Barbers Hill considers bond projects to expand campuses
A district facilities committee weighs 2009 10 construction plans driven by enrollment growth from 3200 to nearly 5000 students in five years and 7400 in ten. Top proposal adds 25 classrooms at Barbers Hill High School for 5.25 million, with cafeteria restrooms and work areas, boosting capacity to about 1600.
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Guseman
PBK
Rotan
Barbers Hill High School
Beach City
Guido Persiani
Persiani
Juneteenth events feature Baytown poet Tillis and pageant
Baytown hosts a community Juneteenth with poet Tillis as featured reader and audience poetry submissions. The program includes African drums, artifacts display, a Friday pageant for about 20 girls aged 13 to 18, and a Saturday schedule with a community breakfast at 8 a.m. and a parade at 11 a.m. starting at the J.D. Walker venue.
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Tillis
Baytown
McNair
Tills
Johnson
J.D. Walker
Appreciation Dinner Honors Community Pioneers Tonight
Tonight’s Juneteenth Celebration 2005 Appreciation Dinner honors Antioch Missionary Church in McNair Mount Rose in Oak Addition and Mrs Addie Barrett Dixon from Barrett Station plus other community pioneers. The event at the J D Walker Center 7613 Wade Road starts at 6 30 p m with no attendance fee.
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Antioch Missionary Church
McNair
Mount Rose
Oak Addition
Addie Barrett Dixon
Barrett Station
J.D. Walker Center
Wade Road
Juneteenth events feature Joe Tex II and tournaments at center
Community Center hosts Joe Tex II live after the parade along with a domino, baseball, and three on three basketball tournament. Interested players may contact Myrtis Hamilton at 281-421-1694. High Twelve Club sponsors Juneteenth events. other sponsors include Starbucks and Office Depot. Johnson founded A PLACE.org. poetry jazz nights occur every first and third Saturday at the Starbucks on Garth Road.
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Joe Tex II
Myrtis Hamilton
High Twelve Club
High Twelve
McNair
Starbucks
Office Depot
Wilkenfeld Furniture Company
Aplace.org
Johnson
Walk Texas program kicks off at Barrett Station
Walk Texas! launches at Barrett Station with eight week program starting with a quarter mile walk. Participants receive pedometer goodie bags, nutrition guidance, team leaders, and exercise schedules. Free nutrition classes, logs for miles and produce intake, and points toward prizes. Blood pressure and cholesterol tracked after eight weeks. Sessions run 9 am to 1 pm on June 24 Cloverleaf and July 9 East End. Bilingual outreach available. Contact Stacy Eagleton or Melanie Gilmore for details.
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Walk
Texas
Kachur
Barrett Station
Leon Grayson
Cloverleaf
Eastwood Park
East End
Stacy Eagleton
Melanie Gilmore
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