Radio memories and Bay City Black Cat football
A veteran recounts his lone fall 1964 season as Bay City Black Cats radio color commentator. He recalls Roy Acuff and KIOX as key early breaks and reflects on a long, self-deprecating launch into sports journalism while joking about modern offers from Fox Sports Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Shakespeare
Bay City
Fox Sports Southwest
Bay City Daily Tribune
Roy Acuff
Roy
KIOX
Giff Nielsen
Freeport
KBRZ
Kbreeze
Law
Baytown Community Chorus Welcomes Singers Rehearsing Monday
Baytown Community Chorus invites singers to join Monday rehearsals from 7 to 9 30 pm in Cobb Auditorium Lee College. About 35 attended the first session with plans to grow to around 50 as regular sessions resume. Members pay 35 per semester and a potential five day New York trip could cost 1050 with deposits urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Community Chorus
BCC
Patricia Breckinton
George Fredric Handel
Baytown Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
Community Chorus
Lee College Choir
Timothy Powell
New York
Cobb
Lee College
Breckinton
Lee.edu
Stasney Takes Command of State Guard Battalion
LTC John A. Stasney has assumed command of the 1st Battalion 133rd Field Artillery Regiment, attached to the 72nd Brigade Combat Team in the 36th Infantry Division. A Texas National Guard member, he has served in Bosnia Afghanistan and mobilized in the Balkans, Lake Panama, and Columbia. He aims to train a ready combat unit while aiding hurricane relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Stasney
133Rd Field Artillery Regiment
72Nd Brigade Combat Team
36Th Infantry Division
Stasney
Texas National Guard
Leonard Stasney
Baytown
Bosnia
Afghanistan
John Stasney
National Guard
Texas
John
Aggies
Mark
Texas A&m
Balkans
Panama
Columbia
Ross S Sterling Class of 1997 reunion slated for Saturday
The Ross S Sterling High School 1997 reunion runs 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at Ducks and Company Restaurant in the Hyatt Regency Houston. About 150 guests are expected with attendees from out of town and a registration cost of 60 dollars by Friday or 70 dollars at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross S. Sterling High School
Ducks and Company
Hyatt
Sylvia
Mayer
Reunionteam.com
Baytownsterling 1997
Community Calendar of Events and Activities in Baytown Area
A dense list of local activities includes line dancing at Highlands Community Center at 8 30 a m and beginner sessions at 9 45 a m, senior programs at J D Walker Center, church meetings, art video sessions, genealogy library hours, TOPS meetings, toddlers story time, internet classes, bridge, go getters at the Lone Star Room, senior center shopping day, advanced internet classes, OA meeting, Body and Soul Health Fair at Mt Rose Church of God in Christ, Baytown Special Rodeo Association event, youth bowling league at Max Bowl East, Polio Survivors group in La Porte, fall festival at St Joseph the Worker and St Anne in Dayton, and a church bell invitation for chapel attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands Community Center
Highlands Woods Drive
East
Harris County
J.D. Walker
Baytown
West Chambers
Suellyn Melcher
Sterling Municipal Library
Better Breathers Club
Cancer Center
Garth
San Jacinto Hospital
Lone Star Room
Market St
Baytown Senior Center
Mt. Rose Church
Call
St. Joseph the Worker
St. Anne Catholic Church
Dayton
Eastgate
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Lusitania Maiden Voyage and March Toward World News
Friday history note highlights the 1907 Lusitania maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York and six days at sea. It recalls major past events including Lafayette's 1825 White House farewell, Farnsworth's 1927 TV image, WWII blitz on London, the first NBC peacock in 1957, The Flying Nun debut in 1967, Panama Canal treaties in 1977, Liddy’s release, ESPN's cable debut in 1979, and Bush Blair Camp David talks on Iraq in 2003.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
England
New York
Marquis de Lafayette
John Quincy Adams
White House
Philo T. Farnsworth
Nazi Germany
London
NBC
Sally Field
ABC
U.S
Panama
Washington
Carter
Omar Torrijos
G. Gordon Liddy
Entertainment and
ESPN
George W. Bush
Tony Blair
Camp David
Saddam Hussein
United Nations
Associated Press
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Jim Finley
Kari.griffin
Baytownsun.com
State Guard Battalion
RSS
Presbyterian Church
Market Street
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Alexander
North Alexander
Diane
Texas Bay Area
la Porte Library
South Broadway
Evening Pilot Club
Marie Davis
Glenda Clements
SUN History
Elissa
Galveston
San Jacinto Battleground
Robert E. Lee High School
Lee High School
Lee Annex
Decker Drive
Red Cross
Clive Barnes
Kingdom of
Heaven
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