Deer Park breaks ground on $2 million Unox water plant
The city of Deer Park held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday February 27 for a new 6 million gallons per day oxygen based wastewater plant on a seven acre site near Highway 225 and Center Street. The Unox system reduces energy use and land needs while cutting odors and effluent shocks. EPA Texas Water Quality Board Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority and local officials attended led by Mayor W E Black. The project is funded with a 7.5 million bond approved in 1969 and will take 10 to 32 months to complete with initial operation at 3 million gallons per day followed by capacity increases.
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Deer Park
Mississippi
Highway 225
Center Street
East First
East Second Streets
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Texas Water Quality Board
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
City of
W. E
Bill) Black
Nick Classen
W. C. Dedeke
Union Carbide Corporation
Unox
Sophomore Dianne Skarke Qualifies For State Competition
Sophomore Dianne Skarke qualified for the State Foe Yensic Leagué competition to be held in March at Baylor University after winning second place at the Baylor Tourney in the Original Oratorical competition. About 78 schools participated, with the Houston Audubon Society planning a future hike March 4 at 2 p.m. from Bay Area Park.
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Dianne Skarke
Baylor University
Miss Skarke
Baylor
The
Houston, Audubon Society
Armland Bay
Bay Area Park
Bay Area Blvd
Clear Lake City
Paul Harcombe
Rice University
Scott Holt
Texas A&m
Deer Park council actions include bond sale and resignations
At Deer Park City Council last week the General Obligation Bonds Series IV were awarded to Cullen Center Bank and Trust at 4.610077 percent with a net interest cost of 163,657.75 and a premium of 13,842.25. The ordinance was amended on first reading. Resignations were read from Councilman Bob Staton and Planning and Zoning Chair Ed Lehr. Other items covered mobile homes near a church, possible special use permits, Jaycees amendments, and lighting bids for Dow Park. Durant Street paving contract awarded to Brown and Root for 40,113.65.
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Deer Park
Cullen Center Bank’ and Trust Company
Cullen Center Bank
Texas Water Quality Board
Dorothy Martin
Bob Staton
Planning and Zoning Commission
Ed Lehr
Staton
Lehr
Clovis D. Mann
Greenwood Baptist Church
Jaycees
Robb
Cook
Paul Strong
Black
Burke, Cook
Black and Young
McDonald, Staton
Halli Wotking
Mann
Dow Park
Brown and Root, Inc
Durant Street
Coy Street
Antler Wins Sweepstakes Award At Journalism Day
For the fourth year Antler earns the Sweepstakes Award at San Jacinto College Journalism Day on Friday Feb 16. The staff also wins best overall headlines with seven staffers receiving awards including first place in advertising front page formats and multiple photography honors.
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San Jacinto College
Dona Slaughter
Donna Dickey
Sharon Tichavsky
Charles Darden
Mike Simmons
Jun
Ior
Kenyon Knowles
Ricky Collier
Press Club
John Bolen
Ron Stone
Channel 11 News
Bill Enis
Channel 2 Sports
David McHam
Baylor University
McHam
Deer Park
Bill Donaldson
Antler
San Jacinto Shrine Club names 1973 officers
Deer Park man Marlin O. Cherry is named president of the San Jacinto Shrine Club for 1973 with Dr. Robert M. Pearl as first vice president and James Evans as second vice president. The group covers Deer Park and Pasadena under Arabia Temple in Houston and funds Shriner philanthropies including the Shrin e Hospital and Burn Institute. The major fundraiser remains the Shrine Football Game at Pasadena Memorial Stadium with last year netting about $1,500. The club meets the first Tuesday monthly at the Tropicana Motel in Pasadena. next meeting is March 6.
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Shrine Club
Marlin
Cherry
Deer Park
San Jacinto Shrine Club
W. J. Knox
Roy Guyon
Pasadena
Rudy Wallace
James Evans
W. C
Johnny) Frels
Progress
A. Deer Park
Marlin O. Cherry
Robert M. Pearl
Ed Lehr
W. C. Frels
Thomas M. Spencer
W. A. Mask
Pat Willingham
Mike Warren
Ralph Davis
Warreece Berry
Evans
Guyon
Frels
Willingham
Buddy Furr H
Knox and
San Jacinto
U of H
LSU
Pasadena Memorial Stadium
Tropicana Motel
Garrett Named Director of First National Bank
Richmond Road & Engineering Company of Houston president John Garrett was elected a director of the First National Bank of Deer Park at the annual shareholders meeting.
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John Garrett
Richmond Road & Engineering Company of
Houston
First National Bank of
Deer Park
Deer Hold Lead At Half in Bi District Playoff
Galveston Ball led the Deer 29 to 26 at halftime in the bi district playoff at Rice Stadium. Danny Van Rheen led the Deer with 10 points.
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Galveston Ball
Fighting Deer
Rice Stadium
Danny van Rheen
Deer
Ed Lehr Seeks Position 5 in City Election
Ed Lehr, history department chair at San Jacinto College, announces candidacy for Position 5 in the April 3 city election. A Deer Park resident since 1965, he previously served on the Planning and Zoning Commission and as a councilman, resigning last week to run. Lehr, 39, has degrees from Sam Houston State and TCU, honors from multiple societies, and civic leadership roles including Jaycees president and senate sponsor at San Jacinto College. He lives at 1418 Byron with wife Davie Jo and children Eddie Lynda and Holly.
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Ed Lehr
San Jacinto College
Deer Park
Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning Commission
Sam Houston State
TCU
Pi Gamma Mu
Kappa Delta Pi
Phi Alpha Theta
Lehr
Deer Park Jaycees
U.S. Jaycees
Jaycee International
America
South
Byron
Davie Jo
Eddie
Lynda
Holly
United States Army
First Baptist Church
Rotary
San Jacinto
Profile of Lynette and Bill Handrick opens Deer Park studio
Lynette and Bill Handrick return to Deer Park to open a Royal Academy of Fine Arts dance studio teaching ballet tap jazz and twirling. Lynette teaches and Bill runs the business as about 220 students from ages three and up enroll with one family spanning three generations.
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Lynette
Bill Handrick
Deer Park
Alse
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Professional Dance Teachers Association
University of Texas
Bill
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