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was rained out. The event has been rescheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, May 15.
For information or to participate, call Glenn Dagley at 713453B822 or 281-424-
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Crosby reunion — The Crosby High
School Alumni Association is holding a
meeting at 7 p.m. to begin planning the
annual all-classes reunion. The meeting
is at Crosby Community Center on Hare
Road at 7 p.m. All former graduates of
Crosby High School are invited to
attend. For more information, call Polly
or Joe Lowden at 281-328-2845.
Golf tourney deadline — The
Anahuac Area Chamber of Commerce
is hosting a four-person scramble golf
tournament at the Chambers County
Golf Course May 1. This annual event
is one of the chamber’s biggest fund-
raisers and helps to support various
community projects. Hole-in-one prizes,
sponsored by Franklin Ford in Anahuac,
will include a 2004 Ford F-150. Prizes
will be awarded to first-, second-, third-
and fourth-place teams and there will
be special prizes on all par-3 holes. The
entry fee of $50 per person includes
greens fee, cart rental, breakfast, lunch
and refreshments. Entry deadline is
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around 80; A 20 percent
chance of showers and thun-
derstorms at night. Lows in
the lower 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
Sunrise — 6:39 a.m.
Sunset — 7:55 p.m.
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7:59 p.rh.
T1RR Institute for
Rehabilitation and Research
and the Baylor College of
Medicine.
Members of 1AFF Local
1173 will be at the intersec-
tion of Garth Road and drop donations into the
Baker from 9 a.m. until 4 firefighters’ boots,
p.m. asking motorists to
Texas’ passes are fish magnets for
those entering and exiting the Gulf
of Mexico.They provide assiduous
flushing of new organisms and
, marine life and with water
temperatures creeping into the 70s,
the passes are coming alive. Bink
Grimes takes us on a tour.
call 281-420-5735.
Weather watch
Tomorrow
Mostly cloudy with a 20 per-
cent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around
80. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Sunrise — 6:38 a.m.
Sunset — 7:55 p.m.
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It is the policy of The Baytown
Sun to correct errors in a timely
manner. Corrections and clarifi-
cations are published in this
space. To inquire, readers should
call Sun managing editor David
Bloom, at 281425-8016 or
david.bloom@baytownsun.com.
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MDA office in
Beaumont at 888-5754545.
at 409-2674190.
Bible study — The Baytown Family
YMCA hosts adult Bible study at 6
p.m. Wednesdays at 201 Wye Drive.
The class is open to all denomina-
tions. YMCA membership is not need-
ed to attend class. For information,
call 281427-1797. .
Over ‘42’ — The Over ”42’’ Club
meets at 1 p.m. every Wednesday at
St. John’s United Methodist Church,
501 S. Alexander Drive. For informa-
tion, call 281422-3684.
Bingo — The Gray Center at the
Wayne Gray Sports Complex on East
Road has bingo from 1 to 3 p.m.
every Wednesday. For information,
■ Do you have or know some-
one who has an interesting or
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Thursday
Support group — A drug and alcohol
support group for adults meets at 2 p.m.
at 2001 Cedar Bayou Lane. Fbr more
information, call Debbie Vassallo, 713-
9708309. A meeting is held every
Thursday.
Toddler Time — Toddler Time at
Sterling Municipal Library is from 18 to
36 months of age each Thursday from
10:30 to 11 a.m., for stories, songs
and finger plays with Miss Lisa.
Anahuac Chamber — Anahuac
National Bank is hosting the Anauhuac
Chamber of Commerce's April After-
hours Business Mixer from 4 to 6 p.m.
in the bank lobby. For more information,
call 409-2674190.
Vietnam veterans — Vietnam
Veterans of America-Baytown Chapter
922 meets at 7 p.m. at the VFW post at
8204 N. Main. Anyone who served in the
military in Vietnam from Feb. 28,1961
to May 7,1975, or Aug. 5,1964 to May
7,1975, is eligible. Bring a copy of your
DD214 to join. Those who served but not
during these times or never served but
support Vietnam veterans may join as
associates. This month’s guest speaker
is Rep. Wayne Smith, R-Baytown. For
information, call Allen at 281-573-2402
or 281421-1257.
Square dancing — The Crosby
Swinging Squares offers square dance
lessons at 7:15 p.m. every Thursday at
the Crosby Community Center, 419
Hare Road. For information, call 281-
328-3371 or 281444-3114.
Have a great photo you want to
share? The Sun welcomes photo
submissions for possible publica-
tion. Photos can be e-mailed to
Managing Editor David Bloom at
david.bloom@baytownsun.com,
or prints can be mailed or brought
to- the Sun offices at 1301
Memorial Drive, Baytown, 77520.
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Story Time — Sterling Municipal
Library will have Bilingual Story Time for
ages 18 months and older from 11:15
to 11:45 a.m.
Genealogy — The Baytown
Genealogy Research Library, 5203
Decker Drive, will be open from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Friday.
Classes will be open to members and
guests and will be by request. Those
with ideas for classes should call
Madlyn Simkulet at 281424-8388.
The library is free to the public. For
information, call 281424-8388 or
2814224950.
Bingo — VFW Post 912, 8204 N.
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today, and entry forms can be obtained Main, has bingo at 7 p.m. every
Wednesday and at 2 p.m. every
Sunday. For more information, call
For more information, call the Chamber 281421-1257.
Senior citizens — Baytown Senior
Center will have a day of arts and
crafts, fun, fellowship, games, Bible
study and a hot lunch. The center, at
the first Presbyterian Church. 1715
Market St., provides transportation
every day. The center is open to senior
citizens 60 years old and older. For
more information, call 281427-2145.
Breakfast meeting — Women
Encouraging Businesswomen has a
business breakfast at 8:45 a.m. every
Wednesday at 5309 S. Main St.,
behind the log cabin offices off FM
2100 in Crosby. R.S.V.P. to Rhonda
Roberts at 281-328-7460 or by e-mail
/ at webcrosbytx@yahoo.com.
Then they that feared the Lord
spake often one to another: and
the Lord hearkened, and heard it,
and a book of remembrance was
written before him for them that
feared the Lord, and that thought
upon his name.
— Malachi 3:16
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Gina’s heart,
liver, kidneys
helping others
Gina Nall would have been the
coolest sister-in-law.
I met Gina in college when I
started dating her older brother.
Gina and Chad were only 11
months apart, but it was hard to
believe they both came from the
same parents. , •u , - ,
Unlike her straight-laced broth-
er, Gina was a little unconvention-
al. She wore tie-dyed shirts, com-
rowed her hair and drove three
hours to rock concerts when she
had 8 a.m. classes the next day.
Gina was a
trip. We could-
n’t spend a
few seconds
together
without dis-
solving into
giggles oyer
something
stupid. We
thought it
was funny
that our first
names rhymed. The two of us
once ate a whole box of strawber-
ry Pop-Tarts in one sitting.
Toward the end of the summer
of 1992,1 flew to Chad’s and
Gina’s hometown of Kenai,
Alaska, to meet their family and
see the sights. Chad and 1 had
secretly made plans to get
engaged later in the fall, and we
were going to share the news with
Gina when we had a moment
alone with her.
That would have to wait. Gina
wanted to spend a few days with
friends in Anchorage before return-
ing to school in Texas with us.
But she never made it back. On
her way home, Gina fell asleep,
ran off the road and hit a tree. She
died at an Anchorage hospital two
days later. She was 19.
The day Gina's family decided
to take her off life support is a
; blur to me, but 1 do remember fil-
; ing into a room with her family to
•discuss organ donation. Her par-
ents gave consent to donate her
corneas as well as her kidneys,
liver and heart.
In the days, weeks and months
following Gina's accident, organ
donation was forgotten amid the
mind-numbing grief and the suc-
cession of morbid events that
accompanied her death: the funer-
al, cleaning out her bedroom,
returning to school without her,
and going ahead with wedding
plans that we never had the
chance to tell her about.
But then Gina’s parents began
receiving letters from the recipi-
ents of her organs. A surgeon
whose failing vision had forced
him to quit working was able to
take up his livelihood again —
thanks to Gina’s corneas.
Another man had received
Gina's heart and was looking for-
ward to watching his grandchil-
dren grow up. He’s 74 now.
The woman who received
Gina's liver is still going strong at
age 79.
Just recently, my father-in-law
learned that both kidney recipi-
ents. a man in Hawaii and a
woman in California, have
passed away. The kidney trans-
plants extended their lives for at
least 10 years, and they both died
. of something other than kidney
’ failure.
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In observance of the 50th
anniversary inauguration of
the partnership between the
International Association of
Firefighters and the
Muscular Dystrophy
Association, Baytown fire-
fighters will conduct a Fill-
the-Boot drive on May 1, 8
and 15 to benefit the MDA.
Proceeds raised during
the street-side campaign
will help support MDA ser-
vices and research pro-
grams, including MDA’s
outpatient clinic for people
with more than 40 neuror
muscular diseases at
Beaumont Healthsouth, .the Baytown^Tphoto/Lauren Sallee
Institute for LT WEYL0N RObinSON and firefighters Brian Smith, Raul
Rodriguez and driver Charlie Murrell hold a sign for their Fill-the-
Boot campaign benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association,
which will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 1,8 and 15 at the inter-
section of Garth Road and Baker.
for the MDA’s fight against
neuromuscular diseases
since 1954. ’
IAFF members also hold
softball tournaments, bowl-
a-thons and other special
events to benefit the MDA.
In addition, many mem-
bers spend a week each year
assisting at the MDA
Summer Camp.
“Firefighters are so inspi-
rational tt- they never tire1
of helping MDA enhance
the lives of our area chil-
dren and adults with neuro-
muscular diseases,” said
Anna Papoutsis. MDA dis-
trict director. “This year
especially, we want to take
every opportunity to let the
community know how
important they are to our
programs.” , .
For more information
about Fill-the Boot or about
are one of the primary ways MDA’s programs, contact
firefighters nationwide have the MDA office in
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