Focus Group Fame Fails to Reach Houston Reader
In a first person account, a Houston man recounts being invited by Frank Luntz’s polling firm to join a focus group with promises of $100 pay. After completing a survey, months pass without reply, leaving him crestfallen and wondering what turned off the pollster.
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Frank Luntz
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Pelican
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Houston
Baytown Sun
Gallup
Olivia Newton-John Still Hopeful For Missing Boyfriend
Olivia Newton-John said on Good Morning America she hopes Patrick Kim McDermott returns, noting the 48-year-old vanished June 30 after an overnight fishing trip off California. The Coast Guard is treating it as a missing person case amid speculation and financial/legal disputes surrounding McDermott.
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Olivia Newton-John
Newton-John
ABC
Good Morning America
Patrick Kim McDermott
California
Coast Guard
McDermott
Yvette Nipar
John Travolta
Today in History highlights notable events Oct 11
This date marks several historical milestones from 1779 the death of Casimir Pulaski in Savannah during the American Revolution to 1811 the Juliana steam ferry between New York and Hoboken. Other items include Vatican II opening in 1962 Apollo 7 launch in 1968 and Kathy Sullivan spacewalk in 1984.
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Casimir Pulaski
Savannah
Juliana
New York City
Hoboken
N.J
Cape Esperance
Solomons
John XXIII
Wally Schirra
Dona Fulton Eisele
R. Walter Cunningham
Kathy Sullivan
Baytown Community Calendar Highlights Local Meetings
The Baytown area hosts multiple weekly gatherings including Lions Club at noon at Golden Corral, genealogy society at 10 a.m. at BGS Library, pilot night at Mont Belvieu Senior Center, gospel night at Highlands Center, and diabetes and NAMI meetings. Calls for details list several contacts and addresses.
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Lions Club
Baytown Lions Club
Golden Corral
Garth Road
Genealogy Society
Baytown Genealogy Society
BGS
Decker Drive
Herberta Mask
West Chambers County
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
NAMI
National Alliance For the Mentally Ill
Nami Texas
Civic Association
West Baytown Civic Association
Iglesia Betes
Kentucky
Fred Aguilar
Southwest Subdivision
Anthea
Llofpasadena
Lalecheleague.org
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Crosby Democrats
Crosby Area
Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
Crosby
West Baytown Inc
Iglesia Bautista Betel
Baytown
Baytown Community Center
Market St
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
Nick
Elaine
King's Table
Memorial Assembly of God
Duplicate Bridge Club
Remington Park
W. Baker Road
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Baytown Sun requests reader submissions and prints corrections
The Baytown Sun invites readers to share photos and fascination stories with contact details for publication. It notes corrections policy, including a Page 1a name error for Barbara Henry's Frame Shop and a Page 7 RSS football game location error. It specifies Stallworth stadium for Sterling game and provides editor contact information for inquiries.
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the Sun
David
Bloom
Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Memorial Drive
Baytown
Texas
Baytownsun
Barbara Henry
RSS
Sterling
Stallworth Stadium
David.bloom
Baytownsun.com
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