Pun contest memories from Texas Monthly past
Wanda Orton recalls her time in the Texas Monthly pun contest scenes from the 1970s. She and colleague Jim Kyle earned honorable mentions with wordplay on corporate names, movie titles, and political groups while sharing newsroom breaks and reflections on humor.
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Google
Texas Monthly
Paul Burka
Texas A&m
Peerick
Ah Sew
Toyota
Hughes
Hughes Tool Co
Jim Kyle
Boston
SPLIT
Schizophrenia Prevention League
Texas
MpowerMe Night sets Thursday at Barrett Station Center
MpowerMe Night is Thursday at 6 p.m. at Barrett Station Community Center 808 Magnolia Ave Crosby a one stop shop event featuring colleges universities financial institutions and career service providers under one roof Lee College will discuss FAFSA and scholarships the finance panel gives tips to make money grow and the career panel offers job market advice attendees may bring a resume for review free and open to the public
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Barrett Station
Magnolia Ave
Crosby
College Life
Lee College
Career Services
ExxonMobil conducts safety drill in Baytown area
ExxonMobil Baytown at 5000 Bayway Drive will run an emergency drill this morning. Traffic should not be affected and residents need not be alarmed by emergency vehicles or activity as part of the companys ongoing emergency preparedness efforts.
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ExxonMobil Baytown
Bayway Drive
ExxonMobil
Baytown Community Center hosts retiree club meeting and speaker
Today at 10 a.m. the Baytown ExxonMobil Retiree Club meets at the Baytown Community Center on Market Street with John Payne of Houston Asset Management as guest speaker. Refreshments provided by Remington Park. Community activities span Crosby and Highlands centers with classes, groups, and phone contacts across the day.
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Baytown
ExxonMobil
Market Street
John Payne
Houston Asset Management
Remington Park
Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
Melissa
Crosby Ladies and Lords Chorus
Marguerite
Dart
Highlands Community Center
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Baytown Community Calendar Highlights Local Events
Baytown lists activities across churches libraries and clubs. Included are Genealogy Library hours, Rotary and Toastmasters meetings, Over 42 Club, senior citizen exercise and bingo sessions, Grace's Kitchen meal program, Sterling Library Teen Time, VFW bingo, Calvary Temple Bible study, a candidate meet for Roy Morales, Barrett Station Night, American Legion meeting, hospital chaplains grief counseling, and senior softball league play with contact numbers.
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Market St
Baytown
Decker Drive
Goose Creek
Baytown Toastmasters
ExxonMobil
Traci Dillard
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Grace’s Kitchen
Cedar Bayou Grace United Methodist Church
N. Pruett
Sterling Municipal Library
VFW Post
N. Main
Roy Morales
Tejas
Barrett Station
Today in History highlights from Sept 15
Calendar page notes key events tied to September 15 across centuries. From Britain's WWII aerial losses delaying invasion in 1940 to Guatemala's independence in 1821 and the 1963 Birmingham church bombing, the record covers political shifts, births, visits, and the Sydney 2000 Olympics opening.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
Adolf Hitler
New York City
U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs
Department of State
Incheon
Seoul
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
16Th Street Baptist Church
Birmingham
Ala
Philippians 2 1 2 Encouragement from Unity in Christ
A passage from Paul urges believers to find encouragement comfort love fellowship and tenderness in Christ and to be like minded and united in spirit and purpose to make his joy complete.
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