First-year Scout Amanda Malone sells 1553 cookies set for top prizes
Baytown-area news notes Amanda Malone nine-year-old Troop 6305 member in the San Jacinto Girl Scout Council sold 1553 boxes earning prizes including a dinner with council leaders a $100 cookie dough gift certificate and an invitation to Gordon Ranch Richmond She is the daughter of Larry and Shonda Malone of Baytown Other items note Mont Belvieu Dance Academy dancers at Showstopper top honors Rachel Dean to sing the national anthem at the Houston Astros game May 31 Greg Buckner Jr of Crosby wins Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year award and will attend Tyler Junior College birthday wishes listed for several locals Items for Around Town can be emailed to sunnews baytownsun com or called in at (281) 425-8016
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Amanda Malone
San Jacinto
Greg Buckner Jr
Crosby
Proctor and Gamble
Cedar Bayou UMC hosts 4‑person scramble golf tourney
Cedar Bayou United Methodist Churchs USA Mission Team and Methodist Mens Club invite golfers to a 4 person scramble at Eagle Pointe Golf Club Mont Belvieu starting 8 30 a m Saturday May 12 Entry 85 per person Tee box sponsorships available Contact Melvin Avants at 281 837 6519 or 281 424 3563 fax 281 422 1231 or by email Melvin.avants verizon com Deadline to enter Monday May 7
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Goose Creek students sweep state VASE honors at UHCL
Sixteen Goose Creek pupils earned top awards at the State Visual Arts Scholastic Event held April 14 at the University of Houston Clear Lake. Gold Seal winner Courtney Bighorse of Ross S Sterling HS will have art featured in a statewide exhibit of 113 works. Other Sterling and Robert E Lee winners include Andrea Martinez Albert Franco Auristela Ruiz Lauren Wilkenson Jay Garrett Jeston Rodriguez Rachel Miller Jake Brewer Kara Evard Colby Goetschius Jessica Quiroz Jennifer Ray John Eckert Megan Jackson Keith Thompson and their teachers Roberta Sturges Kelley Ellis Darcy McDonald Emrie Werth Phyllis Johnson.
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Courtney Bighorse
Ross S. Sterling High School
Texas
Kelley Ellis
Andrea Martinez
Sterling
Roberta Sturges
Albert Franco
Ellis
Auristela Ruiz
Darcy McDonald
Lauren
Carrie Pryor-Newman
Jay Garrett
Jeston Rodriguez
Jake Brewer
Lauren Wilkenson
Colby Goetschius
Jessica Quiroz
Kara Evard
Rachel Miller
Jennifer Ray
Community Calendar of Senior Activities and Events
Highlands Community Center offers seniors line dancing at 8 30 a m quilting at 9 a m beginner line dancing at 9 45 a m and game day at 12 30 p m East Harris County Senior Citizen Program runs 9 a m to 1 p m at J D Walker Community Center 7613 Wade Road Crosby Community Center hosts a free oil painting class at 9 30 a m and free watercolor classes at 1 p m led by Anne Vandagriff St James Auxiliary meets at 10 a m at St James House 5800 W Baker Road Senior Bowling League meets at 10 a m at Max Bowl East 720 Ward Rd Ceramics class offered by a volunteer instructor at 10 a m Card games in the Seniors Room 10 a m to 4 p m at Community Center 2407 Market St Baby Time for ages up to 18 months 10 30 to 10 50 a m at Sterling Municipal Library GED prep class 5 p m at Chambers County Library in Anahuac Primeros Pasos en Cominense de Negocio Seminario 6 8 p m at Lee College SBDC Office 312 West Sterling Community Duplicate Bridge Club at 6 45 p m 2407 Market St $3 per player Youth gathering with prayers and pizza at Parrish Hall Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 1124 Beech Compassionate Friends support group for bereaved parents meets 7 9 p m at Remington Park 901 Baker second floor 281 424 5760 LaPorte Ladies Group meets at p m at Light of Christ Lutheran Church 2530 South Broadway 281 427 1182.
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Chambers County
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Happy Quilters
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King’s Table
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Tuesday Baytown Senior Center Community Activities Schedule
A listing of senior programs and services including day events at Baytown centers and libraries. Activities cover games, Bible study, lunch, bowling, quilting, toddlers to preschool story times, a church Bible study with lunch, a duplicate bridge club, and Moms In Touch prayer meetings. Contacts and times for each activity are provided.
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Lions Club to host emergency hurricane speaker in Baytown
Baytown Lions Club at Golden Corral noon Tuesday hosts Patty Fowler from the Office of Emergency Management and Preparedness to discuss hurricanes. Also listed are Celebrate Recovery at First Baptist Church, VEW Post 912 meeting, Bay Area Quilt Guild at Mount Olive Lutheran, and a combined cancer support group at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital with open admission. Connectivity lines provide phone numbers for each group.
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Scarsdale Blvd
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April 30 History Highlights From Washington to Nixon
Today marks the 120th day of 2007. Notable events include Washington becoming the first U.S. president in 1789, the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Louisiana statehood in 1812, and the Hoover Dam name change in 1947. Nixon's Cambodia actions in 1970 and resignations in 1973 are also noted.
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Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
George Washington
New York
United States
Louisiana
France
John Luther “Casey” Jones
Illinois Central Railroad
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St. Louis
Truman
Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Richard G. Kleindienst
White House
John Dean
Senate
Alexis Herman
Baytown Sun history highlights from 1940 to 2004
A concise look at notable Baytown events: 1940 gas main explosion near North Baytown and Wooster, 1953 Cedar Bayou school board election issue, 1975 addition of assistant superintendent with salary changes hinted, 1990 Medex-90 drill with 114 survivors, 2001 redistributing plan affecting Harris County Baytown reps Bosse Crabb, 2004 SouthTrust Bank Garth Road branch fire. The Sun invites reader photo submissions.
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Fred Bosse
Joe Crabb
Harris County
Baytown
SouthTrust Bank
Garth Road
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