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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 2008
Page
3
The article describes TMEA regions hosting auditions for 28 regions where musicians perform for judges. Selected players advance to seven area competitions, then to All-State, with three days of rehearsals led by conductors at the Clinic Convention. TMEA represents over 10,000 school music educators.
The BSO presents a holiday program with Susanna Moorman conducting the Baytown Community Chorus and Lee College Chorale. The program includes Holst A Short Festival Te Deum Verdi Aida finale, The Many Moods of Christmas Suite III, and an audience sing along ending with We Wish You A Merry Christmas.
Deputy City Manager Bob Leiper explains impact fees help evenly distribute water and sewer costs and offset growth expenses. The fees cover part of the North Main line project from Cedar Bayou Lynchburg to Wallisville, supplying Baytown as a backup to the lone existing line. Without these fees, October bill increases could have exceeded 15 percent.
Ignacio Ramirez and Lee College argue over who must pay impact fees for the McNair Center on I-10 Baytown. Lee College pays 35995 to the city while Goose Creek CISD and Lee share a 190000 line extension cost. Board chair Don Coffey notes need for new legislation clarifying impact fee rules for community colleges. Lee reports record blood and food donations and a bus system surge with 2,303 October riders. Durotech expects a Feb 8 ribbon cutting for the Performing Arts Center after Hurricane Ike delays. Board warns of state funding cuts, currently only 29 percent of the budget.
The 11th Annual Car Show along Oak Tree to Pruett Street draws diverse enthusiasts. Over 100 entries last year, with volunteer judges awarding colorful trophies. Goose Creek Association, a nonprofit, invites participation at 281-427-6690 or Goose Creek Emporium on Defee Street.
Nine ExxonMobil retirees and spouses volunteered over 200 hours at St. James House in 2008, earning the program’s $5,000 grant. Veterans Evelyn and Harold Barber and others led the St. James House effort, with Baytown area volunteers logging 28,176 hours for $408,500 in grants in 2007. nationwide, about $7 million in grants backed 502,000 hours in the program’s eighth year.
Local volunteers collect shoebox gifts to aid children worldwide with shipments via sea containers, trucks, and more. Donation sites open at Memorial Baptist Church and Baytown Community Church with specific hours, plus Baytown YAC invites GCCISD students 14 to 18 to be nominated as Youth of the Month for community service and academics.
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