Baytown Thanksgiving Gratitude Across the City
Baytown residents reflect on thanks as Mayor Alfaro invites all to a community dinner. Angela Wooster, a nurse, shares gratitude for safety and family time, while Bay Area Homeless Services prepares a Thanksgiving meal for shelter residents.
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Pete Alfaro
Cowboys
Dolphins
Angela Wooster
East Houston Medical Center
North Alexander Boulevard
Wooster
Bay Area
Baytown Caves Firefighters Deliver Turkeys to Storm Victims
Baytown residents facing devastation from the November 17 tornado at Bay Harbour apartments received free turkeys from firefighters and volunteers for Thanksgiving. Forty eight or more units were damaged, and families planned to spend the holiday at home with limited comforts as recovery continues.
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Baytown
Bay Harbour
Texas
Red Cross aid and turkeys aid Bay Harbour residents
Volunteers from the Baytown firefighters union and Baytown Cares collected funds and bought 16 turkeys to help displaced residents after 73 to 112 mph winds damaged three Bay Harbour Apartments buildings. No injuries reported. 14 residents relocated within the complex.
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Baytown Firefighters Union
Baytown Cares
Victor Medrano
Firefighters Union
Baytown Council bids to renovate Bayland sports complex
Baytown City Council approved bidding to renovate and expand the Wayne Gray Sports Complex and to dredge Bayland waters. Phase one adds four adult softball fields a pavilion and new parking on North Main Street with renovations of four youth fields and a plan to stretch from East Road to North Main Street. Estimated phase one cost about 1.95 million with 20 600 from Baytown Rotary for the pavilion. Construction to finish by December 2004. The complex aims to host larger softball tournaments and two fields will stay open during work.
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Baytown
Wayne Gray
Bayland
North Main Street
Scott Johnson
Beach City council hears update on landfill fight
ICU updates Beach City council on opposition to a proposed non-hazardous waste landfill. Tom Hitchcock of Informed Citizens United reports on public comments to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as rules are drafted after a bill from Rep. Wayne Smith. Two group members traveled to Austin to discuss the rules with agency staff.
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ICU
Beach City
Tom Hitchcock
Informed Citizens United
Rusty Senac
Hitchcock
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Wayne Smith
Baytown
Texas
Citizens Group
Austin
Commission
Goose Creek Emporium Prepares for Holiday Shopping Frenzy
Baytown shoppers will find extended hours and festive displays as Goose Creek Emporium and Evelin's Gift Gallery gear up for the Christmas rush. Owner Terry Presley reports stocked shelves and stronger sales while Evelin Rodriguez highlights custom framing and Christmas themed flower arrangements.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
Presley
Texas Avenue
Evelin’s
Gift Gallery
Evelin Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Alexia
Sandra Padilla
Goose Creek Emporium
Terry Presley
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Sammy Mahan
Doris Shirey
Danny Licatino
Charlie Tallant
August Naumann
Lauren Satlee
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Houston
Baytown City Council
Council
Ken Fountain
Keri Mitchell
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