Kevin Hendon Tenacious Life With Cystic Fibrosis Legacy
Kevin Hendon was born in May 1968 amid his father’s Fort Bragg posting and grew up with cystic fibrosis. The family details diagnosis via salt tests, multiple doctors, and treatments from salt detection to postural drainage. Kevin endured hospital stays, surgeries, and infections yet kept a resilient spirit, insisting he was not his disease.
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Kevin
Fort Bragg
Ann
Paducah
Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Nashville
Humble Oil
Baytown
ExxonMobil
Houston Medical Center
Kevin Hendon chronicled as Baytown teen beats odds through poetry
Kevin Hendon faced challenges from Hendon and downs but kept a good spirit and became a poet. The Baytown resident attended Memorial Baptist Church kindergarten, James Bowie Elementary, Cedar Bayou Junior, and Ross Sterling High School. Friends and journalists contributed recollections for a book detailing his life and coping with music, Van Halen’s visit to a hospital, and posthumous honors including a wreath from the band. The book is sold online with a February 20 book signing at Memorial Baptist Church.
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Kevin
Memorial Baptist Church
Baytown
James Bowie
Cedar Bayou
Ross Sterling
Hendon
Baytown Sun
Linnea Schlobohm
Bonnie Ganglehoff
The
Houston Post
Ganglehoff
van Halen
Houston
Bonnie
Dayna Steele
Klol-Fm
Dayna
Texas Children’s Hospital
Steele
Hagar
Amazon.com
BarnesandNobles. Com
iUniverse.com
Sterling High School
EPA San Jacinto Waste Pits cleanup progress and payout
The EPA designated the San Jacinto Waste Pits a Superfund site in 2008 due to PCBs and dioxin. In 2011 PRPs including McGinnis Industrial Maintenance, International Paper, and Waste Management of Texas capped the site. A 2014 civil-case settlement netted $29.2 million, with $20 million allocated to Harris County and Texas, to aid affected communities.
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EPA
McGinnis Industrial Maintenance Corporation
International Paper Co
Houston-based
Waste Management of Texas
Harris County
Prps
San Jacinto
MIMC
GC Environmental
Texas
San
Smart traffic system to manage Garth Road lights
The city prepares to switch to a central computer controlled network that will coordinate all Garth Road traffic signals. The system will allow intersections to exchange data about approaching vehicles, not just queues, using wireless sensors embedded in pavement. If live sensor data fails, the system will fall back to prior day traffic information.
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Garth Road
Pastrana
Baytown Officials Warn On Synthetic Marijuana Risks
Baytown police and partners from Lee College Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital and treatment providers will host a forum with Emily Bauer Tonya Bauer and others to discuss synthetic cannabinoids. They warn of severe health risks and urge education enforcement testing and treatment, noting laws since 2011 and 2014 expanded regulation to curb supply and packaging while Bill 173 tightens chemical controls.
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Lee College
Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Emily and
Tonya Bauer
Neil Gandhi
Charyl Bell-Gordon
Tim Carter
Baytown
Crowell
City of
Texas
Cain campaign presses border security and sanctuary city claims
Cain said he would empower Texas to arrest and deport illegal border crossers and boost DPS funding for more boots on the ground. Smith cited DPS data showing fewer illegal crossings and more detainees handed to ICE, while Baytown sanctuary city rumors drew denials from Mayor DonCarlos and police. Cain blamed Republicans for killing a House bill to buy DPS helicopters.
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House
Cain
Smith
Steve McCraw
DPS
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Baytown
Stephen DonCarlos
DonCarlos
Ohio
Keith Dougherty
ICE
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Sammy Hagar
Eddie van Halen
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