Garcia urges fix over fight for disaster funds in Houston area
Precinct 2 Commissioner Sylvia Garcia calls for a plan to use disaster funds efficiently amid a dispute over community development block grants. She notes federal stimulus and state decisions will shape allocations, while Baytown and other Harris County areas await a new distribution that shifts about 55 million dollars toward Houston’s relief needs.
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Sylvia Garcia
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Mane Event funds raise for Bay Area Homeless Services
Around 200 attendees gathered at Goose Creek Country Club for BAHS fourth Mane Event fundraiser featuring a lion ice sculpture. A slide show highlighted the shelter’s work and beneficiaries including Donna Seals and Ronald Cezar who testified their lives improved after using BAHS services.
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Goose Creek Country Club
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Second graders host Wax Museum at Stephen F. Austin Elementary
In a Friday event at Austin Elementary the second grade GATE class presented a wax museum featuring historical figures like Margaret Bourke-White and Mohandas Gandhi. Students dressed as their chosen movers and shakers and answered questions briefly when visitors pressed a button to bring them to life.
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Margaret Rourke-White
Rachel Carson
America
Stephen F. Austin
Mohandas Gandhi
Margaret Bourke-White
Ellie VanCleave
Gandhi
VanCleave
Austin Elementary
Ellie
Karis Lockwell
Mary Lou Rett
Stephen F. Austin Elementary
Travelers explore global getaways at Distant Travel Expo
Baytonians flocked to the Community Center for the 3rd annual Travel Expo seeking ideas for future trips and honeymoons. Crystal Cervenka and Shane Little, soon to wed, rushed between booths for all inclusive options and possible wedding getaway prizes, with Hawaii among the dreams.
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Distant Travel
Crystal Cervenka
Shane Little
Cervenka
Little
Hawaii
Kelle DeMent
Baytown Community Center
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