Baytown Council Allows Bicycles at Nature Center
Baytown City Council voted to allow bicycles at the Baytown Nature Center with new guidelines. The vote also established a mayor pro tem selection policy, requiring a current member with at least one year service and a one year term. The panel prohibited golf, fires, model cars, remote devices and all pets, while dogs faced mixed views.
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Nature Center
Lance Armstrong
Baytown
Baytown Nature Center
Scott Johnson
Baytown Parks and Recreation
Johnson
Calvin Mundinger
Sammy Mahan
Mundinger
Council
St James House to mark 45th anniversary feast day
St James House will celebrate its 45th anniversary on Monday July 25 the same day as the feast of St James the Greater A large worship service is planned with communion Bible reading sermon prayers and hymn singing Father Kenneth Dimmick notes the event reflects God’s blessing on the work of the house which opened in 1960 on ten acres to provide a home for older adults of all faiths The facility expanded in 1972 adding a nursing wing and has since served ambulatory residents and others seeking spiritual life.
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St. James House
St. James the Greater
Kenneth Dimmick
Father Dimmick
Dimmick
Wiggle Test Aims to Find Shuttle Fuel Gauge Fault
NASA officials describe the wiggle test as the first step to locate a failed hydrogen-fuel gauge in Discovery's external tank. Deputy program manager Wayne Hale warns the fix may be unlikely and liftoff could slip into next week or September. With seven astronauts aboard, the crew remains on standby as engineers search for a solution.
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NASA
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Hale
Discovery
Baytown Police Chief Talks Improvements After Survey
Baytown Police Chief Byron Jones has met with most officers to discuss improvements from an April internal survey. He cites better communication and scheduling changes to address staffing, noting the move to an eight hour per day five day week to ensure coverage, with 66 patrols needed across nine districts versus the current 54.
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Baytown
Byron Jones
Jones
Mike Holden
Baytown Police Officers Association
Flooding and outages hit Baytown area after heavy rains
Afternoon thunderstorms dumped up to 4 inches per hour in the Baytown region causing street flooding on Highway 146 Missouri Street and other streets. City officials reported 2.8 to 3.5 inches in local districts while CenterPoint noted 7600 outages and urged outage reporting.
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Baytown
Highway 146
Missouri St
Garth Road
Interstate 10
Noble Court
Park St
Memorial Dr
Kilgore St
E. James St
Millcreek St
Gary Smith
Smith
Houston-Galveston
Harris County
West
Chambers County
Mike Rehbein
Houston- Galveston
Baker
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Baytown Sun
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Sterling High School
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Orlando
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Keli Gentry
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Melissa Rivers
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