The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 374, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 2003 Page: 2 of 16
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Tomorrow
Mostly cloudy. Chance of
mainly afternoon showers
and thunderstorms 40
percent. Highs in the lower
60s. Lows in the mid 50s.
Sunrise — 7:05 a.m..
Sunset — 5:21 p.m.
Titles*
High 2:12 a.m.
Low 3:55 p.m.
Today
Mostly sunny. Highs in
the lower 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Partly
cloudy and warmer night.
Lows in the upper 40s.
Sunrise — 7:04 a.m.
Sunset — 5:21 p.m.
Tides*
High 1:22 a.m.
Low 3:55 p.m.
Weather watch
how to deal with the disease and
learn ways to respond and cope with
the daily care of afflicted loved ones.
Call Lois Manier, 281-422-9333,
days, or 281-424-1431, nights.
Square dancing — The Crosby
Road. The cost is $6. For information,
call the seniors program at Lee College
at 281425-6416.
to 11 a.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. The store
offers handpainted home dfecor, gifts
and holiday designs.
Alzheimer’s support —The
Baytown Alzheimer’s Support Group
meets at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall
of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 712
Schilling. Families can get support on friends and free refreshments are
served to participants 55 years old or
older at the Gray Center at the Wayne
more information, call 281-420-5735.
Swinging Squares offers square dance Thursday at Max Bowl East, 720 Ward
lessons at 7:15 p.m. every Thursday at “ .. — - ■ - .....
the Crosby Community Center, 419
Hare Road. For more information, call
Today
Support group — A new drug and
alcohol support group for adults meets
Last week to buy gifts
at Harbor Lights galleiy
The Harbor Lights gift gallery,
under the direction of the Baytown
Art League, is open from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday
and 1 to 5 p.m. jSunday. The gallery
is located in the Bayland Island
Pavilion, 2461 State Highway 146
South, at the north end of the Fred
Hartman Bridge. Door prizes and
refreshments are offered daily. For
information, call 281-427-1114 or
281-427-9553.
Bridge — The Furbee Duplicate
Bridge Club meets at 1 p.m. every
Thursday at Remington Park, 901W.
Baker Road. Players pay $2 each for
three hours of entertainment. For more
information, call 281-427-3031.
Toastmasters — Improve your public
speaking skills. Baytown ExxonMobil
Toastmasters District 56 Club No.
6768 meets at noon to 1 p.m. every
Thursday at the ExxonMobil main off-
site building, 2800 Decker Drive.For
more information, call 281-8340102.
Beach City Lions Club — The Beach
City Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. the
second and fourth Thursday of each
month at the Beach City Community
Building, 12723 Tri-Cities Beach Road.
For information, call 281-383-3940 or
Hank Gainer at 281-383-2792.
today at 1 p.m. at 2001 Cedar Bayou
Lane. For more information, call Debbie
Vassallo, 713-9708309. A meeting is
held every Thursday.
Grief support — Hospice Care Team
is offering a four-week group series
called “Coping With the Holidays."
Facilitated by professionals, these
groups help adults who are grieving to
cope with feelings that may arise during
the holiday season. The group meets
today from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Redeemer
Lutheran Church, 1200 E. Lobit. For
information, call 1-800-5458738.
Toddler Time — Toddler Time at
Sterling Municipal Library is for children
18 to 36 months of age each Thursday
from 10:30 to 11 a.m., for stories,
songs and finger plays with Miss Lisa.
Open house — Friends Are Forever, *
127A San Jacinto in Highlands, is host-
ing an open house event today from 9 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Thursday at
Remington Park in the Country Kitchen
room. All old and new members are
welcome. For more information, call
281-421-7453 or 281426-5847 after
6 p.m.
Fun for seniors — Games of 42,
dominoes, 88 and Skip-Bo, making
Friday
Pilates — There is a free Pilates
class every Friday this month at 9 a.m.
at Kuk Sool Won Martial Arts building,
2827 N. Alexander Drive. For more
information, call 2814284930.
Bridge — Bridge is played at noon
every Friday at Remington Park, 901W.
Baker Road. For more information, call
Jerri Read at 281427-5292 or Eugenia
Jones at 281422-5288.
SNAP — The Spay Neuter Assistance
Program is providing free spaying and
neutering and rabies vaccination for ani-
Gray Sports Complex on East Road. For mals spayed or neutered through SNAP,
____________221 2-22. and a Houston city license for those who
Senior bowling — The Senior Bowling qualify at the San Jacinto/Highlands
League meets at 10:30 a.m. every Community Center, 604 Highland Wood
in Highlands at 8 a.m. The free service
is provided for senior citizens over 55 or
on food stamps, WIC, TANF, Medicaid,
and other assistance programs.
281-328-3371 or 2814443114.
C&W dancing — Country and
Western dancing for senior citizens is
from 10 to 11:30 a.m. every Thursday
at the Gray Center at the Wayne Gray
Sports Complex on East Road.
TOPS — TOPS No. TX 794 meets
Goodfellows still registering, collecting for gift drive
$50
Community calendar
$100
$25
$300
$100
$40
$100
$50
By CHIEF GOODFELLOW
The Baytown Sun
Registration
Goodfellows registration is at
Ainsworth and Company
Iff Warehouse, 2500 Market St.:
■ Today from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
■ Friday from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
| Saturday from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Distribution at Ainsworth
Dec. 18 from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Dec. 19 from 9 a.m. -1 p.m.
Donations
Anonymous
Charles B. and Scotty R. Fuqua
Fred Guinn '
Robert B. and Susan M. Gilmore
Armando and Benita Rios
Baytown Assembly No. 153
Social Order of Beauceant $25
Marvin and Carol Guy, in honor of our grandchildren Allie,
\ Kate and Oliver $100
Mary Bonds
In memory of Buck and Percy
Larry, Kim, Luke and Kayla Crain
Bobby, Vickie and Josh Baillio
In loving memory of Clayton Spears
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Elliott
In memory of our parents $50
Mrs. H. P. Blakeney
10 a.m* to 2 p.m. at the ainsworth warehouse, 2500 Market St. in memory of Pat Blakeney $50
~ ..... ' ------•*------*--------*■'— ‘ Pat and Rudy Porter, in loving memory of our parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L.F. Porter and Mrs. Florence Alexander, and our
son-in-law, James P. Ballard $25
To date: $6,417
Goal $30,000
Annette and her three children have had a bad year.
At the beginning of the year, Annette’s husband cleaned out
the bank account and left. Her car was repossessed in July,
making transportation nearly impossible for the private nurse.
Then her company laid her off and told her they would call
when they had more clients for her. Five months later, Annette
still has no job and said without a car or public transportation,
she is struggling to find work.
She has lived in her Baytown house for 15 years and is now
a single parent of three children: two girls, ages 9 and 13, and
a 17-year-oldboy.
Every Christmas, Annette decorates the yard, and her girls
decorate the Christmas tree. They normally go Christmas
shopping together and watch movies while eating Christmas
treats. (
“It’s hard,” she said. “We can’t do any of that right now.”
Since 1931, Goodfellows has helped low-income families
provide gifts to Baytown children. This year’s Goodfellows
goal is to raise $30,000 but less than $6,500 has been con-
tributed so far.
Almost 2,400 local children ages 2 through 12 are in need
of your help. Less than $6,500 has been collected toward the
$30,000 goal.
Family registration with Goodfellows continues today from
4 to 8 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from
Toy distribution will be at the Ainsworth warehouse on Dec.
18 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Dec. 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Donations may be mailed to P.O. Box 90, Baytown, Texas
77520 or delivered to The Baytown Sun at 1301 Memorial
Drive.
Call 281425-8020 for information.
Quotable
Bible Verse
Corrections
Do not be yoked together with
unbelievers. For what do right-
eousness and wickedness have in
common? Or what fellowship can
light have with darkness?
— 2 Corinthians 6:14
It is the policy of The Bay town
Sun to correct errors in a timely
manner. Corrections and clarifica-
tions are published in this space.
To inquire, readers should call
Sun managing editor David
Bloom, at 281425-8016 or
david.bloom@baytownsun.com.
■ ■ ■
A Page 1 story in Wednesday’s
Sun titled “Tax could cover road
work cost” incorrectly reported a
proposed sales tax rate. The sales
tax for street repair is only avail-
able in quarter-cent and eighth-
cent increments, so the maximum
amount raised from a sales tax for
street repair would be $1.5 million.
“Almost any man knows how to
earn money, but not one in a mil-
lion knows how to spend it.”
— Henry David Thoreau,
American writer (1817-1862)
See LEE on Page 3A
Jane
Howard
Lee
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Soldiers’address
and holiday tips
My column last week dealt with
the needs of many wounded and
sick servicemen and women who
are recuperating in the American
military hospital in Landstuhl,
Germany, where our oldest daugh-
ter is stationed for medical training.
Many of these patients have
been flown in from the war zone
in Iraq. In fact, almost all of the
military personnel who are
wounded or taken ill in Iraq are
taken to Landstuhl. Many are
there for several weeks or even
months before shipping home or
back to their units.
Daughter Kassie told us of some
particular needs — toothbrushes,
deodorant, sweat pants and sweat
shirts — that the military runs
short of and that the patients really
need. Cards and letters from
appreciative Americans would also
be welcomed.
I did not have the proper
address at the time the column
was printed and told readers to
drop items off at The Sun office,
where I would collect them and
mail them to Germany. I have the
address now. Send items, cards
and letters to the following:
Attn: Pastoral Services
CMR402LRMC
APOAE, 09180
Be sure to put a note inside the
package to let the chaplains know
that the items are intended for sol-
diers who most need them and if
you want them to go only to Arose
coming out of Iraq, specify that.
Now, on to other matters...
My Christmas shopping is
almost done, with only a couple of
items left to find. I start in the sum-
mertime, picking up items here and
there and stashing diem in a partic-
ular hidey-hole in my closet.
By this time of the year, we
have to really stretch and contort
our bodies to get to anything in
that end of the closet.
This week, I completed my holi-
day package mailings, and some
were somewhat unusual. A set of
big cooking pots went to Germany,
where our daughter swears that she
can’t find any big ones and that
Germans apparently do pasta and
noodles in something other than
big pots.
A fuzzy-plush giraffe costume
complete with big knobby head
went to my adopted Chinese
almost-niece in Connecticut.
Longtime readers might remem-
ber columns describing my trip to
China with my good friend who
adopted the 10-month-old, who is
now 6 and thinks that giraffes are
the neatest things in the world.
Thank goodness for those post-
Halloween costume sales.
So this pretty much leaves me
in good shape for the holidays.
Now 1 can get everything
wrapped and just leisurely watch
the commercials and sale ads for
those things on the “maybe” list.
For those of you just getting
started, those who actually enjoy
the last-minute holiday atmos-
phere at the malls and those just
getting out there for the great
deals, here are some tips.
■ The good deals just get better
as we get closer to Christmas, but
the stocks get shorter at the same
time. Be flexible, not frantic.
■ Criminal types are out there
trying to do their last-minute
shopping too — they just don’t
want to pay for it. Be careful.
Travel in packs whenever possi-
ble. Ask mall or store personnel
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Sports
Special Section
Sunday
SWIMMING TO WIN
This week’s Sunday magazine
features an interview with Jude
Law, star of “Cold Mountain," as
well as an article on the health
benefits of tea and tips for
getting rid of dutter. J
Area swim teams will gather at
Steriing High School Saturday for
the fifth annual Metro-Houston
tournament preliminary
Ma competition. Find out
!■ how Sterling and Crosby
JBi swimmers fared in
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BAGHDAD, Iraq
U.S.-appointed interin
ment established a w<
tribunal Wednesday tc
mer members of
Hussein’s regime.
In the northern
Mosul, small arms fi
roadside bomb killed
soldiers and wound
Guerrillas also struck
Force C-17 transpo
with, a ground-fired
forcing it to return to I
a senior Pentagon offi
The U.S. military in
said the plane repc
engine explosion on
Tuesday; one of the 1
aboard was slightly inj
Abdel-Aziz al-Haki
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power — until May 1,
the day President
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