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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 2009
Page
1
Ike Strikes Gulf Coast and Nation Regroups After Storm
Hurricane Ike caused widespread damage across the Gulf Coast with losses estimated above 30 billion dollars. Power outages persisted for days as FEMA and Red Cross delivered water and MREs. In politics, Barack Obama won Election Night decisively, while in Harris County Ed Emmett was re-elected and Pat Lykes became district attorney after Chuck Rosenthal’s exit.
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Gulf Coast
FEMA
Red Cross
Barack Obama
America
Ed Emmett
Pat Lykes
Harris County
Chuck Rosenthal
Teen Mother Delivers Baby Boy at Cedar Bayou Junior School
A Cedar Bayou Junior School eighth grader in the eighth grade gave birth in a school bathroom. The infant weighed 5 pounds 6 ounces and was found dead in a toilet by EMS. The mother was arrested following the incident.
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Cedar Bayou
New Baytown High School Opens as Goose Creek Memorial
In August Baytown welcomed a new high school Goose Creek Memorial High School opening as a 4-A school serving about 1,300 students in grades nine through 11.
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Baytown
Goose Creek Memorial High School
Sultis Resigns as Goose Creek CISD Superintendent
Barbara Sultis announced her retirement after almost eight years as Goose Creek CISD superintendent, effective January 5. Board President Carl Burg said separation agreement plans started months ago and declined to discuss specifics, citing a district and board statement.
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Goose Creek Cisd
Barbara Sultis
Carl Burg
Dayton in State and the Playoffs
Dayton's football team won 13 games and reached the Class 4A Division II state championship, the first state title game in Bronco history, before falling to Sulphur Springs. In addition to Dayton, Anahuac, Crosby and Sterling made the playoffs.
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Dayton
Sulphur Springs
Anahuac
Crosby
Sterling
Trials highlight Baytown crime sentences in 2006 07
Keith Hill, 20, was sentenced to 99 years and fined $10,000 after being found guilty of aggravated sexual assault involving a May 2006 abduction robbery and rape of a 17 year old Lee High School student. Prosecutors linked him to four similar attacks on young white men. Bobby Davis received eight years for a fatal crash in Baytown on June 14 2007 when a stolen Jeep Cherokee struck a freight train at Archer Railroad Crossing, killing four teenagers.
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Keith Hill
Baytown
Hill
Lee High School
Bobby Davis
Davis
Archer Railroad Crossing
Olin to leave Lee High for Lewisville job
Dick Olin head football coach at Lee High School will depart after 17 years to take a similar coaching position in Lewisville. The move ends a long tenure steering the Lee program through many seasons.
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Lee High School
Dick Olin
Lewisville
Economic tightening and price shifts ripple nationwide
Across the nation lenders tighten credit as large corporations including the Big Three seek federal aid. Gas prices fell from peak near four dollars to about 1.54 statewide, with lower figures regionally. Baytown Police Chief Keith Daugherty, Lee College President Michael Murphy, and San Jacinto Methodist Hospital head Donna Gares were named to new chief roles.
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Baytown
Lee College
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Keith Daugherty
Lee
Michael Murphy
San Jacinto
Donna Gares
High price of crime seen in Baytown counterfeit case
Baytown officers report counterfeit bills passed at Wal-Mart on Tuesday. Detective Sgt. Shawn Fischer examines the notes, detailing the investigation and the alleged suspect involved in the incident.
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Baytown
Shawn Fischer
Wal-Mart
Baytown Tattoo Artist Held After Counterfeit Bills
Baytown police say a 37-year-old tattoo artist passed 700 dollars in counterfeit money at a Wal-Mart on Garth Road around 2 am Tuesday. The clerk did not detect the forgery with a pen, and the fakes were found later. The suspect allegedly tried more bills at the Harris County Tax Office on Baker Road about 3:30 pm. Police and the U S Secret Service joined the investigation.
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Baytown
Wal- Mart
Garth Road
Harris County
Baker Road
U.S. Secret Service
Church marks new year a new home in Baytown
Pastor Mike Smith leads Fountain of Faith Fellowship as the growing congregation moves from a funeral home to a new Baytown location. In March 2008 the church purchased the First Westminster Presbyterian building at 7600 Bayway Drive, signaling plans for 2009 celebrations and community join-in.
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Baytown
Mike Smith
Fountain of Faith Fellowship Church
First Westminster Presbyterian Church
Bayway Drive
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