Diane Baker remembered as devoted Cedar Bayou bandleader
Diane Baker, longtime Cedar Bayou Junior and Kline Oak connection, inspired students as a band director and mentor. Her colleagues recalled her dedication, humor, and faith, noting she drove daily from Beaumont to Baytown and touched many lives. A July funeral and a GoFundMe endowment honor her legacy in music education.
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Klein Oak High School
Jodie Billeaudeau
Austin
Baker
Billeaudeau
Dean
Kurt David
Victoria Walker Elementary
Diane
David
Rowland Sauls
Cedar Bayou
Grace
Beaumont
Baytown
Pattycake
Goose Creek Cisd Education Foundation
Dominic F. Gonzalez
Sterling High School
Foundation
Ms. Baker
Gonzalez
Texas Bandmaster’s Hall
GofundMe
Diane Baker
Lamar University
Broussard Funeral Home
North Major Drive
Calvary Baptist Church
Dowlen Road
Mansfield Cemetery
Alamo Street
Victor
Baytown fee eyed for easement tied to nursing facility permit
City of Baytown demands an $80,000 fee or alternative consideration for an easement abandonment near the Hemphill Street site of the Performing Arts Center. College leaders say a proposal will be reviewed with Wayne Gray and Dennis Brown to resolve the issue and move the nursing facility permits forward. BGK Architects showcased the planned nursing facility expansion with two large labs and three smaller rooms while bidding for Britt Hall Moler Hall Nursing and TV building projects is expected by late March. About $11.08 million of bond funds remain to cover the remaining costs of the district projects.
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Baytown
Hemphill
Keith Coburn
Wayne Gray
Dennis Brown
Alfaro
Kirk Gant
AIA
BGK Architects
Britt
Moler
Steve Evans
Lee College
Joe C. Frazier and the McNair Funeral Home Legacy
Joe C Frazier, longtime owner of the Frazier Funeral Home in McNair, Baytown, built a landmark business. He served in the Army, worked for Humble Oil and ExxonMobil, and helped found Funeral Funds Inc with Oscar Johnson Jr. and Homer McCoy. He died February 29 2004 at 81, buried at Memory Gardens Cemetery.
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Joe
Arkansas
Baytown
Myrtle Taylor
U.S. Army
Myrtle
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Landing College
Commonwealth College of Science
Collins & Johnson Funeral Home
Oscar Johnson Jr
Humble Oil
Funeral Home
ExxonMobil
Frazier
Collins
Johnson & Frazier Funeral Home
Joe Frazier
Frazier Funeral Home
McNair
Myrtle Frazier
Homer McCoy
Funeral Funds, Inc
San Antonio
Port Arthur
Funeral Funds
of Texas
Mt. Rose Missionary Baptist Church
Oak Addition
McNair Atomic Lodge
Joe Cleveland Frazier
Unity Missionary Baptist Church
Frank Davis
Memory Gardens
NAACP Chapter in Baytown Plans Growth and Engagement
Brooks outlined steps for the East Harris-Chambers County NAACP chapter to build bridges via six committees over the next two to three years. The Baytown group, formed by Angel Curry Pleshette Williams and Brooks, aims to reach 100 members, now has 119, with annual dues 30 for adults 15 for youth and 10 for juniors. Ray Wilson praised energizing members as they rebuild community connections after the 1980s Baytown chapter. The group awaits NAACP National Office authorization expected February 21, with original Bay Area name shifted to East Harris-Chambers County Chapter. For information email NAACPBaytown@gmail.com or visit Bay Area NAACP on Facebook.
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Brooks
Kiwanis Club of
Baytown
East Harris Chambers County
East Harris
Chambers County
Angel Curry
Pleshette Williams
NAACP
Naacp National Office
Bay Area
Dickenson
East Harris-Chambers County
Ray Wilson
Kiwanis
Wilson
Naacp Baytown
Gmail
Bay Area Naacp
Facebook
City to expand smart traffic signals across Houston area
Garth described a new adaptive signal system that senses incoming traffic and prioritizes through traffic while delaying cross-street movement. The system, already in use on another road, will be online by late March on Highway 146. Total cost about 1 million dollars from a state grant with a 20 percent city match. If effective, expansion to additional intersections will be cheaper per site since the central server is already in place. Pastrana expects gradual expansion to control all city signals.
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Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Interstate 10
Pastrana
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