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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 2009
Page
4
Dave Mathews serves as Assistant Managing Editor with primary oversight of assignment desks while Jay Eshbach, Bengtson and Corman contribute as community members. Jim Finley and Dave Rogers are noted for sports editing, with Rogers previously holding Managing Editor duties.
The Baytown Sun editors praise San Jacinto Girls Math and Science Conference sponsored by ExxonMobil with gifts for participants and community donations. They also cheer Baytown Little Theater for The Producers amid swine flu worries and commend the Baytown Symphony Orchestra for performances at Lee College. They applaud Pumphrey Elementary relocation discussions and invite reader submissions for future Cheers and Jeers.
Luke Hales writes from a sickbed across Friday May 1 and Saturday May 2. He laments a brutal flu like illness while narrating family banter and odd memories from dachshund dog races and home improvement mishaps. He jests about swine flu and Munsters versus Muenster cheese. He signs off: hoping no one reads this gets swine flu.
The Baytown Sun lists representatives and staff contacts for law makers publishers and newsroom personnel. It outlines submission guidelines letters up to 300 words guest columns up to 500 words with photos and provides mailing and emailing addresses plus deadlines for newspaper delivery issues and redelivery.
The piece critiques letters to the editor as ranting about President Obama. It cites polls from Pew, AP-GfK, and Gallup showing broad approval of Obama and a minority of dissenters. It notes a public discussion of race as a withheld topic.
A reader questions the closing of Pumphrey Elementary, calling the safety report on pipelines superficial and alleging a lack of contact with pipeline owners. The letter accuses the district of subterfuge, questions trustees’ oversight, and argues against same sex marriage while defending a traditional view of marriage.
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