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Sweet homecoming
for Harvey victims
is back, baby!
Ribbon cutting ushers in new era
City Council finalizes
penny cut in taxes
New budget offers increase in general fund
2 years down the road
Harvey made landfall near Rockport on Aug. 25,2017 as a Cat 4 hurricane, threatening
millions with 130-mph winds, heavy rains & a storm surge that swamped coastal areas
Ryan Pennington stands in the flooded neighborhood of his Raccoon Drive was the staging area for multiple rescues
grandparents’ home off Fleming Drive behind Stallworth of residents whose homes were swamped by the rising
People with fond mem-
ories of the Brunson The-
ater’s heyday as Baytown’s
In its new life, the Brun-
son Theater will serve two
major functions: it is the
new home of the city’s
Tourism Development Of-
fice, which was previously
located at City Hall, and it
side when compared to neighbor-
ing cities; however eight and a
half cents of the current rate are
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Nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey
hit the area, Baytown continues to recover, as
city staff eyes funding for key projects.
The devastating hurricane made landfall
as a Category 4 stonn on Aug. 25, 2017, and
hit Baytown two days later, ravaging the area
with over 51 inches of rain falling on the city.
Around 5,300 Baytown homes were im-
pacted by Harvey, along with city infrastruc-
ture and facilities.
To date, City Manager Rick Davis says
the city has expended $3.75 million on Har-
vey-related repairs. Of that, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency has reim-
bursed $2.54 million for recovery. Addition-
ally, the city has received insurance payments
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Baytown Sun photo by Matt Hollis
Anita Brooks, center, was given a new welcome mat and an air-purifying plant by members of the United Way of Greater
Baytown Area and Chambers County, St. Vincent de Paul’s Disaster Recovery Services and Marcelous-Williams Re-
source Center as part of a welcoming ceremony for her home that was damaged in Hurricane Harvey.
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US opioid epidemic
Public invited to Narcan training Thursday
BY AMBER CARTER ly to identify the most effective
The government says more methods to prevent and reduce
than 70,200 Americans died from opioid abuse and unintentional
drug overdoses in 2017, includ- overdose deaths. One of those
ing illicit drugs and prescription methods is to administer Nalox-
opioids—a twofold increase in a one or Narcan which is a very ef-
decade. That’s over 192 people fective drug for reversing opioid
per day, overdoses.
The misuse of and addiction When a person overdoses on
to opioids—including prescrip- an opioid, their breathing and
tion pain relievers, heroin, and pulse slow leading to brain dam-
synthetic opioids such as fentan- ageor death. A dose of Naloxone
yl-is a serious national crisis In or Narcan stops those effects for
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vention specialists, physicians, ----‘----------------------------
and researchers collaborate dai- SEE OPIOID • PAGE 7A
Baytown council has approved required to maintain debt service
a new budget that cuts the tax rate for the 2007 bond alone,” Mark
by one penny. Miller, City of Baytown spokes-
Wade Nickerson, Baytown’s man said.
director of finance, said the bud- The operating funds for the
get also has offsetting reductions 2019-20 budget is $207.1 mil-
and expenditures for the reduc- lion. This includes general, debt
tion of the tax-rate revenue. service, hotel occupancy tax,
The new rate is $0.80203 per aquatics, water and sewer, wa-
>100luation. ter and sewer debt service, san-
. Although the tax rate is lower, itation, stonn water, garage and
it still is higher than some of the warehouse funds.
neighboring cities. Deer Park S Last year’s budget was $202.4
rate is $ 2 0 valu- million, which also included a
ation whileLa Porte l1S $0.71 1-cent property tax rate reduction
cents per $100 of valuation. -------—-— ----------------
“We lean toward on the higher SEE TAX • PAGE 7A
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cent de Paul’s Disaster Recov- Way contractors had put in new
ery Services, the Rotary Club wood flooring new cabinets
of Baytown and the Maree- painted thewalls .removedlall
lous-Williams Resource Cen- of the molded walls as well as
ter. SEE HOMES • PAGE 8A
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Baytown Sun photo by Carol Skewes
From left Brent Brunson, great nephew of Howard Brunson;
Penelope Riordan, great great granddaughter of Howard
Brunson; Marissa Brunson Riordan, great granddaughter
of Howard Brunson and Martha Brunson Buehler, daugh-
ter of Howard Brunson, who traveled here for the Brunson
Grand Re-opening from Bountiful, Utah
social center mingled will house a business in-
with others who were not cubator, which will give
yet bom when the movie entrepreneurs affordable
screen went dark for its last office space, along with ad-
time in 1983 as the com- vice and support, to bring
munity celebrated the new new business to the com-
sequel in the building’s munity.
story. Tourism offices are in
As with many movie re- the front of the building
makes, a lot of the former where the theater lobby
players had featured roles once was. The middle part
but the story was updated of the building is the busi-
for a new generation. ness incubator, with about
The structure no ion- a dozen individual work
ger has an auditorium or stations and a conference
screen, and is dedicated room.
to economic development The back portion of the
rather than entertainment, building is an outdoor pa-
but its special place in the tio, which may be enclosed
heart of Baytonians was in the future, but for now
clear. can be used for functions,
“We’re not trying to as it was for the grand
re-create Texas Avenue,” opening reception Friday
Mayor Brandon Capetillo night.
told the crowd gathered for After the ribbon-cutting
the ceremonial ribbon-cut- and reception came a trip
ting. “We’re not trying to down memory lane as the
re-create the era that was city showed the premiere
once here. We’re celebrat- presentation of a 40-min-
ing those things and we’re ute documentary about
building upon that.” SEE BRUNSON • PAGE 7A
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 165, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 25, 2019, newspaper, August 25, 2019; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1467828/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.