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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 2004
Page
1
Citizens share viewpoints on Saturday's municipal elections and voters learn polling locations and candidate lists. A brief rundown covers the proposed sales tax for street repairs as coverage begins on PAGE 4A.
In Baytown the City Council held a routine session with questions and jokes as resolutions passed. Thursday marked the final full council meeting for Mayor Pete Alfaro and District 6 Councilman Coleman Godwin as both chose not to seek re election, with Godwin retiring after six years and Alfaro after four years as councilman and several as mayor.
Storms that began in the San Antonio area moved north and east, weakening in Houston but delaying flights at Houston airports. Minor street flooding was reported as the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Harris County, with temperatures in the low 80s and forecasters warning of five to ten inches of rain by Friday evening.
Baytown Youth Fair Association postponed its market steer show due to torrential storms. Judge Bill Bender was delayed by canceled flights, with rescheduling set for 9 a.m. today. Donnie White notes the scheduling burden, while Brooke King and her steer Money express disappointment over the postponement.
Thirty-one area teachers will be $1,000 richer next week after nominations from families colleagues and students for the 2004 Teachers Excellence Award sponsored by The Baytown Sun and Southwest Bank of Texas. Wanda Garner Cash notes some teachers were nominated by entire faculties and as many as 35 or 40 students. Winners were chosen by Houston's Gamma Chapter of the
Four teachers Pat Middaugh Dorothy Tyler Theda Burnett and Alice Young Wenzel graded applications for Delta Kappa Gamma Society International winners. They found it enjoyable yet hard to pick winners as all teachers are great said Mike Wilson senior vice president Lee TEACHERS on Page 3A.
John Wadley John Adkins Tim Vallagomez and Christopher Barrera of the Baytown Fire Department attend an invitation lunch at Johnny Carino's Country Italian Restaurant. The restaurant lists a 14:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. lunch and 6 p.m. to 8:20 p.m. dinner for today, with a ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. Monday. Located at 7017 Garth Road.
Baytown City Council approves a 2.7 million contract to Frost Constructors for the police academy and Emergency Operations Center, with the 12,600 square foot facility to be built behind the fire department on North Main Street. The plan funds the academy at 1.6 million from gone CCPD funds, while oversight cautions are raised after past project delays on the old CCPD courthouse and jail.
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