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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 2008
Page
3
Highlands Junior School notes February as Black History Month and argues for celebrating African American contributions year round. A student highlights MLK, Malcolm X, Bessie Coleman, and Harriet Tubman, condemns media stereotypes, and asks whether the month should continue.
Capitol artist Chris Cagle tops Billboard Current Country with 36 600 first week sales as he wraps a two week album launch tour ending near Baytown. Goosed By A Gander fundraising supports Lee High School 2008 Project Graduation with geese led by a Gander delivery to households. Baytown joins city payments accepting MasterCard Visa Discover at Utility Billing Collections and Municipal Court offices.
The Baytown Chamber of Commerce hosts its fourth annual Swing Into Spring Golf Tournament on Tuesday April 1 at Goose Creek Country Club. For sponsorship or team registration call the Chamber office at 281-422-8359.
Baytown councilors split the 2008 federal funding agenda with a $2.5 million request for Texas Avenue streetscaping and drainage, while keeping $1 million for Market Street and Alexander Drive. Opponents urged residents’ tax concerns, and several officials stressed the funding would come from Washington, not local taxes. Mayor DonCarlos and Councilman Mahan supported refiled inquiries, with marathon discussion highlighting residents’ bond election veto and the March 19 deadline.
Goose Creek will host its annual Teacher Job Fair on Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the GCCISD Administration Building in Baytown. Teachers and specialists in math, science, social studies, elementary, English reading, special education, bilingual ESL, fine arts, speech pathology, Spanish, and ASL for grades nine through 12 and other k-12 positions are invited. Bring 25 resumes and copies of teaching certificates and related documents. Apply online beforehand at gccisd.net.
Carrie Cleaver, 22, sole survivor of a November crash that killed Timothy Frazer and Scott Griffith, is returning to Baytown Junior School on Monday. The driver, Jacob Gallegos, 24, faces trial after rejecting a plea offer. he had more than twice the legal blood alcohol level at the time.
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