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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 2007
Page
2
Jane Howard Lee, a former Sun reporter, reflects on entering the empty nest stage after moving her youngest daughter to college. She notes mixed emotions, practical tradeoffs like fewer chores and groceries, ongoing worries, and the sense that independence marks growth even as the house feels quieter.
The 2007 08 Sterling Stars Drill Team Field and Social Officers attended the Marching Auxiliaries Officer Camp in Houston. They earned multiple ribbons and awards including the Circle of Gold and the Most Disciplined Award for their leadership, choreography, and performances, and thanked the community for support.
Jody Porter West of San Antonio has graduated from Smithson Valley High School in New Braunfels. He received special recognition for achieving the Eagle Scout Rank and for earning a full scholarship from the Hallmark Institute to train as an airframe and power plant mechanic. Parents are David and Lois West. grandparents are Richard and Kathleen Brewer and Faris and Monte West.
Evan L. Villemez of Highlands is placed on the Bradley University Dean's List for the spring semester in Peoria Illinois for achieving at least a 3.5 GPA on the 4.0 scale.
The May 165 graduates at Houston Baptist University include Stephanie Daniels of Baytown earning a Bachelor of Arts in Education magna cum laude and David Tisdale of Crosby earning a Bachelor of Science in Math and Physics cum laude.
A dense list of local gatherings and events including Chamber breakfast 8:30 to 10 at Son Harvest Church with Capt George Knott on check fraud, Make Over in Christ Inc 12 step class 6 to 8 at Riley Chambers Center, seniors ceramics and Spanish at Highlands Community Center, senior programs at J D Walker Center, ladies bowling at Max East, country dancing, Baytown genealogy library hours, Crosby Branch Library program, Toddler Time at Sterling Library, retiree lunch at Golden Corral, Baytown Kiwanis lunch, duplicate bridge, American Legion meeting, hospital chaplains grief counseling, TOPS meetings, Surrender AA, senior games at Market Street, Go Getters group, and more local activity details.
Baker Road Baptist Church invites all to a Saturday tailgate event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 900 W. Baker Road featuring free food, games, prizes for kids, and two large water slides with parental attendance required. Also notes free library movie at 8801 Sterling Library and OA meeting at San Jacinto Hospital plus senior center shopping day at First Presbyterian Church with transport.
June 21 marks key events from 1788 when New Hampshire ratified the U.S. Constitution to 2005 when Edgar Ray Killen was convicted of manslaughter. The list recalls Cyrus McCormick’s patent in 1834, Scripps founding United Press Associations in 1907, Schmeling vs Sharkey in 1932, Schwerner Goodman Chaney in 1964, Hinckley insanity verdict in 1982, Arizona wildfires near Show Low, and Bush at the EU summit in Vienna in 2005.
A compact history snippet records 1937 Lee High School band named official VFW Texas musical group for another year, Kathleen Lanahan’s 1949 Baytown death, 1950 Baytown Oilers versus Shell Oilers fundraiser for a Chicago trip, 1974 Burglary Prevention Week proclaimed by Mayor Gentry after 542 burglaries, and a note about mis-spelled ambassadors Pearce and Rowland Sauls on a page update.
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