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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 2004
Page
3
A Baytown resident reflects on The Snake shopping area near 99 Crestina Garcia, recalling childhood visits with their mother. They criticize city planners and warn to avoid Texas Avenue, noting retailers lose customers.
Baytown hosts a Monday town hall to discuss revamping Texas Avenue known as The Snake. A Baytown Sun poll showed 35 in favor of straightening the curve to revitalize the area, with stakeholders citing traffic and business concerns.
The Baytown Sun reports a scheduled 9:30 a.m. Monday hearing in US Bankruptcy Judge Wesley W. Steen’s court in Houston over TSP Development’s 697 acre site purchase option and its viability. Lawyers argue over whether the option remains alive as TSP seeks to sell to J Herzog & Sons.
After rain canceled events on May 11 400 children awaited cash prizes totaling 14 to 50 dollars each. Citizens Leadership and United Businesses and the Health Department arranged a $700 raffle from donated funds to award 14 winners who will receive prizes by mail after lunch observers.
Harris County Sheriff deputies responded to an aggravated assault and kidnapping call in the 43100 block of Abalone Way. Makita Celestine, 31, of Houston, reported her estranged husband Bern Bennett, 34, of Beaumont assaulted and abducted her and their children. Celestine described transportation to Beaumont and a later stop at gas stations before authorities intervened. She was treated at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital for multiple injuries. Bennett was taken into custody for unlawful restraint and later charged with aggravated assault and kidnapping by Harris County authorities.
A 1934 start with 177 students notes REL principal R B Sparks as first dean while assistant dean S B Red ran the night school. E Emory Anderson became dean in 1941, Walter Rundell in 1945. Night classes continued until fall 1951 when new facilities opened on land from Pruett Estate, amid controversy LC left the district in the mid-1960s and gained its own president and board.
The Department of Music at Lee College offers Music 1301 fundamentals of music this summer from June 4 to July 7. Registration runs for current students and new students with counselor assistance through May 19, on campus May 26-27. The course prepares for freshman music theory and helps students learn musical notation and harmony, melody, and rhythm. Call 281-425-6350 for details.
Police logs from Thursday to Saturday detail a drive by shooting on Hater Avenue a theft at Foley s in San Jacinto Mall a birthday assault on Ward Road an attempted break in on Garth Road and a burglary at Massey Tompkins Road A total of 327 calls were logged between 6 am Thursday and 6 am Saturday including 24 alarms three assaults and 27 major disturbances Crime Stoppers offers cash tips and anonymity at 281 427 TIPS.
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