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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 2014
Page
4
A seventh grade Rhode Island student from Goff Junior High asks Baytown Sun readers to share information, photos, and tourist tips about Texas for a geography class project. The student hopes for first hand insights from Texas residents.
Athletic Director Steve Patterson discussed hypotheticals on paying college athletes, estimating $10,000 per athlete annually, plus $5,000 to reach full cost of attendance. He warned the change would widen gaps between Power Five programs and others, with NCAA appeals looming. The piece notes Northwestern's union ruling and NCAA litigation.
Compiled addresses and phone numbers for Governor Rick Perry, U S senators Cornyn and Gruz, U S House member Stockman, Texas Senate Sylvia Garcia, and Texas House Wayne Smith. Includes Austin and Houston offices with district and Capitol mail streams.
Highlights recount Muhammad Ali defeating George Foreman in Kinshasa in 1974, John Adams born in 1735, The Sheik debut in 1921, War of the Worlds 1938 broadcast, WWII rationing end 1945, Marshall Nobel 1953, Tsar Bomba test 1961, train crash in Chicago 1972, Louise Woodward case 1997, Baghdad backpacker decapitation 2004, Obama health site apology 2013, 2013 budget deficit $680.3B, Pascal quote.
Ken Pridgeon, a Baytown artist and Air Force veteran, paints portraits of fallen military personnel at his 308 W. Texas Ave gallery. His non profit project honors Texas service members from Iraq and Afghanistan, with prints given to families. He has raised over $1,000 on GoFundMe and seeks broader support for a larger space to house the collection.
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