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Mean Gene Kelton performs for a crowd gathered for the Save Our Bayou rally at Roseland Park Saturday.
SUNDAY
October 21, 2007
Since the discovery of developer
an 80-acre tract of land across from
the Roseland boat ramp for a barge
Baytown Sun photo/Nicki Evans
Jose Samano, left, Leticia Martinez, Lucy Castellanos and Pedro
Martinez, of North Shore High School, joined in the 2007 Memory
Walk at Bayland Marina Saturday. The students participated as part
of a community service project for the Anchor Club at North Shore.
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Babysitting Ben
Cove native Spc. Tyler
Ratliff holds an autistic Iraqi
boy nicknamed Ben. Ratliff
has been acting as a surrogate
big brother for Ben, who was
found wandering the streets
alone by Iraqi Police officers.
of the 236 Maxey Road route which
picks up passengers at the mall near
the movie theater and takes them to
one of four locations downtown -
The University of Houston-
Downtown, Milam and Preston,
Milam and Dallas and St. Joseph
BY BARRETT GOLDSMITH
barrett.goldsmith@baytownsun.com
Since its Oct. 1 launch, the
Baytown Express Park and Ride has
caught on with commuters, but
METRO and community leaders are
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advantage of the new service.
The first day saw about 40 folks -
a total of 85 boardings - take the trip
Back to school
Sterling graduate Colton
Pitkin spent the summer
relearning the game of base-
ball as an Astro rookie.
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Baytown Sun photo/Nicki Evans
Boats adorned with “Save Our Bayou” signs float near Roseland Park.
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David Sheppard of
Montgomery was one of many
race enthusiasts living the
dream at HRP Saturday.
Residents rally to save bayou
BY KARI GRIFFIN
kari.griffin@baytownsun.ccm
A feeling of helplessness can be
expected in those watching someone they
love loose the memories and personality
traits that define them. That’s what
Alzheimer’s disease does to its victims.
Hundreds of people met Saturday
morning to regain some of their power at
the 9th annual Memory Walk, hosted by
the Pilot Club of Baytown in conjunction
with fundraising efforts by the
Alzheimer’s Association. By raising cash
for research and walking for their loved
ones, family members and caregivers of
Alzheimer’s patients made strides that
could one day bring them closer to a
cure.
Valaree Fite of Beach City was on the
“MOVE” for Alzheimer’s bright and early
Saturday for her mother, Maxine
Eastman, diagnosed with the disease.
Joined by Eastman’s granddaughter
Kassey Dewitt, 27, and great grand
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Houston. The service now averages
about 60 riders per day, with a slight
hoping more people continue to take drop off on Fridays. One day saw a
total of ritjgrs boar(j the air-condi-
tioned buses.
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Parkway and Louisiana Street.
“It’s off to a great start,” said Ken
Fickes of METRO. “The buses have
been on time. We’ve had some peo-
ple use it to go the medical center. A
lot of them work for energy compa-
nies and several work for legal
firms. They’re mostly professional
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BY KARI GRIFFIN
kari.griffin@baytownsun.com
Theron Gray, 11, didn’t know
what to think when protesters began
filing into Roseland Park with pick-
et signs and petitions Saturday. But
he was all for anything that might
save his fishing' hole.
With conviction, the young Deer
Park resident said a barge terminal
on Cedar Bayou, (directly across
from the grass where he patiently
waited to get a fish on the line), “is
a terrible idea.” , .. t .
The park was packed on land and Richardson Waterail’s plan to lease
water Saturday afternoon with folks
rocking to Mean Gene Kelton and
the Die Hards, and signing a peti-
tion to block a proposed barge ter-
minal across the bayou.
BY KARI GRIFFIN
kari.griffin@baytownsun.com
There are a lot of reasons scam
artists target seniors. And the sooner
seniors learn them, the better chance
they’ll have of not becoming the next
victim.
Barbara Parrott McGinity, program
director for the Better Business
Bureau Education Foundation, and
has helped organize Senior Fraud
Expos across the Houston area for
about six years. But Tuesday will the
first time Baytonians have had a
chance to attend the program in their
hometown.
With the help of the AARP, the
AARP Foundation and the Lee
College Senior Program, seniors can
hear about the latest scams older
adults could find themselves falling
for. Baytown Police will perform a
Crime Stoppers skit, and AARP and
BBB speakers will provide presenta-
tions on identity theft, personal safe-
ty, home repair and construction
scams and Medicare fraud.
“Everyone’s really welcome,”
McGinity said.
But seniors are especially encour-
aged to make room in their schedule.
“Often times because they live on
a limited income, some of these par-
ticular offers they’re more suscepti-
ble to,” McGinity said.
The possibility of increasing their
income through lottery offers or any
scam promising money can be
tempting to seniors struggling finan-
cially.
“That’s why it’s so devastating
within that population,” McGinity
said.
It’s not like seniors can just go out
and get a job or a second job to
recover some of the funds they lost
to fraud, she said.
“It’s harder for them to gain back
that loss,” McGinity said.
But some safeguards can be put in
beginning.
“We’re not going to stop,” said
resident Sonia Barrow.
Holding a sign reading, “Mr.
terminal, citizens have been prepar- Barge, please don’t run over me,”
ing to act, said resident Keith
Cobum. Saturday’s rally is just the
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