The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 20

ShreveportBossier IB 20-A Thursday, June 2, 1983 dhf dimes -iLfl American graffiti Cablevision plans to open satellite store r-vj rn 4 fl rvrt m. I 'f I A mm fff W'i Jmm mmrn IA mSr i -r? mj A it Cablevision plans no big ad campaign for the temporary store but will refer customers there by phone. A permanent store, located in a different spot in South Park Mall, is expected to open in late July or August. A grand opening is planned for the move to the permanent store. Hugunin said some recent problems with the phones were traced to a faulty trunk line.

The line fouled up call distribution for the system and spoiled queueing for calls on some other trunk lines, Hugunin said. Cablevision recently switched to a more sophisticated phone system. The new system can give reports every half hour on how many calls have come in and how many people were placed on hold. Hugunin said the reports already have shown that peak hours are not always the times Cablevision thought were peak hours. Schedules will shift after Cablevision gets a couple of months experience with call patterns, Hugunin indicated.

He expects it to take several weeks to iron out remaining bugs in the computerized system. By KEVIN DOYLE The Times Cablevision of Shreveport will open a satellite store in South Park Mall within two weeks, Cablevision General Manager Mike Hugunin said Wednesday. Hugunin also said that most problems with a new phone system for the firm have been worked out but some fine-tuning remains. The system includes 22 trunks and 150 lines. "Every one is in working order to our knowledge," Cablevision spokesman Karen Robson said Wednesday.

Hugunin said Cablevision officials, like some other callers, were told recently by a phone operator that the line was out of order when it tried its own service number, A phone company supervisor later apologized for the goof, Hugunin said. Cablevision subscribers will be able to pay bills, buy new services and get new equipment at the store, which will be located near the Montgomery Ward store in South Park Mall. The location is temporary. Residents back strict DWI law Creswell Elementary School student Srey Yin signs Bobby Hankinson's T-shirt sort of a new twist on the annual yearbook-signing ritual of years past. Creswell students were among about 50,000 youths in Caddo Parish who officially were let out of school for the summer Wednesday.

Bossier Parish ended its school year last week. CAEDED PARISH SCHOOL: Herndon staffing formula OKM iV.V Louisiana's strict new drunken driving law has the backing of a majority of the state's residents, according to a poll taken by Louisiana Tech University. Almost two-thirds of the Louisia-nians surveyed think the new penalties are "about right" in severity while only a tenth thought them too strict. Basically, the law provides that first offenders be fined $125 to $500 and be jailed for 10 days to six months. However, the judge can reduce or drop the jail time and replace it with four days of public service work and participation in a rehabilitation program.

The respondents were about evenly split as to whether a judge should be able to vary the penalty. More than 500 people throughout the state responded to the questionnaires sent out by the Louisiana Survey Center of Tech's College of Administration and Business. Almost 90 percent thought a jail term or high fine ($400 to $500) for first offenders would reduce the chance of a second offense. And while most Louisianans agreed By SHEILA GOUR Times Education Writer Some staff members are referring to it as the Caddo Parish school system's latest "success story." But School Board members argued almost two hours Wednesday before approving a staffing formula for next year's proposed magnet program at Herndon ElementaryMiddle School. Enrollment for an academic and performing arts middle magnet program at the school has already reached more than half its anticipated level.

With more than 250 of the estimated 400 students planned for the program's first year of operation, school system staff members asked the board for approval of a staffing formula that would place at least 20 teachers at Herndon. The request was made in preparation for the fall startup of North Caddo's hi Apartment zoning request tabled Board offers stadium to Americans first full-fledged enrichment program. But board member Robert Neff took exception with the staffing plan, saying it would create an "unbelievable" student-teacher ratio at rural school. Using the early enrollment figures, Neff calculated that ratio at one teacher for every 11 students. "This situation arises in order to offer as many programs at Herndon as are offered at Caddo Middle Magnet School," he said.

"While on the surface that appears to be a very worthwhile request, it deserves some consideration. In an effort to equalize the programs, we will have created a great inequity in the pupil-teacher ratio." The plan had the potential of creating an "elitist program" at Herndon, Neff said, if the middle motivated organization and on the kind of situation in which the plan will place the board and the city of Shreveport. "Before we make a decision to rent out our stadium for $500 when the city of Shreveport rents theirs for $5,000, we need to make sure that we're going to come out all right," Boardman Jerry Gaines said. "I also think we're going against board policy; we're setting a precedent that could come back to haunt us later." Gaines said he had heard that the city spends about $3,800 preparing ce 1958. Before joining the staff at Huntington, Valore was coach and physical education teacher at George W.

Carver High School and assistant principal at Linear Junior High. He served as principal at Huntington for the spring semester of the 1979-80 school year. The appointment was one of several personnel matters handled by the Caddo Parish School Board The Shreveport Americans may have found a new home, if they decide to take the Caddo Parish School Board up on its offer to use Caddo Parish Stadium. The professional football team now uses Independence Stadium for its home games, but a request to rent Caddo Parish Stadium at Captain Shreve High School was approved Wednesday by an 8-7 vote of the School Board. The decision to alter board policy allowing summer use of the stadium came after a debate on the community status of a profit- Action was deferred on Ronald A.

Jones' bid for a Linwood Avenue townhouse-apartment development at Wednesday's Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission meeting. Jones asked the commission to re-zone several acres of land on the west side of Linwood 150 feet south of Rutledge Street for the development. But after hearing opposition from several residents who live near the proposed development, the com-, mission voted to defer the case and asked its staff to work with Jones and the parish engineer to alleviate some of the residents' concerns. Many of the 50-plus people attend-. ing the hearing told the commission that Jones' development would increase traffic in the area, worsen already-poor water pressure and en enrollment stays lower than capacity.

That ratio is necessary, he said, because of a larger variety of elective courses offered in the magnet program than those offered in neighborhood schools. "What we're trying to do is implement a program that you approved earlier this year," Stockard said. "Our prediction that (an enrollment of) 400 will be reached is not unrealistic, going by the number of applications we've been receiving." School Board members approved the staffing plan, along with a separate request for an additional $50,000 to purchase equipment and supplies for increased enrollment at the elementary level at Herndon. Early estimates placed the total number of kindergarten through fifth-grade students there at about 200, but so far the school has received applications for 460. mate there would be more wear on the facility.

"I do see some community gain in trying to assist the team on the one hand," Oglesby told the board. "But I also see some problems with trying to use the facility during the summer. We don't know exactly what the impact on the stadium will be until the fall." Other questions concerning security and maintenance personnel, insurance requirements and consumption of alcoholic beverages were raised as part of the rental considerations. BTW Also approved for transfer is Herndon Middle School Principal George Rye, who moves to the Caddo Heights post. Rye, who has been with the system since 1957, has taught at Lakeshore Junior High and has served as language arts coordinator at Broadmoor Junior High.

He holds a bachelor's degree from Wiley College and a master's degree from Louisiana State University. an autopsy on Miss Hudson's body, as well as from an investigation conducted by the crime lab. The Red River Parish Sheriff's Department is offering a $4,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the crime. Authorities said Miss Hudson was found dead, stabbed about 20 times, early Saturday morning. Officials are also examining the possibility that she was raped.

Radar sites listed with the first-offense penalties, about five out of six respondents believed the minimum jail term for a second offense (30 days) was too lax. About the same percentage agreed with the part of the law that suspends a driver's license for refusal to take a sobriety test. Almost two-thirds thought that raising the legal drinking age to 21 would reduce the incidence of DWIs. On what would be the best way to reduce drunken driving, the respondents were torn between a jail term, mandatory enrollment in a rehabilitation program and suspension of driving privileges. Only about 7 percent thought a fine was the best deterrent.

Tech established the Louisiana Survey Center last June after observing similar programs at other schools. It sent letters to 5,000 Louisiana residents, asking them to become respondents for surveys. About 850 people sent back forms to join. The same group is used for all surveys. Resulting information is used for academic purposes and is also given to public officials.

danger the safety of children who live near Rutledge Street. Jones is seeking to change the zoning of the land from R-A (residential-agricultural) to R-3 (multiple-family residential). In other action, the commission: Approved an application by West-port Development Co. for a mobile home park south of the 6500 block of West 70th Street, 650 feet west of Glenleaf Road and 1,200 feet south of West 70th. Denied a bid by Sunrise Baptist Church to build a four-story senior citizens home on the north side of West Caperton, 200 feet east of Murray Street.

Deferred Kenneth Arnold's request for a townhouse development 1,000 feet north of Buncomb Road and 300 feet west of Kempton Park. tickets to be given away for the Caddo-Bossier YMCA Day set Friday at Hamel's Park. "We spend thousands and thousands of dollars on campaigns to get elected," he said. "So many times the dollars don't really go to the people we want to help the most. All YMCA branches are selling $5 tickets to Friday's activities.

The, proceeds will be targeted for YMCA program development and facility planning. Tickets will cost $6 at the gate. Police Jury after U.S. District Judge Tom Stagg ordered that a medic be made available in order to upgrade medical attention there. The 27-year-old Calton, who is also employed at Schumpert Medical Center, has spent about IV hours per sick call and examines from three to eight inmates per session, according to Tommy Spradling, the jail's full-time emergency medical technician.

"This is working out fine," said Spradling, who assists Calton during sick call. "Before this, we were making trips to LSU every day sometimes doubling up. Now it's maybe four or five a week. Sick complaints have fallen off significantly." school enrollment does not reach its goal. Approving the staffing formula before that figure is reached, he said, would be "placing the cart before the horse." The plan for upgrading the north Caddo school is the final major phase of a federal consent decree hashed out more than a year ago be-, tween the Caddo school system and the U.S.

Justice Department. Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Dr. Betty McNeese told the board that the Herndon plan could be another "success story," modeled almost exactly after the existing middle magnet program. Currently, the ratio at Caddo Middle Magnet is about 20 to one, with 51 teachers for a total enrollment of 1,000 students. But Director of Middle Schools Jimmie Stock-ard said a minimum of 20 teachers would be needed at Herndon, even if its field for each Americans game, justifying the $5,000 rental fee for Independence Stadium.

He also said the measure could put the School Board in an undesirable competitive position with the city. Board member Jerry Tim Brooks defended use of the athletic facility, however, saying it would improve' community relations. While the school system's normal stadium rental fee is $500, Assistant Superintendent of Business Affairs Dr. Don Oglesby said the fee would probably be doubled for use by the football team because officials esti Wednesday at its regular meeting. The board also approved the transfer of Caddo Heights Elementary Principal Roosevelt Crosby to Midway Middle School.

Crosby began teaching in Caddo Parish in 1968 and has been principal of Eden Gardens Junior High School. He is a graduate of Prairie View College and holds a master's degree from Stephen F. Austin State University. Probe continuing Times Natchitoches Bureau COUSHATTA Red River law enforcement agencies will meet with officials at the Northwest Crime Lab in Shreveport at 1 p.m. today to discuss evidence compiled in the investigation into the slaying of 20-year-old Wanda Hudson of Coushatta.

While no statement concerning the Saturday morning stabbing has been made, officials said they obtained new leads from evidence accumulated in Valore appointed principal of Neeson asks candidates to aid worthy causes man hospitalized three car collision Huntington High School Assistant Principal Abram Valore was named Wednesday to replace retiring Booker T. Washington High School Principal Winston Green. Valore, a graduate of Grambling College, holds the master of education degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He also has earned 30 hours above the master's degree and has worked within the Caddo Parish school system sin POLICE BEAT Keithville following A Keithville man was listed in "guarded" condition at Schumpert Medical Center last night, where he was being treated for injuries he received in a three-car collision on the Industrial Loop Wednesday. Ernest Roy Sadler, 61, was being treated for head and facial injuries, a hospital spikeswoman said, following the collision at the Buncomb Road about 12:40 p.m.

An accident report by Officer John Drayden said Sadler was heading west on Industrial Loop when a 1983 Pon-tiac headed north on the Buncomb Road collided with an eastbound 1977 Gannett News Service BATON ROUGE State Sen. Richard Neeson, D-Shreveport, urged Wednesday that Shreveport-area officials seeking re-election this year other candidates contribute some campaign money to public service causes. fie said the contributions would help the community while drawing publicity to their campaigns. Neeson said he plans to use $1,500 that would otherwise go toward his reelection campaign this year to buy Prisoners' hospital trips decrease 75 Deputies estimate that inmate transport runs from the Bossier Parish jail to LSU Hospital has been cut by 75 percent since officials hired a nurse to manage sick calls at the jail. Richard J.

Calton, a licensed practical nurse, has been conducting sick call three days a week in the courthouse jail in Benton since the middle of May. He was hired by the Bossier Parish Chevrolet Impala, knocking the Im-pala into Sadler's 1958 pickup truck. The driver of the Pontiac, Marjorie B. Heal, 48, of Keithville was cited by Drayden for failure to yield at an intersection. Mrs.

Heal received what was described in the report as a minor injury. The driver of the Impala, Arleen F. Daire, 18, of Mamou, and a passenger, Laura Richard, 18, of Opelousas, were treated for minor to moderate injuries at Willis-Knighton Medical Center, the report said. Shreveport police will monitor traf-4i fic with radar this morning, on East Washington Street, Youree Monkhouse drives, Interstate 20, Blom Boulevard, and Kingston and '1 Pines roads. This afternoon radar will be on Kingston, Jewella and Pines roads, Crabapple and Lakeshore Southern and St.

Vincent avenues and Interstate 20..