The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 128, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 2014 Page: 1 of 8
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BY MARK FLEMING
mark.flerriing@baytownsun.com
department got a call from a ranch- starter plants to mature plants
er about 1 p.m. Tuesday reporting When deputies realized the magni-
suspic.ous activity. The rancher was tude of the find. Hawthorne said, they
11 e Z prr0perty h,e eases fi'om the asked for assistance from DPS
U S. Army Corps of Engineers when The sheriff’s office and officers
he came across a clearing where peo- from the DPS Major Crime Unit and
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Ihe Chambers County Sheriff’s saw them men ran when he plants with an estimated street value
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ES lnVest|gaffAaron Ew|ng |nspect marijuana seed- in a wooded area near (ion Hole ‘esw«nt t0 the. site, about three-quar- Anyone with information about the
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City ready
to go Fourth
Legendary band ‘Kansas’
takes the stage at 8 tonight
worm War II veteran Raymond Holub became the Fourth of July parade marshal afte^ZsteZ^toZ^othe
Paras and Recreation Department staff during a recent visit. Standing with
WWII vet is city parade marshal
'He’s a symbol of being
a veteran, a symbol of
patriotism and we thought
lie would be a perfect fit’
BY CHRISTOPHER JAMES
christopher.james@baytownsun.com
World War II veteran Raymond
Holub went into the Baytown Parks
and Recreation office looking for
someone who spoke German. He
left as the 4th of July parade mar-
shal.
Last week, Holub was going
through pictures that he took when
he was apart of the 17th Airborne
division during WWII. He came
across a photo of Berlin with what
seemed to be a gate.
While researching, what was the
Braridenburg Gate,-he carrth across
an article in German and wanted to
know what it said.
After going to Lee College for
translation and coming up empty
handed,* he decided that while he
was out Tie was going to stop by the
parks and recreation department.
1 hat is where he met Recreation
Specialist for the parks department
Sonja Payne, who happened to be
from Germany.,*
“Raymond came in looking for
someone that could read German,”
Payne said. “He had articles about
the Brandenburg Gate in German,
which I was happy to read because
its part of my heritage.”
While at the parks department,
much of the staff listened to his sto-
ries of WWII and was amazed.
Soon after hearing about his story,
assistant director of the parks Kyfie
Wilson department knew she had
the next parade marshal.
' “When he came in here and start-
ed telling us the stories of WWII, we
were all taken in by him and his cha-
risma,” Wilson said. “He’s a symbol
of being a veteran, a symbol of pa-
triotism and we thought he would be
a perfect fit.”
Holub was originally apart of
the U.S Civil Conservation Corp.,
which was a public works project
intended to promote environmental
conservation, before being drafted
into the Army at the age of 19 in
1943.
Originally, Holub trained with the
tank destroyers divisions from for a
year before volunteering to become •
a paratrooper for the 17th Airborne
division.
fn 1945, Holub shipped out from
New York harbor to Europe and sur-
vived a German submarine attack.
“1 wo German submarines got
into the convoy and sunk several
of the ships, Holub said. “One of
the subs turned and broadsided our
ship tearing off the No. 1 and No.
SEE MARSHAL • PAGE 8
THE BAYTOWN SUN
Baytown’s two-day In-
dependence Day celebra-
tion begins at 6 tonight
with a performance by 4
Barrel Ramblers and Ryan
i Guidry, followed by head-
liner Kansas taking the
I stage at 8 p.m.
I Kansas, who started
i out in Topeka, Kansas as
a garage band in the early
1970s, continues to tour
with three of its original
f members - drummer "Phil
Ehart, guitarist Richard
Williams and Steve Walsh
on keyboard and lead vo-
cals.
Since that time, the band
has produced eight gold
albums, three platinum al-
, bums, one platinum live al-
bum, and their biggest sell-
ing hit, “Dust in the Wind.”
Behind the band is a long-
rock history of success and
recorded albums to include
Leftoverture, Point of
Know Return, Best of Kan-
sas, Two for the Show; and
their gold single - ‘Dust in
the Wind.’
The celebration contin-
ues on Friday, beginning
at 5 p.m. The annual July
4th Parade down Mar-
ket Street and Lee Drive
kicks off at 5:30 p.m., then
get ready for some home-
grown country music as lo-
cal favorite Breelan Angel
takes the stage at 6 p.m.,
followed by opening cer-
emonies at 7:30. The eve-
ning heats up as headliner
Montgomery Gentry hits
the stage at 8.
Starting at 9:30, patriotic
music and a firework show
end the day’s festivities.
Music and fireworks ar-
en’t the only things going
on at Bicentennial Park.
This event is truly family
friendly with a wide vari-
ety ot food, arts and crafts
booths, and games.
Lawn chairs, blankets,
and sunscreen are allowed
as are pop-up tents, shade
tarps or umbrellas in the
spectator area; however,
those must be taken down
by 6 p.m. It will be hot,
so 20-foot by 30-foot tents
will be available in the
spectator area to escape the
sun, along with a misting
tent to cool off under near
the gazebo. Space under
the tents is available on.,a
first come first served ba-
Public parking is avail-
able at the Eddie V. Gray
Wetlands Education and
Recreation Center, Rob-
ert E. Lee High School,
Lee College, Goose Creek
Stream Park, and Sterling
Library, There are also
several other lots located
along Texas Avenue. •
There will be no street
closures today, however
on Friday, the following
streets will be closed -
Market Street from Stadi-
um Drive to Texas Avenue,
Lee Drive from Market
Street to Gentry, and Gen-
try Street from Lee Drive
to Carnegie - from 2 p.m.
until 11 p.m. (after the fire-
works show is over.) _______
Bicentennial Park is lo-
cated at the corner of Mar-
ket St. and Lee Drive.
Sister C drops new single Friday CenterPoint addresses Lakewood
“Ladies of the South”
played on SiriusXM
BY GABY TORRES
gabytorres@baytownsun.com
Sister C — three sisters
Cirby, 23, Carli, 21, Cel-
bi, 19 from Old River —
is coming out with a new
single called “Ladies of
the South.”
The single will be
played to SiriusXM “ The
Highway “ (Channel 59)
on Friday. The single will
also be available on over
83 digital stores including
iTunes, Amazon, Google,
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Cirby says the song is
about growing up in a
small town where every-
body knows your name
and word gets around
quickly.
“Southern girls have
two sides to them,” Cirby
continues, “they can dress
up and throw some pearls
on, but they can also just
wear a pair of worn out
jeans and hang with the
guys.”
Sister C starred on X
Factor recently where they
received positive feedback
from the judges, and djd
well in the competition.
“X-factor was a great
experience, we don’t want
that to define who we are
as artists,” said Cirby.
They are working as in-
dependent artist, meaning
they are,making their own
music without a label.
Sister C is working” on
three more songs and a
video for “Ladies of the
South.”
Follow the band on Sis-
terc.com, facebook.com/
OfficialSisterC, Twitter,
Instagram, and their You-
Tube channel.
power surges, service interruptions
BY CHRISTOPHER JAMES
christopher.james@baytownsun.com
By the request of District 3 Council-
man Brandon Capetillo, CenterPoint
Energy sent out representatives to meet
with Lakewood residents at City Hall to
address recent power surges and service
interruptions.
Approximately 15 Lakewood res-
idents were at City Hall to listen to
service area manager of Baytown and
Humble areas Carlton Porter address the
reason for frequent power outages and
address the power surge on April 15.
Over the last few weeks, CenterPoint
Energy has performed a detailed inves-
tigation of the Lakewood subdivision
and still has a few small areas that they
will investigate this week and the begin-
ning of next week.
When CenterPoint Energy went out,
for the investigation, they saw no prob-
lems mechanically, no broken insula-
tors, and no damaged wires. Most of
what they found were trees and strongly
believe the root problem is fast growing
trees.
"We are in your neighborhood now
and have about 80 percent of it looked
at," Porter said. “One of the things that
we are finding is that a lot of locations
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 128, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 2014, newspaper, July 3, 2014; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1066259/m1/1/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.