-
way in Pasadena (phone 998-0236) by
According to law, homeowners who
have property in,several school districts
or who own more than one property
within a single district may claim the
exemptions in only one district and on
only one homestead—the principal resi-
dence.
Risinger said while the appraisals and
exemptions come from the Harris Coun-
ty Appraisal District office, payment of
school tax is still made to the Pasadena
Schools Tax Office located at 2223
Strawberry in Pasadena (phone 477-
8887).
Three drug enforcement agencies
combined their efforts Tuesday in ar-
resting two men for possession of ille-
gal drugs after they left a clandestine
laboratory in an apartment on Beamer
Road.
Arrested were Willie James Moore,
33, of the 3700 block of Kingwood, and
Ronald Lewis Parker, 27, address un-
known.
Their arrests culminated a two-year
investigation of an organization be-
lieved responsible for the illegal manu-
facture and distribution of over 100
gallons of liquid valued at $5.5 million.
PCP is the chemical in “angel dust.”
The men were found in possession of
a gallon and a half of PCP valued at
$55,000. Their arrest occurred at 11
a.m. at Beamer at Kirkvalley.
Law enforcement agencies involved
in the investigation and arrest were the
Drug Enforcement Administration, the
Harris County Sheriff’s Department and
Houston police.
Illegal drugs seized
Federal officers, along with Houston police and the
Harris County Sheriff’s Department, arrested two men
in the South Belt area Tuesday for possession of a
gallon and a half of PCP, the chemical used in making
“Angel Dust.”
Photo By Marie Flickinger
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South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1983, newspaper, January 20, 1983; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth912764/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting San Jacinto College.