Caretta the Top Turtle Caretta the Top Turtle
Caretta the Top Turtle is a illustrated hardback from Top Turtle Press 2007 for ages 8 to 12. It follows Caretta a loggerhead who escapes a cramped shell, faces dangers from crabs to undertow, and returns years later to lay 120 eggs on her birth beach before returning to sea. The book includes turtle facts and a glossary.
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Glenn, Gloria
Caretta
Joanna Ritchie Britt
John Moises Webb
Mebane
Top Turtle Press
Oceanside
U.S
Dixie Gypsies opens shop in Baytown for unique gifts
Dixie Gypsies, born from Hite's old clientele, now serves Baytown with online and wholesale options. Regular customer Olga Estrada notes the shop offers distinctive gifts not seen daily, with hours six days a week near Pruett and Park Street. Contact 281-427-1890 for hours.
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Etsy.com
Houston
Hite
Baytown
Olga Estrada
Dixie Gypsies
Pruett
Park Street
Gifts honor donors at Sterling Municipal Library
Gifts honored several donors over recent weeks as memorials and book donations added titles to the library. Notable contributions included MEMORIALS Nowyta Badgley and works by Ann Simpson Hilborn and Carolyn Simpson Portis such as The Dolly Mama Beads The Sustainable Vegetable Garden Treasures of Alaska and Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights. Dr Kenneth W Bartz contributed Starfinder and The Best American Science Writing 2010 from Carl and Amy Currie. Pat Berry provided Children's Portrait Photography Handbook from Jimmie Lee Hill Alan Bond and his family supported Texas, a Modern History. Cecil Bobbitt donated to the Adult Literacy program.
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Nowyta Badgley
Alaska
Miss Dahl
Ann Simpson
Hilborn
Carolyn Simpson Portis
Kenneth W. Bartz
Carl and
Amy Currie
Pat Berry
Jimmie Lee Hill
Alan Bond
Texas
Cecil Bobbitt
Library Memorials Program Highlights New Titles
Claire Sinclair Erlene Casey present Painting the Impressionist Landscape. Suzy Wood and Larry Wood showcase an archaeology tale Beneath the Sands of Egypt. Dr and Mrs Louis Hughes feature Time Visions of the 60s. Kitty Ocker offers The Last Stand on Custer and Little Bighorn. Various authors include works by Jo Hinkle, Jennifer Muldrow, Cedar Bayou Garden Club, and Gander Gabbers.
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Claire Sinclair
Erlene Casey
Suzy and
Larry Wood
Claude Cunningham
Egypt
Louis Hughes
Abigail
John Adams
Kitty Ocker
Bill Hinkle
Bodie
Rick King
Jo Hinkle
Gerard J. Jansen
Jennifer Muldrow
Johnnie Jennings
Cedar Bayou
Louise McCall
Carl and
Amy Currie Haskell
Roberta Pruett
Dolores Riddick
Gcgs
Gander Gabbers
Robert Roberts
Pamela Medellin
Jane Stewart
Cleopatra
Elizabeth Stone
Gayle Cooling
Clarence (Allen
Tomlinson
Honorariums for Garden Club program at Country Club Oaks
Joe Floyd receives an honorarium in appreciation for the Designing with Succulents program hosted by the Country Club Oaks Garden Club. The note credits Floyd for his contribution to the club’s educational effort and community garden outreach.
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Joe Floyd
Country Club
Oaks Garden Club
Reunion plans honor 1941 42 Baytown classmates
Exxon engineer J C Weisinger and ex Houston mayor Robert Lanier sparked a 70th anniversary reunion for the 1941 and 1942 Baytown area class. Organizers include Gertrude Teter and a planning group with Sue Hughey Williams, Robert Floyd, Maggie Chappell, and others. Wanda Orton is noted as a former Baytown Sun editor.
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Exxon
J.C. Weisinger
Houston
Robert Lanier
Lanier
Weisinger
Gertrude Teter
Sue Clay Hughey Williams
Robert and Aletta Floyd
Maggie Stone Chappell
Ernestine Moore Bright
Dorothy Tavary St. John
Annie Mae Johnson Mu
Golden wedding anniversary reflections from Jim Finley
Jim Finley recalling his Oct living memory of his 50th anniversary with Margie. He notes best man Carl Broderhausen and Mack Orr both died, one in youth, the other in a plane crash. He describes the green 1955 Chevy prank and a back route through West Columbia amid school traffic. He praises a long, happy marriage and reflection on life and family.
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Carl Broderhausen
Mack Orr
Carl
Mack
Confederate Air Force
Margie
Houston
Annie
Michael E
West Columbia
Moscow
Michael
Jim Finley
The
Baytown Sun
Embrace Risk and Adventure in the Uncomfortable Zone
Whatley advises becoming comfortable with risk and doing things for their own sake. He urges letting go of attachment to outcomes and accepting unniceness of unpredictable results. The writer recalls preferring safety, then thrills at unknowns, craving excitement despite anxiety and stomach flips.
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Lowing
Sterling student attends theater workshop at SFA
Sterling High School student Stephen Davis joined 36 peers from across Texas for the Stephen F. Austin State University High School Summer Theatre Workshop in Nacogdoches. The two week camp featured Prof. Allen Oster as director with participants from Port Neches Port Lavaca Chireno Buffalo League City and other communities.
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Sterling
SFA
Sterling High School
Stephen Davis
Stephen F. Austin State University High School
Nacogdoches
Allen Oster
Matthew J. Talton
Port Neches
Jessy Perez
Buffalo
Samantha Rupley
Port Lavaca
Autumn Reeves
Chireno
Katie Roach
League City
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Ted
Becky
Galveston
Barta
Asaniversary
Vera Janacek
Leo Barta Jr
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Schulenburg, Texas
Balthasar Janacek
Terri Hotchkiss
Sammy Hotchkiss
Tammie Barta
Ryan Hotchkiss
Tiffany Hotchkiss
Heather Hotchkiss
Leo
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Houston Police Department
Sonny's Drive Inn
Vera
Barta Electric
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Humble Oil & Refining Co
ExxonMobil
Tom Brokaw
Finley
Whatley
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