Baytown Image and Civic Trust Change Proposal
A Baytown reader urges residents to keep money local to halt a downward spiral in the city’s image and economy. They call for more varied shopping at San Jacinto Mall, support for local merchants, and commitment to Baytown by shopping locally to attract new stores. The letter praises local public figures including Shon Blake, Byron Jones, and Shen as potential leaders and urges backing for a local fire chief.
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Baytown
San Jacinto Mall
Foley's
San Jacinto
Foley’s
Houston
Shon Blake
Bernard Olive
Byron Jones
Shon
Union
Bush still best man for White House
A reader defends President George W. Bush, arguing he revived the economy, stabilized the country after Operation Iraqi Freedom, and improved health and Social Security programs. The letter urges voters to overlook faults and re elect him, noting government coursework teaches presidents share blame.
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United States of America
Bush
Tam
United States
George W. Bush
Lawmakers Should Expand Gambling in Texas
A reader urges Texas lawmakers to expand gambling to keep gambling revenue within the state. They note Texas lotteries, bingo, and racing exist but want local game rooms and eight liner machines retained to prevent losses to neighboring states, urging officials in Harris and Chambers counties to act.
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Louisiana
Texas
Chambers County
Harris County
Bayland Island restaurant gamble leaves Baytown in debt
Baytown officials backed a 4.7 million Bayland Island project to lure tourists with a restaurant and convention center. A 1.8 million loan in 1995 plus failed ventures left empty buildings and mounting debt, as structural flaws and unpaid rents worsened the financial burden. Angel Brothers now owns the site after bidding 157,700 with a 40 year lease, while the city still owes nearly 1 million on the loan and 2.775 million on bonds.
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Baytown
Bayland Island
Bagland Island
Ninfa
Angel Brothers
City plans and failures on Bagland Island restaurant ventures
A timeline reviews Bagland Island history from 1970 park purchase to 2006 settlement with Senterra Development. It highlights 1991 bond for marina and convention center, 1995 loan for a restaurant and infrastructure, Ninfa's opening and bankruptcy, Boardwalk Grill struggles, a 2006 $2.1 million court settlement, and bids for the site amid hopes a thriving restaurant concept may still emerge. Editorial by The Baytown Sun city editor Joseph Lohan.
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City
Bagland Island
Citizens Bank
Ninfa’s
Kemah
Bayland Island
Boardwalk Grill
Today
Joseph Lohan
The
Baytown Sun
Baytown Sun invites letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 509 words on public interest topics. Submissions must be original, signed, include contact details, and may be edited. Send to Wanda Gamer Cash or David Bloom at The Baytown Sun, P.O. Box 90, Baytown 77522, or fax 281-427-1880 or email sunnews@baytownsun.com.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Garner Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee. Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
the Sun
Wanda Gamer Cash
P.O
Box
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
On This Date February Seventeenth Through History
Facts from history for February 17 include Puccini's premiere reception in 1904, Jefferson's presidential election in 1801, Baltimore’s gas lighting in 1817, the 1865 Confederate fall of Columbia, the 1947 VOA broadcast to the USSR, the 1964 districts ruling, Nixon's 1972 China trip, the 1988 Higgins kidnapping, the 1992 Dahmer life sentence, and the 2023 Chicago nightclub stampede death toll.
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Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
la Scala
Milan
Italy
Puccini
House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Jefferson
Burr
Baltimore
America
Columbia
S.C
Voice of America
Soviet Union
Supreme Court
Nixon
China
William Higgins
United Nations
Lebanon
Jeffrey Dahmer
Milwaukee
Chicago
Marriage vows amid long illness and transplant recovery
A letter from Eshvsend Y Sapuen describes major liver and kidney transplants, prolonged recovery, and gratitude to his wife F. Y Dowler. He credits her strength, faith, and support for his progress and asks readers for continued prayers and best wishes as they look toward a healthier future.
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Edward T. Dawler
Falk
Ira
York
F. Y Dowler
Vist
Baytown History Highlights From Missing Text Fragments
A mixed set of items from Baytown era notes mentions fire station planning in 1951, a 1976 plane crash probe in Went Belver, and 1991 revenue gains. It references Gordon Christman of Bayer Corp and a Baytown film event in 2002 featuring the Gainer girls Alyssa Kaitlyn and Lauren with a Hollywood photo show for The Shipping News.
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Baytown
Hide
Went
Belver
Cedar Bayou Plant
Gordon Christman
Bayer Corp
John Rocco
Rocco
Christman
Gainer
Alyssa
Kaitlyn
Lauren
Hollywood
Kevin Spacey
Bunny
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