Oil Rhetoric and Calls for Drilling Amid Higher Gas Prices
A columnist vents about rising pump costs, recounting a $33.25 fill for eight gallons and blasting lawmakers for inaction. He advocates drilling in ANWR and offshore, questions Obama’s energy stance, and mocks anti drilling positions while noting support for some alternative energy ideas.
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Jesse James
United States
Congress
Gene Green
John McCain
Barack Obama
Nero
Rome
Washington
Alaska
Artic National Wildlife Refuge
Anwr
Kennedy
Nantucket Sound
Albert Gore
Arnold Schwarzenegger
California
Alec Baldwin
John Travolta
Travolta
Obama
Community Calendar in Baytown and Nearby Areas
Baytown and area groups list events including Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 912 at 6:30 p.m. 8204 N Main St. Bay Area Quilt Guild at Mount Olive Lutheran Church. cancer survivors group at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Celebrate Recovery at First Baptist Church. Highlands Community Center game day. free English classes at Promise Center. Precinct2gether at J.D. Walker Community Center. St Joseph Catholic School office hours and July closure. Ladies Bowling League at Max Bowl East Alley. Happy Quilters at Community Center. Crosby Library Toddler Time and Story Time. Sterling Municipal Library Storytime. Baytown Duplicate Bridge Club. Baytown Homeschoolers. BAY Area Networking Groups at E F Green Center. Highlands seniors line dancing and ceramics. TOPS No 594 at Community Center. Genealogy Library hours. Spanish Story Time.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Main St
Baytown
Bay Area Quilt Guild
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Scarsdale Blvd
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
San Jacinto Cancer Center
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook
Nick
JoAnn
Elaine
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Promise Center
Kentucky
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
B.A.N.G
E. F. Green Center
West
Baker Road
Ross S. Sterling High School
Today in History July 2 highlights across years
Highlights note July 2: 1776 Continental Congress asserts independence. 1807 Jefferson orders British ships from U.S. waters after Chesapeake incident. 1881 Garfield shot. dies Sept. 1882. 1961 Hemingway commits suicide. 1964 Civil Rights Act signed. 1987 migrants die in boxcar near Sierra Blanca. 1996 blackout hits Canada to U.S. West. 2005 apology by CNN. 2005 Vancouver to host 2010 Winter Olympics. 2006 Libby commutation by Bush. Associated Press.
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Continental Congress
Chesapeake
Jefferson
U.S
Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau
Washington
Guiteau
Ernest Hemingway
Ketchum
Idaho
Johnson
Sierra Blanca
Texas
Canada
Baytown History Highlights from 1949 to 2005
A retrospective summary notes 1949 polio cases in Baytown five total, 1950 lawsuits against property owners with neglected lots, 1974 Baker Road renamed Hugh Echols Boulevard, 1975 citywide power outage from a thunderstorm, 1990 police raid on six Market Street bars yielding 26 cocaine deliveries, 2005 San Jacinto Methodist Hospital chosen as a medicines repository for chemical attack response, and 2006 progress toward police accreditation and department growth with public input.
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Baytown
Odis Muennik
Baker Road
North Main
Bayway
Hugh Echols
Citizens National Bank and Trust
Market Street
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jim Finley
Baytown Service League
Baytown Christian Academy
Carolyn Brock
Christie Wooten
Service League
Leila Bates
Kathy Winn
Erin Mehling
Baytown Literacy
Susan Harper
Susan Chandler
The
Sterling Municipal Library
Baytown Junior Forum
Donna Atchison
Ann Donato
Brenda Smith
Kime Smith
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Alison Medina
St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph Catholic
Ladies Bowling League
Ward Rd
Mary Ann Cowley
Happy Quilters
Crosby
King's Table
Church of
Bay Area
TOPS
Market
Decker Dr
Cable News Network
Vancouver
Bush
S. Lewis
Libby
Associated Press
SUN History
Michelangelo
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