Baytown Cheers and Jeers highlights local acts and scams
United Way of Greater Baytown and Chambers County hosts a book swap with hundreds of books and donations. Local students plan a White Sands Missile Range rocket launch. A new 1.15 mile Emmett Hutto Parkway trail is proposed along Rollingbrook Drive. Goose Creek CISD Education Foundation grants total over 110 thousand dollars this year. Veterans Appreciation Day was held to honor service members. A Baytown phone scam warns residents about police warrant prepay scam.
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Greater Baytown
Chambers County
Amber Rokyta Hughes
Hughes
Anahuac
Kirk Moore
New Mexico
White Sands Missile Range
Moore
Baytown
Emmett Hutto
Goose Creek Cisd Education Foundation
Surprise Patrol
The
Education Foundation
Missing Baytown man found deceased tops week in Baytown Sun
The top Baytown Sun web story of the week reports the June 12 discovery of missing resident Stacey Hughes, found deceased. Other popular items include GCCISD principal reassignment fallout and a couple's citizen arrest, with several crime and local-interest pieces rounding out the list.
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Baytown
Stacey Hughes
Baytown Sun
Sun
Gccisd
Northwood Drive
Old Decker Hospital
Wal-Mart
Kroger
Highlands
Read! Read! Read! A plea to revive love of books
A retired reading specialist laments declining library circulation and dwindling enthusiasm for reading among adults. He recalls teaching fourth and fifth graders to picture scenes from text and argues literature offers courage and escape, urging a community push to promote reading.
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Mark Fleming
Sterling Municipal Library
Our Hometown Team Seeks Baytown Support and Unity
A Baytown community booster urges residents to embrace local history and support Robert E. Lee High School and GCCISD athletes. He recalls the Lee vs Sterling rivalry, notes growth and new residents, and outlines pregame events including Veterans Night and All Sports Night Pink Out. He invites all to attend Homecoming Carnival and back youth, parents, and teachers.
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Nate Thigpen
Robert E. Lee
Baytown
Nate
Dallas
Houston
Hearne
Texas
Gccisd
Robert E. Lee High School
Sulis Field
Bernie Mulvaney
Immigrant children surge tests Texas border facilities
At Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Republican Sen Ted Cruz and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott toured shelters housing tens of thousands of minors. They called the influx a humanitarian crisis and blamed Obama administration border policies for encouraging children to attempt the long journey from Central America.
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Texas
U.S
Lackland Air Force Base
Ted Cruz
Greg Abbott
Obama
Cruz
Abbott
Central America
Today in History June 24 2014 Highlight and events
Today marks the 175th day of 2014. Key events include AT&T Picturephone debut in 1964 with Lady Bird Johnson present. Other items note Resurrection City closure in 1968, Sally Ride’s 1983 spaceflight landing, and a 2004 inquiry into President Bush over Valerie Plame.
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New York
Chicago
Washington, D.C
Lady Bird Johnson
Elizabeth A. Wood
Bell
Resurrection City
Washington D.C
America
Sally K. Ride
Edwards Air Force Base
California
George W. Bush
CIA
Valerie Plame
Zen
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Janie Gray
David Bloom
Brenda Burrer
Gregg Sanford
April Jones
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtson
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Stahder
Brian Valenta
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