Lee College hosts luncheon with art center preview
Lee College students and administrators attended a luncheon with SGA members receiving invites. Diego Trevino and David Ramirez praised the honor and viewed early designs for the planned student art center slated for completion in fall 2008. ExxonMobil Chemical Plant manager Zeb Nash lauded the college and its strong math and science programs and pledged continued support.
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Baytown spelling champ Soumil Datar aims higher after third title
Soumil Datar, seventh-grader at Horace Mann Junior School, won Goose Creek district spelling bee for the third time and will advance to the Houston regional. He credits practice and added study routines from basketball and band. Caitlin May and Joel Powell finished second and third.
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Texas family sues ConAgra over salmonella outbreak
Dr. Charles and Erie Osborn sue ConAgra Foods in Ellis County Texas for medical bills and damages after their two children aged 5 and 2 fell ill from peanut butter linked to a salmonella outbreak. The suit names Peter Pan and Wal Value Great Value products with code 2111 and cites a nationwide recall.
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Peanut butter recall widens as illnesses rise nationwide
The recall covers all Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter from ConAgra's Sylvester Georgia plant produced May 2006 onward amid 300 illnesses in 39 states. Most patients had eaten peanut butter. about 20 percent were hospitalized with salmonella. No deaths reported. Consumers can seek refunds by sending the lid and address to ConAgra in Omaha.
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Two Baytown Women Injured In Night Car Crash
A late night crash on North Main Street near Ward Road left two Baytown women seriously injured after a vehicle struck a telephone pole on a curve and rolled over. Baytown Police transported both trapped occupants to Hermann Hospital by helicopter. alcohol was considered a possible factor.
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Woman shot while sleeping in Baytown trailer home
A woman woke to a gunshot penetrating her trailer wall on Stimson Street injuring her ankle. Police say a suspect fired from outside around 3 a.m. Friday. The report notes other local incidents including a 19 year old arrest for assault and thefts across Baytown with multiple calls logged in a 24 hour period.
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House rebukes Bush on Iraq troop funding vote
The Democratic controlled House rejected Bush’s plan to deploy more troops and tied the debate to a request for 93 billion dollars in Pentagon funding. Speaker Pelosi framed the vote as a shift toward ending the fighting and bringing troops home, with 17 Republicans joining 229 Democrats. Senate leaders scheduled a similar test vote, while Republicans warned of funding cuts for troops. The piece notes over 3,100 U.S. troops and tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths in the war.
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