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By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
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Dustin Darling won first place in the 14th annual Ruins Skateboard Competition at Riverboat Days in Terrace. This is the fifth year in a row that Darling has won first place in the 14 to 17 year old category. A Houston Skateboarding competition is coming up Aug. 21 at the Jamie Baxter Park.
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MPE Engineering Ltd. bid $394,911, Opus DaytonKnight Consultants Ltd. bid $413,395, and Stantec Consulting Ltd. bid $627,841.
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H o u s t o n council is signing a $202,279 contract with McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. for the design and construction of the water treatment plant. McElhanney is not a company that specializes in water treatment, said Tony Edwards, Houston Interim Director of Engineering and Development Services, at the council meeting last week Tuesday. Council is also seeking a contract with Opus DaytonKnight Consultants Ltd. to do a peer review of the McElhanney design plans. Council budgeted $330,000 for engineering and four companies sent proposals bidding for the water treatment plant contract. McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. bid $202,279,
Council is contracting McElhanney for design engineers. A task force evaluated the proposals and sent a report to council before the meeting last week Tuesday. “I like the idea of McElhanney,” said Mayor Bill Holmberg. “They certainly have the qualified subcontractors to bring into the project for any expertise. See WATER on Page 2
Merchants plan Downtown Festival for Saturday By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
Local merchants are organizing the first ever Downtown Festival in Houston, from 8 to 4 p.m. this coming Saturday. Nineth and 10th Street will close for the Festival, which will feature an
antique car show, a petting zoo, pony rides and inflatable bouncers, said Troy Reitsma, organizer of the festival. Nearly all of the merchants on the street will have discounts and sales, including Countrywide Printing &
Lots of activities for the whole family. For more details see page 8.
Stationary, Home Hardware, City Furniture, From Head to Tail, the
Laundromat, Mike’s Audio Video, the Houston Food Market, Arend’s
Specialty Ko., Tower Communications and Pleasant Valley Cleaners. “It’s about giving people an opportunity to come on downtown and see what Houston has to offer,” said Reitsma. “It’s a chance for all of the merchants
down here to take a minute and give back to the community, and let everybody know what Houston has to offer Houston has a lot to offer and a lot of people don’t know that,” he said. Reitsma says the Houston Fire Department is also
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running a barbecue to raise money for muscular dystrophy. “We’re hoping it’s going to be a yearly thing,” said Reitsma, adding that he hopes to add more things to Festival every year. “We [hope] it becomes a bigger and bigger celebration,” he said.
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