Busy days leave columnist with a blank mind
Jim Finley, retired managing editor of The Baytown Sun, writes about feeling drained by a flurry of family events and social duties. He recalls babysitting his great grandchildren Kamille and Connor, visiting family in Humble, and attending the Holcomb Super Bowl gathering with friends and old memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble
Reid Richards
Tommy
Linda Holcomb
Truman Capote
Joyce Kilmer
High Sun Management
Kamille
Camille
Connor
Katie
Christian Erikson
Hawaii
Christian
Channelview
Holcombs
Margie
Cecil
Sweeny
Johnel
Christian artists to perform at St. Mark's concert
St Mark's United Methodist Church opens its doors on Feb 9 for a community concert featuring the northern California band Ives and local opener Justin Kirk Lofton of Mont Belvieu. Lofton previews new original music ahead of an April CD release. Tickets are 5 at the door or 3 with a canned good. youth group tickets are 25 for unlimited admission.
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Paige Poelman
Mont Belvieu
Justin Kirk Lofton
Ives
Northern California
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Lofton
First Baptist Church
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
California
Baytown
Leeland
Jars of Clay
St. Mark’s
Stacy Buntin
Stuff the Bus for Communities in Schools Bounce Day
Bounce USA and partners invite Baytown residents to a Sunday event from noon to 5 p.m. at 6938 Garth Road to collect school supplies for CIS Baytown students. Pen pencils markers glue crayons notebooks binders rulers and paper requested. First 25 participants receive gifts and children 12 and under get half off open bounce plus half off return visit. Call 281-421-1749 or 281-425-3305 for details.
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Bounce USA
Baytown
Minute Man Press
Sonic
Garth Road
CIS
Goose Creek
Call
Mike Wilson
Communities In
Community calendar highlights Baytown area events
Ted Ellis art exhibit and All-Star Reading Program at J.D. Walker Center with multiple showtimes. A PLACE.Org social hour follows. Daddy and Me Valentine Dance at Baytown Community Center with Hollywood theme, tickets, refreshments, DJ. Senior activities at Highlands Center and East Harris seniors program. Country dancing at St Pauls UM Church. Various classes, bridge, TOPS, toddler story time, computer basics, and library programs. Blood drive at San Jacinto Mall with oyster fry ticket, Crosby and Lee College events also listed.
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Ted Ellis
J.D. Walker
Wade Rd
Aplace.org
Baytown Parks & Recreation Dept
Baytown
Market Street
Hollywood
Methodist Church
Bayway Drive
Bert Owens
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
East Harris County
Wade Road
Baytown Art League
Senior Citizen Bridge
Baytown Community Center
Market St
Crosby Community Center
West Chambers
Suellyn Melcher
Sterling Municipal Library
Jerri Read
Jane Roberts
Lone Star Room
Youth For Christ
Lee College
Baytown Shrine Club
San Jacinto Mall
Today in History highlights from February 8, 2008
The feature lists notable past events on February 8 including the 1968 Orangeburg protest deaths, William and Mary charter in 1693, Boy Scouts incorporation in 1910, Birth of a Nation premiere, first U.S. gas execution in 1924, Skylab’s return in 1974, Panama Canal debates in 1978, and regional Baytown incidents. It also notes recent local histories and an upcoming city council filing period beginning February 11.
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Orangeburg
S.C
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Senate
United States
Richard Mentor Johnson
Boy Scouts of America
D.W. Griffith
Los Angeles
Nevada State Prison
Carson City
Gee Jon
Skylab Space Station
Earth
U.S
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Munich
France
Germany
Iraq
Fargo
N.D
Alfonso Rodriguez Jr
Dru Sjodin
Associated Press
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Jim Finley
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BY Carla Rabalais
Danco
St. Paul's United
the Historical Society of
Crosby
Brethren Church
Susan Armstrong
SUN History
O.A. Brown
Robert E. Lee High School
Burnet Parent- Teacher Association
Exxon
City of
Uta Hagen
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