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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 2007
Page
2
Karen Perry, a Baytonian, recalls a disastrous cross town move over a holiday weekend. She details unsafe labor, damaged heirloom furniture, wiring and drywall issues, and persistent cable and internet service glitches. She plans to sue the moving company and warns others.
Baytown city offices will be closed on Wednesday in observance of Independence Day. Police Fire and EMS personnel will be on duty for emergencies while other staff stand by. Offices reopen to normal hours on Monday and Tuesday, with the recycling center at 1601 West Main closed Wednesday.
Readable listings show a schedule of church services and balcony bell activities for children, bingo at Comfort Suites, seniors programs at Highlands Community Center and J.D. Walker Center, senior bowling at Max Bowl East, ceramics and card games at Crosby Center, Baby Time at Sterling Library, Spanish computer class at Sterling Library, blood drive at San Jacinto Mall, community bridge and quilt guild gatherings, Baytown Optimist Club cancellation, and an AA meeting at Light of Christ Lutheran Church with contact numbers.
Tiffany Triola describes a joyful family beach outing with relatives including aunt Tara uncle Michael cousins Zoe and Davy Nana Gigi mom sister and stepdad. Davy enjoyed the water while Zoe built shells laden sand castles and siblings collected crabs and shrimp.
July 1 marks key events including Gettysburg Battle start in 1863, Canada becoming a dominion in 1867, Rough Riders at San Juan Hill in 1898, Roosevelt’s nomination in 1932, Princess Diana’s birth in 1961, treaty signings in 1968, O Canada becoming national anthem in 1980, Hong Kong handover a decade ago, and space shuttle delays in a recent year.
A compact timeline notes key city events from 1950 to 2005 including lawsuits over neglected lots, a citywide blackout in a 1975 thunderstorm, a 1990 law enforcement drug raid on Market Street bars with 26 arrests, and a 2005 hospital role as a medicine repository for chemical terrorism preparedness. The quotations and scriptures are cited without editorial framing.
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