Merriam Webster 2006 adds 100 new words and terms
This piece notes the 2006 Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary with 100 new entries like unibrow and mouse potato and cites early 2007 coinages such as Aisle Rage Lane Turtles and Cellectomy. It mentions terms like Google and himbo already in use, and closes with Randy Cunningham of Baytown.
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America
Merriam-Webster
Mookie
Megamart
Webster’s
Himbos
Baytown Little Theater screens Angel Street auditions dates
Baytown Little Theater invites actors for Angel Street auditions July 30 and 31 at 7 p.m. in Baytown. The Victorian thriller centers on Mrs Manningham and her husband’s plot, with Inspector Rough from Scotland Yard involved. Production runs October 13 14 20 21 22 27 28 at 1500 Lakewood Village. For details call 281 424 7617 or visit the theater site.
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Yard
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Baytown
Baytown Pilot Club marks 25 years of service
Community snapshots note the Baytown Pilots 25 year anniversary as a Pilot Club member. Outgoing president Helen Gerlich presents the silver service award for 25 uninterrupted years of service. Gayle, club president in 1984 85, was honored as PIF Sweetheart in 1999.
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Baytown
Helen Gerlich
Gayle
Goose Creek Country Club
Robyn Calk
Dee Anne Navarre
Doris Sherron
Judy Wheat
Cindy Day
Barbara Pearce
Pat Gersteman
Nancy Mann
Delores Ellis
Becky James
Baytown community calendar items and events listed
Baytown residents can attend an old fashioned hymn singing and preaching at Comfort Suites at 10 am and 5 pm. Baytown Optimist Club meets at 7 pm on Market Street with Lt Governor Larry Maybe speaking. Interdenominational Men's Fellowship gathers at 6 30 pm at Church of New Beginnings. Sun invites community calendar submissions with contact details. a Baytown Aggie events fish fry at Civic Center includes guest Van Malone and Reveille. Baytown Opportunity Center hosts a fundraising banquet at Grace United Methodist with silent auction and Italian dinner.
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Garth Road
Baytown
Church of New Beginnings
N. Alexander Drive
Tommy Clements
Second Baptist Church
Today in History July 16 highlights and milestones
On July 16, 1945 the first atomic bomb exploded at Alamogordo New Mexico. The District of Columbia was established as the U S capital in 1790. The Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951. Apollo 11 launched in 1969 for the moon landing. In 1999 John F Kennedy Jr and family died in a plane crash near Martha's Vineyard.
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Moon
John F. Kennedy Jr
Carolyn
Lauren Bessette
Atlantic Ocean
Martha’s Vineyard
Baytown History Highlights From 1950 to 2003
Snapshot of local history shows Baytown draft board quota of 40 in 1950, Goose Creek budget gap of about $500000 in 1975 without tax rise, Goose Creek trustees’ 1990 $600000 West Town Shopping Center purchase, and 2003 impact of Hurricane Claudette with limited damage. Also a quote from Jackie Moms Mabley and reference to her as a 1894 1975 American singer and comedian.
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Goose Creek
Johnny Clark
West Town
Jackie
Mabley
Baytown reviews CenterPoint renewal with three readings planned
A Page 1A note corrects earlier reporting: Baytown City Council has not approved a renewal with CenterPoint Energy. The charter requires three readings at regular meetings, after which the ordinance would take effect 60 days after the final passage.
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