Mont Belvieu delays Eagle Pointe audit decision
Mont Belvieu City Council postpones a full dollar-for-dollar audit of Eagle Pointe Golf Club and Recreation Complex for one week. Councilman Mike Pomykal and finance director Margie Grimes outlined a plan to involve independent firms, with an Oct. 7 meeting set to advance the issue amid budget reallocations and debt concerns.
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Eagle Pointe Golf Club
Mike Pomykal
Pomykal
Margie Grimes
TEA weighs case against Goose Creek
Baytown family of a 14 year old boy diagnosed with bipolar disorder asks a TEA hearing officer to allow him to attend a Goose Creek junior high while the district bus request and placement case plays out. The district sent him to Harris County ABC behavior center after an Aug 22 committee meeting. the family says he has stayed home and will until resolution. The TEA will decide bus approval. Grandmother Helen Smith accuses the district of discrimination based on past behavior, noting the boy has improved and is now calm and cooperative. ABC center at 610 and I-45 serves disabled, speech impaired, emotionally disturbed, and physically challenged students.
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Goose Creek
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Harris County
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City Council OKs 3M Renovation of Community Center
Baytown city council approved planning for about 3 million dollars in Community Center renovations and roof repairs. The body also reinstated Billie Wolfe and Richard Godwin to the Baytown Animal Control Advisory Committee for two years, rejecting Marilyn Kinney and Eugene Griffin Jr. as applicants. The mayor said the appointment followed standard practice and praised Wolfe and Godwin for ongoing service.
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Baytown Animal Control Advisory Committee
Billie Wolfe
Richard Godwin
Marilyn Kinney
Baytown Animals’ Concerned Citizen Responders
University of Houston
Eugene Griffin Jr
Pete Alfaro
Wolfe
Godwin
Alfaro
Animal Right
Byron Jones
Body found on Evergreen Road in Baytown
Police seek identity of a Hispanic man in his late 20s or early 30s found shot dead on Evergreen Road. He was wrapped in a blanket, wearing denim shorts, about 5'1 and 136 pounds. Autopsy pending. fingerprints will be sent to national missing persons centers. tips to Baytown police or Crime Stoppers.
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Evergreen Road
Richard Whitaker
Harris County Medical Examiner
Keith Dougherty
Dougherty
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Lighthouse of Houston aids blind workers in normal office roles
The Lighthouse of Houston demonstrates inclusive employment with visually impaired staff excelling as receptionists, computer specialists, and transcriptionists. A United Way funded series highlights how people with limited or no sight integrate into office tasks, answering phones and typing messages, similar to their peers at the Houston Chronicle.
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United Way Campaign Progress and Lighthouse Services
The 2002-2003 campaign aims for 1.76 million dollars with 89,764 raised to date, about 2.4 percent. United Way of Baytown Area funds 26 agencies serving Baytown McNair Highlands Mont Belvieu and West Chambers County and supports Lighthouse activities enabling blind and visually impaired people to live independently through training and rehabilitation. The Lighthouse of Houston, active since 1939, relies on donors United Way government contracts and the Lighthouse Foundation as funding sources to provide services and programs. See UNITED WAY on Page 5A
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West Chambers County
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Houston
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