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Wal-Mart center to add millions to local coffers
See WAL-MART on Page BA
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Baytown Sun photo/Albert Magdaleno
See RECORD on Page 8A
See SIGNS on Page BA
Signs warn
of toxins in
channel fish
THE CROWD AT LEE COLLEGE’S basketball game against cross- for the most people wearing the masks at one time. They need-
channel rival San Jacinto College wore Groucho Marx disguises ed 938 people to wear the mask for 15 minutes, but 708 peo-
in attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records mark pie attended the game and wore the masks. ...
By KEN FOUNTAIN
The Baytown Sun
it Our key concern when we do a deal like this is a positive return for
the Permanent School Fund We look for low-risk, high-return things. 99
BAYTOWN— After the new Wai- Jim Suyman, Texas General Land Office spokesman
Mart regional distribution center is
completed and becomes operational in
2005, it will contribute approximately
$2.5 million annually in revenues to
Texas General Land Office, said that at
present, the property taxes on the vacant
240-acre property are approximately
$2,900 a year.
Once the facility becomes opera-
tional, that figure would jump to
approximately $2.5 million a year.
The company is expected to con-
tribute $180 million to the state’s
Permanent Schools Fund over the 30
years of the lease.
BAYTOWN—A large crowd at Lee < ___ ~
College Sports Arena failed to break Benoit with the college’s arena maiket-
the Guinness world record Wednesday jng staff.
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By KEN FOUNTAIN
The Baytown Sun
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Harris County Precinct 2
Commissioner Sylvia Garcia
unveiled new sings Monday to
warn fishers to avoid eating fish
and crabs caught along the
Houston Ship Channel.
The signs, which were made
by Precinct 2 personnel, advise
people of the health hazards
associated with dioxin contami-
nation of fish and crab at 10
popular fishing sites along the
waterway, particularly those
north of the Lynchburg Ferry.
Since 1990, the Texas
Department of Health has
issued the consumption warn-
ings saying that fish and crab
caught along the channel, par-
ticularly north of the Lynchburg
Ferry, were tainted with poten-
tially cancer-causing dioxins,
pesticides and PCBs. A more
recent study by University of
Houston researchers detected
dioxin, an industrial byproduct,
in 96 percent of fish along the
channel, at levels as high as or
higher than a decade ago.
Health officials say that no
one should consume more than
eight ounces of any fish or crab
(approximately one serving)
caught in the northern end of the
channel per month. South of the
ferry, the advisories apply only
to catfish and blue crab.
They advise that women of
childbearing age and children
Spring schools
want out
Spring and Spring
Westfield are challenging
the recent UIL decision to
include them in District 22-
5A, which includes Lee and
Sterling high schools.
Spring school officials
claim the traveling dis-
tances are too cumbersome
for players and the schools’
athletic budgets.
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Snorts
Ferry Rd.
petition
rejected
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■ Panel: All residents
should have a say .
By KRISTOPHER BANKS \
The Baytown Sun
the Cedar Crossing Industrial Park after 30 years. Thus, the corporation will not
a year of hushed negotiations with local, pay property taxes on the site. But the
local taxing entities, according to a regional and state officials and private company will pay taxes on the invento-
spokesman for the state agency involved sector representatives. ry within the 2 million-square-foot
in the arrangement. After the facility opens for business, building, as well as a planned second
The retailing giant announced its it will be owned by the state of Texas phase that will double its size.
intention Tuesday to build the facility at and leased to Wal-Mart for a period of Jim Suyman, a spokesman for the
BAYTOWN-The Planning
and Zoning Commission sent a-:
petition to approve changes ofr
Ferry koad back to the residents
Wednesday because it did not .
match the specifications city
staff had expected.
The mismatch stem from a
dispute between some residents,
particularly Alan Hudgins, and
the city over who should have a
say over what happens on the
road.
Residents along Ferry Road
are concerned about speeding
cars, which break the 30 mph
speed limit as they approach
Highway 146 at' the northern
exit from Ferry Road. Despite a
stop sign, many cars do not
make a full stop, a traffic study
found.
The residents’ petition speci-
fied that the imparted area from
the traffic would be the area
north of Hayes Road, which
includes 11 property owners.
Ten of those 11 signed a previ-
ous petition. The petition con-
sidered Wednesday was . put
before the commission for
approval before distributing to
residents.
See FERRY on Page BA
Lee College attempt at record book fells short
By KER! MITCHELL Students handed the disguise to fans as of East Lansing High School wore the
The Baytown Sun they entered and asked them for signa- disguise last May. Benoit said before
_________ . turns to make the count official. the game that Lee would “strip some
“I think we’ll be close,” said Brian poor kid of his record tonight’’
The college prepared for a sell-out
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night for the most people wearing When the final count was handed Marx glasses. The Rebels* cross-town
Groucho Marx glasses. down, the college came up short with rivals, the San Jacinto College Ravens,
The college wanted at least 938 peo- 708 participants. attracted a crowd of more than 1,000
pie to don the glasses—complete with A Michigan student led the crusade last year, Benoit said,
large nose, eyebrows and a moustache to set the current record, established
— for 15 minutes during halftime, when 937 staff members and students
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By LAUREN SALLEE
The Baytown Sun
ELECTION
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Baytown Sun photo/Laren Sa«ee
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Shannon Kluppel, Vivian Smith, Patrick
Kluppel and Brian Kluppel pose beside the stained glass window dedicated
to former Ashbel Smith teacher Lynn Kluppel. Smith is the artist who
designed the window display to represent the teacher’s dedication.
Chambers County voters in
Constable Precinct 4 will decide
whether Carl Evans has ful-
filled his obligations or if
another candidate for the
position will take his
place in the upcoming
election.
Evans faces Bobby
Joines, a self employed
resident of the area, in
the March 9 Republican
Primary. No Democrats filed
for this precinct
Evans defeated Democrat
Tom Wright in the 2000 race.
The main issue in the elec-
tion, Evans said, is experience,
By LAUREN SALLEE
The Baytown Sun
BAYTOWN — The library at Ashbel Smith
Elementary was transformed into an elegant tea-
room during a special dedication ceremony for a
former teacher on Wednesday.
Friends, family, coworkers and even former stu-
dents attended the dedication ceremony fora Pre-K
and kindergarten teacher who was said to have
shared her enthusiasm for life with all that knew her.
A stained glass window was dedicated to Lynn
Kluppel, who died at the age of 45 on June 25,2003.
Principal Nancy Sanders said the school wanted
something permanent to reflect on the impact
Kluppel made while she was a teacher.
It took about 40 hours for artist Vivian Smith to
complete die colorful project that shows two chil-
dren and a teacher reading in a circle.
Two Republicans face off in
Chambers Co. constable race
while Joines said constable
availability is the central issue
in the race for the Precinct 4
position.
Constables are elected to
four-year terms.
The constable’s pri-
mary duties are serv-
ing warrants and civil
papers and acting as
a bailiff for the jus-
tices of the peace.
The constable’is
salary is budgeted for
$35,473.22 this year.
Travel expenses are included in
the constable’s yearly salary for
$6^00.
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Cash, Wanda Garner. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 79, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 2004, newspaper, February 19, 2004; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1185076/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.