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BAYTOWN & BEYOND
Thursday, June 8,2006 7A
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neath its canopy on the way to
the Battle of San Jacinto.
Raymond Watson, Ed Gardner and Karl Christen, who headed the
cook team.
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10908 Highway 146 N.
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Maid Park before returning to
Baytown for practice.
The players are scheduled to
visit children in the Shriners
Hospital in Houston Friday.
the ball game Saturday will be
our children.”
After the lunch, the Bayou
Bowl players were treated to
and member Ivan Andrews
said. “We treat all these kids
for free.”
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tary (report),” Currie said.
working on this case, and it’s
not inactive”
He said that the likelihood
of finding a driver in a hit-
and-run case depends on the
TREE
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■ the tree, saying she had
dropped her cell phone as she
was driving, and bent down to
pick it up when she ran into
the sign and tree.
The woman told police she
did not realize she had dam-
aged the tree. She was issued a
citation for failure to stop'and
give information at the scene
of an accident, Alford said.
In the latest incident, it
appears that a vehicle dam-
aged the small concrete medi-
an which surrounds the tree
Beach City celebrates
40 years Saturday
THE BAYTOWN SUN
“Beach City-West Bay; an Oral History”
will be held on Saturday, June 10 at the
Beach City Community Building, 12723
perhaps a sound system that £"
would allow musical acts to $5,000.
play underneath the tree dur-
lege’s Student Center.
Paperback and hardback book and raffles benefiting
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with all proceeds to help fund ■!”°*^>Sgr more information, .call
scholarships for Lee College 832-414-8495 oil email
student library assistants. bgnrkb@aol.com.
from the hospital on May 30
with broken arms and minor
scrapes on bruises, but he is
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President of the Baytown
partef°r!lbUt !™pl°y®e,s estimates Reorganization
j_> Spent a totaj 52,500 for the
food and drinks provided at
the Fish Fry.
“To see those kids eat is my
favorite part,” Huron paused,
“and they did eat ”
As for the Bayou Bowl,
ing apace with the idea of ere- Re^map.”
ating longer and wider land-
scaping around the tree. The
idea is to give the tree greater
visibility while also serving as
part of a greater effort to
enhance Texas Avenue.
Sheley hopes the project,
which could be funded
through both city and private
sources, would include early
20th century-style lighting and was donated in each of the
“It was unnecessary, avoid-
able and shouldn’t have hap-
pened,” Beeson said. "You’re
thrown into this world where
everything has changed. You
always wonder about a situa-
tion like this, but you never
think it’s going to happen to
tional strain that this has put
bn our family is
unimaginable.”
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the first hospital opened in
1922. Of the 22 hospitals, 18
of the facilities are for ortho-
pedic treatment, three treat
burns and one provides care
for orthopedic, burn and-
spinal cord damage.
“Bottom line, we’re raising
money for the hospital,” vol-
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pings, land documents, maps and other
memorabilia,” Senac said. “We will have
some planned presentations but we also
want community members to tell their
FM 2354 from 1 -4:30 p.m. The Community favorite stories. The proceedings will be
Building is located approximately one mile video taped to preserve our past for our
south of the intersection of Fisher Road and future generations. We may be able to
record, edit and make copies of discs avail-
able for a nominal fee at a later date. Since
the City was founded 40 years ago, many of
are in the 70s and 80s.”
Some of the planned presentations
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Park on the History of Beach City including
the early residents Solomon Barrow and
Sam Houston’s Ravenmoor Summer home
(1860-1862. Others will include a brief his-
tory of Crawley’s Fish Camp the Beach City
Landmark and remembrances of Doug
Crawley, Madge Labit and Pat McDonald
will present
r____o____ j. Additional information can be obtained
Everyone is encouraged to dig out memora- from the Beach City office at (281 j 383-
bilia including old photos, newspaper clip- 3108.
and will not return until next
week.
Currie said the case has
been referred to Crime
Stoppers, and police have
received seven tjps. He said
the last reported lead was
yom The financial and emo-
aware that the money we
raised went to help the
Shriners until today.”
The proceeds from the
Bayou Bowl will be used
toward helping the families of
children who can’t afford to
pay for their child’s treatment
and care, he’said.
In 2005, Shriner Wayne
Beard said during his speech
at the Fish Fry, the organiza-
tion spent almost $665 million . nnTrXpii jn?
to treat children in 22 Shriner Av jvj IIJLjN 1
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life,” Grant’s mother Tammy
Beeson said. “My son was
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posals.by area leaders to cut
down the tree, which were
always foiled. In 1989, an
unknown person poisoned the price ranges will start at $1
tree with an herbicide, nearly v“*- —J- *- r--
killing it before it rebounded a scholarships for Lee College
year later.
Baytown Sun photo/Nicki Evans
The Baytown Shrine Club team of cooks worked hard in the heat
Wednesday cooking about 150-pounds of fish and all of the sides
that go with it. The cook team consisted of Wayne Herndon, Frank
Kotrla, Donnid Huron, Alden Weaver, Ron Gersteman, Bill Lucas,
andalso created afresh gouge "Boots" Nelson> lvan Andrews- Stanley Cernoch, Herman Attaway,
on the bottom of the trunk. " ' ° 1 1 l/"“l -1" ■—J—1
Sheley personally reported
the incident to Baytown Police
Tuesday afternoon. An officer
responded and they found
small pieces of debris, includ-
ing a signal light bulb.
According to Alford, the
officer brought the debns to an sbrine Club Donnie Huron
to recognize our local youth in
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Mobil Community Relations
Representative Connie Tilton
said.
Receiving the recognition
was a surprise to Trejo, who . ,
said the game took on a whole an Astros game at Minute
new meaning. D"'b
“ft gives you a little bit of
depend on the involvement of motivation, knowing you’re
x . — getting to help everyone else
out,”Trejo said. “I wasn’t
America.
The Shriners Hospitals have
provided free care to approxi-
niately 600,000 children since unconscious when that person statement from my son in case
of people we want to have in
our neighborhood?”
Beeson said Grant should
be released from the hospital
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■Light, refreshments will be served and
provided by the City of Beach City. Old .
maps, newspaper articles, photos, old prop- the instigators that help the area incorporate
erty deeds, and other Beach City memora- are in the 70s and 80s.”
bilia will be on display through out the day. Some of the planned presentations
The City of Beach City is sponsoring this include. Kevin Ladd, of Wall is ville Heritage
forum to record some of the history of the f ° u
Beach City area by local historians and
members of the community.
Former mayor Rusty Senac is Chairman
of the event along with Council members
Rita Standridge and Doug Walker.
“We are encouraging members of the
community to attend and bring stories and
their personal jnsights of Beach City.
tai and should make a full
Re Texian Army under Gen. The Lee College Erma Kevin Black (brother of IIJ
Sam Houston camped under- Wood Carlson Lib js host_ clint Black) win entertain the a kid, and he’ll bounce back,
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Beeson said she is disap-
pointed with the progress of
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that her son had been released investigated on Sunday.
„.. “If we receive any leads,
any officer can follow up on
those and file a supplemen-
could not determine the model
of the vehicle which the debris
would have come from. The
investigation is continuing,
Alford said.
Sheley, who is president of
the Baytown Downtown . -
Association, has been proceed- Huron said “it put Baytown on Hospitals located in North
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Toward the end of the Fish
Fry, a $5,000 donation check
was presented to the Baytown
Shrine Club by outgoing
Exxon Mobil plant manager
Bob Bailes in honor of
Baytonians Joshua Jackson,
Sterling High School gradu-
ate, and Jesse Trejo, Lee High
School graduate. Each player
was given a plaque and $2,500
athletes’ names, totaling
$5,000.
“Exxon Mobil chose to
ing festivals like Christmas on donate because it is an oppor-
Texas Avenue and the Long tunity to support an outstand-
Neck Wildlife Festival. ing organization that helps
“This (the second accident)- others and also an opportunity
only proves that we need to t~ “*' j* -tl- —
protect our symbol 2nd our their achievements, Exxon
important historical areas, ft
seems like we’re having more
difficulty keeping it protected
than we have since 1 have been
on Council, “Sheley said.
Sheley said his plans for the
landscaping project will
stakeholders in the downtown
area. But once it’s under way,
Sheley said, he hopes to offer
foe people involved in the
accidents an oppdrtunity to
perform community service
there.
The •»»!“ > Book Sale at
long and mythic history m
Baytown. According to legend, Lee College
The Lee College Erma
ing a book sale Tuesday, June
There have been several pro- frQm g a m t0 g p m jn tfoe
his injuries will likely dash -
“It’s going to be very hard
for Grant because he’s so
active,” Beeson said. “He’s in
extreme pain, and that’s hard
to watch. He’ll be lucky if he
two feet.”
Beeson said Grant will
undergo physical therapy after is handling the investigation,
tai and should make a full concerned about the status of dent will be a financial bur-
da ay recovery. the case because Pasquale has den.
Kevin Black (brother of “He’ll heal,” she said. “He’s been on vacation this week
crowd at Pelican Junction. The ^ut s no* fre point. ’
13, through Thursday, June 15, benefit will be on Saturday, Beeson said she is disap-
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the June 1 Oth from 11:00 a.m.- Pointed with the progress of
Cyber Cate located in the col- 10:00 p.m., for the fund-raiser fre Baytown Police
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She said the police reported.
evidence available.
“Somebody out there knows
something,” he said. “We
: can clear
these cases, and we’re follow-
ing up on anything and every-
thing that comes in. Every
piece of information that
comes m is thoroughly looked
at to prove whether it’s good
information or bad informa-
tion.”
, Beeson said that although
she has tried lo understand the m
driver’s motives in leaving the '
scene without helping her son,
she wouldn’t be able to make
peace with the situation until
she knows who the driver is.
“We completely understand
the panic factor, but eventual-
“No°on'ehas called us, inter- your conscience has to kick
i- ' - t in ” chp caid “That ivM*Cnn at
some point has to think about
scene,” Beeson said. “I want a what he did. I just always try
full investigation. 1 don’t care to put myself in the position
how little they have to go on.
What they had is enough.”
the first officer to arrive on
the scene of the accident and
dent didn’t provide police
with verifiable information
“Whenever you have thing!
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As for who the champion of compartment syndrome, an pened that night, you might
the Bayou Bowl will be^ injury associated with unusu- not be able to get the exact
Baytown Shrine Club Board aHyTifgh pressure in the lower ~ model of the vehicle,” Currie
of Directors member Tem - --o, J J
Parkinson said, “the winner of hipibis
playing the drums for five
years and hoped to join the
Robert E. Lee High School
. still recovering at Memorial?
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went his fourth surgery
Saturday.
“No one from Baytown has
spoken to me or gotten a
drove away. Are those the kind he remembers anything from amount of information and
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pretty disappointed with the
Baytown police. They’ve treat-
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by the end of foe week, but i ^.Baytown Police spokesper-
his injuries are serious. He has son Det. Marvin Currie said
a fractured right elbow, broken initial reports from the acci-
heels, a broken right leg and a
unteer driver for the Shriners broken left ankle as well as
. j . .1.. .. t. . ... .>------ severe Scrapes on his face that about the driver or the vehicle,
were treated as second degree “Whenever you have things
burns. He also developed happen as fast as things hap-
vumpaiiiucui s/uRuuie, an pened that night, you might
injury associated with unusu- not be able to get the exact
leg, after doctors operated on said. “The information we
k;-“*-ia. have from that night is very
Beeson said Grant has been sketchy.”
■ ■ • • ~ ~ Beeson said police efforts
have been insufficient, and
she wants a more complete
marching band in the fall, but investigation,
his injuries will likely dash - “Ne ene has
those dreams. viewed my son dr re-inter- im she said. “That person at „
“It’s going to be very hard viewed witnesses from the some Point ^as 10 Jhmk about
for Grant because he’s so scene,” Beeson said. “I want a wdat de d’d- J.jus* always trY
of somebody else, but they /
have no idea what they’ve put
starts high school on his own -Officer Terry Pasquale-was . my family and my.5Qn---
" • - “■ - ■ forough.”
She said that although she
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Cancer fund-raiser he is released from the hospi- Currie said. Beeson said she is yet, she knows that the acci-
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