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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,2013
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THURSDAY
THROWDOWN
Ganders look to get
back on track in
Pasadena - SEE PAGE1B
FLAMINGOS
FOR A CAUSE
Nonprofit seeks to promote
literacy - SEE PAGE 2A
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ALL YOU NEED IS MUSIC
First BSO program features songs by
The Beatles-SEE PAGE 5A
ROBBER ARRESTED
Baytown teen caught for robberies in
Mont Belvieu - SEE PAGE 6A
28th annual Lee College Foundation Gala Sept. 20
STAFF REPORT
sunnews@baytownsun.com
Mark your calendars: the 28th annu-
al Lee College Foundation Gala will
be held Friday, Sept. 20, at the Goose
Creek Country Club to raise much-need-
ed scholarship funds for deserving stu-
dents.
The theme of this year’s gala is “Giv-
Citizens
to oversee
GCCISD
bond work
RY MARK FLEMING
mark.fleming@baytownsun.com
When Goose Creek
CISD went to voters to ask
for approval of a $267.54
million bond issue in
May, one of the state-
ments made in a district
mailing said the district
supported the “utilization
of local industry, business
and community expertise
in advising the district in
the management of a bond
program.”
The board of trustees
turned that promise into
action Aug. 26 with the
chartering of a Citizen
Bond Advisory Commit-
tee whose tasks include
examining compliance
with cost, schedule and
quality of the work on
the bond projects, review
of proposed changes and
recommending commu-
nication of updates to the
community.
The committee, sim-
ilar to Citizens Bond
Construction Advisory
Committee, consists of
members named by board
members, and represen-
tatives of area business
groups and industry.
Six members have been
named by board members:
Pete Alfaro (by Jimmy
Smith), Michael Beard
(by Agustin Loredo III),
SEE BOND* PAGE 3A
ing Wings to Dreams,” which recognizes
all that students are able to accomplish
with hard work, a quality education and
the support and guidance of caring fac-
ulty, staff and friends in the community,
said Pam Warford, executive director of
the Lee College Foundation and director
of Foundation and Donor Development.
“Many of our students don’t think of
themselves as ‘college material,’ but
someone has had faith in them 'and en-
couraged' them to try,” Warford said.
“Completing college is a dream that they
are not certain can be realized, but with
our help - and if they put their minds to
it - they can succeed. They can ‘give
wings’ to their dreams.”
A highly anticipated evening of fun
and fellowship that draws hundreds
each year, members of the foundation
D.A.R.E. to care
Baytown Sun photo/David Berkowitz
Fifth-grade students look forward to seeing Baytown Police Officer Kenneth Hockless arrive in his
special D.A.R.E. truck. His contributions to the community have been recognized with several local and
state awards.
Officer is role model for city youth
BY DAVID BERKOWITZ
sunnews@baytownsun.com
Once in a while, Kenneth
Hockless stops to think about
life’s unexpected turns.
Growing up in a single-parent
home in a Beaumont housing
project, his post-high school
path was uncertain.
“It was just me and my mom,
and we didn’t have a lot. We
didn’t have enough money for
me to buy a senior yearbook, let
alone pay for college,” Hock-
less said.
He hoped that his basketball
success at Beaumont Central
High School would translate
into a scholarship, but no col-
lege coaches came calling after
the season ended in February
1987.
“My mom told me that once
I graduated, I was not going to
stay at home,” Hockless said.
“She didn’t want me to hang
around the projects and get into
trouble, so she called the Army
recruiter.”
Every weekend for several
months, the recruiter tried to
convince Hockless to sign up.
But he held out hope for some-
thing better.
His chance finally arrived in
April when Lee College basket-
ball coach Mike Hefley offered
him a scholarship.
“I was relieved because 1 re-
ally wanted to continue playing
basketball and didn’t want to go
into the military,” the 6-foot-5
Hockless said.
His move to Baytown would
turn into a life-changing expe-
rience.
Twenty-six years later he en-
joys' a reputation as a tireless
worker with -young people,
most notably through coaching
and the Baytown Police Depart-
ment’s D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse
Resistance Education) program.
SEE OFFICER • PAGE 3A
board will kick off the 28th annual gala
with a social hour, followed by a seated
dinner; live and silent auctions; remarks
from Lee College President Dr. Den-
nis Brown; and special entertainment
provided by a Lee student who will
share the story of how he made his own
dreams a reality.
SEE GALA • PAGE 3A
Media tour
encourages
preparation
for storms
BY ELESKA AUBESPIN
eleska.aubespin@baytownsun.com
Three men are on a media mission
along the coast of Texas and what
they are saying should not be ig-
nored.
The men, Mark Hanna with the
Insurance Council of Texas, Manuel
Villarreal with the Texas Department
of Insurance, and Dan Reilly with the
National Weather Service, made 47
media stops in five days to talk about
hurricane preparations.
“We are trying to reach as, many
people as possible. We talk to ev-
ery radio station, every newspaper,
and every television station that we
can find along the Texas coast,” said
Hanna, a spokesman for the Insur-
ance Council of Texas.
The 8th annual tour started in the
Beaumont, Orange and Port Arthur
area, included Baytown, and ended
in the Rio Grande Valley. It reach-
es more than 2 million Texas coastal
residents each year.
“Our coastal tour is a warning to all
homeowners not to become compla-
cent or unprepared for a catastrophic
storm,” Hanna said.
With hurricane season peaking on „
Sept. 10, it is no fluke the men have
chosen now to do the media blitz.
A total of 63 hurricanes hav.e made
landfall.in Texas since 1851, with an
average of one coming ashore every
three years.
Although hurricane season begins
June 1 and epds Nov. 30, a majority
of hurricanes typically strike Texas
in August or September, said Reilly,
warning coordination meteorologist
for the Houston/Galveston National
Weather Service Office.
SEE HURRICANE • PAGE 5A
Street dances, bike ride, pageants kick-off Gatorfest
STAFF REPORT
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Texas Gatorfest 2013 is a little more
than a week away from its opening Sept.
12, but some activities jump the gun, set
for Gatorfest Kick-off Weekend Friday
and Saturday.
Street dances both nights, a 50-mile
recreational bicycle ride Saturday, a bar-
becue cook-off and lots of food and con-
cessions promise fun for the weekend.
Gates open at 6 p.m. each night with a
$5 entry fee.
Friday night entertainment for the
street dance is Alex Garibay and Tejano
Knights. Saturday night, music for the
dance will be provided by A1 White and
Chaparral. Dances start at 9 p.m.
On Saturday, there is a washer tourna-
ment at 3:30 p.m. and a horseshoes tour-
nament at 5:30 p.m.
For the cookoff, teams will get start-
ed Friday night. Judging will be Friday
night for the desserts, rice and oyster
competitions. Saturday, teams will be
judged in the chicken, alligator, ribs,
brisket and Bloody Mary competitions.
Bike ride registration starts at 6:30
a.m. Saturday, with the ride beginning
at 7 a.m. The entry fee for riders who
did not pre-register is $30. It begins and
ends and Fort Anahuac Park, which is
home base for Gatorfest.
Saturday is1 also the day for competi-
tion and crowning of Gatorfest royalty
at Anahuac Middle School Auditorium.
Competitions for different age groups
are scheduled throughout the day, be-
ginning with Mr. and Miss Gator Tot at
9 a.m. and ending with 7 p.m. pageant to
crown the Gatorfest Queen.
For more information about all activi-
ties, go to www.texasgatorfest.com.
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