The Baytown Sun from Baytown, Texas • Page 7

THE BAYTOWN SUN Friday, June 17, 1983 Park Pavilion Construction Resumes 7-A By FRIEDA BEATY HOUSTON (Sp) Construction of a pavilion in Clear Lake Park 5s back in full swing following a two- week lay off brought on by opposition from area citizens. Despite protest by more than 1,600 people in the Clear Lake area, Precinct 2 Commissioner Jim Fonteno said at Thursday's Commissioners Court meeting he wouild not make a motion to move the project to another park site or stop the project all together. "Now if someone else wants to make a motion, that's fine," Fonteno said. "But I feel we should move on ahead with this project. "I think we have delayed this thing for an adequate amount of time.

No matter what we come up with we're not going to please everyone." The subject died for a lack of a motion. County Engineer Dick Doss told commissioners in order to move the project to another park site it would cost the county $12,000 and $53,200 to stop the project all together. Citizens from the Clear Lake area, both opponents and supporters of the pavilion, jammed court chambers to capacity to voice their opinion of the construction. Richard Cole, chairman of the board of the Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, along with five other community representatives presented the court with six resolutions favoring the pavilion. But Gayle Hermann, a concerned citizen, presented Fonteno with a petition signed by 1,600 residents who are opposed to the pavilion.

Those of the pavilion say the facility would attract undesirables and create additional drainage; parking, traffic and safety problems. In addition they say the park would be turned into a commercial establishment that would harm family atmosphere of the park. Yet supporters of the facility S'ay the Clear Lake area needs a place to hold functions instead of going out of the area to La Forte's Sylvan Beach or a Galveston County Park. Jane Webb, representing residents of the Clear Lake Forest subdivision, compared commissioners to creatures in Dr. Suess 1 The Lbrax, she says, speaks for the: trees and doesn't want any trees torn down for progress.

Yet the in order to have progress some trees have to be torn down. In the end, she said, thdse creatures end up with nothing but gray grass and buildings. ICL supporters 01 me lacuuy Duilamgs Governor Signs Strict Drunk Driving Bill A TT.QTTT^ A TP Anrlfiv. nnn 3 1 AUSTIN (AP) Gov. Mark White has signed into law a bill to get drunken drivers off the road by treating their drinking problem or slapping them in jail.

"The new law represents a significant step toward reducing the number of drunken drivers on Texas roads and highways," Senate sponsor Bill Sar- palius said Thursday. Under the new law, effective Jan. a first-time DWI of- fender would face maximum punishment of two years in jail and a $2,000 fine, but could avoid going to jail by participating in an alcohol or drug dependency evaluation. Second-time offenders also would face maximum jail time of two years and a fine of up to $2,000, but would have to serve at least three days in jail to get a probated sentence. A third-time of- fender could get five years in state prison and a fine of up to $2,000 and would have to serve at least 10 days in jail to get probation.

Penalties are even tougher in DWI cases involving serious injury or death. Killing someone while under the influence of alcohol would carry the same two to 10- year penalty as current law, but the new law would require a defendant to spend at least four months in Baytown Man Seeking .2 Million Damages A Baytown man has filed a work-related lawsuit in Harris County District Court, asking for $1.2 million in damages to compensate for injury. The suit states that Timothy Sherron, 24, of 304 E. Hunnicutt, was working for Municipal Surveying Co. on June 1 at Steubner-Airline Road when a front-end loader driven by an employee of Richznond Road Co, ran over him, crushing the lower part of his body.

was apparently out of the operator's sight when he was the suit alleges. He was im- -mediately taken to a Houston hospital. "We may have some gross ijegligence here," said Glenn Vickery, Sherron's attorney. "We feel the driver of the piece of con- struction equipment may have had inadequate training. "City ordinances require flagmen for moving such a piece of equipment, and there was no lookout, no flagmen." According to Vickery, Sherron has undergone extensive medical treatment, and he will apparently have lasting medical expenses.

"He is unable to work," said Vickery, "and he will be permanently impaired to some extent." Vickery added that the medical prognosis is still unknown at this time. "I feel the negligence can easily be proved," Vickery added, "and the damages should be substantial by the time of the trial, which is expected in early 1984. Widow Of Kansas Man Files First Hotel Blaze Lawsuit FORT WORTH widow of Kansas man has filed the first lawsuit in connection with a blaze at the Ramada Central that killed her husband and others earlier this week. Officials are still to determine cause of fire. Fire Chief 'Larry McMillen said expects test by Monday on Lpjeces of charred taken from the rarea where the blaze for Young filed in state district here Thursday $2.2 million In actual damages $500,000 in pimitive damages from the hotel chain and Barker Enterprises, the owners of the franchise.

Her husband, Randy Lynn Young, 26, of Liberal, died of smoke inhalation, medical examiners said. The suit alleges "gross negligence" on the part of motel employees. Five people died and 34 were injured in the early morning blaze at the 10-year- old hotel just off Interstate 30 on the city's east side. There were neither smoke alarms nor sprinkler systams in the two-story, 86- room wing where the fire occurred and many of the sur- vivors were awakened by the sound of honking horns and breaking glass. Medical examiners said the victims died of asphyxiation from smoke and carbon monoxide.

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