Baytown Cheers and Jeers notes gifts and generosity
Baytown police officers distributed refurbished bikes and 100 Christmas stockings to 19 children in six needy families through the Blue Santa program, with volunteer help from local charities. The Baytown Evening Optimists Club also invited travelers with a Welcome Stranger meal, while Lee College Touchstone earned a $10,000 Somerlee grant to hire an indexer. A Hawaii UH football bowl game ended in a postgame brawl between players.
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Baytown
Optimists
Harris County
Optimist Club
Gary Anderson
Louisiana
Anderson
Lee College Touchstone
Somerlee
Lee College
Texas State Historical Association
Touchstone
North Harris College
University of Houston-Downtown
Star
University of Hawaii
University of Houston
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Opens Weekly Meetings
The Baytown Sun invites public discussion with its editorial board meeting Wednesdays at 2 p.m. at the Baytown office. Submit letters or guest columns up to 300 words by mail, fax, or email. include writer signature and contact details for publication consideration.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Gerner Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
the Sun
Wanda Garner Cash
The
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Dean defense doubts cloud Democratic frontrunner
Dean faces skepticism from Brookings foreign policy scholars over his Iraq stance and nuclear North Korea plan. Critics warn his shifts on missile defense and diplomacy risk undermining national security. Polls show voters doubt his defense leadership against Bush, while liberal activists rally to his antiwar messaging. Donald Lambro reports from Washington.
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Washington
Howard Dean
Brookings Institution
Dean
Iraq
Michael E. O’ Hanlon
Brookings
O’ Hanlon
Saddam
Washington Post-Abc News
Post-Abc News
Bush
O’hanlon
Tion
Congress
Bill Clinton
O'Hanlon
Vermont
North Korea
Los Angeles
Clinton
O’hannon
Richard Bush
United States
George McGovern
This Day in History December 29 Highlight Moments
On December 29 1845 Texas joined the U S as the 28th state. Notable events include Thomas Becket's murder in 1170 and the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890. In 1934 Japan renounced naval treaties. 1940 German bombs hit London. 1975 LaGuardia bombing. 1996 Guatemala peace accord. Hubble repair noted in 1993.
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Texas
Thomas Becket
Canterbury
England
United States
Andrew Johnson
Raleigh
Buffalo
N.Y
Young Men's Christian Association
Boston
Wounded Knee
South Dakota
Japan
Germany
London
Steve Lawrence
Eydie Gorme
Las Vegas
New Yorks LaGuardia
Guatemala
Burglary at Jimmie's Oasis Sees Small Loot
Baytown Sun files report a 1940 burglary at Jimmie's Oasis in which burglars stole about 30 dollars from a music box and Goodfellows bottle, broke a side door glass, and removed 25 dollars in nickels plus 3.50 from the bottle. In 1993 a 19 million project to complete Loop 201 between Decker Drive and the Fred Hartman Bridge was slated to begin within 90 days. In 2000 Kirbina Lewis scored nine straight points as Sterling beat Crosby 36-34 at the Gulf Coast Classic on the Barbers Hill campus.
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Baytown Sun Files
Goodfellows
Jimmie’s Oasis
Music Machine
Decker Drive
Fred Hartman
Sterling
Kirbina Lewis
Stgmie Crosby
Lady Rangers
Lady Cougars
Barbers Hill
Baytown Texas Officials List and Meeting Details
City Hall and Goose Creek and Barbers Hill districts provide contact numbers and terms for mayor city manager and council members. The Baytown district pages note two to four weekly meetings at 6:30 p.m. and Goose Creek and Barbers Hill boards list trustees and meeting times.
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Market St. Baytown
Texas
Gary Jackson
Pete Alfaro
Mercedes Renteria I
Scott Sheley
Calvin Mundinger
Don Murray
Ronnie Anderson
Coleman Godwin
City Hall
Goose Creek Administration
Interstate
P.O. Box
Baytown
Barbara Sultis
Steve Fischer
S. Whiting Baytown
Martha Ellis
Board of Regents
Bill Blake
Keith Coburn
Dan Coffey
Wayne Gray
Susan Moore-Fontenot
Ronald Haddox
Mark Hail
Mark Himsel
Jess D. Navarre
Tucker Hall
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Eras Hulme
Gpiupl Arabia
STWOK
Donald Lambro
CAFTA
Crawler
City of
Goose Creek
Barbers Hill Isd
Mont Belvieu
Tim Sonnenberg
Anahuac
ISD
Linda Kay Barnhart
Board of Trustees
Clint Fancher
Gayle Peveto
Allen Herrington
Thomas E
Gene” Baker
Eddie Foster
Jessie D. “Dee” Leggett
Kendall L. Barrow
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