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attend a drug and alcohol
counseling program. The stu-
He said that, pending the
outcome of a case that will
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arrives and helps to detain him.
All three officers can be seen
striking Torres with their fists.
One officer can be seen kneel
ing on Torres', neck. At one
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proper police procedures.
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will decide if any charges will
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dent and his or her parents will dent - is
also be required to attend a t
received. 1.400 and Saturday it
received 1,900 visits.
The video, taken from a dash
board-mounted patrol car ' ant-
era, shows Torres attempt to
walk away front two Baytown
Police Officers Bert Dillow and
Micah Aldred. Both officers
wrestle him to the ground while
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The Baytown Sun and Southern
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the Carmage and Martha Ann
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Scholarship in the School of
Journalism of the University of
». Attorney Robert, Stokes, one
killed in a firefight, Mills said, in eastern Afghanistan. of the attorneys representing
The operation is being led by government entities such as the
''Generally speaking, it's a
fairly accelerated schedule," he
said. “It would have been nice to'
have more time to get into some
of the issues."
Stokes said he thought there t0 highlight quite" adequately
■ was a possibility delay in the that there are many issues in this.
, schedule, due to the lack of spe- particular permit' hearing that
are unique due to the fact that
the TNRCC has not promulgat
ed rules that the judges can fol
mit their high-school transcript,
school journalism or English
teacher and a statement outlining
their career goals in print journal-
ism. Applications should be submit-
ted by March 27 to Wanda Gamer
Cash, The Baytown Sun. 1301
Memorial Drive, Baytown, Texas
and demonstrated interest in prinf 77520.
A second meeting for par-
ents will be held Thursday at 7
p.m. in the C.T- Joseph
Conference Center.
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Photo by Brandon Shoppa 150 visits per day. By Monday
Texas at Austin. The scholarship is - journalism. Applicants should sub-
for $2,000 in the 2002-03 acade- mit their high-school transcript, a
mic year beginning next September, letter of reference from a high-
Applicants should be interested ----------
ip pursuing a career in print journal-
ism and must have been admitted
or be seeking admission, to the
University of Texas at Austin. The
scholarship winner will be selected
on the basis of academic standing
common, is not a rarity among
blackbirds, Sherman said.
Baytown resident Brandon
Shoppa was first to report the
bird to The Sun.
“I was going to get my hair
cut and spotted the bird. I ran aren't very friendly, according
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will host a "power explosion" ., , , . „
nr',- A ■ , Valentino and former Baytor
youth rally featuring Reinven , „„ , „
Your Indentity (RY1), a group
from Rockford, JI.
The rally is geared towards
teen-agers 10-20 years old and
because I thought that an albino
bird would be pretty rare," he
said.
Susan Billetdeaux of the
Houston Audubon Society said
non-migratory birds, at times,
exhibit strains of albino pig-
mentation.
"We’re seeing albino birds
more and more often in recendy
years,” Billetdeaux said.
“Sometimes, this is due to
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half-mile away, Mills said. scored „not only the dangers in 29 to file discovery requests.
He said the second helicopter pursuing President Bush's ‘ n” 17 ,hn 1
was flying in tandem with the declared goal of eliminating
Albino grackle seen flying around town
By MNIELLE LYNCH because I thought that an albino I . ~
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former ruling Taliban militia
dug in near the town of Gardez,
Details on the two helicopter
incidents were sketchy, and mil-
itary officials offered two differ-
ing accounts of what happened.
“The fog of war will persist "
until more of the soldiers
involved are brought back and
debriefed, Army Gen. Tommy
Franks, commander of U.S.
Central Command, told a news
conference in Tampa, Fla.,
where he is based. vuj/ici muiicuiaieiy came U11I
Pentagon officials said that in fjre and left the chopper to 1
return fire, Pentagon officials pital in Afghanistan.
> Franks said he watched the Maj. Gen. Franklin Hagenbeck, City of Baytown, said the sched
said. Six were killed. Franks
was unsure whether the casual- subsequent rescue operation commanding general of the tile moves quickly.
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the first incident, an MH-47
Chinook helicopter ferrying a
reconnaissance force to the area
came under fire as
approached its landing zone.
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contacted, the company will
contact the school district.
Graves said students will be
selected randomly through a
computer program. Some stu-
dents will be selected several
times, while it’s possible others
may never be selected.
“F ,
they have an equal chance of ings. but will not be allowed to
being tested each time they compete
come in,'’ he said. 1
Each time a student tests , —
positive, their parents are noti- involved," Sonnenberg said.
BAYTOWN — An albino
grackle has been spotted flying
between the Target and Kroger
parking lots on Garth Road..
The white bird, a great tail
grackle, apparently is common
to the area, according to Sattie
Sherman of the Eddie V Gray
Wetlands Center.
The pigmentation, though not genetics, other times, it may be
environmental or chemical —
' but whatever the cause —. the
birds appear to be healthy.”
Experts say grackleS are a
problem species. They often
disturb other bird's nests and
into the store and.bought a dis- to a volunteer at the Anahuac An albino grackle has been seen traveling between Target and Kroger afternoon, the site had received
posable camera to take a picture National Wildlife refuge. on Garth Road-
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will march from city hall to
Bicentennial Park, where a can-
dlelight vigil will be held in
honor of Torres. DeHoyos said
he is working to obtain the nec-
essary permits for the event.
The-Internet release of a
polite videotape which shows , ,a ggt Rodney Evans.
Torres' detainment has tripled
the number of visitors to the
Baytown Police Department
Website.
“The home, page has gotten
approximately three times the point, one of the officers places
usual amount of traffic," said a baton on the ground. It is
Sgt. Bobby Mathews. unclear whether or not the baton
Mathews said the Web site was used,
normally receives an average of
Dillow, Aldred and Evans
remain on administrative leave :
with pay. Baytown Police Chip!
367. Byron Jones has said that the
The subsection of the police officers acted according to
department Web site which con-
tains the Torres video had
, , . . , , . , r,., , received 1,100 hits by 2 p.m.
landed under control, but when tion of the two. link. j c j ,i
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vz. x.g.acio uic ar t lifted off, a soldier fell out of However, a Central Rumsfeld said about half of
Qaida terror network and the the alrcraft- Franks said the crew Command spokesman, Marine the 40 soldiers wounded in the TQP
r i. m . did not FP3it had Inct him N4ai I?alnh Mills said thp first nnnratinn cn far had rnfiinnad trs I
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Names of the Americans
killed Monday were being with- process.
- Oti July 8, the opposition
notified. gmups will file their testimony
troops -to fight ;-the al-Qaida first helicopter landed about-e - The American-deathsHmdei in the xase. 1SP has until July. ,
forces. The helicopter came half-mile away, Mills said. scored pot only the dangers in 29 to file discovery requests,
under machine gun and rocket-
propelled grenade fire and was
forced to make what Franks first and rescued the downed Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida but testimony in the case,
called a "controlled" crash crew, then returned to the area also the difficulty of assaulting
landing. where the soldier fell out. The what Pentagon officials say are
The soldiers aboard the heli- second helicopter dropped well-armed and well-organized Nov. 4.
with the student's activities. A fourth offense results in appear before
The student will also continue the student being barred from Supreme Court this year, the
to be tested for one calendar all extracurricular activities district may expand testing to
and social events, such as i
second offense, the school dances, for the remain- activities.
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Also according to the policy, the legal precedent to stand oppoilunity to question what the low, he said.
Youth rally slated for tonight
Special to the Sun 7 p.m. today at Memorial
Assembly of God.
The group is .led by Dan
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resident and 1990 Sterling
graduate, Douglas “Booker”
Edwards.
Memorial Assembly of God
offers a message of hope and is located at 3220 N. Alexander
destiny. Drive. For more information,
The rally Will take place at call (281) 422-6334.
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Thursday the week following they are
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random from tlte telephone book. No
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student will be suspended from der of high school attendance.
did not realize it had lost him Maj. Ralph Mills, said the first operation so far had returned to
until it had left. helicopter was flying low when battle.
More than three hours later it was hit with a rocket-pro-
and about four miles away, pelled grenade that knocked a
Pentagon .officials said, another soldier out of the aircraft and held until relatives could be
MH-47 Chinook brought in caused a hydraulic problem. The
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Many parents raised con- approval at a school board
cerns that only students meeting Feb. 26. The board
involved in athletics were will vote on final approval on
"We want to keep them being tested. Some said they
. felt if athletes were tested, then
"We don’t want to throw them all should be tested.
out on the street.” Sonnenberg said the district for students participating in
suspended from athletes because of established
extracurricular activities for legal precedents.
conference with a principal, one year, but must still attend
coach or anyone else involved meetings and practices.
Brief
March 25.
If approved, a pilot program
is scheduled to begin in April
Upon a third offense, the stu- decided to limit the testing to spring semester athletics.
all extracurricular activities for i
a minimum of 30 days. The students who refuse to submit
student will be required to to drug testing will be consid-
‘Every student has to know attend all practices and meet- ered as having tested positive, policy was given preliminary
-----or participate in any
performances.
.standards should be. and.that’s
going to take longer than youi
average permit hearing," he
said.
Attorney Guy Matthews, who
represents several citizens fight
ing the landfill, said he thought-
executive' director will file'his tl,(' schcdule Provided enoug1’
time to • conduct the proper
amount of research.
Matthews said he knew of
some issues which might cause
the schedule to change, but
declined to reveal what they
were.
four Hitchcock, vice presi
dent of Informed Citizens
United, said he was surprised
that the schedule did not allow
for more time.
“I do believe that the hearing
before the TNRCC commis
stoners was a forum that tender
a possibility delay in the that there are many issues in this.
include all extracurricular cific rules governing the land
fill.
“We're going to have to an
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