Eddy Arnold Dead. Tennessee Plowboy Leaves a Milestone
Public reminiscence of Eddy Arnold, famed country baritone with 146 charting songs including 28 No 1 hits. He died days before his 90th birthday, once managed by Col Tom Parker, linking him to Elvis Presley and a storied era of radio and TV. The author reflects on memory and life’s brevity amid this passing.
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Elvis Presley
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Old Jimbo
San Jacinto Hospital honors May DAISY Award winner Lana King
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital names Lana King RN of the Skilled Nursing Unit as May DAISY Award recipient for outstanding clinical skill and going above beyond for patients and staff. The DAISY Foundation honors super-human nursing efforts, with Community Resource Credit Union as sponsor. For details call 281-420-8600.
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Marilyn Bird
May
Lana King
Laurie Terry
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Loida Guillen
Lana
Daisy
Daisy Foundation
Community Resource Credit Union
Glen Ellen
J. Patrick Barnes
Patrick
Sterling Library Receives American Dream Literacy Grant
Sterling Municipal Library is among 34 libraries awarded a 5000 dollar one time grant funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and implemented by the ALA to expand literacy services for adult English language learners. The library plans Rosetta Stone licenses for up to 14 simultaneous users and new Citizenship materials.
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Sterling Municipal Library
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
ALA
Katherine Brown
Rick Dreiling
Dollar General
Community calendar items and local events listed for Baytown area
Baytown Little Theater presents Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes at 8 p.m. today and Saturday with reservations via 281 424 7617 or baytownlittletheater.org. Baytown Shrine Club hosts Bayou Bowl Golf Tournament. Mont Belvieu Library Story Time at 10 30 a.m. Highlands Community Center hosts Pick and Grin dance for seniors at 12 30 p.m. Intermediate line dancing 8 30 a.m. beginners 9 45 a.m. at Highlands Community Center. Precinct2gether 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at J D Walker Community Center. Baytown Art League video painting set. Robert E Lee Class of 1998 ten year reunion June 14 at Brady's Landing Houston reception 7 p.m. buffet dancing 8 p.m. Senior Citizen Bridge Fridays at noon Baytown Community Center. TOPS meets 10 a.m. Crosby Community Center nutrition tips. Story Time toddlers 10 30 a.m. West Coast cost per person 91 credit card, 88 cash or check. Reunion info at May 31, class page and emails provided. Chambers Branch Library and Sterling Library offer computer classes 10 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. Go Getters meet 1 5 p.m. Lone Star Room at Community Center. 281 837 8801.
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J.D. Walker
Robert E. Lee
Brady’s Landing
Houston
Senior Citizen Bridge
Baytown Community Center
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Crosby Community Center
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Myspace
Kristina Warren Smith
Benefit for Eunice Rodriguez at Second Baptist Church
A Saturday benefit 11 am to 3 pm at 500 E James Baytown for Eunice Rodriguez to fund her first album Sobrevivir. Tickets are 10 dollars and include live entertainment barbecue and silent auction with church bands. Call 832-597-5799 for details.
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Baytown
Eunice Rodriguez
Second Baptist Church
E. James
Rodriguez
May 30 in history highlights spanning arches and space
On May 30 in history events include the interment of unidentified service members at Arlington in 1958, Joan of Arc's execution in 1431, Nebraska and Kansas established in 1854, a Brooklyn Bridge stampede in 1883, Mel Blanc's birth in 1908, Indianapolis auto race debut in 1911, Lincoln Memorial dedication in 1922, Mariner 9 launch in 1971, a 1990s tornado in Spencer South Carolina, and recent world tour/Guantanamo incidents.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Joan of Arc
Rouen
France
Nebraska
Kansas
Brooklyn
Mel Blanc
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Ray Harroun
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Harding
William Howard Taft
Robert Todd Lincoln
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mars
Spencer
S.C
Bush
Europe
Middle East
Guantanamo Bay Prison
Baytown History Snapshots Span 1937 to 2000
A sequence of Baytown milestones includes construction of a $10,000 theater in Pelly in 1937, 1949 political standoff over a unified Germany, 1953 Baytown Lee High School diplomas for 300, 1975 Baytown Odyssey 2000 projections, 1989 senior taxi program income guidelines, 2000 Memorial Day speeches by Mayor Alfaro and Maj. Gen. Bailey II, hurricane workshop questions from last year, plus quotes from Mark Van Doren and a biblical maxim about giving.
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Pelly
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Germany
Lee High School
Baytown
Pete Alfaro
John H. Bailey II
Bicentennial Park
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