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HARRIS COUNTY –April 9, 2018 – HarrisCounty Attorney VinceRyan praised the an-nouncement todaythat the design forcleaning up theSan Jacinto RiverWaste Pits will be-gin. Ryan saidthat Harris Coun-ty will review andcomment on theplans as they pro-ceed.

“We are grate-ful to see this processstart,” said Ryan. “Ourmemorandum of under-standing with the Environ-mental Protection Agencyallows the County Attor-ney’s Office to remain in-

volved with the cleanupprocess, which we havepursued for many years.”

The EPA announced to-day that the agency has

r e a c h e d a na g r e e m e n twith Interna-tional PaperCompany andMcGinnes In-dustrial Main-t e n a n c eCorporation tod e s i g n t h ecleanup of theS u p e r f u n d

site. Those companies arethe ones responsible forputting over 200,000 cubicyards of dangerous wastechemicals in pits near theSan Jacinto River. Theywill pay for the cleanup.

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Chicken gladiators awaiting their time in the arena were injected withsteroids and fitted with spurs until a combined enforcement bust Friday.

CROSBY – Last FridayDeputies with the Precinct3 Constable’s office shutdown an operation thatappears to have been fight-ing chickens.

According to Harris

County District Clerk’s of-fice Omar Montemayorand Cleveland Dorseywere charged in connectionwith a cockfighting relat-ed charge that day.

Precinct 3 made the an-

nouncement on their Face-book page and indicatedthat 80 chickens of bothgenders were seized by

Domecoming: Public parties in the AstrodomeHOUSTON – Fans of

the Astrodome broughttheir memories to a largeparty Monday night, insidethe famed Dome.

The Astrodome Conser-vancy held the party, andat least 25,000 fansshowed up, to hear music,eat some food truck grub,and mostly just stare atthe cavernous space andrelive their memories ofthe last time they saw agame or event there.

It was the 53rd Anniver-sary of this so-calledEighth Wonder of theWorld, which is about togain a new life as an indoorpark and event space forthe County.

Commissioner’s Courtin February approved a$105 million plan to reno-vate the Dome, and workwill start in the fall, so thisis the last time the Dome

an air-conditioned dome,another first for the cityand the country. Emmettalso envisions that thespace can be used as anadjunct to NRG center, forboat shows, auto shows,and the Rodeo. Construc-tion will start in October,and last for 17 months.

25,000 Fans gathered for the Dome tour. Some new, some old fans gazed up at the space.

would be available tosee it the way it was whenit opened in 1965.

Phoebe Tudor, chair ofthe Astrodome Conservan-cy, said that this event wasso popular that the 25,000tickets sold out in less thantwo hours. Tickets werefree, too.

Fans remembered whenthe Dome was the home ofthe Astros, from 1965 to1999, and the Oilers from1968 to 1996. In 2009building inspectors ruledthe building unsafe, and ithas been closed since then.

The revitalization plancalls for an underground

parking garage, with 9acres of park space aboveat street level.

The new Dome will beavailable for festivals, con-ferences, and commercialspace, according to Coun-ty Judge Ed Emmett. Itwill also be a passive andrecreational park, under

HC Attorney Ryanapplaudes WastePits Cleanup accord

EPA announces San Jacinto RiverWaste Pits cleanup agreement

EAST HARRIS COUN-TY – Environmental activ-ists and residents of theareas around the San Ja-cinto River Waste Pitspraised the announcementMonday that the PRP (Po-tential Responsible Par-ties) had come to anagreement with the EPA(Environmental ProtectionAgency) to start the engi-neering design work re-quired to implement theROD (Record Of Decision)that called for the removalof all of the toxic wastefrom the site.

The EPA press releaseannouncement read as fol-lows:

DALLAS – (April 9,2018) Today, the U.S. En-vironmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) announced

that an agreement hasbeen reached with Interna-tional Paper Company andMcGinnes IndustrialMaintenance Corporationto perform a remedial de-sign for the San JacintoRiver Waste Pits Super-fund Site selected remedy.The selected cleanup ac-tion addresses the poten-tial dangers posed bydioxin contamination atthe site in Harris County,Texas.

“This agreement marksthe next step in my com-mitment to the people ofHarris County to expeditethe remediation of the SanJacinto Waste Pits site,”said EPA AdministratorScott Pruitt. “EPA will en-sure that the remedial de-sign removes all the

contamination as quicklyand safely as possible andpermanently protects thehealth and safety of thesurrounding communitiesand the San Jacinto River.”

The EPA’s cleanup plan,with support from statepartners and the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers,includes installing engi-neering controls before ex-cavating approximately212,000 cubic yards of di-oxin contaminated materi-al for disposal. Theestimated cost for the rem-edy is $115 million, repre-senting a reasonable valuefor the cost incurred.

The agreement is a re-sult of expedited negotia-tions between EPA andrepresentatives from bothInternational Paper Com-pany and McGinnes Indus-trial MaintenanceCorporation for design ofthe cleanup. The remedialdesign is estimated to takeabout 29 months to com-plete to ensure waste issafely and properly con-tained during construction

and removal. The designwork will be performed bythe companies under theoversight of EPA and Tex-as Commission on Envi-ronmental Quality. Thecurrent quarterly cap in-spection and maintenanceprogram will continuewhile the remedial designis being completed.

EPA’s decision is basedon extensive studies of thecontamination, and humanhealth and environmentalrisks of this site. The finalcleanup plan considers theever-changing San JacintoRiver, which encroaches onthe site, while protectingimportant downstream re-

See Waste Pits CleanUp, Page 6

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City ofBaytown“Strong andStable” byBusiness ViewMagazine

“Strong and Stable”is how Business ViewMagazine definedBaytown in its Marchedition. The articleoutlines how the City isleveragingunprecedented growthin industry, retail andresidentialdevelopment to makesignificantimprovements in thecommunity.

The article featuresMayor StephenDonCarlos, CityManager Rick Davis,and Director ofStrategy and InnovationNick Woolerydiscussing howBaytown’s economicoutlook, driven bygrowth in the oil andgas sector’sdownstream activity,not only has exceededexpectations, but hasalso allowed Cityleaders to opportunityto engage in a full-scale community-driven strategic plan.

The article goes onto talk about some thecity’s recentinfrastructure projects,as well as significantredevelopment andrevitalization projects.The key themethroughout, however,echoes the City’sstated purpose “toenrich lives and buildcommunities,” and howCity officials areworking strategically tomake that possible.

“Baytown is quicklyearning a reputation forinnovativemanagement and smartplanning,” said MayorStephen DonCarlos.“Although it’s a storywe’re still writing,we’re gratified to seeour efforts beingrecognized on anational level.”

The article, in itsentirety, can be foundonline atwww.businessviewmagazine.com/digital-magazines/mar-2018/HTML/140/

Business ViewMagazine coversdevelopments inmanufacturing,construction,infrastructure, supplychain and logistics,health care, food andbeverage, and energy,as well as the publicsector; reporting on thelatest advances inmunicipal publicworks, greeninitiatives, and collegesustainabilityprograms.

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Just recently a Mem-orandum of Coopera-t ion was s igned todevelop and augmentthe steel industry inTexas. With this agree-ment JSW Steel (USA)Inc. has agreed to con-sider an investment of$500 million in phasesin developing its steelmanufacturing infra-structure in Baytown,Texas. This investmentwill be used to expandthe company's Plate &Pipe Mill unit. A TexasEnterprise Fund (TEF)grant offer of $3.4 mil-lion has been extendedto JSW Steel (USA) Inc.

This new deal is sureto bring a substantialamount of economicgrowth to the Baytownarea as well as HouseDistrict 23. "We are go-ing to change steelmak-i n g i n t h e U n i t e dStates, right here inBaytown, Texas," saidJohn Hirtz, Presidentand CEO of JSW SteelUSA. "There won't beanything like it in theU.S., or in the world fordecades to come."

"The Memorandumsigned by Greg Abbottand JSW USA is part ofour long term strategyto enhance our U.S.

The City of Baytown issaddened to report thepassing of Assistant FireChief Bernard Olive. Along-time member of theBaytown Fire Department,Olive was known for hislove of Baytown and exten-sive knowledge of the city’shistory.

Olive passed suddenlyThursday while on duty.

“Words cannot fully ex-press how sad we are tolose our friend, said May-or Stephen DonCarlos.“Bernard was a good manwho loved serving hishometown. Our prayers goout to his family, the Bay-town Fire Department andour city family. He will bedeeply missed.”

Fire Chief KennethDobson reiterated theMayor’s words, adding “ourFire Department family issaddened by this tremen-dous loss. Bernard’s dedi-cation to the FireDepartment and to Bay-town is an inspiration toall of us.”

Olive began his careerwith the City of Baytownin 1969 as part of the City’sPublic Works Department,after graduating from Rob-ert E Lee High School.

He left the City brieflyto serve as a medic withthe US Army’s 565th Med-

MONT BELVIEU, TX –West Chambers CountyPilot Club members com-pleted another fabulousfundraiser. The “Hollywoodon the Hill, Lights, Cam-era, Auction" Gala, thatwas held last Saturday,April 7, 2018 at Barbers

85th Legislative Interim Update

House District 23 benefitsfrom deal with JSW Steel Inc.to develop local steelindustry in Baytown

footprint," said Mr.Parth Jindal of JSWGroup. "It reiterates ourcommitment to stay in-vested and grow in theU.S. market. It also pro-vides JSW USA an op-portunity to participatein USA's infrastructuredevelopment and job cre-ation priorities. Accessto natural gas at ex-tremely economical pric-es and the abundantavailability of scrap steelin Texas make condi-tions very conducive formanufacturing throughthe Electric Arc Furnaceroute. JSW Steel (USA)Inc. wishes to create aworld class fully inte-grated steel complexthat will bring precisionmanufacturing of highquality steel plate andpipe to Texas, USA."

JSW USA operatesone of the widest steelplate & pipe mills inNorth America. Strate-gically located in Bay-town, Texas the unitservices the needs of theenergy, petrochemicals,defense and other heavyequipment industries inUSA who need highquality carbon plate.

Sincerely,Rep. Wayne Faircloth

Baytown mournsdeath of belovedAssistant Fire Chief

ical Ambulance Companystationed in both the Unit-ed States and Germany.His military service alsoincluded time spent withboth the Army Reservesand Coast Guard Reserves.

In 1973, his true life’scalling began when hetransferred to the Fire De-partment, working his waythrough the ranks to be-come Assistant Fire Chief,Fire Marshal and DeputyEmergency ManagementCoordinator.

Olive’s life of service andleadership led him to share

Assistant Fire ChiefBernard Olive

West Chambers County PilotClub hosts annual ‘Gala’

West Chambers County Pilot Club members: (back row) Pam Sapp, George Jones,Wynona Montgomery, Chelsea George, Jan Jones, Mary Wilson, Marla Van Pelt,Agnes Hejtmanek, and Betty Dutton,(Middle row) Linda Polk, Rose Mary Smith, Becky Erikson, Angela Butler, DianaJackson, and Patty Hardy, (Front row) Tammy Jones, Texas District Pilot Club Gov-ernor Connie Hernandez, Judy Barrow, Deana Fojt, West Chambers County PilotClub President Tonya Keller, Linda Gilmore Judy Duncan and Shirley Harmon.More GALA photos on next week’s issue.

Hill High School on EagleDrive in Mont Belvieu,Texas, was a great successthanks to all the GalaSponsors and Donors, Auc-tioneer Bill Wallace, all theElected Officials, BHISDBoard of Trustees, and Dr.Greg Poole, who were Spot-

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A big thank you toAwards and Engraving forallowing Oscar to attendthe Gala fundraiser.

The Dayton Ole TymeDays festival will host its28th annual event indowntown Dayton.

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The City of Baytownand Keep BaytownBeautiful (KBB) wereawarded the 2018 Gov-ernor ’s CommunityAward by Keep TexasBeautiful and the Tex-a s D e p a r t m e n t o fTransportation (Tx-DOT). The first placeaward in the categoryfor cities with popula-tions of 65,001 – 90,000b r i n g s a p r i z e o f$270,000 to be used forlandscaping projectsalong local rights-of-way.

Projects to be fundedwith the money haveyet to be determined.

“We are gratified towin this prestigiousaward from Keep TexasBeautiful, along withthe recognition of whatwe’ve accomplished; butwe’re even more excitedto receive funding tocontinue beautificationefforts,” said MayorStephen DonCarlos.“The hard work of citystaff, our Keep BaytownBeautiful volunteers,and our residents ispaying off, and our cityis showing the results.We still have work to dothough; it is up to all ofus to continue to fightlitter and keep the com-munity looking great.”

“Our community andKeep Baytown Beauti-

City of BaytownReceives Governor’sCommunityAchievement Award

ful are so proud and hon-ored to receive thisaward. We work hardevery year reporting thecity-wide efforts and ittakes many long hoursto complete the applica-tion,” said KBB Presi-dent Scott Sheley. “Ourboard is amazing andthe work by both theboard and city are in-credible. The hundredsof volunteers are to becommended for theirtime and efforts; theyare so much a part of thisendeavor. I am so hap-py for the city's coopera-tion and look forward toworking with them onthis project. We can allbe proud of this wonder-ful community.”

Missouri City andTemple were awardedthe second and thirdplace awards in thesame category. Criteriathat the city is judged ininclude:

·Community Leader-ship and Coordination

·Public Awareness·Education·Beautification and

Community Improve-ment

·Litter Prevention andCleanup

·Solid Waste Manage-ment

·Litter Law and IllegalDumping Enforcement.

his knowledge with notonly Baytown’s firefight-ers, but firefighters aroundthe world who attendedthe Texas A&M MunicipalFire School, where he wasa guest instructor for 37years.

“Bernard put the “B” in“Baytown” is a saying com-monly expressed by Bay-town fire-fighters; atribute to the man whose48 year career made himthe de facto historical cus-todian of all things Bay-town related. “Hisknowledge of local historymade him the go-to guy foranyone looking for infor-mation about the city,” saidPublic Affairs CoordinatorPatti Jett. “He could al-ways tell you who didwhat, why and when. Hismemory for events andpeople was amazing.”

His face was familiar toyoung and old alike as theparade driver of the City’shistoric 1947 fire engine –a vehicle whose restorationand maintenance he lov-ingly oversaw.

Assistant Chief Olive issurvived by his belovedwife, Kathy, his daughterMartha and son-in-lawTim and his granddaugh-ter Kathryn.

Funeral arrangementsare pending.

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Galveston Bay Founda-tion applauds EPA’sagreement with San JacintoRiver Waste Pits SuperfundSite responsible partiesInternational Paper andMcGinnis Industrial WasteManagement for the nextstep of the cleanup

Houston, TX – April 9,2018 – Galveston BayFoundation (GBF) applaudsEPA’s expedited negotia-tions and resulting agree-ment with San Jacinto RiverWaste Pits responsibleparties International Paperand McGinnis IndustrialWaste Management toperform a remedial designfor the San Jacinto RiverWaste Pits Superfund Siteselected remedy of removalof 212,000 cubic yards ofdioxin contaminatedmaterial. The remedialdesign is estimated to takeabout 29 months to com-

Galveston Bay Foundationon SJR Waste Pits Cleanup

plete. The design work willbe performed by thecompanies under theoversight of EPA and TexasCommission on Environ-mental Quality.

GBF has worked toinfluence and expedite thecleanup for approximately adecade. The waste was firstpumped into pits along theSan Jacinto River in themid-1960s. The site hascontained a temporary capfor the last several years.Because the site is located ina high energy zone subject toflooding, the cap hadrepeated maintenanceissues and exposed morewaste to the San JacintoRiver. The agreementbetween EPA and theresponsible parties meansthat removal of the wastes,the only safe and permanentremedy for this site, movesone step closer.

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Ab-bott on April 4 welcomed theannouncement by Secretaryof Homeland SecurityKirstjen Nielsen that the fed-eral government would de-ploy some 4,000 NationalGuard personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border to assist instemming the flow of illegalimmigration.

“Today’s action by theTrump Administration rein-forces Texas’ longstandingcommitment to secure oursouthern border and upholdthe rule of law and I welcomethe support,” the governorsaid. “Going forward, Texaswill continue to implementrobust border security effortsand this partnership will helpensure we are doing every-thing we can to stem the flowof illegal immigration.”

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn ofTexas said using the Nation-al Guard in a supportive role“is a commonsense way totemporarily assist law en-forcement along the border.It’s critical that the Adminis-tration continue to work inclose consultation with stateand community leaders to

Decision to send troops toborder draws mixed reactions

ensure the border region canremain safe and prosperous.”

Cornyn noted that the de-cision to deploy troops is con-sistent with actions taken byPresident Obama in 2010 andPresident George W. Bush in2006.

But state Rep. Cesar Blan-co, D-El Paso, reacted differ-ently. “Trump’s deployment ofthe National Guard to ourborder communities is unjus-tified, irresponsible and dan-gerous,” Blanco said. “In 2017,apprehensions for illegal bor-der crossing hit a 46-year low— a 23.4 percent drop from2016. Some of our border com-munities, such as El Paso, areconsistently ranked as someof the safest communities inthe country.”

State Sen. Jose Rodriguez,D-El Paso, also questioned the

deployment.“The President and other

Republicans have manipulat-ed the fears of Americans,many of whom know very lit-tle about life in on the border,into a potent political weap-on,” Rodriguez said. “In hislatest anti-immigrant action,Mr. Trump proposes to use theU.S. military as actors and theborder as a stage to createelectoral theatre in hopes ofappeasing his political base.”

Miller asks forworkers

Texas Agriculture Com-missioner Sid Miller on April4 asked the federal govern-ment to allow an increase intemporary workers to helpmeet the Lone Star State'sneed for labor in various ag-ricultural sectors and in theGulf shrimp industry.

Miller wrote a letter toHomeland Security SecretaryNielsen and Labor SecretaryAlexander Acosta requestingaction. “Currently, many ag-ricultural and related entitiesare making final decisions onthis season’s production ef-forts. Your action on this mat-ter will determine theeconomic success of many ofthese businesses and the jobsthey create,” Miller wrote.

“As commissioner of agri-culture for the state of Texas,I am encouraging the Trumpadministration to take imme-diate action and open the pe-tition process under the H-2BNonimmigrant TemporaryWorker Program. This is crit-ical for our agricultural econ-omy, as well as the small andseasonal businesses that relyon the temporary workersprovided through the H-2Bprogram in Texas,” Milleradded.

Currently, the H-2B pro-gram allows U.S. employers,after meeting certain criteria,to bring foreign workers tothe United States to fill tem-porary nonagricultural jobs.

Pensions face shortfallsThe two funds that provide

retirement benefits andhealthcare to public schoolteachers and other state em-ployees may need reforms tomaintain solvency in the fu-ture, according to membersattending an April 4 hearingof the Senate State AffairsCommittee.

“It’s just a cold, hard factthat we can’t keep doingthings the way we’re doing it,”Senate Finance CommitteeChair Jane Nelson, R-FlowerMound, said of funding strat-egies for the Teachers Retire-ment System and EmployeesRetirement System. “We can’tkeep going down this path.”

Over the last 20 years, Nel-son said, investments haveonly returned about 7 percentand the gap between antici-pated and actual returns iswhere potential unfunded li-abilities arise. The board ofthe Teachers Retirement Sys-tem will meet on April 20, ex-pecting to decide whether tomake adjustments based onthe how much the fund isearning.

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Gilbert CurtisRoeder

Gilbert Curtis Roeder,89, passed away peaceful-ly on April 6, 2018 sur-rounded by his family. Hewas born August 20, 1928in Fayetteville, Texas toArthur and Elizabeth vonRoeder, moved with hisfamily to Crosby in 1934,and lived almost all of hislife on the farm on whichhe grew up, a testimony tohis love of and loyalty tothe land.

He is survived by hisbeloved wife, Billie LaJuneWilson Roeder; his daugh-ter and son-in-law, Lindaand Bill Hoosier of Vidor,Texas; his son and daugh-ter- in- law, Steve andChristy Roeder of Dayton;and his daughter, SusanRoeder of Humble; alongwith 6 grandchildren and14 great-grandchildren.He is also survived by twosisters, Alice Skrabanekand Earlene Skarpa; threestepdaughters, Kathrynand Marshall Limpic, Pamand Jim Hammonds, andDee Ann and Troy Giles;and three stepsons, Duaneand Wendy Chennault,Darrel and Debra Chen-nault, and Dale Chen-nault.

He is preceded in deathby Wanda Akin Roeder, hisfirst wife and mother of hischildren; and also by hissecond wife, Dorothy JeanChennault Roeder.

Gilbert was known hiswhole life as a man of hisword, as someone whocould be counted on toshow up, work hard, do theright thing, honor his com-mitments, be of help, beable to build or to fix al-most anything, and to doall of these things with agood sense of humor andsome fun teasing. Helearned the values of fru-gality, self-sufficiency andhigh standards growing upin the Great Depression,but was overly generous toothers with his time, his

Gordon L.Young SR

On April 02, 2018, Gor-don L. Young SR, 69 ofChannelview, Texas passedaway unexpectedly. Gor-don was born in Jackson,Michigan to Fred and Eliz-abeth Young. Later thefamily moved to Florida,Gordon always called Tam-pa, Florida home.

Gordon was a loving andhardworking man who didnot let anything slow himdown. He devoted his lifeto his community. Thisfirst started 1968, when hejoined the United StatesArmy and was sent to Viet-nam. While in the Army,he met Phyllis Puckett andthey were married on No-vember 12, 1970. UponHonorable Discharge fromthe Army, he settled downwith his family in Tampa,Florida. He moved hisfamily to Channelview,Texas in 1976. He workedas Channelview ISD busdriver for a few years thenmoved on to Metro Transitin Houston for the next 34years. Also during thistime, he was part of theChannelview VolunteerFire Department. He ded-icated over 30 years to theCVFD as a firefighter andEMT.

He is survived by hiswife of 48 years, Phyllisand his son Lee Young, andhis daughter DeborahTiller and son-in-law Jas-on Tiller, six grandchil-dren: Aerial, Nathan, Ava,Ashley, Davis and Parkerand two great-grandchil-dren: Jerimiah and Isabel-la. Gordon never knew astranger and this is evi-dent by all the friends he

Ruthie GeraldineCole, born

Ruthie Geraldine Cole,born May 14, 1923 to Tho-mas and Nellie (Stokes)Nelson in Nacogdoches,Texas, passed away onApril 4, 2018 in Longview,Texas, at the age of 94years.

Ruth’s loving family in-cludes; son, Larry Van ColeTidwell; daughters, SharonCole Hocut and Gale ColeCreel; five grandchildren,six great grandchildren andsix great-great grandchil-dren; and numerous otherrelatives and a host offriends.

She is preceded in deathby her parents, Rev. Tho-mas Lafayette and NellieAmerica Stokes Nelson;brothers, William Richard“Floyd” Nelson, Johnny D.Nelson; sisters, Onie BellTidwell, Myrtle Lee Mc-Neil, Frances Delilah Em-manuel, Uretha Bruce,Ruby Ivy; granddaughter,Julia Denise Creel-Hunt.

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many talents, and his pa-tience for teaching how todo what he could do. Hespent over thirty years ofhis career at Shell Chemi-cal, rising through theranks to ultimately be su-pervisor over a large resinunit. He was able to retirein his mid-50’s and wasblessed with good healthand an abundance of ener-gy until his final years. Hespent his retirement enjoy-ing travel throughout theAmerican West and Alas-ka with varying assort-ments of his family in tow,or tinkering with a myri-ad of projects in his work-s h o p . H i s l e g a c y o fmorality, commitment,honor and humor will out-live him for generations. Avisitation for family andfriends will be held at Ster-ling-White on Monday,April 9, 2018 from 5:30pm-8pm. Funeral services willbe held at Sterling-Whiteon Tuesday, April 10, 2018at 10am with burial to fol-low at Memory GardensCemetery in Baytown.Flowers are welcome, or inlieu of flowers, donationsmay be made in his nameto the First NazareneChurch missions fund,2409 N. Main Street, Bay-town, TX 77520. Serviceshave been entrusted toSterling-White FuneralHome 11011 Crosby -Lynchburg Rd. Highlands,Texas 77562. To send thefamily condolences pleasevisitwww.sterlingwhite.com

left behind including Car-los Manzano and his fam-ily, Howard Crenshaw,Patrick Smith and hisfamily and many manymore.

Death leaves a heart-ache no one can heal. Loveleaves a memory no onecan steal. Join us for a cel-ebration of Gordon Younglife, a life lived well. Thememorial service will beheld on April 14th at Noonat the old ChannelviewFire Department Station 3on 904 Dell Dale with agraveside service follow-ing at 4 pm in ShepherdTexas at Farley Cemetery(6431 FM 2666 Rd; Shep-herd, Texas 77371.) Weask for flowers to be sentto 16404 Pecan StreetChannelview Texas 77530or have donations made toChannelview Fire Depart-ment in Gordon's honor.

A Visitation will be heldon April 7, 2018 from 11:00a.m. to Service. Celebra-tion of Ruth’s life will be-gin at 1:00 p.m. at PaceFuneral Home in Living-ston, Texas with Rev. Lar-ry Cole Tidwell officiating.A private interment to fol-low at the Isabel ChapelCemetery in Mount Enter-prise, Texas.

Pallbearers will beTrinity Masonic Lodge #14AF&AM, Livingston, Tex-as.

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COMMUNITY CALENDARCrosby HS Alumni Meeting dates fpor2018

The CHS Alumni Committee announces the dates ofthe planning meetings for the upcoming 36th Annual AllClasses Alumni Reunion. The meetings will be held onWed. April 18, Wed. May 23, Wed. June 20 and Wed.July 25. The meetings are held at the Crosby Communi-ty Center on Hare Road and begin at 6 pm. All gradu-ates of Crosby High School are invited to attend,regardless of year graduated.

Tees-N-Tails Golf TournamentCrosby/Huffmand Chamber of Commerce 26th Annu-

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Houston, TX — Thelargest battle reenactmentin the state is the center-piece of the admission-freeSan Jacinto Day Festival,to be held on Saturday,April 21, 2018, from 10a.m. to 6 p.m. on thegrounds surrounding theSan Jacinto Monument.The reenactment recreatesthe events leading up toTexas winning its indepen-dence from Mexico 182years ago at the decisiveBattle of San Jacinto onApril 21, 1836

On Saturday, reenac-tors from across the statebecome figures in Texashistory, for the day. Visi-tors can wander freelyamong the Mexican andTexian camps to learnwhat the soldiers and theirfamilies were doing priorto the battle in 1836. At 3p.m., the official (and his-torically accurate!) reen-actment of the Battle ofSan Jacinto begins. Withhundreds of history reen-actors, this reenactment—complete with cannons,horses and pyrotechnics—is the largest in the south-west United States.

Sponsored by the SanJacinto Museum of Histo-ry Association, the festivalis a full day of entertain-ment, vendors, food, fami-ly activit ies, culturalexhibits, games and fun set

2018 San Jacinto Day Festivaland Battle ReenactmentCelebration marks 182nd Anniversary of San JacintoBattle and Texas’s Independence from Mexico

amidst living history: mu-sic and dancing on threestages featuring country-western bands, flamencodancers, Native Americanpresentations, squaredancers and much more;15+ food vendors; make-and-take activities andcrafts for children; chil-dren’s train; petting zoo;medicine wagon show;birds of prey; weavers,spinners, blacksmiths andother demonstrators; anddozens of unique hand-crafted items for sale.

All festival activities areupdated regularly on theSan Jacinto Museum ofHistory website:w w w . s a n j a c i n t o -museum.organd facebook.com/sjbat-tlereenactment.

The Official State ofTexas Ceremony Com-memorating the 182ndAnniversary of the Battleof San Jacinto will takeplace at 10a.m. on Satur-day, April 21. This annualevent will take place insidethe monument at the JesseH. Jones Theatre.

Organizers recommendguests come early and fol-low directions from TPWDand other parking staff.There will be no drones orhoverboards allowed onpark/festival grounds.

For more information,visit www.sanjacinto-m u s e u m . o r g ,facebook.com/sjbattlereen-actment or call 281-479-2421.

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BAYTOWN — (April6, 2018) — Parkinson’sdisease (PD) is an espe-cially cruel condition be-cause it frequently robspeople otherwise in theprime of life of their mo-bility and cognitive abil-i t i e s . B u t t h eRehabilitation Unit atHouston Methodist SanJacinto Hospital hasearned certification inan innovative treatmentmethod that is showinggreat benefit to Parkin-son’s patients.

The Baytown facilityrecently became what’scalled LSVT (Louis Sil-verman Voice Therapy)BIG certified. The ther-apy protocol involvestraining designed to in-crease amplitude of limband body movement,also referred to as “big-ness,” in patients diag-nosed with Parkinson’s.

Vickie Chao, directorof rehab services atHouston Methodist SanJacinto Hospital, saysthe therapy is utilizedby occupational andphysical therapists ininpatient and outpa-tient rehabilitation, andhas proven effective inimproving gait, balanceand quality of life forParkinson’s patients.

“LSVT BIG treatmentis administered in 16sessions over a month’stime. The program wasdeveloped specifically toaddress the uniquemovement impairmentsfor people with Parkin-son’s,” Chao said. “It isboth intensive and com-plex and involves manyrepetitions of core move-ments that are used indaily living.”

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Occupational Therapyimproves quality of life

fects about a millionAmericans and over 10million people world-wide, is not itself fatal,but the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Pre-vention (CDC) l istscomplications from PDas the 14th leadingcause of death in theU.S. Common symp-toms are tremors, slow-ness of movement, gaitand balance problemsand difficulty speaking.

Occupational thera-pists (OTs) are keymembers of the rehabteam. Therapists useassessment and inter-vention to develop, re-cover or maintain themeaningful activities(occupations) of the pa-tient and often workwith patients with men-tal health issues, dis-abilities, injuries orimpairments.

“Occupational thera-py is the only modalitythat helps people acrosstheir lifespan to do thethings they want andneed to do through thetherapeutic use of dailyactivities, or occupa-tions,” Chao said.

The American Occu-pational Therapy Asso-ciation (AOTA) hasdesignated April as Oc-cupational TherapyMonth to bring atten-tion to the pivotal rolethat OTs play in thehealth and wellbeing ofpatients. Common OTservices include individ-ualized evaluations,customization of inter-ventions to improve thepatient’s ability to per-form daily activities andreach their goals, as wellas outcome evaluationto ensure that the goalsare being met.

The certified OTs atHouston Methodist SanJacinto Hospital treatpatients with hand,wrist, elbow and shoul-der injuries and condi-tions, in addition toacute traumatic inju-ries, such as crushed fin-g e r s , f r a c t u r e s ,amputations, carpaltunnel syndrome andstroke. They work withthe patient’s surgeon todevelop a rehab plan torestore mobility andfunction so they can re-turn to normal activity.

For more informationon the Commission onAccreditation of Reha-bil itation Facil it ies(CARF)-certified thera-py program at HoustonMethodist San JacintoHospital, call 281-428-2273, or visithoustonmethodist.org/sanjacinto.

About Houston MethodistSan Jacinto Hospital

Houston MethodistSan Jacinto Hospitalhas provided Baytownand East Houston withquality medical caresince opening its doorsin 1948. The hospitalhas grown throughoutthe years with the com-munity, providing com-prehensive care at allstages of life. As a healthcare leader, the hospitalis proud to have a fullyintegrated residencyprogram focused on ed-ucating and inspiringfuture practitioners. To-day, Houston MethodistSan Jacinto providessome of the most ad-vanced and innovativeprocedures while neverlosing focus on compas-sionate and patient-cen-tered care.

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Waste Pits Clean Up,CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

CHANNELVIEW – Aman was fatally woundedby a pistol in the hands ofa 13 year old after a fightbroke out between an ex-husband with a husband.

The 13 year old was thehusband’s younger brotherand has evaded arrest bydeputies as of press timeon Tuesday.

Statements to law en-forcement describe an es-callating argument beganand as push became shove;the 13 year old pulled apistol from his pocket andshot the ex-husband, Dav-id Jimenez, 24.

Jimenez was loaded intothe back of a car and driv-en to a gas station on In-terstate 10 near MagnoliaDrive where he expiredfrom his gunshot injuries.

It was explained by thedriver, a relative, that theexit was seeking medicalattention and to get awayfrom the scene.

The relative explainedthat Jimenez was pickingup his oldest child and af-ter the altercation startedhe was shot. It is notknown how severe the ar-gument or fight was thatresulted in the shooting.

At the gas station by-standers were attemptingto help the wounded manbut he died there.

Currently, a 13 year oldpistol packing suspect thatcannot be named or de-scribed is on the lamb fromthe law and allegedly noone knows where he is lo-cated.

Harris County Sheriff ’sDeputies worked the casethat happened on April 6and probably need as muchinformation as they can geton the incident.

sources including theGalveston Bay estuary.

EPA added the San Ja-cinto River Waste Pits Su-perfund Site to theNational Priorities List ofSuperfund sites in 2008after testing revealed con-tamination from dioxinsand furans near the wastepits. The site consists oftwo sets of impoundments,

or pits, built in the mid-1960s for disposing solidand liquid pulp and papermill wastes that are con-taminated with dioxinsand furans.

While the remedial de-sign is ongoing, the U.S.Department of Justice andEPA will begin negotia-tions with the potential re-sponsible parties to enter

into a consent decree re-garding construction of theremedy.

The San Jacinto WastePits site is included onEPA’s Superfund TaskForce list of sites targetedfor priority action. Thesesites require timely resolu-tion of specific issues to ex-pedite cleanup andredevelopment efforts.

Crosby ROBOTICS teamwins first place

This past Saturday, the-Crosby Robotics team and 2other schools who teamed upwith them won FIRST PLACE atthe Regional Competition held atSan Jacinto College in La Porte.They now move on to the Nation-al Robotics Competition held atGeorge Brown Convention Cen-ter on April 18-20th.

Crosby’s “Alloy Obsession”Robotic Club students and theirteacher Ms. Pool, designed ,programmed and built their robotduring the school year. This wasthe first year they have enteredinto any competition.

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All persons havingclaims against thisEstate which is cur-rently being admin-istered are requiredto present themwithin the time andin the manner pre-scribed by law.Dated this April 6,2018.

by WESTONCOTTEN

Attorney for theEstate

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Star✯ Courier / Press / NORTH CHANNEL✯ STARPage 8 THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018

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deputies on the Crime In-terdiction Unit and theywere assisted by theSPCA for removal of thebirds.

Along with the birds,steroids intended to beused on cattle, sheep andswine were found. Depu-ties indicated these wereof a category such thatonly a veterinarian couldlegally be using. With thesteroids was an array ofsteel razor sharp spursthat are attached to theback of the rooster’s legsto make the bird able tokill a rival quicker.

Cockfighting has along history first re-corded in 1634, afterthe term "cock of thegame" was used byGeorge Wilson, in theearliest known book onthe sport of cockfight-ing. Magellan's circum-navigation of the globediscovered in the Phil-

ippines in 1521 moderncockfighting: it was doc-umented by Antonio Pi-ga fe t ta , Mage l lan ' schronicler, in the king-dom of Taytay.

The combatants, re-ferred to as gamecocksare specially bred andcondi t i oned f or in -creased stamina andstrength. Cocks possess

congenital aggressiontoward all males of thesame species. Wagersare often made on theoutcome of the match.Cockfighting is a blood

sport due in some partto the physical traumathe cocks inflict on eachother. Animal crueltylaws in Texas forbid thepractice and gamboling

Steroids and spursarrayed for the arrestnotes indicate thedegree of intent tofight birds.

on the sport is a felony.No comments were

made on what the natureor intent of the action wasmade. The department de-clined to say if an arrestwas made.