Cheers and Jeers: Community Pride and Controversy in Baytown
Community praise hails National Day of Prayer efforts at Houston Methodist San Jacinto and Arbor Day tree adoptions. Four Baytown area teams reach playoffs. Carol Sellers earns 2014 Silent Hero Award for aiding a traumatized young woman. Jeer targets Baytown brothers in 2012 boating death case. probation for driver, charges dropped for brother.
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San Jacinto Hospital
Baytown
Goose Creek Memorial
Crosby Baseball
Barbers Hill
Baytown City
Carol Sellers
Sellers
Carol
Arbor Day
Chambers County
Cheryl Swope Lieck
Contacts for Texas lawmakers and offices
A list of state and federal lawmakers with addresses and phone numbers in Texas. Includes Governor Rick Perry Senate members John Gorayn Ted Cruz House member Steve Stockman and state representatives Sylvia Garcia Wayne Smith, with office locations in Austin Houston Baytown and their mailing boxes and numbers.
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U.S
House of Representatives
Steve Stockman
Texas
Texas Senate
Sylvia Garcia
D-Dist
P.O
Capitol Station
Austin
Polk Street
Suite
Houston
Texas House of Representatives
Wayne Smith
Baytown
P.O. Box
Decker Drive
Letter to the Editor praises Tamp Hardeway’s life story
The writer thanks Mrs. Wanda Orton for the April 30 Sun feature on Tamp Hardeway, longtime Sunday school superintendent at Thompson Chapel CME Baytown. It recalls his devout character and overcoming physical handicap to inspire others.
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Wanda Orton
Tamp Hardeway
Thompson Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Baytown
Tamp
the Sun
Brother Hardeway
Orton
Mealtime Tales From Mont Belvieu Seniors
Elizabeth Gill recalls food routines and social meals at First Baptist Church Mont Belvieu. She details pantry finds, occasional cooking, cornbread or milk for dessert, and frequent lunches out near highway 146 Eagle Drive Eagle Pointe. The senior luncheon on the second Tuesday and elderberries help sustain community dining.
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Mont Belvieu
Highway 146
Eagle Drive
Eagle Pointe
Frances
Sandra Langhnais
Cheryl Hughes
Jackie Mulkey
Rusty Fuller
Elizabeth Gill
Barbers Hill
Click It or Ticket campaign kicks off in Texas May 19
TxDOT launches the 13th annual Click It or Ticket campaign from May 19 to June 1 with enforcement steps and fines up to 200 dollars for unbuckled motorists. TxDOT officials emphasize seat belts save lives and that every occupant must wear a belt.
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Texas Department of Transportation
John Barton
Txdot
National Highway Traffic Safety
Texas
May 6 history highlights span milestones and tragedies
On May 6 historical events include Rog er Bannister's four minute mile in 1954 and the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville in 1863. Other notes cover the Hindenburg disaster of 1937, the Corregidor surrender in 1942, the Ethan Allen missile test in 1962, Maya Lin winning the Vietnam Memorial design in 1981, Paula Jones v Clinton in 1994, Bush apology on prisoner abuse a decade later, and the 2013 Cleveland rescue of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michele Knight. Thought for Today quotes Jacob Burckhardt.
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Roger Bannister
Oxford
England
Ying Lin
Arkansas
Paula Jones
Bill Clinton
Jones
Clinton
George W. Bush
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Amanda Berry
Gina DeJesus
Michelle Knight
Cleveland
Ariel Castro
Jacob Christoph Burckhardt
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U.S. Senate
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Washington, D.C
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Chancellorsville
Virginia
Works Progress Administration
Franklin D
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Memorial Drive
Baytownsun
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David Bloom
Brenda Burr
Gregg Sanford
April Jones
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
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