Crime control funding sparks debate over sunset dollars and policing
South Houston discussions reveal mixed views on using sunset sales tax funds to cover personnel costs for crime control. District leaders cite varied practices among Texas cities, while officials warn permanent costs clash with temporary funding. Community leaders urge targeted programs and safer streets amid questions on voter support and program expansion.
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CCPD
Texas
Mercedes Renteria III
Jones
Dennis Cordray
Crime Control District Board
South Houston
Cordray
Bo McDaniel
Seabrook
McDaniel
Scott Sheley
la Porte
PEO Sisterhood Chapter Meets in Baytown for 65th Birthday
The US Chapter of PEO sisterhood held a Feb 23 meeting at Amy Currie's Country Club Oaks home with 16 members present. Eleanor Albon led, minutes were read by Donna Garner, and a program by James Robert Jackson explored cattle drives and his family history including a 2004 book They Pointed Them East First. The next meeting will inaugurate officer elections.
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PEO Sisterhood
Amy Currie
Country Club Oaks
Diana Walton
Sue Clay Williams
Rell
Eleanor Albon
Donna Garner
PEO
Eleanor
Baytown
Nevada
Missouri
James Robert
Jim Bob" Jackson
Jackson
White
Moss
Texas
Stephen F. Austin
Anahuac
Exxon
Trace Oil and Gas Company of
Houston
East Texas
William Berry Duncan
Retired teacher honored in Arp
Helen Marie Doyle known as Mama was celebrated in Arp as a longtime teacher and choir leader. She taught at Highlands Elementary and Junior High, James Bowie, Baytown Junior High, Anahuac High School as one of the first Black teachers to integrate, and Goose Creek where she formed an 80 member ukulele choir for board banquets and schools.
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Helen Marie Doyle
Arp
Texas
Mama
Baytown Area
Highlands
Highlands Junior High
James Bowie
Baytown Junior High
Anahuac
Anahuac High School
Goose Creek
Doyle
Water Beds Sleeping in the Ocean
A playful review discusses how marine mammals sleep and how humans spend about a third of life sleeping. It notes dolphins guarding, manatees surfacing as bubbles, and northern fur seals sleeping on shore like puppies, blending whimsy with biology.
Water Beds Sleeping in the Ocean book review note
Gail Langer Karwoski presents Water Beds Sleeping in the Ocean a Sylvan Dell picture book with marine mammal themes. Connie McLennan provides oil illustrations depicting Little Person swimming and sleeping among deep water creatures. The work includes For Creative Minds sections and aims to ease children to sleep with imaginative ocean dreams.
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Gail Langer Karwoski
Connie McLennan
Ocean
Karwoski
Gail Langer
Mt. Pleasant
Sylvan Dell Publishing
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