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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 2007
Page
4
Clifton E Cliff Clements editor and publisher and Jay Eschbach managing editor are retiring joining a community of former staff. The brief notes their years of service and longtime roles within the publication.
John Adams imagined a future Fourth of July celebrated with pomp and parades from coast to coast. He warned of toil and cost to defend independence while urging gratitude to heroes in the armed forces and a nationwide tribute to liberty. This holiday marks the Declaration of Independence and the nation’s founding ideals.
Official contact details for President George W. Bush Vice President Dick Cheney and several members of Congress. Includes phone and fax lines, plus website addresses for Kay Bailey Hutchison John Cornyn Ted Poe Ron Paul and Gene Green with district notes and example forms.
The Sun provides contact avenues for Clifton Clements Sandy Denson Emmett McKinley Joshua Hart David Bloom and Keith Magee. Readers and contributors are advised to observe word limits for letters and guest columns and follow submission guidelines.
The Baytown Sun lists submission guidelines requiring signed letters or guest columns, include writer contact, and note editing rights. It also provides contact methods, delivery timing, and redelivery procedures for missed newspapers.
A reader argues Texas Avenue has little to salvage beyond the old Bank next to the Brunson. Demolition and rebuilding on a higher foundation are needed to avoid flood damage. The Jefferson Theatre in Beaumont is praised as a restoration example, while the railroad depot’s loss is lamented.
A Baytown participant expresses gratitude to supporters who funded a week of travel to Fort Worth and Dallas. Activities included a Dynamix gym ropes course, stockyards visit, cowgirl museum, Omni theater film, Dallas Nature Center, aquarium animals, the 6th Floor Museum on JFK, and photo links at educationinaction.com.
A resident laments Baytown’s split growth with development concentrated toward I-10. The Bowie Elementary area shows abandoned buildings and visible vagrancy while essential services like hospital, mall, and major retailers lie on the other side. The speaker urges balanced development to ease congestion and improve local livability.
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