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Small hands, big talent
Brynne, 2, and Delyla Mayfield, 3, paint ceramic figurines at Hidden Talent in San Jacinto Mall Tuesday. Hidden Talent offers ceramic items of all shapes, sizes and price ranges for painting, along with birthday parties for kids.

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News

Road construction on I-10 ahead of schedule
Roadway construction on Interstate 10 at the San Jacinto River Bridge is moving along ahead of schedule, according to the TxDOT area engineer in charge of the project.

Council to mull red light punishments
Baytown’s Automated Red Light Enforcement Program may get more bite at Thursday’s City Council Meeting.

Chili cook-off to take place Friday
The Baytown/Highlands Metro Go-Texan Committee volunteers have been busy preparing for their annual “Chili when it’s Chilly” and barbecue cook off this weekend at the San Jacinto Mall.

Rodeo Art show set for Thursday
Goose Creek art students are gearing up for the district’s annual Rodeo Art Show Thursday and Friday at the GCCISD Auxiliary Facility, located at 3401 North Main in Baytown.

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Opinion

Learning a trade
College is not for everybody. This statement is not meant to infuriate or unsettle; it is simply presented as fact.

Cheers and Jeers for Jan, 5, 2008
Quick hits of praise and comments on local, state and national issues compiled by The Baytown Sun editorial board.

Sports

RSS, REL square off in final preseason tuneup
Cold, wet bone-chilling rains sent a signal to Criss Dippel early this week. “It must be soccer season,” the longtime Robert E. Lee coach said Monday.

Improving Rebels take aim at Blinn
Roy Champagne says the most surprising thing about his Lee College basketball team has been its less-than-stellar shooting.

Rangers rally, collapse in 50-46 loss
Highlander forward Adrian Medina sank a clutch tie-breaking basket with 1:45 to play to help lift The Woodlands to a 50-46 victory over the Sterling Rangers on Tuesday at Winnie Brown Gymnasium.

Prep soccer debuts as hoops races resume
Baytown Lee and Sterling will face one another in a boys’ varsity scrimmage tonight at Stallworth Stadium as the high school soccer season revs up.

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Columns

By Wanda Orton
Pop-up blurbs on TV at top of pet-peeve list

By Jim Finley
On the road with GOOTs

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Soap update:Helen Trent never married

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