Baytown Council considers 6.5 million bond sale approval
Baytown City Council faces final approval of a 6.5 million bond sale to fund property purchases two fire stations parks and sewer drainage water improvements restoring the 1981 capital improvements program. The meeting includes bids on the bonds and possible property acquisitions in the Brownwood subdivision with potential condemnation if offers fail within 15 days. The agenda also covers work sessions on Downtown Action Committee rehabilitation efforts Texas Avenue area appointments to several local boards and reviews of two Army Corps permits for Cedar Bayou docks and fill.
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Lisa Ocker
Baytown
City Hall
Fritz Lanham
Allen Cannon
Gerald Dickens
New York
Standard & Poor's
Moody’s
Brownwood
Downtown Action Committee
Texas Avenue
Harris County
Higher Education Authority Board
Community Development Advisory Committee
Mobile Home Review Board
Electrical Board
Army, Corps of Engineers
River and Gulf Transportation Co
Chambers County
Cedar Bayou
DGM Inc
Kilgore Road
Massey- Tompkins Road
Doris Ashcraft
Cultural Arts Council
Fred Hartman
Harris County Appraisal Review Board
Chambers waste site fight continues
Chambers County officials vow to vigorously oppose a proposed 169 acre Liberty Waste Disposal Co site east of Anahuac despite a 250th District Court ruling backing a Texas Water Commission permit. County leaders cite health welfare and environmental risks while noting two more permit hearings are needed plus a public hearing.
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David Byford
Anahuac
Chambers County Commissioners
250Th District Court
Harley Clark
Texas Water Commission
Liberty Waste Disposal Co
Chambers County
Jenlains Road
Wanda Ellis Wins Baytown Friend of Education Honor
More than 200 people attended a reception Tuesday for Wanda Ellis the 1985 recipient of the Baytown Education Association Friend of Education award. Ellis has long service in Baytown schools and at Lee College. She taught in Baytown for 12 years and worked 22 years in Pasadena schools. Her late husband James Ellis served on the Baytown school board. The BEA awards this honor annually since 1983.
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Wanda Ellis
Baytown Education Association
Baytown
BEA
Vickie Thomp
Horace Mann
Travis
Pasadena
Lee College
James
Unemployment rises to 7.2 percent in December
The Labor Department reports December unemployment at 7.2 percent as the labor force grows by 390,000 and 8.2 million remain unemployed. Discouraged workers rise to 1.3 million while 106.3 million people hold jobs and 3.2 million new jobs were created in 1984.
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Washington
Labor Department
U.S
Rice wedding prank at Chinese restaurant teased in Baytown journal
A Baytown area anecdote recounts a couple long together at a Chinese restaurant when the groom asks if she wants her rice fried or boiled. She replies jokingly that she’d like it thrown, highlighting a playful pre nuptial moment from a Baytown book.
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Baytown
Around Town: Baytown Lastest Local Social Snaps
Jason Johnston anticipates fatherhood with a Cabbage Patch Kid. Eddie Seidensticker Bob Nailon and John Wood discuss Chambers County bird life. Mardi Arends returns to the water while Ron Ummel asks about a Baytonian at O Hare. Marc Glasser escorts a Baytown visitor to Beaverton Oregon. Tammy Parson returns from Carthage with Lance McWhirter's surprise and Dana Hardy's roses.
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Jason Johnston
Eddie Seidensticker
Bob Nailon
John Wood
Chambers County
Mardi Arends
Ron Ummel
Chicago
O'Hare
Marc Glasser
Baytown
Beaverton
Ore
Tammy Parson
Carthage
Lance McWhirter
Dana Hardy
Emmett Helps Celebrate Opening Day of 69th Texas Legislature
State Rep Ed Emmett of Baytown along with his 2 year old son Robert attended opening day activities. The article notes HL&P faces a 2.6 percent overall rate increase approved by the Public Utility Commission, with no pass through of South Texas Nuclear Project construction costs. The commission ordered a staff inquiry into STNP Unit 2's economic viability.
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Ed Emmett
Baytown
Texas
Emmett
Allingwood
Robert
Austin
South Texas
Public Utility Commission
Houston Lighting & Power Co
Jim Schaefer
Hl&p
Schaefer
PUC
Dennis Thomas
Hl&P’s
STNP
Hs&p
Bay City
Phil Ricketts
Jim Boyle
Weather forecast for Baytown area
A 30 percent chance of thundershowers is forecast for Wednesday night with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. Thursday will be mostly cloudy and cool with a low around 50s. From 8 a.m. Tuesday to 8 a.m. Wednesday the low was 48 and the high 64 with 0.2 inches of rain.
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Pee dC Editorial
Baytown
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Dannah McDaniel
Home Economics
DuPont Inc
Gou Hole
Jenkins
Wallace
Ellis
Grace Methodist Church
N. Pruett
Campbellsville Industries Inc
Wes Mann
Burr Hearon
Sun
Angie Bracey
Pearce Street Journal
PAC
Emmett and Son
Sterling & Befee
Citiz
Ae Bank Trust Co
FDIC
Goose Creek Motors
Marquis
Lone Star
Saterday Benkin
Moe
Leta
Merket
Mt. Deby
San Jachito
FORD
Baytown State Bank
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