South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1983 Page: 1 of 24
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The Voice of
Com munity-Minded
People
Hmrtti Belt Cea&er
August 25, 1983
VoL 8 Number 29
Trash pick-ups announced
City of Houston trash pick ups will not be affected by the storm. Tree limbs
will be picked up along with regular trash loads.
Fines may be imposed for those placing tree limbs on esplanades.
One employee of the sanitation department expects city clean-up efforts to
continue through November.
Residents in the South Belt area wishing to dispose of tree limbs and other
debris caused by last week’s storm may take the trash to the 9000 block of
Mykawa and Scarlett. The location is being set up by the city’s sanitation
department in an effort to alleviate trash pick-ups by sanitation crews and to rid
residents of debris the city has not been able to haul.
Harris County sanitation department officials expect crews to be in the
unincorporated areas of the South Belt area within the next few days to pick up
tree limbs and other storm-related debris.
At this time, the department is working on those areas with the most
damage. Any resident with debris blocking the road which cannot be moved
should contact the department at 991-6881.
A special garbage pickup has been scheduled for Kirkmont II beginning Aug.
24 and lasting approximately two weeks until all the storm debris is taken from the
area.
Waste Management, the company handling trash pickups in the area, has
requested that all tree limbs be cut for easy hauling.
Due to the type of machinery on the trucks, Waste Management will be
unable to pick up any carpeting or padding. They also request that any other
debris be placed in bags or containers.
Texas Sanitation Department, which serves the Kirkwood South and Sage-
meadow subdivisions, has scheduled pickups for trash and other storm-related
debris for today. The pickups will take place along with regular trash pickups.
CCISD classes begin Sept. 1
Thursday, Sept. 1, is the first day of school for students in the Clear Creek
Independent School District.
The following new hours for elementary school students will be observed this
year: first grade, 8:15-2:30; second through sixth grade, 8:15-3:15; morning
kindergarten, 8:15-11; afternoon kindergarten, 12:35-3:15.
SJCS registration rescheduled
Due to damage from Hurricane Alicia, the San Jacinto College District has
rescheduled registration. It began Wednesday, Aug. 24, and will continue
through Friday, Aug. 26. This new schedule applies to all three campuses.
Students originally scheduled to register on Monday, Aug. 22, registered
on Wednesday, Aug. 24. Those scheduled to register on Tuesday, Aug. 23, will
register on Thursday, Aug. 25. Those scheduled to register on Wednesday, Aug.
24, will register on Friday, Aug. 26.
Students will register according to the first letter of their last names and can
register when their letter is scheduled or at any time after that.
Registration times on Wednesday, Aug. 24, will be: 8:30 a.m., T-Sa-Sf; 9
a.m. Sh-Sz; 9:30 a.m., R; 10:00, P-Q; 10:30, O-N; 11:00, H; 11:15, G; 11:30 a.m..
doors close. Evening registration times: 5:30 to 8 p.m. for G & H, N-T.
Thursday, Aug. 25, registration times: 8:30 a.m., D-E; 9:00, C; 9:30, B;
10:00, A-Y-Z; 10:30, X-Wa-Wh; 11:00, Wi-Wz; 11:15, U-V; 11:30, doors close.
Evening registration times: 5:30 to 8 p.m. for A-E, U-Z and those scheduled on
Wednesday.
Friday, Aug. 26, registration times: 8:30 a.m., F; 9:00, Ma-Me; 9:30, Mf-Mz;
10:00, L; 10:30, K; 11:00, J; 11:15, I; 11:30, doors close. Evening regis-;
tration times from 5:30 to 8 p.m. for F, I-M and those registering on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Late registration will be held as scheduled on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Aug. 30, 31 and Sept. 1. Late registration hours will be from 1:30 to 3
p.m. and 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30 and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on
Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 31, and Sept. 1. A late registration fee of $10 will
be charged to all students who register after Friday, Aug. 26.
Dobie reunion place changed
There has been a last minute change in the time and location of the Dobie
class of 1978 reunion which is set for Saturday. The reunion was scheduled to be
held at the League City Civic Center but due to Hurricane Alicia the center has
been set up as a Red Cross relief center.
The reunion will take place, but will be held at St. Bernadette Catholic
Church parish hall located at the corner of El Dorado Blvd. and El Camino Real in
Clear Lake City. The celebration will begin at 8 p.m. and continue through
midnight.
Tickets will be available at the door at a cost of $13 per person.
Dobie Boosters meet Tuesday
j The Dobie Booster Club will hold its first meeting of the school year on
Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the school’s auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Head football coach Buster Gilbreth will introduce the coaching staff and
members of the varsity football team at the meeting. Subsequent meetings will
feature introduction of various football teams at the school. Cheerleaders and
Lanaette officers will also be introduced at Tuesday’s meeting.
Those wishing to join the club (dues are $5 per year) are asked to come early.
No spraying for mosquitoes yet
The rains of Hurricane Alicia increased the local mosquito problems. County
ir °two week0^01 °fficials are estimatin8 that spraying in the area will take place
The city is currently concentrating on spraying inside the loop due to disease
problems. * hey will then sweep through the northern and eastern portions of the
town. The southern portion of Houston will then be sprayed.
According to a department spokesman, the current mosquito troubles were
existing before the hurricane. Those mosquitoes caused by Alicia’s rains are not
expected until this weekend.
City pools close for year
Saturday, Aug. 27, is the last day the swimming pools at Beverly Hills and
Wilson Parks will be open during 1983.
Saturday hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 4-7 p.m. The pools will be
open from 4-8 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
The Sagemont pool has already closed for the year.
In this week’s issue
In this week’s issue of the Sooth Belt Leader, readers will find the following
news items:
• Our publisher has something to say, see page 2A.
• We got letters, letters, and more letters. Read our mail on page 2A.
• On page 3A you can see how busy the firemen were last week.
• Over the Back Fence, page 13A, includes news about your neighbors and
friends.
• School lunch menus appear on page 11 A.
• “Alicia” pictures can be found on pages 4A, 5A and 11A.
• If you don’t know enough storm stories, you can read some more on page
6A.
• Information on the school lunch program and how to qualify is on page 14A.
• Read the latest about BAFL, page IB.
• The Sports Calendar from area schools is on page 4B.
• Dobie’s football schedule is on page 4B.
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Sewage inspection
Sagedowne residents Lloyd Loco, Bobby Baer and Sig Baer examine the raw
sewage which came up into homes on Sagedowne during Thursday’s
hurricane. Photo by Marie Flickinger
Two homes in Scarsdale experienced
flooding associated with Hurricane Ali-
cia, and flooding in Sagemont was lim-
ited to a reported eight homes out of the
subdivision’s 1,839 homes, a South Belt
Leader survey indicates.
The survey is in direct conflict with
reports on the Houston media.
There was street flooding in the area,
which apparently led some Houston re-
porters to claim the area was flooded.
Deputy Constable Rick Halloman, who
lives on Ellenville in Scarsdale, said he
thinks the constable’s office summoned
air rescue boats and Metro buses to the
area for evacuations after hearing the
erroneous reports on the radio and tele-
vision.
Halloman’s home did not flood, and
he did not see any house flooding while
driving around Scarsdale.
Nevertheless, the airboats and Metro
buses were standing by in case they
were needed.
The flooding of a reported eight
homes in Sagemont (on Sagedowne
Street) was storm related in that it was
apparently caused by a power failure at
the city’s Sagemont area sewage treat-
ment plant.
The sewers backed up into Sagedowne.
Frank Henley, an engineer with the
city’s Department of Public Works, con-
firmed the treatment plant was not
Justice department files on PISD
The U.S. Justice Department filed suit
against the Pasadena Independent
School District Aug. 19 for alleged dis-
crimination against blacks in its hiring
practices of clerical workers and teach-
ers.
The suit asks that the district be or-
dered to use a vigorous recruitment
program to inform and attract black job
applicants to teaching and clerical posi-
tions. It also asks that the district be
ordered to provide jobs, promotions or
back pay to blacks who were discrimi-
nated against.
Steve Greenberg, attorney for PISD,
said the district will file an answer to the
suit within the 20 days alloted by the
U.S. District Court in Houston. Although
Greenberg would not go into detail about
the answer that will be filed, he said the
district would “vigorously deny all alle-
PISD land bid rescheduled
The Pasadena Independent School- exchange for the 10 acres offered. The
District will again be accepting bids on a
10-acre tract of land on Genoa Red Bluff
after the Board of Trustees, in a special
meeting held Aug. 17, rejected all pre-
vious bids and authorized rebidding.
In July, the Trustees heard a bid from
Jim Pace of Building Contractors that
would give the district 20 acres of land in
Power outage
not severe here
Restoring power to the South Belt area
was easier than in most parts of the city,
and by Thursday at least 95 percent of
the area will have electricity working.
A.C. Czigan of Houston Lighting &
Power said the reason it was easier to
restore power here is because there are
fewer large trees.
Seventy-five percent of HL&P’s south-
east customers were without power, with
Pasadena, South Houston, Genoa and
Forest Oaks the hardest hit. The south-
east center serves the ship channel to
Mykawa Road to the bay area to the San
Jacinto Monument.
Over 4,000 workers have been putting
in 16 and 18 hours a day. Workers have
come in from Texas Power and Light (in
North Texas), Dallas Power & Light,
Central Power & Light (Corpus Christi)
and L.E. Meyers in Louisiana.
There have been no favorites in restor-
ing power, according to Czigan, whose
mother was still without power Tuesday.
He said his construction supervisor still
did not have power on Tuesday. “In
fact, 25 percent of my employees do not
yet have power restored,” Czigan said.
district would become owner of the 20
acres at the time of the trade, according
to the bid. The district would then lease
the land to Pace’s land fill company for
$200 a year and also have use of the land
for dumping purposes at a cost that
would be half of what the largest cus-
tomer would pay, according to Pace.
Another bid came from Jim Powell,
who proposed a $130,000 cash payment
for the property, or an exchange of land
in P.I.S.D. having a fair market value
that did not exceed $130,000.
The Board deferred a decision on the
bids in an Aug. 10 meeting, before
deciding to reject all bids and ask for
rebidding.
gations made against it.”
In late May, the justice department
sent a letter to PISD, informing the
district it was in violation of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, which bans employ-
ment discrimination.
The district had 20 days to act on the
letter from the justice department, but
failed to due so since several of the
board members were on vacation. A
45-day extension was given because the
district was in the process of changing
lawyers.
The law suit was filed by the justice
department’s civil rights division after
the distict allegedly refused to negotiate
a settlement that would have avoided
legal action.
The justice department checked prior
to the 1982-83 school year and found
there were 32 black teachers in PISD,
while 2 percent of the student popula-
tion was black.
According to the study by the justice
department, blacks within the district
hold only 1.7 percent of the teaching
positions and there is only one black
secretary or clerk out of the 234 em-
ployed by the district.
Glen White, assistant superintendent
for personnel in PISD, would not com-
ment on the suit because he had yet to
receive a formal copy of the letter in-
forming the district of the suit.
Storm claims swamp
local insurance agents
South Belt area insurance agents have
been besieged with calls from customers
vishing to file claims on damage from
Hurricane Alicia.
There were so many calls at Fred
Olson’s office, employees there had to
shut down the phones so they could eat
lunch.
Olson estimated he had processed
approximately 300 claims at an average
of $2,500 a claim.
Wendell Hines said he worked around
the clock all weekend to help his custom-
ers. The two agents at this office each
handled approximately 100 calls.
Hines said losses from Hurricane Ali-
cia are the largest ever for State Farm.
The largest claims are being handled
first, he said, adding that he heard of
one house with damages estimated at
$50,000.
Dan Moore said in the period from
Friday through Tuesday, he heard from
approximately 450 homeowners wanting
to file claims.
Billy Baldwin was unable to talk to the
Leader, saying he was too busy.
Mike Bouy of Spartan Insurance esti-
mates there was $1 million in damages
in the South Belt area. He processed 150
claims Monday and Tuesday.
None of the agents could give an
accurate damage in dollars because in-
surance adjusters are in the process of
assessing damages; therefore, it will be
some time before exact damages can be
calculated.
functioning from 2 a.m. on Aug. 18 for at
least 22 hours.
Since the cause of the problem was
determined, city crews have worked to
alleviate the situation.
The Sig Baer family on Sagedowne
reported having a little over one inch of
water in their home. Other neighbors
had similar damages.
The Leader survey consisted of query-
ing local insurance agents and contrac-
tors and Leader co-publisher Marie
Flickinger interviewing Sagemont and
Scarsdale residents for approximately
six hours.
In Scarsdale, she interviewed resi-
dents on nine different streets, many of
which had experienced flooding in 1979.
Eva Corona, who lives at what is
reportedly one of the lowest spots in
Scarsdale (at the corner of Flushing
Meadow and Astoria), said her home did
not flood.
Mike Sullivan, who lives on Sandy
Hook, said his street did not flood, but
he found a couple of impassable streets
as he drove around the area after the
storm.
Brian McClain of Teaneck said water
did not get past his curb, and down the
street Joel Gomez said the water got just
past his sidewalk.
Debra Kolojaco of the 11900 block of
Flushing Meadow said the water got one
third of the way up her yard. She said
the media coverage was unfair causing
several concerned relatives to call to see
if she was all right.
The Billy Willis family of Scarsdale
was also upset over the media coverage.
They had relatives in Oklahoma calling
to check on theim after reading a wire
story in an Oklahoma paper which said
the Scarsdale area of Houston was
flooded from Hurricane Alicia. The Wil-
lises did not flood.
Steve and Karen Jennings of Wessex
said they did not know of any homes
flooding in Scarsdale. Shirley Stier down
the street also reported no water in the
homes.
Carolyn Powell, also on Wessex, said
she has lived in the area for eight years
and flooded one time—in the floods of
1979.
Herbert Perez of- New Rochelle re-
ported the streets flooded, but he did not
know of any houses that flooded.
Chris Herrar of Astoria Boulevard also
knew of no flooding.
Martha Amis of the 11900 block of
Fairbury said she was “in the lowest
spot” and that water just covered the
sidewalk in front of her house. She had
water damage from her roof.
Amis said carpet in front of a neigh-
bor’s house was not associated with
flooding. The carpet had been replaced
prior to the storm.
Han Akbar of the 12800 block of Sandy
Hook did not have any flooding.
Wayne Hatfield of the 12500 block of
Adirondack said he did not get any water
in his home in 1979 or Hurricane Alicia.
He said he drove around Scarsdale early
Thursday and it appeared everyone was
getting around except the Metro buses,
which were just sitting there.
Although there were no reports of
flooding in Kirkmont on Houston radio
and TV, there were 34 confirmed cases
of house flooding in that subdivision.
The confirmed cases of flooding in
Sagemont and Scarsdale subdivisions
amount to one third of one percent of the
homes in those subdivisions.
A check with local insurance agents
revealed that of over 1,000 storm dam-
age claims processed by Monday, only
nine reported flood damage.
Fred Olson said of the 300 claims
filed, no flood damage was included.
Bob Stephens processed four flood
claims.
Wendell Hines said he has received
less than five percent of the number of
claims filed after the storm in 1979
associated with Tropical Storm Clau-
dette.
Minimal damage at most of Pasadena schools
Almost all of the schools in the Pasa-
dena Independent School District re-
ceived some form of damage from Hur-
ricane Alicia.
Dick Smith, administrative assistant
of pommunications within the district,
said that although most of the schools
had some form of visible damage, most
of it was not extensive. “We had a lot of
wind-driven water and roof leakage in
many of the schools,” Smith said.
“There were a lot of exhaust covers that
were blown off that let some water in the
buildings.”
Of the seven South Belt elementary
schools, only Stuchbery received no ap-
parent damage.
Atkinson had a heater vent torn off by
the wind and water leaked onto the gym
floor. A floodlight pole fell down on the
edge of the campus.
Burnett suffered isolated roof leaks
and the carpet in the Learning Resource
Center was water-logged. The gym floor
was blistered due to the water leaking
from the roof.
Frazier and Jessup both had air-con-
ditioning fan covers blown off, while
Jessup also had glass breakage.
Meador reported glass breakage and
roof damage, allowing water to stand in
the school, forcing the tile to loosen.
Moore also had reports of leaks.
The two intermediate schools also
received minor damage. Beverly Hills
had gutters come down and roof leaks,
while Thompson had some vent covers
blow off and window casing warped by
the wind.
The Dobie High School horticulture
building had some fiberglass panels
blown away, while the driver education
metal building was totally demolished,
and the tennis courts had the steel
fencing posts bent askew.
District-wide, Pasadena and Rayburn
High Schools received the most damage.
Smith said those schools had roof, glass
and floor damage due to the high winds
and rain. Rayburn’s old gynmasium was
extensively damaged with water leaks,
Air boats hit dry land
A funny thing happened on the way to
the flood. The air “rescue” boats got
stuck because the water was too shallow.
Two air boats were summoned to the
South Belt area Thursday after appar-
ently false reports detailed flooding in
Sagemont and Scarsdale.
There was some street flooding, but
flooding in the homes was limited to one
street in Sagemont and only a few inches
in those homes.
One of the air boats coming down
Sagehurst to “rescue” those who might
be stranded in flooded homes reportedly
got stuck on the street for lack of water.
and Pasadena’s vocational building had
much wind-related damage but was use-
able.
South Houston Intermediate was the
only school to suffer damage from flood
water.
The administration building suffered
little damage other than some window
breakage. The building lacked lights,
phones and water until late Friday.
• The Strawberry Center annex received
major damage to its roof, forcing the
city’s health center to be relocated to the
La Porte Health Center.
There was no damage to the buses in
the district as they were moved to
Conroe before the storm reached the
area. They were returned on Friday.
Smith said that the district had ar-
ranged with Houston Lighting and Pow-
er to have special crews work on those
schools that were without power on
Tuesday. He reported late Tuesday that
all schools finally had power restored.
Some of the schools were without air
conditioning the first day of classes, but
Smith said the problem would be cor-
rected as soon as possible.
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