Friendswood Journal, The (Newspaper) - April 13, 1984, Friendswood, Texas FRIENDSWOOD Home Sales Commercial Acreage REALTY 4823404 41 Absentee voting begins Monday Absentee voting begins April for the May 5 primary election and continues through May In Brazoria County there are now four locations available for absentee The closest one to the Pearland area is the Tax SubStation on 35 at County Road The other locations are The County Clerks Room 111 Locust Angleton Tax 200 South Clute and Precinct 4 1001 Market These locations will be open for ab sentee voting April 16 through excluding weekends and They will also be open on April The weekday hours are 8 to 5 and the hours on April 28 are 2 to 8 Residents of Galveston County can vote absentee between the hours of League City Fire 411 Newport City 2516 Texas in Texas County Clerks Office in the Court House 722 Moody in Those who are eligible to vote ab sentee include qualified voters who expect to be absent from the county on election those who are over those who are unable to attend the polls because of sickness or physical confinement in or religious or those who will be working as election Absentee voting may be done in person or by there are restrictions on mail balloting for those who are physically able to go to the polls but will be out of the county on election Their absentee ballot application and ballot must be post marked from a point outside the county and the ballot must be sent to an ad dress outside the The person who wishes to vote ab sentee must first fill out an After returning the application he will receive a ballot which must be filled out and The application for a ballot may be requested in person at the designated absentee polling place or by mail or Voters should be sure to sign the bottom line on both the application and the The return address on the front side of the application and ballot cards must be exactly the same as the address on the back and in the same handwriting as the signature for the vote to be Absentee voting in person in Brazoria County may take place at one of the four locations listed To request an application for a ballot by mail call 3316101 and ask for the county clerks Anyone interested in having a ballot mailed to them in Galveston County should call and ask for Mary Friendswood Locally Owned Independent BANK 9969900 may ban GALVESTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER Jerry Hopkins swears in new Clear Creek Drainage District Supervisor Don at the regular meeting Tuesday Harris and Supervisor Carl Smith will serve for the next four Outgoing Supervisor Dale Anna was presented with a gavel for his four years of Photo by Brenda Dickerson Celebrities donate mementos to PTO auction A Red Adair belt buckle and a Red Adair donated by Red Adair are among the items gathered for the auction at the PTO Carnival at Westwood Elementary April The auction begins at 3 and continues till the items are Auction chairman Evelyn Newman said there are many interesting and valuable items to be in a pen from Vice President George a US Capitol Book from Senator Lloyd Bentsen and a Com madore 64 computer and 1541 Disk Drive from Mayor Ralph Lowe and Margie A BMX Raleigh Racer Bike was donated by James Pell and Century 21 A microwave oven was donated by Lee Edson Friendswood Shell Station and a brass lamp was donated by John James of Friendswood An unlimited edition of Psalm was donated by Larry Dyke and framed by Friendswood Frame and A numbered edition of 4th in the Park was donated by Laurie Whitehead and framed by Texas Commerce Whitehead also donated a limited Fire Department Report A house two apartment fires and a vehicle fire were among the calls to the Friendswood Fire Department in the week of April April 2 884 was called to the 300 block of South Friendswood Drive for a report of smoke in the Source was found to be a faulty light April 3 884 was called to the 100 block of West Parkwood for a gasoline 884 and 886 were called to the 16700 block of Colony Bend on an automatic mutual aid response for a house 884 was called to the 4900 block of FM 2351 for an apartment The electrical fuse box short but the damage was con to the fuse 884 was called again to the 4900 block of FM 2351 for a kit chen fire in an The oc cupant had used baking soda to ex the fire and there was only minimal damage to the kitchen vent April 6 officer only was called to the 900 block of Riverside to assist a resident with a child locked in the April 8 881 was called to the intersection of Spreading Oaks and South Friendswood Drive for a vehicle edition of Old Strand A Sony Walkman radio was donated by Community National Bank and gift certificate was donated by Merle Four Goodyear Blimp rides were donated by Goodyear and a Moskowitz Skating Rabbit print was donated by Evelyn A cycle repair kit from Bike Pro and a residential exterminating from Exterminator were Baskin Robbins donated an ice cream cake and Friendswood Cleaners donated a dry cleaning Bidders can try their luck at bidding on helicopter rides donated by Tom and Carol Wright or handmade donated by El Paso Boot Alice Kyle donated a color con and Toy and Hobby Express and Stewart Title Company donated various games and toys and tee Managing Editor PEARLAND The school board has directed its policy committee to for mulate a policy that would prohibit all non school related materials from being distributed through the The board unanimously approved this action at its regular meeting Tuesday night in response to a request at last months meeting from Jane a parent who objected to an entry form for a beauty pageant being passed out in her daughters elemen tary school Carol who had placed the item on the agenda for said the board already has policy pertaining to the distribution of literature such as books and pamphlets but not to ad type She said there are some administrative regulations about this type of material but in the incident involved in the complaint none of these had been Ritter favored formulation of a policy that would limit the distributing of this type of materials to nonprofit organizations but other board members felt it should be limited to school related items Jac Rubright said when you say nonprofit you are opening it up to all types of groups and Betty Callaway said nonprofit could be used in many ways to mean almost For clarification Shirley Long asked if the policy board members were asking for meant that groups like the YMCA and the city parks and recreation department could not send home fliers about their programs through the schools and the other board members agreed that it The board also passed a resolution stating that it supports the election of members of the State Board of Education but would like to see the number of members on the state board reduced to The resolution is the boards response to a recommendation being considered by the states Select Committee on Education that the present state board be replaced by a ap pointed Copies of the resolution will be sent to state representatives and members of the select state school board mem bers and state education Originally Toby Lytle made a motion to approve a resolution similar to one passed by the Pasadena school board which said the district opposes the proposal to alter that selection process for members of the State Board of He said he believed the state board members should be he agreed that the present state board of 27 members is too who said she preferred an appointed offered an amended motion as a which sup ports an elected board but with the decrease in Her motion was ap proved An administration recommendation for the expenditure of Chapter 1 and 2 federal funds was also approved by the Cindy elementary curriculum presented the She said Chapter 1 funds are for a reading program and are based on the number of students in a school eligible for free and reduced price She said only two schools in the district Lawhon and Carleston are eligible for these Moore said the Chapter 1 funds have increased going from about last year to over this Major expenditures from the funds will include the purchase of 20 computers and the addition of two and a half reading teachers and an she Moore said the Chapter 2 funds are also based on low income but are not limited to particular She said they will total this and increase of about Expenditures include the extension of the Interact Television Network to the intermediate school additional science materials for the intermediate school which will be needed because of the requirement in House 246 for additional science classes at that level and computers for the intermediate school and Harris In other board the results of the election and adopted an order declaring the returning board member Callaway and new member Sonny Steed were not sworn in because Steed could not be at the meeting due to the sudden death of his The swearing in and reorganization of the board will take place at a special meeting on April April 2228 Keep America Beautiful Week in the Pearland In dependent School a report from Shirley Long See page 2 Easter Bunny to make appearance at egg hunt An Easter Egg Hunt has been scheduled for April It will be held in Independence Park at near the tennis It is being by Pearland Parks and Recreation and the Pearland Chamber of Com There will be plenty of Easter eggs loaded with prizes donated by the Pearland Retail Merchants Children from preschool to eleven years of age are invited to As a special we have invited the Easter Be sure to put a special note on your calendar to take your Its time to get serious about our says judicial candidate MICHOL OCONNOR Managing Editor Its time for the voters of Texas to decide whether they want their judges to sit on the bench or appear before it as said Michol Democratic candidate for judge of the First Court of Appeals in the May primary who brought her campaign to the Friendswood area this said in in an interview with The Journal that people need to begin to pay more attention to the election of She said voters often make their selections for these positions on the basis of name identification often with negative Its time for the voters to decide whether they want ethical judges or judges of limited ability and questionable Its time to get serious about our OConnor She said two years ago a judge was elected to the First Court of Appeals while under indictment and another judge on this court was later charged with pulling a gun on a When he was found with two other guns and a she She also pointed to the case of Don an inmate at Huntsville State who used to sit on the Texas Supreme I dont believe the people of the First or the people of want judges they cant But I do believe that unfortunately the people havent cared enough about judicial So some judges have been elected for the simple reason that they have a famous Thats how we ended up with a prison inmate who used to sit on the highest court in this OConnor If OConnor would be the first woman to sit on this panel which handles all civil and criminal cases appealed out of the district which includes Galveston and Brazoria She said this court is important because it affects the life of almost every even those who are not involved in the court She said most cases are not appealed beyond this court and the decisions it makes establish rules that impact the com munity more than many of the elected officials over in city She for that everyone has to find a place to live whether they own their home or the lease or contract they sign is written along guidelines established by this If theres any problem with this lease or that problem is also settled according to rules established by this she As another OConnor said that we all know people gone through the trauma of Even if the divorce is even if the people never end up in their lawyers will settle issues like child custody and child support on the basis of the opinions of this she OConnor said she has worked in many area of the including as assistant district assistant corporate counsel and trial so she knows the law not just from but from She has published widely on legal issues with articles reprinted in law school casebooks and college She has served as a director of the Houston Bar a director of the Houston Young Lawyers chair of the Justice and chair of the Being judge of the Court of Appeals isnt just a passing fancy for I feel like Ive been training for this job for 10 I decided I wanted to serve as a judge on the First Court of Appeals 10 years ago when I worked as a briefing attorney for this Ive spent the past decade getting as much ex as I could in as many areas as I Now Im and Im cam hard for an office Ive spent many years preparing I know the judicial races appear at the bottom of the she But its time to put them on the top of the priority
