Giving the Gift of Life and Volunteer Opportunities
More than 2,000 southeast Texans can donate blood. Only 5 percent do despite 60 percent being eligible. Commit for Life outlines three steps: donate quarterly, allow contact, spread the word. The Blood Center revitalizes its volunteer program with new committees including communication training education and special events. Volunteers may serve on neighborhood donor centers and community councils with a volunteer recognition program. To join email volunteer ing giveblood org or call 713 791 6262. Visit giveblood org or 1 888 482 5663 for more information.
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Blood Center
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Giveblood.org
The
Baytown Sun
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Meets Weekly at 2 PM
The Baytown Sun invites community members to visit its editorial board for issue discussions. Appointments with Managing Editor David Bloom can be arranged by calling 281-422-8302. Members include Wanda Gamer Cash, David Bloom, Joseph Lohan, Dee Anne Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Gamer Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun invites signed letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun invites submissions of public interest letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words. Include a writer signature, an unpublished address and phone number for non publication use, and a photo for guest columns. Limit one submission per month.
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Baytown Sun
the Sun
Wanda Gamer Cash
David Bloom
The
P.O. Box
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Overcrowding issues spurred GCCISD committee praise and renewed solutions
Community thanks the GCCISD Facilities Planning Committee for direct overcrowding recommendations after years of debate over a mega high school. Residents urge practical, creative housing and teaching space for students, amid calls to move beyond past 1994 bond lessons. The note also covers a Troy Goynes benefit fundraiser, a Baytown Night Out recap, and a charity appeal from Miracle Restoration Fellowship Mission Church seeking food and funding for the needy.
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Gccisd Facilities Planning Committee
The
Miracle Restoration Fellowship Mission Church
S. Pruett St
Church of God
Jesus Christ
Baytown
Health Department
Jesus
On This Day August Tenth Through History
A historical digest notes events on August 10 including 1846 Congress chartering the Smithsonian Institution, 1921 FDR polio onset at Campobello, 1944 Guam battle end, 1969 Manson murders, 1977 Berkowitz arrest, 1988 Reagan reparations bill, 1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg sworn in, and a 2004 presidential immunity claim context.
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Congress
Smithsonian Institution
James Smithson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Campobello
Guam
Leno
Rosemary LaBianca
Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Postal
David Berkowitz
Yonkers
Sam
Reagan
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
U.S. Supreme Court
Clinton
Paula Jones
Arkansas
July births surge as deaths remain low sixfold
In July of 1950 the local registrar for the Bureau of Vital Statistics reported six times as many births as deaths. In Brownwood, 1975 residents planned to discuss a proposed evacuation route. By 2002 Sheriff Kreuzer said all jail infractions were fixed after a recent inspection. In 2003 budget workshops sparked tension as Kreuzer and Commissioners debated department spending and announcements.
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Bureau of Vital Statistics
Brownwood
Goose Creek
Chambers County
Monroe Kreuzer
Chambers County Commissioners Court
Monroe Kreuzer Jr
Kreuzer
Jimmy Sylvia
Executing Juveniles in Texas and the U.S. Debate
A critical look at juvenile execution policies, noting Texas led in executions of 16 and 17 year olds, the 1989 Supreme Court decision and ongoing debates. The piece cites public opinion, legal arguments, and a call for a 2005 Texas law banning juvenile death sentences, with quotes from Paul Kieniewicz of Amnesty International.
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Texas
United States
Democratic Republic of Congo
Iran
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
U.S. Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Robert Acuna
Joyce
James Carroll
Acuna
ABC News
Juvenile Criminal Justice
Lee Malvo
Virginia
Malvo
Supreme Court
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Tirr Rehabilitation Center
Pat Smidowec
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Troy Goynes
Woodforest National Bank
Deanna Jennings
Purvis Lane
Troy Gaynes Crosby
District 4
Ann
Ann Marshall Byars
Office OF the
Mer
Lael
Paul Kieniewicz
Houston
Amnesty International
Paul
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