Pranks and hoaxes spark disbelief over organ ad options
The Baytown Sun reader describes a shocking hoax site Medicaladoptions com offering foreign orphans for transplant ready organs. Snopes debunk confirms it as elaborate prank not a scam. The writer recalls a prior dyslexia joke incident involving Lois Rodriguez and notes Jane Howard Lee’s Baytown Sun tenure.
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Baytown Sun
Snopes.com
Lee College Wins Two Year 273000 Nursing Innovation Grant
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board awarded Lee College a two year 273000 nursing innovation grant to boost recruitment and retention in nursing education. The grant partners with San Jacinto Methodist Hospital to expand RN initial licensure programs and increase faculty capacity.
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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Lee College
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Agency For the Healthcare Research and
U.S. Department of Labor
Ellis
Lee College Allied Health Division
Judy Etzel
Etzel
San Jacinto Methodist
San Jacinto RN
Community Calendar Highlights in Baytown and Nearby Areas
Local groups offer meetings and activities across Baytown Crosby and Barrett Station. Events include Alzheimer's support at Remington Park 6:30 p.m. and Canasta at Crosby Community Center 10 a.m. Also listed are grief counseling at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, 12-step Make Over in Christ classes, senior ceramics and Spanish classes, Kiwanis lunch at Goose Creek, and bridge, dancing, and toddler programs at several centers. Oyster and fish fry fundraisers are scheduled by Baytown Shrine Club and Holy Family Church.
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San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Baytown
Garth Road
Make Over In Christ Inc
Riley Chambers Community Center
Barrett Station
the Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Market St
Sterling Municipal Library
Baytown Kiwanis
Goose Creek Country Club
Community Duplicate Bridge Club
Riley Chambers
Diane
Sherita
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Bayway Drive
Crosby
Baytown Shrine Club
West Main
Shrine Club
Knights of Peter Claver
This Day In History February Fourteen
Valentine's Day mark and notable past events from 1929 to 2003 include the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, the Ranger delivering the Star Spangled banner to France, Oregon’s statehood, and various political and cultural milestones. The note references people such as Maud Wood Park and Jacqueline Kennedy, and mentions a 1984–1994 arc of events including the Dolly the sheep case and a Texas Syndicate arrest.
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Chicago
al Capone
Ranger
France
Oregon
Jack Benny
Benjamin Kubelsky
Waukegan
Ill
Department of Commerce and Labor
Departments of Commerce and Labor
Arizona
League of Women Voters
Maud Wood Park
Jacqueline Kennedy
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Medicaladoptions.com
Lois Rodriguez
the Sun
Lois
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Doug Huddle
Judy Wheat
Pete Alfaro
Roberta Wright
Dave Starr
Martha Ellis
Anna Lee Haddox
David Kadjar
Steffani Box
Jeff Butler
Bennie Kadjar
Jim Wadzinski
Doug Walker
Madeleine Crespo
Rwright
Lee.edu
Baytown Alzheimer’s
Remington Park
Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
Beach City Lions Club
Beach City
Tri-Cities Beach Rd
Promise Center
Kentucky
East Harris County
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Ladies
Max East
Ward Road
Call
Hare Rd
Surrender
Alcoholics Anonymous
Redeemer Lutheran Church
E. Lobit Ave
Lake Hales
Cedar Bayou
Sandy Salinas
Sofia Tellez
Veterans Administration Hospital
Houston
Eric Rudolph
Birmingham
Ala
Dolly
Associated Press
SUN History
East Foyle
Danubiia Street
Texas Department of Highway and Public Transportation
Baytown East
Bayland Island
George Duran
Texas Syndicate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
R.D. Laing
Mary Garcia
United Way Board