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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 2006
Page
1
Inside Sports notes the Barbers Hill Eagles are filling spots as they start their first season in Class 4A with ongoing fall football workouts this week.
During the dog days of summer columnist Karen Perry favors salads and simple soups over elaborate meals as the best option for hot weather when cooking is uncomfortable.
Stocks fell Wednesday as investors worried about volatile oil prices and a slowing economy despite Cisco Systems earning solid results and the Federal Reserve pausing interest rate hikes.
Dolores Zamora Liddie Fowler Ruth Crow Roger Hawkins and Ernest Greenwood are listed in the deaths column. The short notice confirms their passing with names and sequence among local obituaries.
The morning forecast calls for partly sunny skies with a chance of a thunderstorm. Expect a high near 92 and a low around 77 as humid conditions persist.
Goose Creek administrators may break ground on the districts third high school next month after negotiating with contractors. The project faces a $59.9 million budget cap and bids that exceeded estimates. School board members will vote on the plan.
Trustees will vote Monday on a proposed bid from Gilbane Construction Co., a Rhode Island firm with a Houston office that serves education clients. Gilbane has contracted several Texas schools, including two high schools in Katy and Houston, according to McGowan. See bid page 5A.
Anahuac welcomed about 112 new pre kindergarten and kindergarten students on Wednesday. Goose Creek expects 19 970 students this year up 777 from last year and Barbers Hill projects 3 700 students up from 3 456, according to Superintendent Greg Poole.
Baytown residents can watch the 6 30 p m Baytown City Council meeting on Time Warner cable 16 as lienholder Texas Funding Corp seeks time to sell the 11 building Taft Circle complex at 2300 Taft Circle. The health department deemed it uninhabitable in 2001 and repairs may cost over 1 million.
A short clipping lists Mega Millions and Lotto Texas numbers along with Pick 3 Day and Night results, Cash Five and Texas Two Step figures, plus Megaplier and BB references, all tucked beside a TV section.
Two groups clash over a proposed citywide smoking ban set for November. The Smoke Free Baytown Coalition backs a ban on smoking in all enclosed public buildings and workplaces including bars and restaurants. James Haarmeyer of Baytown Citizens for Property Rights calls the ordinance unenforceable and argues it redefines vehicles as workplaces, requiring no smoking signs in employee vehicles. City Council discusses the measure tonight.
Lee College moves toward a 12 million dollar performing arts center budget and downsizing prospects. The building committee heard pitches from three architectural firms as a second meeting was planned. Regents weighed the impact of reduced seating and stage size on costs for the campus project on Texas Avenue.
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