Local Cheers and Jeers highlights and a cruel animal cruelty incident
This week’s Cheers praises Ross S. Sterling's new coach Pete Gareri for bringing optimism and welcomes Rodeo Art Show winners supporting scholarships. A cheer credits residents who helped recover stolen mowers. Jeers condemns a Highlands man charged with cruelty after shooting a sick cat. Submissions are invited.
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Ross S. Sterling
Pete Gareri
Gareth
Sterling
Pete
Highlands
History Highlights and Births for Today
On this date in history 1793 Louis XVI was guillotined in Paris while 1861 saw Jefferson Davis resign to head the Confederacy. Carter pardoned Vietnam draft evaders in 1977 and in 2003 Hispanics became the largest U.S. minority group. Births include Ethan Allen and Stonewall Jackson, with many other notable figures listed. The guillotine saw use in France until 1977 and death penalty ended in 1981. Steelers won Super Bowl XIII in 1979. The day notes quotes, numbers, and demographic data about Spanish speakers.
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Louis XVI
France
Paris
Jefferson Davis
U.S. Senate
Confederacy
Jimmy Carter
U.S. Census Bureau
United States
Ethan Allen
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Christian Dior
Telly Savalas
Wolfman Jack
Jack Nicklaus
Placido Domingo
Eric Holder
Paul Allen
Microsoft
Geena Davis
Jam Master
Jay
Ken Leung
Cat Power
Pittsburgh Steelers
Dallas Cowboys
Pew Research Center
MLK Doctrine Faith Not Abandoned Says Letter Writer
Baytown reader Cyrus Fletcher argues that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr remained grounded in theology and Baptist faith amid labels. He notes King’s stand against separate but equal and his advocacy for integration, citing King as a preacher before civil rights leader.
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Martin Luther King, Jr
Louisville
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
United States
Cyrus B. Fletcher
Baytown
Noah Webster
James Connealy
Big Stick relic ties Roosevelt lore to family history
Malcolm Murray recounts the provenance of an actual carved big stick linked to Theodore Roosevelt. The artifact, gifted by a Gadsden Purchase tribal group, carries eagle and snake carvings and once passed through several generations before Murray declined Smithsonian gifting and ultimately donated details to family archivists and museum curators.
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Mt. Hood
Oregon
Eliza Barchus
Gadsden Purchase
Roosevelt
U.S. Navy
Thomas Netherland
Mary E. Netherland
Washington, D.C
Smithsonian Institution
Grace Netherland Murray
Field Museum
Chicago
Malcolm Murray
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island
N.Y
Frank B. Netherland
Stuart
Frank
Susannah
Sterling Municipal Library
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Ana Goni-Lessan
the Sun
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
The
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
Baytownsun
Facebook
Baytownsur
Janie Gray
David Bloom
Rolland Ramos
Mike Gunning
April Jones
M-F
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengts Or
Newsroom
Sun
P.O
Sunnew
MLK
Minnesota
William McKinley
Panama Canal
McKinley
William Howard Taft
Mexico
Arizona
Tucson
Thomas H. Netherland
Taft
White House
Exxon Chemical
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