Baytown Hospitals Ready for Ebola Response
City officials and hospitals including Houston Methodist San Jacinto Altus and EMS services report preparedness for Ebola. They cite established protocols for symptom recognition patient travel history isolation and rapid contact with a specialized response team following concerns raised by the Dallas case and CDC scrutiny.
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Baytown
Center For Disease Control
Dallas
Thomas Eric Duncan
Duncan
America
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
Houston Methodist
San Jacinto
Altus
Becca Bowman
Tions
Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Barbers Hill Students On Carnival Cruise
Barbers Hill Elementary School parents learned two students from the district were on a Carnival cruise with a lab worker linked to an Ebola concern. The worker tested negative after isolation, and authorities cleared the students for no health risk. The supervisor also quarantined, showing no symptoms.
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Barbers Hill
Barbers Hill Elementary School
Dallas
Carnival Cruise Lines
Heritage Scaritage Festival Returns to Baytown Plaza Park
Baytown Historical Preservation Association hosts a full day festival at Republic of Texas Plaza Park from 10 am to 4 pm featuring Mary Kay and Scentsy vendors, wreaths and ornaments, regional foods, rodeo acts, blacksmithing, a tipi, pumpkin and face painting for kids, and tours of local historic sites. Admission is free. details at baytownhistory.org or 281-421-2099.
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Baytown
Chuck Chandler
Wooster
Brown-McKay
Baytownhistory.org
BHPA
Voters urged to back Prop 1 funding for Texas highways
Early Texas voting continues as Baytown and West Chambers County chambers endorse Proposition 1, a constitutional amendment expected to add about 1.4 billion dollars annually to the state highway fund. Supporters say the plan would improve roads and commerce without raising taxes, directing oil and gas tax revenues to new construction and maintenance of highways.
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Texas
Baytown
State Highway Fund
County Chamber of Commerce
Tracey Wheeler
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Davis votes early as Abbott taunts and trails widen
Wendy Davis cast her ballot on the first day of early voting and dismissed talk that her bid for Texas governor faces defeat. Greg Abbott kicked off early voting with a dig at Davis linking her to Nancy Pelosi and California. Davis’ campaign money was roughly six million dollars, about one fifth of Abbott’s. Polls show her trailing by double digits.
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Wendy Davis
Texas
Davis
Greg Abbott
House
Nancy Pelosi
California
Abbott
Apple Sale in Baytown Enters 65th Year of Fundraiser
Kiwanis Club of Baytown promotes its annual apple sale to fund scholarships and community programs. The event, dating to 1949, runs in the Conn's Chick fil-A lot at 5010 Garth Road through Nov 9, with hours 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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Kiwanis Club of
Baytown
Dave Jirrels
Service Club
Kiwanis
Conn’s
Chickfil-A
Garth Road
Jirrels
Russell Ballard
Stephen DonCarlos
Community Hed 5 Stocks Classifieds and Obituaries
Classified notices include obituaries and small ads with a brief stock and weather view. Sports and crossword items appear alongside community notices in this section, offering local updates and ads.
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First United Methodist Church
Baytown Sun
Christopher James
Karen Reiter
Madilyn Thomas
John Thomas
Leslie Mulkey
Pacific Northwest
Baytown-LaPorte
Aunt Maud
Houston
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Paul J. Weber
The
Associated Press
Apple Time
Kiwanis Club
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Sieska
UtdpHry
Alysha Beck
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