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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 2003
Page
4
Baytown Health Department Neighborhood Protection hosts the third annual City of Baytown Recycles Day at Lowe's Warehouse on Garth Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Residents recycle tires batteries antifreeze newspapers and magazines while raising awareness of year round conservation.
Health Department hosts a recycling event at Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse on Garth Road from 9 am to 3 pm Friday and Saturday. Residents may drop off oil, oil filters, antifreeze, tires, automotive batteries, and papers, with emphasis on the Four Rs reduce reuse recycle rebuy to conserve resources and save landfill space.
The Dallas Morning News notes Austin retreated from a smoking ban while Houston approved expanded light rail with nearly 30 miles planned in Harris County. Downtown Houston thrives with lofts and shops as mass transit grows, contrasting Austin’s stance and hinting at broader state shifts.
The Baytown Sun invites letters and guest columns on public issues with word limits up to 300 for letters and 500 for guest pieces. Submissions must be original, signed, include contact details, and may be edited or refused.
Dalty Lundy of Baytown praises the school board for pursuing a long term fix to classroom overcrowding. She supports financing a new high school rather than a short term Band-Aid and asks how to volunteer.
Saundra Smith argues for higher pay and better working conditions for teachers, criticizing testing pressures, paperwork, and unpaid overtime. She urges society to value certified educators, reduce stress, and improve teaching quality while noting her own departure from the profession in 2000.
On November 12 1942 Guadalcanal began a decisive naval battle with a US victory over Japan. Stalin became sole ruler of the Soviet Union in 1927. Tojo and other leaders were sentenced to death in 1948. A year ago an audiotaped message claimed to be Osama bin Laden praised Bali and Moscow attacks and warned the West over Iraq.
In 1978 a petition signed by 2380 Baytown residents urged a city charter amendment election with tax limits of six tenths of one percent of market values and tax increases capped at ten percent yearly. In 1993 Baytown Police Chief Shaffer urged more officers and citizen involvement to curb crime. Kreuzer sought to buy semiautomatic rifles and grenade launchers for the sheriff's department, but the request was denied by the Commissioners Court.
The Sun reprints Galveston editorial accusing State Board of Education members of forcing publishers to inject religious and political bias into science texts. Critics say the dispute centers on selective science and censorship, with defenders of the status quo resisting removal of fictitious drawings by Ernst Haeckel.
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