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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 2004
Page
1
The city outlines a total 2004 05 budget of 81.8 million dollars, a 4.5 million increase from the current year, with water and sewer rates rising 8.06 percent. Property tax valuation shows 73 cents per 100 dollars, and it marks 12 years since the council last raised property taxes, with the new fiscal year beginning October 1.
Baytonians face no property tax rise but water and sewer rates go up in the proposed 81.8 million 2004 05 budget. The plan increases overall spending by 4.5 million 5.8 percent with no permit or sanitation fee changes. Final adoption is set for Sept 9 with bonds driving debt service.
Lakewood Church of Christ in Baytown will clothe more than 100 area families and schoolchildren at a Saturday event from 8 am to noon on August 7 at 7701 Bayway Drive. Volunteers collect adult and children’s clothing plus socks underwear and uniforms and assist attendees with a two pass selection and aid to find sites.
Baytown Optimists Club stages its annual Car Show and Swap Meet at 8 am in the park near McCartney's Vending on North Alexander. Registration runs 8 am to 1 30 pm with $15. viewing is free. More than 15 classes split by car type. judging starts at 10 am, awards at 3 pm, raffles, dinners, and shirts for early entrants. proceeds support youth programs. The 84 member group has aided area youths since 1954.
Dana and Earla Khan run Khan Artist Entertainment from a trendy Baytown corner salon on Pruett and Park. The family based company serves as the community's first public entertainment studio for poetry, hip hop, dance and theater, helping people pursue careers as performers after a year in operation.
A community program at Bicentennial Park from 6 to 10 p.m. on September 18 features local trappers poets singers and dance performers as auditions for budding entertainers. Dana Khan outlines registration by August 28 and the studio aims to give youths in the area a path to professional arts careers.
A Baytown family Salema Baldemar and Samantha Villegas enjoy F7 Tejano music during the third summer concert series at Bicentennial Park. City Parks and Recreation invites further inquiries at 281-420-6597.
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