Cheers and Jeers: Local praise and sharp critique
A Baytown Sun Cheers and Jeers column applauds the Service League for 70 years of vision and hearing screenings reaching 18 000 kids with $180 000 saved, lauds the Baytown Arts District project, and praises Pirates Bay obstacle course plans while noting a $10 000 donation to VFW Post 912. It also skewers Trump over the Sharpie controversy and Dorian claims.
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Cheers
Service League of
Baytown
Gabrielle Cockrell
Service League
Texas Avenue
Rick Davis
MDD
Pirates Bay
New development planned for the Baytown Arts District
Baytown reports a Friday plan for a new development in the Arts District drawing interest from residents and local officials as part of ongoing urban renewal efforts.
Today in History on this date returns events from 1998 to 2012
Key milestones include the Starr report on President Clinton in 1998 and the 9 11 attacks in 2001 with nearly 3000 deaths. Bush defense of Iraq in 2006 while rejecting Saddam link. Benghazi attack in 2012 killed Ambassador Stevens and three others. Emerson quote closes reflection.
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Congress
Kenneth Starr
Clinton
America
al-Qaida
New York
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Pennsylvania
George W. Bush
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
U.S
CIA
Benghazi
Libya
Chris Stevens
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pirates Bay area linked to Laffite era legends
Baytown history notes Pirates Bay Water Park sits on land once roamed by Jean Laffite and his men. The piece traces Laffite's Galveston headquarters after 1812, former pirates who settled nearby, and Tilton’s Texas connections, including service at San Jacinto and burial in Cove. It cites Evelyn Gill Hilton’s book and notes contact details for Wanda Orton.
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Pirates Bay
East Road
Jean Laffite
Galveston
Laffite
New Orleans
U.S
Lafitte
Texas
Bolivar Peninsula
James Campbell
Double Bayou
Andrew Roach
James Haney
Trinity River
Chambers County
Charles Cronen
Cronen
Atlantic Ocean
Charles Tilton
Evelyn Gill Hilton
Baytown
Amazon
Tilton
New England
New Hampshire
Cove
Sam Barber
Anna
Elizabeth
David
Jane
Benjamin
Arthur
Martha
Laura
Charlene
John Milton
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
Harrisburg
Farm Road
Michael Chaveno
Great Indianola Hurricane of 1875 South Baytown accounts
NOAA tracks recount the Great Indianola Hurricane of 1875 that devastated Indianola and San Jacinto River settlements. It details Hog Island and Baytown residents including Rev Robert Alexander, Clara Grafton, John West, and the harrowing final days as waters rose, homes sank, and survivors fled by skiff and tug with lives saved and lost reported.
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Indianola
NOAA
San Jacinto River
Hog Island
Alexander Island
Robert Alexander
John West
ExxonMobil
Clara Grafton
Direct Navigation Company
Galveston Daily News
West
Baytown
Harrisburg
Buffalo Bayou
Lynchburg
Wallisville
Houston Telegraph
McKee
Little Clara Grafton
Mr. McKee
Charles Post
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Houston Methodist Hospital
Goose Creek
Good Samaritan
Baytown ‘Rising Voice
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Memorial Drive
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Thebaytownsun
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Pirates
Acter
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Wanda Orton
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Mrs. West
Coates
Morgan’s Point
Mr. Nelson
Red Fish
Rhett
Chuck Chandler
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