Baytown veteran family honors WWII POW father
Colleen Morgan, now 70, attended Veterans Day rites with her husband and other servicemembers to honor her father Tranvil Tallent, a WWII Army soldier and POW later seen in photos with his daughter. Retired Col. Kevin Troller shared the images as the community remembers veterans.
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Colleen Morgan
Baytown
Tranvil Tallent
Germany
Tallent
Bicentennial Park
Morgan
Kevin Troller
Man's voyage to fund new Portrait of a Fallen Warrior gallery
Don Currie, a 64 year old Vietnam veteran, prepares his boat Spirit of a Fallen Warrior for a fundraising voyage along the Texas coast from Baytown to Brownsville. He aims to move the Portrait of a Fallen Warrior Memorial Art Gallery to a larger space on Texas Avenue. Currie calls Bayland Marina home and envisions the voyage as inspiration for supporters.
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Bayland Marina
Don Currie
Currie
Texas
Baytown
Brownsville
Texas Avenue
Spirit
Ken
Dauber” Pridgeon
FM 565 extension open house hosted by TxDOT and vendors
Texas Department of Transportation and Enterprise Products host an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Mont Belvieu Senior Center to explain plans for extending FM 565 to intersect Highway 146. The project adds a traffic light at 565 146 and turn lanes, keeping two lanes and closing the southern Loop 207 segment while preserving access to Higgins and Williams Streets.
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Texas Department of Transportation and Enterprise Products
Mont Belvieu
Eagle Drive
State Highway Department
Higgins Street
Williams Street
Sarah Dupre
Beaumont
Txdot
Dupre
Job fair pairing VFW Post with Bay Area Homeless Services
The VFW Post 913 and Bay Area Homeless Services host a Baytown job fair at the VFW Hall 8204 N. Main from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Employers include Home Depot Starbucks Simps Walmart Distribution Bay Area Homeless Services Mary Kay Royal Purple Raceway and Lee College with five additional locally approved firms.
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VFW
Bay Area Homeless Services
Baytown Area
N. Main
Home Depot
Starbucks Coffee
Simps
Walmart Distribution
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Royal Purple Raceway
Lee College
Fall Thanksgiving Community Concert by LOVE Inc at Cedar Bayou
Love in the Name of Christ hosts a 5 p.m. Sunday Fall Thanksgiving Community Concert at Cedar Bayou Baptist Church 3116 N Alexander Dr. The event features soloists a duet and choirs from LOVE Inc partner churches and includes donations to families in need.
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Love In the Name of Christ
Love Inc
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
N. Alexander Drive
Sterling Swing Choir
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