The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 112, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 2009 Page: 3 of 14
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Six students in Crystal Hook’s American Sign Language I class at Robert E. Lee High
School were selected to perform in the opening ceremonies of Relay for Life tomorrow
at 6 p.m. on the main stage at Stallworth Stadium. From left, Jasmine Hubbard, Nisha
Lewis, Haley Smith, Monica Marquez, Katherine Reyna, and Meagan King will perform to
"Just Stand Up,” a ballad created to honor those affected by cancer.
future bond program.” Burg
added, “Whatever the deci-
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for at least two years, possi-
bly three or four.
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point in time.”
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Burg said the revised
rezoning plan for
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schools the year after. Also, be affected, York, Cox,
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greater this year.
members and volunteers
donate their time, efforts
and other contributions
toward the fun activities, nity has always been key
dards for students and staff,
as
renovation and would not
house students and staff
adequately.
There are currently 150
students attending Travis
Elementary who are zoned
for Pumphrey Elementary,
most of which are involved
with special programs.
Also discussed was the
option of moving portables
to the Victoria Walker
Elementary campus, which
would allow the relocated
students to make use of the
school’s gymnasium, cafe-
teria and other facilities.
However, this concept was
cut short with the realiza-
tion that the sheer number
of students that would be in
one location — close to
1,500 — could not receive
adequate care in such a
manner.
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Leah Ferguson, Membership Director, Judy Wheat and Anna
Lee Haddox, both volunteers, meet to discuss plans for
Monday’s Goose Creek Country Club Community BBQ
Feast. BBQ tickets are $10 and orders of 10 or more can be
delivered for the noon serving with early scheduling. The
public is invited to participate. Call Leah at 281-424-5534.
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candidate and educate
voters.
Registered voters in all locations are as follows:
• Chambers County
Precincts 4 and 10 - C.T.
Joseph
Center
• Chambers County
Precinct 5 - Beach City
Community Building
• Chambers County
Precincts 8 and 11 - Cove
be extended from 7 a.m. Community Building
to 7 p.m. on April 28 and
River- May 5.
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This is a friendly affair Saturday, May 9. Voting
intended to benefit every hours will be 7 a.m. - 7
p.m.
Election day voting
Club 2407
The Baytown Parks
& Recreation
Department will host
their popular Club 2407
Teen Night tonight
from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.,
at the Baytown
Community Center,
2407 Market Street.
Area teens (Junior
High through High
School) are invited to
hang out with their
friends, while enjoying
dancing to a live DJ,
games, concessions
and an overall great
time, in a safe and
drug/alcohol free envi-
ronment. Admission
for the event is $10 per
person at the door.
Club 2407 Teen
Night dances are held
on the last Friday of
each month. For more
information, please
contact Baytown Parks
and Recreation at 281-
420-6597.
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Chambers County
precincts may vote early
at the Barbers Hill ISD
C.T. Joseph Conference
Center.
Early voting begins
April 27 and lasts until
the candidates in the May 5. Voting hours will
races for the Barbers Hill
School Board of Trustees,
city of Beach City, city of
Mont Belvieu and the
city of Old
Winfree.
Early Bird Special - First Show: S4.75 Mon-Thurs
Children & Seniors: S5.50 • Matinee S5.50 all shows before 6pm
General Admission: S8.00 »Major Credit Cards Accepted
The West Chambers
County Chamber of
Commerce will host
“Meet the Candidates” at
the Barbers Hill Middle
School auditorium in
Mont Belvieu Tuesday at
7 p.m.
The public will have
the opportunity to meet
Storm
overflow
Recent rainfall in
excess of 6 inches
resulted in a surcharge
to the City’s sanitary
sewer system causing
an overflow of
150,000 gallons of
wastewater at the
Steinman Lift Station.
The City’s Public
Works Department
reports that the over-
I flow caused no
adverse effects as the
water was heavily
diluted by rainwater.
school intact,” said Diana
Cox, executive director of
elementary education for
the school district. “We’re
not just going to ‘camp out.’
You can do anything when
you ‘camp out’ but over
time you get weary. We
want all students to have the
same opportunities, and
they wouldn’t like this.
“We really did try to
make it work, and it just
didn’t happen.”
This is not the first time
the school district has faced
such a choice. In 1995,
Carver Elementary was
forced to relocate immedi-
ately when a black sub-
stance oozed up from the
ground, the fumes of which
made some children ill.
The problem was traced to
an earthen petroleum stor-
age pit that had been aban-
doned by Exxon Mobil
before the property was
donated to the school dis-
trict. In that scenario, the
GC Country Club Classic
tees off Monday with feast
The Goose Creek both available. Delivery is
Country Club members also available of over 10
and volunteers are excited orders by early scheduling
about planning the sixth for the Noon serving,
annual two day fundraiser Tickets are available by
and this year - for the first calling Leah Ferguson,
time, proceeds will be 281-424-5534.
Voters need to bring
to families enrolling
multiple children.
Space is limited, so
pre-registration is rec-
ommended.
For more informa-
tion call the City of
Baytown Parks &
R e c r e a t i o n
Department at 281-
420-6598.
DeLeon, and other Goose
campuses the first Creek elementary princi-
cation to a site near the j
Travis Elementary campus, will occur, “Our thought in place until there is a new
elementary school built.
Pumphrey Elementary
School opened in 1971 on
Fairway Drive. Today, the
school is home to some 474
students and 67 staff members.
The school is named for a
will start with keeping Mexican School) from 1928
“ to 1%5 ofiginal De
Zavala at Cypress and
Magnolia streets in old
Baytown was closed in 1965.
On Thursday, Goose Creek
CISD will host a Parent and
bond program is winding Staff Meeting at 6 p.m. at the
down, and in that bond we Pumphrey Elementary
had no money for a new School gymnasium to talk
school. We had money to about this issue,
buy land for a new school Anyone who wants to sub-
that could be built through a mit a question about the
Pumphrey/West Town relo-
cation may do so by calling
Board secretary Noemi
Garcia at 281-420-4816 or
emailing her at
ngarcia@gccisd.net. The
answers will be sent to
Representation on the those inquiring and placed
committee will include the on the school district web-
® Pumphrey principal Rachel site, www.gccisd.net.
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shared with two Baytown
charities - the Homeless
Shelter and New Horizons
women’s shelter. During proceeds also going toward
club improvements. The
Entry Fee is $100 which
includes lunch & dinner,
ing up the clubhouse and Sponsorship Opportunities
grounds with proceeds are available. To partici-
from this community cele- pate in the tournament, call
bration. Hurricane Ike Glenn Von Bieberstein,
made the challenge even tournament chairman, 281-
The 799-6644 or the Pro shop at
281-424-5565.
The enthusiasm & gener-
ous support of the commu-
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The community is invited the success of the Spring
to participate. Classic activities. These
The Community Feast is funds support Clubhouse &
scheduled for Monday with golf course improvements
the lunch serving 11 a.m. to and for the first time this
1 p.m. and dinner serving year proceeds will be
5p.m. to 7 p.m. of Gene shared with two Baytown
Smith’s award-winning charities. For more infor-
BBQ Ribs, Pork Loin, mation or to participate in
and part of the reason they Ashbel Smith Elementary Director
(Pumphrey students and was relocated to the dis-
staff) have been so success- trict’s West Town Complex and parent members of the
2006 elementary rezoning -I
committee.
Plum Sauce, plus all the the Spring Classic Feast
trimmings for only $10 and/or Golf Tournament,
each serving. Volunteers call Leah Ferguson, 281-
will be serving the barbe- 424-5534, Pro Shop 281-
cue to the public. Home 424-5565, or Sylvia
made desserts will also be Lohkamp, events chairper-
sold. Dine in or takeout are son, 281-424-4776.
Arts Summer
Gamp for girls
Does your daughter
like to dance, sing
and act? The City of
Baytown has the per- !
feet summer camp for
young ladies interest- i
ed in the performing i
arts — “Girls Just
Wanna Have Fun.”
This two-week camp,
which kicks off July
13, offers participants
the chance to take part
in acting, arts & crafts,
singing and many
other activities all
while learning skills
that will stay with
them for life.
The camp, offered
to 20 girls, ages 9 to
13, will meet at the i
Baytown Community
Center, 2407 Market
Street, Monday - I
Friday, from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m., with
extended hours and
tutoring available.
Cost for the camp is
$80 for one week; or
$140 for two weeks,
with a discount offered
which is in relatively close process was that we would
proximity to Pumphrey relocate the students by
Elementary. The site, a grade level, and also to keep
vacated church, was the staff together,” said
deemed unacceptable for York. “We will also do our
maintaining adequate stan- best to keep families togeth-
er. It’s the philosophy of this
it would need substantial school district to keep fam-
ilies together as much as we longtime teacher and school
can. administrator, Jessie Lee
“As we go through this Pumphrey, who had been
process we are open to any principal at Lorenzo De
possible options, but we Zavala (known as the
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fill is the relationships that for some time, wherein
have been formed between portable buildings were
the families, teachers and used in conjunction with Every effort will be made to
students. the existing facility. The rezone students based on
“We tried to find a site West Town Complex, keeping neighborhoods and
suitable to accommodating which sits adjacent to the families together. The dis-
all the kids and teachers, Pumphrey Campus, also trict will provide transporta-
but we have been unable to faces closure at the end of tion for all Pumphrey stu-
find one that meets the this school year because of dents to their new campus-
GCCISD safety standards.” the same proximity of/
Among the possible solu- pipelines forcing thy
tions considered was relo- Pumphrey exodus. / rezoning plan
As far as how the split-up Pumphrey’s students will be
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