Residents Decide Drainage District Fate In West Chambers
Residents in Mont Belvieu and surrounding West Chambers County prepare for a public meeting at Barbers Hill High School to vote on forming the West Chambers County General Power District amid opposition. Local officials plan a countywide hearing to gauge majority support and determine whether the district proceeds.
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David Byford Mont Belvieu
West Chambers County
Barbers Hill High School
Mark Stiles
Precinct 4
Carolyn Adair
West Side
Mont Belvieu
Cove
Adair
Weather outlook for Baytown area turns mild early week
Partly cloudy skies and temperatures rising from the mid-30s tonight to near 60 tomorrow. Record shows a Sunday to Monday span with a high of 72 and a low of 44 and 0.55 inch of rain.
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Baytown
Mont Belvieu pessimist rails at Legislature session
A Mont Belvieu columnist warns that no man’s life liberty or property is safe while the Legislature is in session, expressing unsafety about government.
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Mont Belvieu
Around Town Headlines from Foyle Street and More
Clay Kilgore chases a duck down Foyle Street while Donna and Mac McDaniel settle into a new home. Randy Lyons makes a donation that becomes a minor issue. Reggie Brewer has a surprise for his birthday. Mildred Bookmyer contemplates staying longer at a Robert E. Lee High basketball game. Kyle Dodson, back from Sam Houston State University, works on his car. City Councilman Perry Simmons cites an ancient proverb in a council meeting. City Clerk Eileen Hall returns from a San Antonio elections seminar. Rick Garcia delivers a commendable effort.
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Clay Kilgore
Foyle Street
Donna
Mac McDaniel
Randy Lyons
Reggie Brewer
Mildred Bookmyer
Robert E. Lee
Kyle Dodson
Sam Houston State University
Perry Simmons
Eileen Hall
San Antonio
Rick Garcia
Baytown approves two crime grant bids for prevention
Baytown City Council approved two Criminal Justice Division grants totaling about 52000 to fund crime prevention efforts. One grant finances a computerized data analysis program with state and local shares of 225392 and 3846 respectively. The other backs a youth and law program with an officer in Baytown schools, sharing 29902 from the state and 225 locally.
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Lisa Ocker
Baytown
Criminal Justice Division
Gerald Dickens
Dickens
OPEC meeting on verge of collapse in Geneva
In Geneva the emergency OPEC talks fray as UAE minister Mana Oteiba and his delegation walk out in protest of Nigeria's stance on price cuts. Nigeria supports at least a $2 a barrel reduction. Saudi and Iran show divisions as talks explore two or three pricing options for the benchmark.
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OPEC
Geneva
Switzerland
Mana Saeed Oteiba
United Arab Emirates
Nigeria
Oteiba
Fam David-West
David West
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Yamani
Mohammad Gharazi
Brainpower Students Ready for Texas Academic Decathlon
Local high school students from Robert E. Lee Ross S Sterling La Porte and Channelview ready for the first regional round at Deer Park High School starting 9 a.m. Saturday. Region V features 18 schools from Port Arthur to Pasadena and Texas City with top teams advancing to state on March 13 hosted by Pearce High School in Richardson.
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Ross S. Sterling
Deer Park High School
Deer Park
RSS
Bryan Borah
Linner Schlobohm High School
Texas
Robert E. Lee
la Porte
Channelview
Port Arthur
Pasadena
Texas City
Pearce High School
Richardson
U.S
Los Angeles
U.S. Federal Reserve Board
James Lewis
Baytown
Aren
Ann Sullivan
Chris Bacon
REL
Kay Marsh
Carolyn Foster
Steve Olson
Georgia Lau
Mahalah Doolittle
Marsh
Sullivan
Museum of Fine Arts
Houston
LaDonna Dixon
Mike Nebgen
Leith McDonald
Lance Smith
Toni Shafer
Sarah Wuensch
Brian Northcutt
Lucy Zee
Matt Wallace
AEL
David Thomas
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Pearce Street Journal
Council Oks
Larry Patterson
Wayne Henscey
Roy Fuller
Patterson
Ron Embry
Elbert V. Bowden
Bowden
Duke University
Appalachian State University
Boone
N.C
Stuart Lipkin
Pat Sartor
Jay Antle
Texas A&m
The
United Nations
Sun
Angie Bracey
Cluding
Carrie Pryor
Arey
PT SN
Ppl
Goose Creek Motors
Marquis
Lone Star Banx
Citizens Pac
Century Savings
Tab
Mr. Belview
Baytown State
Jos
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