Baytown Plans Cable Channel for City Council Meetings
Mayor Calvin Mundinger proposes airing City Council sessions on Channel 16 via Time Warner, with a $50,000 budget, aiming to let residents watch from home. The plan could also host emergency alerts, inspired by New Braunfels, and mirrors channels in Houston, Pasadena, and Beaumont.
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Summer Concert Series Ends With Lone Star Night
The final show at Bicentennial Park this Friday featured Django Walker opening for Gary P B Nunn as part of the city sponsored Taste of Texas. About 200 attendees watched, while city staff and City Council members urged cutting the series back to two concerts next year due to disappointing attendance.
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Baytown volunteer honored by American Cancer Society
Julie DeTorre, longtime Bay Area Relay for Life founder, receives the Distinguished Member of the Society award from the Texas Division of the American Cancer Society after 14 years of volunteer service. She has mentored new events from Kerrville to Victoria and serves with the local program, inspired by personal losses to cancer.
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American Cancer Society
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Relay For Life
Kerrville
Victoria
Sheriff patrols speed in school zones across district
Harris County Sheriff's Office and Baytown officers will patrol Galena Park Goose Creek Clear Creek Sheldon and Channelview school zones with handheld radars and radar trailers to enforce speed limits. Drivers must heed varying times of zone in effect and watch for buses with fines as high as 200 dollars.
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Stewart Beasley
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Baytown sees sales tax up after audit spike
Baytown reports July sales tax revenue rising 5.6 percent from July 2003 to about 769000, following a June drop. Municipal Development District receipts jumped 39.4 percent due to a Texas Comptroller audit that found 152000 uncollected in the district and 597000 underpaid city sales tax, with 526000 overpaid. The CCPD tax expired Jan 1.
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Safe Kids Day at VFW Post 912 in Baytown
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Baytown hosts a free Safe Kids Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at VFW Post 912 8204 North Main Street for children 14 and younger with tooth impressions spinal screenings fingerprinting and door prizes plus free hot dogs and drinks. Call 281 421 1257 for details. The Bay Area Heritage Society fundraiser Cowboy Supper supports Browrdie Bay House restoration at Grace Methodist Church 704 North Pruett at 7 p.m. Tickets $20 available at Baytown Historical Museum with music by the Texas Wildflowers and a portrayal of Charlies Goodnight by Bob Heinonen. call 281 427 8768 for information.
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North Pruett
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