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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 2003
Page
1
Sunday highlights report UH defeats Mississippi State to notch its third win. Also coverage notes a legislator's criticism of the GOP remap in a radio speech, plus local fiber art and a woman finalist in a quilt show.
The Pilot Club of Baytown hosts the fifth annual Memory Walk to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of Houston and Southeast Texas on Oct 18 at Bagland Park from 8 to 10 am. Teams and individuals aim to top last year’s $12,000 goal. $8,000 has been raised so far as organizers push for progress in brain research.
The Baytown La Porte Tunnel debuted on Sept 22 1953 with Fred Hartman as MC and officials including Baytown Mayor Red Pruett La Porte Mayor Burgin Texas Gov Allan Shivers US Sen Price Daniel and US Rep Albert Thomas in attendance. The toll tube later hindered growth before being replaced by the Fred Hartman Bridge in 1995.
After union talks at ExxonMobil Baytown Chemical Plant, company officials guaranteed no involuntary layoffs in the near term. Most reductions expected from voluntary early retirement packages, with a small percent of the workforce affected. Union president Bart Albright said only those taking retirement would leave.
Volunteers from Wallisville and surrounding groups joined Saturday in National Public Lands Day cleanup at the Wallisville Lake Project. Now in its fourth year, the event is sponsored by the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation for environmental outreach near the last Saturday in September.
Goose Creek students scored lower on the TAKS exam than neighboring districts Brazosport Channelview Galena Park and La Porte in a district comparison. Superintendent Barbara Sultis notes limited progress despite overall decent performance. The graduating class of 2005 faces TAKS graduation requirements adopted in 1999 to replace the old exam.
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