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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 2003
Page
6
An aging speaker mocks recent graduates as he outlines looming life changes. The column humorously covers leaving home, finances, clothing, food, and gasoline costs while lampooning pop culture references and reunion fantasies.
Baytown’s mosque offers an information session from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday to introduce Islam. Shaikh Mohammad notes it is a community service to answer questions about the five pillars and Holy Quran. About 20 to 30 attendees joined a recent session. 30 to 40 Muslim families live in Baytown with the community growing.
Teachers and afterschool coordinators pose before a bulletin board showing $2,000 raised by students and private donations for a marquee at George Washington Carver Elementary. Front row: Elizabeth Elias, Elisa Holmes, Paula Groberg. Back row: Beitie Jones, Francheska Elmore, Wynona Montgomery, Tracy Tanner, Joy Powers, Gwen McGaskey.
Baytown KWWJ Gospel 1360 suspends its community oriented programs as sponsorship issues delay a planned daily 7 to 10 p m block. City Councilman Scat Sheley hosted The Best of Baytown from November to March before running for re election. Former Police Chief Charles Shaffer then led Baytown Talks for four weeks ending April 25. Officials stress the need for firm sponsorship commitments before resuming.
Baytown calendar lists church garage sales at Memorial Assembly of God and Assembly of God on Alexander Drive with bake sales and car washes. A Ross S Sterling pop show, crawfish boil at St Pauls Lutheran, Baytown Humane Society adoptions, Little League and Boy Scouts garage sales, West Chambers Pilot Club gala, Bible study at Baytown Family YMCA, church breakfast at Trinity Episcopal, junior high mixer at Baytown YMCA, and a citywide community yard sale at Wayne Gray Sports Complex with contact numbers and ticket details.
Police report a silver 1997 Ford F150 belonging to Atlantic Plant Maintenance Co was stolen from a contractor lot near ExxonMobil Refinery around 1 a.m. The key was left in the ashtray. The same Baytown area saw a counterfeit check incident at a Bayway Drive restaurant and a traffic stop on Highway 146 where a 45-year-old woman was found with Xanax and 11 ounces of marijuana. A second burglary involved a small gray safe stolen from an apartment on Ward Road. Police logged 165 calls in 24 hours including five alarms and multiple thefts and assaults. Crime Stoppers offers tips at 281-427-TIPS.
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