Baytown Echoes Chalmette Ties After Katrina Stays
Life after Katrina finds a Chalmette of two blocks from St Johns Catholic Church in Baytown as the Ducote Schifano family, now homeless, receives help from Red Cross volunteers and neighbors. Camden Apartments provides eight units while locals host and feed them and seek support for three months of expenses to rebuild.
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Baytown
Chalmette
Pamela Schifano
The
Divine
Schifano
St. John
St. John’s Catholic Church
Ducote-Schifano
Camden Apartments
Belinda
Red Cross
Kitty Allen
Allen
Channelview
Louisiana
Baytown Sun
Kelly Adams
Ducote
St. Bernard Parish
Christian minority groups unite to aid Katrina evacuees
Baytown residents and churches rally to provide basic necessities for Katrina survivors. Christian Minority Small Business Owners set up a warehouse in Bob Baker's office space at 1311 Sandy Lane to store donations from churches and families. Items needed include towels sheets soap toothpaste toothbrushes baby and children’s clothes.
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Baytown
Bob Baker
Sandy Lane
Louisiana
Sharon Jenkins
Jenkins
Escape From New Orleans Family recalls treacherous week after Katrina
Hazel Wilson and her family endured five days in a New Orleans townhome without food water electricity or contact. They fled with a 1-year-old granddaughter and faced looting threats before reuniting with relatives at a Baytown Motel 6. Hazel described the fear and danger of moving through floodwaters and seeking a safe path to a phone and aid.
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Hazel Wilson
New Orleans
Wilson
Hazel
Baytown
Jefferson Parish
Orleans Parish
Brighton Beach Memoirs Cast Named for BLT Comedy
Dwayne Bailey announces Brighton Beach Memoirs cast as Baytown Little Theater opens its 45th season. The Neil Simon play centers on Eugene Morris Jerome, a 15 year old Brooklyn youth in 1937, living with family as Nora and Laurie navigate schooling and dreams while Jack, Kate, and Stanley face career and pride pressures.
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Dwayne Bailey
Neil Simon
Baytown Little Theater
Eugene Morris Jerome
Brooklyn
Eugene
Jack
Sterling Library helps fight adult illiteracy
A feature on Sterling Library highlighting its role in combating adult illiteracy and elevating reading skills. The piece notes how millions struggle daily with basic tasks like reading newspapers or locating phone numbers, underscoring literacy as a vital public issue.
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Sterling Library
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Roxanne Jamison
Living Hope Church
Kate
Stanley
Blanche
Nora
Laurie
Baytown Sterling Library
Linda Shirley
Daniel K
Capital Management
Fidelity
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