21 Sep 2008
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 2008
Page
1
Readers are informed the paper now prints in Texas City with an earlier deadline. Printed copies arrive by 7 a.m. daily, carriers start deliveries after that, and many subscribers receive papers mid morning or early afternoon due to debris and a city curfew. Deliveries will continue at this pace until safe conditions or curfew lift allow morning delivery.
Page 3 lists updated local resources for Baytown residents recovering from Hurricane Ike. Provides contact points, shelter and aid options, and referrals across agencies to assist households in rebuilding needs and accessing relief services.
Walter Sarge Leacroy, Elmer Ira Moore Jr., and Dorothy Ione Herron are noted among recent deaths. Brief notices list the individuals with possible hometowns and dates, reflecting standard obituary placement in the classifieds.
CenterPoint crews start days around 4 30 a m at staging sites like Richie Bros. Auction Yard and Sam Houston Racetrack. Ed Russell notes sites near action. Ike left 2.15 million of 2.21 million Houston customers without power. 1 000,000 plus restored so far. 4,000 linemen and 4,000 extra workers from 31 states and Canada work to restore power, with 125,000 customers restored Thursday at Richie Bros. staging site.
Goose Creek school district outlines tentative return dates with teachers back Friday and students Monday September 29 amid uncertain power and sewer restoration after Hurricane Ike. District spokeswoman Kathy Clausen says full operations cannot be guaranteed until basic services resume, with TEA provisions for students to enroll elsewhere. Regional officials coordinate weather-day plans with the Education Commissioner as the district files required paperwork.
ExxonMobil plant managers Mike Zamora Gary Wilson and Zeb Nash visited Wooster Baptist Church Red Cross shelter and unveiled a 500000 contribution to United Way for Baytown hurricane relief. United Way director David Mohiman said funds will extend community aid after other supports exhaust, with agencies coordinating to avoid overlap.
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