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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 2008
Page
2
A Texas computer guru warns that ISPs are moving toward traffic shaping and potential billing by usage. He explains IP addresses and ports, notes possible blocking of illegal music downloads, and predicts growing prioritization of web surfing and email.
The Pilot Club of Baytown plans its annual fundraising dinner in February at Grace United Methodist Church. Members will sell tickets across Baytown for a menu featuring Gene Smiths brisket sausage potato salad beans and sides. Desserts from the Sweet Shop include cakes pies and cookies with whole or slice options. Tickets are available from any club member or ticket chair Robyn Calk at 281-420-2222.
The listing covers an All-Star Reading Program at J D Walker Center with multiple sessions, a Youth For Christ Rally at Lee College, a Baytown Celebrity Basketball Game, a blood drive at San Jacinto Mall with free oyster fry tickets, a Crosby Historical Society meeting at Brethren Church with guest speaker Robert Schaat, a Mardi Gras Dinner Fundraiser at St Pauls Lutheran supporting a trip to the ELCA gathering, a Youth Bowling League at Max Bowl East, Calvary Temple services, Central Baptist Children’s Church, and VFW bingo at Post 912 with doors opening at noon.
The Robert E. Lee Band Boosters host their 3rd Annual Golf Tournament on Saturday February 23 at Evergreen Point Golf Course. Four person scramble with 730 am signups, $400 per team includes balls lunch green fee and golf cart. Prizes, hole sponsorships and donations welcome.
On February 9 multiple historical events are noted including the Guadalcanal Allied victory in 1943 and John Quincy Adams elected president in 1825. Other items reference Jefferson Davis in 1861, the Weather Bureau in 1870, daylight saving in 1942, McCarthy in 1950, The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964, Apollo 14 in 1971, a 2001 submarine collision, and policy statements on Iraq and Iran from 2006 to 2007.
A timeline of Baytown milestones includes W.C. Swan’s 1951 Chamber of Commerce presidency, a 1954 gasoline truck blaze on the San Jacinto Bridge and a daring driver rescue, a 1976 library-expansion bid round, a 1991 River Road Boys benefit performance for Special Olympics, BayCoast Medical Center ending baby deliveries in 2001 amid a transition to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital ownership, and a 2006 unified church service at First Westminster.
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