Not really laughing at comics and fond memories fade
Reflects on Brant Parker and Johnny Hart dying within days, recalls love for Blondie and Blondie films, notes decline of comics in newspapers due to costs, mentions fond memories of Batman and Superman, and contrasts early humor with current reads.
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Brant Parker
Johnny Hart
Brant
Johnny
Joe Palooka
Matt
Jeff
Blondie
Dagwood Bumstead
Chic Young
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Dagwood
The
Sun
Gene Lyons
Gene
Batman
Superman
Sterling Library Wins Two Texas Book Festival Grants
Sterling Municipal Library received two grants from the Texas Book Festival Organization to fund teen reading material and innovative learning technology for the literacy program. The festival, now in its 12th year, has awarded over 2 million dollars in grants to Texas libraries, announced April 13 at the Texas Library Association convention in San Antonio.
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Sterling Municipal Library
Texas Book Festival Organization
Texas Book Festival
Texas Public Libraries
Texas Library Association
San Antonio
Community Calendar Highlights Local Activities and Contacts
Chambers County Employees CPR class at County Library in Anahuac from 8 30 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. with lunch break. Highlands Community Center hosts 9 a.m. game day. East Harris County Senior Program runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at J D Walker Center. Ladies Bowling at Max Bowl East 9 30 a.m. Crosby Library offers toddlers and preschool programs. Benchmarks include King s Table Bible Study and free lunch. Baytown Lions Club noon meeting, SBDC Lunch and Learn, and various senior and library programs listed with contact numbers.
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Chambers County
Anahuac
Highlands Community Center
Highlands Woods Drive
East
Harris County
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Max Bowl East Alley
Ward Road
Mary Ann Cowley
Market St
Crosby Library
Sterling Municipal Library
Juanita Hargraves Memorial Library
Winnie
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
Baytown Lions Club
Golden Corral
Garth
Baytown Art League
SBDC
W. Sterling
Highland Woods Drive
Duplicate Bridge Club
Bay Area
Relay For Life
Community Resource Credit Union
Decker Drive
Rollingbrook
Moms In
W. Buccaneer
Barbers Hill Isd
Vickey Goulding
West Chambers County Library
Mont Belvieu
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
Baytown Senior Center
B.A.N.G
Cadillac Career Center
Garth Road
Wal-Mart
East Harris County
J.D. Walker Community Center
Baytown
Sterling Municipal
Today in History highlights and past events list
On April 24 1916 Easter Rising began in Dublin with 1600 nationalists seizing key sites. In 1800 Congress approved the Library of Congress bill. In 1877 federal troops left New Orleans ending Northern rule in the South. In 1898 Spain declared war on the U.S. In 1968 Columbia University students began a weeklong occupation.
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Dublin
Congress
Library of Congress
New Orleans
South
Spain
United States
America
Cuba
Columbia University
New York
Iran
U.S
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Associated Press
Photo submissions and corrections in Baytown Sun
The Sun invites photo submissions via email to david bloom baytownsun com or by mail to 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown 77520. A Monday Police Beat misreported Shawn Ammons involvement. Sunday police reports from Baytown Police Department state Patrick Ammons wielded a knife in front of Shawn.
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the Sun
David
Bloom
Shawn Ammons
Baytown
Patrick Ammons
Shawn
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Jim Finley
LEE Interact Club
Robert E. Lee High School
Interact Club
Cody Orr
Austin Andrews
Rotary Club
Pam Warford
Pam Johnson
REL Interact Club
Liz Chapa
Brian Valenta
Baytown Rotary Club
Robert E. Lee Interact Club
Sterling Library
Katherine Brown
State Capitol
Austin
Barbara Bush
Texas
Fea
Barack Obama
Gore Vidal
Amy Sedaris
Frank McCourt
Tavis Smiley
Jan Hughes
Baytown Community Center
N. Main
SUN History
Houston
West Texas Avenue
Market Street
Highway 146
Goose Creek
Loren Eiseley
Job
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