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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 2008
Page
4
Clifton E. Cle edits as publisher with Jim Finley retired as Managing Editor, aided by staff members Luke Hales in sports and M A Bengtson as assistant managing editor, shaping local coverage and community voice.
The Baytown Sun resumes daily delivery after a difficult week covering Baytown and nearby areas including Galveston and Houston. Staff coordinated with sister papers to print and distribute, using Internet relays from New Braunfels to Texas City. Curfew and debris slowed routes, but reporters and carriers provided extensive relief coverage and thanks to readers for patience during the outage.
Bert Marshall recalls one week after Hurricane Ike in Baytown and nearby communities. He writes of damage, survivor guilt, neighborly aid, and the urgent need for emergency radio, underground power, and better preparedness while reflecting on past storms and lessons learned.
A compact list provides contact numbers and emails for national figures including President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, plus Texas representatives Kay Hutchison, John Cornyn, Ted Poe, Ron Paul, and Gene Green. It also names local Baytown Sun staff and newsroom contacts. The item notes reader-submitted letters and guest columns policies.
The Baytown Sun announces submission guidelines letters must include name and contact and may be edited. Readers should receive the paper by 6 a.m. Monday through Saturday and by 8 a.m. Sunday, with redelivery if not received by 9 a.m. Call numbers listed for delivery issues.
Jim Finley, retired managing editor of The Baytown Sun, writes from a hotel during Ike’s approach. He shares fear, frustration, and moments of humor as Galveston Baytown area braces, questions personal choices, and recalls TV coverage and a wave knockdown of Geraldo Rivera.
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