Baytown urged to bid for USS Texas battleship berthing
Letters to the editor urge Baytown to pursue the USS Texas battleship berthing at Bayland Island. Citizens, businesses, the City Council, and regional leaders are asked to pledge funds via a Battleship Foundation bid effort, with Phase One securing the bid and Phase Two housing the ship as a museum site.
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Annual Special Olympics tournament a success again
The Baytown Bowling Association and the Special Olympics committee thank all who aided the 25th annual tourney. Mayor Brandon Capetillo opened the event. a moment of silence honored founder Hattie Brockelman. Volunteers from Acadian EMS, photographers, and many board members and donors supported linage and awards, raising 836.60 plus 200 from outside donors. See you next year.
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Special Olympics Committee
Brandon Capetillo
Hattie Brockelman
Eric Strickland
Acadian Ems
Mike
Craig
Lana
Peggy Ramsey
Kitty Yaw
Emil
Eric Vaughn
Ed Damsel
Blake
Vickie Harvey
Gary Beatty
Global warming and our duty to act now
The piece asserts that global warming is real and accelerating, with warming in unexpected regions. It urges immediate action to protect future generations and the only planet with life in our galaxy, warning that inaction risks destroying Earth.
Lee College staffer wins regional board staff award
Leslie Gallagher executive assistant to the Lee College president earned the Western Region Board Professional Staff Member Award from the Association of Community College Trustees in San Francisco with seven regents in attendance. The recipient, praised for leadership, organization, and student focus, recently earned a Bachelor’s in Business and Human Resource Management.
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Cemetery Pilgrimage on the Road Returns to Bay City and Sweeny
Jim Finley recounts a personal road trip visiting grave sites in Matagorda County including Gigi J.P. and Nannie Bill, with lunch at The Bulldog Café in Sweeny. He recalls old Bay City homes, friends Peggy Ellis and Randy Lynch, and memories from family life and local ties, describing the day as wonderful and reflective.
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Scott
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Darla Williams
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Chevrolet Motor Car Co Founded in Detroit 1911
On this date in 1911 Louis Chevrolet and William C Durant founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in Detroit. The firm later became part of General Motors in 1918. In 1960 Meredith Willson’s The Unsinkable Molly Brown opened on Broadway.
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Molly Brown
Tammy Grimes In The Title Role Today In History
The note recalls Lyndon B. Johnsons 1964 victory over Barry Goldwater to secure a full White House term. Also cited is a Thought for Today about authenticity and self-midelity from Sylvia Ashton-Warner, a New Zealand author and educator (1908 1984).
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
White House
Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner
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