Graduation day for multiple Baytown area high schools
Tassel time marks the culmination of over a decade of learning for Barbers Hill Anahuac Crosby high schools and San Jacinto Academy seniors. The ceremony reflects on friendships, coursework, sports, and clubs as graduates consider futures in jobs, junior colleges, universities, or the armed services, with Sterling and Lee graduates featured this week.
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Barbers Hill
Anahuac
Crosby
San Jacinto Academy
Baytown Christian
Armed Services
Sterling
Lee
Graduation ceremonies across several area high schools announced
Sterling High School Stallworth Stadium Lee High School Eagle Stadium Crosby High School M O Campbell Center Anahuac High School Kyle White Field San Jacinto Christian North Shore campus host graduation events at 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday through Saturday. The editorial honors graduates for meeting requirements and thanks parents, teachers, and mentors in Baytown.
Cannes Applauds Moore as He Premieres Fahrenheit 9/11
The Daily Telegraph notes Michael Moore, labeled by critics as self-righteous and hypocritical, premiered Fahrenheit 9/11 at Cannes. It argues his critique of corporate America and gun culture faces scrutiny and promises a forthcoming counterdocumentary by Mike Wilson titled Michael Moore Hates America.
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Michael Moore
America
Mr. Moore
New York
Upper West Side
Los Angeles Times
Moore
Mike Wilson
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Seeks Community Input
The Baytown Sun invites residents to meet the editorial board held weekly at 2 p.m. Wednesdays.Appointments with Managing Editor David Bloom are available by calling 281-422-8302. Board members include Wanda Gamer Cash, David Bloom, Joseph Lohan, Dee Anne Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Gamer Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun invites public letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun invites letters up to 360 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public-interest topics. Submissions must be original, include the writer’s signature, an unpublishable address and phone number, and may be edited. Limit one submission per month. the paper may refuse publication. Send signed pieces to Wanda Gamer Cash or David Bloom, The Baytown Sun, P.O. Box 90, Baytown 77522. or fax 281-427-1880. or email sunnews bay townsun.com.
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Baytown Sun
the Sun
Wanda Gamer Cash
David Bloom
The
P.O
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Missing Baytown Youth Fair Carnival Sparks Questions
Reader asks if the Baytown Youth Fair carnival was removed and why. James Kingstim notes Baytown firefighters raised 7918 at a two day Fill the Boot event at North Main near Garth and Baker, with plans for Labor Day drives to aid Muscular Dystrophy and Jerry Lewis campaigns.
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North Main
James Kingstim
Baytown
Murrell
Garth Road
Baker Road
Houston
United States
Jerry
Jdadkins
Baytown.org
Baytown Fire Department
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Madausa.org
John D. Adkins
Blessed Beginnings seeks funds to open shelter facilities
Tammy Pratka asks for support for Blessed Beginnings to push back a June 1 closing date and fund a shelter serving over 10 counties. With about 20 days to raise money, donors are urged to mail tax deductible gifts to Blessed Beginnings, PO Box 1768, Dayton, Texas, or call 936-257-TEEN for questions.
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Blessed Beginnings
Blessed Beginnings PO
Dayton
Texas
Tammy Pratka
Texas Avenue history in Baytown faces straightening plan
A reader urges preservation of Texas Avenue as part of Baytown history arguing that straightening would erase local heritage and affect businesses. The letter notes long familiarity with the avenue and questions efforts to modify its historic character.
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Texas Avenue
Baytown
Baytown Firefighters Thank Donors in Fill the Boot Drive
Local residents donated generously during the Fill the Boot campaign in Baytown to support Muscular Dystrophy research and aid. Baytown firefighter Charley thanked the community for its flying colors and strong contributions.
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Baytown
Parking Concerns at San Jacinto Hospital Heart Center
Wanda Messer protests planned heart center expansion at San Jacinto Hospital due to lack of parking. She questions where patients and staff will park and urges focusing on existing care rather than adding parking at extended facilities.
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Heart Center
San Jacinto Hosital
Houston
Wanda Messer Baytown
May 25 highlights in history from 1787 to 2004
On May 25 various milestones mark history including the 1787 Constitutional Convention quorum in Philadelphia, 1810 Argentina’s revolt beginning, 1844 first telegraphed dispatch, 1895 Wilde’s conviction, 1935 Babe Ruth’s final homer, 1946 Jordan becoming a kingdom, 1961 Kennedy moon goal, 1968 Gateway Arch dedication, 1979 DC-10 crash at O’Hare, 2004 critique of China’s weapon tech theft, and Cannes prize for Elephant.
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Philadelphia
Argentina
Spain
Washington, D.C
Baltimore
Baltimore “Patriot
Oscar Wilde
London
Babe Ruth
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Transjordan
Jordan
Gus van Sant
Baytown Texas City Hall Officials and Council Schedule
City Hall at 2401 Market St lists the city manager mayor and district council members with phone numbers. Members serve two-year terms and council meets on the second and fourth Thursdays each month at 6 30 p m at City Hall.
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Market St. Baytown
Texas
Gary Jackson
Pete Alfaro
City Council
Mercedes Renteria
Scott Sheley
Calvin Mundinger
Don Murray
Ronnie Anderson
Coleman Godwin
City Hall
Goose Creek and Barbers Hill Education Contacts Listed
A compilation of school district and university listed contacts in Baytown and Mont Belvieu Texas. It includes Goose Creek CISD Superintendent Barbara Sultis and boards with district trustees and page numbers. Also listed are Barbers Hill Administration Baytown addresses and a Board of Regents with several named members and phone numbers.
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Goose Creek Administration
Interstate
P.O. Box
Baytown
Texas
Barbara Sultis
Barbers Hill
Mont Belvieu
Tim Sonnenberg
Baytown Schools And Officials Through The Years
A survey of local education and civic events from 1937 to 2002 notes Goose Creek junior high sending 502 students to high school after ceremonies in 1937. It lists Lee High School and Lee College graduates in 1944, a 1950 bargaining election at Humble Oil Baytown plants, a 1953 Baytown bond plan for school buildings, a 1975 cash missing find by JP McManus in Wallisville, a 1990 vote rights lawsuit meeting request by Mayor Hutto and Councilman Delgado, a 2000 perfect attendance by Lee High students Howe Melton Reeves totaling 2340 days, and 2002 council endorsements for Mayor Alfaro.
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Goose Creek
Lee High School
Lee College
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Wallisville
Justice of the Peace
McManus
Emmett Hutto
Mario Delgado
Jason Howe
Candace Melton
Charlie Reeves
Pete Alfaro
Mercedes Renteria HI
Ronnie Anderson
Calvin Mundinger
Don Murray
Coleman Godwin
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Board of Regents
Bill Blake
Keith Coburn
Don Coffey
Wayne Gray
Susan Moore-Fontenot
Ronald Haddox
Mark Hall
Mark Himsel
Jess D. Navarre
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