Valentine love story from Bay Town reminiscence piece
Jim Finley recalls a heartfelt Valentine tale about Prospect Margie and Wife Margie, a long marriage begun after a first meeting at a Bay City gas station. He shares the poignant story of John, 92, who visited his late wife’s grave daily, bringing meals from a Sweeny eatery and laying beside her grave for comfort and companionship.
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Margie
New York Yankees
Lou Gehrig
Teen Margie
Eddie’s Gulf Filling Station
Bay City
Echo
Matagorda County
John
God
Sweeny
Razorbacks
Today in history and notable facts for 41st day of 2013
On this date in 1840 Queen Victoria married Prince Albert and 1967 saw the 25th Amendment ratified. In 1996 Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov for the first time in a game. 2005 North Korea admitted nuclear weapons capability. Birthdays include Lamb Pasternak Durante Brecht Wagner Spitz Calipari Stephanopoulos Dern Roberts and Emma Roberts.
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Victoria
Prince Albert
IBM
Deep Blue
Garry Kasparov
North Korea
Charles Lamb
Boris Pasternak
Jimmy Durante
Bertolt Brecht
Robert Wagner
Mark Spitz
John
Calipari
George Stephanopoulos
Laura Dern
Emma Roberts
Arthur Miller
New York
Peggy Fleming
United States
Grenoble
France
Queen Victoria
Europe
Sun salutes local districts for workforce development efforts
Our View commends Goose Creek CISD Barbers Hill ISD and Lee College for building a trained workforce. GCCISD hosting a second Career Night BHISD career fair and Lee College Center for Workforce Development show action toward meeting industry needs. The Sun urges continued work to develop local workers for regional industry.
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Small business owner calls for open downtown meeting details
A Baytown small business owner writes to say a City Hall meeting hosted by Councilman Scott Sheley to renew downtown revitalization was invitation only. The writer questions the exclusion of business owners, labels it a publicity stunt, and urges inclusive updates for District 2 constituents.
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Chris] Buckner
Scott] Sheley
City Hall
Baytown
Sheley
Valentine’s Day flood hits Brownwood Baytown in 1969
The Feb 14 1969 Brownwood surge, driven by tides winds and rain, flooded 80 percent of homes and evacuated 300 families. Red Cross sheltered residents at Burnet Elementary. Amelia access and ambulance issues hampered relief. The event recalled Hurricane Carla and later left the area as Baytown Nature Center.
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Baytown
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Burnet Elementary
Bayway Drive
Wooster
Leon Legler
Burnet School
Mae Jones
Legler
Jones
Junior Crosby
Park Street
Valentine
Crosby
Crosbys
Johnella Boynton
the Sun
Carla
Civil Defense
Fletcher Hickerson
Alicia
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Janie Gray
Adam Vanelli
Sandson
Mike Gunning
Ener
Connie Billing
Sandy Denson
Ruth Fawvor
Gayle Herrera
Todd Hreem
Albert Villegas
Emily Macrander
Mark Fleming
Eleska Rubespin
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtson
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