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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 2004
Page
4
The Baytown Sun editors urge readers to cast ballots in Texas primaries for both parties, detailing key races such as U S Representative Nick Lampson challengers, county sheriffs, and state senate contests, emphasizing that democracy thrives on voting despite excuses.
NASA announced Opportunity found mineral evidence that ancient Mars hosted water, suggesting conditions could have supported life. Spirit and Opportunity began exploring Mars in January, with researchers cautious yet excited about potential life-bearing implications for life beyond Earth.
The Baytown Sun invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public-interest items. Submissions must be original and signed with address and phone. include a photo for columns. limit one submission per month. editorials may be edited or refused.
A reader urges Texas to honor its birthday alongside Cinco de Mayo and other cultures. The letter argues for inclusive heritage celebrations for Euro-Americans Native Americans and Asians, tying a Texas pride night to the Battle of San Jacinto and Easter while stressing unity. It also notes a separate national anti drug campaign led by the Office of National Drug Control Policy and Partnership for a Drug-Free America to prevent teen substance use.
A student letter argues individuals should fund their own education choices and expresses views on homosexuality and morality. The writer questions religious texts and suggests marriage and childbearing as a remedy, while noting cannabis legality and personal rights.
The entry recalls events on March 9 across years including Edward R. Murrow’s critique of McCarthy in 1954, Napoleon’s marriage to Josephine in 1796, Monitor versus Virginia at Hampton Roads in 1862, Roosevelt’s hundred days beginning in 1933, WWII incendiary raids in 1945, the Alaska oil pipeline project in 1975, and Dan Rather debuting as CBS Evening News anchor in 1981.
In 1951 officials finalized plans to honor Texas Poet Laureate John P. Stolander on his 100th birthday March 25. Goose Creek district in 1976 received 14 bids for security services. A 14-month-old boy suffered burns from a gas can fire in a utility room. In 2001 a bat at Hopper Primary School tested rabies positive, the second on Goose Creek campuses in about a month.
Dianne Martinez of Baytown responds to F Hadley's March 4 letter arguing that the Bible contains contradictions and that homosexuality is a natural state. She urges love, non discrimination, and personal experience with gay people, noting AIDS work since 1987 and the need to accept gay individuals as God's creatures.
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