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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
News
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Walker, Crockett principals moving to the new elementary schools
Principals for Goose Creek CISD’s new
elementary schools, scheduled to open in
August, have been named. Appointed as
principal of Dr. Johnny Tee Clark, Jr. El-
ementary School is Susan Griffin, current
principal at Crockett Elementary. Renee
Meyer, current principal at Victoria Walker
Elementary, is the newly appointed princi-
pal of Dr. Antonio Banuelos Elementary
School. These principals will remain in
their current positions for the remainder of
the 2013-2014 academic year. They will
assume their new roles in June.
Griffin has 31 years of experience in
public education, all in Goose Creek CISD.
Principal of Crockett for three years, she
previously served as an assistant princi-
pal and family involvement coordinator at
Highlands Elementary. Also, she has been
a reading peer facilitator and a 5th and 3rd
grade self contained language arts teacher
at Pumphrey Elementary.
Meyer has 13 years of experience in
public education, with 8 years in Goose
Creek CISD. Her entire Goose Creek ca-
reer has been at Victoria Walker Elementa-
ry. She served as an assistant principal at
the school for 5 years and as principal for
the past 3 years. Prior to coming to Goose
Creek, she was an elementary teacher and
a campus instructional specialist in the Ga-
lena Park ISD.
The Crockett and Walker principal
openings have been posted, and interviews
will begin soon. The District plans to fill
these positions by the end of May.
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call of duty.
“On June 23, 2013, Car-
ol was working one of the
call taker positions and re-
ceived a call from a young
man that was wanting
someone to speak to his
girlfriend,” the letter said.
“He said his girlfriend
told him she was raped
and was embarrassed to
speak about it. Carol lis-
tened to the young man
and explained to him
that (his girlfriend) really
needed to make the report.
“He wanted to know if
Carol could send an offi-
cer to her place of employ-
ment to speak to her. Carol
went above and beyond
by looking up the phone
number to the young la-
dy’s employer and calling
it herself,” the letter said.
Sellers learned the vic-
tim would not be at work
until later that same eve-
ning so she got the victim’s
cell phone number. She
called the victim and, in a
compassionate manner, ex-
plained how it was import-
ant to report the crime.
Sellers asked the victim
whether she was comfort-
able speaking to her or
an officer. Ultimately, the
victim agreed to file a re-
port at the police station
the next day.
Jones explained that
Sellers also notified the
Baytown Police Depart-
ment’s Domestic Vio-
lence/Victims Services/
Special Crimes Unit for a
follow up.
“At any time after
speaking to the boyfriend
it would have been very
easy to just put the call
into the CAD system and
let an officer attempt to
contact the victim,” Jones
said. “But Carol went
above and beyond by fol-
lowing up herself and re-
ferring the call to the vic-
tims services unit.”
Although dispatchers
receive hundreds of calls
a day, Sellers said she felt
this case needed special
attention.
“I felt like somebody
needed to reach out to her
and if I didn’t do it, she
might not file the report
on her own,” Sellers said.
“It’s about making a differ-
ence.”
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Obama was elected presi-
dent.”
He said he would not
just vote for conservative
positions, such as on gun
rights, parental rights and
traditional marriage, he
would fight for those posi-
tions.
“I think what conserva-
tives want is someone who
will fight,” he said.
In reference to those
who have questioned how
Streusand can represent a
district where he doesn’t
live, he said he would con-
tinue to travel the district
to listen to voters. “It’s not
where you live, it’s where
you show up,” he said.
Rep. White, speaking
on behalf of Babin, said
he had supported the con-
gressional map as a way to
ensure that east Texas was
represented in Congress.
“We have a very com-
plex district - economi-
cally, culturally, socially
- that’s not only important
to the state of Texas, but
is important to the entire
country. It’s important that
we have representation of
this district that truly, truly
represents its values and
understands all the com-
plexities so southeast Tex-
as can continue not only
upholding the Lone Star
State, but as well uphold
the entire country and the
international economy as
well” White said.
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“There have been stud-
done by the Federal
les
Highway Administration
that basically dispelled
safety concerns as far as
being a distraction,” Bot-
toms said. “And there will
be some illumination cri-
teria so the signs won’t be
super bright.”
In addition, there will
be images and text on the
digital billboards but no
animation or moving and
scrolling text.
The city currently re-
stricts the use of digital
billboards within city lim-
its.
However, council mem-
bers are willing to modify
the city ordinance to allow
Clear Channel’s proposal
because they would re-
move older, less desirable
billboard signs that dot the
landscape, Bottoms said.
Under the proposal, the
city also would be allowed
to use the digital signs for
promotional messages and
for emergency alerts in the
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cal emergencies.
“I think it is a good
deal for us to remove the
75 signs or the 19 signs,”
Councilman David Mc-
Cartney said.
“Also in my opinion,
the electronic signs are
much more professional
looking and the fact that
we can put public safety
messages on it,” McCa-
rtney said. “I think it’s
an overall benefit for the
community.”
Councilman Brandon
Capetillo and Baytown
Mayor Stephen Don-
Carlos agreed it is a step
toward making the city
look better.
“I think this does ap-
pear more clean and can
get more advertising or
messages out to the trav-
elers along I-10 will be
great,” Capetillo. “I hope
we can negotiate the same
type of terms with other
billboard companies.”
BAYTOWN POLICE BEAT
Robbery
• Baytown police officers
are investigating a robbery
that occurred in the Bank
of America parking lot
early Sunday. According
to reports, a 23-year-old
employee of Dollar Gener-
al was dropping off about
$6,330 worth of business
deposits when she was
robbed. The crime hap-
pened at 7:25 a.m. Sunday
at the bank in the 2500
block of Garth Road.
Vehicle crimes
• A vehicle was burglar-
ized at 7:45 a.m. Friday in
the 5300 block of Shirley
Street.
• Burglary of a vehi-
cle occurred in the 10300
block of Lauren Creek
Drive at 6:40 a.m. Satur-
day. Over $1,800 worth of
jewelry, clothes and money
was stolen.
Mischief
• A criminal mischief
occurred between April 11
and 6 p.m. Thursday in the
6100 block of Garth Road
and involved $2,000 worth
of damage caused to two
vehicles.
Arrests
• A Baytown student was
arrested at 8:44 a.m. Friday
in the 6000 block of East
Wallisville Road after she
assaulted a 15-year-old
girl. The charge was as-
sault.
• A man who was being
investigated for theft was
arrested for possession of a
dangerous drug in the 1500
block of West Jones Street
at 6 p.m. Thursday. Police
recovered $500 worth of
stolen property.
Stolen vehicles
• A vehicle was stolen
in the 4500 block of Garth
Road at 1:17 p.m. Friday. It
was valued at $8,000.
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• Between 1-3:30 p.m.
Friday, a theft of a $8,900
vehicle was reported in the
1000 block of San Jacinto
Mall Place.
• A $15,000 vehicle was
stolen from the 4900 block
of Garth Road at 10:34
a.m. Saturday.
Burglaries
• A building was bur-
glarized in the 100 block
of North Burnett Drive be-
tween April 18 and 1 p.m.
Thursday. Over $1,400
worth of tools was stolen.
• A burglary of a hab-
itation occurred at 5:05
pm. Saturday in the 900
block of Northwood Drive,
during which $560 worth
of entertainment equip-
ment was stolen.
• At 9:43 p.m. Saturday,
a building was burglarized
in the 10000 block of Ce-
dar Branch Drive, during
which $670 worth of com-
puter hardware and tools
was stolen.
• Between 10:30 p.m.
Saturday and 9:45 a.m.
Sunday, a burglary and
criminal mischief occurred
at two residences in the
300 block of Highway 146
and in the 300 block of
Avenue J. Entertainment
and computer equipment,
along with tools and other
valuables, were stolen. Es-
timated loss was $3,549.
• About $1,100 worth
of merchandise was stolen
during the burglary of a
building in the 1100 block
of West Lobit Avenue at
6:09 p.m. Sunday.
Thefts
• Two men entered a
store in the 4900 block of
Garth Road and stole three
large televisions valued at
a total of $1,944. Arrests
are pending in the crime,
which occurred on April 9.
47 offenses
Between Friday and Sat-
urday mornings, Baytown
police officers wrote 47
offense reports and inves-
tigated incidents that in-
cluded three assaults, four
auto thefts, two burglaries,
two burglaries of motor ve-
hicles, two thefts, 12 other
arrests and 22 miscella-
neous cases. During that
same time period, Baytown
police also investigated
four vehicle accidents but
reported no injuries at any
of them.
36 offenses
Between Saturday
and Sunday mornings,
Baytown police officers
wrote 36 offense reports
and investigated incidents
that included two assaults,
one auto theft, six burglar-
ies, two burglaries of mo-
tor vehicles, one criminal
mischief, one disorderly
conduct, three thefts, 15
other arrests and five mis-
cellaneous cases. During
that same time period,
Baytown police also in-
vestigated seven vehicle
accidents, one of which
reported injuries.
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 83, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 29, 2014, newspaper, April 29, 2014; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth745829/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.