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a soccer ball to Clint Russell, a Ross S. Sterling High School senior,
during Team USA unified soccer drills at Sterling practice fields.
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By "nMOTHY WILLIAMS
The Baytown Sun
BAYTOWN — Team USA is calling out area
soccer teams to compete so players can prepare
for the 2003 Special Olympics in Ireland this
summer.
The men's unified team is made up of athletes
who are diagnosed as mentally retarded, and part-
ners who aid the athletes in play. Of the 16 team
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school district.
Go on the air
In Crosby, students in each grade
at Sacred Heart Catholic School will
honor veterans with a program follow-
I mass beginning at 8:30 a.m. at
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 915
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to sell for an amount between $25,000
and $75,000, but an auction employee
said Sunday the Bowie knife sold for
$270,000. The auction service does not
release the name of the buyer, a Little /
John's employee said.
The knife, which Sam Houston Had
at the Battle of San Jacinto, is approxi
mately 20 inches long. The blade is
the first and
last 30 sec- • •
XL1 beyond that,
it's your 59
minutes," he
mH said
Mixon Mixon envi-
sions shows
----- by
officials or religious leaders in |
which concerned callers share
their opinions and ideas about I
Bush watching ■
Iraq for signs
of disarming I
By SCOTT UNMAW
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - War
- plans in hand. Bush administra-
tion officials on Sunday
promised "zero-tolerance if
Saddam Hussein refuses to com-
ply with international calls to
disarm.
A new U N. Security Council
resolution demands that Iraq
eliminate its weapons of mass
destruction and open up to
inspectors or face "serious con-
sequences,” and top White
House aides said they are watch-
ing closely to ensure Saddam
cooperates.
"We do not need to waste the
world's time with another game
of cat and mouse," national
security adviser Condoleezza
Ricesaid.
Under the resolution, the
Security Council would assess
any violations and decide how to
respond. But several administra-
tion officials made plain that the
United States reserved the right
to invade Iraq with or without
UN. approval.
"We have the authority by the
president 's desire to protect and
' defend the United States of
America." White House chief of
staff Andrews Card said on
“ NBC's “Meet the Press." "The
UN. can meet and discuss, but
we don't need their permission." ----
Added Secretary of State
Colin Powell: If we find that
debate is going nowhere, If the
UN. chooses not to act, we have
not given up our authority to act
with like-minded nations who
might wish to Join us in such an
action.”
The administration received
support Sunday when Arab for-
eign ministers meeting in Cairo
urged Saddam to accept the
terms of the resolution.
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Contributed photb/Little John's Auction Service
7,118 ”” ulult' rouus, oam Houston gave me jc.u.^p ra. mately 20 inches long. The blade
sold for $270,000 at an auction in knife to then 10-year-old Solomon It was Jerry Henry Fisher who Auction promoters at Little John's abou( 13 and 5/8 j^hes long, about
California on Sunday. A local family says Fisher, whose father Jeremiah Conrad loaned the knife to the monument, said Auction House of Orange. Calif., had
‘ “ ‘ ” r Baytown resident Glenn Jennings, son estimated the historic knife and sheath See KNIFE on Page 2A
I Station wants
hosts, local issues
By JEFF SCHELDT
The Baytown Sun
BAYTOWN - Phone lines
will be open, callers will be on
the air the air and the city 's
nighttime airwaves may soon be
filled with local talk about
everything from sports and pol-
itics, to health and religion. hosted by
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| Gospel 1360 staff report the whldl concerned callers share
buzz is building about privately their opinions and ideas about
hosted local radio talk and |ocal jssues leading t0 an I
church shows to begin Dec. 2. increase in awareness on issues
We re asking people to do afiecting communities while
r S °n promoting local businesses who
1360, said Charles Mixon, would purchase commercials or
sales executive at KWWJ. sponsor a show.
Local doctors, lawyers, con- -This js wha, jts about _
cemed citizens, dentists, politi- communi(y talk about Baytown
clans, psychologists, ministers, (area) polltics_ rightenusiy;
political activists, financial con- Mixon said. “ "In the Baytown I
suitants, car experts, bankers conimunity, there are a lot of
are being sought to .fill time issues out on If -
slots from 7jp,m. to 9 p.m. each a|, put our j^nds an(i opin- I
weeknight. Mixon said. ■ ions in it, we can come to a bet- I
The station will still play ter conclusion.” I
gospel content throughout the Mlxon admjts local talk top.
day but the nights will belong jCs could become controversial, I
to Baytown, Mixon said. but ead) host must also t0
For example, a doctor could k thelr contem clean, as
host a show to answer callers KWWJ |s a Christian stat|on he
medical questions, while an sajCj I
auto mechanic could host a Church programming will I
Anomer ceremony is rrom iu to s ow in whic ca ers recent follow the talk shows each I
10:45 a.m. today in the Hargrave on'a!r car a.dv ce. Any°ne can night. Churches can purchase I
High School auditorium in Huffman. purchase a time slot. 15-minute slots to broadcast I
- u Hosts can interview guests in their Sunday sermons. promote J
the studio and field calls from evenls or air devotionai from 9 I
listeners. Station staff will assist t0 midni ght each I
show hosts with production. ni„b( I
including recording their cus- M thlngs I
tom lead-ins to be played at the churches can do." Mixon said. I
beginning and end of their ■
show, Mixon said.
"We re going to help you with
Associated press photo/Fbrt Worth Star-Telegram, Darrell 8>ers
JOEUE TUCKER WALKS her 23montiH)ld daughter Megan along a sidewalk flanked in
American flags Sunday during the Veterans Day ceremony at the DFW National Cemetery in
Dallas. A WWII memorial will be unveiled at the Texas State Cemetery tn Austin today and
several local ceremonies will take place to honor veterans.
WWII memorial to be unveiled at state cemetery
By KELLEY SHANNON -------------------------
The Associated Press Local ceremonies
AUSTIN — On a peaceful hill among Past and present patriots will be
stately oak trees about a mile from the hub- honored in several veterans Day cer-
bub of the state Capitol, Texas legend emonies ip the area today.
Stephen F. Austin commands attention. The Baytown Area Veterans will •- ■■ ■
A statue of the Texas independence commemorate Veterans Day with a
fighter shows his hand raised, and his ceremony at 11 a.,m. today at the
gravestone below declares "The Father of
Other big names from the state's colorful ,
past can be found throughout the Texas j
State Cemetery, a well-tended piece of land
where tourists discover that history is on
display.
Gov. John Connally, who served three jng a
terms in the 1960s, is buried at the ceme- ~
tery. So are the famous Ferguson gover-
nors, Ma and Pa; the powerful lieutenant
" See CEMETERY on Page 2A
Soccer teams sought to help prepare
Special Olympics team for competition
"We re trying to find other soccer teams that
are on a comparable level of play,” Earnst said.
“They take it seriously that they will be repre-
senting the United States."
Play at the Special Olympics is similar to 11 -a-
side World Cup games in that teams follow
Federation Internationale de Football Association
rules. I
Scheduled practices make up most of the I
members, eight attend school in the Goose Creek team's training since there are no other unified
__ 1 , men's teams in the area. Baytown Sun photo/ Timothy wrniams
European competition will be stiff so the team ■ Area team members run the track, perform DEER PARK HIGH SCHOOL senior Bobby Johnson slides as he kicks
wants to play against organized teams that con- conditioning exercises and practice individual n'""‘ ° " “ ” c u-* r-' 1
sider themselves on par with a Junior-high team,
said Mike Earnst, soccer coach. sm OLYMPICS on P^e 3A Sterling junior Chris Martinez defends the goal.
^nife with tiest0 Houston goes for $270K
BAYTOWN — Local relatives of his home on Cedar Point. of Rosemary Fisher Jennings.
Solomon Fisher are upset after a The knife was passed down to "That was a goodwill gesture to the
Bowie knife given to their ancestor by Solomons grandson Jerry Henry monument," Glenn Jennings said.
Gen. Sam Houston was sold at auction Fisher, grandfather Of longtime “The knife was not given to be peddled
Sunday in California. Baytown resident Rosemary Fisher offlateriitwasforeducationalpurpos-
In the 1850s, Sam Houston gave the Jennings.
knife to then 10-year-old Solomon
the knife was not supposed to be sold. Fisher sold Sam Houston the land for
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