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Liberty County deputy dies after patrol car hits horse
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HOUSTON — A new initiative to
have the Texas Department of
• Transportation use cleaner diesel fuel
in its Houston district fleet will pro-
vide state officials with more tools to
clean the state’s air, Gov. Rick Perry
said Tuesday.
• Perry and other officials at a news ________r_______ ______
; conference Tuesday indicated use of the loss of hundreds of millions of
the diesel fuel also would give them dollars in federal highway money.
Perry also is encouraging Houston-
area cities, counties, school districts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
White House gave a Senate
committee Tuesday more than Committee, _Sen.
Transportation Department to use cleaner fuel in Houston fleet
“We think it’s premature to take the
control measures off the table and
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BRANDON SCOTT
RUSSELL
Son of Robert & Mistie
Russell of Baytown cele-
brated his 2nd birthday on
May 16, 2002. He has 2
brothers, Robert and
Bryce. Grandparents are
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KAEGAN TAYLOR
KNOX
Daughter of Keenan &
Cynthia Knox of Baytown
is celebrating her 2nd
birthday on June 5th.
Grandparents are Leon &
Treva Knox of Baytown
and Erwin & Florence
Tilton of Baytown. Great-
grandparents are H.E. &
Naotni Starr of Baytown,
Andry Wilson of Baytown,
and Deone Knox of
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HARLEY JADEN
Daughter of Heather Hiebett
of Baytown celebrated her
1st birthday on June 4th. She
has a big brother, Aberee,
and a big sister, Kylie.
Grandparents are Roger &
Janet Hiebert of Old River.
Great-grandparents are Abe
. & Mary Hiebert, Gertie
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Redd of Baytown. Aunt
Christy & Uncle Mike,
cousin Zack of Hemstead.
Numerous great aunts,
uncles and second cousins
attend her private party.
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The eight-county
area around Houston
must reduce ozone-causing emissions
by 750 tons per day by 2007 or face
sponsive driver at a railroad authorities said. The horse
crossing about 2 a.m. when his also died in the accident.
White House turns over documents to Senate panel
The chairman of the Senate equipped with an alarm.
Governmental Affairs Under an agreement with the
Joseph White House, only a limited
2,100 pages of documents under Lieberman, D-Conn., promised number of committee staff will
to protect the documents by have access to the room and
with Enron officials while imposing “extraordinary securi- those who do must sign confi-
protesting their handling by the ty precautions” — including dentiality agreements,
Conservation Commission was to
meet in Austin to consider several
changes to the state’s clean air plan,
Switching the state vehicles to including reinstating a 70-mph speed
“I think the cost factor is on the emulsified diesel would remove daily limit on Houston-area freeways.
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The impact caused King’s
hit a horse just outside of pafrol car to veer off the road
motorist and his car were gone
. when the officer arrived,
police said.
Dayton is about 34 miles
northeast of Houston.
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tions in the Houston area to 55 mph. • state’s lead and use the cleaner diesel
Using the cleaner but more expen- fuel. The department also would stip-
sive fuel—- initially in 75 percent of ulate all contractors working on
\ the 400 diesel-powered Houston dis- southeast Texas projects use the
trict vehicles — will cost the state cleaner fuel in off-road equipment.
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MATTHEW EMORY TALLENT
Son of Dr. Bryan & Linda Tallent of Tokyo, Japan, will
celebrate his 5th birthday on June 13. He has two broth-
ers, Mark and Isiac, and two special cousins, Desarae
and Angelica Martinez of Baytown. Grandparents are
“Grammy" Linda Tallent of Baytown, “Papa” Robert
Everett of Baytown, Steve & Danita Tallent of Old
River, and Mr. & Mrs. Raul Benavides, Jr. of Dayton.
Great-grandparents are Mrs. Avis Reynolds of Baytown
and Maria Ortiz of Corpus Christi.
H positive side,” Perry from the air about 5.8 tons of nitrogen
fl said. “When you oxide, a major cause of air pollution.
I look at what we stand If other local entities joined in, that
> to lose if we do not would reduce another 12 tons daily,
U clean up the air, this perry said.
The Transportation Department
would develop a financial assistance
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MYKENZIE GIBBS
Daughter of Monica &
Marquis Gibbs of Baytown
celebrated her 4th birthday
on June 3rd. Grandparents
are Manuel & Cede Perez
of Baytown, James &
Norma Gibbs of Old River, Redd
and the late Nancy Joe ”"J'1
Gibbs. Great-grandparents
are Beatrice Perez of
Corpus Christi, TX, the
late Jesus & Antonia Garza
of Premont, TX. Great-
great grandparents are Dr.
Joe and Deborah Kell and
the late Maurice Gibbs.
DAYTON’ Texas (AP) — A patrol car struck a horse, which
veteran Liberty County was on the road, sheriff’s
Sheriff’s Department deputy department officials said,
died Tuesday after his patrol ~
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the southeast Texas town of and strike a culvert.
Dayton. King was taken to Houston’s
Cpl. David King, 32, was Memorial Hermann Hospital, ■
responding to a call of an unre- where he died at 5:30 a.m.,
sponsive driver at a railroad
of a lack of formal rules. He June 2000, Judge Carroll E
found this to be a violation of Wilborn Jr. ruled that the ordi-
their constitutional rights. nance would not apply to TSP
The plaintiffs, 16 Beach City Development because the con-
residents, are seeking a perma- tract between TSP- and USX
nent injunction against the per- Corporation, which owned the
mitting process until rules gov- land, was a contract for sale and
eming die landfill are put into not an option.
place. However, in November, the
No hearing date for the per- 14th Court of Appeals over-
manent injunction has been set. turned the ruling on the basis
Austin Attorney Jim Allison, that TSP only had an option
who represents Chambers contract and therefore did not
County, filed a brief with the have the right to sue the county.
Supreme Court Friday asking "The lower court lacked juris-
that the court uphold a Court of diction in this case because TSP
MIRKA RENEE
MENDOZA
Daughter of Jorge A. and
Melissa Mendoza of
Baytown celebrated her
2nd birthday on June 6th.
Mirka has one brother and
two sisters. Grandparents
are Dominga and Ramon
and Maria L. Mendoza and
Mario Compean.
ZACHARY TAYLOR
THAMES
Son of Tyler & Teri
Thames of Old River-
Winfree will celebrate his
6th birthday on June 7,
2002. He has one brother,
Christian Tyler Thames.
Don & Amy Seybold of Grandparents are Billy &
Orlando, FL., and the late ” ’ —
Ruth Davis Coile of
Baytown. Great-grandpar-
ents are Wanda Beaty of Great-grandparents
Colorado City, TX., and
the late Hazel Bema of of Baytown.
Rochester, NY.
Since speed limits were lowered to
55 mph earlier this year, TNRCC
officials have been pressured to would much rather have proof before
reverse their decision.
Recently released data from the
U.S. Environmental Protection
______, Agency has shown cars and light focusing their attention on speed lim-
package to help local governments trucks traveling 55 mph doesn’t result its, Smith said, but instead on the
pay for the more expensive fuel. in a significant reduction in nitrogen issue of nitrogen oxide emissions
Harris County Judge Robert Eckels oxide emissions. from area plants.
said if money was made available for TNRCC Chairman Robert Huston TNRCC commissioners
the transition, local governments said the Transporation Department Wednesday also were to discuss
would respond. plan will give his agency more lati- whether to have plants reduce their
“It’s more of a question of can you tude to modify the clean air plan. nitrogen oxide emissions by 80 per-
plan, particularly speed limit reduc- and transit authorities to follow the afford not t0 do k ” he said- ’ “where k wil1 us with a mea‘ cent instead of the 90 Percent
Perry’s announcement came a day sure like the 55 mph (proposal), we’ll nally proposed last year.
before the Texas Natural Resource have to wait and see,” he said. “If they make this decision, we will
Tom “Smitty” Smith, director of be a long way from having clean air
the Texas chapter of Public Citizen, by 2007,” said John Wilson, execu-
said the proposal should not substi- tive director of the Galveston-
tute other portions of the clean air Houston Association for Smog
plan. • Prevention.
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see if the Texas Natural
Resource ’ Conservation
Commission will appeal a tem-
porary injunction against the
permitting process for the TSP
landfill.
TNRCC Commissioners
could make a decision regarding
; the appeal during their meeting
today.
Tom Kelly, a spokesman for
the Attorney General's Office,
said the TNRCC has not indi-
cated its decision toappeal.
" "We'll have to confer with our
client and determine the next
steps to take," he said. "We've
still got some time."
The deadline for TNRCC to
file an appeal is Monday, Kelly
said.
Die injunction was granted
by U.S. District Judge Samuel
Kent last month on the basis that
there are no formal rules gov-
erning the permitting of non-
hazardbus industrial waste land-
fills. In his ruling Kent argued
that the plaintiffs had no means
of opposing the landfill because
Appeals ruling that would pro- Development had no standing to
hibit TSP from building a pro- sue, and therefore, the Court of
posed landfill in the western Appeals ruling should be
portion of the county. affirmed," the brief filed by
The ordinance, enacted in Chambers County reads.
1998, prohibits landfills from According a spokesperson for
being constructed in or n’ear the Texas Supreme Court, no ■
populated areas of the county. If date for a hearing in the case has
upheld, the ordinance would not been set. County officials have
prevent the landfill from being said they expect the case to be
constructed, but would require resolved within a few weeks.
that it be located in East
Chambers County.
TSP sued Chambers County
in the 344th District Court. In
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