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Obama-era Affordable Care Act.
ity, district frown on campaign gear
before school or we provide cov-
for teachers to go vote on Nov. 3.
Nov. 3 will be an instructional day
Georgia, where 26.3% of the people votes cast at Coady Baptist Church,
South," Giroir said.
others highly vulnerable.
official.
borhood, and 80% of it is below the and not get damaged.
the consumers or whoever builds the
while citrus (or any fruit) Chambers County resident.
if needed for teachers to be able to
vote. They can also go during the
later hours, but we try to provide
coronavirus surge, he said. The site,
scheduled to open this week, will
provide additional medical equip-
8,574 ballots at the Lee College
voting location. Other nearby lo-
cations were also busy, with 5,660
court’s rightward tilt. Monday’s 52-48
vote was the closest high court confirma-
El Paso County Judge Ricardo
Samaniego on Sunday night issued
a stay home order with a daily cur-
few from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Viola-
Texas tops early voting
More than 7 million Texans, in-
cluding more than 1 million in Har-
Diana Marie
Lafrancois
Voris
munity Building in Baytown.
All voters must vote in their coun-
ty of residence.
Extended hours for
early voting
Both Chambers and Harris Coun-
ties have extended hours for early
voting through Friday, which is the
final day.
More than 100%
Judicial Watch, a conservative po-
litical foundation, said 353 counties
in the United States have voter reg-
istration rates of more than 100%,
meaning they have more registered
voters than eligible voters.
One county cited by the founda-
tion is Chambers County, which it
claims has a 109% registration rate.
The report said most of the dis-
crepancy comes from voters who
Senate, Republicans overpowering Dem-
ocrats to install President Donald Trump’s
nominee days before the election and se-
cure a likely conservative court majority
for years to come.
Trump’s choice to fill the vacancy of tion ever to a presidential election, and the
the late liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg first in modern times with no support from
potentially opens a new era of rulings on the minority party.
Neither the City of Baytown or Goose Creek CISD
have specific prohibitions on employees wearing po-
litically-themed clothing, but such clothing would run
afoul of general requirements that clothing be profes-
sional and not disruptive, according to spokespersons
for the entities.
2,526 at the San Jacinto Community
Center in Highlands and 8,988 at the
Crosby Community Center.
Chambers County had 13,743 bal-
lots cast through Sunday.
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is flowering; the bees are
more important.
If you have ever had an
odd thorny shoot coming
who’ve voted are new or infrequent
voters, and Texas, which is expect-
ed to set turnout record and where
30.5% are new or infrequent voters.
The strong share of new and in-
frequent voters in the early vote is
part of what leads analysts to predict
more than 150 million total votes
will be cast and possibly the highest
turnout in a U.S. presidential elec-
tion since 1908.
record of 1,216 cases that was set
Saturday.
The county had 853 patients hos-
pitalized for the virus on Monday,
up from 786 a day earlier.
Earlier Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg
Abbott said 50 hospital beds will be
PARSONS
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OBITUARIES
For information, call 281-422-8302
BY MARK FLEMING
mark.fleming@baytownsun.com
CITY
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VIRUS
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A. Lynette Parsons is
a master gardener and
ELECTION
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erage for them. We always do that be offering a day off or half-day off this week.”
bud break (which would
be about January), you can
use a systemic insecticide
drench that will go into
the root system and protect
from the bad insects later.
Never spray insecticide
Local case reports
Harris County Public Health
The Harris County portion of
Baytown has had 3,097 cases
through Monday, up from 3,071
through Friday. There have been 43
deaths.
The Highlands-area ZIP code,
77562, has had 287 cases through
Monday, up from 281 through Fri-
day. There have been six deaths.
The Crosby-area ZIP code, 77532,
has had 1,078 cases through Mon-
day, up from 1,063 through Friday.
There have been 21 deaths through
Monday, up from 20 through Friday.
Chambers County has reported
1,556 cases through Monday, up
from 1,545 through Friday. There
have been 20 deaths.
Statewide, the Texas Department
of State Health Services reports
867,075 confirmed cases through
Monday, up from 851,572 through
Friday. There have been 17,514
deaths through Monday, up from
17,375 through Friday.
Gifts to Sterling Library
Gifts to Sterling Municipal Library honored the
memory of the following persons:
MEMORIALS
REGGIE ETHRIDGE: “Nate the Great and the
Stolen Base,” “Curious George at the Baseball
Game” and “Play Ball” (for the Children’s Col-
lection) from the families of Sylvia Spears, Tony
Dahlquist, and Mary Strown
LESTER GALLATIN: “The Water Keeper” from
David and Billie Brinkley
JANIS GIBBONS: “Murder Once Removed,”
“The Key Lime Crime,” “Peachy Scream” and “A
Deadly, Inside Scoop” from Diana Acosta
saying during last week’s presiden-
tial debate: “There was a very big
spike in Texas, it’s now gone.”
conducting City business,” according to the city’s ad-
ministrative rules.
Specifically prohibited are clothing items with “inap-
propriate wording, pictures, logos or graphics,” which
includes “offensive materials of any kind.”
Susan Passmore, director of communications for
Goose Creek CISD, said the code of professional ethical
conduct in the employee handbook says, “The educator
shall not use institutional or professional privileges for
you’re getting at the gro-
cery. Republic of Texas
is the hardiest orange cul-
tivar.
St. John the Evangelist hosting
driv-thru fish fry on Friday
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church is having a
DRIVE-THRU ONLY fish fry. Please mark your calen-
dars for Friday, Oct. 30 for great food at 800 W. Bak-
er Road. Tickets are $10, which include fish, fries, and
hushpuppies catered by Catfish on Wheels. Serving time
will in parking lot from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. There will also be deliveries of 10 plates or more to
businesses. Contact the parish office at 281-837-8180 to
purchase tickets.
“There have been many opportu- for all teachers and staff, Wagner
nities for teachers and staff to vote said.
Leader Mitch McConnell said. He scoffed weighing Trump’s emergency plea for the
at the “apocalyptic” warnings from crit- court to prevent the Manhattan District
ics that the judicial branch was becoming Attorney from acquiring his tax returns,
mired in partisan politics and declared And on Nov. 10, the court is expected to
that “they won’t be able to do much about hear the Trump-backed challenge to the
Harris County early voting loca- have moved out of state or died and
tions will be open 7 a.m.-10 p.m. not yet been purged from voter roles.
Gordon Jewelers, City
Publishing, and The
Bay town Sun.
Diana loved God and
was a member of several
churches throughout her
lifetime.
Diana was preceded
in death by her parents,
her stepfather Dan Mar-
bury and her mentor and
friend, Lottie Rae Skee-
ters.
She is survived by her
husband of 55 years, Gar-
ner Dennis Voris, Jr., her
daughters, Denise Marie
Lawrence and Dena Kay
Voris, her granddaugh-
ter, Michaela Rae Law-
rence, her beloved dogs,
Frenchie and Lil Jo, as
well as, numerous niec-
es, nephews, and other
relatives and friends.
Visitation for Mrs.
Voris will be Thurs-
day, October 29, 2020,
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
at Pace-Stancil Funeral
Home Chapel.
Services will be at 10
a.m., Friday, October 30,
2020, at Pace-Stancil Fu-
neral Home Chapel with
Reverend Ronnie Webb
officiating.
Interment will follow
at Magnolia Park Ceme-
tery in Dayton.
Diana Marie Lafran-
cois Voris, 77, of Cove
passed away on October
22, 2020, in Baytown.
Diana was bom Septem-
ber 13, 1943, in Denver,
Colorado to parents Ed-
ward Joseph LaFrancois
and Frankie Myri Haw-
thorn.
Diana resided in Cove
since 2009 and was a
previous resident of
Beach City. She grad-
uated from Klein High
School in 1962 and from
Southern Bible College
in 1964. Over the years
she was employed by
them a way to vote during the day with extended dates and times in our
to make it as easy as possible for community,” Wagner said. “Many
them.” of our staff have taken advantage of
Dennis Wagner, Anahuac ISD su- the early voting opportunities, and
perintendent, said his district is not we are encouraging all staff to vote
another 50 beds could be added if COVID-19 cases through Mon-
needed. day, up from 157,392 through Fri-
Abbott ordered the alternate care day. There have been 2,190 deaths
site to expand hospital capacity in through Monday, up from 2,172
the El Paso area in response to the through Friday.
Valley — to Dallas, Austin, San An-
in descending order of the up from the ground in your
least to most cold tolerant citrus tree, it’s a product of
citrus fruits are limes, lem- the rootstock. All citrus are
ons, grapefruit, oranges, grafted, but the grafts not
mandarins and kumquats. only produce nasty thorns;
Do you need to prune if they manage to fruit, the
or trim citrus? Not really, fruit would be bitter. So if
unless you want to mow your fruit is bad, your graft
under the branches or keep may have disappeared and
the fruit at a height for easy the rootstock took over,
picking. Citrus usually Regular sized trees here
have a natural bushy shape, are usually on Trifoliate
and other than needing a rootstock, and dwarf trees
little air circulation inside are usually on one known
the tree fonn, there’s no as Flying Dragon,
need. This item came up re-
Fertilizing is an easy cently, so if you’ve never
one, if you know your hol- thought about it, here’s
idays. Citrus need atten- some illumination: Man-
tion on St. Valentine’s Day, darins are characterized
Mother’s Day, and Father’s by their easy peel. Tan-
Day. You can find a cit- gerines, Clementines, and
rus-appropriate fertilizer Satsumas are all Mandarin
almost anywhere garden oranges. When pulling off
items are sold. Spread the the tree, they are also the
granules along the edge of easiest to damage, so take
the tree canopy, not on the care and use a clipper or
inside near the trunk. Water pull very carefully. The
well. And if you wish to do most common “regular”
some preventive mainte- orange is the Valencia,
nance, once a year, before which is probably what
tors could be fined $500 under the ment and medical personnel.
order, but the curfew does not apply Dr. David Persse, chief medical
to people who are going to or from officer for the city of Houston, on
work or out for essential services, Monday said at a press conference
including grocery stores and health- that they have been coordinating
care. with state officials to move patients
“We are in a crisis stage,” said from El Paso — and potentially Am-
Samaniego, the county’s top elected arillo, Lubbock, and the Rio Grande
ris County, had already cast ballots through Friday. Local locations in-
through the weekend in record ear- elude those listed above.
ly voting, with Texas leading the Chambers County early voting lo-
nation in the number of votes cast cations will be open 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
so far, according to the Associated through Friday. Nearby locations
Press. include the Goss Library in Mont
Through Sunday, voters had cast Belvieu and the Cedar Bayou Com-
abortion, the Affordable Care Act and With Barrett’s confinnation assured, this for a long time to come.”
Baytown city spokeswoman Alice Jauregui said polit- personal or partisan advantage.”
ical T-shirts, hats or similar items would be considered Clothing guidelines prohibit visual or written content
non-professional dress and therefore prohibited for em- which is “actually or potentially disruptive to the school
ployees while on duty. environment.”
“Employees must, at all times, dress appropriately Likewise, student dress standards prohibit “clothing
and professionally and present a clean and neat appear- with visual, written or implied messages that are likely
ance while at work and while representing the City or to disrupt the school environment.”
On Monday, the county reported tonio and Houston.
a new record high in daily corona- The surge in El Paso cases comes
virus cases, with 1,443 cases of the as President Donald Trump down-
virus recorded. That breaks the daily played the virus’ effect on Texas,
36-inches in another spot.” houses, not existing ones.”
Hoskins said any floodplain The plan would affect many
ordinance change will ensure if people in this area, according to
to reshape the judiciary. to administer the Constitutional Oath. appeals of orders extending the deadlines
Barrett is 48, and her lifetime appoint- “This is something to be really proud for absentee ballots in North Carolina
ment as the 115th justice will solidify the of and feel good about,” Senate Majority and Pennsylvania. The justices also are
Baytown experienced flooding as it Hoskins.
If other houses come in and a de- did with Hurricane Harvey in 2017, “Anewhouse has to buildup pret-
veloper wants to bring in a neigh- most houses will be above the water ty high,” he said. “It will help out
US health official says pandemic clearly can be controlled
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after White House He underscored what he calls the “3 W's” — watching
chief of staff Mark Meadows said “we’re not going your distance from other people, wearing masks when
to control the pandemic,” a top Trump administration you can't keep away and frequently washing your hands,
health official said Monday that Americans have already Giroir said the data are pretty clear that while such
proven they can do that through basic safeguards shown simple measures cannot completely defeat the virus,
to work. they can control it.
“I think we can control the pandemic,” Assistant Sec- Giroir's comments highlight open differences between
retary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir said on a call with government health officials and some in the top circle of
reporters. “I want to be clear that what we have done — White House advisers to President Donald Trump, who
what the American people have done — has been able to believe Americans can achieve widespread immunity by
put out very significant outbreaks ... all across the Deep returning to nonnal life while protecting the elderly and
Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy Coney even his own election. Democrats were Trump was expected to celebrate with a Several matters are awaiting decision
Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme unable to stop the outcome, Trump’s third primetime swearing-in event at the White just a week before Election Day, and Bar-
Court late Monday by a deeply divided justice on the court, as Republicans race House. Justice Clarence Thomas was set rett could be a decisive vote in Republican
set up in the convention center and reported 159,272 confirmed
infrequent voters who have already
voted — 25% of the total cast.
Those voters are younger than a typ-
ical voter and less likely to be white.
They have helped contribute to
enormous turnouts in states such as
100-year flood plain. That means "Whether you build up the soil or new house.”
he has to raise the elevation of the put it on piers like in the old days, City staff will consider adding a
neighborhood or put the houses on put them on blocks, that is up to new chapter to the Land Develop-
slabs is above the flood plain, which the developer and homeowner,” ment Code for engineering design
might be 24-inches in one spot and Hoskins said. “The idea is for new and construction standards.
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