Welcome Stranger: Baytown Optimist Club Surprises Tampa Family
After a long overnight drive from Tampa Florida the Rodriguez family was stopped by a Baytown Evening Optimist Club volunteer patrol and invited to a Christmas Eve Welcome Stranger lunch. The club has run this 30 year program selecting passing families by license plates and coordinating with Precinct 3 for meals and gifts. Kathy Anderson and deputy Mike Parson led the operation as volunteers considered gift challenges for varied family sizes this year.
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Judy Barrow
Kathy Anderson
Rodriguez
Tampa
Fla
Baytown
Optimist
Precinct 3
Mike Parson
LED street lights could cut Baytown energy costs
Baytown tests BetaLED THE EDGE luminaires on Highway 146 north of Garth Road, replacing six 400-watt sodium fixtures. City Manager Garry Brumback says the project could save 65 to 80 percent in energy and maintenance, prompting interest from TxDOT and other agencies. BetaLED reps note enhanced lighting and lower energy use, with safety and environmental benefits highlighted.
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Highway 146
Garth Road
Texas
Baytown
Garry Brumback
Resi
Texas Department of Transportation
Betaled
Kevin Orth
Workers injured in plant explosion at KMCO plant
Crosby reports an explosion at the KMCO LP industrial chemical plant Friday morning hospitalizing up to three workers. Unclear how many victims, with AHN News noting two airlifted with neck and face burns and a third by ground ambulance.
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Crosby
Kmco LP
AHN
AHN News
Rare white Christmas disrupts travel in the South
A rare white Christmas hits the South complicating travel as hundreds of flights are canceled. The National Weather Service warns of 6 to 10 inches of snow for the Washington region with snow possible in New York and Boston areas. In Nashville travelers face delays and stranded flights as officials urge caution on icy roads. Weather guidance notes passengers reconsider journeys in the northern Mid-Atlantic and New England. See Weather Page 6A.
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Nashville
Tenn
South
National Weather Service
Washington
Weather Service
New York
Boston
Heather Bansmer
Bellingham
Wash
Shawn Breeding
Breeding
Bowling Green
Atlanta
Brian Korty
The
Camp Springs
Mid- Atlantic
New England
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Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
Florida
Jonathan Alvarez
BY Ben Tinsley
Kristin M. Hall
Associated Press
Reo
RCL
USC
Santa
Second Baptist
Second Baptist Church
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