Curious Baytown Sun Visits and a Contortionist Tale
A Baytown Sun newsroom day features a bathing beauty in a red swimsuit and high heels drawing crowd attention. A later visitor known as Mr Double Joint performs contortions in a wastebasket before demanding coverage, then departs in a volatile mood, leaving staff concerned.
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Baytown Sun
Pearce
Ashbel
Roseland Park
Miss Bathing Beauty
Mr. Double Joint
Wayne Morris
Sun
Bleu Beathard
Bleu
Bob Stewart
Fort Worth
Gatorfest 2006 Returns to Anahuac Fort Park
The 18th Gatorfest at Fort Anahuac Park, hosted by Anahuac Chamber of Commerce, features food and music, with activities including carnival rides, petting zoo, airboat rides, and live entertainment. Alligator hunters compete in the Great Texas Alligator Roundup for over $4,500 in prizes, headlined by Corey Morrow and Roger Creager.
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Texas
Anahuac
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Anahuac Park
Jackson
Sarah Cerrone
Cerrone
Corey Morrow
Roger Creager
Grant Jackson Wilburn
Gatorfest 2006 music and details at Fort Anahuac Park
The Gatorfest 2006 festival runs Friday September 17 through Sunday September 17 at Fort Anahuac Park Anahuac with hours 6 p.m. to midnight Friday 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday Admission is 10 for adults 5 for students under 18 and seniors over 65 and free for children under 5 Tickets at the gate The event features Eddie Lotz Band John A Miller Band Hunter Hayes Al White Chapparel Micky & The Motorcars Corey Morrow Roger Creager Cajun Sunday includes The Zydeco Dots Bayou Roux and Wayne Toups Best security provided by Chambers County Sheriff Department and DPS troopers Expect 30 000 attendees and plan for a smooth safe weekend Information at texasgatorfest com.
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Fort Anahuac Park
Anahuac
Texasgatorfest.com
Cheap Whiskey
Eli Young
Eddie Lotz
John A. Miller
Hunter Hayes
al White
Chapparel
Micky & the Motorcars
Corey Morrow
Roger Creager
Zydeco Dots
Bayou Roux
Wayne Toups
Toups
Jackson
Chambers County Sheriff's Department
Department of Public Safety
Baytown Nature Center birds and sightings journal
The Baytown Nature Center Journal reports bird and animal sightings submitted by Dwayne Litteer and Ron Ummel, appearing Sundays in The Baytown Sun. Migrants include blue-gray gnatcatchers, yellow warbler, eastern kingbird, Baltimore oriole, blue grosbeak, and dickcissel. The first osprey of the season returned, two Cooper's hawks were seen, and two red fish were spotted near Brownwood Marsh. Visit baytownnaturecenter.org for details.
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Baytown Nature Center
Dwayne Litteer
Ron Ummel
Baytown
Osprey Island
Nature Center
Baytownnaturecenter.org
Baytown couple fuels Eagle Scout drive for 101 scouts
Eloy and Janet Valdes have mentored Troop 105 in Baytown since 1979 turning 101 boys into Eagle Scouts over about 25 years. With support from Dennis and Janice Philo and First United Methodist Church of Mont Belvieu, meetings began in 1984 and Explorer Post 105 formed in 1987.
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Baytown
Eloy
Janet Valdes
Boy Scouts of America
Charlie
Valdes
Dennis
Janice Philo
First United Methodist
Mont Belvieu
Valdeses
Troop 105
Explorer Post
Venture Crew
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Wanda Orton
Fredericksburg
Atortfest
Gators
Nature Center Journal
Dwayne Littee
Duck Pond
Jamée Riggle Hale
Houston
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