Hometown Hero Betsy Lewetzki Serves On Navy Ship
Elizabeth Betsy Lewetzki, stationed in Norfolk aboard the U S S Barry, serves in the U S Navy firing Tomahawk missiles. A 1999 Texas City High School graduate, she is the daughter of Keith and Marcia Lewetzki of Texas City.
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Elizabeth
Betsy” Lewetzki
Norfolk
Virginia
U.S.S. Barry
U.S. Navy
Texas City High School
Keith and
Marcia Lewetzki
Texas City
U.S. forces seize Saddam palace in Baghdad statue toppled
More than 100 armored vehicles moved through downtown Baghdad on Monday seizing a Saddam palace and toppling a 40 foot statue. Iraqi soldiers fled toward the Tigris River to escape the advancing Americans.
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U.S
Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
Tigris
Galveston Mainland News Volume 91 Issue 99
Local newspaper rolls through another issue serving Galveston County Mainland since 1912 with community notices and brief items from the area. The paper maintains its steady schedule and civic presence across town.
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Galveston County
City secretary duties reshaped as minutes get written
Hitchcock Texas City Sun reports that the city will assign minute writing to the assistant city secretary Lucy Dieringer while Rose Marie Theiler’s duties are temporarily taken over. The move follows a 3 to 1 council vote amid concerns about unfinished minutes and upcoming elections.
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Rose Marie Theiler
Theiler
Lucy Dieringer
Kyle Campbell
Campbell
Henry Coger
Coger
Dieringer
Galveston County Fair Market Goat Show Highlights
Santa Fe youths Brittany Bahr Haili Belcher Christi Mims and Ashley Wyers prepare goats for the Market Goat Show at the Galveston County Fair. Amber Hale's entry is inspected by judge Warren Thigpen in the Livestock Arena.
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Brittany Bahr
Haili Belcher
Christi Mims
Ashley Wyers
Santa Fe
Galveston County Fair
Dwight C. Andrews
Warren Thigpen
Amber Hale
Galveston County Fair Livestock Arena
Beating at a Texas City party leaves man injured
A bloodied man reported to Texas City Police that 6 to 8 partygoers beat him after a dispute at a house party on Eighth Avenue North. He required treatment for a cut eyelid and chin. A suspect with blood on his pants was located in a backyard. witnesses could not identify others.
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Texas City Police Department
Eighth Avenue North
Mainland Medical Center
Michael Smith
Texas City Sun
Michael.smith
Texascitysun.com
Debated Texas diesel tax aims to fund clean air programs
A proposed bill would tax diesel at 3 cents per gallon and raise diesel equipment tax to 2 percent, aiming to raise about 150 million dollars for state clean air programs and new technology research. It seeks to support engine replacements and smog upgrades while funding would expire in 2008.
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Austin
Texas
Lon Burnam
D-Fort Worth
Federal
Environmental Protection Agency
Houston
Dallas
EPA
Tom “Smitty” Smith
Texas Public Citizen
Texas House Appropriations Committee Passes 58.6 Billion Budget
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 58.6 billion dollar two year budget with education and health care cuts. The plan reduces state funds to 3.4 percent less than the current budget while totaling 117.7 billion with federal funds. If enacted, effective September 1, it preserves education funding but trims health and human services including home care and Medicaid for vulnerable groups.
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Austin
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Rick Perry
Perry
Texas
Health and Human Services
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