Register to vote and cast your ballot on Nov 8
Our view urges readers to register before the Tuesday deadline and vote on November 8. It highlights registration options with DPS, county offices, and online tools, notes the evolving voter ID rules, and stresses the importance of participating in both national and local elections.
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Catalyst of community change United Way drive urged by cabinet member
Letter to the editor from Tom Sessions, a 2016 2017 United Way of Greater Baytown Area and Chambers County Campaign Cabinet member, promoting donations as a catalyst for community change. He highlights local governance of funds and impact areas education income and health, urging continued support to keep resources in the community.
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Readers say they started Christmas shopping early
Baytown Sun survey shows 23.7 percent of readers already shopping for Christmas while most feel it is too soon. The week’s question asks if the new traffic signal control on Garth Road has improved traffic conditions. Respond at baytownsun.com.
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Baytown Budget of 1947 Highlights Consolidation Era
City Manager Bill N Taylor prepared the first budget for the Tri Cities merger of Pelly Goose Creek and Baytown for 1947 48. The document lists salaries for mayor six officials the police and fire chiefs and other staff while praising Taylors consolidation work and noting his prominence in municipal circles.
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Theiss Finley misdialed David Bloom number mix up
A humorous column recounts Carl Theiss asking for Sun editor contact, misdialing a 425 instead of 424 prefix. Carl calls three times, ends up at a metal shop with a David but not Bloom, highlighting odd odds and Finley’s long friendship and career at The Sun.
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On This Date In History Through 1888 1946 1958
Highlights mark public access to the Washington Monument in 1888, Eugene O Neill drama The Iceman Cometh opens in 1946, Pope Pius XII dies in 1958 ending a 19 year papacy, a 1995 Sunset Limited derail near Arizona after track sabotage with one fatality and about 80 injured, unsolved case. In 2009 Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize and 2009 Google buys YouTube for 1.65 billion. Thought for Today quotes Clare Boothe Luce.
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