The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 2014 Page: 1 of 10
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16,2014
Vol. 94, No. 12 © 2014 • Since 1922
South Hwy 146 closed Jan. 17-19
• Highway 146’s south-
bound lanes between Garth
Road and Texas Avenue will ‘
be closed from 9 p.m. Friday
through 5 a.m. Monday.
Traffic traveling south on
Highway 146 will be forced
off at the Garth exit onto the
frontage road. Traffic will be
detoured through Garth Road,
Decker Drive and Texas Av-
enue intersections while on
the frontage roads. Motorists
can return to Highway 146 on
the entrance ramp after Texas
Avenue. Spur 330’s exit west
toward Interstate 10 will re-
main open.
Traffic can also exit west
using Spur 330 toward Inter-
state 10, exit on Rollingbrook
Drive and make a U-turn at
Rollingbrook to continue
south on Highway 146.
For more information, con-
tact the highway department’s
Southeast Harris Area Office
at 281-464-5500.
BPD seeks help identifying thieves
JSEL Two male suspects caught on security tape
The
Baytown Police Depart-
ment is seeking help in identifying
thieves who broke into the city’s
service center and stole more than
$143,000 in landscaping equip-
ment.
After viewing video from a secu-
rity camera at the parks and recre-
ation site on Park Street, police now
have images of two male suspects
and the three separate vehicles they
used to steal several large mowers
and trailers.
At least four trucks were also
burglarized and damaged between
5 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday.
“Two male suspects cut the pad-
lock on the gate and entered at
about 8:59 p.m.,” said Baytown
Det. Edgar Elizondo. “The first trip
they take a utility trailer with a six-
wheel gator. They leave for no more
than 20 minutes and return to take
another utility trailer with a Dingo,
which has tracks, not wheels.”
SEE THIEVES • PAGE 3
► CHAMBERS COUNTY
Officials eye
Highway 146
speed issues
BY MARK FLEMING
mark.fleming@baytownsun.com
Baytown Sun photo/Albert Villegas
Walker Elementary School student Mason Duke explains to his mother, Kris Duke, how he came to produce his art
during the Goose Creek CISD Rodeo Art Show Tuesday night at the Administration Building in Baytown.
► GOOSE CREEK CISC
11 earn top honors at Rodeo Art Show
BY ALBERT VILLEGAS
albert.villegas@baytownsun.com
Walker Elementary School stu-
dent Mason Duke was congrat-
ulated by his art teacher, Ashley
Beall, as he and his mother, Kris,
roamed the hundreds of pieces
of art work turned in by students
during Goose Creek CISD’s an-
nual Rodeo Art Show inside the
Administration Building Tuesday.
“We are so proud of you Mason,
you did real well,” Beall said.
“He is in athletics but he likes
doing art just as much as he likes
to play football,” mother Kris' said.
Another mom, Debra Gaston,
was overjoyed at her daughter, In-
die, a Harlem Elementary School
fifth-grader, who earned a ribbon
for her art work.
“We’ve taken a lot of photos of
her today and we all wanted to be
Chase Horton, a Bowie fourth-grad-
er, poses next to his award-winning
artwork at Goose Creek CISD’s Ro-
deo Art Show Tuesday night.
merit, signed by the Houston Ro-
deo and Livestock Show president
and a blue, red or white ribbon for
achievement. Special recognition
is bestowed upon selected works
and the artists who created them.
Advancing to statewide art show
at the high school level, Wendy
Mason, a senior at Goose Creek
Memorial, won “Best of Show” at
the event. She is a student of art
teacher Jill Chauvin.
Kassandra Pulido, a junior
at Sterling, and Andrew Ad-
ams-Whitehead, a junior at Lee,
were both named “Gold Med-
al Winners” in the high school
category. Pulido is a student of
art teacher Annie Watson. Ad-
ams-Whitehead is a student of art
teacher Darcy McDonald.
Elizabeth Keyes, a senior at
Goose Creek Memorial, Courtney
Infante, a junior at Sterling, Made-
line Poirot, a senior at Lee, and
Meng Ying Li, a junior at Sterling,
were all named “Special Merit”
winners and will advance to the
statewide art show.
SEE ART • PAGE 3
Chambers County com-
missioners have taken up
the issue of traffic safety
concerns on Highway 146,
directing County Judge
Jimmy Sylvia to draft a let-
ter to the Texas Department
of Transportation asking for
a lower speed limit along
the stretch of the highway
that is between the Cedar
Bayou bridge and Interstate
10. He will also ask the cit-
ies of Baytown and Mont
Belvieu to add their voices
to the request for state help
in managing the crowded
section of highway.
Commissioner Rusty
Senac read a letter Tues-
day from Brenda Medina,
an area resident who has
started a Facebook page,
“Baytown Hwy 146N Safe-
ty Alert” to draw attention
to the challenges faced by
residents of the subdivi-
sions that open onto the
roadway.
Among other concerns,
Medina has questioned the
60 mile-per-hour speed lim-
it along part of the stretch
of highway that has dozens
of side streets and business
driveways opening onto it.
Commissioner Gary Nel-
son, whose district includes
Mont Belvieu, suggested
that TxDOT be asked to
look at the whole stretch
of Highway 146 that goes
through Chambers County
- both the Baytown seg-
ment and the Mont Belvieu
segment.
Senac, whose office is on
Highway 146, said, “In my
opinion,
SENAC
60 mph
is; simply
too fast on
Highway
146.”
“I think
TxDOT’s
method
of doing
speed studies is absolute-
ly outdated,” he said. With
a large new elementary
school set to open in Au-
gust, and a new Wal-Mart
to open by Christmas, it
will just get worse, he add-
ed.
In other business, the
county will advertise for
bids to replace electric ser-
vice at Hugo Point Park.
The park fell victim to
thieves and vandals sever-
al times in October, 2012,
suffering over $100,000 in
damage, including the theft
of all of the copper wiring
serving the facility.
Commissioners asked
for bids to be requested for
both copper and aluminum
wiring to consider using the
less theft-prone aluminum
wire for the new project.
Commissioners also
agreed to a request from
the Anahuac Youth Sports
Association to build a third
ball field at Fort Anahuac
Park.
SEE SPEED • PAGE 3
► BAYTOWN
Kiwi Golf begins the move to Market St.
.S21- Construction starts in June
Kiwi Golf is gearing up to
break ground on the company’s
multimillion headquarters on
Market Street.
With the city’s blessing, Kiwi
will begin construction by June
with a completion date no later
than March 2015.
“We had a few challenges to
overcome, including finding an
architect, but we are moving pass
all of that and everything is doing
great,” said
Kiwi Qolf Vice President Judy
Cushman Dubose, whose home-
town is Baytown.
Once finished, the new digs
at 2007 Market St. will house a
warehouse, administrative, sales,
engineering and marketing of-
fices and become the company’s
permanent home.
The company, which makes
golf tees and manufacturers them
in China, and most recently the
United States, will move from its
current location at 6118 Bayway
Drive.
Kiwi Golf President Glen
Bowen has rented the Bayway
site for more than a year in order
to store inventory. He has said the
company will eventually produce
29 golf-related products.
Kiwi’s anticipated expansion
and construction is expected
to bring 50 jobs to the city. All
Kiwi Golf employees will live in
Baytown as well.
“We’re excited,” Dubose said.
“We’re going through the process
and it takes time.”
Last year, Baytown City Coun-
cil approved incentives and fi-
nancial assistance to help the
company relocate its business.
Part of that agreement mandated
Kiwi Golf meet certain terms and
conditions.
Under those conditions, Kiwi’s
headquarters should have been
completed by September 2013.
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Photo by Ronald Roberts
SEE KIWI • PAGE 3
Baytown firefighters battled flames early Wednesday after a residen-
tial garage caught fire. At 2:39 a.m., firefighters arrived at the home at
6126 Sjolander Road to find the detached garage fully engulfed. It took
more than three hours to contain. The cause was listed as a faulty
refrigerator inside of the garage.
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