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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 2020
Page
4
Letters to the editor urge continued caution regarding COVID-19 as vaccines near approval and anticipate a mid January second dose. The writer notes UK reports of a dangerous variant and questions vaccine long term effectiveness, echoing Yogi Berra that it isn’t over yet. Baytown reader Jim Maroney.
A mother visits her convalescent mother on Christmas with seven year old Ryan. In a hospital corridor a distressed woman in a nearby room cries for water. Ryan sings a choir carol, Jesus Jesus ere s, calming the room and revealing the power of a simple gift.
Byron Sawyer urges a compassionate Christmas by avoiding animal products. He cites turkey slaughter, pig farming crates, and animal welfare harms, urging consumers to choose plant based meats and dairy alternatives for a humane holiday.
Jay and Kay Eshbach donate 50 Baytown Little Theater summer musical tickets for Mama Mia! entries require two to three sentences about the plot and must be emailed by December 24. Winners will be notified and arrange pickup with Jay Eshbach on July 1. Five 1921 silver dollar coins are also offered for a writing contest on what readers hope for in 2021, with entries due by December 31.
A public reflection on COVID-19 vaccines weighs acceptance, government trust, and personal risk. The author notes relief as vaccines arrive, recalls past flu shot reactions, and urges calm while highlighting presidents Clinton Bush Obama volunteering to ease fears. JoAn Martin offers a perspective from a retired teacher with novels.
Poem published in the Galveston Daily News in 1893 shows John P. Sjolander praised as a Cedar Bayou poet and short story writer. It celebrates Christmas time with memories, love, and youthful joy, urging keeping the yule log blazing and hearts merry.
Key events across decades include Churchill meeting Roosevelt in 1941 and McAuliffe’s Nuts reply in 1944 during World War II, Julie Nixon’s 1968 wedding to David Eisenhower, Goetz subway shooting in 1984, a 2003 Pentagon anthrax vaccination ruling, Fort Dix conspiracy verdicts in 2008, Obama's 2010 repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Auburn’s Cam Newton as AP Player of the Year, and Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey as AP college football player of the year.
The Baytown Sun highlights the week’s most-viewed articles from Dec. 14. Leading items include a Baytown doctor pleading guilty in a kickback scheme, a Gentry teacher’s COVID related death, and a barbers Hill Foundation balance reaching 83 million. Also featured are stories on REL grad’s Broadway pause, new District 5 and 6 councilmen, Houston Methodist vaccination drive, Goose Creek security chief hire, Bates auto shop dad reward, fatty liver disease alert, and vaccine administration at Houston Methodist Baytown.
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