The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 254, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 2005 Page: 2 of 20
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1 speak after the manner of men
because of the infirmity of your
flesh: for as ye have yielded your
members servants to uncleanness
and to iniquity unto iniquity; even
so now yield your members ser-
vants to righteousness unto holi-
ness.
Local briefs
Weather watch
think she is more excited
about our dogs than anything
arount
We’ve
and was shocked to hear that
she had been nowhere other
Jane
Howard
Lee
She has been thrilled by all
of that.
1 am bringing her to
2005 Annual Baytown
Arts & Crafts Show
Join in the fun! The City of Baytown,
Parks & Recreation will be accepting craft
booth applications for the 2004 Annual
Baytown Arts & Crafts Show, to be held
at the Baytown Community Center, 2407
Market Street in Baytown.
The show will be held on from noon
until 8 p,m. on Friday, Nov. 4 and from 9
a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5
Admission is free to the public.
Booth registrations are currently being
accepted and will be rented on a first
come, first serve basis. For information
on event and booth rentals, please call
(281) 4208597 or (281) 4208598.
few years ago and having
Mrs. W become more and
more a part of my life and
that of my family is very,
I have been taking her out very nice.
going! 1
So, her neighbor moved, landscaping.
Mrs. W did not and the other
Home and Garden show
The 2nd annual “Home and Garden
Show" will be held at the San Jacinto Mall
in Baytown this year on September 23-25.
The Southeast wing of the Mall will be
sectioned off and become 12,000 square
feet of home and garden ideas for every-
one.
Case Ole, Payless Shoes, and several
jewelry and novelty stores offered an
additional 10 percent discount on sales
that weekend to anyone who attended the
show and had a show pass. This savings
alone will easily pay for the $5.00 admis-
sion fee.
San Jacinto Mall offers plenty of free
parking and a nice place to shop and eat
indoors. For booth information, call
Russell Wilson at 281-2368171.
since the death of my mother W’s needs, perhaps out of the
meant I was not spending a goodness of her heart, per-
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hoods, just looking at the
goodness of her heart, per-
lot of time at her nursing haps out of guilt.
home. Whatever her reasons, it
Mrs. W has no children eventually became apparent
and her husband died 17 to Mrs. W that her neighbor
years ago. Her only living seemed to be trying to isolate
relatives, a cousin and her her from her other friends,
family, are in Canada. There was talk about ppwer
She still lives in the same of attorney papers and a will
apartment that she and her and Mrs. W began to think
husband moved into 33 years that perhaps her neighbor
ago. She does not drive and was doing all this in hopes of
since her husband’s death she an inheritance.
Hip Hop dance class
Hip Hop is a blend of today's high ener-
gy street style movement. Typically per-
formed to the latest sounds in rap, R&B,
and pop music, this style of dance has
been very sought after by teens, preteens
and the young at heart.
If you are looking for a fun filled dance
class this is it. Class will be head from
5:30 until 6:30 pm on Tuesdays for 7 -
10-year-olds and from 7 to 8 p.m. for 11
to 14-year-olds.
Registration is $30 and $25 pers
month and both boys and girls are wel-
come. Registration is currently on going.
For more information call Shontele at
281-4208597. The class benefits the TJ
Ford Foundation Sponsored by the
Baytown Parks and Recreation.
day — deposits had been
paid on an apartment and
Our family has a new
member.
No, nobody got married,
there is no new in-law.
Nobody had a baby, nor was
one adopted. We did not dis-
cover a long-lost brother or
sister or cousin.
Our new family member is
an adopted grandma.
She is actiially the long-
time best friend of my late
mother and I have known her
since I was about seven years
old. She is now pushing 90
and is pretty much alone in
the world. I don’t want to use
her real name here so we’ll
just call her Mrs. W.
1 really did not know just
how alone she was until
recently.
I’ve been going into
Houston to see this friend for
quite some time, more so
has been dependent on others
for things like getting gro-
ceries, trips to the doctor and
anything else that requires a
trip outside her home.
My father attended to most
of that when he was alive.
After his death some of her
neighbors took over.
About 10 years ago she
broke a hip getting out of a
car owned by one of her
neighbors. That neighbor
lady then took on more and fnend and I are now doing all
more responsibility for Mrs. the things that the neighbor
used to do for her and when I Baytown this weekend so she
go see her I take her with me . can visit us and our pets (I
to do whatever things she
needs to do.
I drove a minivan until else about the visit) and if all
recently and Mrs. W tried it a goes well, we will make this
few times but said she was a regular thing.
really uncomfortable in it so I’ve missed my mother a
she would not let me take her great deal since she died a
out for lunch or bring her
over to Baytown for a visit.
Now I drive a smaller vehicle
and she loves it.
and we rushed to her apart- she loved just wandering
ment and gave her some around looking at things,
back-up as she told her We’ve gone driving
neighbor that she was not through different neighbor-
When her neighbor retired and about on little excursions
recently and planned a move
to North Texas, she deter-
mined that Mrs. W would go than the grocery store, the
along. bank and her doctor’s office
Mrs. W was just as deter- for about eight years.
mined that she would not. Can you imagine that? I
There was quite a bit of had no idea.
controversy. Eventually it She loves dogs so I took
came right down to moving her to the Citizens for
Animal Protection shelter
near her home so she could
utilities, banks had been noti- visit the dogs that are up for
fied, movers were scheduled, adoption there.
Mrs. W called me and anoth- I took her into a store
er friend begging for help called Tuesday Morning and
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Partly cloudy. A 20 percent
chance of showers and thun-
derstorms in the
moming...then a 30 percent
chance in the afternoon. Highs
in the mid 90s. South winds 5
to 10 mph. Heat index read-
ings 108 to 109 in the after-
noon.
Sunrise — 6:50 a.m.
Sunset — 7:56 p.m.
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8:52 a.m.
Today
Clouds and sun with a thun-
derstorm possible in the after-
noon. Partly cloudy, warm and
humid in the evening. High of
95. Low of 77. Winds from the
south at 7 mph.
Sunrise — 6:49 a.m.
Sunset — 7:57 p.m.
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CALENDAR
Friday
Painting sessions — The Art
League of Baytown, in cooperation
with the Baytown Parks and
■Recreation Department, hosts paint-
.ing sessions at 10 a.m. every Friday
,(n the Lone Star Room at the
Baytown Community Center, 2407
Market St. The sessions are open to
’All artists, however, artists must fur-
nish their own supplies. For more
information, call Bobby Sutphin at
281-427-9553 or Priscilla Hopkins
at 281-424-2743.
Today
Little Theater — The musical
"Brigadoon" will be presented by
Baytown Little Theater, 1500
Lakewood Village, at 8 p.m. today,
Friday and Saturday and at 2:30
p.m. Sunday. For more information
Or reservations, call 281-424-7617.
American Legion — American
legion Post No. 323 meets at 6
p.m. the third Thursday of every
month at the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post No. 912 Veterans center,
8204 N. Main St. All veterans are
welcome.
Alcoholics Anonymous —
Surrender, a new Alcoholics
Anonymous group, meets at
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1200 E.
Lobit Ave., at 8 p.m. For more infor-
mation, call Evelyn at 281-420-
2173.
Seniors — Seniors at the
Highlands Community Center can
enjoy ceramics at 9 a.m. or rhythm
walking at 10 a.m. Water aerobics
are at 9:45 a.m. The community
center is at 604 Highland Woods
Drive in Highlands. For more infor-
mation, call 281-4267561.
Toddler Time — Toddler Time for
children 18 to 36 months of age is
at Sterling Municipal Library from
10:30 to 11 a.m. Join Miss Lisa for
stories, songs and finger plays.
Square dancing — The Crosby
Swinging Squares offers square
dance lessons at 7:15 p.m. every
Thursday at the Crosby Community
Center, 419 Hare Road. For informa-
tion, call 281-328-3371 or 281-444-
,3114.
C&W dancing — Country and
Western dancing for the senior citi-
zens group is from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
every Thursday at the Baytown
Community Center, 2407 Market St.
TOPS — TOPS No. TX 794 meets
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Thursday
at Remington Park in the Country
Kitchen room. All old and new mem-
bers are welcome. For more informa-
tion, call 281-421-7453 or 281-426
5847 after 6 p.m.
Fun for seniors — Enjoy a good-
dimes atmosphere 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 entertain-
ment. All the fun is at the Baytown
Community Center, 2407 Market St.
,Fpr information, call 281-4265735.
Senior bowling — The Senior
Bowling League meets at 10:30
a.m. every Thursday at Max Bowl
Bast, 720 Ward Road. The cost is
$6. For information, call the seniors
program at Lee College at 281-426
6416.
Bridge — The Furbee Duplicate
Bridge Club meets at 1 p.m. every
Thursday at Remington Park, 901W.
Baker Road. Players pay $2 each for
three hours of entertainment. For
liriore information, 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 information,
call 281834-0102.
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