Obituary of Jo Ann Brown Reveals School Ties and Cheerful Past
A memory filled tribute recounts Jo Ann Brown born in Conroe and a Dickinson High graduate who twirled at Sam Houston State. She and husband Bobby shared 55 years of marriage and three children. The writer recalls meeting them and notes a 52 year old football scrimmage ordered by Head Coach Glenn Buffaloe before a key game.
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Trash Bash at Baytown Nature Center Saturday
Baytown hosts the River Lakes Bays N Bayous Trash Bash sponsored by the Port of Houston Authority at 6213 Bayway Drive. Registration starts 8:30 a.m. with cleanup 9 to 11:30, participation includes a hot dog lunch T shirts and door prizes.
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Community calendar highlights Bold events in Baytown area
Baytown Parks and Recreation hosts Fun Time Fridayz at the Community Center 2407 Market St from 6 to 10 p.m. Highlands Center offers Pick and Grin for seniors at 12 30 p.m. and line dancing sessions in the morning. Precinct2gether meets 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at J D Walker. Baytown Art League runs video painting sessions at 10 a.m. at the Community Center. Senior Citizen Bridge Fridays at noon on Market St. TOPS meets at Crosby Center 10 a.m. Toddlers Story Time 10 30 a.m. at West Chambers Library. Sterling Library offers free Using the Computer classes 10 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. First come, first served. Bridge noon at Community Center. The Go Getters meet 1 to 5 p.m. at the Lone Star Room. Trash Bash March 29 at Baytown Nature Center 8 30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chambers County Sesquicentennial Birthday Bash 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fort Anahuac Park with evening dance and fireworks. UT Exes scholarship event 6 p.m. Goose Creek CC. Gulf Coast Trikers meet 10 a.m. at St Paul’s UMC. Youth Bowling League 10 a.m. Max Bowl East.
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Fort Anahuac Park
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Trike Riders International
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UMC
Decker Drive
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Congressman Poe hosts Service Academy Day on April 5
The Office of Congressman Ted Poe holds an informational program Saturday April 5 at 10 a.m. at the Cyber Cafe on Lee College campus for 2nd District high school students and parents. Representatives from the Air Force Academy Merchant Marine Academy Military Academy and Naval Academy will discuss the application process criteria and deadlines.
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Citizen of the Year reception in Baytown Sun newsroom
Today from 3 30 p m to 5 30 p m the Baytown Sun hosts the Citizen of the Year award ceremony in its newsroom at 1301 Memorial. Nominees include Ms. Bill Cates Gilbert Santana Eva Joe Epperson Steve Ellis and Fred Aguilar with unsung heroes Susan Milner Glenn Whitcomb Judy Barrow John Hunt Henry Adair Sgt Eccleston Dr Louis Hughes and Weston Davis acknowledged. Admission is free. information at 281 422 8302.
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Steve Ellis
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Susan Milner
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Judy Barrow
John Hunt
Henry Adair
Sgt. Eccleston
Louis Hughes
Weston Davis
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This Day In History March 28 Highlights 2008
The history brief recalls key events on March 28 across years. It notes the 1979 Three Mile Island accident near Middletown Pennsylvania, a 1834 Senate censure of Andrew Jackson, a 1898 U.S. citizen birthright ruling, St Nazaire raid in 1942, deaths of Jim Thorpe 1953 and W C Handy 1958, Eisenhower 1969, Clinton in Soweto a decade ago, Iraq fighting Nasiriyah five years ago, and U S Bush warnings and allied sailors release context a year ago.
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Soweto
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SUN HISTORY: Heights annexation talk and local milestones
Stewart Heights residents met Goose Creek city commission in 1940 to discuss annexing the suburb with Morrell Park. The Decker Drive-In opened in 1949 with The Time The Place and The Girl. Highlands Gift Shop repaired after a 1953 wreck that only spared a goldfish. San Jacinto Mall bankruptcy plans surfaced in 1999. Bayland Island bids considered by Baytown in 2003 amid landlord questions.
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Highlands
San Jacinto
Baytown
Bayland Island
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Tables Bay
Submit Your Photos to The Sun Baytown
The Sun invites readers to share photos for possible publication. Email to david.bloom baytownsun.com or mail prints to 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown 77520 or bring them to The Sun offices.
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