West Baytown Civic Association Honored As Volunteer of Year
The West Baytown Civic Association received the ExxonMobil Baytown Refiner of the Year award for outstanding neighborhood work. President Fred Aguilar and about 20 volunteers accepted the honor, highlighting decades of improvements from a police substation to youth mentoring and beautification projects in a 1,000-home area built for refinery workers.
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West Baytown
ExxonMobil Baytown
Baytown
ExxonMobil
Promise Center
Baytown Sun Editorial Board invites letters and columns
The Baytown Sun invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Submissions must be original, signed, include name and contact details, may be edited, and one submission per month. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at P.O. Box 90 Baytown 77522, or fax to 284-427.1880, or email sunnews@baytownsun.com.
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Baytown Sun
the Sun
Wanda Garner Cash
David Bloom
The
P.O
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Perry May Call Special Session On School Finance
Texas Governor Rick Perry signals a possible special session to address school finance if lawmakers agree on a solution. He warns against tax increases while pressuring for changes to funding, with Senate plans deemed revenue neutral. The piece notes a history of tax tensions and urges outcome before 2005 session.
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Rick Perry
Perry
Senate
David Dewhurst
Entics
Texas Business and Education Coalition
George W. Bush
Pete Laney
Texas
House
Bush
Texas Senate
Mark White
White
We must stand up as a Christian nation
Ellen Smith of Dayton reflects on Pearl Harbor and 9 11 to urge prayer for troops. She recalls Dec 7 1941 and her December 8 birthday, mourning victims from Pearl Harbor and wars from WWI to Iraq. She argues America should stand up for Christian faith and cites sensitivities to Jesus name.
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Pearl Harbor
Iraq
Israel
America
Jesus
Ellen Smith Dayton
History Highlights: Key Dec 12 Milestones Across U S
On this date Pennsylvania ratified the Constitution as the second state. Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first Black lawmaker sworn into Congress. Mona Lisa recovered in Florence after a 1911 theft. Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to attempting to assassinate President Ford. Arrow Air crash near Gander killed 248 soldiers and eight crew. The Supreme Court halted Florida recounts, placing Bush as president elect.
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Pennsylvania
Joseph H. Rainey
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Florence
Italy
Louvre Museum
Paris
Sara Jane Moore
Ford
San Francisco
Arrow Air
Gander
Newfoundland
US Supreme Court
Florida
George W. Bush
Baytown Sun Fires Through the Decades
A history of Baytown Sun items notes 1950 grass fires causing an estimated loss of 59000 to 60000 dollars attributed to three boys, 1975 renaming plans for Thunderbird Steel to Quail Hollow, 1978 a lawsuit by four Mexican students over enrollment, 1990 Kathy Clausen appointed director of public information for Goose Creek, and 1993 district officials expecting state court ruling on school finance to help finances.
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Baytown Sun
Baytown
Thunderbird Steel
Baker Road
Quail Hollow
Goose Creek
Kathy Clausen
Baytown City Hall Council Meeting Schedule and Contacts
City Hall at 2401 Market St lists Gary Jackson as City Manager and Pete Alfaro as Mayor. District 1 Mercedes Renteria II through District 6 Coleman Godwin serve two year terms. Council meets on the second and fourth Thursdays each month at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
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Market St
Baytown
Texas
Gary Jackson
Pete Alfaro
Mercedes Renteria II
Scott Sheley
Calvin Mundinger
Don Murray
Ronnie Anderson
Coleman Godwin
City Hall
Goose Creek Administration
Interstate
East
P.O. Box
Barbara Luttis
Board of Trustees
Phelutria Barnes
Rosa Rodriguez
Weston Cotten
James Lewis
Clarence Albus
Jepp Busch
Steve Fischer
Goose Creek CISD and Related Boards Contact List
A dense roster lists Goose Creek CISD administrators and trustees with addresses and phone numbers for Barbers Hill Anahuac and local boards. It notes terms, meeting times, and locations such as second and fourth Mondays at 6 30 p m and Tucker Hall for board sessions.
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West Baytown Civic Association
Today 5
David Rivora
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Pretty Boy
Vlatamir
Rey
Tom
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Dave McNeely
Austin American- Statesman
Statesman.com
Dave
McNeely
City of
Barbers Hill Isd
Barbers Hill
Mont Belvieu
Tim Sonnenberg
Anahuac
ISD
Linda Kay Barnart
Clint Fancher
Gayle Peveta
Allen Herrington
Thomas
Gene” Baker
Eddie Foster
Jessie D. “Dee” Leggett
Kendall L. Barrow
Lee College
S. Whiting Baytown
Martha Ellis
Board of Regents
Bill Blake
Keith Coburn
Don Coffey
Wayne Gray
Susan Moore-ontenot
Ronald Haddox
Mark Hall
Mark Himsel
Jess D. Navarre
Tucker Hall
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