Top reads on baytown Sun week of Dec 6 to 12
The Bay Town Sun lists its week’s top ten most read articles by page views. Highlights include Charles Johnson winning District 3 Council and a Baytown Island hotel development stepping forward.
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Charles Johnson
Bell
Chambers County
Horace Mann
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Baytown Island Hotel
Blue Heron Apartments
Mark Fleming
Sion
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Habitat for Humanity thanks Baytown supporters in poinsettia fundraiser
Baytown Habitat for Humanity thanks Donna Zuniga Elizabeth Small Melvin Coleman Lee College Baytown Optimist Club The Baytown Sun Faith Presbyterian Church and many volunteers and customers for a successful poinsettia sale. Over 900 plants were sold with half the $10 price going to build homes for low income families.
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Donna Zuniga
Elizabeth Small
Melvin Coleman
Lee College
Baytown Optimist Club
Baytown Sun
Faith Presbyterian Church
Habitat For Humanity
Baytown
Sandy Denson
Perry’s energy department pick questioned as flip flops rise
The text questions Rick Perry’s fitness and honesty as he shifts from criticizing to endorsing Donald Trump and accepts a role to lead the Energy Department despite vowing to dismantle it. It portrays Perry as inconsistent and unreliable in the eyes of the author.
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Rick Perry
Donald Trump
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Whose Names Shape Early East Harris and West Chambers
A history quiz reveals prominent women tied to Texas founders and landmarks. Answers name Hannah Burnet, Margaret Houston, Mary Jones, Emily de Zavala, Peggy McCormick, Pamelia Mann, Sarah May Williams, Emily West, Stella Chambers, Fannie Lynch, Sarah Paschal Pix, and Anna Allen, linking Lynchburg Cedar Point Goose Creek and other sites to the Republic era. Wanda Orton of The Sun provides contact.
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Cedar Point
Goose Creek
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Baytown
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Stephen F. Austin
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Thomas Chambers
Anahuac
Betsy Ross
Hannah Burnet
David G. Burnet
Lakewood
Margaret Houston
Sam Houston
Beach City
Mary Jones
Anson Jones
Emily de Zavala
Lorenzo de Zavala
Burnet
Williams
Galveston
Emily West
Emily Morgan
San Jacinto
Emily
Santa Anna
Stella Chambers
Chambers County
Stella
Fannie Lynch
Nathaniel Lynch
Charles Zanco
Denmark
Zanco
Alamo
Sarah Ridge Paschal Pix
Major Ridge
Smith Point
Anna Allen
Ashbel Smith
George Wright
Cedar Bayou
Wrights
Little Known Christmas Trivia From Montgomery Ward and History
A wide ranging piece notes Montgomery Ward pamphlets handed to shoppers in 1939 and 1946, mentions Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and recalls Christmas traditions from pagan origins to Puritan bans. It also covers dating of Jesus birth, Christmas symbols, and the origin of Xmas and chi. JoAn Martin, a retired author, is cited with contact details.
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Today in history highlights from 1799 to 2012 events
The entry reviews key events on this date including George Washington's 1799 death at Mount Vernon at age 67, Wilson's 1916 veto overriden in 1917, Heart of Atlanta Motel ruling in 1964, Apollo 17 moonwalks ending in 1972, and the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting. It ends with Thought for Today by Stanislaw J. Lee.
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Harrison Schmitt
Eugene Cernan
Sandy Hook
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Adam Lanza
Stanislaw J. Lee
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