Baytown Residents Share Resolutions for 2007
Baytown residents reveal personal goals for the new year including engagements and language learning. U S Army recruiters Tariq Garrett and Samuel Plata aim to stay out of trouble and persist through 2007 while others want improvements for Baytown such as a better mall, more teen stores, and more kid activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tariq Garrett
Samuel Plata
U.S. Army
Garrett
Plata
Baytown
Sterling High School
Trent Loria
Dana
Stephen F. Austin Elementary
Susie Krisher
Krisher-McKay Realty
Jodi Youngblood
Exxon Mobil
Optimism in 2007 polls reflects personal gains
AP Poll finds 89 percent of Americans expect a good year for themselves and families in 2007 while 72 percent feel positive about the country. Despite grim national headlines, many report personal improvements such as new homes and births in Greenville, North Carolina. Iraq outlook remains divided with 40 percent predicting worsening conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iraq
Greenville
N.C
John Given
Ap-Aol
Given
East Carolina University
Krista Grueninger
Optimists International
St. Louis
Baytown Year in Review 2006 Highlights and Changes
The Baytown year featured major fundraising for United Way surpassing $1.89 million and a planned near zero emissions coal project with DOE backing. It saw Wilkenfeld Furniture close after 80 years, The Snake on Texas Avenue reconfigured, a record Relay For Life total, first live city council telecast, a new Baytown mayor and charter amendments, the Long Neck Wildlife Festival, school building projects, a new editor move, Oak Tree preservation efforts, a notable homicide case development, an Old Navy store opening, a smoking ban, the Lee-Ganders rivalry result, and a facade improvement plan for Texas Avenue buildings with forgivable loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
United Way of
U.S. Department of Energy
United States
China
Australia
Sharon Wilkenfeld
Morris Wilkenfeld
Bay Area
Stallworth Stadium
Time Warner Cable
Louisiana
Texas
Goose Creek
Bowie
Highlands
Clifton E
Cliff” Clements
Texas Avenue
Brandy del Briggs
Harris Courty
Briggs
Daniel Lemons
Harris County Sheriff's Office
Community Resource Credit Union
Houston
Exxon Mobil
Mockingbird Lane
Eva Maud
Navy
Garth Road
Lee
Sterling
Ganders
Baytown 2006 Highlights Smoking Ban and Attack Case
Local reflections name Baytowns 2006 top stories including the smoking ordinance approved in November and a serial attacker case. Residents debated enforcement while Mayor DonCarlos and Councilman Mahan emphasized the ordinance’s broad impact. Anahuac Mayor Jackson noted the election’s lasting significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Mahan
Baytown
Iraq
Smoke Free Baytown Coalition
Baytown Citizens For Property Rights
Bert” Marshall
Anahuac
Guy Robert Jackson
Jackson
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Dick Clark
Barbara Lehew
Cole Michael
Shelby
Shayna Wood
Barbers Hill High School
Shayna
Eagle Video
Barbara Lehew and
Shelby and
Dana Loria and
Carrie Burns
M.D. Maude Escalante
MSN
Allenbrook
Susan Milner
Microsoft
Cisco
Baytown Chamber of Commerce & Better Business Bureau
Baytown’s
Stephen DonCarlos
Calvin Mundinger
Long Neck
Goose Creek Stream Park
Kidz Party House
Alexander Bay Plaza
Mahan
Jerry Elmore
Leena
Jerry
DonCarlos
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