Senior Olympics headed to Highlands for 2003 events
The 2003 Greater Baytown Senior Olympics moved to Highlands after opening at Lee College. Events began around 8 am at the Highlands Community Center with bean bag toss, then bean bag baseball. The Tall Bridge Sams from Baytown defeated the Marlins 18 to 3 to win the championship.
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Highlands
Greater Baytown
Lee College
Highlands Community Center
Tall Bridge Sams
Baytown
Marlins
Lewis Irons
Baytown Shriners hit the streets for hospitals
Baytown Shrine Club volunteers plan street solicitations in Baytown Highlands Crosby and Mont Belvieu on Friday 2 to 4 pm and Saturday 9 am to 5 pm to raise 25000 to 30000 for Shriners Hospitals. Elton Rodgers says about 98 percent of funds go to hospitals and notes rising costs threaten some facilities.
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Baytown
Baytown Shrine Club
Highlands
Crosby
Mont Bemieu
Shriners Hospitals
Shriners
Elton Rodgers
Shriners of North America
Tampa
Fila
Rodgers
Lee versus Sterling high school game fuels mischief
Baytown reports describe the long standing Lee vs Sterling rivalry as fueling prankster activity that has escalated into vandalism and property damage. Police note youths throw eggs bricks and speed through streets injuring people during the traditional buildup to the game.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
Ross S. Sterling High School
Lee/Sterling
Debbie Allen
Community Services Bureau
Allen
Stricter landfill rules requested from TCEQ
By the end of the comment period on Tuesday the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality drew 21 letters on proposed guidelines for nonhazardous industrial waste landfills. Letters came from Beach City Mayor Rusty Senac Harris County the city of Baytown Informed Citizens United Chambers County Emergency Management Coordinator Mark Hainley the Galveston Bay Foundation Allied Waste Industries Inc and Waste Management of Texas Inc. No comments were submitted by TSP Development.
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Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Beach City
Rusty Senac
Harris
Baytown Plans Dredging of Bayland Island Channel
Baytown will dredge the Bayland Island marina basin and channel after obtaining an Army Corps permit. The $150000 project targets a 5 foot depth to clear silting areas from Goose Creek boat ramp to the marina for both marina and recreational users. The process follows a decade-long maintenance cycle and required public comments. See BAYLAND on Page 7A.
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Baytown
Army Corps of Engineers
Bayland Island Marina
Goose Creek
Johnson
Army Corps of Engineering
Bob Hartquist
Baytown Sunphoto/Whit Snyder
Bayland Island
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Baytown Sun
Ken Fountain
Texas
David Dewhurst
Todd Staples
Palestine
Capitol
Austin
Austin American Statesman
Rebecca McEntee
Baytown Shriners
By Whit Snyber
The
Lee VS
Sterling
TCEQ
Matthew Cook
Bayland Island Channel
Bayland
Houston
Raytown
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