ExxonMobil Baytown unions approve four-year contracts
Chemical plant workers ratified a four-year deal raising top wages to 25.86 in year one and paying 52 cents more, while clerical workers accepted a four-year offer including a $1,000 one-time payment. The Baytown refinery now has all six unions on board.
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Baytown
ExxonMobil Chemical Plant
GCIWU
PACE
ExxonMobil
Pace Baytown Chemical Plant
BEF
Stéphane de Mahieu
Baytown Chemical Plant
Alligator nuisance calls rise in Texas residents urged to watch
Texas Parks and Wildlife reports more than 178 nuisance calls since March as alligators move into yards garages and ponds across counties Jefferson Liberty Chambers and Orange. Biologist Monique Slaughter cites peak nuisance season April through July with gators observed on Green's Bayou Lake Houston Parkway and Fairmont Parkway. Officers note most visits require intervention but not alarm.
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Associated Press
J. Pat Carter
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Harris
Chambers
Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Jefferson
Liberty
Orange Counties
TPWD
Monique Slaughter
Dick Herzog
Green's Bayou
Chambers County
Lake Houston Parkway
Fairmont Parkway
la Porte
John Feist
Memorial Day service to honor Baytown soldier Sanders
The Kiwanis Club will add Astor N Sanders to the Baytown fallen list at Memorial Day services in Bicentennial Park Veterans Plaza. Sanders a World War II private first class was captured in Corigador in 1942 and died February 3 1945 in a Japanese POW camp. he grew up in Wooster and joined the Army in 1941. Niece Delia Adlong Harlan supplied his missing name.
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Veteran's Plaza
Bicentennial Park
Baytown
Kiwanis Club
Astor N. Sanders
Sanders
Corigador
Wooster
Delia Adlong Harlan
Barbers Hill and Lorena clash in baseball regional semifinal
March to State No 3 features Barbers Hill facing Lorena in a regional semifinal baseball showdown. Both teams advanced from tough district play, with strong pitching and timely hitting expected as they vie for a spot in the state finals.
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Barbers Hill
Lorena
Goose Creek graduates 1000 seniors in 2003 ceremonies
Goose Creek area journals report multiple high schools preparing graduation events for about 1000 seniors. Ross S Sterling High School expects roughly 500 graduates at 8 p.m. on May 31 at Stallworth Stadium. Robert E Lee High School lists 448 graduates at 8 p.m. May 30 at Baytown Christian Academy for 27 seniors. Anahuac High School plans 85 graduates at 8 p.m. with graduation details continued on page 9A.
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Ross S. Sterling
Stallworth
Baytown Christian Academy
Memorial Baptist Church
Carolyn Brock
Anahuac High School
Anahuac High Senior Richard Olmsted Fatal Death Unsolved
Anahuac High School senior Richard Olmsted, 18, was found slain along W Bayshore Road between Anahuac and Oak Island in the early hours of January 5. Police now consider the death a possible homicide as leads remain scarce five months later. Trooper B. Henry of the Texas Rangers says the case has produced no solid leads and investigators continue to gather information.
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Anahuac
Anahuac High School
Richard Olmsted
Olmsted
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Mark Schubert
Chemical Workers Union
Carla Rabalais
The
Baytown Sun
Texas Parks and Wildlife Biologist
William Skeen
TPWC
Houston
GATOR
By Beth Gullett
Goose Creek
Matthew Cook
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