South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1983 Page: 1 of 20
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The Voice of
Community-Minded
People
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Little League starts Saturday
The Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little League begins play Saturday, April 9, at
the USA ballpark on Choate Road. Houston Councilman Frank Mancuso, a former
major league baseball player, will throw out the first ball at the 8 a.m. opening
day ceremony.
All boys in the league are expected to attend the morning capping ceremony,
dressed in full uniform.
USA slates Saturday BBQ
The United Sports Association will hold a barbecue at the Choate Road
baseball fields Saturday, April 9, beginning at 11 a.m.
Items to be sold include children’s and adults barbecue plates with sliced
beef, sandwiches and turkey legs.
All proceeds will go toward improvements to the baseball playing fields.
Teen dance planned for Friday
A dance for high school students will be held at St. Luke’s from 7:30 p.m.
until midnight Friday, April 8.
The cost will be $2.50, and a disc jockey will be provided.
Softball opens on Saturday
The Sagemont-Beverly Hills Softball Association will hold its capping
ceremony at noon Saturday, April 9, at the USA ballpark on Choate Road. The
season officially open Saturday, with games planned in each division.
Lindsay slates talk here
The Beltway will be discussed by Harris County Judge Jon Lindsay at the
Friday (April 8) meeting of the South Belt Community Improvement Association
meeting at San Jacinto College South.
The meeting, open to the public, will be held in Room 200 at the college,
13735 Beamer Road, at 8:30 a.m.
CC choral festival Friday
More than 1,500 choir students from the 20 schools in the Clear Creek School
District will join together in song and dance at the 19th Annual Clear Creek Choral
Festival to be held Friday, April 8, at Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston. The 8 p.m.
performance is the culmination of months of practice by students and teachers.
“This year’s festival will be a fast moving musical featuring songs with
audience appeal,” said Mrs. Kay Lee Benoit, Clear Creek director of student
services and festival coordinator. “Our students will be singing favorite songs
from ‘The King and I,’ ‘Music Man,’ and ‘Sound of Music.’ ”
The hour-long performance will feature the combined voices selected from
the district’s 13 elementary schools, selections by the merged choirs from the four
intermediate schools, and selected choral numbers by choral groups from the
district’s two high schools.
The finale will consist of all 1,900 youngsters performing as one group with
the singing of God Bless America.” At the close of the program a giant
American flag will be unfurled.
The traditional spring activity has grown over the years and is now
considered the largest school-sponsored musical program in the Greater Houston
area.
Tickets for the musical are available at all schools in the Clear Creek district
with the price set at $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children. Tickets sold at the
door prior to the performance will be $2 for adults and $1 for children. The price of
admission includes free parking at the pavilion.
'Hiose attending the festival should plan to arrive before the scheduled 8 p.m.
curtain time. The large number of motorists arriving from the same direction
could cause a traffic problem in the vicinty of the pavilion.
Bracewell tax help available
Volunteers from VITA will provide free tax assistance at Bracewell Library
from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 9. This will be the final session before the
tax deadline on April 15.
Questions will be answered and help provided for forms 1040, 1040A, 1040
EZ and schedules. Persons desiring assistance are requested to bring the tax
forms they receive in the mail, receipts for deductions and statements of interest
earned.
Basic tax forms are available at Bracewell during regular library hours.
Bracewell Library is located in the parking lot of the Almeda Mall at 10115
Kleckley. Call 941-6051 for further information.
Kirkwood seeks security funds
The Kirkwood Civic Club is in “desperate need of money” to continue with
the private security patrolling of the subdivision which was approved by
residents, according to club president Gary Gibson.
Gibson said if residents cannot pay the $50 annual assessment for the
security at one time, he would accept any portion residents could send now.
Residents are asked to send their money to Gibson, 9930 Kirkshire, Houston, Tx
77089. Questions may be directed to him at 481-0400 or at work at 941-3221.
SJC South sets Coyote Day
San Jacinto College South students will break new ground this April 15 when
they open Coyote Day, the school’s annual spring festival, to the public. Area
organizations have been asked to contribute food, craft and game booths and the
public is invited to come join in the fun.
Coyote Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m. Along
with food, games and crafts, a giant garage sale is planned and a parking lot
dance will close out the day.
Further information on booth space is available from Dr. Sandra Quinn,
484-1900, ext. 12. San Jacinto College South is located at 13735 Beamer Road.
In this week’s issue
In this week’s issue of the South Belt Leader, readers will find the following
news items:
• An area-wide calendar is on page 2.
• Fire reports appear on page 3.
• Over the Back Fence can be found on page 4.
• School menus appear on page 5.
• Weddings and engagements appear on page 9.
• Coverage of District 23-5A baseball is on page 12.
• PISD intermediate track results is reported on page 13.
• Varsity boys track is reported on page 14.
• The sports calendar appears on page 15.
Busy IRS office
The IRS office located on Rowlett near Almeda Mall is the scene daily of hun-
dreds of taxpayers seeking forms prior to next week’s tax deadline. Most tax
forms are available at the office, but tax assistance is not offered there.
However, 150 persons a day are coming up to the desk seeking information, and
it is estimated several times that number come to the office just to pick up the
forms which are displayed on shelving. Photo by Barbara Cowart
Suspended Dobie boy
not attending class
2 write-ins win
in utility election
The family of the 15-year-old Dobie
sophomore suspended from school for
refusing to take off his earring was
investigating alternatives to going back
to Dobie early this week.
Troy Erickson, who wears one light-
ning bolt earring because he says “I like
it,” was not attending any school as
of Tuesday. He has been suspended
from Dobie since March 14 and has
been penalized grade points for each day
he received an unexcused absence.
Erickson’s mother and stepfather, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Gurley, had not decided if
they would put the boy in a private
school. They were reportedly looking
into some schools.
The Gurleys were also looking into
hiring a lawyer to challenge the school
district’s policy against boys wearing
earrings, but had not yet made a deci-
sion on taking the matter to court.
Because of his age, Erickson is bound
by law to attend school a certain number
of days each year.
By Cheryl Bolen
While incumbents were easily re-
elected in the Sagemeadow and South
Bend Utility Districts Saturday, two
write-in candidates in two other local
utility districts waged successful cam-
paigns, defeating incumbents in both
cases.
In the Kirkmont election, write-in
Gordon Bevill Jr. polled 23 votes, while
two non-resident opponents were
defeated.
In a surprise move, Kathy Garrett was
unseated as a director of the Harris
County Municipal Utility District No. 13
by write-in candidate Jim Bishop, a
former director of the district.
Bevill’s election in Kirkmont gives the
Kirkmont Utility District its first all-
resident board. Along with Beville,
10308 Sageberry, Boe Beaty, 10335
Kirkwren, and Cathleen Goforth, 10306
Kirkvale, were also elected. Beaty
received 29 votes, and Goforth received
26 votes.
The three newly elected board mem-
bers will join residents Mike Clark and
Bonnie Dimicelli on the five-person
board. Clark and Dimicelli urged Bevill
to conduct a write-in campaign after
just two local residents filed for the
three board openings.
Non-resident Kirkmont incumbents
received the following votes: Larry A.
Phillips, 1 vote; Sally Robichaeux, no
votes.
Dimicelli said after the election that
the board, which has been meeting
every other month at the First City
Tower Building downtown in the morn-
ings, will now begin meeting in the
South Belt area and will make an effort
to hold meetings during the night so
homeowners may attend.
She would also like to start having the
meetings monthly.
In the MUD #13 election, Chris Clark
was returned to office after polling 49
votes.
Bishop, who said he began his write-
in campaign on Saturday morning,
polled 45 votes to defeat Garrett, who
received 27 votes. Bishop’s election gives
the MUD #13 an all-Sageglen board.
Garrett was the first and only represen-
tative of Wood Meadow on the board,
which serves Sageglen, Wood Meadow
and Highland Meadow.
Wood Meadow resident Jennifer
Knight, also waging a write-in cam-
paign, polled 24 votes. Other vote totals
are: Jack Wallace, 3; Tom Knecht, 1;
J.R. Hale, 1; and Gloria Rodriguez, 1.
An interesting sideline to the MUD
#13 election is that only three of the 83
voters voted the straight ticket, that is
with the two uncontested incumbents:
Clark and Garrett. All of the others used
write-ins.
Several members of the Southeast
Volunteer Fire Department reportedly
backed Garrett and Knight. Garrett,
whose husband is in the fire department,
concurred with members of the depart-
ment who oppose MUD #13’s proposal to
look into establishing its own fire depart-
ment.
The Garrett-Knight faction opposed
Clark, who has supported the concept of
MUD #13 establishing a fire depart-
ment.
Clark, however, said he was unaware
of Bishop’s and Knight’s write-in cam-
paigns, and he was unaware that Gar-
rett’s supporters were against him. He
said he supported Garrett.
In the Sagemeadow Municipal Utility
District election, the three incumbents
were returned to office. Erv Lev
received 61 votes; Noel Spencer received
62 votes, and Jack Myers garnered 58
votes. Write-in candidates polled the
following votes: Carol Clark, 11;
Timothy Blevins, 1; and Gordon B., 1. ■
In the South Bend Utility District
election, each of the three incumbents
received 11 votes each. Re-elected were
Douglas Manuel Jr., Michael R. Kaiser
and Edward D. Murphy Jr.
Stolen property recovered
Robberies, other crimes reported
Arrests have been made in some
cases, and police seek suspects in a
variety of other crime-related cases
which have occurred in the South Belt
area during the past week.
Crime activity reported includes the
following:
Gas Station Robbed
The Citgo at Hughes at Beamer Road
was robbed of approximately $500 at
8:30 p.m. March 30. Police are seeking a
black teenager in connection with the
case.
Police chased the suspect to the Clear
Creek Landing Apartments on Beamer,
where he eluded them.
Another Robbery
Police are seeking witnesses to the
March 23 robbery at Sweet Sue’s Ice
Cream Emporium. Two female teen-age
girls apparently witnessed the robbery,
which occurred at approximately 1:30
p.m.
The suspect in the case is described as
a black teen-age male.
Witnesses are asked to call Officer
Rainer at 643-7350.
A suspect was later identified, but he
passed a polygraph and was released.
Selling to Minors
A 43-year-old clerk Working at the
Stop and Gone on Scarsdale Boulevard
was arrested and charged with selling
alcoholic beverages to minors Friday
night.
Gon Tak Nguyen was charged in
Precinct 2 with the class B misdemean-
or, and the case has been forwarded to
the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission
for further charges.
The arrest came about after consta-
bles from Bill Bailey’s Precinct 2, work-
ing with Capt. Gary Sparks, set up
surveillance, many of them donating
their time.
The constable deputies issued cita-
tions to each of the mir ors while confis-
cating the alcoholic beverages.
Other Constabk Activity
Constables hired byj the Kirkwood
Civic Club have restored stolen property
to a number of local residents during the
past week.
They located in a pawn shop $600
worth of rings which were stolen from a
-residence on Kirknoll. Further investiga-
tion revealed the step-son of the victim
was the thief.
Also being restored is a lighting sys-
tem stolen from the Dobie High School
agriculture building. A juvenile was
charged in the case.
A stolen motorcycle and parts was
' returned to its owner after being recov-
ered by the off-duty constables, and
merchandise stolen from storage build-
ings behind Kroger’s is being returned
to owners at this time.
The constables reported that during
their late-night weekend patrols in Kirk-
wood they have stopped several “out-
siders” to find out what they are doing
in the area and have warned them to stay
away unless they can show a reason for
being there.
Burger King decides
against building in area
Burger King has decided not to build a franchise on Scarsdale Boulevard,
apparently after meeting community opposition to its proposed sign which was in
excess of the 25 feet recommended by the local water district.
A petition protesting the proposed sign received signatures of 641 area
residents. According to one of the originators of the petition, Chris Clark, at least
99 percent of those approached about signing the petition objected to the tall signs
and willingly signed the petition.
Burger King had not purchased the land in front of the Sagewood Shopping
Center at the time the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 13 asked the
hamburger chain to keep its sign 25 feet in height or under. Burger King refused
to comply, thus the local petition.
Since the petitions have been circulated, Burger King has decided not to
purchase the land, which is again on the market.
Man charged
\
in local rape
A 21-year-old Caucasian painter has
been charged with the rape of a 37-year-
old woman at the Sunscape Apartments
on Choate Road, and he is being held in
connection with the sexual assault of
another woman on Brookmeadow Street
on March 28.
Troy Norman Volk, 664 Maxi Road,
was arrested by Harris County Sheriffs
deputies on March 29, charged with
aggravated rape and is being held with-
out bond.
Volk allegedly posed as a potential
renter at the apartments where the first
woman worked. He apparently raped her
in the bedroom of an apartment she was
showing him.
In the second case, the suspect appar-
ently posed as a telephone repairman to
gain entrance into the woman’s home.
Actual telephone repairmen were work-
ing behind the woman’s house at the
time of the incident.
Volk is on a 10-year probation from
another rape charge and is also wanted
in Kansas for an attempted robbery.
Charges in the Wood Meadow case
are expected after the victim makes a
formal statement today.
Romance lives!
Bob English, the owner of Total Camera at Almeda
Square, wants the world to know that he loves his wife
of two months. He had this billboard, located on the
Gulf Freeway northbound near Shaver, made from the
inset wedding photograph of him and his wife, Kaye.
Sign photo by Barbara Cowart
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