The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 2006 Page: 2 of 16
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SUNRISE
THE BAYTOWN SUN
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JANE HOWARD LEE
Thursday, January 5,2006
bubbalee@flash.net
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
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reporter.
Baytown Grandmothers
Club No. 346 will meet at
Church, 7007 Bayway
lunch and fellowship this
Thursday, 11:30 a.m. at
In a Page 1 story Wednesday
about the Texas, and USC fans
getting prepared for the Rose
Bowl, there were two mis-
takes. James Street was the
quarterback for Texas in 1969,
and USC is working on its sec-
ond consecutive undefeated
season, not its third.
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COMING UP
BLT performance
Baytown Little Theater
will present "The
Complete Works of
William Shakespeare
(Abridged)” at 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday. The
theater is at 1500
Lakewood Village. For
more information or
reservations, call 281-
424-7617.
3114.
C&W dancing —
for classes should call
Madlyn Simkulet at 281-
424-8388. For information,
call 281-424-8388 or 281-
422-4950/
served. For more’informa-
tion, call Stacey Ceasar at
832-597-0896.
plays.
Square dancing — The
Crosby Swinging Squares
offers square dance lessons
Club No. 346 will meet at more information, call
10 a.m. at Wooster Baptist David Frazier at 28J-422-
Church, 7007 Bayway '
Drive/forits monthly
meeting and covered dish
luncheon. For more infor-
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join. Those who served but from 7:15 to 9:15p.m.
every Thursday at the
Crosby Community
Center. 419 Hare Road.
associates. For informa- For information, call 281-
tion, call Allen at 281-573- 328-3371 or 281-444-
2402 or 281-421-1257.
Visitors are welcome.
Fishing club — The
Saltwater Angler League
of Texas Trinity Bay
Family Fishing Club meets
at 7 p.m. the first Thursday Baytown Community
of every month at the
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Friday
Women’s club — The
Women’s Club will meet at
10 a.m. at Goose Creek
Country Club. Goose
Creek Superintendent
Barbara Sultis will present
“Friends in Education.”
Lunch reservations should
be made by Jan. 4 by con-
tacting Anna Maria
Chauviere.
Bible study — People of
all faiths are invited to a
Wednesday and Friday and Bible study from 1 to 2
Country and Western danc- from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ing for the senior citizens
group is frotp 10 to 11:30
am.
The great military pen pal
experiment is over and the
final results were not quite
what our girls had in mind.
We had a guest in our home
for a two-week stretch that
included the holidays. He was
one of three young military
men who had all been corre-
sponding with our daughter
and two of her friends. He left
today and I have to say that we
all heaved a sigh of relief.
Don’t get me wrong. He
seemed to be a nice guy, but
he certainly was not what my
daughter was expecting. Nor
were the other two guys even
close to what the other girls Z
were expecting.
Of the three guys, one had
dated one of the girls for a
while before he went off to
boot camp. He made friends
there. His new friends heard
all about his girl back home
and wondered if she had any
friends that they could write to
That’s how it all started.
Now 1 am not going to tell
you who did what to who or
when or why or how. I’ll make
a few statements.
All of these guys were sup-
posed to be free and single and
interested in the young women
with whom they were corre-
sponding.
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Seniors—- Seniors at
the Highlands Community
Center can enjoy ceramics
at 9 a.m. or a Spanish class
at 1 p.m. The community
center is at 604 Highland
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For more information, call
281-426-7561.
Toddler Time—
Toddler Time for children
18 to 36 months of age is
Library from 10:30 to 11
Town Hall
meeting
Congressman Gene
Green, D-Houston, will
host a town hall meeting
in Baytown at 11 a.m. on
Saturday at the City
Council Chambers, 2401
Market St.
All constituents of the
29th Congressional
District are invited to
attend the meeting.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Thursday, Jan. 5,
the fifth day of 2006. There
are 360 days left in the year.
Ten years ago: An end to a
three-week-old partial govern-
ment shutdown was in sight as
the House acted to restore the
jobs and wages of hundreds of
thousands of federal workers.
Five years ago: In a blizzard
of last-minute executive
orders, President Clinton cur-
tailed road building and log-
ging on federal forest land.
One year ago: President
Bush opened a new drive for
caps on medical malpractice
awards, contending the limits
would lower health care costs.
The bodies of 18 young Iraqi
Shiites taken off a bus and
executed in December 2005
were found in a field near
Mosul.
— The Associated Press
mation, e-mail Mike
Hindman at
mhsalttails@evl.net.
Baytown Kiwanis —
The Baytown.Kiwanis
Club meets at noon every
Thursday at Goose Creek
SUN HISTORY
In 2001, Diana Maldonado
Cox. a Goose Creek school
district employee for 24 years,
was named the district’s execu-
tive director of elementary
education.
In 2002, state transportation
officials started replacing the
expansion joints in the
roadbed of the twin-span Fred
Hartman Bridge linking
Baytown and La Porte. A
farewell party was held for
Bob Leiper, who was stepping
down as fire chief.
Last year, the Goose Creek
facilities planning committee
decided to present a $239 mil-
lion bond package to the
school board the following
week The committee also
looked at the option of split-
ting the package into two sepa-
rate referendums that could
each be completed over a
three-year period but favored
the five-year combined pack-
age.
QUOTABLE
Wisdom is divided into two
parts: (a) having a great deal
j to say, and (b) not saying it.
—Anonymous
M.A. Bengtson, Ernestine Bright,
Kathi Krisher Clausen, Amy & Carl
Currie, Mary Garcia, Gil Gerlich,
Gena & Dr. Dean Hutto, Mary Ann
- . . Johnson, Chris Navarre, Sharon
±2dC± Wilkenfeld, Connie Jennings and
Zoe Krizak.
Ticket information for the ball may
be obtained from Laurie Terry, (281)
BIBLE VERSE
He has showed you, O man,
what is good. And what does
the LORD require of you? To
act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your
■ God. ’
— Micah 6:8
CORRECTIONS
In the Jan. 2 issue of the
Baytown Sun, Gary Jackson
_was misquoted in a few places.
Jackson didmot say that 2005
was a big year for city policy
because of the hurricane or
that under the street recon-
struction bond program, coun-
cil needs to first decide on the
list of streets.
Instead, he said the streets
for Phase III had been selected
by council and were currently
under final engineering
design. Bidding and construc-
tion will be in 2006.
He also said 2006 will be a
big year for the
Comprehensive Plan Update.
And that Goose Creek
school district wants the site of
the third high school to be
annexed, but the city needs to
first complete a sewer study in
the area. Until the sewer study
is completed, the city amended
its utility policy for serving for
public educational facilities
outside the city to allow the
district to proceed with the
planning and design necessary
to connect the new site to
water and sewer in the city at
the district’s expense.
Iglesia Bautista Betel,
Baytown. Classes include
small groups and free
childcare. For more infor-
mation, call 281-422-3457.
Alcoholics Anonymous
spouse. Join the group for — Surrender, a new
,—,— j a- Alcoholics Anonymous
group, meets at Redeemer
On Saturday, Jan. 14, Le Grande
Salon of La Colombe d’ Or in
Houston, will be the scene of the
“Winter on the Riviera” Ball being
sponsored by the Baytown Council
of the American Diabetes
Association to benefit research for a
cure and educational services to
patients in the area.
The 2006 Winter Ball is dedicated
to the memory of John B. Tucker in
recognition of his many services to
the ADA. Co-chairing the event are
Laurie Terry and Kathy Clausen.
Grand Prix sponsor for the event is
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital with
Monte Carlo sponsors including
Bayer Corp., Virginia & Wayne
Miller and Satterfield & Pontikas
Construction, Inc. Cannes level
sponsorships include East Houston
Regional Medical Center, Penny &
Daryl Yaw, and Janet & John Brazzil.
Monoco level sponsors are Laurie &
Greg Terry, Kathy & Mike Clausen,
Dr. Dean & Gena Hutto, David &
Bennie Kadjar, Jane Tucker,
Center Point Energy, Connie &
Glenn Jennings, United
Environmental Systems, and Bay
Star Ambulance Service.
“In 2005, the winter ball raised
more than $30,000 for the search for
a cure for this disease that affects an
estimated 20.8 million Americans,
according to the American Diabetes
Association. That’s 7 percent of our ________
population,” Terry said. “ Funds also will continue throughout the evening.
i ...... Members of the Ball Committee,
in addition to Terry and Clausen, are 420-8549. The event begins at 7 p.m.
Contributed photo
Ball Sponsor, Bayer Corporation Representatives, John Rocco, Plant Manager,
left, and Cherie Laughlin, right, preview silent auction items with MA Bengtson,
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and Ball Committee.
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Association. That’s 7 percent of our
_r_„_ are directed to educational resources
rQne turned out to have a to help people adjust to the lifestyle
pretty serious girlfriend in . .
another state. His. secret came,
out before he could get here to
visit. His pen pal was hurt, but
■ got over it. ■
One turned out to have a
girlfriend and a baby and
though he acknowledged the
existence of both, denied hav-
ing a continuing relationship
with the other girl. That turned
out to be a lie. probably one of
manyTies. His local girl cut
the connection immediately
and is he is wise, he will not
attempt to reconnect. She was
not hurt so much as she was .
mad. Really mad..
One assured his young
woman pen pal (in 22 letters
of no less than three pages .
each and in numerous lengthy
telephone calls) that he was
hot looking for a serious rela-
tionship, since he. had no idea
where the Army might send
him. and that his intention was
simply friendship. Soon after
arrival he professed his love.
When his affections were gen-
tly -repulsed, he spotted another
girl and got engaged to her
two days after they met. He
bought her a $1,500 engage-
ment ring and a 2006 pickup
truck, then did not have
enough money left to pitch in
for gas to get to the airport for
his return flight.
When the girl he had been
writing to questioned his deci-
sion (and his sanity), pointing
out that he, could hardly be in
love with someone he had only
known for two days, he swore
that he knew her and that it
really was love. She, of course,
pointed out that he had said
the same of her just a couple
days earlier and he got a little
huffy. T don’t think the friend-
ship is going to last.
All in all, I think this has
been a worthwhile lesson for
all three girls. 1 would hate to
see them become as cynical as
1 am, which is actually not
even close to how cynical I
used to be, but just a touch of
cynicism would not hurt them.
I think maybe they picked up
that touch in the past couple of
weeks.
Ah, young love.
Were we ever that young?
Were we ever so blind?
Were we ever that foolish?
1 Ybs, yes and yes.
Eddie V Gray Wetlands TOPS — TOPS No. TX
Center, 1724 Market St., in 794 meets from 6:30 to 8
Baytown. For more infor- p.m. every Thursday at
—x:------:i Remington Park in the
Country Kitchen room. All
old and new members are
welcome. For more infor-
mation, call Jan at 281 -
426-5847 after 6 p.m.
Fun for seniors —
Enjoy a good-times atmos-
phere while playing games
of 42, dominoes, 88 and
Skip-Bo and making
friends. Free refreshments
are served. Participants
must be 55 years old or
older. There are monthly
luncheons, bus trips and
musical entertainment. All
the fun is at the Baytown
Community Center, 2407
Market St. For informa-
tion, call 281-420-5735.
Senior bowling — The
Senior Bowling League
meets at 10:30 a.m. every
Thursday at Max Bowl
East, 720 Ward Road. The
cost is $6. For information,
call the seniors program at
Lee College at 281-425-
6416.
Bridge — The Furbee
Duplicate Bridge Club
meets at 1 p.m. every
Thursday at Remington
Park, 901 W. Baker Road.
Players pay $2 each for
three hours of entertain-
ment. For more informa-
tion, call 281-427-3031.
Toastmasters —
Improve your public
speaking skills. Baytown
Exxon Mobil Toastmasters
District 56 Club No. 6768
meets at noon to 1 p.m.
every Thursday at the
Exxon Mobil main off-site
building, 2800 Decker
Drive. For more informa-
tion, call 281-834-0102.
Genealogy — The
Baytown Genealogy
Research Library, 5203
Decker Drive, is open from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
111 Lil oUClj', 1 l.JvUilll. ell lllvvlo dl IWUlVvlllvl
4610 Golden Corral on Lutheran Church, 1200 E.
Garth Road. For informa- Lobit Ave., at 8 p.m.
tion, call 281-839-0700. -----
Riders association —-
The Gold Wing Riders
Association meets at 7:30
p.m. the first Thursday of
each month at Cedar
Bayou Community Center, Woods Drive in Highlands.
7711 HicrLiwav 14A Fnr mnrp infnrmatinn rail
Today
Business Exchange —
The Chamber will hold its
January business exchange
from 5 - 7 p.m. at Tiki Bay
Bar & Grill, 2651 S.
Highway 146. Bring your
business cards and meet
prospective customers.
Grandmothers club — Country Club. Lunch
begins at 11:30 a.m. For
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English classes -— Our
Promise for West Baytown
, Inc. offers free English
mation, call 281-422-4421. classes from 9 a.m. to 11
Widowed Persons — a.m. every Thursday at
L.I.F.T (Living Iglesia Bautista Betel,
Information For Today) is 2728 Kentucky, in
" ■ “ ‘ . p.m. every other Friday in
Thursday. Classes are open the clubhouse of Village
to members and guests and Apartments. Snacks are
every Thursday at the are by request. Admission
-----....ix., to the library is free to the
Center, 2407 Market St. public. Those with ideas
7711 Highway 146.
Vietnam veterans—
Vietnam Veterans of
America-Baytown Chapter
922 meets at 7 p.m. at the
VFW post located at 8204 at Sterling Municipal
N. Main. Anyone who I;v—y "
served in the military in a.m. Join’ Miss Lisa for
Vietnam from Feb. 28, stories, songs and finger
1961 to May 7,1975, or '
Aug. 5, 1964 to May 7,
1975, are eligible. Bring a
copy of your DD214 to
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not during these times or
never served but support
Vietnam veterans may join
as j
L.I.F.T (Living
a social support program
held the first Thursday of
each month to assist a
widow or widower in
adjusting to the loss of a
changes this disease requires. We are
• hopeful that this 2006 event will
match or exceed last year’s effort.”
Dancing to music by the New Life
Singers of Baytown will follow a
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of gifts donated by Baytown and area
merchants and friends of the Council
Members of the Ball Committee,
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