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Broadway Babies
Rising stars will play theater
games, learn basic terminology, vocal technique, and
simple dance movement for musical
theater as they
rehearse
songs and
scenes
from a
variety of
popular
shows, such
as Annie,
The Wizard of
Oz, Willy Wonka, and many more.
They will be led by Mainly Musicals Artistic Director,
Ms. Tracy Rider, who holds a
bachelor’s degree in Theater
Arts from the University of
Houston-Clear Lake and a
master’s degree in music and
voice from The University of
Texas at Austin.
HAPPENINGS Continued on page 6
INDEX
BAY..............................................13
CITIES...........................................7
CLUBS......................................2, 5
COMMUNITY......4, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17
CROSSWORD PUZZLE............3
HAPPENINGS.............................1
HISTORY....................................15
INDUSTRY.................................14
LIBRARY...................................17
LPISD.............................................9
MUSIC CALENDAR................19
NEIGHBORS............................3, 8
POLITICAL................................14
SPORTS.......................................17
STREETS..............................11, 12
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AUGUST 2015
Volume 4, No. 12
Residents Raise Concerns Over
Highway 146 Sound Barrier
One of the
concerns of
residents
living in
the Bayou
Forest and
Bayou Oaks
subdivisions
has been
the drainage
problems
exacerbated
by the
installation
of the sound
barrier.
By David Lee Janda Jr.
The long-awaited widening
of Highway 146 from Fairmont
Parkway to Red Bluff Road and
the construction of the Choate
Road overpass has been completed for some time now,
but for the residents
of Bayou Forest
and Bayou Oaks
in Shoreacres,
problems with
the construction of the
sound barrier
continue to
linger.
Nearby residents have questioned the way the $11.8
million sound barrier has
CONCERNS Continued on page 7
Learning About La Porte’s Historical Cemetery
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WRITTEN BY Kelli Grabbe / INTERVIEWED BY Maggie Anderson Eddy – Editor
ecently, Around La
Porte sat down with Ken
Adams, the President of
the La Porte Cemetery Association, to find out more about what
goes on in one of La Porte’s
oldest sites.
The La Porte Cemetery,
located on South 8th Street, was
founded in 1907 by James Sullivan, William Babbitt and J.S.
Johnson. Prior to 1907, Cedarhurst Cemetery was in operation
as the first of La Porte’s final
resting places, just across Little
Cedar Bayou from La Porte
Cemetery. According to oral
history and some limited print,
the story is told of an ongoing
issue with what were considered
outrageous burial fees in the Cedarhurst Cemetery. The burial
fees ranged from $10 - $100.
CEMETERY Continued on page 5
WHERE TO FIND:
A historical marker is displayed at one of La Porte’s oldest sites.
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