Enron’s Jeff Skilling begins sentence at federal prison
A columnist reflects on Jeff Skilling’s first week at the Federal Correctional Institution in Waseca Minnesota after his May conviction on 19 counts. Skilling, 53, faces about 1,315 weeks remaining if not overturned, while Ken Lay died in July before serving his sentence.
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Enron
Skilling
Waseca
Minn
Federal Correctional Institution
Jeff
Perry Barkley
Ken Lay
Lay
Kmart
Houston
Community Calendar Highlights Local Activities and Meetings
A roundup of upcoming events across Baytown and surrounding areas includes Lions Club Goodfellows Auction items needed, 9 a.m. game day at Highlands San Jacinto Community Center, and 604 Highlands Woods Drive. Bowling, quilting, senior games, library story times, and church programs are listed with contact numbers.
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Lions Club
Goodfellows
Highlands
San Jacinto
Highlands Woods Drive
Ladies
Ward Road
Mary Ann Cowley
Bay Area Networking Groups and Club Activities
Wednesday listings show B A N G meet at 7 30 a m in Cadillac Career Center room B50. Highlands seniors offer intermediate line dance at 8 30 and beginner at 9 45 with ceramics at 9 and bridge at noon. Also Women Encouraging Business hosts a breakfast at 8 45 behind log cabin offices off FM 2100 Crosby RSVP and contact. TOPS TX No 594 meets 9 to 11 at Baytown Community Center. Genealogy Library open 10 to 2 and Baytown Area Resource Association meets at 10 in United Way conference room.
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Cadillac Career Center
Garth Road
Highlands Community Center
S. Main St
Crosby
Yahoo.com
Baytown Community Center
Market St
Baytown
Baytown Area Resource Association
United Way of the
Baytown Area Service
Christmas vacation extended for area schools
Area public schools release early for holidays with Goose Creek on Wednesday and different dismissal times by grade level. Classes resume January 4. Barbers Hill also ends today and returns January 4. Anahuac dismisses Thursday at 12:30 p.m. for winter break. Community notices list Story Time, Toastmasters, Bridge, and Over 42 Club events with locations and times.
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Crosby
Barbers Hill
Anahuac
Today in History December 19 highlights through the years
On this date in 1843 Dickens published A Christmas Carol in England. Washington led 11,000 troops to Valley Forge in 1777. Fort Niagara fell in 1813. In 1907 a Jacobs Creek mine disaster killed 239. Apollo 17 returned in 1972. Rockefeller became VP in 1974. Iran-Contra probe began in 1986. Clinton impeachment in 1998. TV rating system unveiled in 2008. World Trade Center hot spots declared extinguished in 2002.
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Charles Dickens
England
George Washington
Valley Forge
Fort Niagara
Jacobs Creek
Pacific
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United States
Lawrence E. Walsh
Clinton
House
Senate
Tv-G
Tv-Y
Tv-M
World Trade Center
New York City
Associated Press
Oak Tree on Texas Avenue Saved by Sale Agreement
In 1950 the Oak Tree on Texas Avenue was spared from removal due to an agreement made at sale. In 1990 Lee College regents approved a Rebel Patrol student crime watch. The Sun invites photo submissions to 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown.
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Lee College
Board of Regents
Fayetteville
Aggies
the Sun
David
Bloom
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