Baytown honors four civic servants at chamber dinner
Four civic servants received excellence awards at a Baytown Chamber of Commerce dinner. Precinct 3 Constable Shane Cates was lauded for rescuing two teens from an abused state CPS home, leading to the home’s closing and license revocation and possible charges against staff. Todd Guidry led Baytown EMS CPR training efforts, helping certify over 200 staff and residents with 200 more slated for classes.
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Baytown
Precinct 3
Shane Cates
Harris County
Todd Guidry
Emergency Medical Service
Guidry
Baytown Ems
Saint Joseph Students Honor Local Veterans
Baytown Saint Joseph School pupils explain Veterans Day as a time to honor those who served in the military and faced sacrifice. Eight year old Joseph Blanchard notes his grandfather served in the Army while Lizzie Osbon recalls her Navy grandfather and Mikaela Jernsletten calls veterans good people who served.
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Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
Dakota Mathis
Crosby
Ronald Stasney
Saint Joseph
Baytown
Saint Joseph School
Joseph Blanchard
U.S. Army
Lizzie Osbon
Lizzie
Navy
Mikaela Jernsletten
Chambers County allocates funding to boost tourism recovery
Chambers County Commissioners approved a $25,000 allocation to the Chambers Recovery Team to attract visitors as part of Ike recovery. The fund source is hotel motel tax, pending a formal budget plan. Cove city adds $5,000, with FEMA as lead federal partner, to support long term rebuilding after Ike damage including hospitals and a nursing home in Anahuac.
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Anahuac
Chambers County
Chambers
Jimmy Sylvia
Cove
Sylvia
Partners
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Galveston
East
Trinity Bays
Smith Point
Oak Island
Double Bayou
Speed limits set to change in Mont Belvieu
Texas Department of Transportation will lower speed limits on FM 3180 in Mont Belvieu starting November 23 due to growth from new housing, schools, and industry. Two segments will drop from 60 to 50 mph and 65 to 60 mph following city and state approvals.
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Mont Belvieu
Texas Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Eagle Drive
FM 565
Texas Department of Safety
Texas Transportation Commission
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Cates
St. Joseph
Jane Howard Lee
Maj
Quenton Farr
Crosby Jrotc
Raphael
Heaven Taylor Barksdale
Fade
Cera
Coateer
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
Chambers Co
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