The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 2010 Page: 3 of 12
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icant leap in 2009, with 77
percent of students meet-
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some of the rundown
buildings would help
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from its rich history.
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relief fund donation for an fraudulent claim.
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carry a handgun, police
said. He is 5-feet II-inch-
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an,i has tattoos on his neck
chest and arms, police said.
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information tn call 281-
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and region averages.
Social studies scores rose
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“commended” students in
the district also saw a big
jump, rising to 23 percent
from 19 percent in 2008. test, up three points from
Still, the district’s science 2008. The state average
score ranks below the state was 76 percent and the
region total was 74 per-
cent.
locations. Sixteen of the
markers went to Harris
County.
Getting the THC’s
approval was not an easy
task.
“The state, is very selec-
tive in the process of get- tion ^ith fonner schools
ting a marker, Mistrot superintendent George H.
said. Gentry about the school’s
Singleton started work exemplary faculty.
“When I grew up, I real-
ized what Gentry was talk-
Housing aid
extended
The Disaster Housing
Assistance Program has
been extended until Mav
27, U.S. Department of
Housing ami Urban
Development and Federal
Emergency Management
Agencv officials announced.
The program was set to
end in March.
There are 1,937
Galveston Count}' families
still enrolled in the pro-
gram, which subsidizes rent
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This year, five of the mark-
ers awarded in Harris County
involve black heritage.
A Carver alumnus, Rev,
Sherman Gray Jr. is
pleased to see Singleton’s
efforts bring recognition to
the school.
“What Warren is doing
is a great thing," Gray said.
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last date allowed under the Monday when the county
program’s grant authority. contractor, RDR, sent let-
Officials arc exploring ters txt 505 applicants stat-
additional extensions. ing their properties were
approved for the buyout.
Those jyroperties on the
county's priority buyout
list and owners were
informed by e-mail on
Monday. Most arc s'
the beach front on the
Gulf of Mexico side of the
Bolivar Peninsula.
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has so
tions to begin working
from. My hope yvould be
smiled when to let some of that history in time and bring back the
asked to summarize some shine through in the revi- past,” she said. “But I think
of her ideas, taking out talization of Texas
countless newspaper clip- Avenue.”
Still, Coker realizes no
matter what die city does, how things were.”
three points from 2008,
with 92 percent of Goose
Creek students meeting
the passing standard. The
state average was 93 per-
cent and the region average
was 94 percent. The num-
ber of “commended" stu-
dents in 2009 was 38 per-
cent as opposed to the 29
percent in 2008, another
2008. 'The 'number" of substantial increase.
All told, 74 percent of
GCC1SD kids passed
every section of the TAKS
County to begin
Ike home buyouts
Galveston Count} com-
missioners on Wednesday got
formal approval for a massiyv
home buyout program that
yvouki convert as mam as 900
Hurricane Ifa’-dam^ed
homes into open land.
Count}- Emergency
tor victims of hurricanes Management Coordinator
Ike and Gustav. John Siniscn said Phase 1
The program has lx-cn of the 3102.7 million buy-
extended until May 27, the out program began
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unknown charitable
organization, or being
asked to make a donation
by check to a private indi-
vidual.
• Being asked b} some-
one claiming to be from
FEMA to supply your
Social Security number,
bank account number,
FEMA registration num-
ber or other sensitive
information.
• Getting a personal
visit from someone claim-
ing to be a building con-
tractor who offers to make
repairs or clean up debris.
"We fry to refer dur vic-
tims to credible • listings,”
on the project last spring.
He spent nearly 600 hours
researching the history of ing abOut,” Gray said.
Carver High and cornpil- “Ninety percent of the
ing data to submit to the teachers at Carver held
historical commissions of master’s degrees, which is >
lexas and Harris County, unheard of today and that a
He paid the $100 fee that should be celebrated.” g
both the state arid county
applications required. And
he prepared an exhaustive
report making the case for
the marker.
Mistrot said Singleton’s
efforts definitely stood out.
“He did a magnificent
job,” she said, “probably
one of the most elaborate
I’ve seen come through.”
Mistrot said the HCHC
helps individuals like
Singleton as much as it
can.
“It’s our job to help pre-
pare applicants to present
their case to the THC," she
said. “When people come
in with ideas, we try to
compare them to things
the state has selected in the
past. We attempt to aid the
applicants by putting our-
selves in the position of the
THC committee.”
Carver’s marker is the first
in Baytown to honor a seg-
ment of the city's black his-
tory, but Mistrot said in
recent years, there has been a
surge of interest in black his-
tory throughout the county.
“In the last couple of
years, there have been a
large number of African-
American markers,” she
said.
reflective of that era," she “Bavtnwn has so much
said. “1 would like to see potential and so much his-
that trend brought back tor};" she said. “Tire city
and maintained through- has so many great fbunda-
out the buildings on Texas
Avenue.”
Coker
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Sixteen months after
Hurricane Ike hit the
lexas coastline in 2008,
fraudulent business prac-
tices continue to be
reported, according to
state and federal officials.
The Texas Division of
Emergency Management
(1 DEM) and the Federal
Emergence Management
Agency (FEMA) are
encouraging area residents
to report an}' suspicious
activities they see or hear
of.
Frances Parent, manag-
ing director of the
Baytpwn Red Cross, said
it is important for people
to be extremely cautious
after disasters when it
comes to hiring individu-
als or companies in the
business of assisting with
the recovery efforts.
“We try to really stress
buyer beware to those in
our area affected by disas-
ter,” Parent said/
The three most com-
mon scams that FEMA - 1
advises residents to look Parent said. It is impor-
out are; tant to make sure the
1) Phony contractors businesses are legitimate
soliciting work. and credible before trust-
2) Bogus pleas for post- ing them with your repairs
disaster donations. and" ultimately your
3) Fake,offers of help money.”
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Clements, Clifford E. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 2010, newspaper, February 5, 2010; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1192957/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.