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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 2008
Page
2
Reader offers practical ways to cut expenses from groceries to gas. Form savings clubs with neighbors for bulk buys and shared trips, collect and swap coupons, use weekly grocery trips, and carpool to reduce costs. Suggests leveraging frequent flyer miles and avoiding waste to ease payments on fixed and non fixed costs.
Baytown Chamber of Commerce named Baytown Police Department Officer Mark Freeman as Officer of the Quarter at a luncheon. Channelview native Freeman, now with the Baytown PD since 2007, holds a top class rank from Houston Community College Police Academy and has served as Marine Corps veteran. He emphasizes serving the community and balancing work with family, golf, and personal growth.
Baytown area calendar lists numerous events including Alzheimer's support at Remington Park 6:30 p.m. and canasta at Crosby Community Center 10 a.m. Bring a shared salad. Beach City Lions Club meets 7 p.m. at Beach City Community Building. Free tutoring at Cedar Bayou Baptist Church 6:30–7:30 p.m. Free English classes at Promise Center 9–11 a.m. Childcare available. Make Over in Christ 12-step class 6–8 p.m. at Riley Chambers Center. Highlands seniors ceramics 9 a.m. and Spanish 1 p.m. Precinct 2gether 9 a.m.–1 p.m. J.D. Walker Center. Ladies Bowling League 9:15 a.m. at Max East Bowling. Senior center dances 10–11:30 a.m. at Community Center. Toddler Time 10:30–11 a.m. Sterling Library. Kiwanis lunch noon at Goose Creek CC. Community Duplicate Bridge 1 p.m. 3 per player. Barrett Station anti drugs program 6–8 p.m. Contact Diane or Sherita. TOPS No. TX 794 6:30–7:30 p.m. St. Paul’s UMC. Crosby Swinging Squares dance 7:15–9:15 p.m. Crosby CC. Surrender AA meets 8 p.m. Redeemer Lutheran.
Baytown Little Theater wraps its run with two final performances of Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets cost 12 dollars for adults and 8 dollars for students. Reservations by phone on the theater answering machine, leaving name, phone, tickets, and date. Box office hours are 2 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday only. Located behind the post office off Baker Rd 4328 Hugh Echols Blvd. For information call 281 424 7617 or visit baytown littletheater.org.
On this date in history, June 12 marks Medgar Evers assassination in 1963 and his 37 years. Other events include the 1994 conviction of Byron De La Beckwith for Evers’ murder, the 1776 Virginia Bill of Rights adoption, the 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame dedication, and the 1967 Loving v Virginia decision.
A century of local facts notes Tri Cities population at 29,601 in 1944, and 2002 resource rules initiated for non-hazardous industrial waste landfills like the TSP site in Chambers County. It cites a 2003 Baytown court and jail report of 2002 date with leaks and poor work, plus a 2022 note on Baytown Animal Control euthanizing seven dogs with infection signs.
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