ExxonMobil mailroom worker tested for possible anthrax exposure
A female contractor handling mail at the Bayway plant reported flu like symptoms after a powdery substance was found on her clothes on Thursday. Police and firefighters responded as a precaution and again the next day to a powdery residue on an express shipping bin. Authorities, including the Postal Inspection Service, investigate as ExxonMobil cooperates and tests proceed.
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Baytown
Charles Shaffer
Shaffer
Devel
Charlotte Howard
Howard
Express Shipping Service
Houston
Vanessa Kimbrough
Kimbrough
Postal Inspection Department
Baytown honors its public servants at ninth safety dinner
The ninth annual Baytown Chamber of Commerce Public Safety Recognition Dinner honored Officer James Kerr Lt John Adkins and Eric Skow as law enforcement firefighter and paramedic of the year from ten nominees. Lee College President Jack Sasser spoke of resilience after Sept 11 as community safety staff were thanked.
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Baytown Chamber of Commerce Public Safety
Color Guard
Sterling High Swing
James Kerr
John Adkins
Eric Skow
Jackie Erikson
John Wadley
Charles O’quin
Baytown Chamber
Kerr
Adkins
Skow
Lee College
Jack Sasser
Bob Leiper
Sasser
Baytown
Charles Shaffer
TX 2 Step Draws Reported In Tuesday Numbers
Tuesday drawings show the TX 2 Step sequence 31 28 25 126 and Cash Be results 36 19 21 13 24 with pick 3 drawing 690 noted in brief state lottery update.
Baytown council to vote on redistricting map
Hearing on the proposed Baytown redistricting drew no testimony at City Hall. The plan guides district changes using 2000 Census data with input from Rice University experts John M. Alford and Robert M. Stein. Districts 1 and 4 are reshaped for compactness, with District 1 kept as a minority-friendly core per the Voting Rights Act. Councilman Scott Sheley restates concerns about losing parts of his district.
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Baytown
Baytown City
John M. Alford
Robert M. Stein
Rice University
Monte Mercer
Scott Sheley
Dixon wins seat on Mont Belvieu City Council
Nick Dixon returns to the Mont Belvieu City Council after a four year break winning 166 votes or 59.7 percent to Mickey Bertrand's 112 votes or 40.3 percent. Dixon, 51, said the race was close and plans to enter with an open mind. Bertrand, 53, said he was glad Dixon would do a good job and noted Dixon's prior council experience influenced the result.
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Mont Belvieu
Nick Dixon
Phyllis Lockwell
Dixon
Mickey Bertrand
Mickey
Lonnie Follis
Bertrand
Nick
Texas Voters Approve Water Bonds and Veterans Mortgages
Voters statewide approved constitutional amendments funding up to 2 billion for water projects and new highway financing. A bond measure allowing up to 500 million for veterans mortgage loans and cemetery improvements also passed. Turnout was about 8 percent with Houston and Austin mayoral races influencing results. The Wichita Falls area chose a successor to late Sen Tom Haywood.
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Austin
Texas
Houston
Lee Brown
Wichita Falls
Tom Haywood
Hottest tickets in Baytown for Lee North Shore game
Gina Muirhead a 93 Lee High graduate and Brigadiers member queued at 10 10 a m to buy four tickets for Friday's Lee North Shore game. Ticket sales opened at noon Wednesday and sold out quickly. See story 5A.
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Gina Muirhead
Lee High School
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Brigadiers
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