The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 287, Ed. 1 Monday, September 9, 2002 Page: 4 of 12
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The Baytown Sun is encouraging
readers to submit their own cheers
telethon raised $58.3 million for the
Muscular Dystrophy Association.
The association is funded almost
workers, organized as part of the
Federal Emergency Management
processed raw information into
valuable intelligence. Soldiers left
Fort Hood for Kuwait to guard
skies over key cities in Texas and
across America, and US Army air
Kay Bailey
Hutchison
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Fred Hartman, Publisher Emeritus
1950-1974
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Goose Creek CISD
Goose Creek Administration Bldg.
1415 Market Street
P.O. Box 30
Barbers Hill ISD
Barbers HUI Administration Bldg.
P.O. Box 1108
Mont BeMeu, Texas 77580
281-576-2221
Superintendent
Tim Sonnenberg
Board of Trustees
Position 1 - James Allen
281-385-5140
Position 2 - Lyle Malechek
281-383-2369
Position 3 - George Barrera
281-383-2127
Posltlon4 - Benny May, Secretary
281-385-2459
Position 5 - Philip Joines, Vice-
President
281-385-1006
Position 6-Jeff Farrell
281-576-5005
Position 7 - Jamie Harvey, President
281-385-5106
Baytown, Texas 77522
281-4204800
Superintendent
Barbara Sultis
Board of Trustees
District 1 - Phelitria Barnes
281-4264256
District 2 - Rosa Rodriguez
281-420-2550
District 3 - Weston Cotten
281-426-5384
District 4 - James Lewis
281-428-7360
District 5 - Clarence Albus
281-421-5896
District 6 - Jepp Busch
281422-8898
District 7 - Steve Fischer
281420-1370
Members serve a three-yearterm.
Board meets on second and fourth
Mondays of each month at 6:30 p.m.
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dictator Saddam Hussein.
A year ago, we entered a war of
uncertain duration. We have come
far, but the ultimate victory over
terrorism is still to come. We owe it
to each and every victim of the ter-
ror attacks to fight this battle to the
end.
Congress and the President have
designated September 11th as ,.
Patriot Day. This name evokes our
American spirit and silently recalls
the countless heroes who emerged
after the terror attacks.
When President Bush marks this
solemn occasion by visiting where
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 dis-
cuss issues affecting the community. To
make an appointment, contact Managing
Editor David Bloom, (281) 422-8302.
Members of the editorial board include: -
Wanda Gamer Cash, editor and publisher;
David Bloom, managing editor; Meredith
Darnell, news editor; and Dee Anne Navarre,
business manager.
City of Baytown
City Hall
2401 Market Street
Baytown, Texas 77520
281422-8281
Interim City Manager
Gary Jackson
2814206503
Mayor
Pete Alfaro
2814206500
City Council
District 1 - Mercedes Renteria III
2814209796
District 2 - Scott Sheley
2814226008
District 3 - Calvin Mundinger
281424-9289
District 4 - Don Murray
281424-2300
District 5 - Ronnie Anderson
281427-9084
District 6 - Coleman Godwin
2814224733
Members serve a twoyear term.
Council meets on second and fourth
Thursdays of each month at 6:30 p.m.
at City Hall.
citizens that we serve.
I personally would like to thank
Holiday (The Baytown Sun, Sept. 3). each and every citizen that helped us
initiated a federal investigation
into possible criminal civil rights
violations. Swisher County
District Attorney Terry
Texas, that involved nearly 10 per- McEachern said at the time that
cent of the small Panhandle town’s he found the timing of the investi-
gation odd, coming less than two
weeks before the 2000 presiden-
such as this. Helping people is what
we do.
We would not be very successfill
raising money for this cause or the
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through again by collecting almost other. sPecial causes ** we P^101’
Many opportunities exist within The
Sun to publish news and information
about people, events and issues within
your community To help get the word
out about your civic organization,
school pr business, review the newspa-
per departments listed below to see
where you should send the news
release.
Submit news items by fax, at (281)
427-1880, e-mail, regular mail, or by
dropping it off at The Sun office, locat-
ed at 1301 Memorial Drive. Send
notice of upcoming events about two
New York's first responders.
And military personnel from
Texas were called to the frontlines
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soil by terrorists. Together we griev- struck that clear blue September
ed and mourned for those who were morning, military forces based in
lost. We marveled at the heroism
and bravery of the first responders
Anahuac ISD
P.O. Box 369
Anahuac, Texas 77514
409-267-6491
Superintendent
Linda Kay Barnhart
Board of Trustees
Position 1 - Clint Fancher
409-2676188
Position 2 - Gayle Peveto, Secretary
409-267-3278
Position 3 - Allen Herrington
409-389-3987
Position 4 - Thomas E. “Gene”
•Baker, President
409-267-3156
Position 5 - Eddie Foster
409-267-3701
Position 6 - Jessie D. “Dee” Leggett,
Vice President
409-252-3201
Position 7 - Kendall L. Barrow
409-267-3156
soldiers kept our airports safe. Our
military reservists have worked
alongside U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service officials at
crucial entry points along our bor-
der with Mexico. Medical teams
from Fort Sam Houston went to
Cheers
Nearly $5,000 was collected dur-
ing last Monday's Labor Day
Muscular Dystrophy Telethon held
at Southwest Bank of Texas in
Baytown.
The funds were collected by vol-
unteers -
school students
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Baytonians don’t need to be told
how generous they are —that is
clear.
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torial that is published every
writer. We publish only original material
addressed to The Baytown Sun bearing the
writer’s signature. An address and phone num-
ber not for publication should be included. We
ask that submissions be limited to one per
month. All letters and guest columps subject
to editing.
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lish any submission.
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didates or issues will not be published within
two days of an election, except in direct rebut-
tal to a letter previously published in The
Baytown Sun. Please send signed letters to:
Wanda Gamer Cash or David Bloom, The
Baytown Sun, P.O. Box 90, Baytown, TX
77522.
Or, fax them to: (281) 427-1880. Or, email
us at: sunnews@baytownsun.com.
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300 words and guest columns of up to 500
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However, Mr. Cornyn has done
the right thing previously on some
race-related legal issues that could
have cost him politically.
the 2001 Texas Legislature to Whatever the* motivations, with
. change some laws, but not enough the federal authorities not priori-
to prevent another Tulia. Swift
investigations of possible official
misconduct would help.
The Clinton administration had
430 black residents. But Texas
Attorney General John Cornyn’s
decision not to let the story end , tial election. But it’s also odd that
there or languish in a federal ’ ’ .....'
investigation is good. Let’s just
hope, for the sake of justice, that
One could be cynical and note
Mr. Cornyn’s announcement
comes two months before he faces
Ron Kirk, the black former mayor
Firefighters are a caring group of
people who work long hours and
receive great rewards because of
tizing the Tulia case, the state’s
decision to proceed with its own
investigation is good.
— The Dallas Morning News
Attorney General John Cornyn to
open a state investigation “to
determine whether state laws have
been broken and what other action
needs to be taken by state authori-
ties.” His move has drawn support
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HAVE THE KEYS
TO THE TANK?
the investigation has languished
under the Bush administration.
That slow pace and pressure
the state actually pursues its inves- from various groups led Texas
tigation of the whole incident
more quickly than the federal ^
authorities have. Some of the
accused are doing time.
The sweeping arrests in Tulia
were based on the work of one
undercover officer, Tom Coleman, from Gov. Rick Perry,
who has had some questionable
behavior in his work before and
since Tulia and is accused of tar-
geting blacks. It was largely his
word, without any corroborating of Dallas, in an election for the
evidence, that led to about a dozen Senate. ?.
convictions. Some long sentences
issued early on scared others into
plea bargains.
The ill-gotten convictions led -
that of the original goal. t '' ’
Everyone who chipped in — Monday. Send submissions to: The
either donations or time —has Baytown Sun, PO. Box 90, Baytown,
done a great deal to help Jerry’s Texas 77522. They may also be e-
mailed to: meredith.damell@bay-
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Cheers and jeers
Cheers and Jeers is a collection
of quick hits ofpraise and com-
ments on local, state and national
issues compiled by The Sun editor- entirely by individual, private volun-
ial board. tary contributions.
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The appointed executive director
of the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality — formerly
the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission — is on
our side.
We were pleased with her
announcement that she will stand
— who included high wjt^ us (he pro.
udents — and firefight- posed TSp landfill.
Her support goes a long way.
Towers once stood, to the stillness
---------------,-----—.j— of the Pennsylvania countryside,
defenders from Fort Bliss supported an(j f0 rebuilt and hallowed sec-
tion of the Pentagon where I will
join him, the hearts of the American
people travel as well. We offer our
prayers for the families who lost
loved ones on September 11th, and
we remember the men and women
who have sacrificed their lives in
this war on terrorism.
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Republican of Texas, became the
first woman to represent her state in
the U.S. Senate with her election in
1993. She was elected to a second
jull term in 2000. She may be con-
tacted at her Houston office at
(713) 653-3456.
Texas responded quickly. Texas Air
National Guard fighter aircraft
— the firefighters, emergency med- immediately safeguarded America's the mighty World Trade Center
ical technicians and police officers
— who rushed into the devastation
to help others, many sacrificing
their own lives in the process. But
soon our collective anguish became time, Texas Army National Guard
our national resolve. Our energies
became focused on destroying the
instigators of this tragedy. We are
committed to rooting out terrorism
wherever it may lie.
Many Texans are contributing to
our homeland security efforts and
the war on terrorism abroad. A team Afghanistan and Air National
of Texas firefighters and emergency Guard transport aircraft helped get
—,i------J-----, . them, and others, safely there.
Analysts at Lackland Air Force
Agency (FEMA) efforts, made their Base's Air Intelligence Activity
way to Ground Zero in New York
City just days after the attacks.
They were on hand to help relieve
Letters
Slow light on feeder road backs up traffic at ExxonMobil
Who is responsible for the east heck with Exxon. I have to get to
bound feeder light at Rollingbrook work on time,
and 330 (entrance to ExxonMobil)?
The light for the feeder traffic is set
at 70 seconds.
That is the time for
three people to
ExxonMobil property while every-
one else (on the east bound feeder
waits for more than a minute.
This is totally retarded. Typical
Commentary ____________________
Remember our heroes on Patriot Day
As our nation pauses to com-
memorate the first anniversary of
the attacks of September 11th,
every American will remember
where they were that fateful morn-
ing one year ago. That day nearly
3,000 Americans woke up, kissed
their families goodbye, went to
work and never returned. In the
blink of an eye, their lives were bru-
tally and violently taken by terror-
ists.
Our nation was stunned. We had
been cowardly attacked on our own
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Kids. mailed to: meredith.damell@bay-
Nationally, the 2002 Jerry Lewis townsun.com.
State investigation of Tulia case
rug charges were dropped
■ in July against the last
JL^ defendant in the now infa-
mous 1999 drug bust in Tulia,
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Baytown being able to participate in . causes
an average of Community helped firefighters
drive into support Jeny’s Kids
Baytown firefighters
half of the money collected in pate in without the support from the
Baytown for Muscular Dystrophy “* ' *
ExxonMobil? Traffic is backed up to Research during the Labor Day
Mars on the feeder road. The 330 is j
not yet open going to the Hartman Nationwide, firefighters collect help Jerry’s Kids.
Bridge. more money than any other group
Who do we call to complain? To each and every year.
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