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SUNRISE
STATE
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Sunday, April 5,2009
BULLETIN BOARD
CALENDAR
ASHBEL SMITH CHOIR
Al
NATION
Gunman
sponsored by
Council (CYLC) this weekend.
BIBLE VERSE
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Ezekiel 34:16
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BH freshman selected for
state leadership conference
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the church, 7319 Breda. Call
281-839-3009.
Central Baptist Church,
1800 King Street, hosts
Children’s Church for chil-
dren in Pre-K through 5th
grade from 11 a.m.- 12 p.m.
281-422-8381.
VFW Post 912, 8204 N.
Main, has bingo at 2 p.m.
Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
281-421-1257.
Residents return
WHEELER (API-
Wheeler County authorities
say that residents of the
town of Wheeler can return
after being told to evacuate
due to a wildfire.
Authorities had instructed
residents to evacuate the
Texas Panhandle town on
Saturday afternoon.
within each activity to hone then-
plan of personal leadership.
CYLC is an educational organi-
zation dedicated to identifying and
nurturing leadership in the nation’s
highest-achieving students. Since
1985, the Council has inspired
more than 200,000 young people to
Miss Zamora was Stat- achieve their ful1 leadership poten-
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Shooting
PITTSBURGH—A
gunman wearing a bullet-
proof vest and "lying in
wait" opened fire on police
officers answering a call
from his mother, authorities
said. Three of the officers
were killed; suspect taken
into custody.
MONT
Hill High School’s Ashley Zamora
will join a very select group
BINGHAMTON, New
York (AP) — Jiverly Wong
was upset over losing his
job at a vacuum plant, did-
n't like people picking on
him for his limited English
and once angrily told a co-
worker that he hated
America, but it remains
unclear exactly why the
Vietnamese immigrant
strapped on a bulletproof
vest, barged in on a citizen-
ship class and killed 13
people and himself.
The Ashbel Smith Elementary School choir performed “God Bless
the USA” at the Houston Aeros hockey game on March 13 at the :
Toyota Center. The choir of 50 third-, fourth- and fifth-graders is led
by Ms. Blair Purvis. Choir members, from left, are Magda
Hernandez, Brenda Acevedo, Leslie Guerrero, and Maria Sierra.
Losing benefits
WASHINGTON —
Hundreds of thousands of
jobless Americans soon will
exhaust their unemploy-
ment benefits, just when it's
never been harder to find a
job. Two extensions by
Congress last year let peo-
ple draw up to 59 weeks of
benefits. Now, people laid
off early last year will lose
them.
Bailout costs
(AP) — Bailing out the
financial sector will cost
taxpayers $167 billion more
than originally anticipated,
according to a
Congressional Budget
Office estimate.
Cases to be
reviewed
EL PASO (AP) — The El
Paso County district attor-
ney is promising reviews of
about 100 drug cases dis-
missed by a newly elected
state judge now under fed-
eral indictment.
A federal grand jury in El
Paso indicted State District
Judge Manuel Barraza on
Wednesday on four counts,
including mail fraud, wire
fraud and lying to a federal
agent.
Erroneous listing
FORT WORTH (AP) —
The Texas Department of
Public Safety has apolo-
gized for posting a Dallas
woman’s name and photo
erroneously on the state’s
sex offender Web site. Her
name apparently was posted
on the Web site in 2003.
That’s when the then
teenaged girl was detained
on a minor trespassing
complaint. Now 20,
Marquez said she learned of
her listing when she tried to
rent a new apartment and
the management denied her
application. They cited her
status as a registered sex
offender. Marquez is a
criminal justice student at
Remington College in
Garland.
will host their annual Ride
Through Life of Christ today
in the church parking lot
j with the first tour beginning
I at 6:30 p.m. and the last at 9
p.m. The tours are 20-min-
utes long and free to all visi-
j tors. Each tour will ride by
scenes of Christ’s life includ-
ing the thraf kings walking
to find the Christ Child,
! Jesus’ birth, Jesus’ crucifix-
ion, the empty tomb, Jesus’
return, Jesus’ blessing of the
children, and Thomas doubt-
ing the appearance of Jesus.
Calvary Temple hosts ser-
vices at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at $3/player. 281-427-3031.
Overeaters Anonymous
meets at 7 p.m. at San
Jacinto Methodist Hospital-
Alexander Campus. Call
Pam, 281-420-2184, or
Johnny, 281-420-2315.
Baytown Community
Chorus hosts rehearsal 7-
9:30 p.m. in Performing Arts
Center Choral Hall, room
137 at Lee College.
Calvary Temple hosts
Power & Prayer night at
7:30 p.m. at the church, 7319
Breda. 281-839-3009.
La Porte Ladies Group
(LLG), a new Alcoholics
Anonymous, meets at 8 p.m.
at Light of Christ Lutheran
Church, 930 South
Fourteenth Street in La Porte.
281-427-1182.
TfldaV Crosby Community
Center, 409 Hare Rd., hosts
Old River Baptist Church afternoon activities including
ESL with Marguerite (noon),
watercolor class (1 p.m.),
rhythm walking (4 p.m.),
ESL with Thresa and Tiai
Chi/Yoga Fusion (5 p.m.),
Aerobics with Angelique (6
p.m.) and line dancing(7
p.m.)
Chick-fil-A on Garth
hosts family night 5:30 p.m.
to 7:30 pm. Each week has a
different theme. 281-421-
5087.
Community Duplicate
Bridge Club meets at 6:30
p.m. at the Community
Center, 2407 Market. •
Tuesday
The Sterling Municipal
Library hosts Pre-school
story time from 10:30- 11
a.m. for children 3-to-6-
years-old in the Sterling
Library Meeting Room.
Bay Area Quilt Guild wel-
comes applique artist, Alice
Wilhoit, from McKinney,
Texas. Alice is known for her
original "Texas" quilt pattern
as well as her "Remember
When" pattern which features
applique and embroidery. Go
to www.alicewilhoit.com for
more information about
Alice. The guild meeting
begins at 6:30 p.m. at Mount
Olive Lutheran Church at
10310 Scarsdale Boulevard in
Houston's Sagemont area.
The public is invited to
attend.
The Relay for Life Team
Captain meeting campsite
selection will be held today
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the
ExxonMobil Auditorium.
The Chambers County
Library will host Story time
and a basic PC class at 10:30
a.m. and an Easter after-
school program at 4 p.m.
The Baytown Lions Club
meets at Golden Corral at
noon. Sharon Lusk, Mass.
Mutual Financial Group, will
speak on charitable tax
strategies.
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 912 meets at 6:30 p.m.
at 8204 N. Main St., in
Baytown. 281-421-1257.
The combined cancer
support group at San
Jacinto Methodist Hospital
meets 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in
the San Jacinto Cancer
Center Community Room.
Open to all cancer survivors.
281-420-8557.
Join LOL (teen Leaders of
the Library) 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
at Sterling Muncipal Library.
281-427-7331
King's Table Bible Study
is at Church of New
Beginnings, 3220 N.
Alexander Dr. Free lunch at
11:30 a.m., Bible study from
12:15-1:30 p.m. 281-422-
9792.
Celebrate Recovery, a
Christ-centered 12-step pro-
gram, meets at 6:30 p.m. at
First Baptist Church, 505
Rollingbrook. Call Nick,
713-410-3861; JoAnn, 832-
217-8214; or Elaine, 832-
444-8721.
Game day is at 9 a.m. at
Highlands Community
Center, 604 Highland Woods
Drive. 281-426-7561.
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was lost, and bring again
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will strengthen that which ‘
was sick: but I will destroy
the fat and the strong; I
will feed them with judg-
ment:
line dancing and oil painting
class (9:30 a.m.), and dart
| baseball (10 a.m.). 281-462-
0543.
Card games are played at
the Seniors Room, 10 a.m.-4
p.m. at the Community
Center, 2407 Market.
Goose Creek CISD will host its
annual Teacher Job Fair on
Saturday, April 4. The event will
be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the Goose Creek CISD
Administration Building, 4544
Interstate 10 East, in Baytown.
Teachers and specialists are
needed in the areas of math, sci-
ence, social studies, elementary,
English/reading, special education,
bilingual English as a Second
Language, fine arts, speech
pathology, Spanish for grades nin<
through 12, American Sign
Language for grades nine through
12, and other prekindergarten
through 12th grade positions.
Applicants must be certified or
currently enrolled in a certification
program and have passed the con-
tent test.
For additional information on the
National Young Leaders State
: in Texas, visit
www.texasstatescholar.org.
GCCISD job fair set for today
Principals will be on hand to
interview candidates for open
positions. Those attending the job
fair are asked to bring 25 copies of
then- current resume to share with
principals and campus interview
teams. Applicants should also
bring a copy of their teaching cer-
tificate, Alternative Certification
Program (ACP) acceptance letter
(if applicable), and TExEs certifi-
cation exam results (if official cer-
tificate is pending).
Prior to the job fair, applicants
should complete a GCCISD job
application online at the district’s
web site, www.gccisd.net.
For more information, call the
Goose Creek CISD Personnel
Office at 281 -420-4859 (elemen-
tary and junior high) or 281 -420-
4811 (high school).
BELVIEU—Barbers Congressional Youth Leadership
Council, said.
of The intense four-day curriculum
some of the most highly-acclaimed focuses on eight core leadership
students in Texas to take part in an power tools: communication, con-
extraordinary leadership confer- flict resolution, decision making,
“ " " ' ~ goal setting, group dynamics, lead-
ence sponsored by the g • 2 2 ‘2
Congressional Youth Leadership ership techniques, project manage-
Council (CYLC) this weekend. ment anc| self-awareness. With the
The National Young Leaders insight and guidance of highly
State Conference (NYLSC) in facilitators and the assis-
Texas honors and recognizes out- of their scho,ars work
standing high school students for
their scholastic achievement and
leadership potential. Enrollment
requirements to attend the
Conference are strict, mandating
that every scholar who attends must
be personally nominated to attend
by a teacher or selected based upon
extraordinary academic achieve-
ment. 1
ed for NYLSC by Mrs. Nancy
ed for NYLSC by Mrs. Nancy *'a’’ Members of the United States
Martin, Ashley’s 8th grade teacher Congress serve on the CYLC
at Barbers Hill Middle School. Honorary Congressional Board of
“The aim of NYLSC is to inspire Advisors and more than 50
students to recognize their own embassies participate in the
leadership skills, measure their Council’s Honorary Board of
skills against those of their peers Embassies.
and return home with newfound
confidence in their ability to serve
as future leaders,” Michael Lasday, Conference
Executive Director of the www.texasst
Monday
Members of the Lee
College Music Faculty will
present a recital in the Choral
Hall of the Performing Arts
Center, room 137 at 5 p.m..
Performing artists will be
James Marioneaux, Suzannah
Moorman, Brenda Odell,
Dennis Odell, Donald Todd,
and Jon Vanommeren. The
recital is free of charge and
open to the public.
The Chambers County
Library will host a GED
class at 3:30 p.m. and a book
discussion group at 5 p.m.
The Sterling Municipal
Library hosts Baby Time
from 10:30 - 11a.m., a com-
puter class in Spanish from
12:30 - 2:30 p.m. and
Evening Storytime from 6:15
p.m. -7 p.m. All three events
are held in the Sterling
Library Meeting Room.
Baytown Area Quilt
Guild meets 6:30 p.m. at St.
Mark's United Methodist
Church. Refreshments pro-
vided. 281-424-9966 or visit
www.baytownareaquiltguild.c
om.
Pilot Club of Highlands
meets 7 p.m. at Highlands
Community Center. Laura
Dean, 281-426-5210.
The Disabled Veterans of
America Chapter 126 meet
at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW hall.
A senior citizen exercise
class is 8:30 to 10 a.m. at
Baytown Community Center
on Market Street.
Senior citizen softball
league plays at 5:30 and 6:30
p.m. For additional informa-
tion call, Frank Butcher, 281-
424-1230 or email
frank.butcher@comcast.net
St. John’s United
Methodist Church Relay
for Life Team hosts a 42
Tournament each Monday
from 1:30-4 pm. Players
must have a partner and a
donation of $10 is required.
The church is located at 501
S. Alexander in Baytown.
Call 281-427-5930 for more
info.
Baytown Optimists meet
at 1724 Market at 7 p.m.
Highlands Community
Center offers seniors inter-
mediate line dancing at 8:30
a.m., quilting at 9 a.m.,
beginning line dancing at
9:45 a.m., and game day at
12:30 p.m. 281-426-7561.
Precinctlgether is from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. at J.D. Walker
Community Center, 7613
Wade Road. 281-426-3551.
Crosby Community
Center offers rhythm walk-
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