Anahuac and Alvin Lead High School Scores
Anahuac and Alvin topped rivals while Forest Brook and Crosby posted results. Smiley Dayton, Barbers Hill, and Cleveland also noted. Lee and Sterling were idle. More details on sports page 7A.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 2005
Page
1
Anahuac and Alvin topped rivals while Forest Brook and Crosby posted results. Smiley Dayton, Barbers Hill, and Cleveland also noted. Lee and Sterling were idle. More details on sports page 7A.
Goose Creek officials mull options for the District 22-5A football plan released after Hurricane Rita canceled several contests. The revised schedule splits eight teams into two zones with Sterling and Lee in separate groups. A district title showdown between zone winners could occur November 4, but meetings may not be guaranteed. Superintendent Barbara Sultis expressed surprise that the Lee Sterling game might not be played and said the district is gathering information on possible options to still stage the match.
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital hosted its third annual balloon release in Baytown to kick off October as breast cancer awareness month. About 100 survivors, patients, families, and staff gathered in pink, sharing desserts and pink punch, with survivors Park Anderson and Aline Burton among the guests. Anderson spoke of her 11 years as a survivor and urged faith, while Burton highlighted not needing chemotherapy and stressed self exams and yearly mammograms.
President Bush stated that the United States and allies foiled at least ten serious al Qaida plots over the past four years, including Sept 11 like schemes against both US coasts. The report appears on Page 10B.
Baytown officials say 11 workers were fired for job abandonment during Hurricane Rita, not a dozen. Eight of the 11 filed appeals, with hearings possible next week. further appeals may go to the city manager. The case references Chapter 22 of the Texas Labor Code guarding employees who evacuate during emergencies.
A Highlands game room at 7725 Decker Drive was consumed by fire with no injuries. The building and its 52 gaming machines were destroyed while neighboring structures were spared. The cause is under investigation with officials suggesting possible electrical problems.
The Baytown Sun reports the second annual Home and Garden Show runs 10 am to 6 pm Saturday and noon to 5 pm Sunday near the old Montgomery Ward entrance inside San Jacinto Mall. Vendors offer furniture, spas, garden items. Steve Pierce of Steve's Nursery in Wallisville sells hibiscus and ferns and gives gardening advice. Free seminars cover rose gardening painting and window treatments. Heritage Interiors hosts a living room re decoration seminar with items on display. Free parking Real Estate Now magazine and door prizes. Weekend passes $5 with 10 percent mall discount. Children under 17 require adult accompaniment.
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