District appoints new athletic director and coaches
The San Felipe Del Rio district named Troy Hinds as the new athletic director and Steve Heryford as head football coach after a Thursday night board meeting. Donnie Weaver became technology director, with Rusty Frazier as head boys basketball coach and Kelly Spiller and Johnny Bejarano added as assistant football and head baseball coaches respectively. Trustees opposed the contract motion, citing time to review candidates.
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Troy Hinds
Donnie Weaver
Steve Heryford
Russell
Rusty) Frazier
Kelly Spiller
Johnny Bejarano
Hinds
San Felipe del Rio
Tahoka
Lubbock
Heryford
Ram
Magnolia
Houston
Hertford
Ann Dixon
Lupe de Hoyos
Juan Acevedo
de Hoyos
Rosa Delg
Selective Service seeks volunteers for local draft board
The Selective Service System seeks volunteers to join the local draft board which decides deferments or exemptions for young men in a possible draft. Applicants must be 18 or older, non law enforcement, not in active duty or retired military, and not criminally convicted. Training, travel and hotel stay are government funded, with sessions in San Antonio or Austin.
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Selective Service
Army Reserve
Rex Vehrs
Vehrs
Selective Service Board
San Antonio
Austin
Wehrs
Encuentro 2000 promotes diversity in Catholic church
The four day national Encuentro conference opens in Los Angeles with 5000 attendees from over 150 nations. Leaders call it a landmark multinational event reflecting U S demographic changes and the church's push for broader ethnic inclusion as Pope John Paul II urges a stronger Gospel witness. Participants bring water from home regions to be mixed and redistributed as a baptismal reminder.
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Los Angeles
Vietnam
Tonga
God's House
United States
Joseph Fiorenza
Galveston-Houston
U.S
Lindell
Los Angeles Convention Center
Catholic Bishops’ Committee On
John Paul II
Immigrants posing as cyclists smugglings past border
Border Patrol reports a new smuggling scheme near Laredo using illegal migrants dressed in helmets and jerseys racing on 10 speed bikes. Immigrants paid about 1500 dollars for the service and are moved north of the checkpoint by car or truck as agents note groups of two to four cyclists three times weekly.
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Corpus Christi
Border Patrol
Laredo
al Moreno
Eddie Gomez
Sarita
Brownsville
U.S. Highway 77
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Kathy Lindell
Hacienda Heights
Calif
Prrerrr Iittt
Sports SA State
Sebapentad
News Herald
Carlos Cardenas Jr
Val Verde
Mike L. Fernandez
del Rio
Dora Alcala
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