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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 2013
Page
2
A fundraising lunch titled RSS Band BBQ will be held Saturday to support the Sterling band association. The event invites community members to help sustain band programs and student activities. See page 2 for details and RSVP information.
United Way of Greater Baytown and Chambers County reports $1.8 million in pledges toward a $3.3 million goal with expectant growth as October campaigns end mid November. ExxonMobil employees and corporate gifts account for about two thirds of annual gifts, former totals show. Kevin Troller commends ExxonMobil for aggressive support across sponsorship matching and individual donations.
Chambers County commissioners approved advertising for bids to build the Kilgore Parkway east west connector from Highway 146 in Baytown to FM 3180 Needlepoint Road and Grand Parkway. Bids open November 21 for segments 4 and 5 with early cost estimates around 8.4 million dollars and construction planned to begin in January.
The Cedar Bayou Plant in Baytown celebrated its 50th anniversary with an on-site bash and an 8 by 5 foot cake feeding 1,000. Executives and Legacy Award honorees attended. The company also revived Family Day at Kemah Boardwalk and sponsors a Baytown Habitat for Humanity home for Austin Little, with completion targeted for year end.
Harris County Precinct 8 Constable names Kimberly Polovina, 22, of Crosby as the woman who jumped from the Fred Hartman Bridge on October 15. Police report a vehicle abandoned on the southbound span at 5:37 a.m., Coast Guard recovered the body at 6:48 a.m., marking the second self inflicted death from the bridge this year after Lawrence Adams, 55, in May. Authorities say cause is death by own action, with no official ruling yet.
Bay Area Relay changes its overnight end for 2014, now running 6 p.m. Friday to 12:30 a.m. Saturday at Royal Purple Raceway. Organizers hope the earlier finish boosts participation for the April 11-12 event, the seventh annual relay begun in 1998.
The Baytown Chamber of Commerce will host Districts 1 and 2 city council candidates from 6 to 7 30 p m in City Hall Council Chambers 2401 Market St Tracey Wheeler will moderate Candidates should be ready to address public safety infrastructure needs business support and fiscal responsibility State Rep Wayne Smith invited to discuss constitutional amendments on the November ballot Voters urged to attend For more information call 281 422 8359
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