Top ten Bay Town Sun web reads Sept 6 12
The Bay Town Sun lists its most read articles for the week with No 1 Murder charge Man stabs runs over woman leading the tally followed by No 2 Driver released from jail days before fatal crash and No 3 Voters approve Goose Creek tax election by wide margin. Other top items include two women killed in early morning crashes No 5 Wismer breaks ground MB distribution center No 6 St James House sold No 7 Farmers market coming to Town Square No 8 Park neighbors say councilman got special treatment No 9 Couple reported missing found safe in Oklahoma and No 10 Police beat Sept 7.
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Goose Creek
Northwood Drive
ExxonMobil
Mark Fleming
Thank you District 2 for your vote of confidence
A long letter thanks District 2 residents as a City Council member reflects on accomplishments from 2013 to 2019. Demolition of San Jacinto Hospital, opening a new Town Square, and code enforcement efforts are noted. The author, elected unopposed, plans to retire after 16 years of service.
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San Jacinto Hospital
Decker Drive
Bob Leiper
District 2
Charles Johnson for City Council District 3
LaToya Johnson describes her husband Charles Johnson as a committed, God guided candidate for City Council District 3. She highlights his confidence, patient decision making, family focus, and dedication to campaign ethics and service, stressing his role as provider and spiritual guide for their five children.
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Charles Johnson
City Council
Baytown
Highlands Elementary
God
LaToya Johnson
Circle of friends formed at Lee College in the 1950s
Wanda Orton recalls Cedar Bayou exes and Lee College ties from the early 1950s. Glenn Lowry, a Cedar Bayou High School leader, became a Sun sports editor and reporter, while Betty Hart and Linda Pierce are remembered for friendships formed in Lee College circles. The writer honors teachers, peers, and the Southwest Writers Conference in Corpus Christi, noting how Lee College fostered lifelong connections among exes from multiple local schools.
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E-Bear
Lee Lantern
Glenn Lowry
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Baytown
San Jacinto
Goose Creek
Robert E. Lee
Barbers Hill
Crosby
Dayton
Anahuac
Rel Exes
Linda Pierce
Linda
Pasadena
Savage
Skeeter
Lynn O'Hagan
Gladys Ellis Irwin
Fay Venable
Cecile LeCompte
Southwest Writers Conference
Corpus Christi
Fred Gipson
J. Frank Dobie
Texas
Houston
Fay
Cecile
Lynn O’hagan
Orton
Facing Fear Across Generations in a Family Memoir
John Martin reflects on fears from his father the funeral director who soothed children afraid of darkness and trains them to face fear. He contrasts early 20th century worries with 21st century anxieties such as atomic threats and political turmoil, urging courage and faith.
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Moments in History on September 14 in a World Turning Point
On September 14 1814 Francis Scott Key penned Defence of Fort McHenry after witnessing the flag fly over the fort during British bombardment, later becoming the Star Spangled Banner. In 1861 the USS Colorado sank the Confederate privateer Judah off Pensacola. 1901 McKinley died from an assassin s shot. Theodore Roosevelt became president. 1941 Vermont declared war rhetoric amid wartime bonuses for servicemen. 1986 Reagan Nancy urged a national crusade against drugs. Thought for Today: patriotism as lifelong devotion.
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Judah
Pensacola
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New York
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Vermont
U.S
Germany
Reagan
Nancy
Adlai E. Stevenson
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