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Candidate forum —
The West Chambers
County Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor a
“Meet the Candidates”
night at 7 p.m. at the C.T.
Joseph Conference Center
at Barbers Hill Middle
School.
Da Vinci code
Baytown Genealogy
Research Library, 5203
Decker Drive, is open from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday and
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday. Classes are open
to members and guests and
4-H Steak Fry
The Barbers Hill 4-H
booster club will hold its
annual steak fry and auc-
tion from 11 a.m. until 4
p.m. on Saturday at the
Cedar Bayou Community
Building, 7711 Highway 146.
Plates including chicken
fried steak, mashed pota-
toes, gravy, green beans,
corn, a roll and tea can
be purchased for $7
each. The live auction will
begin at 1 p.m.
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FOOD
FUND-RAISERS
Ducks Unlimited
banquet
The Winnie-Stowell
Chapter of Ducks
Unlimited will hold it’s
25th annual dinner and
auction at 6 p.m. on
Saturday at the Winnie-
Stowell Community
Building. There will be a
catered dinner, live and
silent auction and raffle
with door prizes. Tickets
are $40 each or $60 per
couple. Children 17 and
younger get in for $15.
For more information,
call 409-267-8285.
It is the policy of The Baytowr
Sun to correct errors in a timely
manner. Corrections and clarifi-
cations are published in this
space. To inquire, readers should
contact managing editor David
Bloom at 281-425-8016 or
daivid.bloom@baytownsun.com.
at 281-576-5201.
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CORRECTIONS
A Page One story in Tuesday’s
edition incorrectly identified one
of the victims of an alleged homi
invasion. The woman’s name is
Benny Mae Thomas.
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QUOTABLE
“For those who do not think,
it is best at least to rearrange
their prejudices once in a
while.”
— Luther Burbank,
American horticulturist
(1849-1926)
BIBLE VERSE
“ To them God has chosen to
make known among the
Gentiles the glorious riches of
this mystery, which is Christ in
you, the hope of glory. We
proclaim him, admonishing
and teaching everyone with all
wisdom, so that we may pre-
. sent everyone perfect in
Christ. ”
— Colossians 1:27-21
Cedar Bayou United
Methodist Church, Room
200. For more information,
call 281-427-4754.
Spay and neuter clinic
— The Spay Neuter
Assistance Program is pro-
viding free spaying and
neutering, rabies vaccina-
tions and Houston city
licenses for animals
belonging to qualified dog Wednesdays. There
Lyles will host sessions
regarding the controversy
the best selling book and
upcoming movie The Da
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Sponsored by Memorial Baptist
Women and Friends, “An
Evening with Melanie and
Marcy” will be at 6:30 p.m. fl
Thursday at the Goose H
Creek Country Club. fl
Reserved tables are avail- EE
able for $20 and tickets are H
$ 15 each. Doors open at 6
p.m., and the program
begins at 6:30 p.m.
It has been guest speaker Melanie
Sanderson’s privilege to teach adult
Bible study for more than 25 years.
She has also served as a Christian
speaker for local ladies’ events on
numerous occasions.
A mission trip to Africa in 2003
gave her the opportunity to teach a
Bible study for the women of Soroti,
Uganda where she hopes to one day
return. m
Sanderson has been J
married to her high I
school sweetheart, 9
Barry, for more than 35 M
year and they have three II
sons and five grandchil- H|
dren. Their home is in ™
The Woodlands. The '
. words of Andrew
Murray, the 19th century pastor and
evangelist best express Sanderson’s
view of life: “God is ready to assume
full responsibility for the life wholly
yielded to him.”
Thursday
Citizenship classes —
Our Promise for West
Baytown Inc. offers free
citizenship classes from 6
p.m. to 9 p.m. every
Tuesday at Iglesia Bautista
Betel, 2728 Kentucky, in
SUN HISTORY
In 1976, Coach Beverley
Rockhold was honored by Lee
College with the second annual
Physical Education Award.
In 2004, 18 surviving mem-
bers of the Goose Creek
County Club’s 134 charter
members were honored during
a ceremony at the club. During
the celebration, club member
Ray Tichner read a proclama-
tion by Baytown Mayor Pete
Alfaro honoring the charter
members and declaring
Monday “Goose Creek County
Club Day.”
One year ago, overcrowing
forced the Goose Creek school
district to add 14 double-wide
classrooms and re-align Cedar
Bayou and Gentry school
zones.
When you decide to become
a parent, you take on an over-
whelming responsibility.
You make a commitment to
take this sweet, blanketed bun-
dle home from the hospital and
raise it into a fully functional
adult in just 18 years.
And, during that time, you
agree to watch a whole lot of
kid movies.
Kid movies aren’t necessarily
a bad thing. “Cinderella,”
“Beauty and the Beast” and
“Charlotte’s Web” are classics
that I could watch over and
over. •
I also loved the more recent
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The
Lion, The Witch and the
Wardrobe.” This movie is one
of the best I’ve seen in years. I
saw it twice in the theatre and
bought the DVD the day it
came out. I listen to the sound-
track whenever I’m in the car.
And occasionally, when no
one’s around, I check the back
of my closet in the hopes that
instead of a wall or a mountain
of my shoes, I’ll find a passage-
way into a distant wonderland
where I get to be queen.
Then there are the bad kid
movies.
Not movies about bad kids.
Poorly made movies marketed
to children.
I’m afraid I saw one last
weekend.
Saturday, I took Julia, my
•first-grader, to see “The Wild.”
This is a Walt Disney produc-
tion that features some animals
in a New York City zoo, includ-
ing a single lion dad and his
cub (who, in the spirit of
“Finding Nemo,” become sepa-
rated, ensuing in a 90-minute
search), a koala bear who inex-
plicably acts drunk, a squirrel
who has the hots for a giraffe,
and a herd of wildebeests who
decide the drunk koala bear is
some sort of god who cah
transport them to the top of the
food chain.
Throw in the fact that all of
these animals suffer from some
sort of hyperactivity disorder,
and you’ve got “The Wild.”
1 used free passes to see this
movie and I still paid too much.
It wasn’t even that funny.
And I like to think that I know
funny. “Monsters Inc.,”
“Finding Nemo” and the Toy
Story movies were hilarious.
“The Wild” tries to get there,
but it doesn’t.
Disney has spent decades
putting out some of the best
children’s entertainment there
is. So what were they thinking
here? Were they trying to cash
in On some of the popularity of
DreamWorks’ “Madagascar”
(which is also about animals in
a New York City zoo)? Do they
believe all they need to make a
children’s movie is celebrities
to do the voices for obnoxious,
caffeine-addicted animals?
One thing “The Wild”
adheres to is the Disney phe-
nomenon of “The Missing
Parent.” Ryan, the lion cub, has
a mother who is conspicuously
absent. So did Snow White,
Cinderella, Ariel, Jasmine and
Belle. At least we know what
happened to Simba’s dad (“The
Lion King”) and Nemo’s mom
(“Finding Nemo”). We, with
f our kids, got to watch them die.
' A friend of mine, who is
; Ukrainian, told me that a lot of
- kids in her native country aren’t
« allowed to watch children’s
- movies from the U.S. because
J of all the dead and dying par-
' ents. I really like some of these
' movies, but sometimes I won-
der if there isn’t a better way to
! entertain kids.
Back to “The Wild.” Here’s
what I recommend. Watch “The
Lion King” instead. Then take a
few Sudafeds and go to bed.
( What you will dream will look
; a whole lot like “The Wild.”
*2 And you will have saved your
u.'jeyen bucks.
als who, through shared
experience, strength and
hope, are recovering from
compulsive overeating. A
group meets at 7 p.m.
every Wednesday at First
Westminster Presbyterian
Church, 7600 Bayway
Drive, in Baytown. Anyone
who wants to stop eating
compulsively is welcome.
For more information, call
Cathy at 281-427-4714,
Diane at 281-466-7355 or
Ruthat 832-788-1593.
Bridge — Bridge will
be held at noon at the
Highlands/San Jacinto
Community Center, 604
Highlands Woods Drive.
For more information, call
281-426-7561.
Line dancing —
Intermediate line dancing
will be held at 8:30 a.m.
with beginner line dancing
beginning at 9:45 a.m. at
the Highlands/San Jacinto
Community Center, 604
Highlands Woods Drive.
For more information, call
281-426-7561.
at the Highlands
Community Center, 604
Highland Wood, in
Highlands. The free ser-
vice is provided first to
seniors over 55 and the
disabled. Dogs and cats
should not have food or
water after 10 p.m. the
night before, and clients
are urged to arrive at 6
a.m. or earlier. For more
information, call 713-522-
2337.
Overeaters Anonymous
— Overeaters Anonymous
1 to 3 p.m. every
Wednesday. For more
information, call 281-420-
5735.
Story Time — Sterling
Municipal Library has
Spanish Story Time for
children ages 18 months
and older from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m.
Genealogy — The
mation, call 281-426-7561.
Bingo —VFW Post
912, 8204 N. Main, has
bingo at 7 p.m. every
Wednesday. Doors open at
5 p.m. Bingo starts at 7
p.m. There is a non-smok-
ing area. For more infor-
mation, call 281-421-1257.
Over ‘42’ — The Over
“42” Club meets at 1 p.m.
every Wednesday at St.
John’s United Methodist
Church, 501 S. Alexander
Drive. For information,
call 281-422-3684.
Bingo — The Baytown
Community Center, 2407
Market St., has Bingo from Joan Mangum, recording
secretary and Judi
Mitchell, corresponding
secretary. For more infor-
mation call 832-556-8079.
Alcoholics Anonymous
— Surrender, a new
Alcoholics Anonymous
group, meets at Redeemer
Lutheran Church, 1200 E.
Lobit Ave., at 8 p.m.
Seniors — Seniors at
the Highlands Community
Center can enjoy ceramics
at 9 a.m. or a Spanish class
at 1 p.m. The community
center is at 604 Highland
Woods Drive in Highlands.
For more information, call
281-426-7561.
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
from 7:15 to 9:15 p.m.
every Thursday at the
Crosby Community
Center, 419 Hare Road.
For information, call 281-
328-3371 or 281-444-
3114.
Speak Spanish — A
Spanish class will be held
at 9 a.m. at the
Highlands/San Jacinto
Community Center, 604
Highlands Woods Drive.
For more information, call
281-426-7561.
C&W dancing —
Country and Western danc-
ing for the senior citizens
group is from 10 to 11:30
a.m. every Thursday at the
Baytown Community
Center, 2407 Market St.
Featured vocalist Marcy Pryor is a
native of Oklahoma, but now lives in
The Woodlands with her husband of
18 years, Scott and their two chil-
dren, Jordan, 15 and
Connor 12.
Some have deemed her a
bubbly and passionate alto
with an attitude. She is
currently considered the
“Master Teacher” of the
High School department
at her home church,
Crossroads Baptist.
Pryor has a new Web site that will
help you learn more about her min-
istry. Visit her site at www.marcypry-
or.net.
For reservations, call 281-837-
1865 or 281-424-8830.
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and
include computer and
and confusion surrounding kindergarterireadiness. All
age groups are available.
For more information, call
Vinci Code. The focus will director Linda Holzaepfel
be on sorting out the fic-
tional aspects of the book
and the true nature of
some of the book’s fiction-
al topics. The sessions will the Baytown Community
be held at 6:30 p.m. at Center, 2407 Market St.
/-•-j— n------i Old and new members are
welcome. For more infor-
mation, call 281-424-3124
or 281-421-1429.
Music and worship —
First Christian Church’s
front porch is open to
everyone seeking a casual
meeting place to eat, visit,
worship and listen to live
music from 6 to 8 p.m.
js no
and cat guardians at 8 a.m. charge to attend, and small the log cabin offices off
church is at 201 Forrest
Ave. in Baytown. For more
information on the church,
call 281-427-4363, e-mail
cheespck2@aol.com or
visit the church’s Web site
at www.fccbtx.org.
Seniors — Seniors at
the Highlands Community
Center can learn interme-
diate line dancing at 8:30
a.m. or beginner line danc-
ing at 9:45 a.m. They also
can enjoy ceramics at 9
a.m. orb“J“ __j____________________
is a fellowship of individu- community center is at 604 small groups and free
tt .li—j fa childcare. For more infor-
Highlands. For more infer- matiOn, call 281-422-3457.
..1,101 mzir/i Delta Kappa Gamma
— The Epsilon chapter of
Delta Kappa Gamma will
meet on at 5 p.m. at St.
Mark’s United Methodist
Church, 3811 North Main
Street for the installation
of the 2006-07 officers.
The social time with
refreshments has been
moved to the end of the
program. President Donna
Mohlman will install the
new officers, who include
Laura Kellner, president;
Dianna Walton, first vice-
president; Annese Jones,
second vice-president;
Ceramics — Ceramics
will be held at 9 a.m. at the
Highlands/San Jacinto
Community Center, 604
Highlands Woods Drive.
For more information, call
281-426-7561.
Children’s Day Out —
Mont Belvieu Assembly of are by request. Admission
God, 10530 Eagle Drive, is t0 the library is free to the
w ’ public. Those with ideas
discussion — Rev. Tommy and Wednesdays from 8:30 Madlyn Simkulet at 281-
424-8388. For information,
call 281-424-8388 or 281-
422-4950.
Senior citizens —
Baytown Senior Center
will have a day of arts and
crafts, fun, fellowship,
games, Bible study and a
hot lunch. The center, at
the First Westminster
Presbyterian Church, 1715
Market St., provides trans-
portation every day. The
center is open to senior cit-
izens 60 years old and
older. For more informa-
tion, call 281-427-2145.
Breakfast meeting —
Women Encouraging
Businesswomen has a
business breakfast at 8:45
a.m. every Wednesday at
5309 S. Main St, behind
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Wednesday, April
26, the 116th day of 2006.
There are 249 days left in the
year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
Twenty years ago, on April
26, 1986, the world’s worst
nuclear accident occurred at
the Chernobyl plant in the
Soviet Union. An explosion
and fire killed at least 31 peo-
ple and sent radioactivity into
the atmosphere.
On this date:
In 1865, John Wilkes Booth,
the assassin of President
Lincoln, was surrounded by
federal troops near Bowling
Green, Va, and killed.
In 1994, a Taiwanese jetliner
crashed in Nagoya, Japan,
killing 264 people.
In 2000, Vermont Gov.
Howard Dean signed the
nation’s first bill allowing ,
same-sex couples to form civil
unions.
Ten years ago: After 16 days
of bloodshed, Israel and
Hezbollah guerrillas pledged
to end the worst fighting in the
Mideast in three years, agree-
ing to a U.S.-brokered truce.
Five years ago: Ukraine’s
communist-dominated parlia-
ment dismissed reform-orient-
ed Prime Minister Viktor
Yushchenko and his govern-
ment, plunging the nation into
political chaos. Junichiro
Koizumi was elected as prime Jp
minister of Japan in a vote by 1
the lower house of Japan’s par- 1
liament. *
One year ago: Syria’s 29-
year military presence in
Lebanon ended as Syrian sol-
diers completed a withdrawal
brought about by international
pressure and Lebanese street
protests.
—- The Associated Press
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Cash, Wanda Garner. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 137, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 26, 2006, newspaper, April 26, 2006; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1192378/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.