Chambers absentee voting set in county runoff races
Chambers County voters will pick a county judge and the Democratic nominee for Precinct 4 county commissioner in the June runoff. Absentee voting runs Wednesday through June 3. Incumbent Alma Turner faces Oscar Nelson. Turner had 1,575 votes to Nelson 1,435 in May.
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Anahuac
Chambers County
Alma Turner
Oscar Nelson
Turner
Nelson
Tim C. Bauer
Winnie
Precinct 4
Robert H. Turner
Paul Lott
Beach City
Kathy Vaughn
Lott
Carolyn Adair
Baytown Forecase Says Tstorms Likely Tuesday Night
Weather forecast for Baytown shows mostly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms and lows in the mid to upper 60s for Tuesday night. Wednesday brings a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms and a high in the low 80s.
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Baytown
Rainy Day Forecast and 1988 Presidential Matchup Noted
The Pearce Street Journal notes a rainy forecast and references a washed out Indianapolis race. It also reports poll results from November 1988 predicting a Bush vs Hart matchup, urging readers to draw lines now.
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Indianapolis
George Bush
Gary Hart
Around Town Items Highlight Local Personalities
Sandy Miks is unsure where to sit while Sheila Sims enjoys Sea Arama. Davida Thompson lends talent for table decorations and Bessie Durham serves well as secretary. Kay Bowers loves yard work as Doug Kadlar visits a friend and Tony Estes attends a party. Dr. Rodney Hutto helps clean debris from the Gieseke Building explosion in downtown Houston.
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Sandy Miks
Sheila Sims
Davida Thompson
Bessie Durham
Kay Bowers
Doug Kadlar
Tony Estes
Rodney Hutto
Gieseke
Houston
Houston Ship Channel dredging plan to be discussed
Citizens may speak at a 6 p.m. Army Corps of Engineers hearing at the University of Houston Clear Lake auditorium about widening and deepening the Houston Ship Channel from 40 to 50 feet and 400 to 600 feet from Bolivar Roads to Boggy Bayou with further widening to Clinton Island Turning Basin. Plans include a deep draft channel at Galveston and spoil disposal 24 hours daily for eight years. Environmental impacts are to be studied by the EPA before final recommendations.
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Houston
Houston Ship Channel
Army Corps of Engineers
University of Houston
Clear Lake
Bay Area Boulevard
Bolivar Roads
Sheil
Boggy Bayou
Clinton Island
Corps of Engineers
Galveston
Bob Nailon
Chambers County
Galveston Bay
Baytown teachers push for pay step in proposed budget
Baytown teachers association presidents urged school trustees to fund a pay step in the budget, arguing step increases reflect education and experience. They cited financial strain from state programs and funding cuts, while district officials noted a 25 percent average rise would cost about $435,000.
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Linner Schlobok
Baytown Classroom Teachers Association
Baytown Education Association
BEA
Cynthia Moore
David Smith
Agonn Muth
Carol Barrett
BCTA
Harris County
Absentee Runoff Voting Opens in Harris County
Absentee voting for Democratic and Republican runoff elections starts Wednesday and runs through June 3 with 13 polling places in Harris County including the Courthouse Annex and 49 San Jacinto in Houston. Regular runoff day is June 7 for the District 127 race between Dan Shelley and Richard Branehs. Branch, Turner, and other details from the May 3 primary are noted, with results showing Shelley 34.8 percent.
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Harris County
W. Baker Road
San Jacinto
Houston
Dan Shelley
Richard Branehs
Bianeni
Ringwood
Shelley
Crosby
Branch
George Turner
Ntumble
Baytown pupil to represent state at statue's unveiling
Jessica Bagwell, seven year old Harlem Elementary first grader, will travel with her teacher Susan Minix to New York July 3 through 6 to represent Texas at the unveiling of the renovated Statue of Liberty. The trip comes after Jessica won a nationwide essay and poetry contest themed Our Statue: Teacher of Liberty, sponsored by the National Association of State Boards of Education.
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Linner Schlobohm
Baytown
New York
Jessica
Mary Bagwell
Daddy
Bagwell
Jessica Bagwell
Harlem
Susan Minix
Minix
Texas
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