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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 2007
Page
2
A stormy bout of lightning fried or damaged several household electronics over five days. Desktops, laptops, and the DVD player failed, while a big television remained functioning. Electrical wiring and outlets may need inspection as the author braces for replacements and expert checks. The writer recalls a similar outage at a relative’s house on a funeral day.
James Doyle Avant, Baytown Art League vice president and self taught painter, is July’s Artist of the Month at Sterling Municipal Library. His landscape and wildlife works, including Grazing Rights, reflect nostalgia and Texas Hill Country scenes. The display runs through July 31 with additional exposure at Pasadena Little Theater.
A busy slate includes Friends of the Chambers County Library book sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Friday with items $1 to 50 cents. Children’s Music Camp runs weekdays to July 25 at First Baptist Church Baytown. Various senior programs, clubs, and activities occupy J.D. Walker, Highlands and Market area venues, plus dances, AA meetings, and a local garage sale. Call 281-576-2245 for book sale details.
Baytown Ballroom Dance Club sponsors a 7 to 10 p.m. dance at the Baytown Community Center with free admission for members and 7.50 for non members. Lawrence Herbert can provide more information at 281 427 6008. Sensibly TOPS group meets at Crosby Community Center for weekly weight control education and nutrition notes at 10 a.m. 281 462 0543. Toddlers join Story Time at West Chambers Branch Library at 10 30 a.m. Suellyn Melcher offers an Internet basics class at Sterling Municipal Library 10 30 to 11 30 a.m. First come first serve until full. Bridge games start at noon at the Community Center 2407 Market St 281 427 5292. The Go Getters meet 1 to 5 p.m. in Lone Star Room at 2407 Market St for food games and fellowship. Family Film Fest runs 2 to 3 30 p.m. at Sterling. Overeaters Anonymous meets 7 30 p.m. at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Alexander Campus Ruth 832 838 0901.
July 19 marks events from 1848 Seneca Falls rights convention to 1996 Atlanta Olympic openings. Notable moments include Rome air raid in World War II context, Apollo missions in lunar orbits, 1980 Moscow Olympics boycott, Ferraro’s vice presidential nomination, Sioux City DC-10 crash, and Bush veto on embryonic stem cell funding.
The Baytown Sun item recalls 1949 state ruling on Baytown being three cities until Goose Creek Baytown water main linked eight inches. It also cites 1975 Barbers Hill budget of 1.75 million for 75-76, 1989 Barbers Hill contract to Pan-America Life for student and athletic insurance, 1990 Exxon Baytown emissions drop, and 2000 Anahuac votes to sell water to Trinity Bay Conservation District. Corrections policy and contact info follow.
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