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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 2015
Page
4
Anahuac hosts Gatorfest 2015 a weekend event featuring the Great Texas Alligator Roundup carnival rides arts and crafts food vendors and music. The festival promotes community cohesion brings in funds for civic groups and marks the opening of Texas 30-day alligator season with hunts for cash prizes.
The top Baytown Sun article this week confirms an official name change for Bayer and outlines implications for branding and public recognition. Officials discuss potential impacts on community identity and local coverage.
Key moments recur across eras including 1776 when the term United States was formalized by the Continental Congress, 1850 California joining as the 31st state, 1893 Frances Cleveland giving birth in the White House, 1956 Elvis on Ed Sullivan, 1971 Attica prison siege ending in 43 deaths, and Apple unveiling a smart watch and iPhone upgrades a year ago. Thought for Today by Gotthold Lessing notes seeing with one’s own eyes.
In the 1991 anniversary edition former Baytown Sun staffers recall early editors and colleagues. Joe Whittington notes his move to the Houston Post and later St. Louis Post-Dispatch, praising Preston Pendergrass and Jimmie Woods. He fondly recalls coaches and city journalism culture shaped by Pete Sultis and others. Wanda Orton, retired managing editor, is cited with contact details.
The piece traces Stephen Colbert's Catholic faith journey from John Henry Newman to Francis Xavier Morgan and J. R. R. Tolkien, arguing a divine plan links Colbert's pain to theological insight. Bishop-elect Robert Barron frames Colbert's experience as a living synthesis of suffering and gratitude within Catholic tradition.
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