The Bartown Sun Founded 1922
Wanda Gamer Cash and Lidilor serve as publisher and publisher emeritus with David Bloom as managing editor and Fred Hartman holding the title publisher emeritus 1950 1974 at the Bartown Sun a historic local newspaper.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 2003
Page
4
Wanda Gamer Cash and Lidilor serve as publisher and publisher emeritus with David Bloom as managing editor and Fred Hartman holding the title publisher emeritus 1950 1974 at the Bartown Sun a historic local newspaper.
Ross S Sterling High School students and staff raised 1155 during a jailathon to fund CrimeStoppers rewards for anonymous tips and arrests. Baytown officers and local businesses donated prizes while volunteers aided the fundraiser. Goose Creek Superintendent Barbara Sultis named Superintendent of the Year for Communities in Schools efforts boosting attendance by 7 percent. Baytown Nature Center praised by Interior official Lynn Scarlet for urban conservation in Brownwood.
The Baytown Sun invites public input with weekly editorial board meetings at 2 pm on Wednesdays. Submit letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words with a writer photo and non publication address and phone. Submissions limited to one monthly, subject to editing, and political content restrictions near elections.
Guest column by Richard Bruce Winders argues the San Jacinto victory on April 21, 1836, was a turning point that secured Texas independence but did not end conflict with Mexico. The piece outlines the revolution’s stages, Santa Anna’s campaigns, the Runaway Scrape, and ongoing hostilities after San Jacinto.
Letter praises West Baytown Civic Association and Baytown Sun for coverage of the third annual Trash-Off. Notes Exxon's volunteer group led by Warren Dole and many others contributed, with Pam Farmer leading children and Lindy Brewer coordinating Service for Peace volunteers. Councilman Renteria provided music as West Baytown exceeded its collection goal.
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