Why I’m voting yes on GCCISD bond
Local business owner and GCCISD alumnus explains why he supports the Goose Creek CISD bond. He cites MechElecPlumbing upgrades, Sterling pool renovation, STEM expansion, robotics program growth, and long term financing, noting AAAs and fund balance, with a slight tax rise as a tradeoff for better student facilities and outcomes.
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Gccisd
Citizen's
Sterling Pool
City of
Baytown
Parks & Rec
Barbers Hill Isd
Crosby Isd
Sterling
Rice University
ExxonMobil
Covestro
NASA
International Society of Automation
Standard and Poor's
Moody's
Texas
Sylvan Beach Memories and the Sylvan Beach Band Era
A personal reminiscence recalling Sylvan Beach and nearby Galveston Bay locations, its long pier and pavilion, and the era of famous bands. Names and figures include Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Rudy Vallee, Red Skelton, Herbie Kay, Dorothy Lamour, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Howard Hughes Jr. The piece references Erna and Rita Womack, The Sun editor Wanda Orton, and the book The Romance of Old Sylvan Beach.
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Galveston
Sylvan
Morgan’s Point
Evergreen
Old Hog Island
Baytown
Sylvan Beach Park
Long
Galveston Bay
Hog Island
la Porte
Band Feader
Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
Perry Como
Phil Harris
Rudy Vallee
Red Nichols
Freddy Martin
Ozzie Nelson
Ted Lewis
Herbie Kay
Glenn Miller
Hollywood
Red Skelton
Dorothy Lamour
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Morocco
Lamour
Sylvan Beach
Howard Hughes Jr
Houston
Ema Roawend
La Porte/Morgan’s Point
Erna
Murray
the Sun
Womacks
Rita Womack
Rita
Robert Foxworth
Elizabeth Montgomery
Robert
Winter woes fade as spring looms for Jim Finley
Jim Finley laments a stubborn lingering winter in a Baytown Sun viewpoint. He recalls predicting snow on Christmas, recounts windy days and failed forecasts from Frank Billingsley, and reflects on aging, nostalgia, and hope for warmer weather as March arrives.
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Jimbo
Woody Walker
Ross S. Sterling
Woody
Chicken
al “Albert” Gore
Kprc Channel 2
Frank Billingsley
Frank
Margie
Sweeny High
John Travolta
John
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Goose Creek Cisd Citizens Facilities Planning Committee
the Bartown Sun
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Memoral Drive
Daytownsun
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Baytownsun Management
Ess
Carol Skewes
David Broom
Dean West
Misty Warmer
Reader
Newsroom
The
Sun
Baytown Sun
Sun News
By & A
Southern Newspapers Inc
Dha
Wanda Orton
Baytownsun. Com
Stahler
Jim Finley
Baytownsun.com
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