Shelters Strained as Evacuees Fill Baytown Centers
Memorial Baptist Church at 600 W. Sterling hosts 137 evacuees, the largest among nearby shelters, with urgent needs including shoes sizes 14 and 7, pajama pants, new shorts, an air mattress, toiletries, baby supplies, food, and paper goods. Eastside Baptist, Don McLeod Recreation Center, and Wooster Baptist also report evacuees and supply challenges while awaiting further loads and funding.
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Memorial Baptist Church
W. Sterling St
Eastside Baptist Church
Neels
Don McLeod Recreation Center
Langston Drive
Mont Belvieu
Dan Allison
Bond promotions push amid Rita recovery in district
Information flyers mailed to residents and yard signs urge support for a $41.4 million bond shaping two new elementary and high school classrooms plus campus renovations. Three public meetings were canceled by Rita. one Sept. 19 session drew about ten residents in Beach City as tax impacts were explained. Polls open Oct. 15 with projected tax increases for homes of various values. The district has grown rapidly, needing facilities to accommodate about 600 new students over two years.
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Rita
Daniels
Rotan
Beach City
Cove
DeLay indictment sparks legal clash in Texas case
The Texas indictment of Tom DeLay and associates on money laundering follows a new Travis County grand jury term. DeLay’s lawyers seek dismissal arguing the conspiracy charge relies on a 2003 law, while prosecutors defend the charges as valid under penal code conspiracy. Politicians react, with Lampson urging ethics focus and Republicans defending DeLay amid partisan tension.
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Travis County Grand Jury
DeLay
Dick DeGuerin
Travis County
Ronnie Earle
John Colyandro
Austin
Jim Ellis
Washington
Colleen Davis
Bill White
DeLay George Dix
University of Texas Law School
Dix
Nick Lampson
Tom DeLay
Lampson
Chris Bell
Texas
Rick Perry
Bell
Jason Stanford
Laura Woods
Woods
Congress
House
Lonnie McBee
Harris County
Republican Party
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Baytown
Martha Neels
Allison
Wooster Baptist Church
Bayway Drive
Cassandra Wagner
Wagner
FEMA
Red Cross
Service League of
Barb Wooster
Christy Lee
Julie Cantu
Maria Narciso
Baytownsun.com
Judy Sain
Aha! Process, Inc
Shelly Lambert
Stacey Pipes
Monte Carlo
Chance
Crystal Ballroom
Rice Lofts
Houston
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District 1
San Jacinto Street
Highlands
Maurice Robbins
F. L Conley
Lloyd Hargrove
Raymond Holub
Kenneth Boudereaux
June Muth
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