Cheers and Jeers roundup from The Baytown Sun readers
The Baytown Sun’s Cheers and Jeers column celebrates local and state pride with a 17th Texas Gatorfest wrap, Baytown Nature Center dedication, Lions and Kiwanis fundraising, Bay Area Relay for Life progress, Goose Creek naming a track for coach Drew Dunlap, and Anthony Crespo aiding the FEMA Disaster Mortuary Team after Katrina. Readers are invited to submit notes each Monday.
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Goose Creek
Ross S. Sterling
RSS
Drew Dunlap
Sterling
Baytown
Anthony Crespo
National Funeral Director’s Association
FEMA
Crespo
the Sun
Sunnews
Baytown Sun.com
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Welcomes Public Visits
The Baytown Sun editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and invites community members to discuss issues. To schedule an appointment, contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Garner Cash
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun invites public letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun accepts signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Include writer’s address and phone non publishable, a photograph for guest columns, and limit submissions to one per month. Editorial discretion applies. submissions may be refused.
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the Sun
Wanda Garner Cash
Bloom
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P.O
Baytown
Ethal
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Beautification honors of Baytown Nature Center entrance
Friends of the Baytown Nature Center thank attendees and donors who funded the new entrance water feature and landscaping at the Baytown Nature Center. The Clyde and Dottie Floyd Waterfall was funded by John and Mike Floyd, with sponsors Bayer Chevron and Exxon Mobil aiding ongoing Wetlands Center operations. Baytown officials and volunteers praised donors from Garden Clubs and associations who supported the project and the city parks system.
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Baytown Nature Center
Friends of the Baytown Nature Center
Friends Board
Brad Stephens
Back Yard
John and
Cher Floyd
Mike
Sandra Floyd
Eva Maude Garden Club
Lakewood Civic Association
Beautify Bayway
John
Marilyn McGill
Jay
Kay Eshbach
Don
Sidney Faust
Lakewood Garden Club
Bayer and Kiwanis Club of
Baytown
Yellow Crown Night Heron
Sylvia Lohkamp
Marilyn
Thomas Coughlen
Cedar Bayou Garden Club
Country Club Oaks Garden Club
Mike Floyd
Brownwood
Bayshore Drive
Clyde
Dottie Floyd
Janet Simon
Woodlands
Joe
Merle
Howard Hunt
Bayer
Chevron
Exxon Mobil
Mike Flinn
Tracey Prothro
Camille Borowiak
Mike Mueller
Miha Kotarz
Wayne Gray
Eddie V. Gray
Chandler
Bayway Drive
Billy Barmett
Today in History highlights events on September 19
On September 19 in history, notable events include the 1777 Battle of Saratoga victory in the Revolutionary War, Garfield’s death in 1881, Hauptmann’s Lindbergh case arrest in 1934, the first US underground nuclear test in 1957, Castro’s hotel dispute in 1960, the 1984 Hong Kong handover draft, Haiti’s 1994 return of Aristide, and Schroeder's 2005 election setback in Saxony.
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Saratoga
United States
James A. Garfield
Bruno Hauptmann
New York
Nevada Desert
Fidel Castro
United Nations
Shelburne Hotel
Britain
China
Hong Kong
U.S
Haiti
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Gerhard Schroeder
Social Democrats
Saxony
Merged Goose Creek Pelly plans cited by city leaders
In 1944 efforts to combine Goose Creek and Pelly were discussed with business leaders telling the Goose Creek City Commission consolidation would yield a 15,000 population. By 1950 Baytown La Porte tunnel tube section was nearly ready. Harris County’s 1975 bond issue included 15 million for jail renovations and expansion. In 2000 a citizens committee studied local building codes amid conflicts over standards and inspection guidelines.
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Goose Creek
Pelly
Revised math prompts no vote on school bonds
In a reader letter the writer retracts a faulty $1.5 million high school laptop cost and presents revised five year and total projections totaling about $7.5 million for tax dollars. The piece urges a no vote on both bond propositions to curb board spending without separate laptop funding. The second note thanks Baytown and area residents for a Katrina food drive aiding 17 000 pounds of food and credits police and a local Citgo for support.
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Barbers Hill
U.S. Postal Service
National Association of Letter Carriers
Baytown
San Jacinto Mall
Baytown Post Office
Baytown Sun Forum Appeals for Reader Opinions
The Baytown Sun invites comments from readers on its online Baytown Talk forum. Visit www.baytownsun.com to read posts or submit your two cents on current local topics and issues.
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Baytown Talk
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Anahuac
Texas
Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
Shelby Roberts
Shelby
Bay Area
Relay For Life
New Orleans
Ball Park
Nature Center
Exxon
Peggy Robinson
Lee High School
Lee
Annex
Mary Andrews Baytown
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