Cheers and Jeers highlight local Baytown honors and soccer pay row
Our View applauds Carol Brogan for honoring Goose Creek CISD service members and inviting contacts. The Baytown Parks and Rec earns praise for renaming Ward Road Park after Melissa Ann Lavell Davidson, a former city employee. Jeers target US Soccer for unequal pay between men and women, noting World Cup success and revenue.
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Top Baytown Sun reads June 4–11 week overview
The Baytown Sun highlights the week’s top ten most read stories by page views from June 4 to June 11. Leading items include a dramatic mother’s murder confession, courtroom tears, and local school bullying concerns along with Hurricane Harvey intake center news and a YMCA closure.
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Today in History highlights key events across centuries
On this date 1776 Virginia's colonial legislature adopted a Declaration of Rights. In 1963 Medgar Evers was shot outside his Jackson home. 1994 Byron De La Beckwith convicted in Evers murder. 1978 Berkowitz sentenced for Son of Sam killings. 1987 Reagan urged Gorbachev to tear down the wall in Berlin. 1994 O J Simpson case and celebrity vitriol. Analog broadcasts ended a decade ago. Congress banned flavored cigarettes and required larger warnings. Thought for Today by George Eliot.
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Back-to-College Fever Spreads Through The Sun Alumni
Former Sun editors and reporters trace how back to college fever spread via Lee College and the University of Houston. Rosalie Myers taught at Sterling High School and influenced Lynn Goodman Fields and Ramona Merrill. Wanda Orton closes with contact details.
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From SATs to adversity scores and elitist fears
A columnist recalls the SAT's role in his life and the shift to new tools like the Environmental Context Dashboard. He argues tests measure verbal and mathematical skill, not overall worth, and notes the obsession with elite colleges, the idea of adversity scoring, and personal memories from Rutgers and family.
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