Banquet spotlight showcases Stephanie and Johnson at center
Stephanie, known for guiding tours and teaching Sunday school, shares how the Opportunity Center shaped her reading and crafts. Bobby Johnson, a 29 year old Deer Park High School graduate, blends work at the center with Special Olympics travel, Habitat for Humanity, and nine sports yearly, with soccer as his favorite. The Health Care Leadership Banquet at Goose Creek Country Club features a raffle and silent auction to benefit Bay Area Rehabilitation Center programs.
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Bobby Johnson
Johnson
Deer Park High School
Opportunity Center
Ireland
China
Ruthie Light
Center
Habitat For Humanity
Habitat
Colorado
California
Arizona
Nevada
Florida
Goose Creek Country Club
Bay Area Rehabilitation Center
Evelyn Forbis
Jerry Cates
Jerry
Cates
Bayarearehab
State Briefs: Baby dies in I-35 crash. 13 injured in Texas
A van carrying a Dallas to Nuevo Laredo family overturned on Interstate 35 north of Hillsboro after a tire blowout. Six month old Evelyn Kate Garcia died, with 13 others injured. The vehicle was towing a trailer on a family reunion and mission trip. In Austin, Bill White calls for cutting tourism advertising, saying the governor's ad budget should be slashed from about 22 million to save state funds. The tourism fund, funded by a hotel tax, supports TV and print campaigns promoting Texas attractions.
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Interstate 35
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Lisa Block
Block
Evelyn Kate Garcia
DPS
Dallas
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
White
Houston
Rick Perry
Perry
Associated Press
Lone Star
Five men planned a staged Austin robbery setup
Five men met at a South Austin hotel hoping to steal cocaine from a local stash house they believed would be provided by a disgruntled drug-trafficking member. An undercover ATF agent posed as the buyer, leading to arrests. The Aug. 18 sting marked the second similar operation in about a month in Austin.
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Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The
Austin American- Statesman
ATF
Austin
Little Rock Nine member Thomas dies in Ohio
Jefferson Thomas known for helping integrate Central High School in Little Rock died at 67 in Ohio from pancreatic cancer. The 1957 act of defiance led to federal troops enforcing desegregation, and Thomas later received a 1999 Congressional Gold Medal from President Clinton alongside eight fellow Nine members.
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Little Rock, Ark
Jefferson Thomas
Little Rock
Carlotta Walls LaNier
Central High School
Little Rock Nine Foundation
Supreme Court
Orval Faubus
National Guard
Central High
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Army
101St Airborne Division
Clinton
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Melba Patillo Beals
Minnijean Brown Trickey
Elizabeth Eckford
Ernest Green
Gloria Ray Karlmark
Terrence Roberts
Thelma Mothershed
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Randy Casey
Baytown
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Casey
Statefarm
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Bloomington, It
Beaconfed.org
BFCA
NCAA
Cedar Bayou Lodge
Ferry Road
Sobre
Taro
Goose Creek Chapeter
Order of the Eastern Star
Fy Baytown Little Theater
Rabbit
By David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed By
Randy Daily
Hugh Echols
Littletheater
Littletheater.org
Cedar Bayou
Grace United Methodist Church
Grace Ferry Road
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Fox
Happy Hour
Cyselaa
Cedarbayougrace.org
Jon Finney
Heli Martinez
Chef's
Texas Bison
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