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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 2008
Page
2
An editor recalls chasing dangling modifiers WDMs in copy and how some appear absurdly funny. The piece riffs on misplacements from school board notes to a LBJ ranch tour gaffe, noting editors laugh at errors yet acknowledge their persistence and need for care in sentence construction.
The Unidad Skate Park in Baytown will be closed starting Monday after a routine inspection found cracks in the concrete foundation. Officials have posted caution tape and signs, guiding skaters to Jenkins Park at 4334 Crosby Cedar Bayou Road and urging the public to await reopening. For more information, contact Baytown Parks and Recreation at 281-420-6597.
Police recovered two social security cards in a South Alexander detainment, not matching the detainee. Ezy Stop on East Fayle burglarized for $1,550 in food and jewelry. Detectives observed a marijuana odor at Dairy Queen and arrested a man with 6 grams. Assault reported on Red Cedar Drive with minor injuries. Baytown police logged 43 offenses, including 4 vehicle crashes, 12 other arrests, and multiple forgeries and thefts.
Baytown events list includes ExxonMobil Annuitant meeting at 10 a.m. at Baytown Civic Center with speaker Robert E Payne. Also Texas Commission for the Blind support group at Remington Place 1:30 p.m. and MS self help at First Presbyterian Church 6:30 p.m. plus BAY area networking at 7:30 a.m. at E F Green Center.
On June 18 1983 Sally Ride became America's first woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger. Other events include Philadelphia entering by American forces in 1778, the US declaring war in 1812, Napoleon's Waterloo in 1815, Amelia Earhart's Atlantic crossing in 1928, Churchill's wartime appeal in 1940, SALT II signed in 1979, and Larry Doby's death in 201?
Baytown residents in 1950 cried foul over a census showing 22 429 residents, 471 more than the 1948 count. In 1975 Brunson Theater on Texas Avenue showed Old Yeller and That Darn Cat. In 1991 locals rallied at City Council to block moving Baytown from Precinct 2 to 4. In 2003 about 30 Harris County AFL-CIO protesters staged at the Exxon Mobil complex.
The Baytown Sun corrected its report on a Tuesday night town hall indicating District 1 Councilwoman Lena Yepez conducted the meeting. The event involved local residents and addressed district concerns.
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