Fire protection in Chambers County centers on volunteers
Cham bers County relies largely on 10 volunteer fire departments with dispatch handled by the Sheriff's Office under County Judge Jimmy Sylvia. Baytown and Mont Belvieu maintain paid or hybrid systems with their own dispatch, while Old River-Winfree faces scrutiny. The county funds volunteers about $60,000 annually plus equipment grants. no tax base funds fire protection.
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Chambers County
Sheriff’s Office
Jimmy Sylvia
Baytown
Mont Belvieu
Hawthorne
Old River-Winfree
Sylvia
Gary Nelson
Andy Maloy
Aldi hours and Kroger Marketplace plan near Garth Road
Aldi will operate 9 am to 9 pm on weekdays with more details at Aldi.us. A new Kroger Marketplace covering 123,000 square feet is planned west of Garth Road between Hunt and Archer, anchored by a 170,000-square-foot retail development. The project includes a traffic signal and new street to ease congestion.
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Garth Road
Kroger
Hunt and
Archer
Baytown Toy Drive Delivers Bikes and Joy at Community Center
About 108 bikes were donated and given away at the Baytown Community Center after Cruisin Texas Avenue. Dozens of children left with a toy and a free photo with Santa. Over 30 high school volunteers assisted. Liz Juarez, a longtime volunteer, praised bringing smiles to kids and the happiness of the event. Breelan Angel, Bay Town native and country singer, joined to help kids and noted the process is touching and meaningful.
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Baytown
Santa
Liz Juarez
Santa Clause
Juarez
Breelan Angel
Angel
Adventurous mom’s stroke after chiropractor visit ruins active life
Five sons ages 13 to 24 once kept Fenner busy with trampoline sking and community work. An MRI revealed four herniated discs and neck inflammation led to a stroke. She now uses a walker, can’t work, and misses maintaining the Highlands Welcome sign and garden. She urges caution and humility.
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Fenner
Highlands
Lee College approves PLC trainer purchases and contracts
The Lee College board approves six Tech-Labs Programmable Logic Controller trainers costing 50,610 funded by a Phillips 66 donation of 19,737.90 and HIS STEM grant of 30,972.10. The district also awards Tech-Labs a contract for 86,804 to buy industrial trainers from Harris County Department of Education Choice Partners, expanding electrical and instrumentation lab capacity for more students.
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PLC
Phillips 66
Lee College
Tech-Labs
Tech-Labs PLC
Tech- Labs
Harris County Department of Education/Choice Partners
McNair Center to gain laptops and charging stations
When the McNair Center opens in January it will include 57 Dell laptop computers and three charging stations. The Lee College Board approved the purchase at 52050.72 funded by bond funds. Laptops will be placed in the center’s computer labs aiding welding machining and pipefitting programs.
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McNair Center
Dell
Lee College Board of Trustees
Lee College Extends Lease at San Jacinto Mall Through August 2016
The college’s Educational Opportunity Center will keep occupying 1,407 square feet at San Jacinto Mall under a lease with San Jacinto Retail Associates costing 1009 dollars per month or 12,108 dollars annually. The space was on a month to month basis while mall ownership plans renovations raise questions about staying beyond the current term. Courses formerly offered at the mall have moved back to campus or will be taught at the McNair Center. The center assists students with financial aid to enter any college, not only Lee College.
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EOC
San Jacinto Retail Associates
San Jacinto Mall
McNair Center
Lee College
Lesson on Islam prompts protest and school closure
In Verona Virginia a teacher’s Arabic literacy lesson on Islam sparked angry parent meetings and a national backlash. Augusta County schools closed for a Christmas break precaution after thousands of threatening emails and social media posts targeting the educator and officials.
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Verona
California
Virginia
Augusta County
Eric Bond
Randall D. Fisher
Fisher
Bond
Cheryl LaPorte
LaPorte
Riverheads High School
God
Allah
Muhammad
Messenger
Beaumont allows Bible study in police department
Beaumont officials reversed course and will permit a voluntary Bible study in the police department conference room. Four officers had met monthly for two years, and attorney Briscoe Cain urged protection of First Amendment rights. City Manager Kyle Hayes said the matter stemmed from a misunderstanding and no longer blocks the study.
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Beaumont
Briscoe Cain
Kyle Hayes
Hayes
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