Baytown Chamber Names Partner of the Year at Luncheon
About 250 business leaders gathered at Goose Creek Country Club for the 15th Partners in Education luncheon. Polimeri Europa Americas received Partner of the Year honors for 2002-2003 for its eight year partnership with Harlem Elementary School.
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Chamber Names
Petrochemical Company
Baytown
Goose Creek Country Club
Partners
Polimeri Europa Americas
Harlem
Chamber
Lynchburg Ferry Repairs Begin Soon to Improve Service
Harris County funds overhaul of the Lynchburg Ferry and landings starting May 27. Sneed Shipbuilding will repaint the William P. Hobby and Ross S. Sterling and perform structural repairs at a cost of 269,100 dollars. NBG Constructors will repair north and south landings at 560,900 dollars. The 24 hour service will be out of use through August 25 with signage posted to inform motorists.
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Lynchburg
Sneed Shipbuilding Inc
William P. Hobby and
Rosss. Sterling
NBG Constructors Inc
Sylvia R. Garcia
Precinct 2
Garcia
Harris County
Area reps fault DeLay redistricting plan in Texas
Baytown lawmakers criticized Tom DeLay's redistricting design as splitting area boundaries to dilute influence. Rep. Wayne Smith backed Bush, while peers like Craig Eiland argued the plan overloads an already busy Legislature. The bill seeks to erase current lines based on 2000 Census shifts and faces a Texas House vote Monday.
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Baytown
U.S
House
Tom DeLay
Texas
Wayne Smith
Smith
George W. Bush
Craig Eiland
Galveston
District 23
GOP expert calls proposed map unconstitutional redistricting plan
Rice University political science professor John Alford, a Republican redistricting adviser, called the proposed Texas congressional map a partisan gerrymander that violates the Constitution. He warned it would pack and crack voters to create a disproportionate Republican delegation. Alford said the analysis was requested by a former collaborator and would be paid.
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GOP
Washington
Texas
John Alford
Rice University
Alford
Gonzalo Barrientos
Austin
Senate
Goose Creek students advance to state history competition
Twenty three Goose Creek students earned top regional honors at the March 28 29 history fair at Lee College advancing to the state competition this weekend. In seniors Kristen Evans Ross S Sterling High School won first for its exhibit Its a Toxic Day in the Neighborhood with support from Hal Davis and Jenice Coffey. Sterling's Bryan Pichoda Richard Thomson and Jeremy Thornton won senior group documentary The Dream Continues The Right to Control and Responsibility to Maintain the Panama Canal plus the Oral History Award under Jessica Miskell. In juniors David Toney Coffey at Gentry won first for Eminent Domain From Use to Abuse and Joe Richard Coffey at Cedar Bayou Junior School won second for Asa Philip Randolph, with Julie Bartrip Baytown Junior School first for an exhibit under Pat Kana.
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Goose Creek
Lee College
Kristen Evans
Ross S. Sterling High School
Hal Davis
Jenice Coffey
Gentry Junior School
Sterling
Bryan Pichoda
Richard Thomson
Jeremy Thornton
Panama Canal
Jessica Miskell
David Toney
Coffey
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Baytown Sun
Tracey Wheeler-Martinez
Anahuac
Associated Press
Kelly West
Ashley Monteau
DeLay
Congress
Suzanne Gamboa
The
Seytown Sun
Carre Pryor
Brian Fontenot
Chris Tamick
Gentry
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