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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 2015
Page
4
Goose Creek CISD calls for volunteers to join the Reach Out Walk at Ross S Sterling High School on Saturday from 8 30 a m to noon. Volunteers visit homes of absent students to stress the value of a high school diploma and encourage return to school.
The Baytown Sun highlights a Dayton woman’s trial and conviction in the death of a Harris County deputy, with four related pieces ranking in the week’s top ten. Notable stories include Ivey’s intoxication manslaughter conviction and the deputy death.
A New York Times CBS News poll shows Ben Carson at 23 percent and Donald Trump at 27 percent among likely Republican primary voters. Jeb Bush and Scott Walker trail with 6 and 2 percent. The poll notes 63 percent could change their minds before the Iowa caucuses in February. The CNN debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in California looms as a last national spotlight window for several weeks.
A Sun Sunday letter questions the Lee College regents plan to hire an internal auditor, noting lack of evidence of need. The writer cites heated debates, claims by Mark Hall and Mark Himsel, and references to other colleges with auditors while urging presentation of concrete evidence before the next board meeting.
The Baytown area recalls Sylvan Beach in La Porte as the Coney Island of Texas famed for music and dance. Notable visitors included the Dorsey brothers, Benny Goodman, Howard Hughes, Dorothy Lamour, Clark Gable, and Walter Cronkite. The region’s history highlights the Sylvan Pavilion as a hub of orchestras, dances, and celebrity sightings without gambling.
Key events include F D R signing the Selective Training and Service Act in 1940. Hidalgo’s Grito de Dolores inspired Mexican revolt in 1810. Cherokee Strip settlement in 1893. GM founded in 1908. American Legion chartered in 1919. The Robe premiered in 1953. The Dean Martin Show debuted in 1965. Ford announced Vietnam amnesty in 1974. Exxon Valdez verdict trimmed to 507.5 million by Supreme Court in 1994. Thought for Today by Laurence J. Peter.
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