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No more warnings for light runners
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Cameras, and citations, in full effect starting Tuesday
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Ranger cadets tour England
Program gives students a taste of British military
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Barrett family gathers at old homestead for reunion
SEE BARRETT • PAGE 8
Giving it
their best
Rotary Club’s
vaccine program
keeps kids healthy
Seven MCJROTC students from Sterling High School, pictured here in front of London Bridge with British cadets,
are currently in England through an exchange program designed to give American teens a feel for theEnglish mil-
itary and lifestyle. The program has been in place for more than 20 years.
Estate.
As the elder male descendents
prepared smoked brisket and
sausage, two ecstatic young boys
ran to the Estate's entryway to
greet their arriving family mem-
bers.
“How are you related to
Harrison Barrett?,” the boys asked
excitedly.
Citizens have had more than five
months to get used to Baytown’s
newest program promoting safe dri-
ving. Red light cameras have been
up at one intersection since March
and the warning period for the last
cameras to go up ends this week.
Baytown Sun photo/Tara Sullivan
Karmen Brown, 6, reads from her grand-
mother “Meme's” headstone as her younger
sister Kimberly Brown, 2, follows along.
BY TARA SULLIVAN
tara.sullivan@baytownsun.com
BY TARA SULLIVAN
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BY LUKE HALES
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BY KARI GRIFFIN
kari.griffin@baytownsun.com
North Alexander Drive, West Baker
Road eastbound at Decker Drive,
Garth Roadjouthbound at Highway
146, Garth Road northbound at
Interstate 10 Garth Road southbound
at Interstate 10, Garth Road south-
There are field trips, and then
there are great field trips. For
seven MCJROTC (Marine Corps
Junior Reserve Officer Training
Corps) cadets from Ross S.
Sterling High School, it’s the
field trip of a lifetime.
As part of a summer exchange
program, cadets David Mathews,
James Lightbody, Katie Reeves,
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Charles Bonnett, Blas Escamilla,
Aaron Hillard, and Eric Castillo,
along with chaperones MSgt.
William Childs and Joni
Chachere, took off on July 26 for
a three-week stay in Suffolk and
Ipswich, England, to learn how
the British train their troops and
experience a way of life from
across the globe. While there, the
cadets are not only learning the
routine of an average British
cadet, but are also staying busy
Listening to relatives and com-
paring lineage lines (which often
begin with great, great, great...)
the youngsters were a fine exam-
ple of the Barrett family mission.
“We can't let anyone forget that
Harrison and Annie Barrett didn't
with a hectic schedule, which
includes camping, hiking, and
river rafting — all skills poten-
tially necessary to a soldier.
“This trip really gives them the
opportunity to meet the cadets
from there, and gain a better
understanding of their lifestyle,”
said Bkinca Pentojj,Secretary of
the Sterling MCROTC booster
bound at West Baker Road, West
Baker Road eastbound at Garth
Road, West Baker Road westbound,
Business 146 southbound at
Wyoming Street and North
Alexander Drive northbound at
Highway 146. Violators who speed
through the red light instead of stop-
ping received a warning in the mail.
But starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday
those warnings will be replaced with
$75 citations.
‘Stros top Reds
Houston set season highs
Sunday night with eight extra-
base hits and 13 runs while
rolling to their biggest win of
the season, 13-4 over the
Reds.
Over 150 descendents of the
founding father of Barrett Station
gathered on Saturday for the 141st
family and freedom reunion on
the grounds of the original Barrett sjt around moaning and groaning
that they had been slaves,” said
Anna Pearl Barrett, Harrison's
granddaughter. “When they were
freed, they got going and did
things. They laid the foundation.
It's a big responsibility to make
sure that the next generation can
carry on that history.”
That history began with two for-
mer slaves, Harrison and Annie
remaining intersections where cam-
eras began recording nearly one
month ago).
For almost thirty days, cameras
have been recording red light run-
>- ners at Highway 146 southbound at
By Tuesday, drivers will be expect-
ed to know the drill.
More than 3,000 warnings have
been processed since March, (about
1,000 for the Garth and Baker Road
intersection and 2,000 for the
Barrett who married when they
were only 15 and 11, respectively.
Their union was made official on
August 14, 1867, just two years
after Union Major General
Gordon Granger read Order No. 3
of the Emancipation Proclamation
to Texas. Though merely children
themselves, Harrison and Annie
knew they had an important task
in front of them, and began to pur-
chase land and seek out relatives
lost in the slave trade, establishing
August as the month of the first
family and freedom celebration.
Their commitment to
Kindergarten booster shots are a rite
of passage for children around the
country, but they’re not the only immu-
nizations children need. A number of
kids in Harris County aren’t getting
this preventative care, which could
save their lives. Luckily for those liv-
ing in and around Baytown, The
Baytown Rotary Club is stepping in to
help.
According to the Harris County
Public Health and Environmental
Services, the childhood immunization
rates in Harris County are below the
national average. In 2006 more than 23
percent of Harris County children less
than three years of age had not
received their childhood immuniza-
tions. These immunizations provide
protection against disease and illness.
Though many reasons are thought to
contribute to this problem, the most
widely cited are fear and cost.
Local Pediatrician and Rotarian Dr.
Alton Prihoda said vaccines are a
“modern miracle.”
“We’re still at this point fighting a
lot of misconception and fear of vac-
cines,” said Prihoda. “Vaccines have
saved many lives.”
The Baytown-Rotary will be doing
their part to fight back by sponsoring
Cars that enter the intersections
once the light is red, (including if
they’re turning right on red without
coming to a complete stop), will be
recorded and the registered owner of
the vehicles will have to pay, or fight
the citation in court.
But officers who review the tapes
and approve the citations placed the
average approval rate of citations at
Bronco busters
David Anderson caught six
passes for (>7 .yards, including
a 16-yard touchdown from "
Sage Rosenfels, in the Texans’
19-16 win over the Denver
Broncos.
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Clements, Clifford E. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 225, Ed. 1 Monday, August 11, 2008, newspaper, August 11, 2008; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1192254/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.