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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 2005
Page
4
Baytown plans for the 2005 National Night Out on August 2 as residents are urged to form block parties visit police and city officials and host games. The Baytown Police Community Service Bureau invites organizers to apply by Friday and provides contact numbers for Baytown and Harris County officials.
The Baytown Sun invites the public to discuss community issues with its editorial board, meeting weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. To schedule an appointment contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. Members include Wanda Garner Cash, David Bloom, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
The Baytown Sun welcomes signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Submissions must include writer’s address and phone number not for publication. Limit one per month. The newspaper may edit or refuse any submission.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette columnist Gene Lyons notes the uproar over Judith Miller and the Plame case reveals bias, access politics, and press autonomy conflicts. He cites Bush era leaks, Rove, Fitzgerald, and Times editorials while urging accountability and shield-law limits.
On July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. Other events include Confederate Congress sessions in Richmond in 1861, British Columbia joining Canada in 1871, Sitting Bull surrendering in 1881, WAC basic training in 1942, a failed 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler, Roosevelt's fourth-term nomination in 1944, Viking One landing on Mars in 1976, Johnstown flood memorial in 1977, and the 1999 recovery of Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7.
Baytown faces a harsh image issue as drivers see a run down water tower near the Fred Hartman Bridge. Proposals suggest hiring a planning group from New Jersey or New York with a $50,000 to $60,000 budget to study the problem and propose a color scheme to improve public relations, following past PR setbacks like the Longneck Festival.
Joyce Young, executive director of New Horizon Family Center, praises Maria Narciso for a detailed Baytown Sun article about the shelter facility and grant. David Bloom thanks the paper for ongoing community coverage showing services and town updates.
Baytown VFW Post 912 and its Bingo staff express gratitude to The Baytown Sun readers for voting VFW Bingo the favorite bingo hall in the Baytown area. Bill Martin, Post Commander, extends thanks.
Readers on the Baytown Sun discussion site Baytown Talk share opinions on local issues and daily life. Comments express support criticism and personal perspectives reflecting community concerns and attitudes.
A retrospective listing highlights Gulf's Cedar Bayou Olefins raising ethylene output by 1.2 billion pounds annually in 1975, nylon stocking runs by Baytown women in 1950, Goose Creek trustees offering a super intendent post to Harry Griffith in 1990, a 2000 state surplus share to Goose Creek and Barbers Hill school districts, and 2003 disputes over discipline at Gentry Junior School with a federation survey citing 25 percent teacher concerns while administrators deny problems.
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