Bay Area Heart Walk Executive Challenge Call to Join
Executive leaders in Baytown are urged to raise 1000 each for the 2014 Bay Area Heart Walk. The goal is 25 participants to raise 25000 with gala recognition and leadership tent presence. Chair Donna Gates and local leaders invite participation via Natalie Ainsworth at 281-642-6264 or heart.org. The walk is on November 1 at the Kemah Boardwalk from 7 to 9 am.
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Baytown Area
Bay Area
American Heart Association
Baytown Sun
Donna Gates
Houston Methodist
San Jacinto Hospital
Daryl Fontenot
Janie Gray
Jeff Thies
Natalie Ainsworth
Natalie.ainsworth
Heart.org
Kemah Boardwalk
Bayareaheartwalk.org
Houston mayor accused of abusing power over pastors
A reader letter denounces Mayor Annise Parker for subpoenaing sermons from five Houston pastors. It accuses the mayor of silencing religious speech and violating the First Amendment while urging direct engagement with church members and sermons.
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Houston
Annise Parker
FYI
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Today in History highlights from Oct 23 events
On this date in history several major events occurred including the 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf beginning a decisive Allied victory in World War II and the 1864 Battle of Westport in Missouri. Other items cover women marching for voting rights in 1915, mobster Dutch Schultz’s 1935 shooting, 1983 Beirut airport deaths, and 1989 Texas chemical plant explosion. Marcus Aurelius quote closes the note.
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Leyte Gulf
Samuel R. Curtis
Sterling Price
Westport
Missouri
New York City
Dutch Schultz
Palace Chophouse
Newark
New Jersey
U.S
Beirut International
Lebanon
Phillips Petroleum
Pasadena
Texas
Barack Obama
Marcus Aurelius
Burnet and Burnet graves marked after 148 years
Jane Howard Lee details how Col William Burnet, son of Texas statesman David G Burnet, died at Spanish Fort Alabama in 1865. He notes a Baytown man W C Smith helped secure a Confederate marker decades after the war, ending long neglect of the grave and highlighting local efforts to honor Confederate service.
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Burnet
Texas
David G. Burnet
Mexico
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
San Jacinto
Republic of Texas
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Houston
Republic
United States
Hannah
Baytown
William Estey Burnet
Spanish Fort
Alabama
William
U.S. Calvary
Hannah Burnet
Galveston
Col
William Burnet
Mobile
Lee
Col. Burnet
Smith
U.S. Veterans’ Administration
Jean Shepherd
H.F. Marston
Magnolia Cemetery
W.C
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Brenda Burr
Gregg Sanford
April Jones
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtson
David Bloom
Tony Polumbe
Newsroom
the Sun
Sun
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Sen Bradlee Pal
Jane Howard Lee
Viewpoints
Baytownsun. Com
Jane Lee
Jane Howard
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