Rotary Club gifts ten thousand to GCCISD foundation
The Baytown Rotary Club donated $10,000 to the GCCISD Educational Foundation to fund teacher development and initiatives. Rotary President Pam Warford awarded the grant to Foundation Board Members, with pictured attendees Kathy Clausen, Roger Elswick, Pam Watford, Jim Wadzinski, David Frazier, Gilbert Santana and Daryl Fontenot.
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Baytown Rotary Club
Gccisd Educational Foundation
Rotary Club
Pam Warford
Gccisd Educational Foundation Board
Kathy Clausen
Roger Elswick
Pam Watford
Jim Wadzinski
David Frazier
Gilbert Santana
Daryl Fontenot
Community calendar highlights Baytown area events
The listing details American Legion meetings at 7 p.m. on 8204 N. Main and grief counseling at 7 p.m. 4401 Garth Rd. It notes Baytown Genealogy Library hours 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and senior softball at Hemlock St. details for multiple centers include rhythm walking, GED classes, dancing, and 12 step programs with contact numbers.
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American Legion Post No
Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Center
N. Main St
All Veterans
Garth Road
Baytown
Decker Drive
Baytown Area
Hemlock Street
Frank Butcher
Crosby
Hare Road
Make Over In Christ Inc
Riley Chambers Community Center
Barrett Station
JD Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Harris County
Market St
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Marine completes Basic Electrician's Course at Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Pfc Velazquez Perez, daughter of Marcela Perez De Velazquez and Antonio Velazquez Hidalgo of Highlands Texas, completed the Basic Electrician's Course at Marine Corps Engineer School Camp Lejeune North Carolina. The program covers repair and maintenance of generators transformers and power lines along with circuitry electrical theory and safety. Velazquez Perez joined the Marine Corps in October 2010.
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Marine Corps
Velazquez Perez
Marcela Perez de Velazquez
Antonio Velazquez Hidalgo
Highlands
Texas
Marine Corps Engineer School
Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Army Pvt Joshua D Crosser graduates from Fort Benning infantry training
Army Pvt Joshua D Crosser has completed nine weeks of basic infantry training at Fort Benning in Columbus Georgia. The program covered drill and ceremonies weapons map reading tactics military courtesy justice fitness first aid history and core values. Crosser is the son of Geneva Crosser of Dayton and is a Dayton High School graduate of 2007.
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Army
Joshua D. Crosser
Fort Benning
Columbus
Geneva Crosser
Dayton
Crosser
Dayton High School
Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Newton Completes Cape May Training
Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Andrew C. Newton, son of Mary F. and stepson of Russel W. Rakestraw of Anahuac, has graduated from the Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May New Jersey. The eight week program covered academics and practical instruction on water safety and survival, military customs and courtesies, seamanship, physical fitness, first aid, fire fighting and marksmanship. Recruits train together to reinforce the team concept and are taught core values of honor, respect and devotion to duty. Newton will join about 36,000 other Coast Guard personnel. he is a 2011 graduate of Anahuac High School.
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Coast Guard
Andrew C. Newton
Mary F
Russel W. Rakestraw
Anahuac
U.S. Coast Guard
Newton
Anahuac High School
Anahuac, Texas
Bible Verse on Wisdom and Salvation
A Bible verse asks where the wise scribe and debater are and notes God made worldly wisdom seem foolish. It explains that God chose to save those who believe through the foolishness of proclaiming the gospel.
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God
Waiting out Ike three years after the hurricane memory
The writer recalls the 2008 Ike storm three years later, detailing prep, fear, and survival. They describe hunkering inside with family and pets, listening to a wind-up radio, and enduring water surges that flooded the yard. Neighbors helped, power stayed off ten days, and community bonds formed amid debris, all framed by a cautious outlook for future storms.
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Ike
Cotton Bayou
Cotton Lake
Barbers Hill
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Carpethaus.com
Mohegan CT
Community Bank of Texas
Lee College Foundation
LEE College
Gary Englert
Jane Howard Lee
Ainsworth & Co
West Archer Baytown
Paradise Cove RV Park
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