Grave desecration and a bank robbery misfire spark outrage
The note recalls Jeremy Burris, 22, killed in Iraq, honored in Liberty with a solemn funeral, then his grave desecrated. It contrasts that atrocity with a Colorado bank robbery failed by Forest Bissonnette, 27, who used his own blank check, exposing the plan. The author laments senseless acts and shares a humorous message idea for a phone greeting.
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Iraq
Liberty
Jeremy Burris
al-Anbar
Jeremy
Englewood
Colo
Forest Bissonnette
Harvard
Old Forest
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Free Fall river trip with Waterborne Education Center
The Waterborne Education Center invites the public to a no charge on the water field lab on the Trinity River. Moss Bluff departs Anahuac Harbor at 9 30 a m and returns about 1 30 p m with stops at Wallisville Locks and Trinity River Delta. Participants nine and older may offload to seine and explore flora and fauna. water gear provided and lunch is optional. Reservations via Ann Baird at 409 267 3547. the next lab is set for December 1 2007 with more dates planned in spring.
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Waterborne Education Center
WEC
Trinity River
Moss Bluff
Anahuac Harbor
Wallisville Locks
Ann Baird
Community calendar offers dances, classes and events around Baytown
A range of local activities includes Intermediate and beginner line dancing at Highlands Community Center, Senior programs at J D Walker Center, art video sessions at Baytown Community Center, TOPS meetings at Crosby Center, and free Internet Basics at Sterling Library. Also listed are bridge, a Pick and Grin dance, Go Getters gathering, Advanced Internet classes, a haunted house fundraiser, OA meeting details, a Denny's Autism Speaks fundraiser, a Mike Fuller Memorial Golf Tournament, a Baytown town hall with city officials, Youth Bowling League, Gulf Coast Trikers meeting, Highlands Homecoming service, Our Lady of Guadalupe event, and Beach City Community Center hours with a meal.
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Highlands Community Center
Highlands Woods Drive
East
Harris County
J.D. Walker
Crosby Community Center
Market St
Highland Woods Drive
Lone Star Room
Sterling Municipal Library
History today October 26 marks gunfight era and canal opening
Today in history October 26 highlights the 1881 Gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone where three Clanton gang members died and Wyatt Earp and his brothers were wounded. It also notes the 1825 Erie Canal opening, the 1942 Hornet sinking, the 1958 Pan Am Boeing 707 flight, Nixon era Vietnam peace remark, the Enterprise test glide, Rabin Jordan peace treaty signing, Jewell exoneration, and Patriot Act passage.
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OK Corral
Tombstone
Ariz
Wyatt Earp
Doc” Holliday
Ike Clanton
Clanton
Earp
Upstate
New York
Lake Erie
Hudson River
U.S
Santa Cruz Islands
Pan American Airways
Paris
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Abdel Salam Majali
Jordan
Clinton
Richard Jewell
Olympic Park
Bush
Baytown notes through decades amid Navy day planning and civic events
Highlights include 1943 Navy Mothers' Club open house plans, Lt Eldon Berry stopping in Baytown en route to Tulane SMU game, 1950 4 H livestock show prize money, 1975 Baytown teachers chair workshops at the AAAS conference, 1990 budget approval of 13.7 million by Chambers County commissioners, 2002 Baytown Exxon Mobil Polymers Center 20th anniversary, and 2005 county courthouse meeting over FEMA questions with mixed reactions. The Sun invites photo submissions to david bloom.
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Tri-Cities
Navy Mothers’ Club
Eldon Berry
United States Marine Corps
Baytown
Exxon Mobil Polymers Center
Chambers County
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
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Jordan Fisher
Derrick Wade
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Justin Wade
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Trinity Wetlands
Barbers Hill
Beach City
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Alexander
North Alexander
Diane
Johnny T
Denny’s
Garth Road
Autism Speaks
Ross S. Sterling
Mike Fuller
Evergreen Point Golf Club
Evergreen Road
Jana Cross
Yahoo
Om City Council
Scott Sheley
City Administration
E. Defoe Street
Gilbert Santana
Ronnie Anderson
Gulf Coast Trikers
Trike Riders International
St. Paul's
UMC
Decker Drive
Jim Benton
Northside Baptist Church of Highlands
Barbers Hill Road
Highland
David R. Brumbelow
King David
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Beech Street
Lamar
Katryn Seago
Israel Tinajero
Javier Sanchez
Craig Contreras
BFD
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SUN History
Mark Twain
Hosea
the Sun
David
Bloom
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