Bay Area Relay prep features sponsor reception and kick off
The Bay Area Relay for Life outlines two upcoming events: a sponsor reception at Community Honda on Sept 22 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and the Annual Kick Off at the Tower Club at Royal Purple Raceway on Oct 22 at 5:30 p.m. Details emerge about changes for increased participation ahead of the April 11-12 event at Royal Purple. Tadlock notes past fundraising, including $680,000 raised on the last day and an extra $70,000 raised by Aug 31, with plans to launch the 2014 site Oct 23 for registrations and donations.
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Relay For Life
Tadlock
Tower Club
Royal Purple Raceway
Bay Area
Baytown
Rotary backs Shots for Tots immunization drive tribute event
Baytown Rotary Club sponsored the Dr. Alton Pichoda Memorial Shots for Tots Immunization Drive on Aug. 10 with Harris County Hospital District and Goose Creek CISD. About 280 children received vaccines to prepare for back to school.
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Baytown Rotary Club
Dr. Alton Pichoda
Harris County Hospital District
Goose Creek Cisd
Beach City community honors Fred Reese with spirit and support
Beach City residents mourn Fred Reese who died after a cancer battle. Alderman Dana Colquitt notes the close knit town raised over $16,000 in June via a raffle and brisket sale led by Mike and Valaree Fite to ease family costs. Mayor Billy Combs and Commissioner Rusty Senac praise Beach City spirit as locals recall Reese’s police and bomb-sniffing dog work and his life with wife Alice and five children.
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Beach City
Dana Colquitt
Fred Reese
Colquitt
Mike
Valaree Fite
Tri-City Beach
Chambers County
Rusty Senac
Valerie Fite
Dana Colquist
Senac
Colquist
Billy Combs
Combs
Reese
Keese
Suspects captured after car chase in Baytown
Police chased a maroon Ford truck after a vehicle burglary at San Jacinto Mall on Garth Road. Gene Sweat, 28, fled on foot into woods with Magan Neece, 32, who was later captured. Sweat was later arrested. Neece faces two counts of burglary of a vehicle with $1500 bond each.
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San Jacinto Mall
Garth Road
Gene Sweat
Shepherd
Texas
Garth
Shady Hill Drive
Sweat
Magan Neece
Channelview
Neece
Carter and Green linked in fatal West St Charles shooting
In a Watts neighborhood dispute, Carter intervened with Carter back in his car, then Green drove by and stopped near him before gunfire. Green died in his wrecked vehicle while Moore, Blake and others gave CPR. Carter was later arrested and posted a $60,000 bond.
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Carter
Green
Wilson
West St. Charles Street
Demeeka Moore
Nathaniell Blake
Demond Frank
Moore
Blake
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Sharon Rogers
Dana Taylor
Sonya Cauthers
Sterling High School
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Dignity Memorial Network
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United
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Earthman Funeral Home
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Earthmanbaytown.com
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