Beach City council backs first 5 000 of 20 000 yearly ICU aid
Proceeds from a raffle to aid ICU legal costs support the battle against the TSP hazardous waste landfill proposal near Beach City. ICU has sold 610 tickets at 100 each and will draw Sept 1 for a Dodge Ram or Polaris vehicle amid ongoing opposition led by Joe Monk and local officials.
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TSP
Mary Dunn
Beach City
Citizens United
Here
ICU
Joe Monk
Kingwood
Texas
Wayne Smith
R-Baytown
Monk
Charles Tupe
Iupe
Chambers County
Jimmy Sylvia
Supe
Bill Wallace
Wallace
Goose Creek board to adopt budget and review tax rates
Goose Creek school board meets at 6:30 p.m. to adopt a $116.5 million budget down from last year and vote on two proposed tax rate changes. Administrators aim to end a $1.5 million deficit, with a $1.4 million funding gap to restore pay for employees. Superintendent Barbara Sultis asks board to consider raises or one time bonuses. The district weighs rising Maintenance and Operations tax to 1.50 and reducing debt service tax from 20 to 10 cents. Meeting at 4544 Interstate 10.
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Goose Creek Board
Baytown
Goose Creek
Barbara Sultis
Sultis
Katie Bowman
Interstate 10
Smith opens district office at Lee College in Baytown
Baytown Republican Wayne Smith opens his District 128 state legislative office in Lee College Rundell Hall with plans for a future satellite office in Deer Park or La Porte. He cites central location and commitment to education as key reasons and notes staff assembly in about two weeks.
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Baytown
Wayne Smith
Lee College
Rundell Hall
Smith
Price
Austin
JP. Urban
Hartman Bridge
Interstate 10
Urban
Financial Services
Steve Evans
Goose Creek trail project under Baytown and H-GAC review
Baytown and the Houston-Galveston Area Council plan Phase II of Goose Creek hike and bike trails with an $1.6 million total cost funded 80 percent by federal grants and 20 percent by Baytown. A Sept. 26 vote threshold is set after a public hearing. Phase I runs from Britton Park to W Texas Avenue along Goose Creek.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
Houston-Galveston
Britton Park
Arizona Street
Market Street
JB. LeFevre
W. Texas Avenue
Johnson
Goose Creek Stream Committee
Civil dispute over U-Haul trailer ends as civil matter
Police report a Channelview man arrived at a U-Haul with a trailer claimed stolen but later found recovered in Missouri in 2001. A Baytown man with an outstanding warrant fled and hid behind drywall before arrest. A fast motorcycle chase on Highway 225 near Battleground ended with suspected rider at large.
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N. Main
Channelview
Lynchburg
Baytown
Natchez Street
Woman reports purse stolen near W James Ave laundry
A woman had her change purse grabbed by a young heavyset Hispanic man in black jeans and a red striped shirt near a laundry on 400 block of W James Ave. He fled toward Gaillard Street. Police logged 140 calls from 6 am Tuesday to 6 am Wednesday including assaults, thefts, burglaries and accidents. Crime Stoppers pays cash for tips. Call 281-427-TIPS.
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Harris County
Highway 225
Battleground Road
Baytown
Elvinia Road
Kilgore Avenue
Ward Road
Narcille Street
Narcille
W. James Avenue
Gaillard Street
Baytown Police Department
Baytown Police
Police Baytown.org
Community calendar highlights week activities Baytown area
Sterling library Toddler Time for ages 18 to 36 months runs Thursdays 10 30 to 11. Girl Scout signup and parent volunteer info set for 7 p m at Barbers Bill Primary School cafeteria. Widowed Persons L I F T meets fourth Thursday with lunch at Golden Corral 11 30. Open house St Joseph P T G 6 30 to 8 30 p m. Vietnam veterans Baytown Chapter 922 meets fourth Thursday 7 p m at VFW 8204 N Main. Square dancing Crosby Swinging Squares 7 15 p m Crosby Community Center. C W dancing Gray Center 10 to 1 30 a m. TOPS Remington Park 6 30 to 8 p m. Reunion for Robert Lee Class of 1943 Sept 27 contact local numbers. Senior bowling Max Bowl East 10 30 a m Thursdays. Furbee Duplicate Bridge 4 p m Remington Park. Toastmasters Baytown ExxonMobil District 56 Club 6768 noon Thursdays. Girl Scout signup volunteers at Barbers Hill Anahuac game 7 30 p m. Bridge Fridays Remington Park noon. Senior citizens Baytown Senior Center shopping day 60 plus transportation daily. NAACP fundraiser barbecue 521 Park St 6 p m oyster exhibit photos at Smith Point VFD fundraiser 11 a m to 3 p m. Bible study Baytown YMCA Wednesdays 5 p m 201 Wye Drive. NAMI group Saturdays La Familia Restaurant NASA Rd 41. Trinity Church Breakfast Club Saturdays 9 to 9 30 a m 27021 W Main St.
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Sterling Municipal Library
Lisa
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
Barbers Bill
L.I.F.T
Golden Corral
Garth Road
R.S.V.P
St. Joseph
PTG
Vietnam
Veterans of America
Baytown
VFW
N. Main
Allen
Jay
Crosby Swinging Squares
Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
C&w
Gray Center
Wayne Gray Sports Complex
East Road
Remington Park
Barbers Hill
Anahuac
Anahuac High School
W. Baker Road
Jerry Read
Eugenia Jones
Baytown Senior Center
First Presbyterian Church
Tos
Smith Point
YMCA
P.m
Wye Drive
Call
NAMI
la Familia
NASA Road
Clear Lake
Bonner Hall
Trinity Episcopal Church
Main St
West Baytown
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Reunion
Robert Lee
Betty Kenney
Jack Bains
Janice Newman
Murray Alpha
Mary Ellen Bagwell
Betty Baldwin
Minnie B. Bryant Jermigan
Ronald Cannon
F.W. Carroll
William Carson
Doris Caver
Davis
Aossie Case
Louise Clark
Georgia Conner
Max Bowl East
Furbee Duplicate Bridge Club
W. Baker
Toastmasters
Baytown ExxonMobil Toastmasters District 56 Club No
NAACP
521 Park St
Richard W. Bricker
Galveston Bay
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