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Saturday, April II. 2009
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BULLETIN BOARD
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Grass fires
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Bush deposition
DALLAS — Former
President George W. Bush
has given notice that he
won't agree to be deposed as
part of the lawsuit filed by
former property owners oyer
his proposed presidential
library.
programs offered at Lee
College. Attendees will see
live demonstrations and will
be eligible for scholarship
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tion, contact the Lee College
Office of Recruitment at 281 -
425-6260 or email recruit-
Goose Creek photo/Kathy Clausen
Alamo Elementary School fifth-graders Jason Herrera and Ashton
Cole recite the Pledge of Allegiance with Diana Cox, Goose Creek
Executive Director of Elementary Education, before a recent Board
of Trustees meeting. The students were dressed up for a short the-
Alamo Elementary School was honored by United Way of Baytown
Area for the school’s 2008 campaign results at a Board of Trustees
meeting. United Way members, from left, Manuel Escontrias David
Mohlman, and Kris Barry presented the recognition to Brandy
Onken, Alamo Family Involvement Coordinator, Ruth Perrin, Alamo
principal, Executive Director of Support Services Pete Cote.
pm. Each week has a different
theme. 281-421-5087.
Community Duplicate
Bridge Club meets at 6:30
Today
The Baytown Youth
Advisory Commission is host-
ing a 1950’s sock hop Saturday
from 2 - 5 p m. at the Baytown
Community Center, 2407
Market Street. RSVP at 281-
420-6597.
The Disabled American
Veterans Auxiliary will have a
garage sale on Saturday from 9
a.m. - 3 p.m. in the VFW Post
located at 8204 N. Main Street.
Contact Luetta McFarland at
281-427-3713 for more info.
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.
p.m. at the Community Center,
2407 Market. $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.
Goose Creek photo/Kathy Clausen
Alamo Elementary School fifth-graders Yizbeleni Garcia and Jason Herrera
perform a reader’s theater play, “The Homework Lesson,” before a Goose
Creek Board of Trustees meeting. Other students who participated include
Joshua Adams, Ashton Cole, Tyler Martinez, and Arnold Sanchez. The stu-
dents are under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Blake, with microphone.
462-0543.
Card games are played at
the Seniors Room, 10 a.m.-4
p.m. at the Community Center,
2407 Market.
Crosby Community Center, (9 a.m.) and intermediate
409 Hare Rd., hosts afternoon
activities including ESL with
Marguerite (noon), watercolor
class (1 p.m.), rhythm walking
(4 p.m.), ESL with Thresa and
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 Monday drawings. For more informa-
Ranch name
COMANCHE — Mack
Stark figures cattle raisers
can appreciate the name of
his west central Texas ranch
and makes no apologies for
the words in big black letters
on the steel arch over the
dirt and gravel driveway. The
name's not exactly fit to
print, but let's just say "Deep
Droppings Cattle Co."
wouldn't have the same
effect.
The Baytown Pilot Club
meets at noon at the Goose
Creek Country Club. Call 281-
932-5056.
The West Baytown Civic
Association meets at 6:45
p.m. at The Promise Center, -
2703 West Main. 281-427-
6438.
Gospel Night for seniors,
hosted by Highlands
Community Center, 604
Highland Woods Drive, is at 7
Community Center, 7613 Wade p.m. 281-426-7561.
Road. 281-426-3551. Seniors age 50+ are invited
Crosby Community Center to play bingo at 1 p.m. at
J aerobics with Melissa (9 a.m.),
Advanced line dancing and oil
' . painting class (9:30 a.m.), and
dart baseball (10 a.m.). 281-
Monday
The Chambers County
Library will host a GED class
at 3:30 p.m.
The West Chambers
Library in Mont Belvieu will
host a Writers’ Interest group at
6 p.m.
The Sterling Municipal
Library hosts Baby Time from
10:30am -11:00am, a comput-
er class in Spanish from 12:30
p.m. - 2:30 p.m. and Evening
Storytime from 6:15 p.m. -7
p.m. All three events are held
For what I received I
passed on to you as of first
importance: that Christ
died for our sins according
to the Scriptures, that he
was buried, that he was
raised on the third day
according to the
Scriptures, and that he
appeared to Peter, and then
to the Twelve.
— 1 Corinthians 15:3-5
Sunday
Calvary Temple hosts ser-
vices at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at
the church, 7319 Breda. Call
281-839-3009.
Central Baptist Church,
1800 King Street, hosts
Childrenis Church for children
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.
United Way of Baytown Area honored staff and students at San Jacinto
Elementary School for the school’s campaign results at a recent Board of
Trustees meeting. United Way members, from left, Manuel Escontrias,
Loretta Salazar, David Mohlman, and Kris Barry presented the recognition to
San Jacinto staff Sara Serrano, Dee Wilson (in back), Anita Rendon,
Executive Director of Support Services Pete Cote, and San Jacinto Principal
Rebecca Robins. The elementary school was recognized for the “Highest
Participation Increase” and “Highest Contribution Increase.”
Louisiana weather
SHREVEPORT, La. —
Severe thunderstorms with
strong winds toppled power
lines, downed trees and
damaged buildings in the
Shreveport-Bossier City.
One woman suffered minor
injuries when a tree fell on
her car. Nick Fillo of the
National Weather Service
office in Shreveport said a
weather service team would
investigate to determine
whether the damage was
caused by a tornado or
straight-line winds.
Northwestern Louisiana res-
idents reported hail in
Caddo, Bossier and Webster
parishes.
MIDWEST CITY, Okla.
—The battle against
Oklahoma wildfires eased
Friday as evacuated resi-
dents returned to destroyed
homes and searched for
valuables. At one house,
firefighters got on their
hands and knees and found a
couple's wedding ring in the
ashes.
Gulf runoff
MOBILE, Ala. — A clean
water expert at Auburn
University hopes a new pro-
ject that enlists middle and
high school students will
help reduce farm runoff that
is a growing pollution threat
to the Gulf of Mexico. Bill
Deutsch said colleagues in
Veracruz, Mexico, are part-
ners in the three-year effort
to monitor water flowing
into the Gulf.
Legislature
AUSTIN —After weeks
of waiting, the most
important bill of the leg-
islative session is taking
center stage in the Texas
House. With just seven
weeks left, the $178 bil-
lion, two-year state budget
— including $11 billion in
federal stimulus funds and
more than $3 billion in
debt payments — is set to
be debated in the House
next week.
in the Sterling Library Meeting Library Meeting Room. The
Room. Library will also host “An
Baytown Genealogy Society Evening with the Author” fea-
will meet Monday at 10 a.m. at turing Kathering Center at 7
the BGS Library, 5203 Decker
Driver, The topic of the meet-
ing will be “Old Time
i Remedies and Recipes.”
Crosby Quilt Guild meets 7
p.m. at Crosby Brethren
Church, 5202 First St. Visitors
welcome. Call I etha Strouhal,
281-426-3697.
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 information Night” is designed to show-
case the many technical degree
I Aerobics with Angelique (6
p.m.) and line dancing( 7 p.m.)
Chick-fil-A on Garth hosts
I family night 5:30 p.m. to 7:30
from 1:30 - 4:00 pm. Players
must have a partner and a
donation of $10 is required.
The church is located at 501 S. ing@lee.edu.
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 interme-
diate 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.
Precinct2gether is from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. at J.D. Walker
offers rhythm walking (8 a.m.), Highlands Community Center,
604 Highland Woods Drive.
Concessions available at 11:30
a.m. 281-426-7561.
Crosby Community
Center, 409 Hare Rd., hosts
morning activities including
rhythm walking (8 a.m.); body
toning chair exercises, crafters
circle and kazoo band practice
Barbers Hill Scholarship
Association will host its annu-
al Scholarship Meal Deal and
sell Barbeque Sandwiches,
Chips and Drink for $5 on
Tuesday from 11 a.m. until 8
p.m. at Eagle Stadium.
Delivery is available for orders
of ten meal deals or more.
Feed your staff, feed your fam-
ily, feed the neighborhood!
Call Dottie, 281-576-2595, for
delivery information.
The Baytown Lions Club
meets at Golden Corral at
noon. The Board of Directors
will meet after lunch.
The Sterling Municipal
Library hosts Pre-school
story time from 10:30 a.m. -
11 a.m. for children three to
six years old in the Sterling
turing Kathering Center at 7
p.m. Tickets are $3 for adults
and $ 1 for students.
Relay for Life Committee
Chair Meeting at Stallworth
Stadium at 1 p.m.
The Chambers County
Library will host story time at
10:30 a.m.
Crosby Community
Center, 409 Hare Rd., hosts
their monthly luncheon at
11:30 a.m.
Lee College will host its
annual “Tech Night” Tuuesday
from 5 to 7:30 p.m. “Tech
US attorney
resigns
AUSTIN The U.S.
attorney who won the con-
viction of two Border Patrol
agents for shooting of a flee-
ing drug dealer is resigning..
Johnny Sutton, the top fed-
eral prosecutor for 68 coun-
ties in Central and West
Texas, notified President
Barack Obama that he is
resigning. He was a
Republican appointee, so his
decision was not surprising.
Spanish (10 a.m.).
King's Table Bible Study is
at Church of New Beginnings,
3220 N. Alexander Dr. Free
lunch at 11:30 a.m., Bible
Tiai Chi/Yoga Fusion (5 p.m.), study from 12:15-1:30 p.m.
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Clements, Clifford E. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 99, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 2009, newspaper, April 11, 2009; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1192821/m1/2/: accessed May 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.