Cheers and Jeers: Baytown edition celebrates sports and service
This weekly column praises Goose Creek Memorial girls basketball progress to round three and lauds Harlem Elementary for high staff giving. It also honors Highlands-Lynchburg figures Weston Cotten Woodforest Bank Sgt Mike Parsons Chief Harvey Little and Jail Break Run organizers. Jeers target burglars in Winnie and Senator Cruz over DOMA stance.
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Goose Creek Memorial
Houston Wheatley
Patriots
Friendswood
Baytown
Harlem
Goose Creek Cisd Education Foundation
Highlands-Lynchburg
Mike Parsons
Anthony Aulds
Harvey Little
Highlands Volunteer Fire Department
Community
Project Blue
Sugar Land
Marcus Lee Zaruba
Good and bad people in Baytown on Feb 3
Letter from Birdie Jimenez of Baytown praising Mr Gonzalez for returning a left wallet after it was found in Golden Corral parking lot. She recounts a 75 year old friend leaving her billfold at Citgo on Rollingbrook and credits Christian kindness with restoring trust and caution about the thief.
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Citgo
Rollingbrook
Gonzalez
Golden Corral
Mr. Gonzalez
Birdie Jimenez
Baytown
Writing Your Lawmakers Contact Addresses by Office
A list of Texas and U.S. lawmakers with addresses and phone numbers for the Senate and House offices. Includes Rick Perry, John Cornyn, Ted Gruz, Steve Stockman, Sylvia Garcia, and Wayne Smith with street boxes and district office details.
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U.S. Senate
John Cornyn
A-Texas
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
Ted Gruz
Texas
Dirksen Senate
U.S
House of Representatives
Steve Stockman
Texas Senate
Sylvia Garcia
D-Dist
P.O
Capitol Station
Austin
Polk Street
Suite
Houston
Texas House of Representatives
Wayne Smith
Baytown
P.O. Box
Decker Drive
GOP Texans vie for attorney general and comptroller
The Texas race centers on AG and comptroller contests as Wendy Davis challenges Abbott on same sex marriage and other issues. Dan Branch and Ken Paxton lead GOP contenders, with Barry Smitherman seeking AG. Democrats spotlight Mike Collier for comptroller while Debra Medina and Raul Torres vie in the Tea Party-leaning field.
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Wendy Davis
Greg Abbott
Abbott
U.S
Orlando Garcia
San Antonio
Davis
Texas
Dan Branch
Dallas
Legislative Budget Board
Ken Paxton
McKinney
House
Senate
Ted Cruz
Hilderbran
Combs
Hegar
Susan Combs
Glenn Hegar
Mike Collier
Collier
Comptroller’s Office
Debra Medina
Wharton
Perry
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Medina
Raul Torres
Corpus Christi
Houston
Today in History February 18 highlights through time
February 18 marks events from 1861 Jefferson Davis sworn in as provisional Confederate president in Montgomery to 2014 milestones. Notable entries include Twain's Huckleberry Finn publication in 1885, Tombaugh's dwarf planet discovery, Madame Chiang Kai-shek addressing Congress, the 1953 Bwana Devil NYC opening, the Chicago Seven verdicts, Earnhardt's Daytona crash, Obama foreclosure plan and Shea Stadium demolition. Thought by Robert Penn Warren.
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Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Montgomery
Ala
Mark Twain
U.S
Clyde W. Tombaugh
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Chiang Kai-shek
Senate
House
New York
Chicago
Dale Earnhardt
Barack Obama
Shea Stadium
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Comptroller
Katy
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Dave McNeely
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Robert Penn Warren
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Mike Gunning
April Jones
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