Baytown Evacuees Shelter Rise to Community Effort
Baytown churches the Community Center and Mont Belvieu Senior Center sheltered nearly 800 evacuees aided by a 5000-strong volunteer force. The North Bay Area Red Cross led the effort with local businesses, city staff, and interim managers coordinating donations and logistics. Memorial Baptist housed about 200 evacuees as Time Warner installed free cable to watch news. Two years later families rebuilt, some in Houston, some remaining in Baytown, with HUD funds guiding continued aid and CIS Baytown serving 190 displaced families in programs from literacy to employment training.
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Baytown Community Center
Mont Belvieu
North Bay Area
Bob Leiper
Leiper
Linda Taylor
Brad Hoffman
Taylor
George R. Brown
Hoffman
Memorial Baptist
Time Warner
Comcast
Baytown
Houston
Joyce Young
Michael Wilson
CIS Baytown
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Wilson
Goose Creek
Toby York
York
Katrina anniversary marked by prayers and protest in New Orleans
On the second anniversary of Katrina, New Orleans saw prayers and a protest over the government's response. Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco joined a memorial while President Bush visited a Lower 9th Ward school. Protesters voiced anger as displaced residents like Clarence Russ and Gina Martin criticized aid delays and broken promises. The city continues to face housing shortages, rising crime, and a slow recovery across many neighborhoods.
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New Orleans
Clarence Russ
Russ
Bush
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Gina Martin
Houston
Martin
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mississippi River
National Guard
Ray Nagin
Kathleen Blanco
Nagin
David Kopra
Olympia
Wash
St. Louis Cathedral
French Quarter
Claiborne Avenue
Biloxi
A.J. Holloway
Gulfport
Miss
Haley Barbour
FEMA
James Chaney
Alex Brandon
Ninth Ward
Blood Drive donors contribute to Baytown goal
Randy LeBouf of CenterPoint Energy and Bert Marshall volunteer through rain to boost Baytown blood drives. The event, supported by GCRBC, San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, Baytown Shrine Club, Wal-Mart, Barbers Hill district, and the West Chambers County Chamber of Commerce, neared 200 pints for up to 600 people helped.
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Tyson
Randy LeBouf
LeBouf
CenterPoint Energy
Bert Marshall
Marshall
Houston
Baytown Sun
Rebecca Jackson
GCRBC
Jackson
Karen Voortmans
San Jacinto Methodist
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Wally Vosioh
Trey Kramer
Cedar Bayou Junior High School
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Houston Community Newspapers
David Taylor
Jim Wadzinski
Little Theater
The
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Cliff Clements
David Bloom
Art League of
Barbara Green
City of
First Westminster Presbyterian Church
Kona Printing
KTRK
Channel 13
PHC Construction Party
Michael Howard
Danny Benson
Brenda O’dell
Michelle Cressy
Brian Huysman
Ruth Priddy Kyle Martin
Kim Martin
Mary Lou Martin
Randy Daily Mackey Skinner
Kent Pool
Travers Ammons
Gladys Drouilhet
Jay and Kay Eshbach
Frank and LaNelle McKay
Nicki Evan
Yoshea Davis
CenterPoint
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