Baytown mayoral race features Alfaro Evans and Shaffer
Incumbent Pete Alfaro faces challengers David Evans and former police chief Charles Shaffer in Baytown mayoral race. Shaffer, city official with 31 years in law enforcement, leads in fundraising. Evans, former councilman, reports growing contributions after a 1969 71 term and a late campaign push. Alfaro emphasizes infrastructure, city services at low taxes and job growth as central issues.
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Baytown
Peter Alfaro
David W. Evans
Charles Shaffer
Shaffer
Evans
Alfaro
West Chambers County honors local heroes at 18th awards
Baytown community leaders and county officials joined West Chambers County Chamber of Commerce for an awards night at the Citizens Conference Center Texas Avenue. Recipients included Bill Speer and Gordon Ray Cavender recognized for locating fisherman Calvin Stevens after a three day disappearance. Cove EMS volunteer Genie Clark and former Precinct 4 Constable Tom Wright received honors from Cove Mayor Lee Wiley and Old River-Winfree Mayor Joe Landry respectively. Beach City officials also presented awards to local volunteers.
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West Chambers County
West Chambers County Chamber of Commerce
Citizens’ Conference Center
Texas Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
New York City
Chamber
Carl Manehaca
Chambers County
Larry Cryer
Bill Speer
Gordon Ray Cavender
Calvin Stevens
Old River
Cryer
Stevens
Speer
Cavender
Ray Cavender
Sheriff’s Department
Bill
Cove
Lee Wiley
Genie Clark
Cove Volunteer Emergency Medical Service
Cove Ems
Wiley
River-Winfree
Joe Landry
Chambers County Precinct 4
Tom Wright
Landry
Beach City
Rusty Senac
Bush vows to defeat terror and recession in State of the Union
President Bush delivered the first State of the Union pledging to hunt terrorists globally and to revive the economy. He warned of an axis of evil including North Korea Iran and Iraq and cited terrorist plots and diagrams found in Afghanistan as he urged sustained war on terror and economic recovery.
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Beach City house fire ruled not arson
Beach City investigators ruled out arson as the cause of a Monday morning house fire that killed three people Joshua Sherman Ewell age 3 Jodie A. Ewell age 40 and Alfred Lynn Owens II age 25. The blaze on Tri Cities Beach Road began around 6 am and destroyed a single story wooden frame dwelling as firefighters from Beach City Baytown and Barbers Hill fought the flames. The Chambers County Sheriff's Office and State Fire Marshal are probing. a spokesman said the cause would be determined.
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Beach City
Joshua Sherman Ewell
Jodie A. Ewell
Alfred Lynn Owens II
VFD
Jim Josey
Tuesday Drawings TX 2 Step Cash
A short notice lists lottery draw results for Tuesday with two-step and cash games. Numbers shown include 34 31 17 5 for 2 Step and 8 16 42 23 37 3 for Cash and Pick 3 194.
Texas bays close in February to remove crab traps
Texas Parks and Wildlife will close all bays from February 16 to March 3 to aid removal of abandoned crab traps. A crab trap removal day is set for February 23, after which commercial crabbers lose legal removal rights. Game wardens remove over 2,000 traps annually, yet many remain and harm shrimpers, fish, and scenery. Local Game Warden Tim Holland notes traps vastly outnumber wardens and fill bays. Texas hosts 259 licensed commercial crabbers.
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Texas
Parks’ Department
Coastal Fisheries Division
Texas Parks Department
Tim Holland
Parks Department
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