Trustee seeks REL rebuild on site after devastating fire
School board leader urges resurrecting Robert B. Lee High School at its current location citing community ties. Trustees will study rebuilding options, with a two year timeline and $10 million main building cost plus additional funds for other damage. Crane McDowell & Co. hired to investigate fire cause at $7,500 as Baytown Fire Department coordinates with investigators.
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Ramona Merrill
Robert B. Lee High School
David Smith
Smith
REL
Bill Kennedy
Crane McDowell & Co
Kingwood
Darrell Davis
Crane McDowell
Davis
Henry Arm
Baytown High School
Sun
Carrie Pryor
TEAMS testing set despite fire at Lee High
Baytown school district proceeds with TEAMS makeup testing for Robert E. Lee High School students who failed sections or just transferred. Tests at Baytown Shrine Club begin 7:30 a.m. Monday for language arts and Tuesday for math. Seniors who passed TEAMS last October are exempt.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Baytown
REL
David Hicks
Hicks
State of Texas
Texas Education Agency
Austin
Alarm cost drives Beverly Hills house price to million
A Beverly Hills listing shows a home priced at 600000 with a burglar alarm valued at 400000. The combined figure highlights how security systems can push total property costs toward one million dollars. Local real estate markets gauge risk and insurance implications amid rising valuations.
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Beverly Hills
Around Town Highlights and Local Notices
Lawrence and Kitty Milner report the loss of two rose bushes while Fran Rotell buys super gasoline. Ramon Martinez places third in the Sunbelt Bodybuilding Contest. Cindy Moore arrives early Ida Griffith shares news. Brenda Massingale clarifies details. Former Baytonians Bobby and Amy McRee enjoy a Florida home. Ivas and Jewitt Montgomery anticipate Cedar Bayou High School class of 52 reunion.
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Lawrence
Kitty Milner
Fran Rotell
Ramon Martinez
Cindy Moore
Ida Griffith
Brenda Massingale
Sunstaffers win Gulf Coast Press honors at convention
Baytown Sun associates Merrill and Orton capture top two prizes in Gulf Coast Press Association awards. Merrill won first for a feature on 11 year old Diane Wise, leukemia patient, while Orton took second for editorial writing. Sun advertising won third for local ads.
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Munytsville
Raminta Merrill
Baytown Sun
Gulf Coast Press Association
Wanda Orton
The
Sun
REL RSS teachers meet to make plans
REL and RSS staffs plan half day classes starting Monday at Sterling High. About 2,283 Sterling students and 2,179 at RSS will attend six 40 minute periods with morning and afternoon sessions switching campuses. Details cover schedules maps, bus routes, and pickup times while food service is paused for the rest of the year.
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Ross St. Sterling High School
Angelia Singleton
Missy Bargainer
Jennifer Speigle
Hubert E. Lee High School
RSS
Sterling
Lee
REL
Armstrong
RSL
Bill Kennedy
RES
Brigadier
RIEL
Locke
Fordham carried answers to riddles wrote to police
Fordham, 17, stands trial for the murder of 11 year old Mary Stiles who vanished from a Baytown apartment on Halloween night 1985. Detective Ron Moser testified that Fordham's wallet held a card with answers to riddles written in letters to police about the disappearance. Fordham, a Ross Sterling High School sophomore, was taken into custody as he stepped off a school bus December 16 at Woodhollow Apartments where he lived. The Stiles family also lived at Woodhollow.
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Louise Shaw
Joseph Fordham
Ron Moser
Fordham
Mary Stiles
Baytown
Moser
Ross 8
Woodhollow Apartments
Baytown and county projects fuel growth amid downturn
Baytown area sails through economic woes with 176 million dollars in city county and state public works under way The Fred Hartman Bridge project 91 million dollars is set to connect Baytown and La Porte and finish by 1992 Harris County improves North Main and city projects add sewer water and drainage upgrades while unemployment drops from 15 to 13 5 percent Revenue sharing losses remain a challenge with a 32 million dollar budget up about 6 percent from five years earlier City Manager Fritz Lanham warns of belt tightening yet notes strong local assets and growth potential.
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Bruce Guynn
Baytown
Fritz Lanham
Kiwanis Club
Lanham
Fred Hartman
la Porte
Harris County
North Main
Highway 146
Ward Road
Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Weather forecast and patchy rain chance on Thursday Friday
Night and Saturday expect partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid sixties and a 20 percent rain chance. From 8 am Thursday to 8 am Friday a low around 50 and a high near 68 were recorded. See Page 404.
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