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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 2009
Page
4
Dave Mathews is Managing Editor and Jay Eshbach is Community editor. Jim Finley is former Managing Editor. Luke Hales is Assistant Managing Editor and M A Bengtson is a Community member editor.
Bay Area Relay for Life kicks off at Stallworth Stadium at 6 p.m. on April 24 and runs through the night to 8 a.m. Saturday. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the event honors cancer victims and survivors, with teams walking laps, a survivors lap at 6:15 p.m. and a luminary ceremony at 9 p.m. Friday, plus food and entertainment. Information to join or donate is available via 281-428-RFLI or bayarearelay.org.
Retired Baytown Sun editor Jim Finley recounts ditching new pillows after a brief trial that felt like sleeping on a heavy bag of potting soil. He thanks readers for their supportive replies, cites Stewart Duke and Gladys Adcox, and vows to keep using the same worn pillows while awaiting a future decision.
The Baytown Sun provides contact information for staff and departments including publisher Clifton E. Clements and newsroom contacts. It outlines letters of up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words with a photo required, plus submission addresses and publication policies. It notes delivery expectations and redelivery contact.
A Baytown letter questions Pumphrey Elementary closure plans and proposes using Lee Annex or Bush road and Baker land. It raises concerns about pipelines near Sterling, hospital access, and rezoning implications for 474 students. The writer asks how bond funds are spent and accuses Goose Creek district of mismanagement.
A reader discusses the Fairness Doctrine, its 1987 repeal, Air America's bankruptcy, and shifts in Congress under Obama. The writer cites Rep Gene Green of Texas District 29 and argues Democrats push to restore balance, accusing liberal influence of silencing conservatives and challenging Pelosi in Texas politics.
A reader explains misreading Ted Poe’s biography about a U S congressman’s term, noting the January 2009 swearing in for a third term and correcting the belief that the term lasted four years, after checking the bio on Poe’s official site.
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