REL grad pursues space dreams after high school triumph
Robert E. Lee High School valedictorian David Harding, son of Baytown's Eric and Francis Harding, rose from a stumble on a midterm to claim a 5.452 GPA and the valedictory. He earned 12 AP courses, National AP Scholar honors, and started UT aerospace engineering with college credits. He aims to design radiation shields and explore faster than light travel through a future spacecraft.
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David Harding
Harding
Baytown
Eric and
Francis Harding
University of Texas
Lee
Academy to open 76,000 sq ft store on Garth Road in Baytown
Academy Sports and Outdoors plans a full-size Baytown shop on Garth Road at Hunt Road by Christmas 2011 with opening targeted for November 3. Construction will start soon on a 76,000 square-foot building. Hunt Road will be extended 900 feet west, a traffic signal added, and space reserved for two fronting restaurants. The project is in a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone to fund road and intersection work.
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Academy
Garth Road
Sporting Goods
Leiper
Hunt Road
Baytown Holiday Brings Quiet Crime Weekend
Baytown detectives reported a peaceful holiday weekend with no major violence. Officer Aaron Crowell recalled a previous Christmas homicide call, noting this period was notably calmer though tensions rose briefly over a reported stabbing traced from Brazoria County.
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Baytown
Aaron Crowell
Brazoria County
HEB to open Joe V's Smart Shop in Baytown
HEB plans a Joe V's Smart Shop in Baytown a new concept store with limited assortment and very low prices. The format includes grocery produce meat bakery dairy frozen and general merchandise with key items emphasized amid a smaller overall selection than the current Baytown HEB.
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Garza
Baytown
HEB
Joe V’s
Baby Boomers Face Retirement Crunch As They Turn 65
Chicago report warns baby boomers nearing 65 risk retirement disaster due to late saving and early retirement. Each January starts a wave of 10,000 turning 65, a pattern expected for 19 years, amid vanishing pensions and shifting retiree plans. Olivia Mitchell notes the seriousness and growth of the funding gap.
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Chicago
Olivia Mitchell
Boettner Center For Pensions and Retirement Research
University of Pennsylvania
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