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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 2004
Page
3
The Baytown Sun urges clean celebration with Project Graduation funds and safe, drug free nights. A Crosby High grad and a soldier saved a man from bee attack, earning praise. Young readers James and Carol exceed reading goals, Baytown’s Josh Ford earns national baseball honors, and lingering campaign signs prompt removal reminders. Readers are invited to submit cheers and jeers.
The Baytown Sun invites public discussion with its editorial board which meets weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. Visit or arrange a meeting by contacting Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8392. board members include Wanda Gamer Cash, David Bloom, Joseph Lohan, Dee Anne Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
The Baytown Sun accepts unsigned requests for publication submissions and editorial pieces. Writers may submit up to 300 word letters or 500 word guest columns on public interest topics with a signed address and phone number not for publication. Submissions should be sent to Wanda Gamer Cash or David Bloom at The Baytown Sun or via fax or email.
Polls show growing public doubt about the Iraq war and rising belief Kerry could manage Iraq better than Bush. The article notes Kerry's Seattle speech and Bush's Army War College address, while highlighting Iraqi Governing Council figures and Sistani's influence as key to sustaining US-led stability.
May 31 marks Memorial Day with notable past events including the Johnstown dam disaster of 1889, Haydn's death in 1809, Whitman's birth in 1819, and the 1913 17th Amendment's effect. Other entries recall the 1962 Eichmann hanging, 1977 Trans-Alaska pipeline completion, Wright's resignation in 1989, and peace talks in Angola in 1991.
A compiled list of local officials and their contact numbers across Baytown and Goose Creek areas. Includes district clerks, district attorneys, judges, treasurers, attorneys, clerks, mayors, city managers, councilors, school district trustees, and college board members with phone lines and addresses where provided.
Highlights include 1950 Brinson Theater listings for Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town, 1975 delay in former Liberty County Sheriff Sonny Applebe’s trial, 1990 Baytown 6 cinema screening of Pretty Woman, and 2003 Keep Texas Beautiful naming Baytown with a Government Award and a Citation of Merit for beautification efforts. Election data show May 4 turnout of 4,893 with 1,114 early votes and 2,210 total ballots. The Sun 2000 feature praised Baytown Lee High School Brigadiers as the nation’s only all female drum and bugle corps aiming for the Rose Bowl parade.
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