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the man coming down,” said Mayor
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MONT BELVIEU — From his office
in Tulia, future city administrator Bryan
Easum says he plans to sign the contract
approved by City Council on Monday.
With a $75,607 starting salary, the
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dents, Easum has presided over 51 the community."
While in Tulia, Easum helped devel-
op a 20-year capital improvement plan
as well as the construction of a $2.6 mil-
lion wastewater treatment plant and
a part of the community and that's University of Oklahoma.
city administrator important to us" “I like him,” said Councilwoman
Easum s has more than 16 years of Judy Duncan. “His credentials are great
1 vote. After five years city administrator experience, including and I look forward to working with him.
employment with the eight years as administrator of Tulia.
city, council terminal- With a population of about 5,000 resi- cil of what we thought would fit best for
ment. It will be hectic for the first few
months but I will make time when they
come in.”
Easum was offered city administrator
jobs in Mont Belvieu and in Commerce,
but said he decided on Mont Belvieu
when the offer was made following a
40-yeair-old Easum plans “to open for one-hour closed meeting Monday night,
business at the Mont Belvieu City Hall iV“
on Feb. 18.
“Citizens are always welcome to
come in and talk to me,” Easum said.
“They don’t need to make an appoint-
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BAYTOWN — Events com-
memorating the birth of civil-
rights leader Martin Luther
King Jr. are planned by two
Baytown institutions for
Monday.
Lee College will host the pro-
gam, “Pieces of the Dream," at
6 p.m. Monday in Rundell Hall
Auditorium, and San Jacinto
Methodist Hospital will have
speakers and entertainment at
10 a.m. on the Garth Road cam-
pus.
King was bom Jan. 15,1929,
in Atlanta. He is noted for being
an organizer and president of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, a civil-rights otga-
nization responsible for organiz-
ing non-violent protests against
discrimination during the 1950s
and 60s.
He authored several influen-
tial works including “Letter
From Birmingham Jail,” and
delivered the “I have a dream
speech."
King was assassinated April
4,1968, in Memphis, Tenn.
King’s birthday has been cele-
brated as a national holiday
since 1986
Lee College has worked with
the Black Educational Access
Committee to honor the memo-
ry of King for the past 15 years,
said Sandra Fontenot, a commit-
tee spokeswoman.
“I really hope people under-
stand where Dr. King was com-
ing from in the 1960s when he
was trying to get unity, really, all
over the world,” Fontenot said.
Testimonials and perfor-
mances will focus on
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METH AMEZCUA scores the second goal for the Lady Ganders on Friday during the first game of the ExxonMobil Girls
Soccer Classic at Sterling High School. The Lady Rangers and Lady Ganders both advanced past pool play Friday and
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By KELLEY SHANNON
The Associated Press
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry’s state
budget proposal is a sea of zeros. In
every budget category, Perry recom-
mended Friday that the state spend
nothing.
Public school education? Zero.
Public safety? Zero.
Agriculture? Zero.
It's part of what Perry’s office called
a historic move by the governor, Lt.
Gov.-elect David Dewhurst and House
Speaker Tom Craddick — all
Republicans — to oversee "a complete
re-examination of state spending”
amid tough budget times.
“The current fiscal situation
demands that we re-examine the core
responsibilities of government and the
state spending practices of the past
dozen years,” Perry said in a prepared
statement.
He said his budget starts at zero so
that every dollar eventually spent can
be scrutinized and justified.
Earlier, appearing at a Texas Medical
Association event at a fashionable
Austin hotel, Perry refused to answer
specific questions about his budget
proposal before rushing away to a pri-
vate gathering.
“We’re going to craft a budget,
working along with the Legislature of
course, that will allow for the priorities
of the state of Texas to be met — with
available revenue,” Perry said.
Lawmakers must write the 2004-05
spending plan during the session that
ends June 2. The past several
Legislatures have used previous bud-
gets’ spending levels as a starting point
for the new budget.
That would have been a tough job
this time because Texas is expected to
have $10.4 billion less this biennium
than it did for the current budget, cre-
ating a shortfall. That means deep cuts
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BAYTOWN — Local community leader
Joyce Young has been named as the Bay organizations in 1986 by aiding students at served on the boards of the Community
Area Womens Centers new executive the now closed Kent School For Children Council on Drugs and Alcohol, the
director. Young replaces Al Kondo who With Dyslexia in Baytown. She later Joined Baytown Alliance and Bay Area Homeless
resigned In December after four years in the Baytown Housing Authority in 1992 Services. In addition, she has worked as a
the position. where she acquired numerous certifica- member of the executive board of the Bay
“This is the most wonderful thing that tions in the field of public housing man- Area Resource Association and the Texas
has ever happened to me,” Young said. “I agement. Family Self-Sufficiency Regional
“ ' ’ From Baytown Housing and Urban Organization. Contributed photo
expect to see some innovative new things Development office, Young moved to San Young is married and has four children: JOYCE YOUNG HAS been named as the Bay Area Women's Center’s
happening at the women’s center.” Jacinto Hospitals business office where David, 28, Misty, 23 and twins Angel and new executive director. Young replaces Al Kondo who resigned in
Young moves up to the executive director she performed as a financial counselor. Ray, 20. December after four years in the position.
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employees and a $4.1 million budget.
Council chose Easum over more than “I’m excited about Easum has also worked for five years
30 candidates, including runner-ups the man coming down,” said Mayor as administrator of Albion, Neb., and
Nicholas Finan of League City and Lonnie Follis. “He seems to be a really for one year for the town of
Robert T. “Bo” McDaniel of Seabrook, good fit for the city of Mont Belvieu. Slaughterville, Okla. He holds a mas-
The selection came six months after He appears to be a man that wants to be ter’s of public administration from the
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position from her seat as secretary of the She later became director of membership
Bay Area Women’s Center’s Board of resources for Mutual Affordable Housing
Directors.
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