Relay for Life Tri-Chair Reflects on Cancer Journey
Rick Merling, a 14 year veteran of Relay for Life, speaks about family cancer history and a personal pre cancer condition. He credits new technology with avoiding major surgery and shares his role as tri-chair beside the Memorial Wall.
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Rick Merling
Relay For Life
Goose Creek parking lot floods prompt district review
Parents and staff allege chronic flooding in Gentry Junior School’s parking lot, hindering pickup and forcing some students to cross flooded streets to Stallworth Stadium for bused transfers. District and county officials discuss drainage fixes and coordinating ditch maintenance along Archer Road to ease the problem.
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Gentry Junior School
Baytown Sun
Gentry Junior High
Stallworth Stadium
Goose Creek Cisd
Beth Dombrowa
Woman charged with assault on police after arrest at Garth Road
Tina Williams of Baytown was arrested about 8 30 p.m. Friday and charged with assault on a police officer after resisting arrest and striking an officer in the face during a disturbance at an apartment on Garth Road. The officer was dazed but not injured. Police logged multiple burglary reports in Baytown, including stolen vehicles, firearms, trailers, and cash in 5400 to 6900 blocks of Highway 146, Louise Street, Ward Road, Decker Drive, Northwood Drive, North Main Street, Garth Road, Nolan Road, and Virginia Street, plus DWI arrests at West Main and Lee Drive and at a club on Garth Road.
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Dombrowa
Gentry
Dombrown
Patti Jett
Baytown
Harris County
Gentry Junior High
Jett
Public Works Department
Archer Road
Sjolander Road
North Main
Garth Road
Tina Williams
Williams
Steve Dorris
Dorris
Highway 146
Louise Street
Ward Road
Decker Drive
Northwood Drive
Virginia Street
North Main Street
Nolan Road
West Main
Lee Drive
Bay Area Relay for Life 2017 wraps but cancer fight continues
The Bay Area Relay for Life concludes 2017 activities with campsites down and ongoing giving urged year round. Tri chairs Denise Martinez and Kimberly Dillard stress continued fundraising for a cure and research. Donations through August at relayforlife.org/bayareatx count toward 2017 totals. September gifts count toward 2018.
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Bay Area Relay For Life
Denise Martinez
Kimberly Dillard
Relayforlife.org
Relay For Life
Give Generously and Wisely For Charity Guidance
Relay for Life has raised over 9.3 million for cancer in the Baytown area over 18 years. With shifting federal spending, more donors seek impact, so research charities before giving. Use sites Charity Navigator Charity Watch Give Guidestar to assess income, overhead, and fundraising costs and debunk false online claims.
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Relay For Life
Baytown
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Give.org
Better Business Bureau
Guidestar
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