Baytown Nature Center Journal Highlights Local Birds
The Baytown Nature Center Journal lists birds spotted at the center, submitted by Dwayne Litteer and Ron Ummel. It notes species like pied-billed grebe, great blue heron, white ibis, roseate spoonbill, several shorebirds, pelicans, doves, warblers, and waterfowl, plus a scissor-tailed flycatcher in flight and local sightings such as the first black and white warbler of spring and an Inca dove. The center sits on W. Shreck Avenue off Bayway Drive.
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Baytown Nature Center
Dwayne Litteer
Ron Ummel
Baytown
BNC
John McMillen
W. Shreck Avenue
Bayway Drive
Perry Robin Hood plan sparks Texas school finance clash
Governor Perry pitches a plan to disband Robin Hood and cut property taxes while raising cigarette and other taxes. Comptroller Strayhorn challenges the numbers saying most districts would not gain, and average homeowner savings would be far lower than claimed. She cites a $10 billion deficit note and questions financing. The dispute colors the drive for school funding reform ahead of 2006 elections.
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Robin Hood
Strayham
Perry
Strayhorn
Robbin” Everbody
Texas
Governors Office
Strayhom
Comptroller
Strayholm
Texas school finance feud sparks cross party talk
Democrats fled to New Mexico to block plans as Governor Perry calls a new session on school funding. Wealthy districts like Goose Creek and Barbers Hill fear loss of local tax revenues under Perry’s plan while others urge equal funding. lawmakers caution the bill must be fair to poorer districts and funded without new taxes. Local superintendents and mayors voice concerns over tax shifts and revenue redistribution.
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New Mexico
Texas House
Smith
Barbers Hill
Goose Creek
Perry
John Koonce
Barbara Sullis
Sultis
Garcia
Mark Seegers
Seegers
Baytown
Craddick Won’t Back Perry Plan on Robin Hood Elimination
Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick said he will not advocate any single plan to end Robin Hood and will allow the legislative process to proceed. He stressed the goal is a full elimination of the system, not a Band-Aid fix, and that the governor’s plan will be reviewed for support. The governor announced a special session to pursue a consensus, while Craddick and Lt. Gov. Dewhurst have not endorsed it yet.
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Austin
Tom Craddick
Robin Hood
Craddick
Associated Press
Texas
Rick Perry
Perry
Bovernor
Finley column muses on faith and taxes in Saint Andrews
Jim Finley writes a playful column imagining Joanne’s new heaven and mocks property tithing. He quotes scripture satire and names local clergy Father Dwight Canizares and Rev. Tommy Clements while hinting at personal connections to Saint Andrews. His weekly column runs Tuesday and Friday.
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Joanne
St. Joseph Catholic
Dwight Canizares
Baptist
Tommy Clements
New Heavenly
Saint Andrews
Woman charged with kidnapping infant in Baytown
Houston dancer Andrea Rochelle Hutcherson, 40, was charged with kidnapping after allegedly taking a Baytown two month old boy. Hutcherson demanded the mother return her car and arrived at the victim’s Durain Ferry Street home about 5 30 p m with the child. The mother reported the car stolen and Hutcherson was arrested after returning the infant. The child was unharmed and Hutcherson held on 5000 bond.
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Baytown
Houston
Andrea Rochelle Hutcherson
Hutcherson
Lisa Rynearson
Durain Ferry Street
Rynearson
Kristopher Banks
Signs aim to mark Baytown waterways with historical signs
Marshall describes plans to post signs identifying small creeks and gullies around Baytown along Goose Creek and waterways. Signs ordered by the state will be placed at Cedar Bayou on Highway 146, the Fred Hartman Bridge for the Houston Ship Channel, and Spring Gully known as Slap-Out Gully.
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Marshall
Baytown
Goose Creek
Cedar Bayou
Highway 146
Fred Hartman
Houston Ship Channel
Spring Gully
Goose Creek Hires, Cuts Coach Roles Amid Policy Shift
District leaders say new rule requires staff to coach and teach, risking reliance on paraprofessionals at junior levels. Hall says a coach left early and couldn’t be replaced while York notes most districts adopt the policy. Sprayberry hired as new director of instructional technology at $74,000, replacing Wilcox.
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Toby York
Goose Creek
Hall
York
Sharon Sprayberry
Goose Creeks
Sprayberry
Corpus Chasti
Baytown
Freda Wilcox
Highland Park
Wilcox
Woman reports sexual assault by common law husband in Baytown
A woman told police Sunday at 6:20 p.m. that her common law husband forced her to have sex during a fight at their apartment on Decker Drive. He was arrested on a warrant for failing to register as a sex offender. He had prior Houston registrations for child sexual assault. He grabbed her arm leaving red marks. a citation for assault was mailed to the ex partner.
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Decker Drive
Texas Sex Offender Database
Ex-Girlfriend Grabbing Incident Cited as Assault
A man was cited for assault after grabbing his ex girlfriend by the arm outside Shady O Grady Bar on 300 S Business Highway 146. The complaint notes she had walked out to use a cell phone and he followed demanding to know who she was speaking with. The report also lists Baytown police responses from Sunday 6 a.m. to Monday 6 a.m. including five alarms and a range of incidents.
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Baytown Nature Center Journal
Dwayne Littee
Dallas
San Antonio
Alamo Heights
Banes
Deer Park
la Porte
Laredo
John Whitmire
D-Houston
Spring Branch
Whitmire
Mario Gallegos
Dhouston
Gallegos
Analwac
Crosby
Diane Fiemming
Anahuac
Flemming
Harris County
Sylvia Garcia
House
Cash
Finley
Jim Finleys
Clarence Albus
Albus
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