Frog population crisis and Amphibian Ark funding call
A columnist laments a global frog die‑off linked to a deadly fungus, praising Amphibian Ark's plan to save 6000+ species with a projected 400 to 500 million dollar budget. The piece mixes personal frog memorabilia with a call for taxpayer-backed conservation and notes a quirky hobbyist backdrop in the author’s Bat Cave office.
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Gander
Gary Herrington
Associated Press
Fox News
Greta van Susteren
Danny DeVito
Amphibian Ark
Nancy Pelosi
Boots Randolph
Bill Clinton
Katie Erikson
Bat Cave
Baytown barbecue fundraiser boosts good works and brisket
Gene Smith and the Goodie Girls headline Baytown Pilot Club’s seventh annual barbecue at Grace United Methodist Church. Proceeds aid Bay Area homeless services, Habitat for Humanity, and other charities. Lunch 11 am to 1 pm. dinner 5 to 7 pm. Tickets $10. raffle $1. About 1,800 to 2,000 meals expected. Smith near 30 years of rodeo contest work and recent health scare noted.
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Gene Smith
Baytonians
Baytown Pilot Club
Grace United Methodist Church
Pruett St
Pilot Club
Bay Area Homeless Services
Bay Area Rehab
Habitat For Humanity
YMCA
Eddie Gray
New Horizons
Smith
Gary
Rock” Smith
Richard Bethel
Smith Boys Barbecue
Smith Boys
Goodie
Bethel
Sun City Amigos
Sun City
Community Calendar Highlights Local Volunteer Tax Help and Club Events
AARP volunteers offer free tax help at Sterling and Stafford libraries with required documents. Community Center games and 9 a.m. game day at Highlands. Ladies Bowling, Happy Quilters, preschool story time, Bible study and lunch, barbecue benefit at Grace UMC. Duplicate Bridge, bingo, Moms in Touch, Celebrate Recovery, senior center activities, BACNG meet, line dancing, and genealogy sessions listed with times and contact numbers.
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AARP
Sterling Municipal
Stafford
Highlands
Bay Area
Cadillac Career
Garth Road
Wal-Mart
Highlands Community Center
Baytown
Market St
Sterling Municipal Library
Lee Class of 1958 50 year reunion planning meeting today
Members of Robert E. Lee Class of 1958 are invited to a planning meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. today at Judy Alvey Doerr’s home 4314 Country Club View. For details call Doerr 281-838-1390 Betty Callaway 281-429-9697 or Marilyn Klaus 281-424-4855 emails Betty Covey McGilvray betjim1976 msn com.
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Judy Alvey Doerr
Country Club View
Call Doerr
Betty Barber Callaway
Marilyn Barr Klaus
Betty Covey McGilvray
Today in History February Twenty Seventh 2007 Snapshot
Highlights recount events on February 27 across years including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow birth in 1807 John Steinbeck birth in 1902 Leser v. Garnett upholding the 19th Amendment in 1922 the anti sit down strike ruling in 1939 the 22nd Amendment ratified in 1951 the 1960 USA Olympic hockey win over the Soviets the Wounded Knee occupation beginning in 1973 Jane Byrne’s Chicago mayoral rise in 1979 and Bush declaring Kuwait liberated in 1991 A Fayetteville murder conviction in 2001.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Portland
Maine
District of Columbia
Congress
John Steinbeck
Salinas
Calif
Supreme Court
Leser
Iraq
Fayetteville
N.C
James N. Burmeister
City Council grills Police Chief in 1941 session
In 1941 City Council aired charges against Police Chief H E McKee during a meeting. The record notes rising tensions between city government and police leadership as officials debated conduct and policy amid local concerns. The event reflects postwar civic accountability and governance dynamics.
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H.E. McKee
Ronnie Haddox
Baytown
Exxon
Beach City
Rusty Senac
Chambers County
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Terry Presley
Pat Gersteman
Kay Eshbach
Helen Gerlich
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San Jacinto
Highlands Woods Drive
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Lisa
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
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Duplicate Bridge Club
City of Baytown Parks and Recreation Community Center
Texas Lions Camp
Highland Woods Drive
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Barbers Hill Isd
Vickey Goulding
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
Baytown Senior Center
Goose Creek
St. John's United
Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Baytown Community Center
Market Street
N. Main
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