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SUNRISE
THE BAYTOWN SUN
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WILSON ADAMS
Sunday, February 25,2007
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Following the lead other mother Kim Erwin-
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Pre-teen reporter
President Stan White at
for bereaved parents and
7 to 9 p.m. at Remington
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281- 421-8088
Sc Landscape
Wilson Adams serves as one
of the ministers of the Eastside
Church of Christ in Baytown.
Lee College’s
International Education
introduces two interna-
tional Fulbright Scholars
rt 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. in
meeting room of the
By
Susan
Milner
Give Me
A Call...
p.m. at the City of
Baytown Parks and
Recreation Community
Center, located at 2407
Parties & Events
281-385-0157
713-416-6376
Tiffany Trida, 9, is a fourth grad-
er at Highlands Elementary
10.281-422-7949.
VFW Post 912, 8204
N. Main, has bingo at 2
Tuesday
AARP volunteers offer
free confidential service
QUOTABLE
“He who never leaves his
country is ■full of prejudices.”
— Carlo Goldoni, Italian
playwright (1707-1793)
Family, Baby
&
Senior Portraits
second floor. 281-424-
5760.
LaPorte Ladies Group
(LLG), a new Alcoholics
Anonymous, will meet at
8 p.m. at Light of Christ
Lutheran Church, 2530
South Broadway. Call
281-427-1182.
BIBLE VERSE
The fear of the LORD is the
beginning of wisdom: and the
knowledge of the holy is
understanding.
— Proverbs 9:10
LANDSCAPING
Design & Installation
Janey Wood Photography
3031.
Baytown Optimist
Club meets at 7 p.m. at
1724 Market Street. This
week’s speaker will be
Steve Salinas. Contact
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Monday
Highlands Community
Center offers seniors inter- Bridge Chib meets.at 6:45
mediate line dancing at
8:30 a.m. or quilting at 9
a.m. Beginning line danc-
ing is at 9:45 a.m. Game
day starts at 12:30 p.m.
281-426-7561.
each for three hours of
Quilting class is held at entertainment. 281 -427-
9 a.m. at the Highlands
Community Center, 604
Highland Woods Drive.
281-426-7561.
Crosby Community
Center offers a free oil
Barber Shop via haircutter Gil.
The charitable family has even
recruited other family members to
1 remember going with my
grandmother to the “little
store” (as most locals called it
then). It was a small family-run
business in the country, a place
to buy milk and bread and
operated by some pleasant
folks who lived next door. It
was one of the highlights of the
summers of childhood. 1 loved
to go to the “little store.”
I remember the old Colonial
Bread sign on the wooden
screen door and how it made a
funny screeching noise as the
spring was stretched whenever
it opened wide. I recall a dusty
checkerboard resting on top of
an old barrel in the comer next
to the woodstove with a couple
well-worn, cane-bottom chairs
that had seen plenty of high-
stakes action over the years.
Just across the isle was an old
Coke machine where you could
get little 6 1/2 ounces of bottled
carbonation — or Co-Cola as
my grandmother called it. She
always bought one and then
pried off the cap with a bottle
opener tied to a string and left
to dangle next to the cash regis-
ter But it was the chocolate
Yoohoo’s that grabbed my
attention. A bottle ofYoohoo, a
game of checkers and a few
minutes playing with other kids
around the “little store” are
special memories of a child-
hood past.
It’s easy to forget that
America was built on the backs
of mom-and-pop entrepreneurs
who owned their own business
and who worked hard to scratch
out a living for their family.
From roadside fillin’ stations to
comer grocery stores, the fami-
ly-owned-and-operated retail ,
business was the staple of the
American economy.
It still is.
Do you know that the vast
majority of business in
America is still small business?
Known historically as mom-
and-pop stores, they employ a
greater percentage of the popu-
lation than all the national fran-
chises put together. But they
are in trouble. Government reg-
ulations, codes, fees, stacks of
bureaucratic paperwork, com-
petition from mega-retailers
and a tendency from the buying
public to ignore smaller stores
in favor of national franchises,
spell trouble for the “little
man.” And we are losing some-
thing precious in the process.
The mom-and-pop stores
may not have the name recog-
nition of their big brother
national franchises, but they do
have name recognition — for
example, your name! Try walk-
ing into a mega-retailer and see
if they know your name. Fat
chance. And, by the way, try
being a couple dollars short
and see if they will extend you
credit on a handshake until the
next time you are in. Fatter
chance. And the next time you
are at a high school football
game, take a look at the adver-
tising banners that line the field
or flip through a school pro-
gram and see who it is that
advertises and supports the
school programs where your
children attend. The people giv-
ing are probably those who can
least afford it. But they do it
anyway.
Think about that the next
time you pass a small business.
That “little store” just happens
to be the staple of your com-
munity —YOUR community.
And they deserve your support.
And... if you are a dollar short,
it’s OK. They know your name.
Family’s hair goes long way
to help cancer patients
Kim Erwin, of Baytown, is a
teacher to special education students
at James Bowie Elementary, but the
greatest lesson she has been taught
recently is from her daughters, Erika,
China Today.”
Eddy Omolehinwa,
Dean of Faculty of
Business Administration
at University of Lagos in
loss.
Erika said, “Some people might
make fun of people who have had
chemotherapy and somebody can use
the wigs from our hair to feel normal.”
Aunt Carrie.
What makes this particular dona-
tion to the Locks of Love program so
Nigeria, will speak at
noon and 6 p.m. March 7.
Omolehinwa’s topic is
“International Business
and African Trade and
Life in Nigeria Today.”
Call Susan Cummings
at 281-425-6507 or scum-
ming@lee.edu.
ject graduation will host
the 15th annual Powder
?ame at 2:30 Hare Rd. 281-462-0543.
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Room from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. in the Community
Center, 2407 Market St.,
for card games.
Baby Time, for infants
up to 18 months old. is
from 10:30 to 10:50 a.m.
at Sterling Municipal
Library. Learn songs to
sing, stories to tell, and
: finger plays to aid in your
child’s development.
AU singles including
those widowed and
divorced are invited to
attend a singles outreach
service at 6 p.m. Meetings
are at Kroger’s Cafeteria
and Bakery on Garth Rd.
281-420-0247.
' Community Duplicate
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Sunday, Feb. 25,
the 56th day of 2007. There
are 309 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Feb. 25,1913, the 16th
Amendment to the United
States Constitution, giving
Congress the power to levy
and collect income taxes, was
declared in effect by Secretary
of State Philander Chase
Knox.
On this date:
In 1779, American forces
led by George Rogers Clark
routed the British from Fort
Sackville in the Revolutionary
War Battle of Vincennes in
Indiana.
In 1836, inventor Samuel
Colt patented his revolver.
In 1901, U.S. Steel Corp,
was incorporated by J.P.
Morgan.
In 1957, the Supreme Court,
in Butler v. Michigan, over-
/ turned a Michigan statute
making it a misdemeanor to
sell books containing obscene
language that would tend to
corrupt “the morals of youth.”
In 1964, Cassius Clay (later
Muhammad Ali) became world
heavyweight boxing champion
by defeating Sonny Liston in
Miami Beach, Fla.
In 1991, during the Persian
Gulf War, 28 Americans were
killed when an Iraqi Scud mis-
sile hit a U.S. barracks in
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Ten years ago: A jury in
Media, Pa., convicted multi-
millionaire John E. du Pont of
third-degree murder, deciding
he was mentally ill when he
killed world-class wrestler
David Schultz. (Du Pont is
serving a 13- to 30-year sen-
Sunday
Any child who brings
another child, who does
not regularly attend the 10 0543.
John’s United Methodist
cony and ring the church The cost is $6. For tpore
bell. ’ ‘ .....
Old-fashioned hymn
singing and preaching will College at 281 -425-6416.
be^tlO a.m. and 5 p.m. in St. James House
the riveting room of the Auxiliary will meet at 10
Comfort Suites at Interstate a.m. at 5800 West Baker
10.281-422-7949. Road. 281-427-2104.
Crosby Community
Center has a volunteer
p.m. Doors open at 12:30 instructor that teaches
pouring slip into molds,
Great-
grandma
Gigi
BY TIFFANY TOLA
Highlands Elementary reporter
I have a great grandmother,
who I call Gigi. Her birthday
is coming so she is turning 88!
Everyone in my family
loves her and she tells us real-
ly fun stories. Gigi has had a
stroke before but she is fine
now.
Almost 60 years ago, she
had a child, who is my Great
Uncle Dave. A few years later,
she had another kid, who is
my grandmother. I call her
Nana.
Gigi sometimes watches us
when there is no school. She
is fun to be with. Every once
in a while she tells us stories
about when my nana was lit-
tle. I love her stories.
She was alive when Pearl
Harbor was bombed, she was
bom six years after World War
I. She was also alive during
The Great Depression. She was
even thirteen years old when
The Wizard of Oz became a
movie. Gigi was even living
when Martin Luther King Jr.
was assassinated.
Even so I don’t think of her
as old. Gigi is the most fun
great grandmother ever, con-
sidering she is my only great
grandmother. I love to see
Gigi!
“MANLY MONDAYS”
MEN EAT 1/2 OFF
EVERY MONDAY
BECAUSE....
REAL MEN EAT AT
THE MUSTARD SEED
____ „ TEAROOM!
Wmn- 3pm
281.422.3400 • 2226 North Alexander (Bay Plaza)
alcohol and drug free
party at the school on the
night of graduation. Call
713-594-3962 or visit
www. leeprojectgradua-
tion.com.
Baytown Little
Theater, 1500 Lakewood
Village Drive, presents the
comedy “Blithe Spirit” at
2:30 p.m. 281-424-7617.
Eminence Baptist
church has an Open Mic
Night at 6 p.m. 409-389-
2247.
p.m. 281-421-1257. pouring slip into molds,
Lee High School’s pro- painting and glazing the
,„;n final product in a ceram-
ics class at 10 a.m., 409 i to answer questions/pre-
pare tax returns at the
Sterling Municipal
Library from 12-4 p.m.
and at the Stafford Library
in Highlands from 11 a.m.
until 3 p.m. Bring last
year’s return, Social
Security cards, W2s and
1099s.
Game day is at 9 a.m.
at the Highlands/San
Jacinto Community
Center, 604 Highlands
Woods Drive. 281-426-
7561.
Ladies Bowling League
will meet at 9:30 a.m. at
the Max Bowl East Alley
on Ward Road. Call the
bowling alley 281-427-
4771 or Mary Ann
Cowley at 281-426-2812.
Happy Quilters meet at
10 a.m. at the Community
Center, 2407 Market St.
There are games starting
at 1 p.m. and fellowship
for all seniors 55 to 105.
Market St. Players pay $3 281-420-5735.
Crosby Library offers
two children’s programs.
Toddler Time, a program
for 18- to 36-month-old
toddlers at 10 a.m. and
regular Story Time for
preschoolers ages 3 to 5 at
10:30 a.m. 281-328-3535.
painting class at 9:30 a.m. President Stan White at
and artist Anne Vandagriff 281-422-6968.
teaches free watercolor The Compassionate
classes at 1 p.m. 281-462- Friends, a support group
" " '. for bereaved parents and
Senior Bowling League grandparents, meets from
meets at 10 a.m. at Max 7 to 9 p.m! at Remington
Puff football gi
p.m. Funds raised through Come to the Seniors
ticket sales go toward d™™ fi™, i n » ™ a
Project Graduation, an
tence,)
Five years ago:
Former NBA star Jayson
Williams was charged with
manslaughter in the shooting
death of Costas “Gus”
Christofi, a limousine driver at
Williams’ estate in Alexandria
Township, N.J.
One year ago:
Apolo Anton Ohno upset
favored South Korean Ahn
Hyun-soo to win the gold in
the 500-ineter short track
speedskating event at the
Winter Games in Turin, Italy.
— The Associated Press
SUN HISTORY
In 1949, Dr. George Bruce
was re-elected chairman of the
board of the Health League.
In 1951, an elephant was on
the lose in Baytown, when it
escaped from a nearby carnival.
In 1974, Culpepper’s
Furniture Company on Texas
Avenue celebrated its 50th
anniversary.
In 1975, history was made
when water from the Trinity
river makes its way into the
Lynchberg reservoir.
In 1991, property owners are
required by law to fix faulty
septic tanks that have been
contaminated with raw
sewage.
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JUF fi
Main Street.
This time around big sister Erika
donated 11 inches at Shear Pleasure
and Rachel, a pre-kindergarten stu-
dent at Childhood Memories, gave
8, and Rachel, 5, when she donated up 14 inches of her locks at Trophy
her hair along with the girls to
“Locks of Love,” a program that
accepts at least 10 inches of hair
from donors to make wigs for canger start donating, including the girls’
patients.
The eldest Erwin donated 10 inch-
es of her hair after her oldest daugh-
ter, a third-grade student at DeZavala notable is that the girls are fully
Elementary cut off 13 inches of hair aware of the cause they are fighting
in March 2005. for and are gladly willing to help
“It was the day before my birthday those who are affected by their hair-
„ , „ when I got my hair cut. It waslike
and big sister Erika, 5-year-o.|d Rachel cut my birthday present t0 the whJ
14 inches of her hair and donated it to need this hair more than I do,” said
Locks Of Love. Gil from Trophy Barber Erika, who had her hair cut at Shear
Shop did the honors. Pleasure, off of Highway 146 and
International Fulbright scholars to speak at Lee College
held in the Edythe Olde 'Chen’s topic is “The U. S.
Studio in the Student Long Term Care System
Center. for the Elderly: Lessons
Weinim Chen, professor for China and Life in
from China and Nigeria to of Institute of Population
speak March 6, and and Development at
March 7, focusing on cul- Nankai University in
tural topics. Admission is China, will speak at noon
free. Both sessions will be and 6 p.m. March 6.
a.m. worship service at St.
John’s United Methodist
Church, may go to the bal- Bowl East, 720 Ward Rd. Park, 901 Baker, on the
information, call the
seniors program at Lee
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