Deer Park Debates 15 Million Bond To Fund City Needs
City council weighs issuing a 15 million bond vs piecemeal funding to cover flood control traffic work and other priorities. Proponents favor the total issue for lower costs, while opponents push smaller annual bonds citing voter preference and tax fears. discussions reference 1974 defeat amid political infighting concerns.
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Ary Council
Deer Park
Citisen
Jim Kite
Jimmy Burke
Kite
Bob Linberger
James Cook
Linberger
Cook
Black
Progress Plans Ribbon Cutting At Office Opening
The Progress will hold a ribbon cutting and open house at 112 W. Seventh at 5 p.m. Thursday July 29. The Deer Park Rams Youth Football invites the public to its annual fund-raising golf tournament on Saturday Aug 21 at San Jacinto College Golf Course with a $9 entry fee and trophies. For information call 479-1953 or 479-2666. The library still seeks Bicentennial Fountain donations with recent donors Southwestern Bell Deer Park Office Homer C Enochs Dr Tom Godwin.
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W. Seventh
Deer Park Rams
San Jacinto College
Southwestern Bell
Deer Park
Homer C. Enochs
Hilltop Lakes
Tom Godwin
Readings Set For God’s Favorite At Pasadena Little Theater
Bennie Nipper announces the season opener God’s Favorite a comic take on Job at Pasadena Little Theater 3339 Tulip Pasadena at 2 30 and 7 30 pm Aug 8 The cast of eight ranges from late teens to elderly adults and the venue is on Tulip Street.
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Bennie Nipper
Job
Pasadena Little Theater
Tulip
Pasadena
Building Costs Up Land Values Keep Rising In Area
Progress staff writer explains that land value has nearly doubled since 1972, but rising building and development costs drive property prices. Developers incur sewer water street and park contributions, with five acres per hundred developed for cities. They control lot supply to assure quality and may favor certain builders. Speculation risks include overbuilding and aging areas reducing value.
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Nancy Braus
Center Street
Deer Park
Artist Welder Sculpts To Ease Job Tension
Toledo born welder Charles Gaffney crafts metal sculptures from discarded items to relieve job stress. He regards himself as a craftsman not a paid artist, sharing pieces globally from Toledo to Hollywood and even Mexico. He avoids sales, uses odd materials, marks each piece uniquely, and hopes to create a removable mural in the future.
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Charles Gaffney
Armco
Gaffney
Toledo
Ohio
Hollywood
California
Mexico
Science In Technology
Bond Projects Move Ahead in City Election Report
Voters approved the sale of 3.9 million dollars in bonds last October. Council authorized all bonds including 2 million for Fe preg St R projects and renovations at Durant Street Lift station. Drainage paving and right of way receive 1.35 million. central fire station addition gets 200 thousand. Dow Park fields and Ruth B Minchen Field works begin. water facilities get 500 thousand for Central Control System. Current spending stands at 1.147 million with several projects under construction or pending.
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Fepreg St R
Durant Street
South Pasadena Plaza
San Augustine
Georgia
Eighth Street
Heavy Fire Damages Collegiates Apartments Fire
A July 24 blaze at Collegi Ate Apartments Spencer Highway Academy sent a family from a second story window and a firefighter to hospital. The fire, under control by 9 10 p m, damaged one unit heavily and four others to varying degrees. Fire Marshall Kenneth Greene noted samples were sent to a crime lab in Austin with results expected in about a week and did not rule out arson.
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Collegiate
Spencer Highway
Academy
Kenneth Greene
Austin
Answer Line Offers Reader Q&A Service in Deer Park
The Progress launches Aug 5 a reader question line for Deer Park inquiries. Submit questions with name or request anonymity, sign the query, and mail to P O Box 309 Deer Park 77536 or call 479-5263 for help locating maps and trimming trees away from traffic signs.
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Deer Park
Town Notes Roundup of Names and Odds and Ends
Local column lists residents and guests with occasional notes from daily life. Entries include Jerry Garner awaiting move, Gene Robinson back from vacation, Jimmy Matthews filling in, Joz Fields sharing Toyota tips, Jane Bauer and Fred Bauer belated anniversary wishes, and various notes on Tuesday availability, snail coffee machine issues, and workshop hostessing.
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Jerry Garner
Gene Robinson
Jimmy Matthews
Jane
Fred Bauer
Linda Thompson
Larry Allen
Jim Squiers
Melvin Crawford
Joz Fields
Jimmy Burke
Jane Bauer
John Sarris
Charles
Phyllis Sewell
James McClesky
Bahamas
Baxter
Jean
Murry
Dei
Jep McKegney
Gene Rosertsons
Sally Collard
Barbara Trompson
Dawn Munt
Belle Young
Carolynette
Bates
Prances Clark
Ric Lee “Mear
Morton B. Wilboet
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East Boulevard
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Oscar
Durant
Matthews
Center St
Chamber
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