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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 2006
Page
2
A humorous take on the AP Ipsos survey showing Americans lose patience after five minutes on hold and fifteen minutes in line. The narrator jokes about being an expert on waiting and notes the poll surveyed 1,003 adults across the United States including New Jersey.
Shirley Rogers of the Crosby Fair and Rodeo presented a 2500 check to Michelle Hicks of the American Cancer Society. Funds were raised at Tough Enough to Wear Pink night with 50 cent contributions from CRCU and San Jacinto per pink shirt, plus 400 from CF&R and the public. San Jacinto added 1304 to reach the goal for breast cancer research and a 2007 repeat event is planned.
A dense listing of Baytown area activities includes scrapbooking at Baytown Community Center from 6 to 10 p.m. with a $12 fee, intermediate and beginner line dancing at Highlands/San Jacinto Community Center, painting sessions at Baytown Community Center, and the Baytown Genealogy Research Library hours. Other items cover TOPS meetings, bridge at Market Street, a seniors’ Pick and Grin at Highlands, Go Getters at Baytown Center, MAGS gala dinner and dance, a Mt. Rose Church event with Minister William D. Young, Baytown Senior Center shopping day, a benefit golf tournament for Bobby Ford at Evergreen Point, a 30' archery tournament at Cedar Bayou Archery Park, an Islam open house at Masjid Ar-Rahman, a consumer group meeting at La Familia Restaurant, and an evangelist Joyce Rodgers event in Crosby. Call or visit listed numbers and sites for details.
On August 25 1944 Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years under Nazi occupation. The date also marks the 1921 US treaty with Germany and Truman’s 1950 order to seize railroads to avert a strike amid the era’s tensions.
In 1938 Goose Creek faced 57 tax lawsuits totaling 10150 dollars with debts dating to 1922. In 1944 the Chamber planned V Day closing if Germany surrendered and Armistice Day if not by then. In 1952 Roy Byrd, 23, was saved by his brother after his foot was caught in a car door.
A public reminder of divine acts and thoughts beyond counting as expressed in Psalm 40:5, praising God's wondrous deeds and inscrutable plan. The verse emphasizes that there are more of God's works than can be enumerated.
In a Page 3 photo Wednesday Ben Hernandez, a Sterling High School student, is shown thanking speaker Craig Scott during the event.
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