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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 2007
Page
2
A Baytown freelance writer details travel and liability frustrations with security checks and ID rules. He describes long lines at airports, confiscated hair gel, and a misfiring library ID policy, then shopping trips with odd receipt markings and two ID forms to prove identity. He muses on self and legality.
Baytown teen Beatriz Betty Macias known as top Texas flute player and Lee High School graduate gains broader recognition after Texas Monthly features her life beyond music. Article notes her friend Elias Rodriguez, a top clarinetist, and details their band world. Macias plans studying at Boston Conservatory and resumes practice after summer break.
Selena Smith of Highlands won the grand prize package from The Sportsman Channel at CMA Fest 2007. Country music star Daniel Lee Martin performed on the Chevy Music Tour stage after which the winner was announced.
Knights of Columbus No 7206 host a blood drive at St John the Evangelist Church 8 to 2. Children may ring a church bell if a friend attends St Johns while not regularly in worship at St Johns United Methodist. Comfort Suites hosts old fashioned hymn singing and preaching at 10. First Assembly of God Highlands features Team Impact evangelistic show of strength at 10 30 and 6 free to community. VEW Post 912 offers bingo at 2 doors open 12 30. Maranatha Church music ministry presents a Sunday Night Summer Concert Series at 7 with Pink Ink and The Access. Eminence Baptist Open Mic Night at 6. Highlands Community Center hosts seniors line dancing quilting and game days. Crosby Center offers free oil painting and watercolor classes with instructor Anne Vandagriff. Senior Bowling at Max Bowl East and other senior activities at Lee College. Various senior and youth programs at J D Walker Center and Sterling Library. Compassionate Friends meet 7 to 9 at Crespo Jirrell funeral home. Ostomy Association Baytown Group meets 7 to 8 30 at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Cancer Center room.
June 24 history marks the Berlin Airlift start in 1948 after West Germany and West Berlin routes were cut. Aaron Burr faced treason charges in 1807 and was acquitted. Grover Cleveland died in 1908 at 71. Resurrection City closed in 1968. Eastern Flight 727 crash in 1975 killed 113 at JFK. Sally Ride landed safely in 1983. Jackie Gleason died in 1987.
A 1937 parade and barbecue marked the new Chambers County courthouse after the prior building burned. Highlights include a 1950 fundraiser for the Robert E. Lee band, a 1953 across the board refinery raise, a 1975 moonlighting policy in Goose Creek, and a 2005 Supreme Court driven death sentence commutation for Robert Aaron Acuna. The Sun invites readers to share photos.
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