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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 2007
Page
4
Community members and local organizations saluted Eshbach, longtime managing editor, for his decades of service. The event highlighted his leadership, editorial legacy, and mentoring impact on staff and readers.
Local toy drive coordinators report slow donations as the holiday approaches. Baytown groups such as Cruisin Texas Toy Run, Baytown Police Blue Santa, Bay Area Homeless Services, and Goodfellows seek new unwrapped toys and cash gifts. Toys like musical or educational items, games, skateboards, and bath products are welcome, with drop-offs at Pelican Junction and the Community Center and helplines provided for each organization.
Baytown appeal for holiday gifts and funds as Goodfellows trails its goal by toys and ten thousand dollars. Since 1931 the program has relied on community generosity to ensure local children wake to gifts on Christmas morning. Donations payable to Goodfellows may be mailed to PO Box 425 Baytown TX 77522 with checks preferred.
Baytown resident Ray Wilson notes Iraq's Christian communities shrink from 1.4 million to 300 000 600 000 amid violence and discrimination. Barnabas Fund and U S groups urge action while Congress allocates 10 million for Nineveh Plain displaced minorities. Authorities urged to protect indigenous Christians and communities across Iraq.
Government officials contact data includes President George W Bush Vice President Dick Cheney Senators Hutchison Cornyn Representatives Ted Poe Ron Paul and Gene Green with listed office phone numbers fax numbers and web addresses for direct contact. The data presents regional dialing codes and official sites for each figure.
The Baytown Sun provides contact details for Clifton Clements publisher Sandy Denson business manager Joshua Hart circulation manager and Gordon Gallatin advertising director. It lists newsroom staff including managing editor David Bloom and invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words with a photo required.
The Baytown Sun publishes original letters addressed to the paper with signatures. Include name and contact for publication, notes on editing rights, and submission routing. Readers receive the paper by 6 a.m. weekdays or 8 a.m. Sundays, with redelivery if late by 9 a.m. call.
A Baytown native thanks the community for charity shown to the Martinez family after the loss of Baby Abby. The writer commends Paul Martinez for arranging help, highlights the city’s “Saints” who stepped up with compassion, and wishes blessings on all who assisted. The letter emphasizes Christmas spirit as a year round duty and pride in Baytown.
A 12 year old narrates a quirky Christmas story of moving into a large home. The living room tree box jumps and a naked tree sprouts from within. The narrator uses ornaments to control the tree, turning it into a real tree just as parents return and the house fills with holiday cheer.
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