Post Office to be Named for fallen soldier Keith Grace
A dedication ceremony will rename the U S Post Office at 601 W Baker Rd in Baytown in honor of Keith Grace a Fort Campbell KY based vehicle driver who was killed in Afghanistan in 2013 during Operation Enduring Freedom Also present will be family friends and officials Grace among three servicemen died when their unit came under Taliban fire He earned a National Defense Service Medal and a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
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Baytown to Dedicate Main Post Office for Keith Grace
A ceremony at 601 W. Baker Road honors Baytown native Keith Grace killed in Operation Enduring Freedom by naming the town’s main post office after him. The event at 9 a.m. will include the War on Terrorism Service Medal and an Army Service Ribbon as family members reflect on the three year anniversary since his burial.
Back To School Photos Sought By Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun invites readers to submit back to school photos showing student names, parent names, grade levels, and school names. Send entries to sunnews baytownsun for publication consideration.
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Weather and obituaries on page three
Weather report notes a high of 88 with partly cloudy skies. Obituaries include Rodney Masterson and Elizabeth Childers. page three provides notices and brief remembrances.
Romans 8 23 Verse About Awaiting Redemption
The verse reflects believers groaning inwardly while awaiting the full adoption as sons and the redemption of their bodies, highlighting the hope of future transformation through the Spirit. It emphasizes anticipation of ultimate salvation and spiritual adoption.
Tabs saved by Baytown brothers aid Ronald McDonald House
Shriners in Baytown praise Nash Mason and Eric Mason for a year of collecting aluminum can tabs at the request of David Elliot to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Houston Galveston. Shriner DeWayne McCartney notes Elliot had long pursued donations.
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Old River-Winfree Founders Day to aid Fisher House
Old River-Winfree Founders Day honors Pfc. Wesley R. Riggs and will donate 90 percent of this year’s and next year’s proceeds to the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center’s Fisher House program. The charity provides a network of comfort homes for families of wounded veterans. Proceeds page 10.
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Oyster groups clash over 23000 acre Galveston Bay lease
In Galveston Bay a trio of clashes among oyster operators during a Cham bers-Liberty Counties Navigation District meeting centered on the STORM lease. Lisa Halilli said the group seeks to void the lease under STORM while STORM head Tracy Woody and attorney Baker defend the district action and argue the meeting was lawful. Texas Open Meetings Act concerns drive lawsuits against the C-LCND and STORM with separate action by Texas Parks and Wildlife in Travis County.
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Artist Ken Pridgeon to present portrait to Richard Overton
Daytown artist Ken "The Dauber" Pridgeon travels to Austin to present a portrait to Richard Overton, the oldest living U.S. veteran born in 1906. Overton, a WWII veteran of the 187th Engineer Aviation Battalion, has ties to Hawaii Guam and Iwo Jima, and Pridgeon is known for painting fallen soldiers in Baytown's Portrait of a Warrior Gallery.
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