Katie Couric Debuts as CBS MTV Anchor in TV History
A reader comments on Katie Couric taking the CBS MTV anchor role, noting mixed views about her credibility in hard news and referencing past cross dressing as Marilyn Monroe and Donald Trump. The piece critiqued network hype, joked about ratings, and included a digression about a hypothetical read of a Sun story for comparison.
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Couric
Donald Trump
Marilyn Monroe
Dan Rather
Britney Spears
Hillary Clinton
CBS
MTV
Katie Couric
Bigwigs
Cbs-Mtv
Ohio
K-Sun
the Sun
Jimbo
Ross S Sterling teacher wins state history honor
Donna Britt, center at Ross S Sterling High School, is honored at the Goose Creek school board meeting for excellence in teaching. She is the David Deboe State of Texas History Teacher of the Year and a top 10 finalist for the Richard T Farrell National History Teacher of the Year. She also earned a School Bell Award for her student Sarah James, who placed third at National History Day. Board president Carl Burg and Dr Barbara Sultis congratulate her.
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Donna Britt
Ross S. Sterling High School
Goose Creek
Britt
David Deboe
State of Texas
Richard T. Farrell
Sarah James
Carl Burg
Barbara Sultis
Gccisd
University of Maryland
Mary Grosjean
Karsyn Jackson
Kaitlyn Martin
Baytown
Sterling High School
Peter Cushman
Stuart Tiller
Jenice Coffey
Gentry
Cushman
Coffey
Marlee Burns
Ami Liggett
Horace Mann Junior School
Maggie Eubanks
Cedar Bayou
Texas Historical Association
Baytown Community Calendar Highlights and Activities
Baytown Lions Club meets at noon at Golden Corral. Texas Lion Camp director Steve Mabry will accept a donation from a deceased member’s estate. A Chamber of Commerce membership meeting runs 11 30 to 1 at Goose Creek Country Club. Oliver Luck of Houston Dynamo will speak. program price is 15 with reservations at 281 422 835. Various guilds, clubs, and library programs fill evenings and afternoons across Baytown with multiple venues and contact numbers for quilting, bands, cancer support, game days, story times, and English classes.
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Baytown Lions Club
Golden Corral
Garth
Steve Mabry
Texas Lion Camp
Chamber of Commerce
Goose Creek Country Club
Oliver Luck
Houston Dynamo
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
N. Main St
Baytown
Bay Area Quilt Guild
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Scarsdale Blvd
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
San Jacinto Cancer Center
Crosby
Sterling Municipal Library
Lisa
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
Market St
Our Promise
West Baytown
Iglesia Bautista Betel
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
Baytown Senior Center
Expo sure Night of Decadence opens at Lee College
Cabaret Nightclub at Lee College teams with the Theatre Players for Expo sure A Night of Decadence. Opening night Friday at 7 p.m. in Melva Johnson Theatre McNulty Haddick Complex. Tickets eight dollars adults five dollars students seniors. Performances run Friday Sept 15 Saturday Sept 16 and Saturday Sept 9 at 7 p.m. For details contact Amanda Murray at amurray lee.edu or 832 556 4043.
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Lee College Theatre Players
Lee College
Melva Johnson
McNulty-Haddick
Amanda Murray
amurray@lee
Today in History highlights from Sept 5 across years
This date marks events from 1774 when the first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, 1836 Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas, 1905 the Portsmouth Treaty ending the Russo Japanese War signed in New Hampshire, and later WWI and WWII milestones. It notes Ford’s 1975 assassination attempt, Mother Teresa’s 1997 death, and a 2005 Katrina relief moment.
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Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Sam Houston
Republic of Texas
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
The
Maine
United States
Ford
Lynette
Squeaky” Fromme
Charles Manson
Sacramento
Calif
Mother Teresa
Calcutta
India
Bush
Louisiana
Kathleen Blanco
Associated Press
SUN HISTORY PASSAGE HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL EVENTS OVER YEARS
A timeline surveys events from 1944 school openings and 1975 hurricane winds to 2000 charity efforts by the Baytown Evening Pilot Club and 2002 Goose Creek Country Club charter vote. It notes Anahuac school bond turnout in 2003 and quotes reflectively on foresight, madness, and sayings from Dame Rebecca West and the Bible.
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Baytown
Goose Creek Country Club
Anahuac
Anahuac High School
Anahuac Middle School
Rebecca West
Project Graduation chicken dinner at Barbers Hill High
Barbers Hill High School hosts a chicken strip dinner on Friday September 15 at the middle school cafeteria from 2 30 to 6 30 p m Tickets are sold by high school seniors or at the campus offices and at the door Proceeds benefit the Project Graduation program supporting graduates with a safe celebration.
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Ifinieyna
Katie
Ken Fountain
Goose Creek School
Finley
Jim Finley
Arrcom
Kathy Clausen
Highlands
San Jacinto
Highlands Woods Drive
Happy Quilters
Duplicate Bridge Club
City of Baytown Parks and Recreation
SUN History
Barbers Hill High School
Baytown Sun
Clu
A.G. Bogie
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