Baytown native Scott Scarborough a candidate for Lee College president
The Sun profiles Scott Scarborough, Ross S. Sterling graduate and Baytown figure, highlighting his education from UT Austin to UT Arlington and Ohio Christian University, his CPA background, and roles at Akron, Toledo, DePaul, UT Tyler, UT and the University of Toledo Medical Center. The piece notes his leadership in Boys State, student government, and various university executive positions, ending with a nod to his early influence and credits Wanda Orton of The Sun.
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Cheers and Jeers from Baytown Sun readers
Readers submit cheers for Lynne Foley thirty years guiding Lee College adult and travel programs and for Baytown schools football rivalry. Honors to Roger Elswick and Gilbert Santana as Legacy and Distinguished Alumnus award winners at Goose Creek CISD Gala September 14. Jeers at a Popeyes sandwich incident that sparked a Twitter war and a comic plan with a rocket system, urging nonviolence.
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Lynne Foley
Lee College
Foley
Goose Creek Cisd Education Foundation
Minute Maid Park
Loss of Baytown rising voice mourned
The top article for Aug 26 to Sept 3 notes the loss of Baytown’s Rising Voice. It reflects on community impact and memorial reactions from local readers amid the week’s news flow.
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Baytownsun.com
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Lee College
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Today in History Highlights and Notable Dates
On this date in 1957 Ford began selling Edsel cars. In 2006 Steve Irwin died at 44 from a stingray barb. In 2017 Texas officials reported at least 60 Harvey deaths. A year earlier Amazon reached $1 trillion in market value, second behind Apple. Thought for Today notes present as a gift. Joan Rivers.
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Baytowns oldest road from Lynchburg to Goose Creek
The pre 1847 Baytown county road linked Lynchburg near the ferry to Goose Creek, following today's Independence Boulevard to Highlands and Bayway Drive, ending near the 146 bridge. It connected Cedar Bayou Methodist Church founders, local magistrates, plantations, and a Goose Creek voting site. most community sites vanished after the 1854 hurricane, yet the historic route remains traceable today. Chuck Chandler of the Exxon refinery era Baytown Historical Preservation Association can be contacted at chuck.chandler baytownhistory.org.
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Harris County Commissioners Court
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Methodist Church
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ExxonMobil
Hance Baker
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Way Landing
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John L. Bryan
Bagland Orphan Home
David Drysdale
John and
George Overland
Harvey Whiting
Main Street
Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road
Ashbel Smith
Pelly
Mary Jones
Mosley Baker
Evergreen Plantation
Alexander Drive
Ward Road
Tabbs Bay
Evergreen
Gilbert Brooks
Ing
Masonic Lodge
Lee College
Abraham Kipp
Whiting
Chuck Chandler
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