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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 2013
Page
4
Our view urges participation in Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District rezoning amid growth and overcrowding. It notes four redraws since 2003, enrollment caps north of I-10, and 300 students shuffled this year. It commends efforts for smaller neighborhood-school patterns and calls for open, honest, flexible involvement.
The letter supports Roger Elswick's Sept 19 Baytown Sun statement opposing Boy Scouts of America and United Way policies accepting boys regardless of sexual orientation. It criticizes religious leaders for not speaking out, warns of both good and bad diversity, and urges careful decisions. Curt Ball and Marty Ball of Baytown.
Today marks the 272nd day of 2013 with notable events including the 1789 establishment of a regular U S Army by the War Department, the 1982 Tylenol cyanide poisonings beginning in Chicago, and a 2001 Bush condemnation of the Taliban for sheltering Osama bin Laden. Eleanor Roosevelt quote closes the note.
Wanda Orton recalls the Baytown La Porte Tunnel opening on September 22, 1953. VIPs like Gov. Allan Shivers and Rep. Albert Thomas attended as Baytown Sun editor Fred Hartman is honored on the bridge that followed. The piece notes the tunnel’s engineering marvels, its replacement by the Fred Hartman Bridge in 1995, and references to earlier ferry service and local history.
Jim Finley reflects on his aging pillows named Oldsters and Arnold, the affectionate tug of family, and a vow to keep them despite pressure from Wife Margie. Kamille Erikson even pleaded to take one overnight, showing the pillows’ unlikely hold on the household.
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