Great and small creatures captivate a Baytown mother
Eleska Aubespin recalls teaching her three daughters Layla Benaya and Amara to respect wildlife at the Baytown Nature Center during a weekend Nurture Nature Festival. The family handled reptiles birds and insects under supervision while reflecting on wildlife preservation and growing real estate pressures on natural spaces.
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Bayway Drive
Letters to the Editor Share Gratitude and Voting Insight
A Baytown letter from Stewart Wooten expresses thanks to Emily for an uplifting article about resilience during his granddaughter Hannah Harpster’s brain tumor ordeal. Another Baytown reader, Trudy Nuce, credits Mark Fleming’s Vote National but Local Too with inspiring her to vote rather than flip a coin.
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Hannah Harpster
Trudy Nuce
Baytown
No More Political Ads and Sandy Aftermath Reflections
Wednesday morning deadline notes and post election musings. Chris Buckner, Baytown native and disaster planning pro, reflects on campaign fatigue, FTC No Call List limits, election timing, and Hurricane Sandy aftermath from experience with power shortages and fuel lines.
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Houston Public Works Department
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On This Day Historic Highlights from 1805 to 1994
Today in history notes William Clark sighting the Pacific near 1805, Lenin's 1917 Bolshevik seizure, WXYC 1994 first online simulcast, and 2000 U S presidential election suspense. Births include Curie Trotsky Camus Graham Sutherland Mitchell Petraeus Rankin. Magic Johnson HIV 1991 retirement noted. Rankin Montana congresswoman 1916 and 1940 elections highlighted.
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Alexander Kerensky
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George W. Bush
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Marie Curie
Leon Trotsky
Albert Camus
Billy Graham
Joan Sutherland
Joni Mitchell
David Petraeus
CLA
Keith Lockhart
Yunjin Kim
Magic Johnson
NBA
Jeannette Rankin
Congress
Montana
House of Representatives
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Gayle Herrera
Adam Vanelli
Todd Hreem
Albert Villegas
Emily Macrander
Jane Howard Lee
Mark Fleming
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengston
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