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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 2008
Page
2
A Baytown Sun Around Town note thanks volunteers Bill Dunnington Bill Watts and Curtis Knight for clearing a overgrown vacant lot by Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church. The piece also lists numerous birthday anniversaries and community acknowledgments with dates in March and April.
Goose Creek Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution set a record with five members from three generations accepted together. Claudia Wotipka and sister Janette Black traced their Revolutionary War patriot ancestor since 1980, inspiring Dee’s daughters Janet Berry Leslie Dee Kurtz and Lenee Pulver to submit applications. After proofs of lineage are reviewed locally, cases go to the National DAR for final acceptance, typically within several months.
St. Joseph Catholic Church parking lot buzzed with the annual Feastival raising funds for the church and its school. Past events exceeded $70,000 with total efforts surpassing $310,000 since Father Dwight Canizares arrived. Auction highlights included a cross stitched St. Joseph painting, a riding lawnmower, and a Cabo San Lucas villa stay. Mary Ann Cavazos led the auction and praised broad community turnout including other area churches. Gilbert Santana, Baytown Sun Citizen of the Year, attended as a school alumnus and Partners in Education supporter.
Free diabetes education classes at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Alexander Campus cover Advanced Insulin Pump Skills and Introduction to Insulin Pump CGM with registration via Elizabeth Isaacs. Numerous community activities follow including St James House auxiliary, senior softball, Baytown Optimists, line dancing, GED prep, quilting, painting, bridge, and various library and church events with contact numbers provided.
Highlights recount events on March 31 from 1968 Lyndon Johnson stepping down to 2002 Baytown debates and 2008 notes. Notable items include the 1880 Wabash lighting milestone, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps creation, Broadway openings of Oklahoma and The Glass Menagerie, and later cases like Quinlan and Schiavo. Also mentions the USS Texas visit, Baytown circuses, Exxon basin work, HI Port fire, and NHRA drag races.
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