Girl's gift funds chicks for 50 families
Nine year old Michaela Lawrence raised 700 dollars by selling lemonade at Country Market Days to benefit Samaritan's Purse. Each of 50 families will receive a dozen chicks and a coop with care instruction, funded by the program. Her effort, named Pennies for Hennies, grew from a museum visit in Houston.
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Owner nabs bandit linked to other robberies
A Tuesday evening armed robbery attempt at Taqueria Sahuayon on Market Street ended when the owner and his son overpowered the teen suspect, a 16-year-old Baytown resident, and a revolver was recovered. A 19-year-old Baytown man was detained as the suspected getaway driver.
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Lee College Foundation Gala Marks 25th Anniversary
Preparations are underway for the 25th annual Lee College Foundation Gala to be held on Thursday September 30 at Goose Creek Country Club. Dr Michael Murphy says the event blends function and entertainment and honors local community support while raising funds for student aid. Established in 1968, the foundation is a nonprofit supporting the college.
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Baytown Council to keep tax rate at 0.78703 per hundred
The Baytown City Council will formally adopt its tax rate for the new fiscal year tonight, keeping the same rate as last year at 0.78703 per $100 of property value. The meeting at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall covers fiscal housekeeping, renewal of 10 employee benefit contracts, and a brownfields grant application to assess potentially contaminated properties. The grant targets areas previously used for oil wells to aid redevelopment and future remediation funding.
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Goose Creek Memorial seniors support 2011 Project Graduation
Goose Creek Memorial students Kevin Griffith Rianna Flores Price Jacobs James Bobalik Tarun Jain Dalton Going Amanda Denton Kaylee Hosea pose with Patriots to promote 2011 Project Graduation. Yard Patriot signs invite donations or removal instructions via Carolyn Lavender or Sherry Flores at listed contacts.
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Carolyn
Drowning Ruled Accident in Baytown Pool Death
An 11-year-old Baytown boy, Denzel Walter Hill, died after near drowning at a Cedar Bayou Junior High related pool party. Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences determined the fatal brain damage was anoxic encephalopathy from near drowning.
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