Baytown readers urge action after crime reports rise
Letters to the editor condemn frequent robberies and assaults in Baytown, calling for accountability and investigative reporting. Citizens describe safe neighborhood concerns, praise positive community aid, and urge police and officials to curb crime while highlighting local aid groups and pantry programs.
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Baytown Sun
Baker Road
Medical
Garth
Baker
Baytown
East Houston
Winnie
Cedar Ridge Apartments
Holey Wall Holy Season in Rice Village Home
Emily Macrander recounts a one apartment Christmas in Rice Village where a leaking pipe, missing master key, and a foil funnel fix patch a flood. Family arrival, airbed woes, and a plumber visit end with back to normal and hopes for next year.
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Macrander
Rice Village
Thad
Peru
Dad
Alabama
Emily Macrander
the Sun
Baytownsun
Today in History and Births and Sports
Key events include the 1920 founding of the Negro National League, 1965 LBJ Great Society State of the Union, 1995 GOP House and Senate control, and 2010 Burj Khalifa opening. Births feature Isaac Newton, Louis Braille, Floyd Patterson, and others. Also noted is 1991 Fu Mingxia as youngest world champion in diving.
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Lyndon Johnson
U.S. Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Isaac Newton
Louis Braille
Floyd Patterson
Dyan Cannon
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Patty Loveless
Michael Stipe
Julia Ormond
Fu Mingxia
China
Perth
Australia
Name calling in church on New Year’s Eve baptism
Connie Lewis, an ordained minister and disabled U.S. Army veteran, recounts a chaotic Sunday at Greater St John Missionary Baptist Church in Baytown. Melody, her child, is baptized but shouts, mishears “fellowship” as “elephant,” and chaos ensues with a friend’s car ride. The piece ends with a hopeful 2013 blessing and a contact note.
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Melody
Faith Baptist Church
Christ
Greater St John Missionary Baptist Church
Baytown
Pastor Walker
Walker
Panda Walker
P.S
Connie Lewis
Baytownsun
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Adam Vanelli
Sandy Denson
Mike Gunning
Connie Fitz Hwlling
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Ruth Fawvor
Gayle Herrera
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Jim Finley
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