April Winter Returns to Channel City
A reader laments a late season cold spell that felt more like January than April in Channel City. The piece follows a weekend of brisk, damp weather, comparing the chill to October and predicting continued cold as Easter approaches. The author recalls shopping on Saturday despite the elements and notes heavy crowds at local stores. Weather hype from TV forecasters is mentioned before a page break.
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Channel City
Puerto Vallarta
Margie
Ganders
Rangers
Robert E Lee
Dick Olin
Ross S. Sterling
Herb Minyard
Indianapolis
Chicago
Colts
Academy
West Point
Kohl’s
Kohl
Baytown Lions Club to host Mabry as guest speaker noon today
Paul Mabry communications director for Precinct 2 Commissioner Sylvia Garcia will speak to the Baytown Lions Club at noon today at Golden Corral on Garth Road. He will update on road and economic development projects in East Harris County including the Baytown skate park and Project STARS and answer questions. Garcia, broadened to health care environment and tourism development, was scheduled to speak but cannot attend due to a scheduling conflict.
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Paul Mabry
Precinct 2
Sylvia Garcia
Baytown Lions Club
Golden Corral
Garth Road
Mabry
Garcia
Harris County
Baytown
Garth
AARP
Sterling Municipal
Stafford
Highlands
Goose Creek Community Calendar Highlights and Events
Goose Creek district hosts a student art exhibition at the Auxiliary Facility on North Main with an honors reception. Also listed are community activities at Highlands San Jacinto Center, J.D. Walker Center, and various libraries, senior programs, clubs, and church events with times, places, and contact numbers.
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Goose Creek
N. Main St
Highlands
San Jacinto
Highlands Woods Drive
East Harris County
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Max Bowl
Ward Road
Mary Ann Cowley
Happy Quilters
Market St
Community events and club meetings this week in Baytown area
Local groups list upcoming activities including a garage sale at 122 Lazy Lane 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday hosted by Baytown Grandmother's Club No. 346. AlsoPreschool storytime at Chambers County Library in Anahuac, Spanish Story Time at Sterling Municipal Library, Baytown Rotary lunch, bridge games at Highlands and St. John's United Methodist Church, 9 pin No Taps at Max Bowl East, bingo at the Community Center, Spring Book Club on Mao's Last Dancer, and Beta Sigma Phi office installation at Remington Park with charity gift card drive.
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Crosby Library
Sterling Municipal Library
Juanita Hargraves Memorial Library
Winnie
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Duplicate Bridge Club
Market St
Moms In Touch
W. Buccaneer
Barbers Hill Isd
Vickey Goulding
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Alexander
N. Alexander
Chris Herrera
Exxon Mobil
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
West Baytown
Baytown
Grandmother’s Club No
Lazy Lane
Lakewood
Chambers County Library
Anahuac
Max Bowl East
Ward Road
Mao
Li Cunxin
Texas
Beta Sigma Phi
Remington Park
Nettie Webb
Wendy Pepper
On This Date in History and Notable Events
Highlights include Titanic sailing in 1912, Washington signing the Patent Act in 1790, the 1866 founding of the ASPCA, Gatsby’s 1925 publication, Osborns Entertainer in 1957, USS Thresher disaster in 1963, bio weapons pact in 1972, and Enron trial testimony in 2002. The Sun invites readers to share photos.
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Southampton
England
George Washington
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Osborne
Laurence Olivier
London
Thresher
Cape Cod
Mass
United States
Soviet Union
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Enron
Jeffrey Skilling
Houston
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Jim Finley
Jfinley
Finley
Habitat For Humanity
Alamo
Abitat Village
Baytownhabitat.org
Pilot Club of
Alamo Village
Steve Ellis
DiAnne Wilson
Linda Roy
Judy Wheat
Lions Club
THE
Baytown Sun
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of
Greater Baytown
Goose Creek Country Club
Stephen H. DonCarlos
Cedar Bayou
Highway 146
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
Cadillac Career Center
Bso
Wal-Mart
East
Plumwood
Eva Maud Garden Club
Wanda Watts
Alamance
Dee Cooper
Tempie Florist
Associated Press
SUN History
Beach City
Jimmy McClellan
East Baytown
At the
Relay For Life
Margaret Bourke-White
the Sun
David
Bloom
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