Favorite books from childhood and teen years recalled
Former Sun reporter Jean Froneberger grew up near Junction and attended a two room school with 18 students. She recalls Will James westerns and Smoky the Cowhorse, Heidi, Caddie Woodlawn, the Flicka trilogy, and a memorable line from Thunderhead. Retired librarian Lois Snead names A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Gone With the Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird as favorites.
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Sun
Jean Froneberger
Junction
Jean
Will James
Smoky
Cowhorse
Heidi
Switzerland
Europe
Alps
Caddie Woodlawn
Carol Ryrie Brink
Caddie
Wisconsin
Texas
Mary O’hara
Flicka
Wyoming
Thunderhead
Lois Snead
Brooklyn
Scarlett
Bands prepare for area round in Texas region contest
Baytown high school bands from Robert E. Lee and Ross S. Sterling advance from Region XIII L marching contest at Little Cypress Mauriceville High School to Area in Galena Park. They earned first divisions and eye a Top 10 finish to reach finals, then aim for state at the Alamodome.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee
Ross S. Sterling
Little Cypress
Mauriceville High School
Orange
Galena Park
Alamodome
AHS band makes UIL marching history at contest
The Anahuac High School Band earned first division ratings from all three judges at the Region 10 UIL Marching Contest at Little Cypress Mauriceville High School. It marks the first unanimous first division for AHS in 28 years and the first UIL marching contest since 2001. Among 19 competing 2A and 3A bands, AHS was one of three to receive superior ratings. The band next performs at the Sulphur Marching Festival in Sulphur Louisiana on Saturday November 4.
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Anahuac
Little Cypress-Mauriceville HS
AHS
Sulphur
Goose Creek Students Reach All-Region Choir Honors
A total of 104 Goose Creek CISD students from high and junior schools were named to the All-Region Choir. Eighty high school students earned spots after auditions at Nederland High on Sept 30, with a performance set for Nov 11 at NHS. The roster features Robert E Lee and Sterling High School singers across sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses, plus 24 junior school students selected from Region X contest in Beaumont with concerts slated for Nov 18 at Pine Forest Baptist Church.
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Goose Creek High School
Gccisd
Nederland High School
NHS
Robert E. Lee High School
Betty Macias
Lauren Pahos
Michelle Pardo
Karina Sanchez
Lauren Blucher
Amanda Cormier
Christina Gonzales
Elizabeth Chapa
Karleean Greene
Lee
Shannon Watkins
Sam Estrada
Michael Linaweaver
Jorge Lozoya
Aaron Larson
Cesar Castro
Adam Riviera
Edwin Flores
Sterling High School
Tashanna Arline
Solana Batton
Amber Davis
Katey Hoffmann
Deidre John-Baptiste
Alyssa Linares
Kayla Moss
Kyra Wagstaff
Maegan Carnew
Rachel Dean
Ariel Garcia
Kerissa Hamid
Kelsi Hancock
Corrie Harper
Alexandra Musgrove
Kaneisha Teel
Brittany Terry
Sterling
Rea Cutillar
Brianna Edwards
Claire Locke
Alesha Richard
Dandy Russell
Yvonne Garcia
Champagne Isaac
Tricia Harewood
Lorin Kirk
Lauren Kotarz
Lizette Lopez
Taylor Schmitt
Amanda Taylor
Carleigh Joseph
First
José Alanis
Michael Auzenne
Micah Bacchus
Joshua Bailey
Jamall Carter
Brandon Cooper
Kolton Ferguson
Travis Minto
Joshua Trapp
Jamayne Carter
Justin Gill
Christopher Haney
Landon Pelts
Amir Pirzadeh
Marcos Quiroz
Ignacio Ramirez
Ryan Woods
Rasharrd Creeks
Thakur Jaini
Caleb Noon
Joshua O'Banion
Thomas Perry
Paul Roberts
Mark Weber
James Anthony
Daniel Colvin
Justin Holmes
Aaron Hughes
Kevin Jamison
Diamond Laddermore
Len Stone
James Williams
Beaumont
Pine Forest Baptist Church
Victor
Evalena Porrasa
Tristan Smith
Torianna Benn
Jayland Mayes
Cedar Bayou
Alyssa Clift
Lauren Miller
Mary Ann Gutierrez
Kaylin Williams
Sholanda Mitchell
Highlands Junior School
Baytown
Anie Vollman
Alejandro Torre
Evelyn Chavez
Brenna McDaid
Tyler Rose
Nathan Wood
Roy Ramirez
Horace Mann
Amber Car
Aditi Singh
Jalicia Burke
Aaron Fields
Anthony Blue
Robert Gomez
Max Flores
Gene Curry
Busy Baytown Area Community Calendar Highlights
Readouts of local meetings and activities across Baytown Crosby and surrounding area. Baytown Community Center schedules bingo and canasta. seniors host line dancing bridge and ceramics. W.E.B. hosts breakfast. TOPS meets. genealogy library hours. story times. Toastmasters at Exxon Mobil. Harvest Festival at Old River Baptist Church. memorial events and ministry programs. contact numbers included.
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Cadillac Career Center
Garth Rd
BSO
Wal-Mart
Highlands Community Center
Women
S. Main St
Crosby
R.S.V.P
Yahoo
Tops TX
Baytown Community Center
Market St
Call
Ward Road
Market Street
First Christian Church
Fecbtx
Fecbtx.org
Old River Baptist Church
Oldriverbaptist.com
WEFW
N. Main
Mammogram Event At Remington Park For Breast Cancer Awareness
Remington Park hosts a breast cancer awareness mammogram clinic on Thursday from 8 30 a m to 3 30 p m at Baker Road. The $85 test accepts most insurances with appointments required. Call 281 464 5136.
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Remington Park
Select Home Health
The
Rose
Baker Road
Today in History highlights from Baytown Sun archive
On this date with events from 1854 to 2002 the Crimean War Charge of the Light Brigade the Princess Sophia disaster in Alaska the Time of Your Life opening in New York peace talks Korea Cuba missile crisis Grenada invasion and other regional notes are recalled. Baytown local items include the 1950 Baytown Fair parade 1975 turkey shoot and 1990 incinerator debate with Gary Jackson's City Manager steps.
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Alaska
William Saroyan
New York
Panmunjom
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cuba
U.N. Security Council
Grenada
Reagan
Boston Red Sox
New York Mets
Mets
Richard Matsch
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Terry Nichols
House
Senate
Bush
Baytown
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Ladies Auxilary
VFW
Decker Drive
Mont Belvieu
Liberty Chambers
Gary Jackson
Lawton
Ohlo
Jackson
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Shelby Olive Lee
Goose Creek
Chambers County
Sterling Municipal Library
Exxon Mobil
Decker
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Highlands Woods Drive
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S. Alexander Drive
Overeaters Anonymous
First Presbyterian Church
Bayway Drive
el Toro
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
James Bowie
Ruth
Memorial
Memorialbaytown
Baytown Senior Center
Our Promise For West Baytown Inc
Iglesia Bautista Betel
Kentucky
Highland Woods Drive
Max East
Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
Juanita Hargraves
Winnie
Lisa
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Duplicate Bridge Club
Baytown Community
Associated Press
SUN History
George Santayana
Luke
the Sun
David
Bloom
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