Negotiations continue for old Sears building
Jefferson Haddon reports ongoing negotiations to buy the 711 W. Texas Sears building across from the college. Vivian Blevins seeks a price reduction from 450000 to about 400000 to house cosmetology fine arts auto repair Continuing Education and the Industrial Assessment Center. The college and Texas DHS have bid. DHS favors a five year lease if accepted. both cite space for multiple programs and expanded facilities.
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Jeff Haddon
Lantern
Texas
Vivian Blevins
Blevins
Barclay’s American
Johnette Hodgin
Journalism lab dedication set Oct 3
The Lee College journalism department will host an open house at 6 p.m. Tuesday to dedicate the Stella Pepper Journalism Laboratory in the Social Science building Rooms 112 and 114. Donations from Stella Pepper and Exxon funded renovations and equipment for the lab and related departments.
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Ty Robbie McDonald
Lee College
Stella Pepper
Friends of
Exxon
Mission Valley
Texas
Goose Creek
John Tucker
Pepper
I’m Estatic
Regents mull tax hike for Lee College budget
Regents will discuss raising taxes by up to 1.33 cents to fund Lee College for the next year. The plan would lift the rate from 14.695 to about 15.827 or 16.025 cents per $100 of assessed value, with public hearings required if the rate rises 3 percent or more. Additional agenda items include health insurance pool participation, renovations to Moser Hall and the library, new handbooks, bids for property at 400 W. Texas Avenue, hiring a purchasing agent, and budget amendments for computer hardware for a federal GED program. The board meets at Moody Center, 7 p.m. executive and 7:30 p.m. regular.
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Lee College
Richard Inman
Financial Services
Inman
John Muth
Baytown
Moser Hall
Texas Avenue
Good Samaritan Army
Chariy
Private Industry Council
GED
ABE
ESL
Moody Center
Losses total 291431 from missing campus audio visual gear
A campus report cites nearly 291 thousand dollars in replacement cost for missing television sets video players projectors cameras and other equipment. Poor recordkeeping and outdated inventories led to untracked assets across Baytown campus and regional sites.
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Crathirds
Baytown
Texas Department of Corrections
Huntsville
DA awaits more evidence in LC car burglary case
Harris County District Attorney's office awaits further information before possible charges against two Lee College students suspected of burglarizing a fellow student's car. A 1981 Datsun 280ZX was parked in the northeast lot near Gulf and Felton at 7:50 a.m. on Sept. 14. A witness saw two males with a slim jim, one removing a T-top roof and loading it into a blue 1984 Camaro before they fled. Police later detained the suspects in a lot near the LC gym, and the Camaro with the stolen roof was recovered. The case moves to the BURGLARY, Page 55.
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Harris County
Lee College
Andrew Benson
Gulf and
Felton
Benson
Jean Sanders
Baytown
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Sears
Wile Dacca
Texas Department of Human Services
Chuck Adams
Department
Houston
DHS
Adams
Lacy
Hwy. 146
Hodgins
Journalism
Scott Hill
Mark Chmielewski
Jodie Stowe
Student Congress
IMC
Patrick G. Sears
Liz Cruthirds
Media Center
Ken Roach
Learning Resources
Cruthirds
Roach
Crathird
David Carnahan
Bob Wright
Wright
Science Department
Biology
Freddie Baird
Lantern Baytown
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