Radio operators ready if hurricane does strike
Baytown amateur radio club members gathered at the Baytown Emergency Operations Center to begin a 24 hour Field Day test from 1 p.m. Saturday to 1 p.m. today. They will use permanent and temporary antennas to measure the number of radio contacts and practice emergency communications readiness.
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Baytown Area Amateur Radio Club
Bennie Simpkins
Ken Hall
American Radio Relay League
Baytown Emergency Operations Center
Walter Moseley
Baytown
Tropical Storm Alex lashes Belize and Yucatan coast
Tropical Storm Alex drenches Belize and parts of Mexico’s Caribbean coast with rain and 65 mph winds. Residents flee low lying islands as authorities warn beachgoers to stay clear of the water and monitor the storm’s track toward landfall near Belize by nightfall.
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Veterans recall Battleship Texas service at park ceremony
Julio Zaccagni, a former fire control technician who served aboard the Texas from February 1940 to July 1942, attended a Saturday ceremony where park officials unveiled new signs and exhibits. He described operating range finders, firing circuits and telescopes essential to gun operations as visitors learned about the ship’s role in American history.
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Ornithologists follow pelicans at Sundown Island sanctuary
Baytown resident and Exxon retiree Chester Smith, Audubon Society warden for Sundown Island, has long worked to restore brown pelicans. About 2,500 nesting pairs were counted this year as pelicans thrive on the 13,000 acre Texas Sanctuary network. Nearby, 38 BP oil spill pelicans were released at Aransas Refuge by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
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Chambers Co closers to getting new highway
The Texas Transportation Commission approved a pass-through financing agreement to extend FM 1409 in northern Chambers County. The $20 million project would extend FM 1409 from FM 565 at Old River Winfree to FM 565 south of I 10. Local officials praised the partnership and mobility gains for Southeast Texas.
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