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Vol. 95, No. 44 © 2015 • Since 1922
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Funeral today for first of two slain teens
CHAVEZ
BY MATT HOLLIS
matt.hollis@baytownsun.com
Under a gray sky and droplets of
rain, Mariana Castillo stood with a
bottle of Bleu de Chanel in her hand
and black bands on her wrist with the
words “Rest in Peace Alex Chavez”
on them.
Castillo was at Crespo & Jirrels Fu-
neral Home on Garth Road Wednes-
day, attending the visitation for her
son, Alex, one of the slain Robert E.
Lee High School students whose body
was found along with Jarvis Morgan
last week near Oak Island in Anahuac.
The bottle of cologne was one of Al-
ex’s favorites, she said, one of 10 he
owned. A relative helped make the
wristbands as well as buttons with a
picture of Aiex on them.
The funeral for Alex will be this af-
ternoon in La Porte.
“I have peace that my son is home,”
Castillo said. “Right now. I’m thank-
ful for everyone’s support from the
community. They are showing the
love that my son said was out there.”
She also had a message for the men
arrested for killing her son and Jarvis
and the one still on the run.
“To the ones that did this to him and
the ones out there hiding, it won't be
for long,” Castillo said. “What they
did was not right. It was very evil and
1 would never wish it upon to them.
I’m not saying I’m angry. I’m hurt
because they took my son’s life. But
he’s alive in.rny heart. God will have
something to say about this.”
Sharon Bernard, Jarvis’ mother,
said that his funeral is expected to be
SEE SON • PAGE 10
Dayton drowns Barbers Hill, 7-1 Nix
Baytown Sun photo by Alysha Beck
Barbers Hill’s Devin Manak bunts the ball to get on base as his teammates watch from the dugout during the game against Dayton on
Wednesday. See story on page 5, ' .
Flood insurance costs on the rise
THE BAYTOWN SUN
Many residents of Baytown have Na-
tional Flood Insurance Program policies
on their homes and businesses. For many
in this region of the Texas Gulf Coast,
this flood insurance is a requirement of
lenders in order to get a home or business
mortgage. For many others, who dive
outside of the official floodplain, flood
insurance is a wise protection of the in-
vestment that they have in their home or
business. NF1P flood insurance coverage
is specifically for damages from floods,
which most basic homeowner or business
insurance policies specifically exclude.
There are some significant increases to
the costs of NFIP policies that many pol-
End of subsidies leads to big increases
flood insurance premium costs for every
policy will increase. The maximum in-
crease will be 18 percent of the current
premium rate.
In addition:
• There will be either a $25 surcharge
on all “primary residence” NFIP policies
or a $250 surcharge on any “non-primary
residence” (businesses, rent houses, va-
cation homes, etc.) policies. NFIP poli-
cyholders should contact their insurance
agent for the required certification of
“primary residence” documentation. If.
icyholders are not aware of, coming this
year.
Congress, through the Biggert-Waters
Insurance Reform Act of 2012, began to
phase out the federal subsidies that have
kept the NFIP policies costs so afford-
able. Policy cost increases that resulted
from Biggert-Waters were shocking, so
congress modified Biggert-Waters with
the Homeowner Flood Insurance Afford-
ability Act of 2014. Nevertheless, NFIP.
premium increases will occur and will
impact all policyholders as of April 1 and
beyond.
Annually, beginning April 1, the basic
SEE FLOOD • PAGE 10
packs
School-distance rule could
bar alcohol sales for Vaquita
BY ELESKA AUBESPIN
eleska.aubespin@baytownsun.com
Baytown City Council will consid-
er whether an Alexander Drive grocery
store will be allowed to sell alcohol with-
in 300 feet of an elementary school.
The city’s Code of Ordinances restricts
establishments from selling alcohol near
schools but allows business owners to
ask for a variance to'the alcohol sales re-
striction.
Camiceria La Vaquita No. 3 is asking
council to do that during council’s 6:30
meeting tonight at Baytown City Hall,
2401 Market St.
The store’s owner, Bama La Vaquita
USA is coming to council after an initial
request for a certification to allow alco-
holic sales for off-premise consumption
was .denied in December.
In that case, the store failed to meet re-
quirements that the measurement of the
distance between the places of business
SEE SALES • PAGE 10
County to hear
public input on
roadway plan
THE BAYTOWN SUN
The Harris County Engineering De-
partment will conduct a. public hearing
tonight on a major thoroughfare plan that
encompasses an area north of Interstate
10 near Barrett Station and Highway 90.
The public hearing will be held at the
Barrett Station Community Center, 808
Magnolia Drive in Crosby, from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m.
The Harris County Public Infrastruc-
ture Department wants to preserve the
potential for grow th in the area with the
purposed thoroughfare plans with con-
sideration of future road development.
Representatives from Harris County
SEE ROADS * PAGE 10
Business continues on ship channel
Spill slows hut doesn’t stop work on busy waterway
BY JUAN A. LOZANO
The Associated Press
LA PORTE - Goods are being unloaded
and commerce traded along the Houston
Ship Channel, even though part of the wa-
terway remained closed Wednesday amid
cleanup efforts following a collision that
spilled a flammable chemical.
About a 4-mile to 8-mile stretch of the
ship channel is closed as crews deal with a
gasoline additive that spilled after two 600-
foot ships collided on Monday in foggy
conditions. The closure means that ships in
the Gulf of Mexico can’t come into the ship
channel and vessels that had been set to
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"leave are also stuck. The U.S. Coast Guard
has said the cleanup effort and salvage op-
eration could take at least several days to
complete.
U.S. District 36 Representative Brian
Babin personally surveyed the damage and
response [Wednesday] to the Houston Ship
Channel collision, which occurred Mon-
day within Babin's congressional district.
Babin was provided with an aerial survey
and briefing by U.S. Coast Guard Capt.
Brian Penoyer, who is overseeing the re-
sponse. Babin offered his steadfast support
and commitment to Capt. Penoyer and all
SEE CHANNEL • PAGE 7
Contributed photo
U.S. Rep. Brian Babin, center, is updated on the ship channel spill response by U.S.
Coast Guard Captain Brian Penoyer on Wednesday.
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