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The Barbers Hill Eagles celebrate after a big point in the second
set during the playoff game against Goose Creek Memorial on Tues-
Baytown Sun photo by Alysha Beck
day. The Eagles won the match and will advance to the next playoff
round. See story on Page 5.
Baytown native raises awareness about African crisis
BY CHRISTOPHER JAMES
christopher.james@baytownsun.com
Before the chaos of Ebola in Africa, doc-
tors from around the world were provid-
ing medical care to millions of people in a
now-infected area of West Africa. One in
particular was the West Africa Fistula Foun-
dation, whose efforts were captured by pho-
tojoumalist Kathi Hayden-Beasley, who is a
graduate of Robert E. Lee High School.
Her efforts in producing the documen-
tary not only won her eight Telly Awards
of Excellence but also more importantly
helped spread awareness about the need
for physicians in that area.
Hayden-Beasley accompanied Dr. Dari-
► BAYTOWN
, Maggi of Dallas and Dr.
Susan Hardwick-Smith of
Houston, both OB-GYN
specialists, for six days to
the town of Bo in the ru-
ral countryside of Sierra
Leone.
As a one-woman crew,
she shot the documentary
entirely on location in Sep-
tember 2013.
While she was there she captured the ef-
forts of the WAFF staff, which consisted of
approximately 32 people, who served full
waiting rooms of patients everyday, com-
pleting approximately four Vesico Vaginal
Fistula surgeries a day, sometimes in rough
HAYDEN-
BEASLEY
conditions.
“Some of the surgeries were relatively
simple procedures while others were more
difficult,” Hayden-Beasley said. "At times
we would lose electricity, which was in-
termittent and there would be no running
water. There were times when doctors op-
erated in the dark with a flashlight when
we lost power and used what natural light
came in, which was not enough."
Because of the inadequate ability' to
provide obstetric, gynecological care and
services, the result is an extremely high
number of VVF cases in West Africa.
VVF is an abnormal connection between
SEE CRISIS • PAGE 10
► GOOSE CREEK GiSD
Board
seeking
firm for
search
Once hired, consultant
will supply candidates
for superintendent job
BY MATT HOLLIS
matt.hollis@baytownsun.com
The Goose Creek CISD Board of
Trustees met Monday night to dis-
cuss the search for a superintendent
and agreed to begin searching for a
superintendent search firm.
“The board is moving forw ard with
requests for proposals,” said Beth
Dombrowa, GCC1SD spokeswoman.
With a 4-1 vote, the board voted to
send out RFPs to search firms. They
i also agreed to send out the RFPs to
firms within the State ot Texas and
not to national firms.
The proposals are due on Dec. 3.
Dombrow'a said that once the board
receives the proposals, they have a
couple of days to review them. It the
board decides to do interviews, that
process begins at that point.
The board expects to hat e a search
firm in place around the Jan. 12 board
meeting, Dombrowa added.
On Oct. 13. the board voted 4-1 in
favor of a request for qualification
for superintendent search firm ser-
vices. This was the first step taken
by the board toward finding a firm to
perform a superintendent search.
Randal O'Brien , has been GC-
CISD's acting superintendent since
the board accepted Dr. Salvador
Cavazos’ resignation in a 4-2 vote
in August. When O'Brien was the
GCCISD deputy superintendent for
administrative services, he became
SEE GOOSE • PAGE 10
Chamber honors public safety workers
BY ELESKA AUBESPIH
eleska.aubespin@baytownsun.com
Whether it has to do with good cit-
izens or bad characters, Bay town's
public safety servants take to the
streets every day to handle com-
plaints, provide comfort or capture
criminals.
From injured car crash victims to
armed robbers to trapped boaters, the
jobs of police officers, emergency
medical service personnel, firefight-
ers and constable deputies touch the
lives of many in the community.
All w'ere applauded during the
Baytown Chamber of Commerce's
22nd annual Public Safety Recog-
nition luncheon on Tuesday at the
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Obituaries.........10 Weather.............
Sports.................5 Stocks...............
Crossword..........8 Viewpoints.........
Baytown Community Center.
But three of Baytown’s finest re-
ceived special recognition with a
Public Safetv Award of Excellence
plaque for Police Officer of the Year,
Firefighter/EMT of the Year and Har-
ris County Constable Deputy of the
Year.
Winners were Sgt. Richard Miran-
da for Harris County Constable Dep-
uty of the Year: Chris Crain for Fire-
fighter/EMT of the Year; and Jeremy
Cox for Police Officer of the Year.
“It's a privilege and honor to do
what 1 do and this was a surprise,"
said Cox. “1 don’t do what I do for
any recognition. I just do it.'
Wife Jade Cox was beaming front
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"I'm just very, very
proud of him and
what he does every
day for this commu-
nity,” she said.
Miranda was ill
and could not attend
but Crain received
MIRANDA his plaque and round
of applause. He was
joined by two sisters.
“1 tell a lot of people that-with the
fire department, we work really hard
with a lot of training and sweat all
day and sometimes we get called at 3
in the morning because someone tell
out of bed.” Crain said.
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WEATHER
Rain
High 77
Low 62
Baytown Sun photo by Eleska Aubespin
Firefighter Chris Crain and police officer Jeremy Cox hold
their awards for Firefighter ;EMS of the Year and Police Of-
ficer of the Year after being honored during the Baytown
Chamber of Commerce’s 22nd annual Public Safety Recog-
nition luncheon Tuesday at the Community Center.
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