Kingwood Ganders fall 1-0 as late goal ends season
Elliot Lye of Kingwood scored a decisive late goal, sending the Ganders to a 1-0 defeat and extinguishing their playoff hopes and season. The loss seals the team's final record and ends their campaign.
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Bush Signals Iraq Involvement Through 2008
President Bush indicated that U.S. involvement in Iraq would continue at least through 2008, framing the effort as essential to regional stability and national security. The plan emphasizes ongoing military presence and political support amid ongoing combat operations.
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Readers' Choice Awards ballot on Page 6 prompt votes
A 2006 Readers Choice Awards ballot appears on Page 6 inviting readers to vote. Results will be announced in a special edition after tallies. Lillian Willis Predom. Weather section notes cool cloudy conditions with showers, highs near 61 and lows around 49.
Lottery numbers and Megaplier details summary
Lottery result note lists Mega Millions numbers 8 11 23 48 52 with Megaplier 3 and Pick 3 daytime 1 5 2 and night 6 0 8 along with Cash Fire 6 11 14 20 24. Local gaming flyer presents drawn digits and related payouts.
Executive order on storm evacuations by Gov. Perry
Gov. Rick Perry issued an executive order directing state officials to craft detailed hurricane evacuation plans including one way outbound traffic on major highways as storms approach the Texas coast. The move aims to avoid a Rita era traffic jam and save lives, especially for vulnerable Texans.
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Rick Perry
Texas
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Baytown Habitat Build Highlights St. Louis Students
Forty two St. Louis high school students from Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School spend spring break in Baytown helping Habitat for Humanity. The group, led by teacher Josh Smith, works on the E Homan Avenue project, the thirtieth Habitat home in Baytown. Stephi Keller notes this marks her third Baytown Habitat trip.
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Long Neck Wildlife Fest to host May sports tournaments
The Baytown festival on May 6 and 7 features team events in volleyball and dodgeball and individual games like washers and dominoes-42. Dodgeball requires six players per team with one female on each squad, and the aim is to eliminate opponents with foam balls as youth pastor Dave Branham notes the excitement surrounding the event.
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Long Neck
Dave Branham
Memorial Baptist
Hurricane season forecast calls for active year
AccuWeather forecasters project a busier than normal Atlantic season with many named storms but not the record pace of last year. The outlook also warns of a major hurricane striking the Northeast within five years, underscoring heightened regional risk.
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Northeast
AccuWeather
State College
Goose Creek TAKS results show stable progress amid evacuees
Goose Creek third graders posted an 85 percent passing rate, steady from 2005 to 2006, while fifth graders rose from 72 percent to 79 percent on the February 21 TAKS test. About 40 hurricane evacuees joined the districts, prompting initial concerns that scores could drop. Two more testing opportunities follow on April 19 and June 29 as students advance.
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Goose Creek
Barbara Sultis
Diana Maldonado Cox
Cox
$20 Million Project Aims to Add 15 Jobs in Baytown
Baytown could gain 15 new jobs and $20 million in investment after a public hearing on a tax abatement request by Texas Petrochemicals LP. The facility on Baker Road west of Decker Drive would use a 5-year abatement if the $1 million minimum investment and 15 primary jobs are met, per city policy.
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Texas Petrochemicals LP
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Decker Drive
Gary Jackson
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