Cheers and Jeers from Baytown Readers
A Sun opinion feature highlights local cheers for Hunt Road and West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg road work and a park renaming honoring Billy Barnett. Also praised are Eagle Scout Kyle Laird's water exhibit at Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Center and the Red Hat Society’s 15th anniversary. Jeers target the Texas GOP controversy around Dennis Bonnen and Empower Texans with Rangers’ investigation and a related Democrats lawsuit.
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Top read Baytown Sun stories week of Aug 13 20
The Baytown Sun lists its 10 most-read articles for Aug 13 to Aug 20 by page views. Highlights include Teen shoots father, To live in Baytown was to go to the Brunson and Special delivery lands in wrong hands, with other items on school starts, market schedules, and local crime. The year-to-date top reads include a police-involved shooting, a life-prison verdict, and a murder jury decision.
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Today in History highlights major 19th and 20th century events
On this date 1831 Nat Turner led a violent Virginia slave rebellion causing at least 55 white deaths before his execution. In 1992 the Ruby Ridge siege began with the death of Samuel Weaver and Deputy Degan. In 1993 NASA lost Mars Observer contact on a $980 million mission. Ten years ago ELCA voted to lift a ban on gays serving as ministers. One year ago Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance and related charges for paying hush money to Stormy Daniels. Thought for Today by Shirley Chisholm.
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Afterwords reveal Tinker saved my life and more
In a personal retrospective Wanda Orton recounts a July 2013 near fatal septic illness sparked by a bile duct stone. Her dog Tinker’s actions nudged her daughter Jan to wake the pair and seek emergency care, guiding a hospital stay, gall bladder removal, and a later stone retreatment amid a faith in miracles and animal-messenger symbolism.
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Father’s war memory frames a nation’s faults and rights
The author recalls his WWII father who served on D-Day and survived, then reflects on America’s dark history toward Native Americans and African Americans. He honors the Greatest Generation while arguing kneeling athletes misunderstand sacrifice, urging respect for the flag and the duty to judge by character over skin color. Ken Bredehoeft of Mont Belvieu signs.
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