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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 2008
Page
4
Luke Hales serves as Managing Editor with Dave Mathews as Assistant Managing Editor. Jay Eshbach and M A Bengtson are community members. Jim Finley and Dave Rogers are the Sports Editor and former Managing Editor respectively.
An editor muses on President Elect Obama asking to move into Blair House before his inauguration and the Secret Service constraints. The note contrasts Bush era security, Obama family schooling worries, and a Baghdad shoe incident as broader commentary on hospitality and power.
A Baytown resident recounts moving across the country, joining ARCO and Bayer alike, and settling in Texas. He details his family’s career in the chemical industry, local ties, and a lived history of Baytown through relatives and longtime neighbors, praising Texan life and community. The piece closes noting local historian Bert Marshall of OurBaytown.com.
The Baytown Sun provides contact details for publishers editors and staff including Clifton Clements Dave Mathews Sandy Denson Joshua Hart and Gordon Gallatin. The paper lists mailing addresses phone numbers and email for letters to the editor submissions and guest columns with requirements such as signatures and photos. Readers are reminded delivery times and the redelivery hotline.
Wanda Orton recalls Irene and her pampered cat Ricky a famed neighborhood pet. Ricky earned publicity with birthday parties at Irene's Dunkin Doughnuts home near San Jacinto Hospital in Decker Drive. After Irene died in 1983 Ricky followed, leaving many friends from the Baytown Police Department at his graveside service.
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