City firefighters still at odds over pay
BAYTOWN The city offered another contract to firefighters Tuesday but union negotiators said the city did not budge on salary demands. After a morning session they caucused two hours 45 minutes before city negotiator Bettye Lynn said the city rejected the firefighters proposed tiered pay scale and renewed an across the board 2.5 percent raise for all employees. Union president Thomas Carr cited the tiered pay scale as a main reason the proposal failed.
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Bettye Lynn
Thomas Carr
Baytown clinic adds substance abuse counseling services
Bayshore Rehabilitation Clinic on Cedar Bayou Road hires Debbie Vassallo as a part time chemical dependency counselor to offer free counseling for adults 18 and older with substance abuse diagnoses. Underwritten by United Way of Baytown Area, the service becomes a new stand alone offering alongside existing mental health and rehabilitation programs.
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Cedar Bayou Road
Debbie Vassallo
Harris County
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United Way of
Donna Olson-Salas
MHMRA
Olson-Salas
Seventh-graders visit Fort Anahuac archeology demo
The Sun reports seventh graders will attend an archeology demonstration at Fort Anahuac to learn about Chambers County history. In sports, The Ganders aim to clinch their district with a win over Port Arthur Memorial and coach Danny Long guarantees victory Friday over West Brook.
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Fort Anahuac
Ganders
Port Arthur Memorial
Sterling
Danny Long
West Brook
Humble Clinches District 22-54 Title By Sweeping Sterling
Humble defeated Sterling in three straight games to secure an outright District 22-54 championship, concluding the series and sealing the title. Game details and key performances were reported in the postgame recap.
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Baytown sewer bond faceoff amid town hall clash
Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 27 seeks a 1.57 million bond to repair a deteriorating sewer system. After a September defeat, a November vote is set amid strong opposition and a Thursday town hall at Coady Baptist Church. The district covers 1412 acres outside Baytown, with plans to replace pipe, install a lift station, and add sewer lines as phase one of a long term upgrade.
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Harris County
Coady Baptist Church
Lynchburg
Cedar Bayou
Wade Road
Decker Drive
Market Street
Wade
Goose Creek
McLean Road
Wade and
Market
North Reddell
Pauline Brister
Local representative opens Baytown district office
Baytown Rep Wayne Smith R Baytown officially opened his district office in Lee College Rundell Hall with a reception attended by more than 60 people from across District 128 which spans Baytown La Porte and Deer Park The two room office is staffed full time by District Aide Anna Pertl who has been organizing files and constituent lists for about three weeks Smith pays Lee College about 3150 monthly to lease the space and no other groups currently lease full time on campus
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Wayne Smith
Smith
Lee
Steve Evans
Lee College
Evans
la Porte City
Charlie Young
Ronnie Anderson
Rundell Hall
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