Baytown Charities Struggle as Donations Decline
Local nonprofits face funding shortfalls amid budget cuts and waning private foundation gifts. Communities in Schools reports an $84,600 grant loss and a $50,000 shortfall, though United Way adds $20,000 for the coming year. Executives warn total need remains.
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Baytown
The
United Way of
United Way Board
Jonathan Yarbrough
United Way
Janet Stansbury
Communities In
Anahuac ISD weighs $3 million bond election
Anahuac ISD officials met to consider a possible $3 million bond, with a special meeting set for July 22 to decide on September election plans. Consultant Doug Whitt urged a July 30 deadline to announce, proposing a 25 year payoff while board members weighed funding scope and long term debt.
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Anahuac Isd
Anahuac
Doug Whitt
Southwest Securities
Whitt
Clint Fancher
Tropical storm Claudette nears Jamaica shores
PORT ROYAL Jamaica AP Tropical Storm Claudette raged off Jamaica s south coast as fishermen dragged skiffs ashore and braced for violent winds and battering waves. Forecasters warned it could grow into a hurricane as it moved toward Mexico.
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Port Royal
Jamaica
Claudette
Mexico
Chambers County Sheriff cites video cams excuse for racial stop report
The Chambers County Sheriff says his department need not report race and ethnicity from traffic stops because every patrol car has video cameras. State law requires an annual stop race report but grants an exception if video surveillance exists. Officials cited the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in support.
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Anahuac
Chambers County
Sheriff's
Monroe Kreuzer
Kreuzer
Chambers County Sheriff's Department
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement
Robert Bodisch
Commission On Law Enforcement
Bill Wallace
Sheriff’s Department
Wallace
Baytown Special Olympians travel to Ireland for World Games
Thirteen Baytown athletes and one from Highlands joined Team Texas in Belfast from June 16 to 29 for the World Summer Special Olympics in Ireland. Seven thousand athletes from 160 countries competed in 19 sports as 3,000 coaches and 28,000 family members watched. The Baytown group shared a lucky draw for two unified men’s soccer teams a men’s volleyball and a ladies 5-a-side squad, with events culminating in Dublin.
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Baytown
Highlands
Emerald Isle
Team Texas
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Dublin
Ireland
United States
Denver
Team USA
Chuck Russell
Special Olympics
Russell
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