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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 2009
Page
4
Clifton E. Cliff Clements is Editor Publisher with Dave Mathews and Luke Hales as managing editors. Jay Eshbach M A Bengtson listed as community members and Keeena vim runey noted as former Managing Editor Sports Editor in the staff roster.
A reader commends a noted Good Samaritan who intervened to stop a purse snatcher. The editor is urged to print the man’s name, but the writer suspects he would face harassment if identified. The letter laments modern reluctance to intervene and nostalgia for past norms.
A critical look at the Texas Legislature decries two decade inertia, party games, and special interests. It urges higher lawmaker salaries and ban on private contributions to restore government by and for the people, warning voters to demand change.
Baytown resident Ray Wilson highlights the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes formed in 1885 by black Nova Scotia ministers. The league, Halifax based, operated outdoors with letters of invitation, paid players from gate receipts, and influenced early hockey styles before fading in the 1920s. The piece traces players like Herb Carnegie and Willie O Rea to later NHL milestones, noting scarce historical references.
The Baytown Sun lists contact phones for several lawmakers and staff, publisher and editors, newsroom and departments, submission guidelines for letters and guest columns, photo requirement, publication address, and delivery deadlines. It notes original material only, signatures required, and editing rights, with redelivery help if late.
Jim Finley, retired managing editor of the Baytown Sun, recounts a personal road trip beginning after a March accident involving a 2006 Camry. The driver, unnamed, recovers while facing nerves, with the tale including a Woodlands meeting with friend Sue Stephenson and a humorous Toyota trade-in letter.
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