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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 2003
Page
4
The Baytown Sun tracing its 1922 founding honors long time staff Wanda Gamer Cash as editor and publisher David Bloom as managing editor and Fred Hartman serving as publisher emeritus from 1950 to 1974 in a brief historical note.
The Goose Creek district grapples with a looming deficit after joining Chapter 41, lowering local tax dollars for other districts. The board weighs funding Communities in Schools CIS, a dropout prevention program in Baytown since 1992, amid calls to protect education quality while seeking cost reductions. Editor David Bloom notes CIS needs stable Goose Creek support to sustain its one on one work with at risk students and school success.
The Baytown Sun invites community discussion with weekly editorial board meetings at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and welcomes letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words. Submit signed pieces with contact details to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom via mail, fax, or email.
Readers weigh in on presumption of innocence, police actions, and public scrutiny. A Baytown Municipal Police Association letter defends constitutional rights while denouncing lynching rhetoric, and a resident recounts alleged police brutality. Others comment on traffic and Lee College, with an apology from Barbers Hill Project Graduation for an omission.
Gary Burroughs of Baytown laments a rising crisis to faith in public life. He cites Alabama court rulings and the Grand Canyon Bible verse removal, warns against eroding prayer in homes and schools, and urges Americans to resist perceived secularization.
City Hall at 2401 Market St, Baytown Texas 77520 lists City Manager Gary Jackson and Mayor Pete Alfaro with district councilors and phone lines. Goose Creek Administration Building at 4544 Interstate 10 outlines Superintendent Barbara Sultis and seven board trustees with 3 year terms. Meetings are on the second and fourth Thursdays or Mondays at 6:30 p.m. respectively.
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