Adios to plastic bags may spread worldwide
A columnist argues for banning or discouraging plastic shopping bags due to environmental impacts. It cites global bans, taxes like Ireland's 20 cent PlasTax, and effects on wildlife and habitats, noting hundreds of billions of bags used annually and potential lessons for local policy. The piece ends urging readers to consider a future ban.
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Garth Road
Ireland
Australia
Suppermarket
Bangladesh
Italy
South Africa
Taiwan
Mumbai
Bombay
India
Paris
Zanzibar
Rwanda
America
Hospital Service Corps volunteers honored
An appreciation banquet at Goose Creek Country Club celebrated San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Service Corps members with 20 or more years of service. Honorees include Maudie Roberts Fern Cooper Gigi Giege Frankie Callum Jo Smith Ruth McElwain Jeanne Heisig Diane Boczynski Margaret Eby Robert Bonham Margaret Hill Elizabeth Meunnink Frances Ray Daisy Roberts and Pete Whitted. The group, founded April 19 1963 with 120 members, now has 127 volunteers. Ruth Brentzel remains active. Volunteer duties include transporting patients staffing lobby desks assisting staff delivering flowers and Day Surgery waiting areas. For info contact Margaret Boyd at 281-420-8932.
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San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Service Corps
Goose Creek Country Club
Maudie Roberts
Fern Cooper
Gigi Giege
Frankie Callum
Jo Smith
Ruth McElwain
Jeanne Heisig
Diane Boczynski
Margaret Eby
Robert Bonham
Margaret Hill
Elizabeth
Garth
Alexander
Margaret Boyd
Student to attend Lone Star Leadership Academy in Austin
Cedar Bayou Junior student Joshua Contreras was chosen for a June trip to Lone Star Leadership Academy in Austin based on academics. His father Albert seeks donations from Baytown residents to cover the $745 fee, due April 28, with a $20 target per donor. Lena Yepez at The Promise Center coordinates tax deductible gifts and information.
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Joshua Contreras
Cedar Bayou
Lone Star Leadership Academy
Austin
Governor’s
State
Lone Star
LBJ
Texas
Albert Contreras
Lena Yepez
The
Promise Center
Albert
Joshua
Baytown
Yepez
Community Calendar Highlights Baytown and Surrounds
GCCISD tax office closes through Friday for Spring Break reopening March 19. Highlands Center seniors offer ceramics at 9 a.m. and a Spanish class at 1 p.m. at 604 Highland Woods Drive. Baytown Kiwanis lunch at Goose Creek CC 11:30 a.m. 281-424-0622. Various library classes and community events listed with dates, times, and contact numbers across Baytown, Crosby, Anahuac, Barrett Station, and Winnie.
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Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Max East
Ward Road
Call
Baytown
Market St
Chambers County
Anahuac
Sterling Municipal Library
Lisa
J.M. Huber
Golden Corral
Garth Road
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Sacred Heart Church
Runneburg
Crosby
Highlands
San Jacinto
Highlands Woods Drive
Juanita Hargraves
Winnie
Art League of
Bill Cover
Baytown Community Center
This Day in History March 15 Highlights and Events
March 15 history roundup notes Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 B C and Maine’s 1820 statehood. It recalls Wilson’s 1913 press conference, the American Legion’s 1919 founding, My Fair Lady’s Broadway debut in 1956, and Elizabeth Taylor’s 1964 marriage to Richard Burton. Includes local Baytown notes on officials and taxes.
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Hinckley
Ohio
B.C
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Cassius
Maine
Wilson
American Legion
Paris
Lerner and Loewe
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Montreal
U.S. House of Representatives
Clinton
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
U.S
Albania
Houston
Andrea Yates
Yates
Saddam Hussein
Associated Press
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Jane Howard Lee
Sun
Hospital Service Corps
Leadership Academy
Contreras
Community Duplicate Bridge Club
City of
Parks and Recreation Community Center
AARP
North Channel Library
Make Over In Christ Inc
Riley Chambers Community Center
Barrett Station
Remington Park
American Legion Post No
Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Center
N. Main St
Hare Road
Surrender
Alcoholics Anonymous
Redeemer Lutheran Church
E. Lobit Ave
Jayteens
Baytown Jaycees
Derek Drive
Sherwood Mobile Home Park
Terri Cook
George Washington Carver
Harry Barber
Stefanie Noble
Goose Creek Cisd
SUN History
Harold Brown
Lee College Regents
Henry Griffith
Mont Belvieu
Mexico
Spain
Wayne Smith
Hope
TSP
West Chambers County
Billie Holiday
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