Wall Street ends mixed after rate cut shock
The Dow fell 74 points as late trading turnarounds unsettled investors amid profit taking and GE concerns. Analysts cite a tepid forecast and the Fed's half point rate cut as drivers of the volatile session. In Albany, Northeast utility customers lost power after a spring-like snowstorm toppled lines.
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New York
Wall Street
General Electric Co
Dow
Federal Reserve
Fed
Albany
N.Y
Northeast
Upstate
Mohawk Valley
Adirondacks
Catskills
National Grid
New York State Electric & Gas
Community events calendar highlights in Baytown and area
A dense calendar lists classes at the Promise Center and Sterling Library, Toddler Time and Kids activities at Chick-fil-A and several community centers, seniors crafts and dance, Kiwanis and bridge clubs, open houses for waterfowl hunting, and multiple church and veterans group meetings with contact numbers and locations across Baytown, Crosby, Anahuac, and Port Arthur areas. The notice emphasizes free programs, public sessions, and ongoing pumpkin patch and Halloween events through November.
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Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Max East Bowling Alley
Ward Road
Market St. Baytown
First Church of the Nazarene
N. Main
Market St
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Bayway Drive
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Texas Parks and Wildlife
J.D. Murphree
Hunter Creek
Port Arthur
Anahuac Wildlife Refuge
Call
Crosby Community Center
West Chambers Branch
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
N. Alexander
Sterling
Disaster housing program starts November first units to aid hurricane victims
Baytown Housing Authority officials say the Disaster Housing Assistance Program Ike in partnership with HUD and FEMA begins November 1. It covers six months of housing costs with a stepped down payment from month seven, then up to 18 months for most, with elderly and disabled possibly eligible for longer. Six names already show up in the BHA system as eligible under FEMA.
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Baytown Housing Authority
Joyce Young
BHA
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Young
Baytown Houston Authority
Dihabike
Housing Authority
Harris County Sheriff Adds Air Unit With Donation
On September 23, the Harris County Sheriff's Office received a 1993 Maule airplane donated by Ed Hendee valued at 90000. Deputies will operate the fixed wing aircraft for surveillance patrol and search ops while seeking grants to fund upgrades and more aircraft.
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Harris County
Sheriff’s Office
Ed Hendee
Tommy Thomas
Hendee
Harris County Sheriff’s Office
Sterling Stars Dance Clinic Rescheduled for November
Due to Hurricane Ike the Sterling Stars annual dance clinic moves to November 19 and 20 at RSS High School. Registration starts 4 p.m. Wednesday with sessions 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on both days. A parent show is 6:30 p.m. Thursday and participants perform with the Stars at the Sterling Bazaar on Saturday, November 22. For registration details contact Star Director Kelley Start at 281-420-4500.
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Sterling Stars
RSS High School
Kelley
Baytown Parks Seeks Children for Santa Letters Program
The Baytown Parks and Recreation Department teams with Santa to send personalized letters postmarked from the North Pole. Last year over 1,000 children received letters. The program is free and details are available by contacting 281-420-6598 or Jennifer.oakes baytown.org by Monday, November 24.
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Baytown
Dren
Baytown Parks & Rec
Jennifer.oakes
Group seeks Ike victims at Anahuac Caring Center to repair homes
The Mid Chambers Christian Caring Center in Anahuac gathers information from residents whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Ike to build a repair database. Eligible applicants may receive repairs from a nonprofit group. The Caring Center is at 306 Miller Street, next to the MCCCC Thrift Shop. Call Wayne Hankamer at 409-277-9439 for details.
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Mid Chambers Christian Caring Center, Inc
Anahuac
Caring Center
Miller Street
McCcc Thrift Shop
Wayne Hankamer
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Crosby
Hare Rd
Surrender
Alcoholics Anonymous
Redeemer Lutheran Church
E. Lobit Ave
Baytown Art League
VEW
North Main
Frank Butcher
Keith Mixon
Calvary Temple
Breda
Central Baptist Church
King Street
Bulletin Board
XI Alpha Gamma Zeta
Wilma Binz
Cheryl Boehme
Korky Smith
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