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Wanda Gamer Cash, Editor and Publisher
David Bloom, Managing Editor
Fred Hartman, Publisher Emeritus
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Halloween safety
arkness settles and jack-o’-
f ■ lanterns' ghoulish smiles
U beckon little ghosts and
hobgoblins to come out to play. In
hopes that all the night’s partakers
return home safe and sound The
Baytown Sun and the Texas
home phone number and how to
call 9-1-1 (or their local emergency
number) if they have an emergency
or become lost.
Here are some additional safety
tips from the Baytown Fire
Department:
reminding Texans to be safe and
responsible during Halloween activ-
ities tonight.
To prevent tragedy befalling our
children, motorists are urged to
drive slowly in neighborhoods and
to be on the lookout for trick-or-
treaters.
Safety tips for trick-or-treaters
include:
■ Look both ways before cross-
ing roadways. Always walk, don't
run.
■ Cross the roadway at intersec-
tions and crosswalks when possible.
■ Avoid toy guns and knives —
they could be mistaken for the real
thing.
■ Wear costumes that are light in
color and short enough to avoid
tripping.
■ Wear shoes that fit.
■ Reflective material of some
kind on the costume is strongly
encouraged.
■ Avoid masks —use face paint
instead for better visibility and
peripheral vision.
■ Travel in groups with adult
supervision.
■ Do not enter the cars and
homes of strangers. Avoid homes
without visible porch lights.
■ Carry a flashlight and make
sure an adult accompanies small
children.
■ Exercise caution when crossing
Streets.
• ■ Never trick-or-treat in unfamil-
■ Take all treats home for an
adult to inspect before eating any-
thing. Never eat unwrapped candy.
■ Make sure children know their
and props labeled flame-resistant or
flame-retardant. When creating a
costume, choose material that won’t
easily ignite if if comes ip contact
with heat or flame. Avoid billowing:
or long nailing features.
■ Dried flowers, cornstalks and
crepe paper are highly flammable.
Keep thetse and other decorations
well away from all open flames and
heat sources, including light bulbs,
heaters, etc.
■ Use extreme caution when dec-
orating with candles and supervise
children at all times when candles
are lit. When lighting candles inside
jack-o’-lanterns, use long, fireplace-
style matches and be sure to place
lit pumpkins well away from all
combustible items. Pumpkins can
also be illuminated with small,
inexpensive flashlights.
■ Remember to keep exits clear
of decorations, ensuring nothing
blocks escape routes.
■ Use flashlights as alternatives
to capdles or torch lights when dec-
orating walkways and yards. They
are much safer for trick-or-treaters,
whose costumes may brush against
the lighting.
■ Instruct children to stay away
from open flames or other heat
sources. Be sure children know how
to stop, drop and roll in the event
their clothing catches fire. (Stop
immediately, drop to the groflnd,
covering your face with your hands,
and roll over and over to extinguish
flames.)
■ Instruct children who are
attending parties at others’ homes to
locate the exits and plan how they
would get out in an emergency.
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Our editorial board
The Baytown Sun's editorial board meets
weekly at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Individuals are
encouraged to visit the editorial board to
discuss issues affecting the community. To
make an appointment, contact Managing
Editor David Bloom, 281422-8302.
Members of the editorial board include:
Wanda darner Cash, editor and publisher:
David Bloom, managing editor: Joseph
lohan. city editor; Dee Anne Navarre, busi-
ness manager Jim Finley, retired Sun marv
.aging editor: and Jane Howard Lee,, rebred
-Sun reporter.
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Guest column
Punishment of Strayhom may backfire
Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov;
David Dewhurst jerking two pet
programs from Comptroller
Carole Keeton Strayhom reminds
of Br’er Fox punishing Br’er
Rabbit.
Cornered by Br’er Fox, Br’er
Rabbit begged, “Please, don’t
throw me in the briarpatch,” So
Br’er Fox did just that, and the
rabbit escaped to mess with the
fox another day.
It’s hard to believe Perry and
Dewhurst didn’t at least wonder if
they might be teeing themselves
up for Strayhom. Even if they did,
the Republican leaders moved
ahead with plans to punish
Strayhom — particularly Perry,
who personally lobbied GOP leg-
islators to send a message to the
comptroller.
Some background:
Perry and key lawmakers were
already angry at Strayhom for
claiming they’d had a “spending
spree” in 2001. Next, she lowered
her revenue estimate after Perry
had already drawn up his budget.
He responded with a budget of all
zeroes, father than take heat for
proposing stiff cuts.
In its regular session, the
Legislature didn't give Strayhom
a college scholarship program she
wanted. It then passed the budget
and adjourned. So Strayhom
refused to certify that there would
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McNeely
be enough money to fund it. After
some fancy footwork, she certi- ,
fied it after aft.
But that didn’t help her popular-
ity in the pink building. Perry and
several key legislators put provi-
sions in a government reorganiza-
tion bill to shift Strayhqm’s trea-
sured e-Texas program and Texas
Performance Reviews out of the
comptroller’s office.
Then Strayhom held a press
conference calling the.no-new-
taxes claim of Perry and others
hokum. They’d raised fees
$2.T billion, she noted.
So at the end of the third special
session on congressional redistrict-
ing, Perry personally lobbied leg-
islators to strip her programs.
They did — but in doing so
created a living martyr who can
hammer ,the fat softballs they're
lobbing at her over the fence
one-handed.
Strayhom, though 64, obviously
doesn’t feel like she’s in her final
political office and is always sus-
pected of looking to move up. In
fact, she’s hired back sharp-
tongued Mark Sanders as her
spokesman.
Sanders, who spent part of 2002
as press spokesman for Tony
Sanchez’s Democratic governor’s
campaign, has experience exchang-
ing political fire with Perry.
Strayhom already sets the lid on
state spending under the balanced
budget requirement and then can
criticize those who spend the
money on how they did it. And
she can still campaign against
most new taxes; she doesn’t have
to vote on them.
So she can still say everything
she did, but now also claim she
could have run e-Texas and per-
formance reviews faster, cheaper,
and better than those power-hun-
gry goons over in the capitol.
Next, expect her to point out
that local property taxes must go
up because Perry shirked the
state’s responsibility by allowing
the state’s share of school funding
to slip.
“This isn’t going to shut her
up,” chuckled one Democratic
state representative. “Just the
opposite.”
Dave McNeely is a political
writer for the Austin A merican-
Statesman. Contact him by phone
at 512-445-3644 or by e-mail at
dmcneely@statesman.com.
Letters to the editor
More readers weigh in on Sun’s football coverage
‘Not surprised’ to set
Sterling on front page
Bias in the eye of reader,
berating students unfair
I don't know how-long Mr.
Jameson has lived in Baytown, but,
ever since Sterling came into being,
The Baytown Sun sports depart-
ment articles have been the same.
1 was upset but not surprised to
see a beautiful color picture of
Sterling^ players on the front page
arid a black-and-white picture in
the sports section of the Lee play-
ers (not on the front page that their
performance deserved). It is not
the fault of the students that this
exists. The students from both
schools have repeatedly demon-
strated their ability to co-exist
peacefully ih our community by
many "good works” over the years.
We as adults are supposed to
teach our young people by exam-
ple, and The Baytown Sun’s staff
has gotten a very bad grade for
many years. I sometimes wonder
what our students who are consid-
ering journalism as a career think
about some of the articles that
When I opened my paper this
morning and read the letter from
Cliff Jameson about the Sun being
slanted toward Sterling I just had
to respond. The Sterling backers
seem to believe otherwise, and
actually have a pet name for the
Gazette.”
My second reason for respond-
ing is Mr. Jameson’s wanting the
paper to berate the Sterling team
as he did in his article. Why
would you want the paper to write
anything negative about a group
of teenagers who are putting in a
lot of time and working hard play-
ing a game that is very physically
demanding of them. At this stage
in their lives,, wins and losses are
important, but that is not the only
thing they are learning on the
football field.
appear in our paper.
Finally, as to Sterling’s “short
career" head coach, I was told
when his name first appeared that
he had bitten off more than he
could chew and would not last
long. I just didn’t knowhow short
his career would be!
Deborah WaCngfonf Troha
My son plays for Sterling, and I
have been very fortunate to be
able to watch many of their prac-
tices this season. This group of
young men, and I call them young
men because I have seen them
grow from boys to men during this
season, have had to overcome
more tragedies and injuries than
any group of 14- to 18-year-olds
should have to endure. Even in the
face of all the roadblocks these
young men have encountered this
season? they have practiced hard
and given all they have on the .
game field. This does not always
make them a winner on the score-
board, but makes them a winner in
the game of life. Coach Long and
his staff have worked hard all sea-
son. They have done a remarkable
job of holding these guys together
while thp team has had to fare
adversity over and over.
Even though my son plays for
Sterling, he has many friends on
the Gander team. We wish Coach
Olin and the Ganders only the
best. Hopefully they will do great
in the playoffs, but if not. I do not
expect fte Sun to berate them,
only praise the guys for their
effort given on the field.
In conclusion Mr. Jameson, I
hope you realize that even though
you seem to think that you are
only slamming the Sterling pro-
gram, you are actually berating a
group of dedicated hardworking
young men that are giving every-
thing they have for their team.
Again I ask of you, why would
you want the hometown paper to
be anything but positive toward
either school? These are just
young men trying their, best to
represent themselves, their school
and their town.
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Cash, Wanda Garner. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 336, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 2003, newspaper, October 31, 2003; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051406/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.