The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 191, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 9, 2004 Page: 3 of 16
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uted their condition to old age.
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| beginning of the year, a recent county’s solid waste depart-
ment, jumped into the discus-
sion, insisting that in the long
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I County incinerator. greater demand with the
Hayes said that the price expected growth in develop-
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Toks Akinyeye, M.D.
Family Practice
Ball said evidence presented
at the trial indicated the horses
were in good condition months
before they were moved to the
two-acre lot and their poor con-
dition was the result of severe
neglect.
“When it comes to feeling
thirst, hunger or pain, a horse is
no different than a human.
These animals can’t speak for
themselves,” Ball said. “I think a
jury did just that.”
One of the horses that was in
his mid-20s, Dusty, had severe
abscesses in his hooves making
it difficult for the horse to stand.
Dusty had to be euthanized
because of his condition.
The other horse, Rovo is a 19-
today, requiring the clo-
sure of the intersection of
East Fayle and Danubina
streets for the duration of
the project.
According to Mike
Kuykendall, Baytown traf-
fic supervisor, the telecom- |
munications provider
will begin replacing street
covers and telephone cables
and need to cut the inter-
section of East Fayle and
Danubina open.
The work may take up to
three weeks to complete,
Kuykendall said, and the
public should consider
using Strickand and
Dwinnell as alternate
routes.
For more information,
contact the Public
Works Department at
281-420-5300.
decision by the University of
Texas Medical Branch at ,
Galveston to operate its incin- term, foe facility would prove
erator facility at full capacity to j,e a boon for the eounty.
“We have the potential to
make money from this. With a
landfill, there’s no potential at
continued to press for answers. Hayes, who had remained
“How long are we going to silent whi]e the others sparred,
keep going at this rate ? ’ she saici that in comparison to sim-
ilar facilities in the state, the
Chambers County incinerator
had done fairly well in terms of
revenues in its first three years,
increase, made in January, did back on
not drive the UTMB decision, expenditures to avoid
asked if the UTMB decision gether. Those are our two
coincided with the recent rate choices,” Irby said, adding that
increase by the Chambers
“ — ■' ’ ” '- serve her 30 days in jail on
• ■ fin sion removed the horses from a weekends during the next sever-
landfills had been for the best, muddy lot in the 4200 block of al months, allowing her to con-
tinue to care for her three chil-
dren.
Ball said part of Sweeney’s
probation conditions was that
she could not care for or own
another animal for two years.
She also had to complete 200
hours of community service,
pay a $1,500 fine and clean up
the lot the horses were kept in.
Cruelty to animals is a misde-
meanor charge that could result
in up to one year in prison.
A jury of six women convict-
. ed Sweeney on two counts of
animal cruelty. Jurors also pro-
bated her sentence, meaning she
will serve 365 days in jail if she
violates the terms of her proba-
tions.
■ Neither Sweeney nor her
attorney, Tom Niederhofer,
could be reached for comment.
The judge has applied similar
terms and conditions to rulings
on other animal cruelty cases,
Ball said.
Animal cruelty cases can be
Houston Chronicle reported to the Harris County
dirty puddles.
Sheriff deputies called the
SPCA to immediately remove
the animals because of their
severe condition.
Along with the horses, offi-
cials removed two dogs, three
cats, a dove and some quails
from the location.
Although Ball said the other
animals were in good physical
condition, their environment
posed a hazard because they
were left on the front porch of
the home to stand in their own
feces.
Ball said it took four hours for
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals and the live-
stock division to remove all the
animals.
Officials said the horses were
boney and emaciated, diagnosed
with intestinal infections and a
skin condition known as rain
rot, where large crusted scabs
become embedded in their hair.
The
reported that Sweeney testified
to feeding the animals 28 -
pounds of food daily and attrib- Baytown police department at
uted their condition to old age. 281-422-8371.
that enlarged photographs of her
famished horses would be kept
posted on her jail cell walls.
Sweeney was accused of leav-
ing two horses unfed and
unsheltered for more than four
months.
Assistant District Attorney
Tacie Ball said the horses were
kept on a two-acre track of land
she called a junkyard filled with
metal, debris and no grass.
“The video and pictures in
and is well-positioned for the fojs case spoke for themselves,”
f«ture- Ball said.
“The industry perception is Ball sai(j Sweeney, a former
that Chambers County is going stable worker, owned the horses
to be here for the long haul,” for about two years and had year-old former racehorse that
he said. relocated them to the property suffered from rain-rot. A family
County Judge Jimmy Sylvia, after she was fired from a stable m Montgomery County adopted
who was on Commissioners where she worked. Rovo, and Ball said he has
did not bode well for the rest of "We have the potential to Court when the incinerator was After receiving two animal- almost fully recovered^
the vear mots mnnev fmm thic with a approved, insisted to Edmonds cruelty reports from citizens in The Houston Chronicle
b -E leaves „ . more ^e“l .* .he ehe.ee ef §oi„g toXA Harris Cou„.y reported that Sweeney could
competitive situation,” Hayes all”Kahlasaid incinerator rather continuing to Sheriff's Office livestockdivi-
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“We made this decision in Redell where the horses report-
1993, and 1 still think we made edly were forced to drink from
a good decision,” Sylvia said.
In the end, commissioners
asked Kahla to do a cost-com-
parison of using the incinerator
Sparks argued for cutting and using landfills.
Danubina today
incinerator will face this year.
Those pressures will prevent
the facility from reaching its
budgeted revenues this year, a
—o------shortfall, which County
and rehabilitation project Auditor Larry Sparks said
tndav iwinirtna nir.. might be as much as $1 million
this fiscal year.
Commissioner Judy
Edmonds interrupted Hayes’
presentation to pointedly ask
whether “our prospects of
more revenues” soon would
improve.
Bread:
The pricing for the Chambers increasing operating deficit Continued from Page 1A
County incinerator is fairly that would have to be paid
moderate compared to similar through the county’s general
facilities, he said. fond.
Edmonds, saying she “This is real key to us. This
receives many questions from js foe biggest key to our whole
constituents about the facility, livelihood, folks,” Sparks said.
Hayes, who had remained
inci iicduy luu pcivcn
j Hayes replied that^ while budgeted expenditures.
j]mmy j^gbia, director of the
said of the UTMB decision.
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ANNA CLAIRE
BREWER
Daughter of Larry & Lori
Brewer of Pearland, TX cel-
ebrated her 2nd birthday on
June 7,2004. Grandparents
are Janet & Don Brewer of
Baytown, JX; Sue & Keith
Koan of Mason, TX; and
Michael & Judy Williams
of Marble Falls, TX
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CAITLIN MARIE ROBERTS
Daughter of Rick and Deliah
Roberts of Baytown will
celebrate her 6th birthday on
June 12, 2004. Grandparents
are Gilbert and Margarita
Sustaita and Edward and Susie
Juarez all of Baytown. Aunts,
uncles and cousins are aunt
DeAnn Castillo of Houston,
uncle Gabriel Trevino of
Houston, cousins, Anna
Portales and The Galvan Girls
all of Baytown.
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MARSHALL ALAN MORRIS
Son of Trevor and Kristy Morris of
Baytown will celbrate his 2nd
birthday, today, June 9, 2004. He
has one sister, Mallory Renee.
Grandparents are Shari and the
late Robert “Scooter” Sandlin of
Baytown and Tommy and
Charlotte Morris of Baytown.
Great-grandparents are Frankie
and Lewis Rushing of Baytown.
Elizabeth Williams and Allie
Roberts of Bastrop, L.A. Uncles
are Robbie Sandlin and Chad
Morris. 1
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MATTHEW EMORY TALLENT
Matthew Emory Tallent, Son of Dr, Bryan and Linda Tallent of Aviano Air
Force Base at Marsure, Italy| celebrates his. 7th birthday on June 13.
Matthew has two special brothers, Mark and Isaac. , His grandparents are
“Grammy” Linda Tallent of Baytown, “Papa” Robert Everett of Baytown,
Steve and Danita Tallent of Old River and Raul and Janie Benavides of
Dayton. Great grandparents are Avis Reynolds of Lindale, Maria Ortiz of
Corpus Christi. He has two special cousins, Desarae and Angelica Martinez
of Baytown.
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RILEY O’BRIAN
BAILEY
Son of Justin and Christi Bailey of
.Baytown will ' celebrate his 1st
birthday on June 14, 2004.
Grandparents are Brian and Julie
Sossaman of Highlands, Randy-
Bailey of Deer Park aand Mike and
Kathy Roberts of Bailey, Colorado.
Greaf;grandparents are Lee and
Iva Parkhill of Highlands and Bill
and Sandy Hanna of Bailey
Colorado, Great-great-grand-
mother, Mary Cain of Highlands.
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CARLI ANN NORRIS
Daughter of Angela and Bubba
Norris of Baytown celebrated her
1st birthday on June 5, 2004.
Grandparents are Larry and Sue
Payne of Baytown and Kool-Aid
and Eleana Norris of Baytown.
Great-grandparents are Bula Cox
of Baytown, Billy and Bernice
Payne of Deer Park, and Dow West
of Call, Texas. Aunts and Uncles
are Jason and Kelly Payne of
Baytown and Amanda Norris and
Matt Cisneros of Baytown.
Cousin is Br.ylor Cisneros of
Baytown.
WE LOVE YOU LIT’L BIT!!
GRAYSON GIBBS
The daughter of Marq and Monica
Gibbs of Baytown celebrated her 6th
birthday on June 3,2004. Grandparents
are Manuel and Cede Perez of Baytown,
James and Norma Gibbs of
Channelview and the late Nancy Gibbs
of Channelview. The great-grandparents
are Mrs. Deborah-Kell and the late
Maurice Gibbs of Eurdora, Arkansas
and the late Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Garza of
Premont, Tx. Aunts, uncles and cousins
are the Perez family of Humble: Roy,
Bailey, Ayden, Gavin; the Ard family of
Dickenson: Darin, Sandy, Conner and
Camryn; The Gibbs family of Baytown:
Jake, Debbie and Ausitn; the Gibbs fam-
ily of Mt. Belvieu: Stephen, Erica,
Kaylea and Kaegan and the Pierce
Family of Channelview; Scottie and Jay.
Happy Birthday!!
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