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HOUSTON — A disposition
hearing was set for Oct. 30 for
Baytown resident William Michael
Chamblin, who has been charged
By KEN FOUNTAIN
The Baytown Sun
Anderson will likely hear new evi- 300 block of Lakewood Drive,
dence and set a trial date, was C
' Lois Chamblin, was present at the
Wednesdays hearing was the courthouse. Wednesdays proceed- jury indicted Chamblin
in the June 13 capital murders of third setting for Chamblin s ings between Chamblin’s attorneys
his wife and daughter. arraignment since he was arrested and the assistant district attorney employee said.
Godinich and Layton Duer, could
be reached for comment
Wednesday.
Chamblin is being held without
See CHAMBLIN on Page 5A
The Oct. 30 hearing, at which the morning after the women’s took place outside the courtroom, Neither Assistant District
Harris County District Judge Mike deaths in the family home in the making it unclear if the arraign- Attorney Renee Magee, the lead
. ment went forward. It was also prosecutor in the case, nor
Chamblin, 50, did not appear in unclear whether Chamblin pleaded Chamblin s attorneys, Jerome
established at an arraignment hear- court Wednesday, but his mother, guilty or not guilty to the charges,
ing Wednesday. Lois Chamblin, was present at the However, a Harris County grand
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See COUNCIL on Page 5A
Baytown Rotarians mark association’s 75 years
wife, Beverly.
See ROTARY on Page 6A
See COMMENT on Page 5A
City council
to set budget,
tax rate tonight
By WHIT SNYDER
The Baytown Sun
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As Baytown City Manager
Gary Jackson has noted in the
1 of this
proposed budget was to have no
By WHIT SNYDER
The Baytown Sun
under the proposal, taxes on the
average homestead would
increase by $ 11.47, or 9.29 per-
cent compared to last year’s
taxes.
According to figures provided
by the college, the average
homestead value for a residence
in the district last year was
BAYTOWN — Providers of untallied
millions of dollars and countless hours of
time to the community and its causes,
members of the Rotary Club of Baytown lifetime friendships that has allowed
anniversary Thursday night.
Held at the Goose Creek Country
Club, a large gathering of local Rotarians present Rotarians Bob Kalbitz, John
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Council meeting
The Baytown City Council will
meet tonight at 6:30 p.m.
in the council chambers at
Baytown City Hall, 2401
Market St. The meeting is
open to the public.
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club meeting or two.”
The highlight of the evening came
with Denise Fischer’s multi-media pre-
nificantly affecting the city’s
core services.
As part of the budget, admin-
istrators have suggested an
increase in water and sewer
rates.
The proposal suggests a 68-
cent increase in the present base
water and sewer rates of $7.50
to $8.18. It also proposes to
Baytown Sun photo/Meredith Darnell
THE ROTARY CLUB OF BAYTOWN has been serving the commu- Elledge, Rotary Club of Baytown president; Cherie Laughlin, fund is $8.5 million,
nity for 75 years. Displaying the anniversary cake before it is Rotary Club of Baytown public relations; Beverly Yeiter and
served up Wednesday at the Goose Creek Country Club are Ralph George Yeiter, Rotary District Governor.
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BAYTOWN — The long city
budget process will come to a
conclusion tonight when coun-
cil members vote on the city’s
proposed budget and tax rate
for the 2003-04 fiscal year.
Despite no expected increase in
the tax rate, increased values
mean residents will pay about - ... -
7.6 percent more in property Past’ 8°^
taxes than they did last year.
Called a conservative budget, JrS"
the proposed plan is the first in
many, years in which the pro-
posed general fund is lower than
the previous year. The proposed
budget is $77.3 million, slightly
larger than last year’s figure of
$75.6 million. The general fund
portion of the plan is $43.5 mil-
lion, down slightly from last
year’s $43.8 million general
fund budget. The debt service
LC regents to hear comment
on proposed tax increase
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By KEN FOUNTAIN
The Baytown Sun
BAYTOWN - The Lee
College Board of Regents will
meet tonight at 5:30 p.m. in
John B. Tucker Hall to hold a
public hearing on a proposal to
increase total tax revenues from
properties on the districts tax $71,461. Under the proposal, the
roll by 5.09 percent. average value would increase
While the ad valorem tax rate
on properties will not increase
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gold and blue wheel logo. Beavers, who also served as the club’s
On hand for the event was George M. president in 1964-65, it was a 50-year
Yeiter, District 5890 governor and his perfect attendance pin and a gold watch.
..'7 “When I joined the club more than 50
“The Baytown Rotary Club has a rich years ago,” Beavers said, “We met at the
history of fellowship that has developed old Tower Restaurant (once located at the
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celebrated the local association s 75th Rotarians to mutually support each other 50 years I came awful close to missing a
and serve this community,” Yeiter said. ""
The governor also used the occasion to
were treated to a meal, a multi-media pre- Sandhop and Knox Beavers with perfect sentation of the history of the local
sentation and a huge white frosted cake attendance pins. For Sandhop, it was a
bearing Rotary International’s distinctive 40-year perfect attendance pin. For
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Disposition hearing set in Chamblin double murder case
NATION/24
Reservists on alert
for Iraq duty
STATE/3A
Senate approves
redistricting map
ASTROS/1B
Wagner strikes out Bonds
for win, Cubs still one up
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Countdown for Shriners’ fall oyster fry continues
man of the club’s cooking committee.
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Baytown Sun photo/Ken Fountain
TIM TIDWELL, chairman of the Baytown Shriners Club cooking committee,
right, and Frank Kotrola tape down cardboard on the dining room floor of the
club at 110 West Main St. Tuesday in preparation for Friday's oyster fry.
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man of the club's cooking committee. This morning beginning at around
“You usually get a little bit of spillage.” 8:30, club members will begin assem-
Wilkenfeld Furniture Company bling all the dry goods — flour, com-
donated the cardboard, said Tidwell. meal, ketchup, etc. — that will be used
The volunteers also began setting up to prepare the oysters and special red
the 26 tables where patrons can sit dur- sauce used for the event.
On Friday, beginning at around 8 a.m.,
club members will begin receiving the
According to Tom Parkinson, a chief perishable goods — including french
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Main St., in preparation for the club’s °F the 2,200 to 2,500 oyster meals will 300 gallons of oysters trucked in from
oyster fry benefit Friday. be sold to people using the drive- Jeff’s Seafood at Smith Point.
“It helps keep the-room a little cleaner through window on the side of the build-
and safer,” said Tim Tidwell, the chair- ing opposite West Main Street. See OYSTER on Page 5A
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BY KEN FOUNTAIN
The Baytown Sun
BAYTOWN — You can’t have a good
oyster fry without making a bit of a
mess. ' .
With that in mind, about 10 members
of the Baytown Shriners Club spent
Wednesday morning taping down flat-
tened cardboard boxes on the floor of ,
the dining room of the club, 110 West ambassador of the club, about two-thirds fries, cole slaw and between 250 and
Main St., in preparation for the club’s °f the 2,200 to 2,500 oyster meals will 300 gallons of oysters trucked in from
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