New Baytown Fire Chief Craig Brown Brings Elite Credentials
Craig Brown, 51, a 23 year veteran of the Tulsa fire department, steps into Baytown as chief. He holds seven degrees including a doctorate in disaster and emergency management and two masters. The department staffs about 91 with a 6 million dollar budget. He faces union tensions and long-standing disagreements over staffing and bargaining as he begins collaborative work with the union and city management. The Baytown Sun editorial board endorses his leadership.
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Craig Brown
Tulsa
Okla
Brown
Oklahoma State University
Southern Nazarene University
Tulsa Community College
Firefighters Union
City Council
Fourman
the Sun
Tom Carr
Baytown
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Seeks Community Input
The Baytown Sun invites residents to visit the editorial board for issue discussion. The board meets weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, with appointments via Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. Notable members include Wanda Garner Cash and other longtime staff.
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Todays
David Bloom
The
Baytown Sun
Wanda Garner Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun invites public letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun welcomes letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Submissions must be original, signed, include a non publishing address and phone, and be sent to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at The Baytown Sun, P.O. Box 90, Baytown 77522, or by fax to 281-427-1880, or email sunnews baytownsun.com.
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Baytown Sun
the Sun
Wanda Garner Cash
David Bloom
The
P.O
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Renaming Ross Sterling field for Coach Kluch gains support
Letter writers praise Coach Kluch and Coach Graham for building winner mentalities and urge naming the Ross Sterling baseball field after Kluch. The piece also notes a dangerous stretch of Texas Highway 146 near Baytown and calls for traffic-safety measures and signals.
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Chambers County
Baytown
Pinehurst
Country Meadows
Hunters Chase
Pine Meadows
Stand up for real marriage
President Bush and conservatives defend a Federal Marriage Amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Opponents claim it would bias the Constitution, while supporters say the change comes from voters or judges. The amendment mirrors the Defense of Marriage Act, raising calls to oppose bigotry and defend traditional marriage.
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Bush
Congress
Bill Clinton
April 7 in History Highlights From 1862 to 1969
On this day in history, events include Grant's Union victory at Shiloh in 1862, Ford's death in 1947, South Pacific opening in 1949, Hammarskjold elected secretary-general in 1953, IBM System/360 debut in 1964, and the 1966 Spain hydrogen bomb recovery. Also noted is a 1969 Supreme Court ruling on obscene material and Kosovo border closures five years prior.
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New York
Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Ulysses S. Grant
Shiloh
Tennessee
Okinawa
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Mich
South Pacific
USN
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Sweden
IBM
United States
Spain
Supreme Court
Kosovo
Tri Cities donate follows quota and fire years summary
In 1944 the Tri Cities area donated 54269 dollars and 11 cents to the Red Cross, well above the 35000 dollar regional quota. In 1951 a Crown Refinery blast near Pasadena rattled the Pasadena Galena Park tunnel. In 1955 city council races went to runoffs after no candidate won a majority of 873 votes. Between 6500 and 7000 voters were anticipated. In 1976 Baytown council debated land between San Jacinto Hospital and Sterling Library. In 1991 Lee College board did not renew auto mechanics instructor Larry Lawson contract. In 2001 protesters gathered outside the Chambers County Courthouse in Anahuac in support of Vernon Coates.
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Tri-Cities
Red Cross
Crown
Pasadena
Pasadena-Galena Park
Baytown
San Jacinto Hospital
Sterling Municipal Library
Lee College Board of Regents
Larry Lawson
Vernon Coates
Chambers County
Anahuac
Baytown Officials Contact List and Meeting Schedule
A compiled roster lists district and county officials with phone numbers including District Clerk Charles Bacarisse and County Treasurer Jack Cato, plus City Hall contact details, city manager Gary Jackson, mayor Pete Alfara, and six district council members. It notes two-year council terms and that meetings occur on the second and fourth Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
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Charles Bacarisse
Chuck Rosenthal
Robert Eckels
Jack Cato
Michael Stafford
F. Kaufman
Paul Bettencourt
Sylvia Garcia
Market St. Baytown
Texas
Gary Jackson
Pete Alfara
Mercedes Renteriall
Scott Sheley
Calvin Mundinger
Don Murray
Ronnie Anderson
Coleman Godwin
City Hall
Goose Creek ISD and Barbers Hill admin rosters listed
Administrative contacts for Goose Creek ISD and Barbers Hill include superintendents and board members with phone numbers across districts in Baytown and Mont Belvieu Texas. Names include Barbara Luttis, Phelitria Barnes, Rosa Rodriguez, Weston Cotten, James Lewis, Clarence Albus, Jepp Busch, Steve Fischer, and Jamie Harvey among others.
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Goose Creek
Brig
Interstate
Fast P.O. Box
Baytown
Texas
Barbara Luttis
Board of Trustees
Phelitria Barnes
Rosa Rodriguez
Weston Cotten
James Lewis
Clarence Albus
Jepp Busch
Steve Fischer
Barbers Hill
P.O. Box
Mont Belvieu
Tim Sonnenberg
Jamie Harvey
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Baytown Fire Department
Welk
Cas
Ronnie Kluch
Paul Tadlock
Wade Hicks
Ross S. Sterling
Kluch
Eams
Wayne Graham
San Jacinto College
Rice University
Graham
Losirng
Koch
Sterling
Wes Walker
Subdivision
State of Texas
West
Harris County
City of
Barbers Hill Isd
Lee College
S, Whiting Baytown
Martha Ellis
Board of Regents
Bill Blake
Keith Coburn
Don Coffey
Wayne Gray
Susan Moore-Fontenot
Ronald Haddox
Mark Hall
Mark Himsel
Jess D. Navarre
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