La Marque Times (Newspaper) - September 9, 1987, La Marque, Texas ous r 21-7 Win opens year See Page IB track debate Postponed to Oct. 7 See Page 4A are te 7^ wos to gef the money and I found great neW places to See Page 8A 4- 1 newspaper since 1947 25C Weekly \i Two sections changes curriculum because of AIDS Common sense and good judgement are the guidelines for teaching La Marque students and teachers about AIDS Immune Deficiency Superintendent Dr. Mike Moses have an obligation to act responsibly in light of health conditions that exist in the country and he AIDS is addressed in the junior high but the subject is not dealt with in textbooks at that The ninth grade health does discuss the virus responsible for how it is and some The text states that body such as blood and are agents for transmitting the but it has no sex education Moses Students desiring information about AIDS not available in the classroom have several With parental they can attend a to presented by Carol Rogers of the Galveston County Health discussion includes subjects such as teenage pregnancy and venereal Counselors can provide a directory for the health district's adolescent which provides information on teenage pregnancy and alcohol and tobacco abuse as well as training with a University of Texas Medical Branch staff member has prepared teachers to handle questions from students about training they've got is to allay fears students may but also to get students to an appropriate health A random human toll Inside a 20 percent jobless numbers translate to fear Hope springs but tbd This is first in a series on the so-called displaced by the slumping Gulf Coast Next a second part will discuss what the government and does do to assist the A third part will deal with the role private agencies Slid groups play in helping the new TEXAS CITY - Rolland Angell was happy when he stopped by the Carpenters Local No. 193 Hall last Thursday He had just worked a full week for the first time since last he Angell pointed out a picture hanging with others on the It was a group taken a decade of 25-year members of the In the Angell stands in the back second from the He had dressed up for the and looked more than 10 years younger than the man now standing in the union Ten years Angell had spent over a quarter of a century with a Texas City construction Last at 58, he was a supervisor in that company when he was laid off because there was no Angell's and hundreds like are the human toll that lies behind the dreary monthly unemployment figures released by the Texas Employment Commission For unemployment in Galveston County stood at 11.2 It was 11.3 percent in La Marque and 15 percent in Texas The state average was 8.7 The national average was The Poor First in a series about 6 Unemployment in Galveston County has been in or near double-digit figures since 1982, the year the annual average jumped from 6.8 to 9.8 The oil which sent the jobless rate has been endlessly So have the various paths to Less widely remarked on are the people submerged in the facts and who they are and what they do to Some social workers have called them the a label that describes their circumstances but not their Simply they are people who were working five years and should be working but aren't because of a job market shrivelled by the poor A visit to the union halls shows the effect of the which sharply reduced new taking jobs away from many construction and craft The carpenters share their hall with the American Federation of County & Municipal Employees Local No. 1550. All 500-plus AFSCME whose wages are paid by are and their lall buzzes with But next nearly 20 percent of the carpenters are See Toll Page 5A Times by Jim RoUand 53, a carpenter and part of the area's 15 percent points out a picture of him taken in better days showing 25-year members of the local such as the school Moses school nurse is equipped to give as many options as including going to the local health district or the Four C's he Moses said the district is putting See Page 5A Budget increase likely at CAD By JAMES HARTSFIELD Managing Editor The Galveston County Central Appraisal District will hold a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. today to approve a proposed increase in its 1988 Most of the increase in the 1988 Central Appraisal District budget is due to high legal fees from a lawsuit brought against CAD by Houston Lighting and The suit contests the value of a power plant in north Galveston CAD's legal fees in 1988 are estimated to increase by of which will go to pay bills incurred during court battles last Chief Appraiser said The remaining increase is for expenses expected to come when the case is A jury returned a verdict lowering the value of the plant last but the jury's findings were not accepted by the presiding Emanis the case is just hanging out It's just still he Although on paper the proposed operating budget for CAD shows an almost increase for 1988, the district's actual spending will increase by only About that was spent last year was not included in CAD's 1987 operating budget because it went to pay an outside appraisal firm to reappraise property in the La Marque school But this the CAD staff will do all eliminating the need for a contract with any outside CAD can do all of its own appraising this year because the See CAD Page 5A twin m THE SQUARE At FM 146 and Texas 3 La Marque woman is stable after weekend cycle wreck 1 by Jim La Marque Fair on the Square Committee Chairman John Bonneau helps as Texas Power worker Bob Doolittle puts up a banner promoting the event slated for Sept. 26 and Sept. 27. i - A La Marque woman is in stable condition at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston following a motorcycle accident here early Susie 36, 604 Azalea was a passenger on a motorcycle being driven by Albert Edward 40, 7509 Leenard when it went out of control on Texas 3. The motorcycle was travelling north on Texas 3 when it began to exit on to Texas 146. The driver apparently changed his mind and was attempting to return to Texas 3 when he lost control of the bike and laid it down on the shoulder of the reports Police responded to the accident at 1:09 a.m. No charges were The two were taken by Galveston County Emergency Medical Service to Mainland Center where Johnson was Wood was not 1 treated at a hospital spokesperson Johnson and Wood were then taken by EMS to Johnson was listed in stable condition in the intensive care unit Tuesday Sealy has no record of treating a spokesman In other police reports last Two men who aroused police suspicions by stopping their car on Interstate 45 were arrested on drug charges Aug. 29. Donald Wayne 23,1350 Nasa Rd. No. 162 and Scottie Oneal 25, 1816 Texas were charged with possession of The two were transferred to Galveston County Jail and released on ' When police first contacted Williams and their car was stopped in the emergency lane of the highway and the two were looking into the reports The car had previously been reported by Galveston County authorities for possibility of a drunk reports As police one of the men threw a small package out of the reports Police searched the grounds and found a bag filled with a leafy green substance that was allegedly later identified as reports Burglars may have cut a screen window to gain entry to a house in the 2500 block of Stonewall Street A two TVs and with a total estimated value of were reported The crime was reported at 8150 p.m. and was thought to sometime earlier that
