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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22,2013
Vol. 93, No. 16 © 2013 • Since 1922
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Livestock Show and
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DADDY & ME DANCE
Advance tickets for 12th annual event
on sale today - SEE PAGE 3
POLICE BEAT
Robert E. Lee High School
burglarized - SEE PAGE 3
Chevron Phillips eyes NOA expansion
Company
files with TCEQ
for 20 percent
increase at
Cedar Bayou
plant
► GOOSE CREEK CISD
District
welcomes
Martinez
■ Trustees
approve hire
of new assistant
superintendent
BY ADAM YANELLI
adam.yanelli@baytownsun.corn
Dr. Melissa Martinez .is
the new assistant superin-
tendent for curriculum and
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MARTINEZ last four
years in
Sharyland LSD in Mission,
was recommended by Su-
perintendent Dr. Salvador
Cavazos and approved by
the school board,
Martinez began teach-
ing sixth grade students in
1991 at Wilson Elementary
School in Harlingen CISD.
She then moved to teach
second grade for a year at
Pearson Elementary School
in Mission CISD.
In 1994, she taught third
grade for two years at Kika
de la Garza Elementary
School in La Joya ISD.
In 1996, Dr. Martinez j
became the elementary
curriculum coordinator for
Sharyland ISD.
She was the executive
director for curriculum and
SEE MARTINEZ • PAGE 3
JANUARY PHOTOS
BY ADAM YANELLI
adam.yanelli@baytownsun.com
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
on Monday announced it has tak-
en the initial regulatory steps that
could lead to a 20 percent expan-
sion of its normal alpha olefins ca-
pacity at its Cedar Bayou complex
in Baytown.
Last year, the company an-
nounced and began construction
of the world’s largest on-purpose
1 -hexene plant capable of produc-
ing up to 250.000 metric tons per
year at the same location.
Normal alpha olefins, or NOAs,
and their derivatives are used
extensively as polyethylene co-
monomers, plasticizers, synthetic
motor oils, lubricants, automotive
additives, surfactants, paper sizing
and in a wide range of specialty
applications.
Chevron Phillips spokesperson
Melanie Samuelson said the Ce-
dar Bayou plant’s main function
is in NAOs and the 1 -hexene plant
is bringing new technology to the
site.
Samuelson also said that since
this is the initial filing of the intent
to begin studying the expansion,
there would be no way of knowing
how many new permanent jobs
would be created should The ex-
pansion come to fruition.
“It’s way too early to say how
many jobs would be created,” she
said Monday, adding that the plant
currently employs 645 employees
and 400-500 contractors. “There is
SEE NOA • PAGE 3
Up, up and away!
► POUT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY
Baytown Sun photo/Albert Villegas
Toddler Adrian Rodriguez grins while holding on tight to his swing as his sister, Lizbeth Barajas,
smiles from behind after pushing him high into the air Monday at a playground around Central
Little League Park. Monday was the federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and students were out of
school. Buy this and other photos online at www.baytownsun.com.
■ Today’s meeting will be first
convened by female chairman
BY MARK FLEMING
mark.fleming@baytownsun.com'
Janiece M. Longoria was appointed chairman
of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston
Authority recently by a joint session of the Har-
ris County Commissioners Court and the Hous-
ton City Council.
Longoria has served on the Port Commission
on behalf of the city of Houston since Septem-
ber 2002 and is currently a member of both the
Governance and Procurement task forces.
Longoria replaces longtime Port Chairman
James T. Edmonds, who previously announced
he would not seek reappointment. Edmonds
had served as Port Commission chairman since
2000.
Longoria is an honors graduate of the Uni-
versity of Texas and received her J.l). from the
University of Texas School of Law in 1979. She
is a partner with the firm of Ogden, Gibson,
Brooeks, Longoria & Hall, LLP.
Longoria has received many recognitions
for distinguished service, including the 2008
Sandra Day O’Connor Board Excellence
Award. Longoria will also serve as the chairman
of the Board of Pilot Commissioners for Harris
County Ports.
The Houston City Council appointed Dean
Corgey, vice president of the Seafarers Inter-
national Union Gulf Coast-Region, to serve as
a member of the Port Commission of the Port
of Houston Authority, filling the seat previously
held by Longoria.
Corgey, a longtime organizer for the Seafarers
Union and lifelong Houston resident, has been
vice president of the Gulf Coast Region since
1990. Corgey also serves as a vice president of
the Texas AFL-CIO; as secretary-treasurer of
SEE POH • PAGE 3
Methodist system ranked by FORTUNE
■ Magazine
lists SJMH
parent at
No. 67 on
annual list
STAFF REPORTS
siinnews@baytownsun.com
For the eighth year in a row,
The Methodist Hospital System is
ranked among FORTUNE mag-
azine’s “100 Best Companies to
Work For,” remaining the only
hospital system ranked in Texas.
Methodist is ranked No. 67 on
the list, and is one of 13 compa-
nies in Texas to receive the presti-
gious distinction this year,
“Everyone who works at Meth-
odist has earned this award, be-
cause it reflects the compassion
and dedication of our 14,000
employees and 4,000 affiliated
physicians," Dr. Marc Boom,
president and CEO of The Meth-
odist Hospital System, said. “Our
employees and physicians make
Methodist a great place to work.”
The full list and related sto-
ries appear in the Jan. 21 issue of
FORTUNE, and online at www.
fortune.com on Jan. 17.
Methodist was selected based
SEE SJMH • PAGE 3
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