Progreso Mexico Visit From a South Texas View
A Texas resident recounts a day trip to Progreso across the border, noting friendly locals, busy shops, and safe feel with minimal violence, as soldiers guard the bridge. The author plans future visits with friends who frequent the town, while acknowledging potential risk.
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Juarez
el Paso
Mexico
U.S. State Department
Corpus Christi
Nuevo Progreso
Progreso
Yucatan Peninsula
Texas
U.S
Community Center Calendar Highlights Local Groups and Classes
Crosby Community Center hosts canasta and multiple classes including rhythm walking, yoga, and Spanish. Beach City Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. Baytown area senior softball and Kiwanis lunch meetups are listed along with a poetry reading, bridge clubs, and various senior activities at Market Street and Barrett Station venues. Contact numbers provided for each event.
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Crosby
Hare Road
Beach City
Tri-Cities Beach Rd
Baytown Area
Hemlock Street
Frank Butcher
Crosby Community Center
Angelique
Make Over In Christ Inc
Riley Chambers Community Center
Barrett Station
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Baytown Community Center
Market St
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Community Duplicate Bridge Club
Chambers County
Anahuac
Diane
Sherita
Crosby Swinging Squares
Art Center
Texas Ave
Melissa
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
J.D. Walker
West Chambers
Suellyn Melcher
Gulf Coast Tri
Baytown area events offer tours and toy drive swap meet
The Baytown Historical Preservation Association hosts free public tours of the 1894 Wooster School and 1910 Brown McKay House at Republic of Texas Plaza on the last Saturday each month from 1 to 3 pm, weather permitting. Rocky's Pelican Junction in Baytown will host a June 26 swap meet to support its Cruisin Texas Toy Drive with vendor spaces ($15) and crawfish plates.
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Gulf Coast Trikers
Tribe Riders International
St. Paul’s
UMC
Decker Drive
Jim Benton
Baytown
BHPA
Baytownhistory.org
Rocky’s Pelican Junction
Texas
Pelican Junction
S. Highway 146
AccuWeather Five Day Forecast for Baytown
Forecasts show Baytown expected to experience partly cloudy skies with mild temperatures. Friday through Sunday include chances of light showers and moderate gusty winds, with temperatures ranging from the upper 60s to mid 70s. Local timing and conditions may adjust with incoming fronts.
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AccuWeather
Air Quality Forecast Amid Thunderstorms Across Regions
Damaging thunderstorms and downpours break heat from Maine to the Virginias today with spotty storms in the steamy South. Thunderstorms will affect the northern Rockies as heat eases in the region.
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Maine
Virginias
South
Rockies
Today in History highlights and notable events
On June 24 history marks Picasso's first Paris exhibition in 1901 and the Eastland disaster in Chicago in 1915. Other events include NFL origin in 1922, a 500 ton meteorite near Pittsburgh in 1938, and landmark U.S. actions from 1964 health warnings on cigarette packs to 1992 Gotti's sentence and Howe's ban. Birthdays include Jeff Beck and Peter Weller.
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Pablo Picasso
Paris
Pree Masons’ Grand Lodge
London
Eastland Eo
Chicago
AFPA
NFL
Chicago Staleys
Chicago Bears
Pittsburgh
France
Italy
Hamburg
Germany
Mount Rainier
Washington
Ken Arnold
Cbs-Tv
FTC
Marlene Raymond
US _ Senate
Guy Hunt
Alabama
John Gotti
Fay Vincent
Steve Howe
Jeff Bagwell
Houston Astros
Jeff Beck
Peter Weller
Nancy Allen
Danielle Spencer
Sherry Stringfield
Those Who Hope in the Lord Lift Up Strength
A verse declares that those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, run without growing weary, and walk without fainting.
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Jane Howard
Lee
Grace United Methodist Church
Baytown Art League
Acs Almanac
ElPaso
Oun
City
Abilene City
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Houston
Austin
Laredo
Yeaum
Longview
Saton Lubbock
San Antonio
Pc Victoria
Onigit
Aldine
Cleveland
A Rosenberg
Kingwood
Lumberton
Deversa
Liberty
Jet
Beaumont
Jets
Pasadena
Alvin
Angleton
Lake Jackson
Texas City
Winnie
High Island
Crystal Beach
Galveston
Providea AccuWeather Inc
AccuWeather.com
A.Q
Tan
Texas Commission Envir—nental Quality
Point Barrow
Trinity Bay
Trinity River
Moss Bluff
Romayor
Church of Christ At Pruett & Sobit
N. Pruett Street
Www
Biblework.com
Vacation Bible School
Baytown Family Ymca
YMCA
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