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The Beaumont City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a one-year contract in the amount of $142,952 with Coburn Supply for the purchase of corrugated polyethylene pipe. The pipe will be used by the Streets and Drainage Commission to replace driveway culverts during a cleanout of city ditches. Pipe that is damaged or not properly sized will be replaced. The city council voted unanimously to approve an intergovernmental agreement with the County of Charleston, South Carolina in the amount of $113,695 for the purchase of FASTER Fleet Management Software. The new software will replace current software that manages 960 pieces of city-owned equipment. The city council voted unanimously to reappoint Mel Wright to the Convention and Tourism Advisory Committee and to reappoint Walter Crook as vice-chair of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway Commission. The city council also voted unanimously to reappoint Levoris Roy to the Drug Free Beaumont Commission, to reappoint Bill Faucett as chair of the Library Commission and to appoint Dora Nisby as vice-chair of the Library Commission. All other agenda items were unanimously approved. The Texas City City Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve the second reading of an ordinance amending the Master Land Use Plan of the Goals 2000 Comprehensive Plan. Amendments include realignment of the activity corridor along Loop 197, revising the Business and Light Industry Growth Area to the corridor along the north side of the Emmett F. Lowry Expressway and showing Amburn Lakes Subdivision as an established neighborhood. The amended plan will also promote a neighborhood growth area east of Highway 146 and adjacent to the Moses Lake area. The city commission voted unanimously to de-authorize the position of assistant fire chief, a position equal to that of fire marshal that was created in July 2004, and to change the number of fire department positions from 57 to 56. The International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1259 filed a grievance with the fire department, saying that neither the fire department nor the City of Texas City has the authority to create an assistant fire chief position. The city commission voted unanimously to abandon 10th Street between 5th Avenue South and 8th Avenue South, 6th Avenue South between 11th Street South and 10th Street South and surrounding alleys. Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC is the only property adjacent to the abandoned streets. The city commission voted 5-1, with Commissioner Dedrick Johnson opposed, to approve a preliminary zoning extension from Limited Service to Site Plan at 601 4th Street North to operate a treatment facility for children. All other agenda items were unanimously approved. Clarification: The League City mayor and city council will hold a City Hall Open House on Saturday, April 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 300 West Walker Street. University of Texas Medical Branch A researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue investigating disability in older adults. Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, director of the Division of Rehabilitation Sciences in the School of Allied Health Sciences, received the five-year grant titled “Disablement Process in Mexican-American Older Adults.” The grant continues work on disability in older adults by Ottenbacher and colleagues in the Sealy Center on Aging and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health. The focus of the new grant is on risk factors for frailty. Frailty is a precursor of disability, institutionalization and death. Drawing on participants from the Hispanic Established Population Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly directed by Kyriakos S. Markides, the researchers plan to collect information from 1,000 Mexican-American older adults. Markides is co-investigator on the grant examining frailty. “The findings will extend our understanding of how frailty impacts independence and quality of life in the rapidly expanding Mexican-American older adult population,” Ottenbacher said. “Frailty has not been extensively studied in minority populations. We will determine whether changes in strength, balance, walking speed, cognition, daily living skills and other components of frailty impact a person’s ability to live independently in the community.” The San Jacinto College South Music Department will host a free guitar concert on Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre of the Marie Spence Flickinger Fine Arts Center at 13735 Beamer Road in Houston. The
concert will feature several selections from different music
periods and styles. The San Jacinto College South Drama Department will perform "Seussical: The Musical" on Wednesday, April 27 through Saturday, April 30 at 8 p.m. with a matinee performance on Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m. The performance will be on the proscenium stage of the new Marie Flickinger Fine Arts Building. Adult tickets cost $8 and tickets for seniors, children and students cost $5. Doors open 30 minutes prior to curtain. The
Press Club of Southeast Texas will host its ninth annual
Excellence in the Media and Newsmaker of the Year awards
banquet Friday, April 22 at Bando’s at Edison
Plaza, 350 Pine Street in downtown The event is the major annual
fundraiser for the Press Club Memorial Scholarship, awarded
annually to communication students at Press
Club members select the recipient of the Newsmaker of the Year
award, which recognizes the Southeast Texan who had the most
significant positive impact on issues and events during the
previous year. Finalists
for 2004 are Jefferson County Precinct 1 Commissioner Eddie
Arnold, Lamar University head baseball coach Jim Gilligan,
Port Arthur school Superintendent Willis Mackey, United States
Representative Ted Poe and District 1 State Representative
Allan Ritter. Communication
professionals from throughout The
banquet is open to the public at $30 per person. Sponsorships
are also available at levels ranging from $50 to $1,000.
Reservations may be made at (409) 658-8885 or (409) 880-8415. The
Press Club Memorial Scholarship honors deceased members Harold
Beeson, Joe Broughton, Richard Dixon, Sharon Englade, Amelia
Feathers, Jennie Love, Bill Maultsby, Earl Newlin, Jim Turner
and Jim Wright. Galveston College will offer Summer 2005 Middle and High School Academy classes each Tuesday and Thursday starting June 3 for $50 per class. Summer camps will meet each Monday and Wednesday for $100 per camp. All camps and classes are available to students 13 to 17 years old. Students must register by June 3. Camps include Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Creative Writing and Art Studio. Classes include French, Spanish, Reading, Sign Language, PowerPoint Presentations, Choir, Guitar, Interpretive Dance, Life 101, Preparation for High School, Research and Study Skills for College Bound Students, Checkmate, TAKS Enrichment and Investing Your Money 101. To register by telephone call (409) 944-1344. The Middle and High School Academy schedule is available at the main campus at 4015 Avenue Q in Galveston or on the Galveston College website at www.gc.edu. Clear Creek Community Church of League City will hold its Annual Student Ministry Golf Tournament on Monday, April 25 at 8:30 a.m. at the South Shore Harbour Country Club at 4300 South Shore Boulevard in League City. All proceeds from the event will be used to fund missionary trips for the church's student ministry, which is comprised of junior high and high school students. The tournament will be played in a scramble format and will be followed by a silent auction, dinner, awards and a live auction. Entry fees for individuals cost $125 and the fee for a four-person team is $500 for all players registered before April 17. Sponsorships are also available. For additional information, visit http://www.clearcreek.org/golf. Several items of interest to the Gulf Coast Region are posted on The Online News Station. Guidry News Service publisher Jim Guidry was a guest on The Morning Blend Radio Show on KOLE 1340 in Port Arthur this morning. Photos and Audio Pat Hallisey, who recently survived a heart attack, has published an open letter to UTMB President Dr. John Stobo. Letter Scheduled
Meetings Today, April 7 Gulf
Coast E-news,
published by Guidry News Service, provides comprehensive
coverage of posted public meetings in Galveston, Harris and
Jefferson Counties as well as regional news impacting the
Upper Texas Gulf Coast. Jim and Lynda Guidry are publishers of Gulf Coast E-news and The Online News Station. Jim Young is Houston City Correspondent. Dana Patricia Burke is the Bay Area Houston Correspondent. Chuck Lawrence is Galveston City Correspondent. Carl Guidry covers events in Jefferson County. Anita Donatto covers the education beat in Galveston. Patty Mayeux and Dana Patricia Burke are editors of Gulf Coast E-news. Robert John Mihovil is a special photographic correspondent for Guidry News Service We
are seeking to hire reporters & marketing agents to
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