Baytown Dispatcher Honored With Silent Hero Award
Carol Sellers of Baytowns communications department earned the 2014 Silent Hero Award from APCO and NENA. She is one of 21 Texas telecommunicators honored for outstanding performance and devotion above duty, receiving recognition at a Galveston gala on April 9.
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Carol Sellers
Baytown
Sellers
Texas
Texas Association of Public Safety Communications Officials
National Emergency Number Association
Galveston
City Hall
Public Safety
Steven Jones
City eyes digital billboards along I-10 corridor
Baytown council weighs converting two existing billboard sites to 14 by 48 foot digital displays along Interstate 10. In exchange Clear Channel Outdoor would remove a negotiated number of current signs, using a 4 to 1 removal ratio to reduce 75 six by twelve foot or 19 twelve by twenty four foot posters. Proposed sites sit east of Highway 99 and west of Thompson Road in Lynchburg.
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Baytown
Clear Channel Outdoor
Ron Bottoms
Highway 99
Lynchburg
Thompson Road
I-10
Bottoms
Council
Clear Channel
Special Olympics meet awards second for Keiara Mooney
Keiara Mooney of Lamar High School Houston earned a second place medal in the 50 meter dash at the 33rd annual Special Olympics track and field meet. Courtney LeBlanc of Goose Creek ISD won first and Sarah Rucka of Dayton ISD finished third as about 700 people attended at Goose Creek Memorial High School hosted by Baytown Parks and Recreation Department.
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Heather Plant
Keiara Mooney
Lamar High School
Houston
Mooney
Goose Creek Isd
Courtney LeBlanc
Dayton Isd
Sarah Rucka
Goose Creek Memorial High School
Baytown Parks and Recreation Department
Babin Skips LC District 36 Runoff Forum
Ben Streisand spoke alone at a shortened U S House District 36 Republican runoff forum after Dr. Brian Babin did not attend due to a scheduling conflict. State Rep James White spoke for Babin while Streisand urged urgency and the ability to fight for positions, warning of looming financial strain as debt grows and government revenue shrinks.
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Ben Streisand
James White
Babin
Streusand
Houston
Baytown
Streisand
Rabin
Texas
Washington
House ethics panel extends Stockman probe into June
The House Ethics Committee extended its investigation of Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman at least until June. Stockman, 67, is in his second term representing the 36th District including Baytown and recently lost a GOP Senate primary. The panel offered no details. Stockman confirmed a campaign finances inquiry. Last year two staffers were fired for prohibited contributions.
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Washington
House Ethics Committee
Steve Stockman
Texas
Stockman
Baytown
U.S. Senate
Donny Ferguson
Jason Posey
Thomas Dodd
Streisand comments on electing new Republican leadership
A forum excerpt quotes Streisand noting large public problems that began long before current leadership and urging voters to support new Republican leadership. The remarks frame national issues as enduring beyond the Obama era and emphasize political change.
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Obama
Statewide STAAR results show high pass rates districtwide
Texas Education Agency data show about 79 percent of fifth and eighth graders statewide passed math on first attempt in April. Goose Creek CISD and Barbers Hill ISD saw 72 and 97 percent respectively for fifth graders, and 85 and 96 percent for eighth graders. Reading pass rates exceeded 75 percent in fifth and eighth grades statewide, with local results of 70 and 89 percent for fifths and 82 and 95 percent for eighths. May retests planned. Goose Creek announces accelerated instruction plans to boost readiness and promote academic proficiency.
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State of Texas
Texas Education Agency
Goose Creek
Barbers Hill
Texas
Melissa Duarte
Duarte
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