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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 2007
Page
1
The Kiwanis Club of Baytown closes its annual apple sale after 6 p.m. at Conn's on Garth Road. Proceeds fund the club's community service work. Apples offered include Red Delicious Gala and Granny Smith with pricing by case, half, and quarter, starting at 10 a.m.
ExxonMobil Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant will conduct a safety drill from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. at 13330 Hatcherville Road. Sirens may be heard and emergency vehicles may be seen, but traffic should not be affected and residents should not be alarmed.
Obituaries list 12 names including Sandra Korisha Figaro Henry Vincent Kluch Stella Mae Dumas Oliver Merrick Jr James Troy Shuttlesworth and Andrew Winn. The brief memorials acknowledge each individual by name with hometowns and dates not provided.
Sunny breezy conditions with a shower risk described for the day. In calendar notes a crossword puzzle is listed beneath the weather section. The page also includes a death notice on page 6B.
In Baytown a Veterans Day ceremony honored current and former service members with Allas Moore, 84, wearing a Pearl Harbor Survivors hat. He spoke of his Navy service in 1941 and his grandson Wayne Hart, a Marine stationed in Iraq on his second tour. State Rep Wayne Smith, a Vietnam veteran, spoke in the rain about sacrifices and recognition.
Baytown Chamber of Commerce will host its 15th Public Safety Recognition Dinner on Tuesday to honor officers deputies firefighters and paramedics of the year. Nominees for 2007 include police detectives and EMS personnel from Baytown departments. See Chamber Page 3A.
A year after Baytown voters approved a citywide smoking ban bars report steep sales declines. Owners from Shady O Grady’s to L B’s Tavern describe 30 to 50 percent drops, with Barracuda Beach Club closing after Labor Day citing enforcement and tickets. Some patrons migrate off premises, while others cross the bridge to Crosby.
In January 2006 the Smoke Free Baytown Coalition led a campaign to ban public smoking. The effort includes San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and major health groups such as the American Cancer Society American Heart Association and American Lung Association along with Baytown medical and religious partners.
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