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October 1, 2009
Severe Weather
Slight Risk for Severe storms late tonight into Friday morning with Hail and Damaging Straight Line Winds...front then stalls at coast with 1 inch average and isolated 2 to 4 inch heavy rains through Sunday.
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Cast your vote for which Pole Banner you like by e-mailing info@orwfoundersday.com
They are numbered left to right, Pole Banner 1, 2, 3, or 4
September 26, 2009
BOB
WHEAT INDUCTED INTO
The Commission also discussed the upcoming Christmas Toy Drive that will be held on the first and second Saturdays in December. The drive will also be held at the Chambers Home and toys that are collected are distributed to needy families in the County. The Chambers Home will be decorated and refreshments will be served on these two Saturdays. The public is urged to support this worthwhile project.
The St. Emily United Methodist Church in
The Historical Commission meets at
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TEXAS TROOPS DEPLOYED UPDATE!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
I called Minute Maid Stadium and found out the following information:
It is FREE Admission. We will park and enter the Right Field Gate or the gate on the Highway 59 side.
Free Parking in A, B, and C Parking Lots on the 59 side.
The step off of the troop's march to the stadium will start at the George R. Brown Convention Center down Avenidas Avenue. The step off starts at 1:00 p.m. sharp. The troops will march down over to Minute Maid Stadium and enter in the Right Field Gate. I would imagine that you would want to be in the parking lot to see this Historic Event and then follow the troops into the Stadium.
The actual Event starts at 2:00 p.m. and lasts until 3:30 p.m.
Hooah!
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September 24, 2009
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Texas Troops
Deployed! |
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Just in from the Southeast Texas Patriot Guard!
Deployment for 900 troops (72nd Combat Brigade) on
10/4/09
Largest deployment of Texas Troops
since WWII
Minute Maid Park will host this
deployment and the entire city of Houston is invited to honor
the troops.
Expect this to be a huge event.
These are the same reservist that
logged more than 1,641,000 man hours in the IKE relief effort.
I will post further information here
on the Community News Page, so check there if you are interested
in attending.
Pray
for all our troops. |
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Neighbors
in Woodland Acres worry about speeders
From the Baytown Sun
When Christina Cox’s children get off the
school bus every evening, the empty driveway in front of their Woodland
Acres home is like a slap in the face.
“Rock used to meet them there every day,” said their mother. “It was the
cutest thing.”
Rock, the Cox family’s friendly 1-year-old pit bull was hit and killed
by a speeding vehicle Saturday. It happened in front of the entire
family, some friends and some neighbors in the quiet subdivision just
off Farm-to-Market Road 1409.
Cox and some of her neighbors have been worried about people speeding
through their neighborhood for some time. Their neighborhood is a part
of the city of Old River and Cox wants city officials to do something to
try to stop it.
She says the posted 30 mile-per-hour speed limit (which she thinks is a
bit too fast for the neighborhood) doesn’t slow down a lot of drivers,
who rush past her home at speeds of 40, 50 and even 60 miles-per-hour.
It was one of those speeding vehicles, driven by a young woman, that
killed Rock.
“It’s something no child should have to see, to see their pet killed
like that,” said neighbor Gerrie Miller, who also witnessed the sad
event.
What happened on Saturday traumatized the entire Cox family but Cox is
even more upset by the thought that it might have been a child who was
hit and killed by that speeding driver, who did not stop to offer
assistance or even a word of remorse.
It happened about 4 p.m.
“We had some company over and we were all sitting outside in the front
yard talking,” said Cox.
Her four children and two more visiting children were playing with Rock
when the young dog apparently noticed a squirrel and ran toward it.
Unfortunately he ran in the direction of the road.
“We all heard the car coming,” Cox said. “When they get going fast like
that we hear the motors racing. We all yelled at Rock and my 10-year-old
son started running out there to try to do something.”
The car, a taupe-colored Toyota Corolla, sped up to the house, hugging
the side of the road so tightly it was almost driving with one wheel off
the road.
“Rock wasn’t actually in the road but he was close,” said Cox as she
pointed out the spot where the dog was hit. “The corner of the car just
clipped him and then he was being tossed through the air.”
The impact killed the dog instantly, leaving his broken body some 15
feet from the point of impact and his horrified family in shock.
Cox said as soon as she realized there was nothing she could do for the
dog, she immediately ran to her own vehicle and tried to chase down the
car that killed her dog. She didn’t find it though and admits that it is
probably a good thing. Now that the initial wild-eyed reaction has
settled down into a steely determination, Cox still wants to find that
driver, just to make sure that driver knows how her actions have torn up
the Cox family. She also wants something done to slow down drivers in
the area.
To help that along, the Cox family has erected a huge four-foot by
eight-foot wooden sign in their front yard that reads “Slow Down Before
U Hit A Child.”
Her across-the-street neighbor, Gerrie Miller, followed suit with a sign
on her side of the road that reads “Slow Down. The next thing you hit
may be a child.”
“People are noticing the signs,” Cox said. “At least they are slowing
down long enough to read them.”
She wants more than that, though, and so does Miller.
“I’m tired of it,” said Miller. “I’m afraid a kid is going to get hit.
We’ve fought for this for years.”
“We can’t do it alone though,” said Cox. “If it takes speed bumps, then
let’s try speed bumps.”
Miller, who has lived in her house since 1992, said that numerous
speeding vehicles have ended up in the ditch in front of her house.
Losing mailboxes to speeding vehicles is a regular occurrence, she
added.
“Every time we turn around we have to replace our mailbox, but that is
nothing compared to what happened on Saturday. This has been devastating
to her (Cox’s) kids and her husband is really grieving,” Miller said.
“Rock was just the most lovable dog.”
The dog was not prone to wander near the road, Cox said.
“He usually stayed on the front porch or he stayed in the shop with my
husband whenever he was working out there.”
Her husband, Michael Cox, has taken the dog’s loss very hard.
“He’s not an emotional person but this … well, it is hard to see a grown
man cry,” said Cox.
She knows that some people will say that the dog should have been
contained in a yard or on a leash, but that is really beside the point
now, she said.
“This is not just about my dog and not just about my kids,” she said.
“It could have been any child on this street.”
“It shouldn’t take a tragedy to get something done because by then it is
too late. We’ve been trying to get something done for a long time. Now
it is time for the City Council to do something.”
Cox said she spent six hours on Sunday, the day after Rock’s death,
taking photographs of speeding cars passing in front of her home. She
plans to share those with area officials and hopes that will help
convince them that something must be done.
“I’ve talked to them about putting signs out here that say “Slow:
Children At Play,” but they said they wouldn’t do it. They did say if I
wanted to buy the signs they would put them up for me.”
“I’ve talked to people about getting street lights out here too, to make
it safer at night, but I’ve been told that is too expensive.”
She hopes now that the City Council will take another look at the
situation and do something.
“Maybe Rock was just a dog, but to us he was a family member. If his
death leads to something happening that will help make it safer out
here, then at least that will be something good.”
The Cox family will have another dog someday, she said.
“Not until we fence off the backyard, though,” she added.
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Dear friends:
I want to personally invite you and your family to an upcoming
event-FLASHPOINT CONCERT, featuring KSBJ artist, Rush of Fools and The
Access, this Sunday evening at Maranatha Church, 7:00 p.m. The
church is located 3 miles north of Interstate 10 on Highway 146 in Mont
Belvieu, Tx.
Tickets will be available at the event and the doors will open
at 6:00 p.m. -- be sure to bring a canned good to benefit West Chambers
County Food Pantry and Love Inc.
We would love to see you-
Pastor Mark Trice
http://maranathachurch.com/
September 22, 2009
Hello My Garage Sale Friends,
20+ families have been collecting items since June for this upcoming Garage Sale. We are setting up this week from 8:30am-3pm at the Old River Winfree Community Building. We are donating all money received to our church. Feel free to come by and shop while we set up. We have most items priced, but are expecting at least 3 more loads this week before the sale. Sale is Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26 from 8am-2pm. Saturday at noon all items will go 1/2 price. Saturday at 1pm, fill a box for $5-bring your own box or bag. Here's the article:
Old River Winfree Comm
Bldg
Huge 20+ family Garage Sale -
Antiques, Furniture, Toys, Seasonal Décor, Electronics, Skateboard Ramp,
Coleman Mosquito Deleto, Items for Men, Child's 4-Wheeler, Too Much to
List.
8 am- 2 pm - 4818 N FM 565 Old
River-Winfree
Call me at 281 684-4129
We have nice golf clubs and a huge scrapbooking collection of die cuts and the cutters that were donated this week, plus much much more.
Thanks,
Michelle Mahood
- Eagle Heights Fellowship, in partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife and Texas Operation Game Thief, will host CrossFire Extreme Outdoor Expo this Saturday, September 26. The event includes a Sporting Clays Tournament, Casting Tournament, exhibits and demonstrations featuring Hunting Dogs, Fishing, Archery and more; plus ATV, Boat, Motorcycle and Classic Car Shows! - See the attached flyer for complete details.
- Stop by the Barbers Hill Middle School Cafeteria between 3:30 and 6:30
PM this Friday, September 25, to pick up dinner! The Barbers Hill
FFA Fish Fry offers excellent food for a terrific cause!
281-576-2221 x1213
- The Barbers Hill Scholarship Association will host its annual
Homecoming Barbeque on Friday, October 9, at the Barbers Hill Middle
School Cafeteria. This tradition started in 1973 and continues to
be a community favorite; come see old friends
and
meet new ones! The Association is seeking community volunteers to
help in a variety of ways - the pits will fire up at 8:00 AM Thursday
morning, October 8 for those interested in helping cook; vegetable
cutting assistance is needed Thursday evening at 6:00 PM, brisket
slicers are needed at 10 AM Friday, and assistance serving would be
useful from 3:30 until 7:00 PM that Friday. -Contact Kelly Barrera
for tickets or more information. 281-576-5440 x1278
September 17, 2009
Old River Baptist Church News
Ladies Connections Dinner
Cost: $5 (scholarships available)
Mon., Sept. 28th, Fellowship Hall, 6:30 PM
Speaker: Shirley Wampler
Special Music: ORBC Vocal Band
Ladies Fall Bible Studies
Cost: $15 for book
One of a Kind by God's Design, by Karla Dornacher
Tues. 9:45 AM at the church (child care offered)
and 6:15 PM in the home of Dina Talbert (no child care offered)
Begins Oct. 6th
Lord, Teach Me to Pray in 28 Days, by Kay Arthur
6:45 Thurs. PM at the church (child care offered)
Begins Oct. 8th
Register for studies & child care in the foyer. You MUST register for child care.
See the Women's Ministry Page for more information:
http://www.oldriverbaptist.com/templates/System/details.asp?id=27934&PID=161910
Rise to the challenge!
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2009 Country Market Days are scheduled for
Friday, September 18 & Saturday, September 19 from 9am-4pm. Stroll the
outdoor market located at 4901 Lawrence Road Baytown, TX 77523, off of
FM 2354, near RWJ Airport. You'll find vendors with Antiques &
Collectibles, Arts & Crafts, Carraway Wild Game Calls for Hunters, home
decor items & dinnerware, jewelry, Homemade Gourmet, kitchen gadgets,
Pampered Chef, Scentsy Wickless candles, Tutu Adorable specialty
boutique tutus for girls, Vintage Sports Collectibles, Toys & Roy Rogers
Items, Vintage Magazines & Records and lots of surprises that will help
bring you back to simpler times. BBQ will be available both Friday &
Saturday. Live Music will be provided Saturday, 10am-2pm.
Cast your vote for which Pole Banner you like by e-mailing info@orwfoundersday.com
They are numbered left to right, Pole Banner 1, 2, 3, or 4
September 16 2009
2009 ORBC Archery Shoot
Presented By:
12948 FM 1409
Dayton, TX 77535
When: Saturday, September 19, 2009
Where: Behind Old River Baptist Church
Time: 8am till 12 noon
Cost: $10 per person
$25 for family of 3 or more
Categories: Men – Compound/Traditional
Women – Compound/Traditional
Youth – Open
Kids – Open
September 1, 2009
Chambers County Burn Ban - The Burn Ban in Chambers County has been lifted. For complete information regarding outdoor burning, please refer to “Chambers County Outdoor Burning Guidelines”, attached.
Are you Ready? - Re-check your Disaster Readiness Kit with the one on the Chambers County site to make sure you will have everything you need... You can also view Evacuation Routes, Risk Area Maps and more at: http://www.co.chambers.tx.us/offices/emermgmt.html
Area Family Needs Help – The Old River-Winfree home of Diane and Ricky Young and Devin Bradford was a complete loss in a fire Monday morning, August 31. To make a donation or to inquire about the family’s needs, please contact Linda Murphy at the City of Old River-Winfree, 281-385-1735.
Tailgate Party Friday, September 4 - Get your tickets now for the Barbers Hill Booster Club Tailgate Party and Hamburger Basket Dinner to be held this Friday, September 4. The family event is from 3:30 until 6:30 PM in the parking lot behind the Barbers Hill Administration Building. Tickets are $5.00 and are available inside the Administration office UNTIL 3:00 PM Friday!
Barbers Hill Fall Fest - The Barbers Hill Fall Fest, a drug-awareness project of the West Chambers County Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Barbers Hill Schools, is Saturday, October 31. Don’t miss it!
New Laws – You have probably heard about new State Laws taking effect today, but here are a few to note:
1. Teen Drivers: Effective TODAY, the laws for teenage drivers are getting tougher. Drivers younger than 18 are banned from using cell phones while driving (dialing, talking, texting) and total hours of behind-the-wheel driving instruction a teen receives is increasing from 14 to 34 before getting a license.
2. Driving in a School Zone: TODAY, the use of a wireless device within a reduced-speed school zone is prohibited. Cellular phones may be used while the vehicle is stopped in a school zone or with a hands-free device. The law also applies to bus drivers. Violators are subject to a fine of up to $200. Note: Cities or counties wanting to enforce this law must post a sign at the beginning of each school zone to inform drivers that using a wireless communications device is prohibited and the operator is subject to a fine. THE SIGNS ARE UP IN SOME AREAS!
3. Seat Belts: Effective TODAY, all occupants of a vehicle, no matter their age, front and back seat, must wear seatbelts.
Missy
Melissa G. Malechek, IOM
President, West Chambers County Chamber of Commerce
Office: 281-576-5440 Cell: 281-831-6382