Remembering Queenie Castleman and Shakespeare in Baytown
Wanda Orton recalls Geraldine Castleman a Baytown Junior High English teacher celebrated for inspiring lifelong love of Shakespeare. Her classes read aloud sparked focus and high test scores at Robert E. Lee High, with Castleman later at Baytown school system quoted lines from As You Like It Twelfth Night and Hamlet to illustrate timeless themes.
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Baytown
Geraldine “Queenie” Castleman
Shakespeare
Geraldine Castleman
Robert E. Lee High School
Henry IV
Hamlet
Denmark
Heaven
Horatio
Local teen Rachel Dean sings at Astros game and more
Rachel Dean 17, a Sterling Meistersingers member from Baytown, has sung the National Anthem at the Houston Aeros and Astros games and for the Mayor of Houston. She plans to attend Sam Houston State University for elementary PE and hopes for a music career, inspired by Reba McEntire.
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Sterling Meistersingers and Swing Choir
Rachel Dean
Houston Astros
Minute Maid Park
Baytown
Astros
Sterling Meistersingers and
Red Stocking
Houston
Aeros
Color Guard
Drayton McClain
Dean
Houston Aeros
Greater Houston
Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church
Austin
Sterling Choir
Sam Houston State University
Reba McEntire
Ten Questions: Yoanna Cantu profiles a Baytown dancer
Yoanna Cantu, a 2005 to 2007 Celebrities dance team Colonel at REL and Macy’s Parade participant, shares inspirations, goals, and views on Baytown life. She plans Blinn College on a dance scholarship, aims for a master’s degree, family, and world travel, and believes life is too short to play it safe.
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REL
National Hispanic Institute
Blinn College
Brenham
Blinn
Baytown
Baybrook
Mel Gibson
Baytown author offers spiritual breakaway for soldiers
Baytown resident Marion Wehmeyer, a former Marine, writes books such as Baby Boom Doom and Vietnam Terrorism and Beyond to help veterans cope with PTSD through Christian themes. He cites personal war experiences and postwar struggles, aiming to guide readers toward healing Jesus offers, not only soldiers but anyone grieving loss or trauma.
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Marion Wehmeyer
Vietnam
America
Jesus
Wehmeyer
Baytown
Middle East
U.S
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