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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
News
The Baytown Sun
► FRIENDS OF CEDAR BAYOU UNITED
Rodeo Time in Barbers Hill
What is a
watershed?
EDITOR’S NOTE:
First in a series of stories
by Friends of Cedar Bay-
ou United that will focus
on protecting and pre-
serving Cedar Bayou and
its watershed.
Perhaps you have seen
these signs alerting you
that you are entering the
Cedar Bayou Watershed.
Such signs are found
along many roadways
from the south end of
Baytown as far north as
Dayton. What is a wa-
tershed some may ask?
When rain falls, water
runs downhill from the
highest elevation that got
wet, and enters a stream
such as Cedar Bayou on
the east side of Baytown.
The picture of this sign
was taken along Busi-
ness-146 on the south
side of Baytown, about a
mile east of Goose Creek.
So, why doesn’t the sign
read “Goose Creek Water-
shed?” I was driving east
when I spotted the sign, so
I was actually leaving the
Goose Creek watershed
and entering the Cedar
Bayou watershed.
I was at the highest el-
evation between Goose
Creek and Cedar Bayou.
All rainfall from this sign
flowing west enters Goose
Creek. All rainfall from
this sign flowing east en-
ters Cedar Bayou.
The next question some-
one may ask is “What’s it
to me anyway?” “Why
should I care which way
the rainfall flows?”
Glad you asked.
The quality of wa-
ter flowing into Cedar
Bayou and every other
stream, bayou, and river
in the country is vitally
important to everyone.
If anything other than
good clean rainfall en-
ters any stream no matter
how small or large, that
stream’s water quality
will be compromised.
Cedar Bayou flows in a
southward direction from
its headwaters in Liber-
ty County to its mouth at
Galveston Bay. The wa-
tershed covers approxi-
mately 202 square miles,
with Cedar Bayou being
the sole primary stream.
There are about 128 miles
of open streams within the
watershed, including the
primary stream and tribu-
tary channels.
Now that we are all
aware of the Cedar Bay-
ou watershed, future ar-
ticles will focus on ways
everyone can help protect
the water quality in Cedar
Bayou and any other natu-
ral stream in this area and
nationwide.
You can find much more
information about Cedar
Bayou and its watershed
by logging on to the web
site for the Friends of Ce-
dar Bayou United at ce-
darbayoufriends. org.
There, you will find
links to many other sites
with treasure troves of
information about the Ce-
dar Bayou watershed and
all other watersheds in
the 13-county region sur-
rounding Galveston and
Houston. Be sure to visit
the Houston-Galveston
Area website.
Jerry L. Jones
President, Friends of
Cedar Bayou United
Bares Hill kindergarten center students celebrated the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo kickoff with the Texas ABC
Play and line dancing.
► GOOSE CREEK CISD
Highlands, Gentry Junior move on to state Mathcounts
The bay area chapter of
Texas Society of Profes-
sional Engineers held its
annual Bay Area Math-
counts competition on
Feb. 22.
Sixty-six students, rep-
resenting seven schools
from two school districts,
competed at Horace Mann
Junior High in Baytown.
Two area middle
schools, Highlands Junior
School and Gentry Junior
School, will move on to
the state competition in
Austin on March 22.
The Highlands team,
comprised of Soham
Datar, Jatin Kulkarni,
Athena Janobas, Shailey
Yadar and coach Car-
ol Labonte, won second
place.
The Gentry team, which
included Kavish Pipalia,
Havi Nguyen, Aarushi
Shukla, Divya Singh and
coach Richard Hamilton,
won third place.
The Mathcounts chapter
coordinator, Anya Spad-
accini from NASA, along
with other local volunteers
from Carnes Engineering,
Calpine Corporation, AEI
Engineering and Exxon-
Mobil as well as Horace
Mann Junior High teach-
ers and employees made
sure that the event wenl
off without a hitch.
Mathcounts is a
non-profit organization
that strives to engage
middle school students
of all ability and interesl
levels in fun, challenging
math programs, in ordei
to expand their academic
and professional opportu-
nities.
► CROSRYISD
District names new assistant superintendent of finance
Crosby ISD has hired Carla Mer-
ka to replace Dianne Fleming as
she retires.
With awfully big shoes to fill,
Carla Merka comes to the dis-
trict from Stafford MSD as an
award-winning financier in the
area of school business. Her pro-
fessional portfolio reflects financial
integrity and includes experience
in other Houston-area school dis-
tricts including Humble, Pasadena
and Aldine.
Merka brings to the district im-
pressive knowledge, expertise and
experience. She is a creative, indus-
trious professional who has earned
a variety of distinctions including
the Meritorious Budget Award,
Gold Leadership
Circle Award, Dis-
tinguished Bud-
get Presentation
Award and the Cer-
tificate of Excel-
lence in Financial
Reporting Award.
Merka, a Uni-
versity of Hous-
ton-Downtown graduate, brings to
the district the same traits that have
defined her professional career
- transparency, accessibility and
amenability. A proven hard worker,
Merka has a penchant for comply-
ing with the innumerable rules and
regulations which form the essence
of school business.
Exhaustive in the unending
search for ways to save districts
much needed monies, Merka has
helped districts navigate the chal-
lenging road toward greater effi-
ciency, savings and impeccable ac-
counting practices.
In Stafford, she led the district in
being awarded their first-ever per-
fect score on the Financial Integrity
Rating System of Texas which is
TEA’s financial accountability in-
strument for school districts. The
perfect rating was for the quality
of Stafford’s financial management
practices.
The district welcomes new As-
sistant Superintendent of Finance
Carla Merka to the Big Red Team.
MERKA
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Woman arrested for kicking special-needs son
Injury to a child
A 33-year-old Baytown
Protective Services took
custody of the child.
POLICE BEAT
woman was charged with
injury to a child Sunday
after witnesses report-
ed seeing her kick her
10-year-old son at Wal-
Mart Sunday.
Police report that wit-
nesses said the woman
and her special-needs son
were in line when the son
kicked her.
The woman then kicked
him and dragged him out
of the store. The child was
not seriously injured, po-
lice reported.
The woman was arrest-
ed and later released on
$5,000 bond, and Child
Burglaries
• Money was reported
stolen from a vehicle in the
700 block of River Bend
Drive between 9:30 p.m.
Sunday and 11:15 a.m.
Monday.
• A purse was reported
stolen from an unlocked
vehicle in the 4100 bock
of Allenbrook Drive about
5:15 a.m. Tuesday.
Thefts
• A business in the 2500
block of North Main Street
reported 10 state inspec-
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• A tailgate was reported
stolen from a truck parked
at a business in the 2700
block of North Alexander
Drive between 10 p.m.
Saturday and 3 p.m. Mon-
day.
• Prescription medicine
was reported stolen from
the 1900 Majestic Lane
between 9 and 10:30 a.m.
Monday.
26 offenses
Between Monday
and Tuesday mornings,
Baytown police wrote 26
offense reports, including
one assault, one burglary,
three burglaries of vehi-
cles, one forgery and four
thefts. They also made 10
other arrests and wrote six
other reports.
During the same period,
police responded to four
traffic accidents, including
two with reported injuries.
Police Beat is compiled
from Baytown Police De-
partment reports and offi-
cer interviews. Those re-
ports are available on the
City of Baytown’s website
at www.baytown.org.
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arrest and charging of any-
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Crime Stoppers at 281-
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 12, 2014, newspaper, March 12, 2014; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth745207/m1/3/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.