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Dave Mathews is the managing editor with Jay Eshbach and M.A. Bengtson as assistant figures. Community member and trader roles are noted alongside Jim Finley and Dave Ruyers, a former managing editor.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 2009
Page
4
Dave Mathews is the managing editor with Jay Eshbach and M.A. Bengtson as assistant figures. Community member and trader roles are noted alongside Jim Finley and Dave Ruyers, a former managing editor.
A graduation message salutes students from Robert E. Lee, Ross S. Sterling, Baytown Christian Academy, Barbers Hill, Anahuac, Crosby and Dayton. It urges them to pursue college, service, or work, embrace hardships, and use their time wisely as they enter adulthood with hope, motivation, and confidence.
Jim Finley, retired managing editor of The Baytown Sun, recalls a life of athletic highs from Little League to slow pitch softball with the Baytown Sunstrokes. A Baker's Cyst and a painful bowling misstep at Max Bowl East in Channel City end his competitive days. He notes his grandson Devin Finley and daughter-in-law Margie supported him, while reflecting on past teams and moments from St. Louis Cardinals days to local Baytown feats.
The Baytown Sun lists contact numbers and staff roles including Publisher Cliff Clements Managing Editor Dave Mathews and other editors. It explains letter and guest column policies, submission rules, deadlines, and where to send letters by mail fax or email for Baytown Texas readers.
A Baytown reader thanks organizers of the Robert E. Lee High School 80th celebration on the REL campus. The letter notes the Lee Brigadiers, singing Hands and alumni pride, but laments the absence of the band and wishes a recording of Dull Razor Blues had been played. It closes with pride in the Gander legacy across generations.
The speaker attacks claim Pelosi knew of CIA torture, while Republicans accuse her of wrongdoing and liken her to Bush Cheney. The author calls the tactic a childish political stunt aimed at diverting attention from alleged torture and CIA deception.
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