Emotional American pride at Lincoln reunion
Jim Finley recalls the USS Abraham Lincoln homecoming in San Diego where 150 sailors greeted families after 10 months away. He describes tears, hugs, and gratitude, celebrating military heroes while remembering those who did not return. He cites a touching AP story about Jason Nowland and Ana, vows it’s okay to feel.
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San Diego
California
France
Gary Herrington
Gander
Gary
Texas High School Coaches Hall of Fame
Waco
Anna Beth
Associated Press
Jason Nowland
Sacramento
Ana
Mexico
Jason
Hollywood Nimrods
Susan Sarandon
Martin Sheen
Janeane Garofalo
Alec Baldwin
George Clooney
House votes on first of three landfill bills in Chambers County
Texas House faces a vote today on HB 2554 by Rep. Wayne Smith to regulate non hazardous industrial waste facilities and pause pending permits for the proposed 800 acre TSP dump near Galveston Bay. Two other Smith bills, HB 2955 and HB 2052, target setbacks near water tables and coastal bays.
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Baytown
Texas
House of Representatives
Wayne Smith
Chambers County
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
TSP
Commission
Smith
Rbaytown
TSF
Kin Corporation
New Orleans
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
House Committee On Environmental Regulation
Baby great blue herons hatch in Baytown nature journal
The Baytown Nature Center Journal by Dwayne Litteer and Ron Ummel in The Sun lists recent sightings and experiences at the center. Notable birds include white pelicans, great blue herons, egrets, herons, ibises, ospreys, hawks, sandpipers, gulls, doves, and woodpeckers along with an eastern cottontail rabbit. A life bird sighting, baby herons in a nest, and a family enjoying the Crystal Bay Butterfly Garden are highlights. The center is on West Shreck Avenue off Bayway Drive.
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Dwayne Litteer
Baytown Nature Center
Ron Ummel
Crystal Bay
West Shreck Avenue
Bayway Drive
Baytown Woman Found Dead. Autopsy Pending
Police say autopsy is pending in the death of a 41-year-old Baytown woman found on the floor of her Tri-Cities Beach Road home by her husband Saturday morning. She reportedly slept on the floor after taking prescribed pain medication for internal lung burns from inhaling cleaner fumes earlier in the week.
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Baytown
Tri-Cities Beach Road
Houston Robbery Suspects Arrested After Baytown Stop
A juvenile and a 17 year old Houston man were arrested after threatening a 40 year old Baytown man with a gun to take his car over a $40 crack debt. Arrests occurred at a Baytown convenience store on North Main Street.
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Houston
Baytown
North Main Street
Assault sends woman to hospital in Massey Tompkins Rd incident
A 24 year old woman was hospitalised after being assaulted by her stepsister and her boyfriend in the 300 block of Massey Tompkins Road between 9 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 a.m. Sunday. The man slapped and punched the woman while the stepsister restrained her. Between 6 a.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday Baytown police logged 126 calls including 10 alarms, five burglaries, two criminal mischief, eight disturbances, one robbery, three shots fired and one major accident. Crime Stoppers pays cash for tips and callers remain anonymous at 281-427-TIPS. Police details available at police baytown.org.
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Massey Tompkins Road
Baytown
Baytown Police Department
Baytown Police
Police
Baytown.org
Community calendar Tuesday activities at Baytown centers
Read about Happy Quitters senior meetups at Baytown Community Center 2407 Market St with games and refreshments. Bible study at Wayne Gray Center noon with lunch at 11 30. Duplicate Bridge at Baytown Players 1 pm. GED classes 5 30 to 8 30 pm at J D Walker Center 7613 Wade Rd. Toddler Time for 18 to 36 month olds at Crosby Library 135 Hare Rd.
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Happy Quitters
Baytown
Market St
Wayne Gray Recreational Center
East Road
Pat Holmes
Duplicate Bridge Club
Baytown Community Center
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Crosby Library
Hare Road
Baytown Senior Center
First Presbyterian Church
Equipment moves disrupt Cedar Bayou traffic routes
Two 150 foot long reactors weighing about 500 tons each will be transported to the Chevron Phillips Cedar Bayou Plant at 9500 Interstate 10 East today causing potential traffic delays. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes near Massey Tompkins Road and Sjolander Road between 8 a.m. and noon.
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Chevron Phillips
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Rcom
Galveston Bay
Nature Center Journal
Pamela Briver
Church of Jesus Christ
Quit Guild
Bay Area
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Scarsdale Bhd
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
San Jacinto Cancer Center
Lois Hofmann
Baytown Family Ymca
Wye Drive
YMCA
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
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