Baytown worker tests negative for anthrax at ExxonMobil plant
A Baytown contracted worker at ExxonMobil’s 5000 Bayway mail room tested negative for anthrax after flu like symptoms followed exposure to a powdery substance. ExxonMobil confirmed two separate incidents on Nov 1 and 2 involving a worker’s clothing and a storage bin. Police and fire chiefs investigated and noted rooms contaminated by the unknown substance.
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Baytown
ExxonMobil
Bayway
Charlotte Howard
Howard
Express Shipping Service
Charles Shaffer
Bob Leiper
Texas
Leiper
Overpass Plan for Crosby FM 2100 Faces Public Hearing
More than 100 Crosby residents attended a Texas DOT informal hearing on an FM 2100 overpass to cross railroad tracks through Crosby’s heart. Proposals include no action or four-lane designs with one or two way access or a turnaround, a 23 foot bridge, 40 mph limit, and potential demolition of east side buildings. Construction could take 18 months to two years, with relocation aid offered and strong local business concerns about access and impact.
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Crosby
Texas Department ‘of the
Department of Transportation
Old Crosby
Sam Amabe
Wahl Street
Edna Street
Ainabe
Programs helping keep youths in school in Baytown
Communities in Schools in Baytown, in its 24th year nationally, aided more than 1,400 students last year. The program offers case management, attendance and court initiatives, Teen and Parenting Classes, Baytown Teen Awareness Programs, summer activities, and a 21st Century after school center. Edna Thomas assists Harlem Elementary students in the 21st Century after-school program with homework and activities after school.
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Baytown
Shawn McCann
Communities In
McCann
21St Century Community Learning Center
Michelle Baecker
Scott Holleman
Edna Thomas
Jade Maxwell
Harlem Elementary
Harlem
Goose Creek ISD Tax Rate Among Texas Top Five Percent
A Taxpayers Research Council study using 2000 figures shows Goose Creek Consolidated ISD with a property tax rate of 1.71 per 100 valuation, placing it in the top five percent of Texas districts. Goose Creek ranks 42nd of 1033 districts, with about 18,146 students in 2000-01, higher than several comparable districts. The report is part of Baytown area tax-rate analyses amid Texas school funding debates linked to Robin Hood.
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Goose Creek Consolidated Independent
Taxpayers Research Council
Goose Creek
Texas
Baytown/West Chambers
Bush calls for resolve and volunteer mobilization in wartime address
President Bush delivers a prime time speech urging Americans to convert fear into action by volunteering in hospitals schools shelters and at military facilities. He warns against exaggerated fears and proposes a new civil defense effort while acknowledging the unknowns about anthrax in the U S mail.
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Bush
Atlanta
United States
New York
Washington
U.S
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E.G. Fuchs
Fuchs
Ise
Texas Department of Transportation
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