Withheld UIL sanction won’t stop Bayou Bowl
Baytown report quotes Dick Olin saying UIL Legislative Council’s lack of sanction changes nothing as Bayou Bowl proceeds. He notes coaches association supports the game and that teams will reuse equipment, while shoulder pads remain a need. Crosby superintendent Don Hendrix, UIL member, disagrees with the coaches’ stance. See BAYOU BOWL on Page 7A
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Dick Olin
UIL Legislative Council
Crosby
Don Hendrix
Coaches’ Association
Turnout high for festival to benefit historical society
Baytown residents attended the third Heritage Scaritage Festival despite threats of rain. Organizers from the Bay Area Heritage Society raised funds for Brown-McKay House restoration and for the Wooster Schoolhouse tours for area third graders. About $2,000 was raised, aided by raffle tickets for a quilt by Elizabeth Rushwam. The event ran from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with rain holding off most of the day.
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Historical
Baytown
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Bay Area Heritage Society of
San Jacinto
Brown-McKay
Wooster
Scott Bay
Republic of Texas
Wybra Holland
Elizabeth Rushwam
Holland
Goose Creek explainer details teacher pay raise plan
Goose Creek Consolidated ISD officials outlined a new pay range system replacing the seniority based approach after a study by the Texas Association of School Boards. The district, serving 18,000 students in a 128 square mile area around Baytown and Highlands, faced three unusual factors delaying raises this year while 2,300 staff compare salaries with 17 Houston area districts. Superintendent Barbara Suttis called this a non normal year as teachers, nurses and librarians heard the plan this week.
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Goose Creek Consolidated Independent
Texas Association of School Boards
Goose Creek
Greater Houston
Highlands
Barbara Suttis
Demographer to address Goose ISD board on rezoning
During Monday's Goose Independent School District meeting in Baytown a private demographer will present an updated Baytown area population report and its impact on the district's high school rezoning proposal. Dr Pat Guseman of Population and Survey Analysts in College Station was hired last year to project demographic and housing trends for the next decade.
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Baytown
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent
Pat Guseman
College Station
Chambers County granted emissions testing extension
Chambers County along with Liberty and Waller counties received a delay in meeting the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality emission testing deadlines, pushed from May 2004 to May 2005. TCEQ cited time for officials to review options, though no alternatives are on the table.
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Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Liberty
Waller Counties
Houston
Adria Dawidezik
The
State Environmental Agency
Dawidezik
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