The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise from Seguin, Texas • Page 1

Woman of the Year aye Ta I ley named Woman of the Year by Zonta Club Pg.2B Top bakers Youth Show winners in homemaklng pose for pictures Pg.4B Mats charge Matadors pull off upset against Churchill at home Pg.4A Vol.99 No. 108 Wednesday, February 10,1988 USPS 488-700 25C Grand jury indicts murder suspect ByBOBTHAXTON Staff Writer Thirty-three indictments, including one for capital murder, were returned Tuesday by the Guadalupe County grand jury. Named in the murder indictment was Barry Michael Kahkola 20, of Farmington Hills, who is charged in the death of Robert L. Haugh, a 37-year-old male nurse whose body was found Jan. 14 in a mobile home near Seguin.

District Judge B.B. Schraub set bond at $750,000 on Kahkola who la jailed in Prichard, charged in the shooting death of a 62-year-old woman whose body was found Jan. 7 near her car on the side of Interstate 65 in Prichard. Felicia Coker of Saraland, a nurse employed at Providence Hospital in Mobile, had run out of gas on 1-65 north of Mobile. Found in a bar ditch just beyond the passenger side of her car, she had been shot twice in the head, and police said they believe robbery was the motive.

Shortly after the shooting, Saraland police stopped Kahkola on a rural road and arrested him on charges of carrying a pistol. He was driving a 1985 Ford Escort registered to Haugh, but the car had not yet been reported stolen because Haugh's body wasn't discovered until a week later. After auto theft information on the car went into the nationwide computer system used by law enforcement agencies, Prichard police on Jan. 26 contacted Guadalupe County Sheriff Melvin Harborth about having impounded the '85 Escort. Harborth sent Chief Investigator Lavern Taft and Investigator Larry Morawietz to Alabama to question Kahkola who was jailed in Prichard in lieu of $200,000 bond set on the charge of murdering the Saraland nurse.

After interrogating Kahkola, Taft and Morawietz telephoned Harborth to report they had sufficient evidence for Kahkola to be charged with the murder of Haugh, an employee of Medical Center Hospital in San Antonio who formerly had worked at Guadalupe Valley Hospital in Seguin. After Haugh had failed to show up for work for several days, two coworkers went to his mobile home in southeastern Guadalupe County, and their efforts led to summoning of lawmen. Though the mobile home was locked, they could smell a strong, foul odor apparently emanating from inside. Morawietz managed to get inside the trailer and found Haugh's body on a waterbed, nude with his feet and hands tied. An autopsy by the Travis County medical examiner's office determined Haugh had been hit in the head "at least 19 times with a blunt object." District Attorney W.C.

"Bud" Kirkendall today said he had talked to the district attorney in Mobile and Kahkola will be tried there before being returned to Seguin. He has waived extradition proceedings for his ret urn to Texas. Kirkendall also said authorities believe Kahkola may be a "serial killer" involved in other murders. Committee will present ordinance ByGARYGOSSETT City Editor A committee of four members of the Seguin Planning Commission was named at the commission's regular meeting Tuesday evening to present the text of the city's proposed zoning ordinance to the city council. Planning commission chairman Henry Aubel appointed Jack Baker, Earl Rives, Wendellyn Rush and Patricia Wheeler to work with City Planner Jake Krauskopf in formulating the presentation to the council.

A definite date for the presentation has not been determined. "We are about through with the first draft of the ordinance," Krauskopf told the commission Tuesday. "There are just a few minor details that need to be worked out and a couple of decisions you need still to make, and the text of the ordinance will be ready to go to the council." Obituaries Pg.2A Sports Pgs. 44A Business Pg. 12A Opinions Pg.

HA Image Pgs. Classified Pg. 6B Comics Pg. 8B Outlook: Cloudy today with high in the low 60s and south winds at 10-15 mph; cloudy and cold tonight with lows in the mid 30s and gusty winds at 10-15 mph; mostly cloudy Thursday with high in the low 40s and gusty north winds at 15-20 mph. Commissioners are still working on the zoning map that must be a part of the final ordinance.

Some of the things that still need to be decided, the planner said, are fee structures to be charged for requesting zoning changes, and methods of administering the ordinance. "We need to include a fee structure in the ordinance, basically to cover the administrative costs," Krauskopf said. "We plan to survey other cities our size and see what they charge, and work up some figures for your consideration. We hope to have that ready for you by the next meeting." It will be the committee's job to work with the city council and the public in an educational process to help them become familiar with the ordinance, and better understand it. It will still probably be some time, Krauskopf said, before the lengthy document 142 pages plus the zoning map will be ready for the council to take definite action on whether or not to adopt it.

The text of the ordinance defines its purpose, outlines the procedures for requesting zoning changes, provides penalties for noncompliance and defines the various zoning districts being proposed such as commercial, industrial, mixed use, predevelopment, residential, etc. Krauskopf has indicated there will probably be several public hearings on the proposal, and several changes, before it is finally adopted. Also at Tuesday's meeting, the commission re-elected Henry Aubel as chairman for another term. Patricia Wheeler was elected vice- chairman, and Jesse Trinidad recorder. All three were elected by unanimous vote following a recommendation by the nominating committee.

Concerned citizens plan meeting on pool proposal A meeting to review and discuss Seguin's proposal to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TP4W) for a grant of $750,000 in matching funds for construction of a new aquatic facility and other improvements in Starcke Park will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Seguin-Guadalupe County Public Library. A copy of the grant application will bj available for review according to Avery, Seguin architect who purchased a copy. For those interested in reviewing the application, but are unable to attend Thursday's meeting, it can be inspected at City Hall, according to City Manager Tarry Roberts. "Anyone who wants to look at toe application is welcome to do so," said.

"Ail they newt to do is call us in advance so we can have a member of the city staff available to go over it with them, and answer any questions they may have. If they want copies of all qr any part of it, we will be happy to provide them at a cost of 20 cents per page, the same fee we charged Mr. Avery for his copy." Avery wants the city to bold a second public hearing on the pool proposal and is currently circulating petitions asking for such a hearing. The city has held one hearing on the matter, as required, prior to submitting its grant application Avery and others are concerned about the lack of detail in drawings and plans in the proposal submitted toTPtW. City officials have indicated that they will not ask for detailed drawings and plans until aftsr they learn if the grant application hat bean approved.

He's expected to face charges in a slaying in Florida although he'll probably be tried in Guadalupe County before being turned over to authorities in Florida. Kahkola was on parole from a first- degree manslaughter conviction for which he served part of an eight-year prison sentence in Kentucky. While imprisoned in Kentucky, Kahkola escaped, but he was recaptured and served additional time before being paroled. Among other defendants indicted Tuesday were two suspects arrested Friday in a raid during which lawmen found a lab with equipment and chemicals sufficient to manufacture methamphetamine worth an estimated $5 million. Named in an indictment charging them with aggravated possession of methamphetamine are David Arthur Donate, 33, and Ruth Compton, 20.

Donato and Compton were among five suspects arrested when officers executed search warrants at two residences in southeastern Guadalupe County. Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Walter Bargfrede issued the search warrants based on evidence developed during a three-month investigation by Texas Department of Public Safety Narcotics Officer John Lubbock of Seguin, the Guadalupe County Sheriff's Department and the regional Drug Enforcement Agency Task Force from San Antonio. Lubbock said the investigation began based on information received by Morawietz, and the suspects were put under surveillance until officers felt they had enough evidence to get the search warrants. Also indicted Tuesday were two youths arrested in connection with the Jan. 19 armed robbery of Neuse's Grocery in Kingsbury.

Charged with aggravated robbery are Eric Wayne Donaldson, 17, of 1002 E. Pine, and Russell Roy Schwarzlose, 17, of 1137 Sycamore. Both are being held at the Guadalupe County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bonds set by Bargfrede. Donaldson and Schwarzlose were arrested at a Seguin convenience store by Sheriff's Deputy Carlos Esparza who picked them up within 30 minutes of the robbery at the Kingsbury store owned by Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Edwin Neuse and his wife. During the holdup, Mrs.

Neuse was threatened with a knife, and her husband, who was outside when it happened, saw the two suspects as they were leaving. He provided descriptions which led to the arrests. Of the other defendants indicted Tuesday, 12 have yet to be served, and their names are withheld pending arrest. Those who are jailed or have been released after posting bonds include: Alex Ceballos, indicted on a charge of burglary of a vehicle; Alfred Onis Davis, aggravated sexual assault; Marion D. Boston, burglary of a vehicle; Wiley Dean Whetstone, burglary of a vehicle; Shane T.

Wright, burglary of a vehicle; Also, Dudley Allen Franks, in- See 33 persons, Pg. 2A Taking a break TWO OF THE STARS of Circus Gatti relax between performances at the Seguin-Guadalupe County Fairgrounds. The circus was in Seguin Tuesday for two performances, and is in Victoria today. (Staff photo by Steve Boehm) Teachers OKed for career ladder placement By ELAINE H.SOTO Staff Writer A list of teachers meeting requirements for placement on the career ladder, levels II and III, for the 1987-88 school year was approved by the Seguin Independent School District Board of Trustees during its regular meeting Tuesday night. The list named 64 who have met the requirements for level III and 44 who have met the requirements for level II.

The cost for the listed career ladder pay supplements will be 1472,419. Cesareo Guadarrama III, board secretary, addressed the agenda item saying that he just wanted to make the comment that he still didn't feel comfortable with career ladder that he believed teachers were "stressed out" and "hyper" trying to get on. He added that he still believed it should be funded by the state. "I'm just not comfortable with this instrument," he said. Superintendent James Lehmann said he believed there was a new resolve within the teacher groups concerning career ladder and that with the implementation of career ladder III there has been renewed interest resulting in a large number of teachers returning to school.

He said the instrument had not quite taken root at first but now there was a new resolve in how the teachers viewed it adding that he believed there would be a positive, cumulative effect over the next few years. In other business the trustees recognized Seguin High School student Jim Hsu, Academic Decathlon award winner. Hsu and his teammates were presented to the board by Marilyn Marshall and Forest Moore, Academic Decathlon coaches. The students are prepared in 10 different subject areas for the decathlon and competed against students in other schools. Hsu placed second highest in economics out of more than 90 participants.

A resolution calling for a trustee election on May 7, for the position in voting district 2 and voting district 3 was adopted by the trustees. The seats, currently held by trustees Roland Rico and Otto Schultz, will be filled in the May election. Neither Rico or Schultz have announced whether or not they will seek re-election. Also approved for that election was the appointment of judges and clerks. The persons named meet the requirements and have agreed to serve.

Serving for district 2 are George Artman, presiding judge; Violet Hart, alternate presiding judge; Rosie Acevado, clerk; and Glady Ferryman, clerk. For District 3, Mary Barlow, presiding judge; Nick Carrillo, alternate presiding judge; Carmen Astran, clerk; and Martha Delahay, clerk. Other items approved was a request by Texas Lutheran College for use of buses for Bluebonnet Girls State, an overpayment of taxes and bids for purchase of social studies core materials. For the past few years the district has approved the request from TLC. The district will be reimbursed at the rate of $1.10 per mile to cover the cost of vehicle operation.

An overpayment of taxes was made in the amount of $877.27 and will be refunded to Gannon Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Seguin. The value was incorrectly applied in 1988 and, therefore, the taxes were overpaid. The Board of Trustees approved the purchase of social studies core materials, specifically globes and maps.

The globes will be purchased from Nystrom at a cost of $3,397 and the maps from Nystrom and Rand McNally at costs of $8,229.75 and $488, for a total of $8,717.75. Total coat for both globes and maps is $10,114.75. A first reading of a proposed amendment to board policy EHPC for the Honors Program was held. No action is required upon first reading. AIDflfUuIMilt wUOUUKM date information in existing polity EHDC.

The proposed policy is dated to include honors course definitions and provisions for approval as required by Chapter 71 Rules for Curriculum..