Texas tale: tuition hikes and abortion wait period take effect
Texas implements new higher education tuition powers and a 24 hour abortion waiting period as part of 2004 reforms. Laws take effect Jan 1, aligning with the changes after months of planning. Supporters praise funding flexibility while opponents warn higher costs burden middle class students. UT System changes include a ban on driving on dry riverbeds and insurers’ credit scoring.
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Town Mourns Longtime Teacher Joe Wheelis
Jim Wadzinski recalls how Joe Wheelis affected many lives over four decades in this town and urges community support, describing the former teacher as a pivotal figure needing help.
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Baytown Little Theater to host benefit performance
Baytown artist Joe Wheelis survived an aneurysm and two bouts of gangrene and vows to keep performing. Friends from Baytown Little Theater and former Ross S. Sterling High School students, whom he taught for about 18 years, organize a benefit to help cover mounting medical costs.
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Baytown Theater to Hold Some Enchanted Evening Benefit
Baytown Little Theater offers a benefit performance of Some Enchanted Evening in his honor at 8 p.m. on January 8 with additional shows on January 9 and 10 and a January 4 matinee. Tickets are 15 for adults and 10 for students for non gala performances, 30 for gala seats, with advance pickup. Box office 2 to 5 p.m. today through January 10. phone orders Wednesday and Thursday. Call 281-424-7617 for information or reservations. Proceeds aid medical expenses.
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Baytown
Readers weigh Baytown area top stories of 2003
Baytown Sun invites readers to pick the top 10 2003 Baytown area stories. Highlights include Spur 330 opening, Mayor Alfaro not seeking re election, three immigrants found dead in a tram car, first Lee College Rebel newspaper, Sterling football coach Danny Long to coach one season, Anahuac school repair bond failure, Drew Taté rescinding A&M commitment for Texas Tech, Sylvia Garcia becoming County Commissioner, indictments in Chambers County Sheriff’s Dept, Cal Evans’s passing, K Mart closure, Claudette’s damage, and Lee College arena opening amid seating issues plus Goose Creek rezoning debate reflecting rapid growth.
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Danny Long
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Towa
Sylvia Garcia
Chambers County Sheriff's Department
Calvin Evans
K-Mart
Claudette
Goose Creek
Baytown Sun seeks Top 10 Baytown stories of 2003
Readers are invited to submit a Top 10 list of local news stories from 2003 and share thoughts on what mattered most. The paper notes a OnePlus plan to consolidate Robert E. Lee and Sterling high schools and reports ExxonMobil contract settlements with the Paper workers union at the Baytown refinery. The Bayou Bowl is teased for Page 5A.
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Mad cow meat from Washington cow reaches eight states
USDA officials said meat from a Holstein slaughtered Dec. 9 in Washington state has been distributed to Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Guam, and previously to California and New York, with most going to Washington and Oregon. The recall totals 10,000 pounds from the infected cow and 19 others. Officials emphasize zero consumer risk and note organs likely to contain the infection were removed.
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Newan
Petersen
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Food Safety Agency
Britain
Who's in Charge Question Box Details
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