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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 2008
Page
1
Eighth graders from area schools attend a Sterling High School volleyball skills camp at BCA to practice serving passing and setting. Coaches guide drills and emphasize teamwork and fundamentals for this summer program.
Obituary notes announce the passing of Felecia Ann Wheatfall Lula Mae Smith Matthews and Amos Levi Al Williams. The notice lists the individuals with family connections and reflects standard obituary wording for a local newspaper.
The forecast calls for sunny to partly cloudy skies with a high near 93 and a low around 77. Light winds or calm conditions expected with little to no precipitation.
Harris County officials promote a carrot approach to eco friendly business upgrades. Commissioner Garcia and David Turkel urged local leaders to spread LEED minded goals and energy conservation, noting incentives exist to ease costs for new parks, buildings and ventures.
Eddie V. Gray’s conservation idea guides NRG Energy in a collaboration with ecologist Breck Sacra at the Eco-Center near the Cedar Bayou Plant. The site features 30 rows of ponds arranged around a man-made canal feeding a cooling pond, illustrating a cooperative approach to environment and industry.
Less than a week after the Airwood Grocery Store robbery on Park Street, one of two suspects was taken into custody. Surveillance showed a white male in blue coveralls and a dark‑haired white female fleeing with the cash register. Akber Ali Virani was wounded in the alleged “Bonnie and Clyde” incident as officers link Michael Dixon to the crime. Dixon, arrested by Houston police on an unrelated charge, faces aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon in Harris County jail with BPD and HPD mothership charges pending. The female accomplice remains unidentified beyond basic details.
Baytown reports over 200 warning notices mailed for new red light camera intersections with nearly 2,000 more awaiting processing. At the Garth and Baker Road site, a little over 1,000 received warnings during the 30 day grace period and remaining intersections show about twice that exposure as the period winds down.
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