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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 2008
Page
2
Natalie Whatley recalls riding out Rita with her husband Jeff in Baytown Texas. He boarded 33 windows with custom plywood covers and kept vigil in a boarded fortress while evacuations loomed. After a grueling 31 hour road trek they returned home to endure still strong winds and debris.
Judy Edmonds of Chambers County Precinct 2 retires after 10 years in office moving to Cypress to be closer to family. Her political path began with a coin toss win and included multiple elections. A retirement party at White's Park in Anahuac honored her service and impact on the community.
Baytown Rotarians joined Harris County Public Health to administer 109 free immunizations at Wal-Mart on Garth Road as part of the 16th Annual Shots for Tots. Weatherposed challenges, but volunteers, including Pam Johnson, reported a successful event that saved families about $11,000 in vaccine costs.
On August seventeenth history marks 1807 Fulton’s North River steamboat to Albany after round trip. Civil War bombardment of Fort Sumter in 1863. 1896 Klondike gold discovery touches Alaska rush. WWII 1942 Rouen raid. Carlson leads Makin raid. 1962 Peter Fechter mortally wounds Berlin Wall attempt. 1969 Hurricane Camille hits Gulf Coast. Woodstock ends near Bethel. 1978 Double Eagle Two lands after Trans Atlantic crossing. 1987 Hess dies in Berlin. 1994 Altman resigns amid Whitewater. 2003 blackout probe begins. Polio cases rise in Texas in 1950. Beach City Bicentennial Picnic planned Sept 27. Lee College budget increases tax rate in 1990.Quotes from Daniel O’Connell.
The verse declares a mission to seek what is lost and return what was driven away. It promises binding up the broken and strengthening the sick while delivering judgment to the fat and the strong.
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