Fifth-graders brace for final TAKS retests districtwide
About 142 Goose Creek fifth-graders face one more math retest on June 28 and about 200 another reading attempt on June 29 to avoid repeating fifth grade. Statewide pass rates for math and reading are 79 and 86 percent, while Goose Creek scores run higher. Third graders must pass the reading TAKS to advance, with Goose Creek matching the state 93 percent. At Crosby and Anahuac and Barber's Hill, dozens of students will retake math or reading tests this summer as districts aid readiness.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
Crosby
Anahuac
Linda Barnhart
Barber’s Hill
Buried in Loss Fund Aids Murphy Children
Donations to the Murphy Children's Benefit Fund help with burial costs after a weekend crash on Highway 146 in Dayton. Prosperity Bank locations in Cleveland Deyton Liberty and Mont Belvieu counties and Woodforest Bank branches in Harris County accept gifts. Baytown bake sales at Walmart raised about 1081 dollars. Nine month old Mariah Murphy and 19 month old William Albert Murphy perished, with Miranda Murphy dying later at Memorial Hermann.
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Prosperity Bank
Cleveland
Deyton
Liberty
Mont Belvieu
Murphy
Woodforest Bank
Harris County
Amanda
Mandy” Lewis
Wal- Mart
Garth Road
Baytown
Linda Mason
Wal-Mart
Mason
Mariah Murphy
William Albert Murphy
Highway 146
Mariah
Miranda
Memorial Hermann Hospital
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Bombing kills 23 in Baghdad kebab restaurant attack
A bomber attacked a popular Baghdad kebab restaurant at lunchtime, killing at least 23 diners. The strike marked the deadliest Baghdad assault in over six weeks amid widespread insurgent violence across Iraq, as U S and Iraqi offensives targeted militant smuggling routes and training sites west and north of the capital. Further details appear on Page 3.
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Associated Press
Hadi Mizban
Baghdad
Iraq
US bombs target Taliban holds in Helmand clash
In southern Afghanistan, U S forces pounded suspected Taliban positions with airstrikes killing up to 20 militants along a mountain footpath northwest of Gereshk in Helmand province. A Taliban spokesman claimed they killed a kidnapped Afghan police chief and five of his men for cooperating with coalition forces.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
U.S
Taliban
Gereshk
Helmand
Strayhorn Perry race promises fireworks in Texas
Governor Perry and Comptroller Strayhorn brace for a fiery 2006 campaign as Hutchison stays in the Senate. With Hutchison out, most GOP officeholders remain in place, signaling a quiet Texas Republican field. Susan Combs has entered the comptroller race, while Todd Staples is seen pursuing agriculture commissioner.
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Austin
Rick Perry
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
GOP
Texas
U.S
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Hutchison
Senate
Bill Miller
Susan Combs
Todd Staples
Palestine
Perry
David Dewhurst
Greg Abbott
Michael Williams
Abbott
Miller
Strayhorn
Celebration Singers End 2005 Choir Tour At Grace Church
The 24 member Celebration Singers from Grace United Methodist Church completed a seven church tour from Baytown to Mobile and back. Music youth ages from junior high to high school performed in Meridian Birmingham Nashville Chattanooga and Spanish Fort Alabama. Director Donald McCandless praised the tour for unity and spiritual growth as the group returned home for a finale at Grace.
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Baytown
Grace United Methodist Church
Mobile
Grace
Meridian
Birmingham
Nashville
Chattanooga
Spanish Fort
Ala
Donald McCandless
Celebration Singers
McCandless
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