NCAA bans Native nicknames from postseason play
Editorials argue the NCAA rule prohibiting hostile Native American nicknames and imagery in college postseason games is overbroad and hypocritical. Florida State University may sue, as critics say local actions address concerns without a national sweep affecting at least 17 Division I schools.
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Teaching intelligent design pressure in science classes
The Columbus Dispatch notes President Bush promoted teaching intelligent design, arguing it is not science but a faith-based idea dressed as science. Proponents see ID as a philosophical view, while critics label it untestable pseudoscience that belongs in religion and philosophy courses.
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Pluto on the bubble as new solar object looms
Astronomers announce a sun orbiting body larger than Pluto, named 2003UB313, reviving debate over Pluto’s planetary status. The IAU weighs whether Pluto should remain a planet as outer system giants like Jupiter loom large in the criteria.
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Seeks Community Input
The Baytown Sun editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. Wednesdays and invites the public to visit to discuss community issues. To arrange an appointment contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. Members include Wanda Garner Cash, editor and publisher, David Bloom, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun accepts letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun invites original signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public-interest topics. Include writer’s address and phone for non publication, a photo for guest columns, and limit submissions to one per month. Submissions may be edited or refused.
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A Golf Course Park Service Beneath Open Skies
In a park on a sunlit Sunday I conduct a personal outdoor service to test if nature can foster as strong a sense of the divine as a church. I quote Rev. Zinsmeister and Ted Robinson, read Oscar Hammerstein II, and end with a prayer from John Tidyman. George Plagent, an ordained minister and veteran Columbus, Ohio journalist, observes a quiet, reflective scene with a passing Irish setter and six others.
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Today in History Aug 13 2005 highlights and events
Today marks Aug 13 2005 a Saturday with 225th day of the year 140 days remain. Notable events include 1961 East Germany sealed Berlin border to stop refugees. 1521 Cortes captured Mexico City. 1846 flag raised in Los Angeles. 1910 Nightingale died. 1932 Hitler declined vice chancellor. 1934 Li Abner debuted. 1946 Wells died. 1960 Echo satellite two way call. 1981 Reagan sign package of tax cuts. 5 years ago Somalia formed central government. 1 year ago Hurricane Charley hit Florida as a Category 4 storm with deaths.
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Lee High Gander football team sent to Kerrville camp
A 1938 pep rally celebrated Lee High School Gander football players before they left for a three week training camp in Kerrville. The rest of the notes recount a 1950 theft at Rogers Dry Goods Highlands involving a man’s khaki pants and boots. A 1975 Brownwood Civic Association meeting centered on an evacuation proposal for Congress. In 2004 Goose Creek schools added portable classrooms to four campuses due to rising enrollments.
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Smoking risks and cancer lessons from celebrity diagnoses
A physician urges immediate smoking cessation after noting two celebrity lung cancer cases Peter Jennings and Dana Reeves. The message emphasizes that quitting reduces risk over about ten years and that most lung cancers occur in smokers while secondhand smoke also poses dangers. The notice calls for community health responsibility and offers assistance.
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Welcome to Baytown Sign Needs a Sparkling Upgrade
A local reader urges updating the distressed Welcome to Baytown sign at the Garth Road and I-10 intersection. The writer argues the rusting display gives a poor first impression to visitors who frequent the mall area and urges the city to invest in a brand new, eye catching welcome sign to reflect Baytown’s progress and attract new commerce.
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