Reflections of you Baytown in a hometown column
Baytown writer Natalie Whatley shares memories and community notes from Baytown reflecting on Citizen of the Year, SFA Elementary play day planning, a donation from Drew Ellis for the school event, a Highlands Junior High fire and stolen choir funds, and a personal plea about staying in Baytown with contact at ndwhatley verizon.net.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
City Hall
SFA
Go Gators
Drew Ellis
Delores Ellis
Drew
New Highlands Junior High
Highlands
Natalie Whatley
Verizon.net
Seven year old donates hair to cancer charities in Baytown
Breighana Nasser, 9, donates her third ponytail to a cancer charity during a haircut at Baytown’s Twisted and Tangled Hair Salon. Her family, inspired by cousin Lauren Sandifer’s Leukemia battle, supports Locks of Love and Pantene Beautiful Lengths while collecting can tabs for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Local residents are urged to donate hair or tabs and join the Relay at Stallworth Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breighana
Denise
Lauren Sandifer
Lauren
Locks of Love
Baytown
Breigham
American Cancer Society
Relay For Life
Locksoflove.org
Beautifullengths
Bay Area
Stallworth Stadium
Bayarearelay.org
Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
Mindy Smith-Byoral
Breighana Nasser
Naiser
Community calendar highlights from Baytown area events
A busy slate features a 2 p.m. Powder Puff flag football game at Sterling High School with $5 tickets, plus BLT theater offerings including Little Shop of Horrors at 2:30 p.m. and auditions at 7 p.m. for Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes. Also listed are senior softball, church services, bingo, BEAC meeting, REL Project Graduation, Quilt Guild, and various club meetings with contact numbers provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling High School
Kelly Fowler
Baytown Little Theater
Little Shop of Horrors
Hugh Echols Blynd
Wendy
Dwayne Bailey
Hugh
Frank Butcher
Keith Mixon
Calvary Temple
Breda
Central Baptist Church
King Street
WEFW
Main
Lee College Social Sciences
REL
Baytown
Paula Harman
Baytown Area
VFW
Main St
Pilot Club of
Highlands
Highlands Community Center
Laura Dean
Hispanic Educational Access Committee
Lee College
Bayer
Theresa Blanchard
Keith Nixon
Market St
Pi- Yi Mayo
Today in History April 6 highlights across years
Highlights recount Peary Henson and four Inuits reaching the North Pole in 1909, LDS Church formation in 1830, Shiloh beginning in 1862, and other events from 1896 to 2008. Notable deaths include Tammy Wynette in Nashville and a 2008 bombing death in Ramadi. Also notes school, bridge, and tunnel milestones in Texas history.
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Robert E. Peary
Matthew A. Henson
North Pole
Navigation Foundation
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Joseph Smith
Fayette
N.Y
Buchanan
Utah Territory
U.S
Shiloh
Tennessee
Athens
Greece
Congress
Germany
Edward R. Murrow
CBS
Joseph McCarthy
Murrow
United States
Britain
Tammy Wynette
Nashville
Tenn
Baghdad
Ramadi
Iraq
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Joe
Jane Citizen
BY Tara Sullivan
Tara
Sulliva
Breighana Naiser
Echols Blvd
Black Educational Access Committee
BEAC
The
Associated Press
SUN History
Ashbel Smith
San Jacinto River
Market Street
Baytown Classroom Teachers Association
Goose Creek
Lowell Thomas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!