Pirates Bay Aquatics Center Aims to Open Memorial Weekend
Baytown Parks chief Scott Johnson seeks sun for Pirates Bay four acre Caribbean themed water park at Wayne Gray Sports Complex 5300 East Road. He targets Memorial Day weekend opening but cautions May weather variables may delay final date. Project cost 10.5 million funded by Municipal Development District bonds. construction began March 2009. See park page 3A.
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Scott Johnson
Baytown
Parks and Recreation Department
Johnson
Pirates Bay Family Aquatics Center
Wayne Gray
East Road
Buick GMC welcomes new general manager in local dealership
Bert Brocker assumed the general manager role at Sun.com Casa Buick GMC 1701 I-10 East on Thursday bringing 15 years in the industry. He will also remain GM at Texan GMC Buick in Humble while leading the Palacios area dealership with Edgar Sandals as assistant sales manager and Louis Corral as general sales manager. Local staff anticipate changes in the coming months.
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Bert Brocker
Brocker
Palacios
Humble
Edgar Sandals
Louis Corral
Schumacher and McClenathan duel in Baytown NHRA race
Tony Schumacher seeks a seventh straight world title in Top Fuel as teammate Cory McClenathan trails in the point chase at Houston Raceway Park Baytown. The FRAM Tough Guard dragster driver is one of two NHRA Full Throttle contenders facing action starting at 8 a.m. with pre-race ceremonies at 10 a.m. Sunday follows.
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Tony
Schumacher
Schumacher Formoreon
U.S. Army
O'Reilly Auto Parts
Baytown
Houston Raceway Park
Cory McClenathan
McClenathan
NHRA
Cory Mac
Texans struggle with appliance rebate wait times
Baytown area residents faced long delays applying for Texas appliance rebates as the comptroller’s office logged about 38 million website visits and millions of calls. About 38,864 guaranteed rebates were reserved, 32,283 online and 6,581 by phone, leaving many Texans frustrated by the wait.
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Baytown Area
State Comptroller
Comptroller’s Office
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