Baytown garbage truck story helped launch Iraqi war reporter
A Baytown Sun editor recounts assigning Chuck Yarborough to cover a Baytown sanitation job in the late 1970s. Yarborough later becomes a reporter in Iraq for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland. The piece reflects on his early training, the gritty reporting experience, and the reflective praise from a former mentor.
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Wednesday Things to Look for in The Sun This Week
A brief roundup previews key features and upcoming stories in The Sun for the week, highlighting notable interviews, investigative pieces, culture and sports items, and reader-focused columns expected to appear in the edition.
Best Cook on the Block: Jean Massey Shares Family Recipes
Jean Massey presents favorite recipes from her family cookbook in With Love From The Kitchen. This feature in Wednesday's Sun highlights home dishes, cherished notes, and personal cooking memories.
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Baytown Nature Center Journal highlights birds and animals
The Baytown Nature Center Journal by Dwayne Litteer and Ron Ummel lists birds seen at the center on a Tuesday issue of The Baytown Sun. It notes ospreys over Turtle Pond, a possible early spring barn swallow sighting, and brightened mornings from Northern cardinals, with the center located on W Shreck Avenue near Bayway Drive.
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Community calendar lists Barbers Hill and Baytown events
Local groups including FFA Young Farmers Lions Eye Bank presentation at Golden Corral Baytown and library storytimes and Bible studies across venues. Activities cover meals, crafts, games, genealogy and senior programs with contact numbers for details.
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Weather Watch for Point Barrow
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s, lows in the lower 60s, southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, sunrise 6 43 am, sunset 6 19 pm, tides low 41 58 am, high 10 06 pm.
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Baytown Sun Delivery Contact Information
The notice instructs readers to call 425-8048 by 10 a.m. if the Baytown Sun is not delivered on time, ensuring redelivery. It specifies delivery times as 6 a.m. Monday through Saturday and Sunday morning. It serves as a public service reminder for subscribers.
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Deaths of Joe Frazier Brainard Ward Johnson Jeremiah Kade Valdez Tim Wessell
Obituary notice lists deaths of Joe Frazier, Brainard Ward Johnson, Jeremiah Kade Valdez, and Tim Wessell. Includes contact details for story ideas and photo submissions to The Baytown Sun via David Bloom at 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77520 or email addresses.
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Bible Verse About God’s Love and Our Identity
A devotional verse notes the enormity of the Father’s love lavished on believers making them children of God. It states the world does not know us because it did not know him, drawing a contrast between divine adoption and worldly recognition.
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Corrections Policy Note in The Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun publishes timely corrections and clarifications in this space. Readers may contact Sun managing editor David Bloom at 281-425-8016 or david bloom baytownsun com for inquiries. The party affiliation of Harris County Constable Precinct is noted as Democrat for Ken Jones but was incorrect on Page 4A of Sunday’s Sun.
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