San Angelo Standard-Times from San Angelo, Texas • 21

Section! 1 Classified 7-12C Local area news 2-3C State news 4-6C SAN ANGELO Saturday December 22 1990-1C Basic services funds go to WT area cities Harto-Hankt Awthi Buraia AUSTIN Communitiea across the state received an early Christmas present Friday $33 million to provide residents bask services such as running water and fire hydrants Federal funds recipients in West Texas include Brady Bronte Ector County Fort Stockton Llano Loraine llarfa Menard Presidio Beeves County Robert Lee Rocksprlngs Sutton County Comancho County and Presidio County The Texas Department of Commerce awarded 175 injection of $33 million into local economies around the state will not only provide a stimulus for economic growth but will generate new jobs as well" said Bill Taylor agency executive director The amounts and projects for West Texas communities are: Brady 399900 pave dirt streets Bronte 395000' water line improvements new fire hydrants and addition of a pumper-type fire truck Ec ants from 572 applicants The projects are targeted low- and moderate-income areas tor County 3298705 sewer service to the El Ranchito area Fort Stockton 3292633 rehabilitation of 11 homes and installation of water lines and fire hydrants Llano 3250000 sewer plant expansion Also Loraine 3163000 water distribution improvements Marfa 3136090 rehabilitate up to 10 homes install water lines and add fire hydrants Menard 3157278 improve sewage plant Presidio 3250000 construct a water well and transmission lines Reeves County 3300000 water line construc tion Robert Lee 305000 water main installation new fire hydrants and fire-fighting equipment And Rocksprlngs 360637 install water lines and fire hydrants Sutton County 376677 install water lines and sewer lines for Loma Alta Comanche County 3300000 provide water service to Sipe Springs Presidio County 3300000 provide water service to Candelaria Presidio County 315500 planning studies on streets drainage water sewers and capital Improvements -f k- tv Perennial school program approved jL 'jv r- si Si" Nil jr 3k By KEELY COGHLAN Staff Writer The school year may seem longer next year for some Ector County publk school students And be right Ector County School Board members have approved a plan that will give students at Gale Pond-Alamo Elementary a chance to attend year-round classes beginning next falL Students can either attend a 175-day program with more frequent vacation breaks or they can attend classes 11 months of the year Board President Dr Lee Buice said The program would have students going to classes year-round with two weeks off after every six weeks of class Buice said Please see ECTOR Page 2C i San Angelo restaur anteur offering free holiday meal Crowds bid store goodbye By WILLIAM TAYLOR Staff Writer The ky weather stop them Crowds of consumers visited the Sherwood Way mart one last time Friday to scavange for bargains and say goodbye Twenty-seven years of business in San Angelo came to a clou at 9 pm Friday as the department store at 3129 Sherwood Way joined about 30 others nationwide in closing their doors to business for the final time said Susie Cotton a 16-year employee at the store sad I just hate to kave it really and the peopk who work here know when you work in the publk like this you get where the peopk mean a lot to you" she continued had a gentkman come in a littk whik ago and take some pictures That way he could remember everybody and remember the Cotton is one of many store employees without a new job to go Pleue eee KMART Page 2C Closed homes high heat risk danger By BOB BECKNELL Staff Writer Peopk trying to escape the cold air that blew into the area Friday by closing up their houses and turning the heat up are risking carbon monoxide poisoning fire officiak warn Carbon monoxide a colorless odorless and tasteless gas results when natural gas and other fossil took used to heat homes completely burned said Fire Battalion Chief Dwight Clark "Families with open gas space heaters are particukrly vulnerable if they provide adequate just have a lot of fun with that" Pena said "My employees volunteer their time and we have a Mg feed and we just have a lot of fun with it been getting about 300 people down here in recent years so about what I expect this year" he said adding that he had even larger crowds when her first started had about 450 the first Pena explained was a big deal Through the years seen a lot more people take notice of senior citizens and I think that has caused us to drop a little bit but 300 is a lot fumy little The meal is the last Pena will serve before the holiday After the free lunch hia restaurant will close until Wednesday By WILLIAM TAYLOR Staff Writer For the lucky 13th year Joe Pena will again open his doors to the elderly on Christmas Eve Pena owner of Park Restaurant and his employees will serve a free holiday meal to San Angelo area senior citisens from 11 am to 2 pm Monday at his busineti at 2821 Chadboume St 'Tve been doing this dinner since he said something I just wanted to do for the community" The meal will include ham with pineapple glase yams green beans rolls and ice cream In addition Santa Claus and some mariachl singers will provide mmlng entertainment S-T photo by Rick Choate A doll for Mardla Marine Cpi Timmothy Dresler talks with Erica McNeil and Mardla Torres about the doll Mardla received from the Marines' Toys for Tots program Weather brings in traffic hazards estimates that S3 peopk could die in traffic accidents during the 78-hour Christmu holiday period from 6 pm Saturday to midnight Tuesday An additional 28 peopk could be killed over the New Years holiday between 6 pm Saturday Dec 29 and Tuesday Jan 1 "All availabk DPS troopers will be out patrolling the highways trying to keep the death toll low possibk" Hak said He uid the troopers will be on the lookout for drunk drivers speeders and other huardous drivers By BOB BECKNELL Staff Writer The frigid air that covered most of Texas and the Concho Valley area Friday hu created hazardous driving conditions and set up the potential for fatal traffic accidents Motorists heading north and east of San Angelo should be prepared for ice covered bridges and overpau and slick highways highway officials said Safety and Education Trooper Alvin Hale of San Angelo said motorists driving long distances during the Christmas holiday period should plan ahead and ensure that their vehicles are in good condition who do get stranded should open the hoods of their cars and stay inside until help arrives" he said Hak uid drivers who find themselves on snow-covered and icy roads should slow down and be prepared to stop "Use the brakes sparingly Let the engine slow the car Hak said "If traction is lost turn the steering wheel in the direction of the skid" The Department of Publk Safety Pkase see FIRE Page 3C Rehab officials headliners list is made public operating budget for 1991 which totak 3707 million received approval following financial director Jerry Phillips' presentation The Rehab '91 show will originate live from the Abikne Clvk Center from 7 pm to midnight and will be carried by KLST-TV in San Angelo as well as stations in Abikne Dallas Austin Corpus Chrkti Laredo Mldknd Odessa Big Spring Lubbock Amarillo and Lawton Okk Telestar 301 Channel 24 also will carry the events for those in outlying areas with satellite receiving dishes A new benefit event connected with Rehab thk year the "Rock-a-Thon" set from 5 to 10 pm also Please see REHAB Page SC ABILENE The announcement of 1991 officers new board members and headliners for Rehab telecast highlighted West Texas Rehabilitation Center's board meeting earlier thk week Heading the skte of officers as chairman will be Abilene attorney and former state representative David Stubbeman He repkces the outgoing chairman Abilene banking executive Kennethy Murphy Other officers will by Guy McCarty and Anne Dunigan-Wilson both of Abikne and Dr Jerry Roach of San Angelo vice chairman Julia Jones of Abikne secretary and Charles Ezzell of Abikne treasurer Abikne publisher AB Shelton again will head Foundation board of trustees New board members include San Angekans Lee Pat Attebery David Drake Don Griffis David Hirschfeld Mike Schweikhard and Clyde Warren James Baker of Ozoaa and James Parker of Abikne WTRC Executive Director Bill Snowden reported entertainers for thk fund-raising telecast scheduled Jan 12 will be singers Thomas Anita Bryant and Holly Dunn These cekbreties will be joining regular bosk Rex Allen Shari Lewk Rex Allen Jr Ms Attebery and other regukrs" Also making a special appearance will be Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman contingent upon pkypff possibilities In other business board members were advised of the current budget deficit of 3579212 Also the San Angelo man ch with assault after slas An 18-yesr-old man has been charged with felony assault in connection with a cutting outside a restaurant in north San Angelo Thursday night Ricky Patton 225E 23rd St No 3 was arraigned Friday before Peace Justice Ruth Nicholson mi a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Bail was set at 325000 Patton is accused of cutting Jackie Lydia 27 704 16th St in the head with a knife according to a complaint filed with Mrs Nicholson Police said Lydia was injured after Patton was told to leave the restaurant because of prior problems The restaurant manager told officers he was calling police when Lydia and Patton went outside He said Lydia returned a few minutes later and wu bleeding from cuts to the left side of his head Lydia wu treated in the Shannon Medical Center emergency room and released Patton wu arrested at Shannon after he showed up there to have a cut finger treated Arresting officers said they found a bloody knife in clothing Brownwood completes South Broadway Bridge S-T CoiTMpMdant BROWNWOOD The South Broadway Bridge has been completed six months after work began on theprqject The bridge and the stretch of South Broadway from Flak Avenue to CC Woodson Road was open to the publk Thursday afternoon The project a cooperative effort between the state department of highways the Federal Highway Administration the city of Brownwood and the Soil Conservation Service wu completed at a cost of just under 3450000 Funding for the project came from all four cooperating agencies The Highway Department was responsibk for the design and the aupervlsion of the project Credit union announces changes in directors By WILLIAM TAYLOR Staff Writer 1st Community Federal Credit Union announced Friday the appointment of eight new directors to replace those who resigned from the nine member board this month It was the second unexplained leadership change in many months Only board member Irene Wells who will now serve chairman remained on the board The resignations reportedly came following a board meeting early this month They include Phil Brassk James Burks Mike Carlo Chuck Klrking Jim Heath Milt Johnson Roy Smith and Richard EmanueL Officials refused to comment about the resignations St Hospital board gets newly named officers Mertz Mims SL Hospital and Health Cotter recently named officers to its board of trustees Len Merti will serve as chairman of the board Vice chair Omer Dreiling and secretary Sister Mary Eustace Farrell of Corpus Chrkti asked by Incarnate Word Health Services to assist the Sisters of Charity a gram of women who have devoted their entire lives to helping others truly one of the nicest things to have happened to Mertz quoted as saying in a news retease Merts also serves on the board of the First National Bank of Mertzon Membera of the board are Dr Denver Marsh Dr Joe A Mims retired Gen Thomas Richards Herbert Riley Dr Richard Stoebner Calvin Sugg Jr Sister Nora Mark Wakh Sister Angelica Cokman and Sister Mary Brian Sherry Board members Sister Rosita Hyland Robert Buescher Dr Tbomas Reid and Skter Teresa Stantey have just completed their terms on the board of trustees SL medical staff's new chiefs of service are Dr Joe A Mims president Dr Michael Cornell president elect Dr Thomas Reid lmmedkte past president Dr WR Hewell chief of medicine Dr Vernon Ryan chief of surgery Dr WE Bazzell chief of psychktry Dr Robert Hamblen chkf of anesthesiology Dr Joe Mims chief of clincial kb Dr JH McCrary chief of radiology Dr WC Turner chief of Emergency Care Center Dr Denver Marsh chief id the intensive-care unit S-T photo by Rick Choate Gleaning up Jeff McClain of Home Motors sweeps up broken glass and plastic after a two-car accident at the intersection of Irving Street and Beauregard Avenue No one was seriously injured in the collision police said.