Jasso begins job as BAWC exec in Baytown
Rebecca Jasso started as executive director of the Baytown Area Women's Center shelter for battered women in April. She urges counseling for batterers and victims to change the cycle of violence. She notes complex factors keep women in abusive relationships and calls for better legal remedies and coordinated programs with the legal system.
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Lynn Hughes
U.S. Justice Department
Rebecca Jasso
Baytown Area
Jasso
Arkansas sign ruling may affect Baytown dispute
Arkansas Supreme Court rejection of a Fayetteville billboard case hints at allowable limits on sign regulation. Baytown plaintiffs argue portable signs under city rules violate First Amendment rights, with a temporary restraining order permitting some signs until 1985 ban. The federal lawsuit seeks to amend or overturn the Baytown ordinance beyond portable signs.
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Lisa Ocker
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Randy Strong
Fayetteville, Ark
Fayetteville
Stanley Reid
Baytown
Reid
Michael Turner
Public response to Adam Walsh TV film prompts sightings
In Tallahassee hundreds of tipsters called the NBC broadcast about Adam Walsh’s abduction and murder. Officials said five youngsters may have been located and a nationwide hotline logged thousands of tips and potential sightings as the program aired.
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Adam Walsh
State Education Board to hold 56 hearings statewide
The Texas State Board of Education will convene 56 statewide public hearings from April 30 to May 25 to discuss education issues and finance recommendations. A La Porte District 25 session at La Porte High School is set for 7 p.m. May 14, with statewide participation from legislators and the public.
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Select Committee On Education
State Board of Education
la Porte High School
Texas Education Code
Central Education Agency
There’s a Way We Need More People With Tact
A Pearce Street Journal item notes the value of tact in communication. It emphasizes making points clearly without creating enemies, urging more people to adopt considerate, effective discourse.
Around Town Highlights and Local Social Bits
Karen Meadows celebrates eight years with the Sterling Band Parents Association. Keith Keener is a sharp dresser. Dawn Griffith tries an enchilada. Ken T. Goedke joins Baytown Rotary. Tea Patterson consents to do a friend a favor. Marilyn Hirst meets new friends Frances and Jerry Weiss. Pete Irby of Mont Belvieu back home after Houston hospital surgery. Jim Robertson seeks a heavy jack. Jim Martin places an advance order for newspapers. Jay Hanggee proves an attentive listener. Willie Gore makes a full recovery and returns to work.
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Karen Meadows
Sterling Band Parents Association
Keith Keener
Dawn Griffith
Ken T. Goedke
Baytown
Jay Hanggee
Willie Gore
Curl seeks re election for Chambers County Precinct 6 constable
Jim Curl, 39, is running in the May 43 Democratic primary to defend the Precinct 6 constable seat against Larry Stratmann of Beach City. Curl, a six year veteran in Precincts 4 and 6, cites law enforcement service of over nine years and a Harris County Academy certificate with an A average. He lives on Farm Road 2354 in Cotton Lake Estates and notes his part time term due to low pay, while continuing duties including patrols and civil and criminal paper handling. Curl and his wife Glenda have two children and he works as security supervisor at McKay Chemical’s Baytown plant.
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Jim Curl
Chambers County
Curl
Larry Stratmann
Beach City
Cotton Lake Estates
Harris County Sheriff’s Academy
Weather Outlook for Baytonia Turns Unsettled
Weather watchers warn Baytonia residents of mostly cloudy skies with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms Tuesday night, easing to 30 percent on Wednesday. Temperatures will be mid 60s Tuesday night and around 80 Wednesday, with 0.11 inch of rain recorded from Monday 8 a.m. to Tuesday 8 a.m.
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