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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 2015
Page
4
Baytown Sun lists top weekly reads dominated by a police involved shooting death of a local man. Other top stories cover a pellet gun encounter, family questions, barbers hill junior college, and city redevelopment disputes.
A Barbers Hill ISD taxpayer and former board member argues Lee College opposes a closer community college, noting safer travel and lower tuition for BH students. He urges taxpayers to vote yes or no on a college governed by local taxpayers and questions service-area satisfaction with the current model.
A supporter urges voting for Daryl Fontenot for Lee College Board of Regents. The letter cites his long community work, founding role in an education foundation for GCCISD teachers, service as secretary and executive committee member, Rotary Club leadership, and past chairmanship of the Citizens Bond Advisory Committee guiding school bond projects.
Reader letters rail at Bill Clinton as a raconteur misfit, accusing him of lies and links to a pedophile ally and criticizing U S nuclear diplomacy with North Korea and Iran. The exchange targets Franklin Brewer and a charged view of the Democratic Party.
A daughter shares the emotional balance of relief and guilt after placing her elderly mother in a Houston area care facility. She describes the decline from strokes and cancer treatment to dependency, and the relief of safer care, aided by daily visits, homey touches, and security cameras that helped prevent abuse. The piece highlights the caregiver’s vigilance, the facility’s role, and the emotional toll of entrusting a loved one to external care.
Highlights cover 1865 Appomattox Lee surrender to Grant in Virginia, 1682 La Salle claims the Mississippi Basin for France, 1913 Ebbets Field opens, Dodgers lose 1 0 to Phillies, 1942 Bataan falls to Japan, 1959 NASA reveals first seven astronauts, 1965 Astro Dome hosts Astros Yankees, 1983 Challenger ends first mission. Thought for Today by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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