Submitting News to The Baytown Sun Highlights Contacts
The Baytown Sun invites civic organizations schools and businesses to submit news items to David Bloom by fax email or mail with two weeks lead time for events. Include a contact name and phone number and follow the five Ws guidance for clarity.
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Nomination drive seeks name for Goose Creek third high school
Goose Creek ISD inviting public nominations for the district’s third high school. Candidates must be deceased and have notable contributions in education art science politics public service or military. Nominations require a three paragraph bio accomplishments and rationale. Forum set for August 16. due by August 9. contact details and mailing address provided.
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Goose Creek
Goose Creek Board of Trustees
Noemi Garcia
Garcia
Goose Creek High School
Johnny T. Clarke
Emmett Hutto
Pete Sultis
U.S
Barbara Jordan
Ngarcia
Gccisd
Interstate 10 East
Baytown
P.O. Box
High School
Wallisville Road
North Main
Community calendar notes local church and club events
St John's United Methodist Church invites non-regular attendees to ring the balcony bell during 10 a.m. worship. Comfort Suites hosts Children's Church for Pre-K to 5th grade 11 a.m.- noon. Baytown groups schedule bingo, line dancing, senior programs, genealogy, bowling, baby time, bridge, and civic association meetings at various venues with listed contact numbers.
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St. John’s United Methodist Church
I-10
Central Baptist Church
King St
Highlands Community Center
East Harris County
J.D. Walker Center
Wade Road
Baytown Genealogy Society
BGS
Decker Drive
Max Bowl
Ward Rd
Lee College
Market St
Sterling Library
Community Duplicate Bridge Club
Southwest Subdivision Civic Association
Missouri Street Church
Baytown Optimist Club
Market Street
Stan White
My Dad’s Skydiving Day at Highlands Elementary
Tiffany Triola, a 10 year old fifth grader at Highlands Elementary, recalls watching her dad skydive for the first time. The family waited all day, the moment arrived, and the video showed him with a wide open mouth and air blowing through it. The kids joked he looked like Superman and enjoyed the excitement while vowing not to try it themselves.
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Kimberly
Macie
Superman
Tiffany Triola
Highlands Elementary
Pets of the Week at Baytown Humane Society
Foxy the young spayed vaccinated dog is affectionate and good with small dogs in foster care and seeks a loving home. Also a German Shepherd mix puppy Fred, about 4 months, dumped with sister Ginger, awaiting neuter microchip and adoption. Contact Baytown Humane Society for details.
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Ginger
Fig Orchard Road
July 8 highlights from world history
On this date Col John Nixon read the Declaration in 1776. Royal charters and key events include Rhode Island charter in 1663, Perry’s expedition to Japan in 1853, The Wall Street Journal debut in 1889, Ziegfelds first Follies in 1907, Wilson’s NYC return in 1919, UN headquarters demolition in 1947, Roswell weather balloon report in 1947, MacArthur named UN commander in Korea in 1950, fen-phen warnings a decade ago, and a 2000s spacewalk by Sellers and Fossum.
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John Nixon
Philadelphia
Charles II of England
Rhode Island
Matthew Perry
Yedo Bay
Japan
Wall Street Journal
Florenz Ziegfeld
New York Theater
Woodrow Wilson
New York City
France
United Nations
U.S. Army Air Force
Roswell
N.M
Truman
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Mayo Clinic
Discovery
Piers Sellers
Michael Fossum
Baytown History Snippets From War Bond to Bond Projects
A look back through Baytown history notes Lanny Henninger paying 18.75 for a war bond earned mowing lawns in 1944, a 1951 pay raise for Baytown Refinery workers, Goose Creek bond projects in 2005, and a 1.1 million recovery in 2024 after DPS stopped a tractor trailer in Chambers County. The Sun invites reader photo submissions.
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Lanny Henninger
Baytown
Wage Stabilization Board
Goose Creek
David Fluker
DPS
Chambers County
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