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BY KEN FOUNTAIN
The Baytown Sun
By KERI MITCHELL
The Baytown Sun
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The Sterling girls' swimming
team won 10 of 12 events as
the Rangers split a dual meet
with Westside on Thursday at
the Winnie Brown Natatorium.
In the final home meet for four
Sterling swimmers, the Lady
Rangers defeated the Lady
Wolves, 103-73, and the
Sterling boys fell 134-33.
The meet was the final tune-
up before the District 22-5A
meet, which will be held Jan.
30-31 at Humble.
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practice known as ‘Reiki.’”
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Proposed quarter-cent tax
earmarked for street repairs
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BAYTOWN — New homes,
new businesses and possibly
new industry could move into
Bay town as a result of Thursday
night City Council decisions.
About 45 acres of land south-
west of the San Jacinto Mall and
adjacent to John Martin Road
will be added to the city’s tax
increment reinvestment zone.
The tax zone allows developers
who sign agreements with the
tax zone board of directors to be
reimbursed for certain types of
improvements made within the
zone.
A developer, who plans to
build a residential subdivision
in the new tax zone property,
wants to extend Hunt Road to
John Martin Road and “open up
that entire area for access and
development,” said Councilman
Don Murray. Hunt Road begins
at Garth Road and, if extended,
would stretch through the prop-
erty now included in the zone.
Other plans include commer-
cial development, possibly
offices, retail stores and a bank,
at the comer of Garth and Hunt
roads. City Manager Gary
Jackson said the property has
remained undeveloped for a
number of years and adding the
land into the tax zone will “sig-
nificantly enhance the value of
the property and be a general
benefit to the community.”
Directly across John Martin
Road from this property, the
city annexed more than 100
acres of “sparsely populated”
property. A map of the annexed
Photo by Carrie Pryor-Newman
Laurie Terry, left, co-chair of the Baytown Chapter of the American Diabetes Association’s
Winter Ball, is surprised with the announcement that she has been crowned Queen of the
ball. See Page 7A for more coverage.
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| Seeking Citizen of the Year nominations
The Baytown Sun continues its annual tradition to seek out and
j recognize Unsung Heroes and one outstanding Citizen of the Year
[. from our community. Help us by nominating worthy friends, neigh-
[ bors and relatives who deserve recognition for accomplishments
i and contributions to the greater Baytown area.
NOMINATION FORM on PAGE 6A
Local
tion of the allegations conducted at the ing” on her birthday that month.
The lawsuit states that when Foster, _ __
who is Christian, went to the appoint- called the International Center for Reiki
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second lawsuit filed by a former Cynthia Foster, 46, of Baytown, was a indoctrination for a new age religion.’
j The complaint alleges that when reduction and relaxation that allows any-
1980. Foster went to the appointment, she first one to tap into an unlimited supply of
According to the lawsuit, in learned that Scharold and other co-work- ‘life force energy’to improve health and
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In a written statement, an ExxonMobil supervisor, Elaine Scharold, arranged for al, religious teachings of an individual
spokeswoman said an internal investiga- Foster to be sent for a “day of pamper- named Alix Rodwell, that included a
percent. City staff estimates the showed possible breakdowns
quarter-cent tax will bring in for the use of funds at a Dec. 11
about $1.5 million. meeting. The city could spend
Funds from the tax can be $1 million per year rehabilitat-
used to repair and maintain ing about six miles of road per
existing streets. It may not be year if less than 35 percent of
used to build new-streets. the road needs surface repairs
“I think this tax will do so by milling off old surfaces,
much for a majority of the com- repairing bases and laying
plaints we receive.” said down new asphalt. The possible
Councilman Scott Sheley. “The
only complaint will be that they
By KRISTOPHER BANKS
The Baytown Sun
BAYTOWN — A quarter-
cent sales tax for street mainte- can’t go down a street that’s not
nance and repair will be on the being repaired.”
ballot for the May 15 municipal Councilman Calvin
election. Mundinger said that when the
City Council voted unani- city makes plans for the funds,
mously to put the option on the it should be sure to use as much
ballot at the meeting Thursday as possible for neighborhoods.
night. “The glaring need is there.”
If voters approve the tax in he said. “We should earmark
May, the sales tax rate in as much as possible for
Baytown will go up to 8 per- neighborhoods.”
cent. The current rate is 7.75 City Manager Gary Jackson
time found them without merit.
The lawsuit, filed last month in a
Harris County civil court, states that ment, she learned that “it was a type of Training, Reiki (pronounced “Ray-key”)
Baytown Olefins Plant employee alleg- )ab technician at the BOP plant since
ing she was fired because she resisted
pressure from supervisors and co-work-
ers to join a “New Age religion.”
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school administrators from
Baytown and the greater Houston
area.
This award made Tull the first
elementary assistant principal in
Elementary Goose Creek schools to be recog-
Supervisors nized for her leadership and dedi-
cation to children’s education.
said it is her job to manage what
happens in the school.
A perk to the position for Tull
is to sit in the classrooms while
the teachers are instructing the
students.
“1 love listening to them teach
and alf the things they do with the
kids,” said Tull. “It is awesome the
way they present lessons and the
information they get from kids
and the things they can get them
to do.” ___________________________
Although discipline is a large its with Assistant Principal Mitzi Tull, recently named District
IV Assistant Principal of the Year by the Texas Elementary
See TULL on Page 8A Principals and Supervisors Association.
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By LAUREN SALLEE
The Baytown Sun
BAYTOWN — With a smile exciting for me to see her receive such an achievement. 99
on her face and a love for teach-
ing in her heart, a local assis-
tant principal was recognized
for her outstanding efforts as an
administrator.
Travis Elementary Assistant
Principal Mitzi Tull was recently
named District 4 assistant princi-
pal of the year.
The Texas
Principals and
Association selected Tull from a
Hl had the unique opportunity’ to see her as a teacher and
then into an administrator role as an assistant principal. It is
Tull considered that most of her
duties as an assistant principal
were to help things run smoothly
and provide teachers with what
they need to make progress in the
classrooms.
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whether it is with cars and buses,
or children in the cafeteria—Tull
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