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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 2005
Page
1
Barbers Hill travels to Crosby to face Hardin-Jefferson at 7 30 p m as the Eagles seek a first win of the season. Barbers Hill volleyball stands two wins from a state tournament berth.
Lee College sophomore inks a letter of intent to join the University of Houston basketball program. The move highlights a rising talent from the college’s hoops roster and expands UH’s recruiting momentum.
The Sunday insert teases a playful tale where the teen wizard, Harry Potter, must save not only the magical realm but Hollywood as well. Mentions include Bobbie J. Jenkins David G. Herrin Sr Earnest Pappa Revils Leona Grandma Smajstrla among the readable items, with weather and lottery numbers for context.
Baytown City Council approved a 5 to 2 variance to the smoking ordinance for the new El Toro restaurant on Garth Road, reversing a Construction Board ruling that required doors for the smoking area. The restaurant will rely on an enclosed air system and distance to protect non smokers, with potential doors as a future option.
Baytown residents and traffic along Spur 330 still lack official markers two months after designation as the Veterans Memorial Highway. State Rep Wayne Smith, a Vietnam veteran, led a bill making the change effective September 1 but a concurrent law blocks using public funds for new signage. SEE SIGNS PAGE 5.
A ceremony dedicating a memorial to fallen Beach City resident PFC Wesley Riggs will be held today at 10 a.m. at the Beach City Community Building, 12723 FM 2354. State Rep. Craig Eiland, representing Chambers County, is set to speak. See Veterans page 12.
Baytown police charged Tonya Powell with assault and disruption of transportation after she boarded a Goose Creek school bus on November 4 and allegedly choked a ten year old girl who she says provoked her son. Powell disputes the charge, claiming she sat the girl down following an exchange over harassment.
An 18-wheeler jackknifed on the Fred Hartman Bridge Thursday morning blocking northbound lanes and sending debris across three lanes. Driver Richard Baker said he slowed for a car ahead then collided, causing the crash that backed up traffic to La Porte as Baytown and La Porte police investigated.
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