Baytown Thanksgiving dinner draws hundreds for annual event
The Baytown Community Alliance hosts the Friends Serving Friends Thanksgiving meal at the Baytown Community Center from 1 to 2 PM, with hundreds of residents and volunteers sharing turkey, dressing, and sides. Andrew Vidal of Houston attended with 16 relatives from Pasadena and Houston, praising the atmosphere and food. The 17th yearly event serves up to 5000 meals, funded by volunteers and donations, and offers free meals with home delivery to the needy.
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Vidal
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Baytown man sails coast to fund art gallery venture
Baytown artist Don Currie began a coastwise fundraising journey on Veterans Day to raise money for Ken Pridgeon’s Portrait of a Fallen Warrior Memorial Art Gallery. He seeks donors with unused boats to sell locally as crucial support for relocation to a larger space, with Rockport as his temporary base.
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Baytown
Don Currie
Par- Currie
Ken Pridgeon
Currie
AKA celebrates 25 years at gala
Alpha Kappa Alpha Baytown chapter marks 25 years of service with a Pink Tie Gala at Brady's Landing Houston. The event honors Rho Omicron Omega's 1988 Baytown founding, features a 7 30 p.m. buffet, music, a mystery dinner show, and presentations to scholarship recipients and community leaders. See Gala page 3A.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Baytown
Brady's Landing
Houston
Cypress St
Aka’s
Rho Omicron Omega
Highlands archaeologist unearths history at battle site
Highlands native Gary Wiggins, a long time archaeologist, works with Moore Archaeological Consulting digging at the Battle of San Jacinto site. His 40 years of metal detecting and excavation yield rare finds, including musket balls and bone fragments, offering a tangible link to the event.
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Gary Wiggins
San Jacinto
Wiggins
Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc
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