Seashore Trash Study Blames Shrimpers for Most Debris
The Parke Island National Seashore trash report, after a decade of data and five years of review, links over 80 percent of shoreline junk to shrimp boats and offshore platforms. Shrimpers deny blame, noting debris could wash overboard in rough seas. The 58 page volume cites Gulf winds and currents driving trash to Padre Island.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
México
Parke Island National Seashore
Texas Shrimp’ Association of
Aransas Pass
Coast Guard
Wilma
Anderson
Caller Times
Padre Island
US. Department, of Interior
National Park Service
US. Environmental Protection Agency
Seashore
Jack Whitworth
Baytown Little Theater to Present Farce With 1966 Flair
Baytown Little Theater revives the comedy Who Was That Lady Saw You With with stage designs echoing the 1966 production. Director Johnson uses three stage levels and lighting to highlight scenes while audiences sit on three sides of the set at 1500 Lakewood Village. Performances run September 26 27 and October 3 4 10 with a matinee October 5. Tickets 10 dollars general 6 dollars students seniors 65 and over special 6, box office hours 2 to 5 p.m. weekdays. Call 281 424 7617 or visit baytownlitetheater.org for reservations.
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Johnson
The
Baytown Sun
Martha Ann Hemphill
Kelly Martin
Baytown
Little Theater
Lakewood Village
Bayway Drive
Baker Road
Kim
Lawmaker backs plates and decals to curb toll dodging
In a Thursday release, official says the bill targets clearly obscured plates while not criminalizing minor display frames. The measure aims to help read plates in hit and run cases and aid enforcement. Baytown police will ticket only plates with obscured numbers or state names. Harris County traffic officials caution visible plates should not be ticketed.
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Freise
Lindsay
Harris County
Countty
Lisa Rynearson
Baytown
Cove Frontier Day fundraiser supports Cove Emergency Services
Cove will hold its annual Frontier Day today from 11 am to 3 pm at the Cove Community Building on FM 565 South. The event raises funds for Cove Volunteer Emergency Services including Cove Fire and Rescue and Cove EMS to buy a new tanker and an additional ambulance. Barbecue plates are $7 and tours of ambulances and fire trucks, plus an auction, will occur with items such as firefighter wood art.
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Cove
FM 565
Cove Emergency Services
Cove Fire and Rescue
Cove Ems
Anita Ratliff
EMS
Interstate 10
Ratliff
Mont Belvieu
Anahuac
Benefit planned for motocross rider Dave Shade Jr
Friends of pro motocross rider Dave Shade Jr announce a Sunday benefit at the Crosby American Legion Hall to aid his medical costs after a May 3 accident near Conroe. Tickets are 10 dollars with barbecue plates for four dollars and a live auction plus silent sale items and raffles.
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Crosby
Dave Shade Jr
American Legion Hall
Shade
Three Palms
Conroe
Judy’ Collins
Extreme Cookers Cooking Team
Arthur Garcia
Shades
Texas Rehabilitation and Research Center
Houston
Collins
Jan Humphrey
Ladies of Excellence LOE opens as Baytown girls home
Hosea Lane of Harvest Time Deliverance Church announces a new Girls Home named Ladies of Excellence in Baytown. He frames the effort as protective and redemptive, guided by faith in Jesus, with prayers requested for opening soon.
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Baytown
Jesus
Ladies of Excellence
Hosea Lane
Harvest Time
Deliverance Church
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Ruth Wilson
Toni McBride
Baytown Highlands Metro Go Texan Committee
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Susan ‘Brewer
David Williams
Cooffry's Insurance
Polly St
United Way
United Way of
American Red Cross
Happy
Jaron Smith
Love
Mom
Lawrence
Annette
Leonie
Alex
Yvette
Grandma
Poppy
Blegaoetie
Frontier
By Beth Gullett
Baytown’ Sun
Daddy
Adam
God
Eve
Cash
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