Baytown seeks bids for water sewer extensions and repairs
Baytown plans to extend water and sewer lines on Sharon Road and Decker Drive at estimated costs of 80 000 8 730 and 44 645 for Sharon Lane plus about 5 000 to add a loop. Bond funds will finance the projects and three city residents lack service. The package also includes a 6 inch line to Covingtons and a vacant service station. Solesbee Construction to be paid 14 500 for sliplining a leaking Bob Smith Road sewer line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Orton
Baytown
Sharon Road
Decker Drive
North Burnet
Sharon Lane
Sharon
Lane
Clemon Boutte
Deannexation
Frita Lanham
Covington
Solesbee Construction,Co
Bob Smith Road
Lanham
Baytown Trustees Back Closed Campuses At Lunch
Baytown school trustees approve a motion deeming lunch hour campus closures at Robert E. Lee and Ross S. Sterling educationally sound and instruct the administration to draft a plan starting in 1988 89 with a 6 to 1 vote. Estimated costs range from 123980 to 476455 dollars with Sterling costs adding 350000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mohlman
Baytown
Baytown High School
Robert E. Lee
Ross S. Sterling
Tom Gentry
Manuel Escontrias
Richard Heyen
Pete Sultis
Wanda Ellis
David Smith
Tom Mayo
Gentry
Baytown Highs to share Ross S Sterling for fall 87
Baytown trustees approve a plan requiring all Baytown high school students to attend Ross S Sterling High School for most of the first semester of 1987 88. Sterling mornings REL afternoons with 45 minute periods start Sep and relief in progress by Dec 1. Tom Mayo dissents citing lost class time.
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Baytown
Baytown High School
Ross S. Sterling High School
Tom
Mayo
Sterling
REL
Nettles
Bill Kennedy
W.N. Kirby
Mont Belvieu approves 1987 88 budget and raises
The Mont Belvieu City Council adopted a 2,744,093.39 budget for 1987 88, up 38,515 from last year. A September 1 start means no tax rate yet. A 40 cent per hour raise for staff, 50 cents for City Administrator Ruthie Sager, and a 1,000 per year raise for Sager were approved. Police mileage concerns prompt a review plan. absentee voting for a 1 percent sales tax runs to Aug 4 with an Aug 8 election. A convenience store gas station project was approved, along with several financial and repair actions and a special meeting set for Aug 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Mickelson
Mont Belvieu
Ruthie Sager
Evolution of Court Reporting Through the Ages
A Pearce Street Journal reminiscence describes how court reporting evolved from pad and pencils with shorthand to tape punch and keyboard. It notes the shift to tape, then a disc output, and an aircraft-like instrument panel, ending with the current oxygen-mask style device.
Around Town Faces Surgery After Bicycle Collision
Josh Wooley, age 14, recuperates after facial bone repair from a bicycle car crash. Floyd and Louise Bishop engage in substantial Saturday afternoon shopping. Susan Cade keeps operations steady as activities continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Wooley
Floyd
Louise Bishop
Susan Cade
Special meeting on proposed prison center in Baytown
Baytown City Council schedules a 9:30 a.m. Thursday special session to oppose a Regional Integration Center for the Texas Department of Corrections paroles units. The motel and vacant restaurant site on Decker at Airhart would hold non-violent prisoners eligible for parole in six months. Mayor Emmett Hutto says the session will air pros and cons and gather public opinion before Friday parole board action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Texas Department of Corrections
Decker
Airhart
Emmett Hutto
Hutto
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Parole Board
Council
Weather outlook and record temperatures
Partly cloudy skies bring a 20 percent rain chance and a low in the low 70s for Tuesday night. A 30 percent rain chance and a high in the mid 90s are forecast for Wednesday. From 8 am Monday to 8 am Tuesday the record shows a low of 3 degrees and a high of 91.
Hobby says he will not seek office in 1990
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby announced he will not run for any office in 1990, choosing to focus on state policy without political constraints. The Texas veteran, who as lieutenant governor has held a powerful post since 1972, urged lawmakers to avoid partisan games as the state faces economic recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hobby
Austin
Texas
Hobby
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RSS
Ed Wachtel
March
Robert F. Lee High School
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Oks
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Dodd
Fred Miller
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Angel Brothers Enterprises Inc
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Pearce Street Journal
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