Navy Honors Baytown Grads In Iwo Jima Deployment
Navy updates from Baytown and League City note Petty Officer Third Class Ralph W Linkenhoker returned after an eight month deployment aboard USS Iwo Jima. He participated in Marine and Sailor insertions into Traq and Monrovia to aid West African humanitarian efforts. Also, Ensign Michael R Webb, a Katy High School graduate, received his commission after OCS in Pensacola and Navy core values training.
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Traq
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Clear Creek High School
League City
Michael R. Webb
Karen A
Ronald E. Webb
Texas
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Naval Aviation Schools Command
Pensacola
Fla
Webb
OCS
Katy High School
Katy
Marine Corps Captain Bonds Deploys Aboard USS Iwo Jima
Marine Corps Captain J Aaron Bonds son of Carol Westbrook and Johnny Bonds deployed aboard the USS Iwo Jima with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit, part of the Amphibious Ready Group at Camp Lejeune, includes over 2,000 personnel and trains for rapid expeditionary operations. The deployment with Atlantic Fleet sailors and Marines included training and real world operations in Africa and Liberia. Bonds, a 1989 Lewisville High School graduate, joined the Marine Corps in January 1991.
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Carol Westbrook
Lewisville
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Crosby
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Baytown Nature Center Bird and Wildlife Guide
The Baytown Nature Center Journal, submitted by Dwayne Litteer and Ron Ummel, updates readers on birds and animals spotted at the Baytown Nature Center. Birds listed include loons, grebes, herons, egrets, ibises, ducks, loons, raptors, shorebirds, pigeons, wrens, thrashers, jays, starlings, sparrows, and cardinals among others. The weekly guide appears in The Baytown Sun on Tuesdays.
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Baytown Nature Center
Dwayne Litteer
Ron Ummel
Baytown
Dwayne
Birds and Local Center Noted Along Trail Route
Phoebe sightings occur along the trail while Black crowned night herons resume nesting at the BNC. A common loon swims past the Crystal Bay shore. The Center sits on W Shreck Avenue off Bayway Drive.
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Weekly Community Calendar Highlights in Baytown Area
Tuesday activities span Storytime at Sterling Library for young children with Miss Lisa, plus senior talks by Alicia Strogen on estuarine systems at Lee College. Also listed are diabetes and FFA meetings, veterans ceremony, chamber luncheon, scrapbooking, Lions Club, Bible study, quilting, bridge, GED classes, children's programs at Crosby Library, family history access, Baytown Senior Center, NAMI Bay Area, and West Baytown Civic Association events with contact numbers.
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Atul Sachdev
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Garth Road
Roland Altinger
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East Road
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Remington Park
W. Baker Road
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
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Hare Road
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First Presbyterian Church
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Nami Bay Area
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
National Alliance For the Mentally Ill
Nami Texas
Civic Association
West Baytown
Weather Watch A warm trend for Texas with scattered showers
Clouds linger over most of Texas as highs reach 70s to 80s on Tuesday. Rain chances rise to 30 percent by Wednesday with cooler temperatures in the Panhandle and West Texas. North and Central Texas see humid 70s Tuesday and a 20 percent rain chance Wednesday. Sunrise and sunset times noted. tidal data included for Point Barrow and Trinity Bay.
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BAYTOWN SUN DELIVERY DETAILS AND CONTACT
Baytown Sun readers are advised the paper should arrive by 6 a.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. on Sundays. If undelivered by those times, call 425-8048 by 10 a.m. for re-delivery.
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Obituaries and notices from Baytown Sun page 8B
Deaths listed for Robert Whitesides and Martha Lindsey with pending notice for Ruby Thompson. Editor invites readers to submit interesting hobby stories or fame moments to The Baytown Sun, with contact details for submissions and photo options.
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Robert Lafayette Whitesides
Martha Lucille Lindsey
Ruby Clytoe
Claudia” Thompson
Veterans Day ceremony planned at Remington Park Courtyard
Seniors are invited to a Veterans Day ceremony at the Remington Park Assisted Living Courtyard at 10am. A noted Al Capp quotation about parenting adds a reflective touch to the observance.
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Remington Park
Verse 4 Peter 3:12 About God’s watchful ears
A biblical verse notes that the eyes of the Lord watch the righteous and his ears listen to their prayers, while his face is against those who do evil. The quotation from 4 Peter 3 12 reflects a moral warning.
Corrections Policy For The Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun outlines a policy to correct errors promptly and publish clarifications. Readers may contact Sun managing editor David Bloom at 281 425 8016 or email david.bloom baytownsun.com for inquiries.
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