Black history play at Robert E. Lee High School
The Theater Department at Robert E. Lee High School will stage Reflections: As I Look Back Over My Life, a black history play, at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the Lee auditorium. Admission costs 3 per person. Call Rosemary Calico-Hopson at 281-420-4535 for tickets or more information.
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X’tamea Baskins
Velma Beasley
Chad Promise
Robert E. Lee High School
Lee Auditorium
Rosemary Calico- Hopson
Harlem Globetrotters and other black athletes reshape sports history
Ray Wilson chronicles the Harlem Globetrotters rise from the Savoy Big Five of 1927 to global ambassadors of goodwill, noting key moments such as 1948 wins over the Minneapolis Lakers and 1950 NBA color-line breakthroughs. The piece also covers USCGA golf tours, Tiger Woods’ nods to predecessors, and early interracial tennis milestones.
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Ren
Harlem Globetrotters
Chicago
Wendell Phillips
Negro American Legion League
Savoy Big Five
Abe Saperstein
Globetrotters
New York Rens
Minneapolis Lakers
NBA
George Mikan
Lakers
America
Chuck Cooper
American Tennis Association
ATA
USCGA
Cosmopolitan Tennis Club
New York City
Don Budge
Jimmy McDaniel
Kennedy fires through trouble to pen Baytown ballad
Singer Drew Kennedy recalls three interrupted performances due to a kitchen fire a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission bust and a bar brawl. He says the ordeal inspired Baytown a song about feeling stuck and aimed at transporting listeners to another place through vivid imagery. His website is www.drewkennedy music.com.
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Kennedy
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Chuck Norris
Baytown
Drewkennedymusic.com
Baytown Blues Portraits A Lone Clown
A reflective monologue set in Baytown compares life to a failing circus and a sunlit, lonely existence. The narrator describes wearing a frown, a glass pay phone, and a coal mine ache while contemplating life choices and the pull of Baytown. Strong imagery anchors a search for meaning amid dust and oil.
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Std and
Malone
Detour Planned On Highway 146 For Oil Well Issue
TxDOT engineer Quincy Allen says northbound traffic on Highway 146 will detour into the opposite lane after a long standing oil well plug caused a temporary closure. Chevron spokesperson Christine LeLaurin says a cement plug was placed as a precaution and the leak source was from a separate flow line. The detour, near Tiki Bay Bar and Grill, will run about two to three weeks with possible completion by Monday.
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Quincy Allen
Texas Department of Public Transportation
Chevron
Txdot
Allen
Christine LeLaurin
Gulf
Tiki Bay Bar and Grill
Lee Drive
LeLaurin
Ed Emmett Seen as Viable Pick for Harris County Judge
Newsakers discuss Ed Emmett potential appointment to replace Eckels. Veteran lawmaker and former Interstate Commerce Commissioner brings conservative agenda and strong transportation policy background. Observers stress need to win over commissioners, court bipartisanship, and later voters for full term.
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Emmett
Murray
Radack
Harris County
Overton
Rice University
University of Texas At Austin
Eckels
George Bush
U.S
U.S. Senate
National Industrial Transportation League
Ed Emmett
Commissioner’s Court
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Wilson
United States Colored Golfers Association
Mapledale Country Club
Stow
Mass
PGA
Tiger Woods
Woods
Lee Elder
Charlie Sifford
Ted Rhodes
Ray Wilson
Jenny Robbin
Fran Rotell
Barbara O'Sullivan
Alexander
Evelyn Beebe
Sr Tech
Penny
Patsy Fitts Biairatsiet
Nnifer Tindol Hairstonist
Dr. Hoasjoe
Denis K. Hoasjoe
M.D
Garth Road
Goose Creek
San Jacinto Mall
Hablamos Espaciol
Dentist.com
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