Jim Finley Faces The Camera In A Modern Photo Era
Jim Finley recalls aging photo habits from childhood to digital cameras while lamenting bad portraits. He notes Dean Bigham's patient efforts and a modern digital box that produced a well liked image after many attempts. Finley jokes about reactions from bystanders and confirms his weekly column cadence.
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Dean Bigham
Photo Texas
Dean
Julia Roberts
Baytown City
Victoria Advocate
Bob
David Carr
The
Houston Texans
Southwest Bank Wins Cornerstone Award for Teaching Excellence
Southwest Bank of Texas, honored in the 2002 Teaching Excellence Awards by the Texas Bankers Foundation, received the Cornerstone Award for supporting Baytown teachers and partnering with The Baytown Sun. Nominations covered 23 of 29 Goose Creek and Barbers Hill campuses with $1,000 prizes. event proceeds funded the ceremony and $2,800 benefited the Baytown Opportunity Center.
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Baytown
Southwest Bank of Texas
Texas Bankers Foundation
Texas Bankers Association
Baytown Sun
Conrad Magouirk
Goose Creek
Barbers Hill
Delta Kappa Gamma
Goose Creek Country Club
Baytown ‘Opportunity, Center
Baytown Nature Center birds and wildlife noted in Journal
Special to the Baytown Sun reports the Baytown Nature Center Journal lists birds such as brown pelican, herons, egrets, gulls, terns, doves, sparrows, swallows, woodpeckers, crows, and others plus animals like gray squirrel and rabbit. It notes a four foot tide line with debris near the marsh edge, fifteen white ibis in a pool off Cabiness Trail, and a mallard family at San Jacinto Point. The center sits on W. Shreck Avenue off Bayway Drive.
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Baytown Nature Center
Dwayne Litteer
Ron Ummel
Cabiness Trail
San Jacinto Point
W. Shreck Avenue
Bayway Drive
Police chase and arrests reported in Baytown beat
A 1998 Chrysler Sebring ran a red light at Alexander Drive and Fayle Steel at 7 30 am Sunday. Officers pursued the vehicle east on Alexander then south on Ward stopping at Ward and Narcille where the driver was arrested for running a red light and no license. A Nissan pickup fled on W Main Street, later bogging in mud. the 52 year old Baytown man was charged with evading arrest and a 30 year old La Porte woman with public intoxication. Police logged 112 calls from 6 am Sunday to 6 am Monday including alarms, assaults, auto thefts, burglaries, mischief, disturbances, forgery, gunfire, thefts and minor crashes.
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Chrysler Sebring
Alexander Drive
Fayle Steel
Baytown
Ward Road
Ward
Narcille
W. Main Street
Barrymore Street
W. Main
la Porte
Community calendar highlights weekly events in Baytown Crosby area
Tuesday programs include Storytime at Sterling Library for ages 3 to 6 from 10 25 to 11 a.m. and Toddler Time for 18 to 36 month olds at 10 a.m. at Crosby Library. Activities cover crafts songs and finger plays with Miss Lisa and James Austin Banner magic show.
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Sterling Municipal Library
Lisa
Pioneer Life
Jesse H. Jones
Uons Club
Baytown Lions Club
Ryan's
Nown
Vaughn Davidson
Happy Quilters
Wayne Gray Recreational Center
East Road
Baytown
Duplicate Bridge Club
Remington Park
W. Baker Road
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Crosby
Hare Road
Church of Jésus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Birdsong
Garth Road
Salt Lake City
Baytown Senior Center
1715 Market, St
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Bayou
YMCA
Wye Drive
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Gray Center
Wayne Gray
Baytown Genealogy Research Library
Decker Drive
Madlyn Simkulet
Lbrary Magic
Crosby Library
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James Austin Banner
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Jimbo
Brad Pitt
Congressional
Ace
Ship Channel
Houston
Southwest Bank
Mike Schnell
Texas Bankers
Texas
TBA
Texasbankers.com
Baytown Nature Center Journal
Police
Baytown.org
Main St
Rhonda Roberts
Yahoo.com
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