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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 2019
Page
10
The Baytown Farmer's Market returns with an 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. market along Town Square at 213 W. Texas Avenue. A 9 a.m. bike to market and 10 a.m. Yoga at the Market are planned. The Other Side Short Play Festival runs Friday to next weekend, with nights at 8 p.m. and a 2:30 p.m. show on Sunday. tickets are 15 dollars per night.
A weekend slate includes 10 Baytown Little Theater shows nightly at 2 E Texas Ave. plus a Moonlight Walk at 9 p.m. at Baytown Nature Center, with admission 4 for 13 and up and 1 for 5-12 and seniors. The Baytown Animal Shelter welcomes visitors noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, at 705 N Robert Lanier, for lifesaving day. Dirty D's Tavern hosts Ladies Jello Wrestling Night Saturday from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. at 2717 N Alexander Dr, capacity limited.
Police report a Tuesday night burglary string with items stolen from vehicles in the 600 block of Rollingbrook Drive and the 900 block of Park Way. A gray Lincoln Vantage 549 welder with trailer was taken from a business in the 1200 block of West Main Street, and clothing was stolen from a vehicle on Park Way.
The article recounts a survivor whose father died after a heart surgery and Harvey flooding, then a killing that halted his recovery. The family pleads for tips on the Sam Wingate murder and two other shootings in Houston. Police released an artist sketch of the suspect, a Black man about 6 feet tall in his 30s, and believe the shooter used a 2004–2008 Chevrolet Malibu.
A Baytown veteran who served in the 82nd Airborne and earned degrees from Lee College and the University of Houston faces elections for City Council Districts 1 2 and 3. Monday is the final filing day for the November 5 vote. Incumbent Alvarado runs against Palmer and Renteria in District 1. Districts 2 and 3 have no challengers to Chris Presley and Charles R. Johnson.
BHISD and Anahuac ISD posted top grades with multiple campuses earning A or B ratings. Barbers Hill ISD achieved a 95 statewide score with 21 distinctions across campuses. Anahuac Middle School earned an A 91 with several distinctions. Anahuac High School and Elementary earned Bs. Crosby ISD scored 85 with four distinctions. Crosby High School earned a Post Secondary Readiness distinction.
Lee College celebrated faculty and staff awards at a lunch, recognizing Paul Allen for the Faculty Innovation Award and noting the college's designation as a Community College of Distinction by Achieving the Dream. Leslie Gallagher won the ACCT award, with a national finalist chance in October. The event also announced new President’s Circle inductees including Melissa and Hannah Christenson and Baytown City Manager Rick Davis.
The yen, euro, and Canadian dollar advanced while the U.S. dollar declined against the British pound and the Mexican peso in early market activity.
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