Baytown Sun, The (Newspaper) - January 14, 1987, Baytown, Texas Coverage of trustee candidates forum Page V MORE THAN EVERY DAY Volume 63 Telephone Number 4228302 January 1987 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER 77520 25 Cents Per Copy DONNA COOK Gook case rehearing requested By DAVID MOHLMAN Donna Whitehead Cook has asked for a rehearing of her case before Baytown Civil Service Cook lost her job as a Baytown police officer because she married Detective Jimmie Cook of the same The Civil Service Commission on July first approved a nepotism also known as Rule The rule became ef after a second reading on T h e r u 1 e states in part if a Baytown Police Depart ment employee marries a per son who is also employed by the same the marriage shall constitute an automatic resignation by the person having the least time in The Cooks married on The Civil Service Commis sion on upheld Rule 10 as enforced by Police Chief Wayne Henscey in the case of Cook has said she and her present husband were living together in July before his divorce from a previous wife became Because it also was before the commission first approved the Cook has claimed she should be ex saying the rule was not to affect existing The city has claimed Rule which applies to police depart ment civil service employees such as the allows no ex The city also has claimed a notice posted July 21 by Henscey allows the ty of exemption only for service employees of the depart The request for a based on statements made dur ing the 7 claims some of the three members of the commission said they would have exempted Cook had they known a marriage was go ing to The rehearing request in cludes a transcript of the com missions The transcript quotes Jimmie Cook as I have an on going relationship myself now and there looms on the horizon in the near future the fact that the marriage could take Houston chairman of the said Tuesday he expects to render a written answer to the request after com mission members read and study the Pearce Street Journal Surprise me A pessimistic boss left his of fice for a He told associates to be sure and call if anything went right during his FH AROUND TOWN JON PFENNIG is seen arriving for a Thursday afternoon workout Mike and Sandy Butts invite a friend to lunch Myrtle Arnold waves Jim Schaefer calls from out of town Dwayne Smith has an enjoyable visit to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl Glenn Bishop says alls Ray Wilson shares news about the Baytown chapter of NAACP Jim Finley tells about Kiwanis programs coming up Pat Mann relays some great HOUSE HIT EUNICE BONDS home at 704 Republic had an unexpected visitor Tuesday when a pickup truck crashed into the left side of the demolishing the garage The driver aban his vehicle and fled on He was later apprehended as be was walking across a parking lot at a grocery store on North The pickup truck also hit a chain link fence on Seventh according to Officers said the suspect was charged with driv ing while He was also charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon when police found a handgun on him at the time of the Sun staff photos by Carrie Pryor City files motion for stay of court election mandate By BRUCE GUYNN Attorneys for the city of Baytown Tuesday filed a motion for a stay of a federal court mandating changes in the municipal election Steve attorney for the ci ty in the said a hearing on the motion hasnt been But he expects one to be held very Baytown city officials are seeking a stay of the order to permit the municipal election to be held as scheduled on April Last District Judge John Singleton banded down a ordering Baytown to draw up an election plan that in cludes at least predominantly single member A black or Hispanic has never served on Baytown City The aim of Singletons ruling is to increase the prospects of minorities getting The ruling stems a lawsuit filed by a group of minority voters in City officials have argued it would be impossible to draw up a new plan in time for the election to be held on Baytown City Councilmen are currently elected under an at large Although coun are elected by a vote of the entire they must live in the districts they a district councilmen are elected by the residents in their districts Oaks said he also filed a notice of intention to appeal the On Baytown City Council agreed to file the even though a definite decision hasnt been made on whether to appeal the Council took the action to keep open the option to The city has spent more than in defending the An appeal is expected to cost an additional to city officials United Way slates election of officers Simulated fire drill planned By DAVID MOHLMAN Baytown Fire Department and Natural Gas Odorizing NGO at 1 Friday will simulate a fire at the NGO facili 3601 Decker We will do everything that we do in a normal said Bob Leiper of Baytown Fire Station Although they know a drill is emergency responders will not know exactly what is burning and where until they ar rive at the said He said the drill will mark the first time the fire department has drilled with a fire brigade of in dustry What were trying to do is blend the city firefighters knowledge of firefighting with the plant fire brigades knowledge of the said He said the when manning fire will try to match its firefighters with plant The exercise will be good not only for city fire and police departments but also for said Jon NGO operations He said many large chemical facilities only have in house which do not in clude outside We cant be that We need said whose facility employs only 38 persons in engineering and NGO has fire other basic fire equipment and people trained to use it but Exx on by comparison has an entire fire complete with pumper said Although the drill is set for 1 it will simulate a midnight 8 a shift when on ly two persons are at the said I want to do it like that because it will be the worst possible he Some NGO people live as far as 40 minutes As NGO persons they will be assigned to various duties including con of any leaking chemical and firefighting all according to the emergency said For about a Station 5 firefighters have been meeting with small industries in their area to establish or to update these said During the police will block the entrance to the NGO but Decker Drive is ex to remain said The annual meeting of the membership of the United Way of Baytown will be held at 7 10 at the Houston Lighting Power 333 Ward Everyone who contributed to the United Way of Baytown dur ing the past year is a member in good standing and invited to at The purpose of this meeting is to receive reports of the United Way of Baytown agencies cover ing their activities during the past year and to elect new of and All members attending this meeting are eligible to vote in the election and on any matter that may come before the Coun Members of the nominating committee are Leon Knox Lisa John DeCell and Hardy Under the rules of the organization this committee will receive written nominations from the public until 28 at which time the nominations will be closed to allow the committee time to contact prospective can and ascertain their will and ability to Written nominations may be handed to a member of the com or mailed to the United Way of Baytown Box Texas Officers whose terms expire are Freddy and Annette Retiring directors of the United Way of Baytown are Dick Charles Wanda Jim Schaefer and Hardy Holdover directors of the United Way of Baytown are Leon Jim Ralph Herbert Jim Randy Keith Dave Robins and Eloy Retiring directors of the Baytown Welfare League are Gilbert Lee Jennie Gayle Tilton and Flora Holdover directors of the Baytown Welfare League are Willie Mae Mark Don Randy Jocelyn Sal ly Arthur Joy Rosa Pizana and Ruth Citys initial 1987 tax rebate down percent The city of Baytown has received an initial sales tax check for percent less than the first payment of last In the citys first check was for according to in formation released by State Comptroller Bob Bullocks of Although first pay ment is down more than 3 per the is less than the statewide decline of 9 Among Harris County Baytown ranks third behind Houston and Pasadena in the amount of its Houstons first payment was for million percent lower than last years initial rebate of Pasadenas first rebate was for more than 15 per cent lower than initial payment of Listed below is sales tax in formation for other area The amount of the most recent rebate is listed first followed by the payment received last year and the percentage of Harris County Park Humble Chambers County Liberty County Dayton Cleveland no pay ment last The Texas cities levying the one percent city sales tax received checks totaling Changes in state teacher appraisal system should calm fears By LINNEA SCHLOBOHM B a Assistant Superintendent Barry Nettles has reported to school trustees about actions of the State Board of Education that may help to ease teacher apprehension con the new teacher ap Nettles told trustees Monday that state school board members recently voted to ease up on scoring requirements for the new teacher appraisal He a teacher had to score a to be classified as exceeding Under the new Nettles said a score within the range of to will earn a teacher the exceeding expectations Nettles also reported that the board voted to discontinue the use of a zero in marking teachers appraisal evaluation a zero was used to indicate the absence of a par element in a teachers Teachers were interpreting the zero as absolutely wor which is different from not having an indicator in a lesson plan or being slightly below Nettles He said because the zeros were never tallied when scoring the appraisal the effect is The assistant superintendent also told trustees the state board is recommending the Legislature make some changes in the number of some teachers Crossword School Television Word of WEATHER MOSTLY CLOUDY sAves with a low in the is the forecast for the area Wednesday Thursday is expected to be mostly turning cooler with a high tem in the low 60s and winds shifting to the southwest at 1015 During the 24 hour period ending at 8 a high of a low of 52 and a rainfall of of an inch was recorded in m 1 CM BAYSHORE MOTORS
