Haunted Hayride and community events in Baytown calendar
Troop 105 hosts a Haunted Hayride at Gene's Polaris on I 10 East with a $5 ride. VFW Post 912 holds a fall turkey shoot 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily with a winner for each shoot and 50 to 70 shots per day. Gulf Coast Trikers TX 2 chapter meets 10 a.m. at St Pauls UMC on Decker Drive. Youth Bowling League at Max Bowl East offers bumper bowl for ages 4-8 and classic bowling for ages 8-21. Pumpkin Patch fundraiser at Baytown First Church of the Nazarene runs 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Nov 1. A barbecue benefit with live music and auction at Bob & Jeans in Crosby. Baytown Little Theater presents Seussical the Musical at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at 4328 Hugh Echols Blvd.
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Boy Scouts of
Baytown
Gene's Polaris
VFW
North Main
Gulf Coast Trikers TX
Trike Riders International
St. Paul’s
UMC
Decker Drive
Jim Benton
Ward Road
Call
Baytown First Church of the Nazarene
N. Main
Bob & Jean’s
Crosby
Larry
Bob & Jeans
Baytown Little Theater
Seussical
Hugh Echols
Sterling High School
Calvary Temple
Breda
Central Baptist Church
King Street
San Jacinto Mall
DJ Pryor
Eminence Baptist Church
Sunday Pumpkin Patch through Nov 1 event lineup
Community events listed include a free car wash by Interact Club at Wal-Mart from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. plus church services, Children’s Church, bingo, open mic night, line dancing, GED classes, and free art and modeling workshops across local venues with contact numbers for each activity.
Bible Verse On Walking In Love And Commandments
A brief verse from 2 John 1 6 emphasizes love through obedience to God commandments and walking in the teachings heard from the beginning. The text underscores living by divine instruction as evidence of faith.
Former Texas teacher faces misdemeanor charge over explicit texts
IN THE NEWS FORT STOCKTON AP A former West Texas high school teacher Jaime Katheryn Steen 26 turned herself in on $4,000 bond and resigned from Fort Stockton High School two days earlier. She allegedly sent pornographic images to male students via text messages. The case centers on her time at the Fort Stockton school.
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Fort Stockton
West Texas
Jaime Katheryn Steen
Fort Stockton High School
McCain volunteer fabricates assault tale in Pittsburgh
Ashley Todd, 20, a Texas college student and McCain campaign volunteer, admitted fabricating a story of being robbed and assaulted with the letter B scratched on her face. She faces charges for making a false police report as investigators questioned the claim.
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Pittsburgh
Ashley Todd
College Station
Texas
Maurita Bryant
Bryant
Veteran WWII veteran’s family finally receives back pay with interest
In Orlando, Samuel Snow’s widow Margaret and son Ray received a $27,580 check, 64 years after Snow was wrongly convicted for participating in a riot. Snow died at 83 in July after the Army apologized and reversed his dishonorable discharge.
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Orlando
Fla
Samuel Snow
Margaret
Ray
Snow
Russians plus American tourist return from space
American space tourist Richard Garriott and his father Owen Garriott greeted the landing as they sat in a Kazakhstan steppe after the Soyuz capsule touched down. Garriott, 47, paid $30 million for the trip to the ISS to follow his father into space, and officials hailed a smooth re-entry easing concerns about a potential shuttle program end in 2010.
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Moscow
Richard Garriott
Owen Garriott
Kazakhstan
Richard
International Space Station
No rest for dead at foreclosed Michigan funeral home
Five bodies and the cremated remains of 22 people were evicted from the House of Burns Memorial Chapel in Pontiac after foreclosure. They were moved to the Oakland County medical examiner's office for storage, with some cremated remains dating back to the 1990s, according to the medical examiner's administrator.
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Pontiac
Mich
Detroit
Oakland County Medical Examiner
Robert Gerds
Florida woman grows 8 foot dreadlocks for record
Asha Mandela of South Florida has let her hair grow for 20 years and now reports dreadlocks reaching 8 feet 9 inches. She submitted the length to Guinness World Records for the Longest Dreadlocks, aiming to claim the title.
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Miami
Asha Mandela
Rapunzel
South Florida
Mandela
ExxonMobil backs Wetlands Center recovery and exhibits
ExxonMobil donated 10000 dollars to the Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Education and Recreation Center to fund repairs after Hurricane Ike. The aid supports the Wetlands Ecology Trail exhibits Some Like It Fresh and Salt Makes the Difference as the center plans a faster rebuild of the exhibit hall and aims to reopen in early November.
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ExxonMobil
Eddie V. Gray
Interact Club car wash at Wal-Mart Sunday fundraiser
The Robert E Lee Interact Club hosts a free car wash Sunday at Wal-Mart from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to raise funds for scholarships and Hurricane Ike victims. Donations accepted. Club president Kristee Johnson notes it is the year’s first fundraiser for 40 members.
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Wal-Mart
Robert E. Lee Interact Club
Rotary
REL Interact Club
Kristee Johnson
Interact Club
Baytown
City of Bayt
Car wash to aid family after home blaze in Mont Belvieu
The Demuras of Simple Simon's Pizza will host a 9 a.m. October 26 car wash at Thrif Tee Food Center in Mont Belvieu to raise funds after their home burned during Ike. Donate buckets and sponges, or give to the Dennis and Mary Demura Fund at Barbers Hill Banking Center. Volunteers are needed. call Georgia Guillory at 281-739-2279 for details.
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Simple Simon
Mary
Dennis Demura
River Winfree
Demura
Susan Claspill
Georgia Guillory
Leona Porras
Thrif Tee Food Center
Eagle Drive
Mont Belvieu
Simple Simon’s Pizza
Demuras
West Chambers County
Barbers Hill Bank
Dennis and
Mary Demura
Barbers Hill Banking Center
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Highlands Community Center
Chambers County Library
Anahuac
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Crosby Community Center
Anne Vandagriff
John
Huntsville
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Rick Perry
Death Row
Richard Tabler
Bulletin Board
Baytown Service League
McCain
Space
Wetlands Center
Heather Hultin
Chris Brown
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