Goodfellows Need Help For Baytown Children This Christmas
Our view urges readers to support the Baytown Goodfellows fund as need rises for underprivileged children. Citizens are asked to donate to The Sun office or mail contributions to Goodfellows in care of The Baytown Junior Forum, ensuring every child wakes to joy on Christmas morning.
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Texas Lottery $1.2 Billion Impact Stays in Budget Debate
A Texas legislative committee says 1.2 billion dollars in lottery revenue would be hard to replace in the 46.6 billion general revenue budget and thus should not be scrapped. Since 1991 voters approved the lottery, it has funded public education and veterans programs, attracting ongoing debate about its effects on poorer Texans.
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Goos e Creek CISD criticized after FAST report card
The FAST report ranks Goose Creek CISD 21st of 22 Houston area districts with 2.5 of 5 in overall score, 34 percent academic progress, and 7394 dollars spent per student. The author calls for a “house cleaning” of the district and notes fiscal strain and debt. A Baytown native student also criticizes local council member Mercedes Renteria III for nonresponse.
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Texas Senate memorials honor Farabee and Betty King
The Texas Senate memorialized former state Sen. Ray Farabee of Wichita Falls and long-serving Secretary Betty King with tributes on consecutive days. Farabee died Nov. 20 two days before his 82nd birthday. King died Dec. 1 four days after her 89th. Both left lasting legacies in public service and state media advocacy.
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Today in History and Thought for December Ninth
This date notes 1965 first broadcast of A Charlie Brown Christmas on CBS TV. It recalls 1911 Cross Mountain mine explosion killing 84 in Tennessee, 1940 North Africa offensive, 1958 John Birch Society founded, 1962 Petrified Forest designated a national park, and 2004 Bush tax stance. Thought by Nietzsche on group sanity.
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