The Baptoton Sun Founded 1922
A historical note on The Baptoton Sun with editors Wanda Gamer Cash and David Bloom, and Fred Hartman serving as Publisher Emeritus from 1950 to 1974.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 2002
Page
4
A historical note on The Baptoton Sun with editors Wanda Gamer Cash and David Bloom, and Fred Hartman serving as Publisher Emeritus from 1950 to 1974.
Yale and Boston University studies offer rival paths to longer life. optimism and a positive attitude may add years, while reducing calories by up to 25 percent extends life in animals and may slow aging. researchers seek the balance between hunger and nutrition and emphasize moderation, activity, and sensible dieting.
The Herald argues against abstinence only education citing 1994 and 1999 surveys showing high teen sexual activity and adult behavior. It criticizes the Bush era $135 million campaign as misaligned with public attitudes on teen protection from pregnancy and STDs.
The Baytown Sun outlines editorial board meeting time at 2 p.m. Wednesdays and invites public discussion visits. It lists editors and contact details for submissions including letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words with photo.
Chris Matthews recounts a life threatening malaria episode that began after a December trip to Africa and Christmas with family. He details fever, delirium, dehydration, and hospital care at Sibley Memorial, where doctors diagnosed falciparum malaria and treated him with quinine and IV fluids while reflecting on the danger posed to Africans and his own appreciation for life and work.
A Highlands reader writes that friends helped arrange a Veterans Day tribute for her son Roy John Geringer Jr. by placing a flag pole and Old Glory at Sterling White Cemetery. She notes his Vietnam service and says his name will be memorialized alongside others in Houston and Highlands.
Opal Handiey thanks The Baytown Sun for coverage of volunteers who served lunch at the shelter. Alice Smith chefed chicken spaghetti while Chic Godwin Dorothy Nell Ammons Wanda Sanders Ruth Richards and Beulah Goodman contributed generously.
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