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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 2009
Page
1
A special 16 page pullout marks the one year anniversary of Hurricane Ike. The new Weekend Edition devotes sections to the disaster’s impact, relief efforts, and community resilience with ongoing coverage and reflections.
Colton Kolaja, who did not play football last year to focus on baseball, steps in as Sterling’s quarterback this season. The move shifts leadership to Kolaja while the team eyes improvement and wins on the field.
Baytown Police issued an Amber Alert for Samuel Kirtley, 15, believed in danger and in the custody of his father Neal Roberts, 49, who is under child abuse investigation. CPS worker error cited as a risk factor. police urge citizen tips to locate the pair and return the child.
Goose Creek Memorial coach Bret Boyd recalls a wild Baytown season shaped by storms. Edouard forced two days off, Gustav delayed Barbers Hill at Lumberton, and Ike brought school closures and a major reshuffle, with junior varsity teams appearing on varsity schedules as teams dropped games.
Coach Boyd described a wild weekend in the weight room after rain cut practice short. Lightning storms caused postponements of the final round of preseason scrimmages and ended season opening games for Sterling and GCM, with Pasadena High trailing 29 0 when lightning struck.
Goose Creek Consolidated ISD did not show Obama address in real time, leaving teachers to use it later. Barbers Hill ISD reported little reaction, with no parental calls about not broadcasting. The speech targeted students from kindergarten to high school and the Education Department faced criticism over accompanying lesson plans.
Skeletal remains discovered in a wooded pasture land off FM 562 between Lone Oak Bayou and Smith Point prompt investigators to pursue autopsy and DNA results to identify the deceased. Four Ike survivors and other bodies were found nearby after the 2008 hurricane, with a left-eye fracture noted.
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett told the Baytown Rotary Club that the Gulf Coast petrochemical era will fade and growth will tilt to the Port of Houston. He noted Texas ports handle a large share of Mexico City imports and predicted Gulf Coast expansion for U S and Mexican trade. He also cited urban migration toward Houston, and proposed a future commuter rail from southeast Harris County to Clear Lake and possibly Galveston within three to five years.
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