The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 337, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 28, 2000 Page: 2 of 22
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2A The Baytown Sun
Saturday, October 28,2000
Weather
National weather
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Today — Mostly cldudy with a 20
percent chance of rain. High in
the lower 80s. Low in the 60s.
Tomorrow — Mostly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of rain. High in
the lower 80s. Low in the 60s.
State and national temperatures
Temperatures indicate Friday's high
and overnight low to 8 p.m. Eastern
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Albany,N.Y.
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Anchorage
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Austin
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Brownsville
Buffalo
Burlington,Vt.
Casper
Charleston,S.C. 78
Charleston,W.Va. 79
Charlotte,N.C.
Cheyenne
Chicago 71
Cincinnati 79
Cleveland 75
Columbia,S.C. 79
Columbus,Ohio 78
Concord,N.H. 67
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Dayton
, Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
El Paso
Evansville
Fairbanks
Fargo
Fl^staff
Grand Rapids
Great Falls
Greensboro,N.C. 78 49
Hartford Spgfld 66 45
Helena 57
Honolulu 86
Houston 84 68
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Indianapolis
Jackson,Miss.
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Lubbock
Memphis
Miarrji Beach 85
MidlandOdessa 71
Milwaukee 66
Mpls-St Paul
Nashville
New Orleans
New YorkCity
Norfolk,Va.
North Platte
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Pendleton
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland,Maine 62
Portland,Ore. 59
Providence 68
RaleigtvOurham 77
Rapid City 52
Reno
Richmond
Sacramento
St Louis
Salt LakeCtty
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco 64
St SteMarie 56
Seattle 54
Shreveport 84
Sioux Falls 50
Spokane 52
Syracuse 73
TampaSt Ptrsbg 82
Tucson 68
Tulsa 70
Washington, D.C. 74
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Sun Files
From The Baytown Sun files, here are the headlines from ...
10 years ago:
The Baytown school district loans to receive a waiver on a state rul-
ing requiring It to offer classes to prepare students for. the GED test.
25 yean ago:
Mont Belvieu expects to receive a state order restricting waste dis-
posal In an underground well.
50 yean ago:
Baytown pilot Frank Rielly Jr. crash landed his plane in Korea. The
Marine captain was later rescued by a U.S. helicopter.
Today in History
Today Is Saturday, Oct. 28, the 302nd day of 2000. There are 64
days left in the year. A reminder: Daylight-saving Time begins Sunday
at 2 a.m. locally. Clocks go back one hour.
Today's Highlight In History:
On Oct. 28,1919, Congress enacted the Volstead Act, which pro-
vided for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Wilson's veto.
On this date:
In 1636, Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts.
In 1793, Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin (the
patent was granted the following March).
In 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France,
was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland.
In 1922, fascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of
the government.
In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of
Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
In 1940, Italy invaded Greece during World War II.
In 1980, President Carter and Republican presidential nominee
Ronald Reagan faced off in a nationally broadcast, 90-minute debate
in Cleveland.
- The Associated Press
Thought for Today
“Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."
— William Makepeace Thackeray, British author (1811-1863)
Bwie Verse
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because
He who is in you is greater than he is in the world.
— John 4:4
Proposal
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lion to the original project cost.
Pat Younger, legislative con-
sultant to the district, said a
specific cost was not listed in
project authorization legisla-
tion passed earlier this week by
the U.S. House. However, any
costs over $15 million would
have to be underwritten by the
navigation district.
“If $14.6 million is our bud-
get, we ought to keep it at that,”
said Charles Iupe, a navigation
district board member.
Chairman Gordon
Christman agreed. He suggest-
ed eliminating the cut at the
north end of the channel, the
fleeting areas and all but one of
the passing lanes.
Iupe put the proposal in the
form of a motion that was
unanimously approved by the
board.
The board also asked its con-
sulting engineers, who will be
meeting with the Corps of
Engineers, to negotiate a
dredge depth that will be limit-
ed to the designated 12 feet
plus the two feet of pre-mainte-
nance space. This would
reduce dredging and disposal
costs.
Lockwood Andrews and
Newnam will present a revised
plan to keep the project within
budget at the board’s
November meeting.
The project is designed to
enhance the economic value of
the bayou and to improve navi-
gational safety. Federal funding
would come through the Water
Resource Development Act, a
bill that was not expected to be
acted on during this session of
Congress.
However, Younger received
notification that the House had
reached agreement on major
portions of the bill. With assis-
tance from Rep. Nick Lampson
of Texas, appropriate language
for the project was included in
the final draft.
’“We’re ahead of where we
thought we would be at this
point because the House has
already approved it,” Younger
said.
Jerry Rainer of Lockwood
Andrews and Newnam said the
objective is to finish the project
by 2004.
“Our plan is to get a feasibil-
ity study to the Corps for
review by January 2001,” said
Rainer, who said it will take the
Corps about nine months to
review the study and issue a
chief’s report.
A chief’s report is required
for funding. Rainer said he
expect to have the report by
August 2001.
“The most important thing
we need is an appropriation in
2002 and we will be working
with Congressman Lampson
on that,” Rainer said. “We plan
to start navigation in the new
waterway in 2004.”
Rainer and coworker Ty
Thomas said traffic could
increase from an average of
three barges per day to eight
per day by 2004. TWelve daily
trips would be the maximum
for the waterway if no improve-
ments are made.
Shipping is expected MB
increase to 1.63 million tons
per day in 2001, with projected
growth to 3.29 million tons per
day by 2008.
The projection is based on
current waterway users such as
Bayer Corp., which is expand-
ing now and will expand again
in 2004, and £oppel Steel,
which is projecting a 30 percent
increase in shipping.
The next Chambers County-
Cedar Bayou Navigation
District meeting is 9 a.m.,
Nov. 30 at Citizens Bank &
Trust Co., 1300 Rollingbrook
Drive. Meetings are open to
the public.
Contact M.A. Bengtson by e-
mail at ma.bengtson@bay
townsun.com or by phone at
(281) 425-8023.
Rank
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students and parents from differ-
ent campuses began questioning
the fairness of the weighted
grade credits. Extracurricular
activities such as band and choir
were not given weighted credits
point averages.
Only two changes hi the sys-
tem will affect students begin-
ning with the Class of 2002.
Serious misconduct during the
senior year will result in restrict-
ing a student’s participation in
honors recognition activities.
A student also must maintain
an 80 average in each class for
the sixth six-week grading peri-
od in order to participate in
local honors recognition activi-
ties. The averages will be deter-
mined 15 school days prior to
graduation.
Class, rank and grade point
average will be computed at the
end of the fifth six-week grad-
ing period, starting with the
Class of 2002. The class rank
and grade point average are cur-
rently figured after the first
semester of classes.
This new system was first
presented to the school board
June 12. The system has been
simplified and explained since
the first presentation.
“The board wanted a more
parent and student friendly sys-
tem and I feel that this a good,
fair system,” said W.C. Smith,
director of curriculum for the
district
Smith sajd the new system
gives the colleges what they
asked for, a GPA based on a 4.0
scale, and also determines class
rank by what students do acade-
mically in rigorous courses.
“This system supports stu-
dents who want to broaden the
classes they take without a neg-
ative impact on the GPA, and
makes it fair for all students,” he
said.
If the proposal is approved,
Sultis said the district will begin
with three “waves” of informa-
tion for incoming freshmEn.
“In late November and early
December, we will visit all
eighth-grade students to talk
about graduation plans, elected
choices and credit requirements
and also provide information
they can take home to their par-
ents,” she said.
During freshman orientation
in March, the students will
again be informed about credit
requirements, and the district
also will hold a parent’s night to
inform (hem of the changes. In
May, counselors will meet with
the students to determine a four
year plan for high schiool.
“This is a major change, and
I’m convinced that it’s a fair
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