Rip Van Winkle Revisits Baytown After 65 Year Nap
Rip Van Winkle awakens in modern Baytown Texas to a changed landscape. Skipper guides him along I-10 toward Houston then Bayway Drive, noting renamed roads, exxonmobil presence, and transformed districts. Subdivisions vanished or renamed as Brownwood becomes Baytown Nature Center and Hog Island sinks after Carla.
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Hog Island
Rip van Winkle
Texas Avenue
Garth Road
North Main
Skipper
Rip
Market Street Road
Houston
I-10
Four Corners
San Jacinto River
San Jacinto Monument
Lynchburg
Morgan’s Point
Baytown
Bayway Drive
Old
Humble Oil & Refining Co
ExxonMobil
Wooster
Burnet Elementary
Travis
Lakewood
Brownwood
Carla
Tabbs Bay
Old Baytown
Charity Ball boosts Baytown scholarships and history
The Service League of Baytown invites 600 guests to its 42nd annual Charity Ball with a Gatsby era theme An Evening With Gatsby Living the Dream The Tremont House features dinner live and silent auctions and Memphis Train Revue The event funds vision and hearing screenings for Goose Creek Barbers Hill Baytown Christian Academy St Joseph School and The Chinquapin School The ball funds scholarships for four area seniors and supports local charities since 1948.
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Service League of Baytown
Istrow
Amy Thompson
Lisa Kay Woods
Dolly Lundy
Michelle Bitterly
Nancy Griffin
Sue Tolleson
Christy Lee
Carrie Horn
Charity Ball
Lori Tadlock
Roxie Krisher
Shelly Lambert
Service League
Susan Harper
Cindy Romans
Julie Palmer
Lisa Lane
Leila Bates
Tammy DeLucia
Kim Elswick
Madeleine Crespo
Barb Wooster
League of
Baytown
R.S.V.P
Paris
Monte Carlo
Tadlock
Gatsby
Tremont House
Memphis Train Revue
Goose Creek
Barbers Hill
Baytown Christian Academy
St. Joseph School
Chinquapin School
Lundy
Robert E. Lee
Ross S. Sterling
Barbers Hill High School
League
Education
Golden Age
Elaine Hechler profile: Baytown community leader and mother
Elaine Hechler, director of St. Mark's Stepping Stones Day School in Baytown, shares her 32 years in the area, family life, and goals. She aims to lower Baytown crime, travel to Italy, and become a grandmother, while valuing kindness, cooking, and community. She would bring more restaurants and hopes for her son to fit in.
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Elaine Hechler
St. Mark’s
Stepping Stones Day School
Baytown
Italy
Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin Williams
Jim Carrey
Rachael Ray
Relay for Life kickoff a swinging success
Baytown community turnout topped 200 as fans enjoyed music and food while signing up for the 2008 Bay Area Relay for Life. Organizers aim to surpass 2007’s $800,000 raised for the American Cancer Society, with next year’s event set for April 11 and 12 outside Stallworth Stadium.
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Baytown
Bay Area
American Cancer Society
Texas
Trichair
Sue Ailer
Stallworth Stadium
Leila Bates
Ground Zero
Bates
Relay For Life
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Wanda Orton
Baytown Elementary
Baytown Junior High
Service League of
Baytown Area
the Sun
David
Bloom
Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
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