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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 2007
Page
11
Wanda Orton, retired managing editor of The Baytown Sun, notes how cell phones dominate public spaces from sidewalks to stores and restaurants. The piece blends humor with concern about constant connectivity and privacy, observing how conversations echo through daily tasks.
June Wilson Roeder recalls Santa Benjamin Chastain playing the role in the 1950s at the Sears store on West Texas. He was known as Santa during the off season and was June’s grandfather. The family’s Pelly heritage includes a restaurant on West Main and a Christian heritage story. See Santa page 2B.
Nicole Korzetz is a Lee College psychology instructor and mother of two who strives to improve Baytown by making streets bicycle and pedestrian friendly. She is inspired by resilience, aims to write a book, visit Machu Picchu, and learn flamenco guitar. She would meet Leonardo Da Vinci to glimpse his daily genius.
The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Chapter 126 donated 23 teddy bears to the Baytown Police Department for distribution to children of domestic violence victims. The bears honor disabled veterans and commemorate area war casualties. Chief Byron Jones and Capt. Keith Dougherty accepted the donation, noting it will comfort young victims arriving at the station.
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