Lee College Foundation Gala marks 34th anniversary in La Porte
Lee College hosts its annual Foundation Fund Raising Gala at the Sylvan Beach Pavilion in La Porte on September 27, 2019. The event features a reception, dinner, and five live auction items including Houston Rockets tickets. Proceeds aid students with tuition, textbooks, and emergency funding.
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Lee College Foundation
Revival shines as Baytown Symphony Orchestra vows renewed support
In 1968 Dr. David Corder founded the Baytown Symphony Orchestra to bring classical music to the Baytown area with strong school arts ties. Despite past declines in attendance and funding, board efforts to revive the ensemble succeed as concert advertising goals are surpassed and local businesses bolster four major annual concerts and ongoing operating support.
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David Corder
Baytown
Baytown Symphony Orchestra
BSO
This Day in History Highlights Across Years
Key events include Lincoln issuing the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, Tunney's 1927 win over Dempsey in Chicago, ICC bus desegregation rules in 1961, Moore's 1975 assassination attempt on Ford, FarmAid 1985 in Champaign, and Friends debuting in 1994. Thought: Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life by George Sand.
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Abraham Lincoln
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sara Jane Moore
Gerald R. Ford
San Francisco
Champaign
Illinois
George Sand
Meet the people who worked for our town
A Baytown Sun feature lists local officials and staff, detailing Odis Muennink as health director, J B LeFevre as finance director then city manager, Bill Cornelius as director of city planning, Terry Dopson as Parks and Recreation director, and Police Chief Bob Fordhe known as Bingo Bob. It notes Blair Mann as former deputy constable and Baytown chief, Fritz Lanham as former city manager who became Austin official, Charlie Pool opposing The Snake streets plan, Edna Oliver as city clerk, Bobby Rountree as former city manager mentored by Lanham, and Wanda Orton as retiring Sun managing editor.
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Bill Cornelius
Terry Dopson
Bob Fordhe
Austin
Baytown
Texas Avenue
Edna Oliver
Bobby Rountree
City
Odis
J.B. LeFevre
City Planning Commission
Parks and Recreation Department
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Bayshore Rod
Blair Mann
Blair
Sun Sports
Michael Mann
Fritz Lanham
Preston Smith
Department of Community Affairs
Fritz
Charlie Pool
Exxon
Charlie
Eileen Hall
Edna
Eileen
Noel Richardson
Bobby
Parks and Recreation
Terry
Memory Walk Returns to Fight Alzheimer's in Bayland Park
Pilot Club hosts the Walk to End Alzheimer's at Bayland Park on Saturday Oct 12 from 8 to 10 am. Chair Judy Wheat reports 21 years and $659,000 raised toward the cure with a goal to exceed $56,000 in 2019 donations. Jim Finley reflects on family loss to the disease and urges support for the event and the sufferers.
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Alzheimer’s Association
J.P
Bayland Park
Judy Wheat
Judy
Nancy Mann
Nancy
Arkansas Razorbacks
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