Postcard system flags high risk sex offenders in Texas
Texas residents began receiving postcard notices from the Department of Public Safety for offenders deemed most likely to re offend. The program targets offenders convicted since Jan 1 2000 designated Risk Level 1. About 30 offenders were mailed to nearly 16 000 properties in a three block radius or one mile rural radius. The effort, backed by legislators Sen Mike Jackson and Reps Ray Allen and Pat Haggerty, augments existing newspaper notices.
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Austin -- Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Texas
DPS
Col
Thomas A. Davis Jr
Mike Jackson
la Porte
Ray Allen
Customer centered culture boosts business success
Don Taylor argues that thriving firms build a customer centered culture by trust, quality, independence, relationships, and future value. He stresses honest answers, keeping promises, and learning customers’ names to foster loyalty, referrals, and long term profits, noting even small rivals may steal customers with better service. He signs as co author of Up Against the Wal Marts and provides contact details.
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Don Taylor
Yamaha
Amarillo
DPS backs back-to-school sales tax break amid layaway change
Government officials report a sales tax holiday expansion allowing layaway items to be taxed later, predicting shoppers save millions. Mall crowds surge. officials note sales boosts up to three times a normal August weekend. Separately, DNA tests affirm a Texas death row verdict, with execution rescheduled, and state education and insurance actions highlight exemplary district ratings and auto insurance cuts.
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Texas
Carole Keeton Rylander
Rylander
Texas Public Schools
Texas Education Agency
Texas Insurance
Jose Montemayor
Texas Troops
Letter to the Editor praises MDA Telethon and support networks
A Brownfield reader urges tuning in to the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon on Labor Day weekend. The letter highlights MDA funded clinics including Covenant Health System in Lubbock, wheelchair and brace support, summer camps in Happy, and national research efforts with 230 clinics. It promotes pledges via 800 FIGHT MD and mdausa.org.
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Jerry Lewis
MDA
Brownfield
Covenant Health System
Lubbock
Happy
Klbk-Tv
Channel 13
Mdausa.org
Donated organs give new life and faith to a family
Gina Caswell Kelly shares that Mike's organs saved lives after his death. A 61 year old man received his heart, a mother of six got his liver, and bones, tendons, and ligaments aided many others. The family finds comfort in faith and God’s plan amid grief. Mike loved kids and volunteering with 4H and FFA, and his family honors his memory by giving others a chance at life.
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Gina Caswell Kelly
Mike
Organ Transplant Organization
Milk Mustache and Bone Health Advice From FCS Campaign
An advisory piece explains calcium importance across ages and osteoporosis risks. It details factors raising risk including female sex, ethnicity, family history, body size, medications, smoking, alcohol, and menopause. It promotes milk, dairy, leafy greens, fortified juice, seafood, and calcium supplements as sources, urging two to three milk mustaches daily.
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Ed Sterling
Texas Press Association
Grand Prairie
Pat Haggerty
R-El Paso
Junction
George W. Bush
Ricky Nolen McGinn
Bush
McGinn
Brownfield News
Parenting News
Jane Bray
FCS
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