Misidentifying Barbers Hill Superintendent Triggers Apology
A columnist recounts starting the year with a breezy error by calling Barbers Hill Superintendent Greg Poole Greg Horne. He apologizes face to face via email, praising Poole’s grace and recalling Poole’s coaching background and the humorous fallout from mistaken identity.
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Barbers Hill
Greg Poole
Greg Horne
Don Price
Iguana Joe’s
Greg
Razorbacks
Don and the Eagles
Old House Recognized by Chambers County Historical Commission
The commission installed an Old House Recognition Sign at Jewel Key’s Round Point home three miles south of Anahuac on Trinity Bay. Built by Philip A. Huffman, it housed Desire Dunken Wilcox and Callie Belle Jenney, parents of Jewel Key, with Gene Thomas Jefferson Chambers once living there amid land disputes. Nominations contact chairs Bob Wheat or Kay Willcox at 409-267-6599.
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Round Point
Jewel Key
Anahuac
Trinity Bay
Philip A. Huffman
Desire Dunken
Dick” Wilcox
Callie Belle Jenney
Ms. Key
Thomas Jefferson Chambers
John O’ Brian
Anson Taylor
Chambers County
Bob Wheat
Kay Willcox
Historical Preservation Committee
Kenneth Stanley
Commission
Bob Scherer, Jr
CCHC
Duplicate Bridge Club
City of Baytown Parks and Recreation
Market St
Moms In
W. Buccaneer
Barbers Hill Isd
Vickey Goulding
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
West Baytown
West Chambers
Mont Belvieu
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Community Calendar Highlights Local Events and Sessions
Trash pickup for natural Christmas trees runs today through Thursday and Jan 16-18, curb by 8 a.m. Various workshops, library programs, church studies, bingo, dancing, and senior activities are listed at multiple Baytown area centers and libraries with times, addresses, and contact numbers.
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BPD
Market St
Highlands
San Jacinto
Highlands Woods Drive
Ladies
Ward Road
Bowling
Mary Ann Cowley
Free SNAP pet services at Walmart for low income guardians
SNAP offers free spay neuter vaccines and Houston licenses for qualifying pets at 8 a.m. Wednesday at Walmart 4900 Garth Road first come first served. Arrive before 6 a.m.. dogs cats leashed or caged. no food or water after 10 p.m. prior. Call 713-522-2337 for details.
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SNAP
Houston City
Wal-Mart
Garth Road
Call
History Moments Skim Jan 9 Peak Events
On January 9 across history, notable events include Nixon's birth in 1913, Connecticut's ratification in 1788, Blanchard's balloon flight in 1793, Mississippi secession in 1861, Lingayen Gulf landing in 1945, and a 1987 U.S. arms Iran Lebanon memorandum. The piece also notes a 2001 firefighter exam in Baytown and a 2000s local public-interest reflect.
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Richard Milhous Nixon
United States
Yorba Linda
Calif
Connecticut
U.S
Jean Pierre Blanchard
Philadelphia
Woodbury
Mississippi
Fort Sumter
S.C
Lingayen Gulf
Philippines
Panama Canal Zone
Howard Hughes
Bahamas
Hollywood
Clifford Irving
White House
Reagan
Iran
Lebanon
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Baytown Lions Club
Golden Corral
Garth
Paul Newman
Harris County Pollution Control
Baytown Senior Center
Lee College
Mike Nebgen
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
Cadillac Career Center
Garth Rd
S. Main St
Crosby
R.S.V.P
Yahoo.com
Tops TX
Baytown
Plumwood-Eva Maud Garden Club
Fern Cooper
French Place
Bill Claybaugh
Begonias
Dee Lewis
Baytown Rotary Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Baytown Toastmasters
Exxon Mobil
Decker
Highlands/San Jacinto Community Center
SUN History
Harris County
Eileen Caffey
Nat Eisenberg
Theresa Helburn
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