Reid Richards graduates from OCU with honors and memories
The writer attended Reid Richards’s Oklahoma City University commencement where he earned summa cum laude and wore colored honor cords. Family attended, including Margie and the Eriksons, and the ceremony included the National Anthem, prayer, no protests, and an honorary degree for civil rights leader Clara Luper.
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Reid Richards
Yale
Oklahoma City University
Reid
Texas
OCU
Oklahoma
Margie
Robin
Steve
Katie
Christian Erikson
Kamille
Camille
Erikson
Harvard
Columbia University
Cal-Berkeley
United Methodist Church
Clara Luper
Community Calendar Highlights Christmas Closures and Events
Chambers County Libraries close for Christmas and reopen December 27. Baytown Lions Club and GCCISD Crosby ISD tax offices close for the holiday. Grace United Methodist Church offers a 5:45 p.m. free yoga class. Celebrate Recovery meets at First Baptist Church. Baytown Senior Center hosts a day of activities and lunch. Anahuac Library Story Time at 10:30 a.m.. many local groups meet for breakfasts, dancing, ceramics, bridge, and bingo. Contact numbers provided for each activity.
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Baytown Lions Club
Gccisd
Crosby Isd
Grace United Methodist Church
N. Pruett St
Darren Cherry
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
Baytown Senior Center
Chambers County
Anahuac
Crosby
R.S.V.P
Yahoo.com
Tops TX
Baytown Community Center
Market St
Call
Sterling Municipal Library
Ward Road
Market Street
First Christian Church
Fecbtx.org
WEW
N. Main
December 26 history highlights spanning wars to tsunamis
Today marks Kwanzaa start and Boxing Day. Notable events include the 2004 Asian tsunami death toll, the 1776 Trenton defeat for Britain, Washington’s 1799 eulogy, Wilson’s 1917 rail takeover, 1931 Of Thee I Sing on Broadway, Churchill addressing Congress in 1941, Bastogne relief in 1944, Glass Menagerie debut, Truman’s 1972 death, 1980 hostage broadcast, the unresolved 1996 Ramsey case, and 2005 Al Jazeera clips of bin Laden.
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Asia
Indian Ocean
Trenton
George Washington
Col
Henry Lee
Wilson
U.S
Winston Churchill
U.S. Congress
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Bastogne
Belgium
Fourth Armored Division
Tennessee Williams
Civic Theatre
Chicago
United States
Harry S. Truman
Kansas City
Miss
JonBenet Ramsey
Boulder
Colo
Al-Jazeera
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
Christmas Day House Fire Tragedy in Highlands 1950
A Highlands family suffered a fatal Christmas Day fire in 1950. The article notes a family tragedy with survivor accounts and local impact on the Highlands community.
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Highlands
Channelview
Baytown
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Sunil Jaini
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B.A.N.G
Cadillac Career Center
Garth Rd
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Highlands Community Center
Women Encouraging Business
S. Main St
Baytown Toastmasters Group
Exxon Mobil
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St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Danielle Ponder
St. Nick
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Santa's Toy Shop
Kayden Rawlinson
Rylee Stringer
Santa
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the Sun
Bloom
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