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Thursday, April 5. 2012
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If that’s reality, I'll
just stick to fiction
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JANE
HOWARD LEE
Is anyone out there as
tired as I am of all those
reality-type shows?
I say
"reality-
type"
because
I'm never
sure how
much is
real and
how much
is script-
___________ed. It is
really
hard to tell but whatever
they are, I just don't like
many of them and think
that there are far too many
of them and wish this trend
would go away.
I know, I know. Change
the channel. Don't watch.
Don't think about them and
don't worry about them.
That's hard to do.
Even if I try, as long as I
watch any television at all I
still see the commercials
and the previews over and
over and over again. Just
checking the guide on my
satellite TV to see what is
coming on splashes all
those reality show titles
into my consciousness.
I admit I have watched
some.
There are even a few that
we enjoy.
We like "Deadliest
Catch, for instance.
My husband got me
hooked on that one, but
then we both love to fish so
it isn't too far a stretch to
enjoy a show about crab
fishermen. Some of those
captains do yell a lot more
than seems necessary, but
they've got a tough life and
I think I'd be yelling too.
He likes "Swamp
People," which is about
folks out in Louisiana
catching alligators and I
almost like it too.
We enjoy "Storage
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Wars," at least the original
one. That’s where folks go
to public auctions of stor-
age units and bid on them
based on just what they can
see from outside the unit's
door, hoping for great
treasures. The people on
the show act pretty stupid
sometimes, especially
when they say things like
"I can't believe she bid
against me" when that is
the whole premise of an
auction but generally we
like it.
We don't think much of
"Storage Wars: Texas" or
that other storage show.
There's too much yelling
and too much nastiness on
those shows for us.
I have a secret (not any-
more) liking for the show
"Long Island Medium"
because I think the star is
funny, regardless of
whether I do or don't
believe in her self-claimed
ability to speak with the
dead.
I can appreciate the
shows about hoarders since
I have a hoarder in my
family (no, it isn't me) and
have dealt with that. That's
exactly why I don't watch
those shows - it is kind of
painful for me to watch,
but I do think it is good for
people to know about
hoarding and that if they
are a hoarder or have one
in the family, they aren't
alone. The hoarder shows
do that.
As for the rest, all the
Kardashian shows, the
Bridezillas, the ones about
tow-truck drivers, the ones
about people with two
dozen children, the tattoo
artists and the loud, coarse,
slutty, drunk New
Jerseyites (they’re not all
that way, but the shows
SEE LEE • PAGE 8
American Legion supports REL ROTC
Watershed group to meet today
The Cedar Bayou
Watershed Partnership will
discuss ways to address ele-
vated bacteria levels in
Cedar Bayou at its meeting
from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Thursday at the Eddie V.
Gray Wetlands Center,
1724 Market Street.
“Elevated bacteria levels
can cause sickness when
people recreate in Cedar
Bayou,” said Justin Bower,
senior environmental plan-
ner with the Houston-
Galveston Area Council.
“In addition to addressing
other water quality issues,
the partnership is working
with local stakeholders to
find feasible ways to reduce
bacteria from human and
natural sources in the
watershed.
Reducing bacteria lev-
els in the waterway to
meet state standards will
help protect the health of
the community and the
recreation economy of the
bayou.”
For more information,
contact Justin Bower at
713-499-6653, or at
Justin. Bower@h-
gac.com.
Clean up at Baytown TrashOff April 14
Baytown’s 12th Annual
Don’t Mess With Texas
TrashOff Event April 14
gives residents a great
chance to clean up for
spring. From 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. four sites will be
open to collect trash and
junk, large debris, includ-
ing furniture, appliances,
scrap metal.
The sites are:
• Bergeron Park (comer
of Louisiana & Kentucky)
(Tires taken here.)
• Sterling High School
(300 W. Baker)
• Bay Plaza (N.
Alexander Drive & James
Bowie)
• Former St. Paul’s
Methodist Church
(Bayway & Caldwell)
Drop-off and registra-
tion sites open at 9 a.m.
Cleanup efforts will con-
tinue until 3 p.m.
Registered volunteers
will receive a free
TrashOff T-shirt, gloves,
and bags, as well as a $5
discount coupon to
Pirates Bay Waterpark
while supplies last. Those
interested in participating
are strongly encouraged
to pre-register. The form
is available at www.bay-
town.org.
No dumping or drop-off
is allowed after 3:00 p.m.
None of these TrashOff
sites will accept brush,
shingles, concrete, brick,
oil, paint, batteries, or
other household haz-
ardous waste materials.
TrashOff is Baytown’s
largest single day cleanup
event, and is made possi-
ble by the support of the
Health Department’s
Partners Against Litter
Sponsors including
Walmart Logistics,
ExxonMobil, NRG Cedar
Bayou Plant, Chevron
Phillips Chemical
Company, Bayer
Baytown Industrial Park,
Liberty Tire Recycling,
Community Resource
Credit Union, Goose
Creek Consolidated
Independent School
District, INH Realty and
the Baytown Sun. Event
sponsors are the Baytown
LEPC, B-Roc Metal
Recovery, Baytown
Optimist Club, Earthman
Funeral Home and Waste
Management.
For more information
call the Baytown Health
Department at 281-420-
5384.
Baytown Sun photo/Adam Yanelli
American Legion Post 323 Commander Charles
Ashworth, left, and finance officer Donnie
Messerschmidt, right, present a $100 check to Chief
Warrant Officer T.M. Moiina of the Robert E. Lee High
School ROTC program. The funds will help 22 ROTC
students attend the John Newcombe Leadership
Camp this summer after funding was cut. Any other
business, organization or individual wishing to match
the donation can contact Molina at REL at 281-420-
4535. v
Falling television kills 5-year-old
BY MIKE GUNNING
mlke.gunning@baytownsun.com
A 5-year-old boy died
as a result of being struck
on the head and chest
from a TV that fell off a
dresser at his home in
Channelview Tuesday
night.
The incident took place
in the 15000 block of
Avenue C around 7 p.m.,
Harris County investiga-
tors said.
According to reports,
the child was watching
TV in a bedroom when
he pulled/ton the dresser,
causing the TV and the
dresser to topple over,
landing on the victim.
The boy’s parents were at
work, leaving the child in
the care of his grand-
mother. A13 year-old
was also in the house at
the time of the incident.
The boy # was
Lifeflighted ' to
Children’s Hermann
Memorial with CPR in
progress, but he was pro-
nounced dead on arrival.
No one else was
injured in the accident.
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POUCE BEAT
Family violence
Police arrested a man
after they were called to
handle an incident involv-
ing family violence in the
1500 block of Nolan Road
about 8:50 a.m. Tuesday.
The man was charged with
assault for pushing a
woman. No serious
injuries were reported.
Burglaries,
thefts
• Sometime between
Sunday night and Tuesday
morning, someone jumped
an eight-foot fence to get
into an auto repair busi-
ness, then burglarized a
vehicle that was there for
repairs. A GPS and stereo
were stolen. Loss is $500.
• Police said someone
stole $900 worth of lawn
equipment from the city’s
wastewater office in the
1600 block of West Main,
according to a Tuesday
police report.
• Someone stole two 22-
ton hydraulic jacks from a
vehicle parked at a truck
care center in the 1800
block of Interstate 10
between 5:30-10 p.m.
Monday. Loss is $1,000.
• Police said someone
broke into a home in the
3800 block of Winterhaven
between 8 a.m. and 4:20
p.m. Tuesday and* stole
$2,600 worth of computer
equipment.
• Someone kicked in the
back door of a garage in
the 3200 block of Illinois
sometime between Sunday
and 6 p.m. Tuesday and
stole property worth $825,
police said.
No racing
allowed
Police arrested a 23-
year-old Baytown man
about 10 p.m. Tuesday
after he was spotted racing
his vehicle in the 2200
block of North Alexander.
Stolen vehicle
recovered
A 23-year-old Baytown
woman and a 21-year-old
Crosby man went to jail
about 4:30 a.m.
Wednesday after police
stopped their vehicle for a
traffic violation and found
out that wasn’t all they
were doing that was crimi-
nal.
Police said the pair were
driving a stolen car and
also in unlawful posses-
sion of a prohibited
weapon.
They charged them both
for the weapon. The man
will also face a charge for
unauthorized use of a
motor vehicle.
35 offenses
Between Tuesday and
Wednesday mornings,
Baytown police wrote 35
offense reports and inves-
tigated incidents that
included two assaults;
three auto thefts; three
burglaries of buildings;
one vehicle burglary;
eight theft cases; and five
miscellaneous cases.
Baytown officers also
worked 10 traffic acci-
dents and reported related
injuries at three of them.
Police Beat is compiled
from Baytown Police
Department reports and
police interviews. Those
reports are available on
the city of Baytown’s
website at www.bay-
town.org.
Crime Stoppers pays
cash rewards for informa-
tion that leads to the
arrest and charging of
anyone who commits a
felony. Callers remain
anonymous. Call Baytown
Crime Stoppers at 281-
427-TIPS or send in for-,
mation via text message
by texting “BAYTOWN”
plus the information to
CRIMES (274637).
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Yanelli, Adam. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 68, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 2012, newspaper, April 5, 2012; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063435/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.