Friday Night Lights Start for Baytown Area Football
The Baytown Sun editorial urges community support for high school football as the season opens in Baytown Mont Belviex Anahuac and surrounding areas. It emphasizes commitment discipline and the life lessons from sports and classroom effort along with inviting readers to enjoy the Friday night games listed in the sports section. The piece is by David Bloom managing editor on behalf of the editorial board.
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Mont Belviex
Anahuac
Today
David Bloom
The
Baytown Sun
Newspaper
AP Courses Rise in College Admissions Role
El Paso Times notes AP Program courses increasingly influence college admissions, with 2003 survey showing APs rival SATs and GPA. Critics urge careful use, address minority participation gaps and teacher prep, and warn research supports that two AP courses improve bachelor’s degree odds.
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Associated Press
Trevor Packer
The
College Board
el Paso
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Meeting Details
The editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. each Wednesday. Community members are invited to visit to discuss issues affecting Baytown. To schedule, contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. board members include Wanda Garner Cash, David Bloom, Joseph Lohan, Dee Anne Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Garner Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun Calls for Letters and Guest Columns
The Baytown Sun invites signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Include a non publishable contact, limit one submission per month, and note submissions may be edited or declined. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at P O Box 90 Baytown 77522, fax 281 427 1880, or email sunnews bay townsun com.
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the Sun
Wanda Garner Cash
David Bloom
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Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Toll road tolls spark Texas political debate during Perry trip
Governor Perry faces backlash as tolling on existing highways draws opposition from Kay Bailey Hutchison and Carole Keeton Strayhorn. Strayhorn mocks the plan as double taxation while Hutchison pushes higher fuel tax returns. lawmakers debate ide prices and user fees amid public opposition and a flood of letters.
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Rick Perry
New York
Texas
U.S
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Perry
Texas Transportation Commission
Ric Williamson
Hutchison
Irving
Strayhorn
Kip Averitt
R-Waco
Averitt
Texas House of Representatives
Kathy Walt
Police Retirements and Pay Rise Sparks City Debate
A reader urges approval of the 20 year police retirement option returning to the voting block on Sept 9, arguing a pay increase is more vital to retain officers than an exodus. The letter expresses faith and support for officers receiving deserved benefits.
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Jesus
Krakatoa eruption featured in August 27 history
On August 27 1883 Krakatoa exploded triggering deadly tsunamis in Java and Sumatra killing about 36000. Other notable events include Hegels birth in 1770 and LBJ born near Stonewall Texas in 1908. The 1928 Kellogg Briand Pact was signed in Paris to outlaw war.
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Krakatoa
Indonesia
Sunda Strait
Java
Sumatra
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Stuttgart
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Stonewall
Texas
Paris
Goose Creek School District Through the Years Timeline
A chronology from 1938 to 2003 tracks Goose Creek and Cedar Bayou education. It notes Lee College budget adoption, salary raises veto, 1944 gasoline ration volunteers, 1950 county precinct housing, 1952 budget and tax hike expectations, 1975 funnel clouds, 1990 maintenance partnership with private sector, 2000 wetlands center volunteers and 1200 fifth graders, and 2003 Ten Commandments debate in Baytown.
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Goose Creek
Lee College
Harris County
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Pasadena
U.S. Weather Service
Eddie V. Gray
Wetlands Center
Alabama
No single faith should dominate in public life
The letter argues against a Christian-dominated public faith and urges tolerance. It cites Jesus teachings on loving enemies and cautions that public displays of faith offend others. It defends free exercise of religion, urges mutual acceptance of different faiths, and supports Supreme Court defense of basic values.
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Max Hill
Hill
America
God
Jesus
Heaven
Supreme Court
Goose Creek Parents Claim Two Miles Rule Endangers Children
A Goose Creek resident appeals at a school board meeting against the two miles rule, arguing that walking routes lack sidewalks and expose young children to speeding vehicles, construction traffic, stray dogs, and predators while asking the district to prioritize safety over cost savings.
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Goose Creek
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