La Marque Times (Newspaper) - March 20, 1985, La Marque, Texas Each year The La Marque Times features a special edition that reviews this city's accomplishments of the prior year and years The four sections this year labeled Outlook examine the directions that civic government agencies and Individuals have chosen throughput the years including recent From the purchase of a new fire truck to the changes in this city's high school football The Times charts La path to the In the pages of Outlook city promoters continue their move to strengthen La tax Some of those same promoters banned together to form a La Marque Chamber of Commerce to concentrate their efforts on this The group has worked to attract large businesses that promise the city a professional appearance and tax base for funding municipal Signs of growth have extended all the way into changes in the city's charter which has since 1967. The new civic awareness Has spread in the form of pride to citizens anxious to open a new park on Bayou Road in honor of Outlook offers a comprehensive view of all those movements and much EPA narrows options Two plans for decontamination of most hazardous dump By THOMAS MUELLER Staff Writer I ron mental Protect Ion Agency officials have narrowed to two the number of cleanup alternatives being considered to decontaminate the state's most hazardous chemical dump site and plan to make a choice based on market Officials reached agreement Friday to let current market conditions play a key role in determining which of the two most feasible proposals will be used for the The proposals for and backfilling the 11.29-acrv at and interstate iii La differ sharply In that would complete the Job and the other require shipping the chemical soaked soli to an off-site The EPA had originally presented a dossier of 11 alternatives and narrowed that number to four last From four plans to area officials In a public hearing in EPA and state officials have selected the they feel to he the most cost decision was to go ahead with alternative three and native 10 We're going ahead and bid both ol those and see which alternative is explained Don KPA project engineer for the one of the few See EPA Page 10A City sales show signs of recovery By MICHAEL ELWELL Managing Editor For first time this fiscal a report from the slate Comptroller's Office shows ' a monthly increase in La Marque sales The March report from the state indicates the city pulled this about more than last this Despite the consistent drops in sales tax rebate City Ivan Langford said budget adjustments have not been necessary the cily can average a month through the remainder of the we'll be right on he The city has projected in sales tax rebates for the 19JJ5-86 ' fiscal year amounting to more than 10 percent of the city's exactly where we to We've made about in five Langford According to this month's since January La Marque sales have fallen 16.51 from the previous year's In the first three reports In 1084 the city had drawn The same period this year has pulled a CountyWide cities are up for the first three reports of the year by 2.64 Galveston County cities have earned from the 1 percent local sales tax to last Texas City is slightly down for the year at a 55' percent deficit the March reporting period boosted their rebate amount from last year to in 1985. Galveston also experienced an increase this period from to For the year Galveston is down 3.54 Hitchcock is down 11 percent for this year and Santa Fe Is up 11.54 State Comptroller Bob Bullock sent checks totaling million In local tax payments See City Page 9A Crime Stoppers founder urges vigilance By ELWELL Managing Editor The Crime Stoppers program in Texas is undoubtedly the most effective of any state in the according to the organization's Greg who now works for Texas Mark White implementing the program Speaking a group of citizens and law enforcement officials In the La Marque MacAleese said solved more than 70,000 crimes its origination in 1976. A crime is solved every 45 minutes in Texas and one every 17 minutes in North America through the he who began the first Crime Stoppers while working for the New Mexico Police claimed the secret to the program's success Is good media coverage and the anonymity it By it crime through radio and the public is given a chance to recall events and observations that could help Solve It. A or person who thinks he might have some information can call a local Crime Stoppers organization and offer Information without ever being asked his If a reward Is the witness still remains times a person will call the police station after seeing a skit on television to confirm what they saw and to ask questions about MacAleese That person might only he has a but that sometimes can first case as an Investigator with the police was solved by someone who had seen a car traveling In the area where the crime had been The witness knew the car a nearby apartment complex and reported the information to The witness had seen the first Crime Stoppers skit ever aired on a television MacAleese had contacted a local station and asked It to consider running a re-enactment of the was sure that someone had to have seen MacAleese and his partner played the parts of the two after the kids who were asked to play the parts did not show The crime was an aggravated robbery that ended with the s murder of a 19-year-old college Michael Corman had been moonlighting at service station to pay his way through college See Crime Stoppers Page 9A Index ' 3M, Ill Amoco fife damages estimated TEXAS CITY f Damages from Thursday's fire at the Amoco Oil Company plant here have been estimated near according to a company The which broke out shortly after 1:30 belched thick clouds of black smoke Into the but caused only according to spokesman Charlie say its probably under It seemed but the fire was up high and didn't Involve much he One employee was injured in the He was identified as plant inspector Harry 38, of Foreman suffered a broken heel when he jumped from a scaffolding where he was according to Both City Amoco firefighters responded to the which they brought under control after about an Spokesman Bob Bishop said plant operators shut down the and isolated the fire by closing valves leading to the refiner They then sprayed water on the refiner unit to minimize heat cases Ilka we the material burn Itself The smoke made look worse than it he Bishop said approximately 10 people were working in the vicinity of the refining unit when it caught Including shift See Amoco Page 10A joins CCC clean up By THOMAS MUELLER Staff Writer La committee has preliminary approval from the La Marque Independent School District to hold poster and essay contests within the schools to promote cleanup Clean City Commission members learned of the approval at their monthly meeting Committee Chairwoman Charlotte Westerlage said the administrators were with the Idea and will begin coordinating it in the schools The commission plans to a poster contest for grades kindergarten through an essay for ' junior high and high school students and a cleanup project for any clubs or groups of students who wish to participate from the high Commission members also discussed their plans to produce a 20-30 minute Members expressed a hot to make a production that tried to the They were concerned that people might confuse their efforts those of the local chambers of got to be This Is not the chamber of commerce and It's not the governing body of the city of La It's the Clean City remarked Leonard not trying to encourage new businesses to Just trying to clean up the he The cable program likely will highlight some of the businesses and residents who have made a positive effort to clean up their homes and Local celebrities Norm a former football player and Houston Cougar Basketball have agreed to appear in the Tentative completion dabs for the production Is of this City Manager Ivan also presented of garage sale
