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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 2003
Page
1
Authorities track the storm’s slow Gulf approach while Baytown sits at emergency readiness level five, with officials monitoring models and ensuring equipment readiness as state predictions guide potential landfall timing and local planning.
The U S Army Corps of Engineers and the Port of Houston Authority, with the Beneficial Uses Group, plan a two island project by October 2004 to deepen and widen the Houston Ship Channel. A 70 acre north island and 120 acre south island will rise 8 to 14 feet, serving as nesting habitat for brown pelicans and terns and reducing ship wake erosion. Managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife and Baytown, the project will restore 40 acres along San Jacinto State Park and involve 300000 tons of limestone rock for the containment dikes.
The City Council unanimously voted to reject an seven year industrial district agreement with Natural Gas Oolonizing Inc. due to a capped plant property value at 2002 levels and unsigned contract portions. NGO says the $11.9 million payment would be 20 percent higher than last year and criticizes the cap as regressive. The company implies a new agreement may be negotiated, see COUNCIL on Page 8A.
Tropical Storm Claudette drifts across the Gulf of Mexico on a path that could make landfall near the Rio Grande mouth. Officials expect intensification to a hurricane before striking near the southern tip of Texas early.
Baytown report shows Woodcreek Village on lower Garth Road under new owner William Friedrichs Jr of Friedrichs Investments. Aimed at HUD loan approval within a week, the $7 million rehab project should take four to six months. Former owner Alfred J. Antonini is serving a 60 month federal sentence for fraud.
Baytown officers seized a methamphetamine lab in a Park Street residence during a Thursday search warrant. Stephen Tomlinson, 56, was arrested on possession of chemicals for meth production and intent to deliver, and felon in possession of a firearm. A 9 mm handgun was recovered. About 400 grams of meth valued at $44,000 was found. The owner’s daughter declined to comment. See BUST on Page 8A.
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