Baytown Flyover Funding Secured For Highway 146 Link
Baytown officials and lawmakers including Ted Poe Ron Paul Gene Green and Wayne Smith secured funding for a SH146 to Spur 330 flyover through city bonds federal appropriations and stimulus funds. TxDOT bids set project cost under 6 million with construction to start within 90 days and finish by May 2011. Mayor DonCarlos and HGAC officials praised the regional cooperation enabling the hurricane evacuation route upgrade.
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Curiosity Leads to Job at Baytown Genealogy Center
Margie Cook wandered into the Baytown Genealogy Society Research Center seeking a bit of information and found a calling. Eight years later she volunteers, makes friends, and gains skills in tracing ancestors starting with pedigree charts and online research, inspired by her mother-in-law’s unknown birth details.
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Husband offers life gift for wife in kidney donation
James Forsyth plans to donate a kidney to his wife Jenny Forsyth, who suffers end stage renal disease. The couple, married five years, have faced years of dialysis and transplant setbacks, with Jenny’s health deteriorating and hope pinned on the match. Jenny’s godmother Lisa Wilburn calls the act a miracle as doctors flag antibodies from prior transfusions complicating future transplants. LIFE PAGE 3.
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Ambassadors program boosts GCCISD school safety efforts
Janet Alexander Alfaro and Sheryl Ferguson helped bring the Safe School Ambassadors program to Goose Creek CISD after the 1999 Columbine tragedy highlighted school violence. They observed students face on campus bullying and violence while a national center notes 25,000 students are targets daily.
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