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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 2010
Page
10
A concise review of Rip Van Winkle's Return by Eric A. Kimmel with Leonard Everett Fisher illustrations, noting 1819 Irving origins and the story of Rip Van Winkle as he avoids chores, interacts with children, and faces domestic pressure in a reissued edition.
The piece riffs on Irving’s Rip Van Winkle and Kimmel’s take expanding the tale with Rip’s wife’s view and a reflective look at small town life. Fisher’s illustrations place readers in Rip’s easy world as neighbors debate thrift and labor while mythic echoes of Henry Hudson linger in the Catskills.
Jim Finley recalls a Bay City Daily Tribune reunion story from Glenn Sedam about Dorothy Sedam and students Maynard Trigwater and Lila Belle Strums. The tale contrasts a cow prank and a broken sternum mishap with warm nostalgia and humor.
Wanda Orton recounts the Bagland Guards, part of the 2nd Texas Infantry, from their Oct 12 1861 organization in Houston to service at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, and their parole during July 1863. Jim Hagerman fiddled, Ashbel Smith led, and Sam Houston Jr. was wounded at Shiloh before recovery and promotion.
Lab tests show bedbugs do not spread disease between people. The note warns of mental health harm from infestation anxiety and delusional parasitosis while urging calm despite pervasive paranoia about bugs.
Keith Steinbeck of Houston teaches wakeboarding at M2 and notes rising public interest in cable systems. Kristine Berbaile adds that fun can make riders forget minor bruises as they learn new tricks, with more information available at www.m2sports.com.
Isaac Tallent, son of Dr. Bryan and Linda Tallent, marks his 10th birthday on September 6 at Alconbury Royal Air Base in Little Stukeley England. He has three special brothers Mark Matthew and Ryan and numerous relatives including Grammy Linda Tallent. Papa Robert Everett. Steve Danita Tallent. Raul and Janie Benavides. great grandfather Raul Benavides Sr.. cousins Cesarae and Angelica Martinez.
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