Escontrias and Smith Win Trustee Runoffs in Tight Election
Manuel Escontrias captures Position 7 in a close runoff with 53.1 percent to 46.9 for James Maple, while incumbent David Smith wins Position 5 with 51.9 percent over Willie Moreno. Ballots totaled 5,170 in runoff races versus 3,695 in January. Smith plans to start a second term. his attendance may be affected by his father in law's death.
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David Smith
Smith
Willie Moreno
Escontrias
James Maple
Moreno
Ecandidate
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Maple
Dwayne Litteer
Carver-Jones
Austin
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Travis
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Travis Elementary
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Bowie Elem
Lamar Elementary
City to begin 1987 street upgrades. cost $190,894
Baytown plans to award a street improvements contract by April 1 after council approval of plans in March. The program covers 11 roads with total estimated cost of $190,894, including $28,000 for West Jack reconstruction and asphalt overlay on ten roads. The budget sets aside $200,000 this year and the same amount was allocated last year.
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Norman Dykes
Baytown
West Jack
Pruett
Lobit
Services set for Baytown civic leader Louie M. Bishop
Louie M. Bishop 60 of Baytown died after collapsing at voting precinct 165 in Lakewood while helping set up polls for a school board runoff. Funeral at Earthman with burial at Memory Gardens. Survivors include wife Barbara, three children, six grandchildren, siblings, and numerous relatives. He chaired the Volunteer Firemen's Retirement Fund of Baytown and was active in church and community service.
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Baytown
Earthman Funeral
Richard Hale
Henry McCaghren
Doug Suggs
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Lakewood
Wooster
Brownwood
Robert E. Lee High School
Ashland Oil Co
Barbara J. Bishop
Gerald
Lynda Bishop
Linda
Harold Allen
Shirley
Bo Cox
Leona Boatright
Dayton
Claudia Hudson
Jacinto City
Dorothy
Ed Sheffield
Fred
Ada Hamman
Robert Hamman
Betty
Bob Chess
Kim
Tammi
Dee Anne Allen
Doug
Blake Cox
Joshua Bishop
Memory Gardens
al Rieck
Grady Sanders
Jim Bacon
Emory Touchet
Ed Riley
George Kimmey
Chuck Sutton
Eddie Whitten
Christian Brothers of Lakewood Church of Christ
Lakewood Church of Christ
Earthman Funeral Home
Conundrum of Reading Mystery Books Puzzles Teachers
Bill Kennedy and Barry Nettles debate how youngsters read many mystery books today. They discuss classroom attitudes toward Algebra and Trigonometry and how reading habits shape student engagement on Pearce Street Journal.
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Bill Kennedy
Barry Nettles
Around Town Highlights From A Saturday YMCA Event
Mike Reppf attempts casting for his wife’s diet. Glen Dew and Nette win first at the YMCA sock hop. Leeann Sullinger shares a smile and card. Betty Carpenter shares walking tales. Carol Sherer recalls a special occasion. Ray Wilson checks on a reporter. Dar Tell Kleypas chats briefly. Sharon Peebles hosts an early Saturday meeting.
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Mike Repfp
Annette
Glen Dew
Leeann Sullinger
Betty Carpenter
Carol Sherer
Ray Wilson
Dar- Tell Kleypas
Sharon Peebles
Commission to consider RV subdivision proposal
Baytown Planning Commission will hear preliminary approval for Bay Oaks Harbor a 71 acre RV subdivision on Tri Counties Beach Road. Proponents Tom Aiken James Haggard and Texas Banc Savings describe a highly restricted RV resort with a lighted fishing pier boat launch swimming pool tennis courts clubhouse miniature golf and other amenities. They also seek a future 500 acre purchase across from USX Texas Works plant and a public marina on Cedar Bayou. The meeting is at 7 p.m. in City Hall Conference Room.
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Baytown
Aiken
USX
Texas Works
Cedar Bayou
City Hall
Weather forecast promises cool, cloudy days
A forecast calls for mostly cloudy and cool conditions with a 20 percent chance of light rain for Monday night and Tuesday. Monday lows near 40, Tuesday highs in the low 50s, with a Sunday 8 a.m. to Monday 8 a.m. period showing a high of 74 and a low of 47 degrees.
Beacht City man dies from flash fire injuries
Kip Zaruba 25 of Beach City died after a flash fire at Cities Service Fractionators Inc. He suffered third degree burns over 100 percent of his body and died at Hermann Hospital after being flown by Life Flight. Funeral services set for Monday at First United Methodist in Dayton with burial at Palms Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, parents, and siblings. Funeral arrangements by Sterling Funeral Home in Dayton.
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Beach City
Cities Service Fractionators Inc
Hermann Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Dayton
Palms Memorial Park Cemetery
Zaruba
Glen Kernohan
Kernohan
Baytown
Wyliene Zaruba
Rudy and
Barbara Zaruba Jr
Rudy
Elizabeth Zaruba III
Kent
Juanita Zaruba
Sterling Funeral Home
Mass Casualty Drill Set For April 11 In Baytown
Baytown Emergency Management schedules the citys 16th annual Mass Casualty exercise for April 11 starting about 9 a.m. with a simulated Mobay Chemical emergency and a disaster scene elsewhere. Officials from Baytown hospitals police fire and city agencies will meet March 3 at Holiday Inn to review medical plans and a March 25 briefing at City Hall. About 60 organizations participated in 1986s drill simulating a three vehicle crash caused by a tornado on Rollingbrook Drive with a school bus a chemical truck and a radioactive material truck. The exercise also included incidents at Exxon Chemical and Chevron Cedar Bayou plant.
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Mobay Chemical
Baytown
Police and Fire Departments
Holiday Inn
City Hall Council
Rollingbrook Drive
Exxon Chemical
Chevron
Cedar Bayou
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