Bayou Bowl cheers boost charity and community spirit
The Bayou Bowl at Stallworth Stadium drew strong Texas-side turnout with players, cheer squads, and drill teams energizing a close game. Proceeds benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children while Shriners aided with gates and a pre game dinner. Juneteenth events in McNair and Barrett Station educated and celebrated black history. Delia Roy earned Do the Write Thing Challenge recognition at Highlands Junior School. Many local educators retired as Social Security changes affected their plans. Readers invited to submit their own cheers and jeers for weekly publication.
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Meeting Details
The Baytown Sun invites community input at weekly editorial board meetings held at 2 p.m. Wednesdays. To arrange access contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. current and former editors and staff include Wanda Gamer Cash, Joseph Lohan, Dee Anne Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun invites public letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun publishes letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on any public interest topic. Submissions must be original and signed, include a non publishable contact, and may be edited or refused. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at P O Box 90 Baytown 77522 or fax 281 427 1880 or email sunnews bays townsun com.
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Fifty years after Brown v Board of Education
Morton Kondracke surveys race and education in the United States fifty years after Brown v Board, noting persistent gaps for African Americans and Hispanics. He critiques No Child Left Behind, debates vouchers and Pell style grants, and cites policy proposals from Alexander and others. He argues reforms hinge on accountability and resources.
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Historic June 21 highlights span civil rights to constitutional milestones
On this date in history, civil rights workers Schwerner Goodman and Chaney disappeared in 1964, with their bodies later found. Also, New Hampshire ratified the U S Constitution in 1788, James McCormick’s reaping patent in 1834, and other notable events across years including Mengele remains found and flags in protest protected.
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Michael H. Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James E. Chaney
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New Hampshire
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Max Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
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Joe Jacobs
Okinawa
Mitsuru Ushijima
Giovanni Battista Montini
John XVII
Paul VI
Supreme Court
Menachem Begin
Israel
Washington
D.C
John Hinckley Jr
Reagan
Brazil
Josef Mengele
Clinton
Business Roundtable
Michael Fay
Singapore
Limiting stem cell research harms science and hope
Nancy Reagan warned on June 10 that President Bush’s 2001 order restricting federal funding for stem cell research harms medical progress. The critique argues policy should prioritize medical advances over ideology, noting potential cures for diabetes Parkinsons Alzheimer’s spinal injuries and heart disease could be delayed. The speaker laments lost time and calls for renewed support of research.
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Flowing words and careful wording echo in Baytown
David Wittams of Baytown muses on how language, tone, and placement shape reaction as he toys with phrases about kindness, impact, and the power of words flowing freely.
Baytown milestones span 1937 to 2000 with bonds and growth
The record notes 1937 home building along Burnet Bay and Cedar Bayou, a utilities valuation rise to 234 percent. A 1944 Goose Creek war bonds rally netted 216000 with Culpepper’s leading at 50000 and others at 30000 and 20000. 1950 census concerns cited. 1975 traffic study showed rising flow. 2000 Trinity Bay Conservation District patrons protested a proposed 18 million water system bond, boosting bills by 30 per month.
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