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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 2008
Page
4
Clifton E. Clements is named editor and publisher with Fh Jay Eshbach and David Bloom as managing editor and city editor, and Luke Hales and M. A. Bengtson listed on the editorial board as community members.
Dr. Martha Ellis, former Lee College president, becomes UT system vice chancellor for community college partnership and will move with husband Dr. Steve Ellis to Austin. He is a longtime Baytown volunteer and community leader. They depart after six years of service noted for growth, recognitions, and local impact. Editorial by Luke Hales.
Elizabeth Gill recalls carefree childhood summers in 1940s and 1950s Texas. She describes community events, chicken stew dinners, playing with June bugs and birds, swimming at Jake's Creek, peaches and watermelons, visits from Aunt Jewell, ice deliveries, and family travels to Colorado. She notes the joy of teaching summers and two weeks of Vacation Bible School.
A compiled contact snapshot lists President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney with federal numbers, plus Texas Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn with district lines and emails. Useless entries for Ted Poe Ron Paul Gene Green and others are noted with partial phones and web addresses.
The Baytown Sun provides contact details for Clifton Clements publisher Sandy Denson business manager Joshua Hart circulation manager and Gordon Gallatin advertising director. It lists newsroom leadership and invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words along with a photo requirement for contributors.
The Baytown Sun invites signed letters and guest columns. Address and phone number for publication should be included. Submissions may be edited and the paper may refuse publication. Readers should receive the paper by 6 a.m. Mon–Sat or 8 a.m. Sun. call by 9 a.m. for redelivery.
A reader rebukes Matthew Forastiere over cemetery clutter claims and condemns BBB complaints. The writer defends grave-site items as expressions of love and memories and urges grandfathering prior arrangements under past management.
A reader argues against opening wildlife preserves for oil exploration, contending higher prices reflect profit motives of oil companies. They claim discovery and refining costs won’t translate to cheaper gas and urge curbing SUV use to save oil.
City officials push to attract a Barnes & Noble bookstore and an Olive Garden to Baytown, citing economic growth, job creation, and improved shopping and dining options for residents. Community leaders urge timely site studies and incentives to secure the brands.
A compact reflection weaving H L Mencken’s trousered apes retort with Humpty Dumpty’s word mastery and a nod to the Federalist concern that courts must declare the sense of the law. The passage notes how language and law intertwine in modern governance.
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