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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 2009
Page
4
Jim Finley, former Managing Editor, and Dave Mathews join Luke Hales as Managing Editor Assistant Managing Editor with Jay Eshbach and M A Bengtson listed as community members. Dave Rogers remains the Sports Editor, outlining ongoing newsroom leadership roles.
A Baytown Sun feature praising John Britt notes his wide impact on Lee College students and the Caldwell Awards recipients. A former student recalls Britt transforming his view of history and pursuing further degrees, while praising the entire social science faculty and the college’s role in guiding students toward higher education.
The article notes early summer heat with highs around 98 and humidity, urges safe outdoor activities, and warns about drowning in home pools and heat illness. It highlights how economic constraints push families to local, low-cost fun and recalls older, outdoors-based summer play. Baytown resident Ray Wilson adds contact.
The Baytown Sun provides contact details for editors staff and departments. It lists publisher Cliff Clements managing editor Dave Mathews and others, along with mailing addresses phones and email for letters guest columns and submission timing and policy. It states submission rules require signatures and limits on word counts and that views belong to authors not the paper.
Jim Finley recalls his early card games and a punchy bridge culture. The piece blends humor about serious players with a secretly recorded broadcast, noting a funeral service and quirky anecdotes. A humorous contrast between bridge rigor and casual poker nights underscores the article’s light editorial tone.
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