Deer Park News

Priscilla Lorraine Hutson, of Deer Park, TX and Joshua Benge Elliott, of San Marcos, were married Sunday, May 10, 2009 under the Oaks at The Inn at Wild Rose Hall in Austin.

INDUSTRIAL: A. Migl Investments purchased two buildings totaling 20,000 square feet at 16518 A & B Aldine Westfield from TNRG Development.

Buyers and sellers of spot US styrene Wednesday were deadlocked on pricing as buyers looked at arbitrage opportunities and sellers saw rising feedstocks.

LyondellBasell Industries and Hexion Specialty Chemicals are both curtailing chemical production in the face of weak demand.

Shell says it anticipates "disruptions" to refinery production at its 340,000 b/d Deer Park, Texas, refinery, due to a power outage Monday morning, which cut electricity to the site.

Deer Park Independent School District has installed Axis Communications' network cameras on its school campuses and support services buildings.

Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., announced today that it plans to indefinitely idle its BPA3 production unit, part of its manufacturing complex in Deer Park, Texas.

Enough hysteria has been whipped up over a potential flu pandemic that we don't need any more.

The Deer Park Independent School District in Texas is using Axis Communications' network cameras to enhance the security and safety of public school students and facilities.

From a press release issued by Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation: More than a thousand motorcyclists and supporters at the 17th annual Houston Ride for Kids raised $300,438 for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation yesterday.

Shell Oil Co. reached a $5.8 million settlement Thursday with environmental groups and agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions at a Gulf Coast refinery.

An alert motel security guard in Lexington County gave sheriff's deputies a tip Wednesday night that led to the arrest of three suspected marijuana smugglers and a haul of 26 pounds of marijuana at a motel on Berryhill Road.

On Wednesday, it was tea time across the country. In fact, there have been over 250 tea parties in all 50 states.

David and Debbie Magruder are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Amy Rae Magruder to Nathan Warner.

Pasadena-area residents will have a new commute option beginning April 6. Harris County Transit , working with the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County , has created a Park & Ride route along State Highway 225 between Pasadena and downtown Houston.

The Environmental Protection Agency will soon be adding a different kind of equipment to dozens of school yards around the country - air pollution monitors.

More than 300 parents jammed Rocky Run Middle Schoola TMs cafeteria, last week, to discuss proposed changes to Fairfax County Public Schoolsa TM bell schedule.

The link above goes to the City of Deer Park's Crime stats on .PDF The police Department also has a crime analyst, Lucie Corley. Read more about crime stats, reports etc here: http://www.ci.deer-park.tx.us/department/division.php?fDD=15-46

03/02/2009

By Travis Stewart/TexasFootball.

Ever wanted to know whether Houston ISD is a better football haven than Dallas ISD? What about San Antonio? Or Austin? Let's not forget the suburbs, too. Face it -- settling this debate is no idle task. So we've set about trying to find the answer.

We've taken the 20 largest school districts in the state and broken them up, bracket style, into four regions -- much like the high school playoffs. Each region contains five districts, all seeded one through five. The seeds are ranked, so the #1 seed in each region is the best, etc. Since each region has five teams, the fourth and fifth seed will have a play-in match, and then the competition will proceed in standard bracket style.

The first installment of the 2009 ISD Wars will highlight the first round play-in game between all of the #4 and #5 seeds. We'll have new installments every two days. If you have a question, comment or idea, just let us know. Enjoy, and may the best ISD win!

Today, of course, is Go Texan Day, marking the opening of the rodeo. It's the day when secretaries all over downtown wear "western" blouses and skirts, adventurous guys sport bolo ties and cowboy hats, and the ...