The Ingleside Index (Ingleside, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1985 Page: 1 of 19
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-MV Invito-
We invite to be our guests at the
picture. “Commando," showing Dec
13-14 at the Rialto Theatre. Marian
Dahlmer and guest
This notice clipped from The Prog-
ress will sene as your admission
Vol XXXVI — No 44
USPS 264 260 — Ingleside, Texas 78362 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1 985
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Ingleside
Ingleside I SI» tax office will he
closed Dec 23-25 and Jan 1 School
holidays start after the regular class
schedule on Dec 20, buses will not
run early that day VFW Post 6386 is
accepting toys for tots and canned
goods for food baskets, from noon to
midnight each day until Christmas
Florida gets
the eye from
local group
Elected officials and civic leaders from Ingleside. Aransas
Pass. Kockport and other area towns are ending their trip to
Jacksonville. Florida today. Dec 12 talking with their counter-
parts about some of the impacts to lx- expected with the coming
ofHomeport to Ingleside Point The group will return late tonight
after spending two days in meetings and tours of the Naval
facilities
Bright and early yesterday morning, the group left Corpus
Christi International Airport and were greeted in Jacksonville.
Florida by the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, before going
into meetings that were arranged for specific areas of concern
The trip to Jacksonville was put together by the Corpus Christi
Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of allowing the different
entities in the area to meet with their counterparts and be able to
discuss like problems and how they were solved
The reason that the location of Jacksonville. Florida was
chosen w as due to the geographic likeness of the area to this area
Jacksonville is near the coast of Florida and has smaller com-
munities within similar proximity to it. as Corpus Christi There
is also a Naval Air Station at Jacksonville, just as is found in
Corpus Christi Naval officials suggested that civ ic leaders and
elected officials could gain from talking to the people in Jackson-
ville
Ingleside Mayor Jennings Herrington is among the traveling
group also, in an attempt to see how the city of Jacksonville,
itself, has changed Me will lx attempting to gam some practical
information on exactly what kind of social changes can Ik.
expected by the local citizens as they greet several hundred new
neighlxirs with Homeport
Accompanying him is Ingleside City Manager Del Lewis, who
will Ik looking at not only the social changes that the city will
have to deal with, but the economic needs that w ill develop She
said that she is looking to find out w hat the city did in regard to
industry w hat kind of industry came in. how close to tile base did
the personnel set up their homes, w hat were the pay grades and
where, exactly. w as the greatest increased need'or city services
Aransas I'ass Chamber of Commerce Executive Director kav
Wolf is among the civic leaders who arc trying to help this area
formulate a positive response tothecominggrow th Shesaid that
she would Ik- meeting with other Chamber executives in hopes of
learning from their experience, and added that seeing the base
will giv e the opportunity to better grasp exactly what we w ill be
dealing w ith and give an indication as to the patterns of grow th
Coastal Bend Hospital sent a representative in the person of
Wayne 1’ierce He said that he would Ik- looking at how the
civ ilian medical community could best prepare itself to Ik- an
enhancement to the military and prepare for the general popula-
tion increases and their medical needs He said that he also
wanted to gather information that would allow ;i clarification of
the perception of medical care prior to the arrival of the military
so that Coastal Bend Hospital could be prepared to meet the
needs here immediately upon arrival of the personnel
The Aransas Bass and Ingleside independent school districts
also stands to see a great impact from thellomport Representing
the lx»ard of trustees is Frank Hametner, Board President and
A C Blunt, District Superintendent Hametner said that he
looked on this trip as an exploratory one where he would hope to
see what the school districts in and around Jacksonville faced
and how they met the challenge He added that he would be
looking for comparisons and other information that would be
beneficial to the school district
A C. Blunt said that he would be interested in generally the
same areas of interest with the emphasis on how differing state
laws will effect what is able to be done here
Holiday deadlines
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year, but The Index newspaper will be on the streets and in the mail on
Thursdays as usual for those holiday weeks
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ads and for classifieds, will be 5 pm. Friday, Dec. 20 Deadline for
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For the New Year’s week issue, deadline for retail display and for
classified advertising will be 5 pm, Friday, Dec 27
The Progress and The Index newspapers, and Progress Office Supply
will be closed so that employees and staff can enjoy both holidays with
their families
"MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE" an anthology of Americana, was
presented to Ingleside H gh School library by the Ingleside VFW Post
6386 Auxiliary On hand for the presentation last week were assistant
librarian Peggy Hill, and Auxilians Violet Sullivan, charter member,
Rusty Dunlevy, past district president; and Joan Caroker, auxiliary
secretary
Improvement made
at Live Oak Park
Ingleside city erevv w. ii Linen mstid-
led 24 Uilliirds ,ii the picnic .ireii ut
Live (Ink i’.»rk Iasi week
"This was done to properly mark
the facility and to restrict trattic.
noted Bill Schmidt on Dec <> Con-
structed of heavy duty creosoted pil-
ing that Inis a minimum lilctmie ut 3t'
years, the bollards were provided at
no cost to the City ot Ingleside
Bart of the funds used were net pro-
ceeds trom the Memorial Day Picnic
that had Been arranged by I’SMC Sgt
i Ret ) William McCormack. The re-
maining dollars needed w ere prov ided
In local businessmen .1 D Fogg and
Schmidt
It hinds can he raised, additional
improvements are planned Friends
and neigh lx irs are encouraged to leave
donations at BSC Mini-Storage or at
the Ragin’ Cajun." said Schmidt
Ceremony set
at memorial
Sunday. December 15. approx-
imately 50 troopers from the Lone-
Star Chapter of the 11th ABN DIY
ASSN will hold a Korean War Memo-
rial Service at the MIA-POW monu-
ment at the Ingleside V F W Bust
6386
The program will begin at noon with
two skydivers parachuting into the
parking lot. The unit chaplain Joel
Cortez will recite the Airborne Prayer
and the flag will be raised while the
national anthem plays
The flag will be lowered to half staff
while the unit bugler, R.C. Wilson
blows taps A six man squad will then
fire three volleys
The invocation will he given by
Father James Hamilton of St Mary's
Star of the Sea Catholic Church, using
the hood of a WAVII jeep as a pulpit
The 11th ABN Colors will be
brought to the ceremony by Paul
Brown, executive secretary of the
national association They will be car-
ried by a trooper who fought under
them in WAVII The Chapter Colors
and battle flags from every unit in the
division will be on display
Senator Carlos Truan, state repre-
sentative Robert Earley, Corpus
Christi mayor Luther Jones, Ingleside
city manager Del Lewis and the mayor
pro tern have been invited to speak
Time to end
transfers?
It s time to draw the line on free
transfers from neighboring Aransas
I'ass school district. Ingleside School
Superintendent (Libert Mireovich
told school board members Monday
night
Although he said that a cutoff date
could be as far as two years away, he
requested the board to start consider-
ing a policy on tree student transfers
Board members agreed that it
would soon be time to stop the free
flow of students trom Aransas Bass to
Ingleside schools Tradittonally. some-
families along Hw-v 1064 and Mooney
Lane area have freely sent children to
Ingleside schools although they live in
the neighboring district
Keeping a "gentleman’s agree-
ment. the school districts have
allowed the practice since before
1474
This year, there are 126 transfers
from Aransas Bass, almost double the
number five years ago Homeport was
mentioned in discussion, as one
reason for seeing more families in the
area
City dads add
water district
to judge's plan
Determined to have as much as say on the proposed Ingleside Point
Naval Base Impact t ioordinating Committee as they can. Ingleside City
Council passed a resolution supporting the preliminary plan, with one
addition
In general agreement that the Sail Patricio Municipal Water District
sin iuld be aim mg the 2 1 -member representative committee, the coun-
cil added the water district to the list already drawn up by County Judge
.1 M Edmondson In discussion, council members agreed to secure
other cities support for the including the water distrtiet on the com-
mittee
Mavor Jennings Herrington said he had mixed feelings about the
impact coordinating committee that the judge has lobbied for through-
out Nueces. San Patricio and Aransas counties. But he noted. "I ingoing
to stav as congenial as I can He added that hav ing cities working
together was important
Councilman Roy Culver voiced criticisms of the judge splan He said
he wants to each city in the area w ith a set number of slots to fill, not
specific people named to the committee. The committee lists the
Ingleside mayor. Ingleside Chamber of Commerce and Ingleside ISD
superintendent, with the possible inclusion ol the w ater district There
are 21 representatives outlined to serve on the committee.
Mel Michaels, mayor-pro tern was critical of the judge's actions in
drawing up the committee plan The biggest impact from Homeport is at
Ingleside and there are only two slots, the mayor and chamber, he said
The Northshore Mayors Alliance met last week and adopted a resolu-
tion to endorse the Homeport Steering Committee proposal offered b>
San Patricio County Judge J M Edmondson. Jr., with two additions
made to the list of committee members
The meeting was held in the Coastal Room of the Coastal National
Hank and presided over by Aransas Bass Mayor Tommy Knight and
Mayors Alliance Chairman State Representative Robert Early Knight
turned the meeting over to Early who addressed the need for the
Steering Committee as a vehicle for channeling funds, which are
available from the federal government, and for controling the growth
that is expected from Homeport
Judge Edmondson’s proposed committee was made up of members of
the three impacted counties with Nueces and San Patricio Counties
having nine members on the committee and Aransas County having
four members From Nueces County, the delegation included the
county judge, a county commissioner, Corpus Christi Mayor, a Corpus
Christi city councilperson, the mayor of Fort Aransas, the superinten-
dent of CCISD and Flour Bluff ISD. a Corpus Christi Chamber of
Commerce representative and a Port of Corpus Christi representative
From San Patricio County the delegation included the county judge
and a county commissioner; the mayors of Aransas Bass and Ingleside; a
representative from the North Shore Mayors Association; Aransas
Bass.Ingleside and Portland ISD Supterintendents and a representative
of the Aransas Bass Chamber of Commerce
From Aransas County the proposed delegation was the county judge
and a county commissioner, the mayor of Rockport and the Aransas
County ISD Superintendent
The alterations finally agreed upon were the additions of a repre-
sentative from the Ingleside Chamber of Commerce and a representa-
tive from the Navy to be added to the steering committee and that school
boards should name their representative and not be confined to naming
the superintendents
Mayors present and taking part in the voting of this non-binding
resolution were from Taft. Aransas Pass, Ingleside, Rockport and Orat-
ory The only desenting vote was from the mayor of Fulton who felt that a
representative from Fulton should be on the steering oommtttee. The
cities of Odem, Mathis, Portland and Port Aransas were not represented
Others attending the meeting were city eouncilpersons, city managers,
and other interested observers
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