Litter cleanups and photo oops in Baytown memories
Wanda Orton recalls Baytown efforts to beautify the city amid cycles of neglect. She recounts finding litter from Evergreen Road to North Commerce, the sight of discarded tires and appliances, and an infamous photo that drew a newsroom response when a Baytown Sun building was photographed.
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Baytown
Lone Star State
Texas
Kmart
Lakewood
Brownwood
Evergreen Road
Tables Bay
North Commerce
Texas Avenue
Sun
Jim Kyle
Baytown Sun
Kyle
Commerce
Baytown rolls out curbside recycling bins for residents
Public Works loaded trucks with about 21,000 blue bins to deliver to Baytown homes ahead of the curbside recycling launch. The program, funded in part by Bayer Material Science, lowers monthly costs to 2.25 dollars. Residents should receive a bin this week or next week as deliveries continue citywide.
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Baytown Sun Photo
Kari Griffin
Public Works
Baytown
Waste Management of Texas, Inc
Bayer Material Science
Bayer
Keep the Castle aims to save Baytown youth space online
Faith Presbyterian’s Rev. Timothy Coman leads Keep the Castle, a Baytown youth initiative to open a safe hangout mirroring the former Castle Fun Center. With 30 supporters, meetings held, a website launched at keepthecastle net, and plans to involve local leaders, the group invites all to join the effort with the next meeting set for May 27 at 6 30 p.m. at the Baytown Community Center.
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Faith Presbyterian
Timothy Coman
Baytown
Coman
Keep the Castle
Keepthecastle.net
Tim Coman
Baytown Community Calendar Highlights and Events
The Baytown area lists a May calendar with the Exxon Mobil Annuitants meet at 10:00 a.m. May 21 at the Baytown Community Center, guest speaker Janice Flewelling. Also noted are support groups for vision impairment, an MS self-help group, BA N G networking, line dancing, ceramics, bridge, Precinct2gether hours, TOPS No 594 meetings, library hours, story time, Rotary lunch, Toastmasters, Over 42 Club, bowling, bingo, Bible study, a Gross Margin Tax talk by State Comptroller Susan Combs, veterans meetings, tutoring and free English classes with childcare, all across Baytown facilities and partner centers.
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Baytown
Exxon Mobil Annuitants
Baytown Community Center
Market Street
Janice Flewelling
Houston Medical Center
Texas Commission For the Blind
Remington Place
W. Baker
First Presbyterian Church
Market St
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
E. F. Green Center
West Baker Road
Ross S. Sterling High School
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Market
Decker Dr
Sterling Municipal Library
Goose Creek
ExxonMobil Baytown Toastmasters Club
ExxonMobil
Ralph Matthews
St. John's United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Max Bowl Easton Ward Rd
VFW
N. Main
Calvary Temple
Breda
May 21 in History Highlights Across Time
May 21 marks historic events from 1927 Lindbergh’s solo Atlantic flight to 1959 Broadway debut of Gypsy. Notable entries include 1881 Clara Barton founding the Red Cross, 1924 Leopold and Loeb thrill killing, 1932 Earhart first solo transatlantic flight, 1956 airborne hydrogen bomb test, and later events through 2004 including local Baytown incidents and 2005 Idol winner.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Paris
Atlantic Ocean
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Bobby Franks
Nathan Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
University of Chicago
Amelia Earhart
Northern Ireland
Newfoundland
United States
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Gypsy
Gypsy Rose Lee
San Francisco
Dan White
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
Kip Kinkel
Thurston High School
Springfield
Ore
Kinkel
Ruben Studdard
Clay Aiken
Fox
Food and Drug Administration
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Wanda Orton
The
Eastham Best Home Center
N. Alexander Dr
BY Kari Griffin
Kari.griffin
Taytownsun
BY Tara Sullivan
Tarasi
Highlands Community Center
WCCCC
Susan Combs
American Legion Post No
Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Center
N. Main St
All Veterans Welcome
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Garth Road
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
Promise Center
Kentucky
Baker Rd
Gary
Txcm
Associated Press
SUN History
W.C. Williams
Lee Symphonic Band
Doc Severinsen
Severinsen
Exxon Mobil
Jaymie Rhoades
Mark Dugat
Irving Bristol
Nelety
Susan Milner
Ory i
Anascapr
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