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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 2007
Page
4
Clifton E Clifford Clements steps down as editor publisher while David Bloom remains managing editor Jane Howar continues with retirement noted M A Bengtson formerly a reporter also retires community safety statement included
The piece notes that many Americans forget the anthem words and the song’s history. It traces Francis Scott Key’s 1814 Chesapeake Bay detention and Fort McHenry’s shelling, the poem Defense of Fort M’Henry, and the 1931 Congress designation of The Star Spangled Banner as national anthem.
A fragment of the patriotic song The Star Spangled Banner is presented with lines about dawn light flag signals and victory. It includes the refrain O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave and a phrase about God preserving a nation.
A compiled snippet lists federal and state officials including President George W. Bush Vice President Dick Cheney and senators Kay Bailey Hutchison John Cornyn with contact details, and representatives Ted Poe Ron Paul Gene Green with phone numbers and partial websites for direct outreach.
The Baytown Sun provides contact emails for Clifton Clements Sandy Denson Emmett McKinley and Joshua Hart. The newsroom lists David Bloom as managing editor. Letters of up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words are welcome with a photo required for column submissions.
Public notices and letters page details submission rules signatures and contact avenues. Readers are told to send signed letters to David Bloom at The Baytown Sun and reminded delivery times and redelivery contact options.
Baytown reader James Kingsmill recalls the 1986 Ganders season, from a 63-0 opening loss to La Marque to a 4-1-1 district record and a bid for the playoffs. He emphasizes backing students and players, including his son Aleks, despite expert predictions.
Readers urge preserving Cedar Bayou a Baytown waterway prized for boating fishing birds and wildlife. They cite Karankawa artifacts at Baytown Historical Museum and a grassroots effort with the Baytown City Council to protect its ecological value from profit driven development. Citizens are urged to attend city council meetings and stay informed through local papers.
In Baytown Texas a resident reflects on community change since Hurricane Carla arriving in a non air conditioned trailer with her family then building a life through business and residence. She argues the barge terminal will create jobs boost economy and calls for urban renewal and more policing and beautification efforts while criticizing city leadership.
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