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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 2016
Page
4
Baytown launches Imagine Baytown an all community survey to guide five year planning. Residents and non residents can participate online or via paper forms at City Hall with a goal of broad engagement. The city hired Tanner Jan to assist with branding and outreach while stressing realistic funding limits.
In thanks for coverage of the De Zavala and Mexican School State Historical Marker dedication Wanda Orton’s articles are praised as factual and tremendous. The writer and Eugenia Rios credit Reggie Browne and a supportive committee for a beautiful, well attended ceremony and deep community gratitude.
On this date, 1492 marked Columbus receiving spain’s commission to seek a westward passage to Asia. In 1937 Daffy Duck debuted in Porky's Duck Hunt. In 1961 the Bay of Pigs invasion failed as Castro’s forces defeated CIA trained Cuban exiles. Thought for Today quotes Sydney J. Harris on cynicism and disappointment.
Wanda Orton recalls Baker and other figures in the San Jacinto era. The piece covers Baker as founder of Cedar Bayou Methodist Church and Evergreen plantation owner, his Alabama forgery case, and rivalries with Sam Houston, Sidney Sherman, and Burnet. It notes their conflicts amid a pivotal Texas fight for independence.
Retired editor Jim Finley recounts an interview with a longtime friend dubbed James about aging. He describes losses of friends to illness, changing daily routines, tech confusion, and nostalgia for youth, while noting some joys like grandkids and evolving perspective.
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