Baytown Little League coaches hold multiple town coaching roles
Four Baytown East Little League coaches are active in other sports roles in town. Dippel chairs Lee High School boys soccer, Champagne leads Lee College Rebels basketball, Adcox and Cervenka have sons on Sterling baseball, with Cervenka also keeping the Rangers scorebook. Hats off to all volunteer coaches keeping leagues going yearly.
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Baytown East
Criss Dippel
Roy Champagne
Jack Adcox
Kyle Cervenka
Dippel
Lee High School
Champagne
Lee College Rebels
Adcox
Baytown
Cervenka
Sterling
Rangers
Nativity scene celebrates Sterling Band director birthday
Ricky Clem, director of bands at Sterling High School, marked his birthday on March 27.
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Ricky Clem
Sterling High School
Around Town items requested by Baytown Sun readers
The Baytown Sun invites readers to submit items for Around Town by email or phone. Send notices, events, and local happenings to sunnews baytownsun.com or call 281-425-8016 to share community information.
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Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Tree planted in memory of Mountbatten House director Lynn Feir
Flora McDonald Chapter DBE residents and friends gathered March 3 to plant a maple tree in Highlands in memory of Lynn Feir a former Mountbatten House board member and DBE member Feir a Canada native who moved to Texas dedicated to residents and to the homes run by the Daughters of the British Empire Highlands site hosts four U S homes open to all regardless of ancestry Gordon Feir helps with the planting in memory of his wife and former director.
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Highlands
Flora McDonald Chapter
Daughters of the British Empire
Mountbatten House
Lynn Feir
Feir
DBE
Canada
Texas
The
Highlands Home
United States
Gordon Feir
Pumphrey Elementary Spring Carnival Set for April 14
Pumphrey Elementary PTO hosts a Western themed carnival from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday April 14 at 4901 Fairway Drive off Baker Road. More than 25 booths including Little Miss Texas Caeleigha McGee. Independent booths cost 25 or 45 dollars. Funds support school activities. Pre sale tickets run until April 12. For details call 281-420-4655.
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Pumphrey Elementary Pto
Fairway
Baker Road
Pumphrey
Baytown
Caeleigha McGee
Lee College Drama Department
Anahuac Relay for Life Treasure Hunt Fundraiser
Anahuac National Bank sponsors a White Elephant Sale fundraiser for the American Cancer Society at the American Legion Hall on April 13 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Volunteers and donations are welcomed, with item tagging and delivery on April 12 afternoons. Calls for info: Monica Olivier or Sheila Brandon at 409-267-3106.
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Anahuac National Bank
American Legion Hall
Anahuac
American Cancer Society
Monica Olivier
Sheila Brandon
Community Calendar Highlights From Local Centers
Highlands and area centers offer seniors line dancing at 8:30 a.m. quilting at 9 a.m. and game day at 12:30 p.m. at Highlands Community Center 604 Highland Woods Drive. Other events include beginner computer class at Winnie’s library, senior programs at J.D. Walker Center, free art classes in Crosby, bowling leagues, GED prep, Passover seder, and various youth and community activities across Baytown and nearby libraries and churches.
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Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Juanita Hargraves Memorial Library
Highlands Woods Drive
Mammogram screenings and community events across Crosby Baytown
Barrett Station hosts M D Anderson mobile van for appointments from 8 30 a m to 3 p m in Kroger lot Crosby off FM 2100 Call Anna Brooks or Katra Arline to book Celebrate Recovery meets at First Baptist Church 505 Rollingbrook Drive at 6 30 p m Call 713 410 3861 or 832 444 8721 Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 912 gathers at 6 30 p m 8204 N Main St Baytown Bay Area Quilt Guild meets at Mount Olive Lutheran 10310 Scarsdale Blvd at 6 30 p m Open to all San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Cancer Center Community Room hosts a cancer support group at 7 p m for survivors Call 281 420 8557 Baytown Senior Center offers fellowship Bible study fun and a hot lunch transport available daily Call 281 427 2145
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Jerry Young
Baker Road Baptist Church
Baker Road
Duplicate Bridge Club
Market St
Baytown Lee Band Boosters
Baytown
LaPorte Ladies Group
LLG
Alcoholics Anonymous
Light of Christ Lutheran Church
S. Broadway
Crosby Library
The
Holy Land
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Bayway Drive
Baker and Decker Roads
Barrett Station Health Advisors
M.D. Anderson
Kroger
Crosby
Anna Brooks
Katra Arline
Winnie
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
Veterans of Foreign Wars
N. Main St
Bay Area Quilt Guild
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Scarsdale Blvd
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
San Jacinto Cancer Center
Baytown Senior Center
Today in History Highlights and Key Events Across Eras
March through April milestones span 1513 Ponce de Leon landing in Florida and 1792 Congress creating the U S Mint. 1917 Wilson asks Congress for war against Germany. 1865 Davis flees Richmond. 1932 Lindbergh ransom exchange. 1986 TWA bomb kills four. 2005 Pope John Paul II dies. White House Clinton Gore fundraising notes.
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Wilson
Congress
Germany
Juan Ponce de Leon
Florida
U.S. Mint
Davis
Richmond
Samuel F.B. Morse
New York
Charles A Lindbergh
John F. Condon
New York City
Bronx
Condon
Lindbergh
TWA
Rome
Athens
Greece
John Paul II
Vatican
White House
Clinton
Gore
Associated Press
From 1948 to 2004 Baytown area history summarized
The extract notes a 1948 school salary dispute in Cedar Bayou and a 1949 Baytown council move on phone rates, a 1974 Mont Belvieu underground wells ordinance, a 1989 alcohol ban preservation in downtown Baytown, and a 2004 sheriff raid seizing arcades and about $10,000. Also includes a Nikki Giovanni quote and biblical verse fragment.
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R.W. Akridge
Cedar Bayou
State Department of Education
Baytown
Mont Belvieu
Texas Avenue
Harris County Sheriff's Deputies
Lynchburg
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Anahuac Bank
Albert Zarsky
Cheryl White Zarsky
C.E. King
U.S
Glen Brown
Zarsky
Dayton
Glenda
Dixie
Max Bowl East
Ward Rd
Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
Sterling Municipal Library
Speedco
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Chambers County Library
East Harris County
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Max Bowl East Alley
Ward Road
Mary Ann Cowley
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
AARP
Stafford
W. Buccaneer
Barbers Hill Isd
Vickey Goulding
Juanita Hargraves
Barrett Station
SUN History
Nikki Giovanni
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