Mummy of pharaoh looted from tomb to be returned to Egypt
Emory University to repatriate the 3,000-year-old mummy believed to be Ramsses I from the Niagara Falls Museum purchase. The museum foregrounds exhibition plans until 2004 and a closer partnership with Egyptian colleagues as the mummy is sent home. Meanwhile, Titanic explorer Robert Ballard reports PT-109 wreck near the Solomon Islands, with plans to preserve the site and possible future underwater museum access.
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Egypt
Atlanta
Ramsses I
Emory University
George Washington
United States
Peter Lacovara
Emory
Michael C. Carlos
Lacovara
Niagara Falls ‘Museum
Ontario
Canada
Hartford
Kennedy
Ballard
Del Rio to Buy Five 2003 Ford Police Interceptors
The Del Rio Police Department will acquire five 2003 Ford Police Interceptors at a total of $118,864.95 to replace patrol units lost to hailstorms wrecks and vehicle problems. Vehicles are purchased via the Houston Galveston Area Council. An insurance claim of about $40,000 will fund additional equipment purchases.
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del Rio
Manuel “Manny” Herrera
Rafael Castillo Jr
Houston/ Galveston Area
CRPD
Dwayne Wilson
CID
Wilson
City of
News-Herald
Alejandra
Del Rio expands Homebuyer Assistance to all qualified buyers
Del Rio City Council widened the Homebuyer Assistance Program to include residents beyond flood victims from the 1998 San Felipe Creek disaster. The program, funded by a $176,000 state grant, offers up to 7500 per applicant for downpayments and closing costs to households under 80 percent of area median income, with permanent financing required.
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Nueva Vista
Eagle Pass Hill
del Rio
Bill Dixon
Dixon
U.S. Highway 277
San Felipe Creek
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
del Rio News-Herald
Rene
Reno
Luna
U.S. 90 East
Dora G. Alcala
Civic Center
Alcala
Familias Unidas
Rafael Castillo Jr
Eight campuses receive Recognized status from TEA
Eight campuses in the district earned Recognized ratings from the Texas Education Agency based on TAAS results. The eight schools include San Felipe Middle, Marion Russell Middle, Garfield Elementary, North Heights Elementary, East Side Elementary, Lamar Elementary, Dr Fermin Calderon Elementary, and Dr Lonnie Green Elementary. Five campuses had Recognized status for 2000 2001 while three were rated Acceptable for that year.
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Newes-Herald
Brian Argabright
North Heights
Texas Education Agency
The
TEA
San Felipe
Marion Russell
Garfield
East Side
Lamar
Fermin Calderon
Lonnie Green
Calderon
Lonnie
del Rio
Buena Vista
Ruben Chavira
del Rio Middle School
Joseph Lopez
Samaritan Patrol plans talks with Border Patrol on aiding entrants
In Tucson a group named Samaritan Patrol, formed last week to aid dehydrated illegal entrants, says it will meet Border Patrol officials to discuss how far its aid can legally go. The group reported two dehydration cases found near the Tohono O’odham Nation, one man moderately dehydrated, both left for rehydration in Tucson.
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Tucson
Ariz
Samaritan Patrol
Here
Rick Offord-Chase
Ufford-Chase
Indian Health Services Hospital
Sells
Utford-Chase
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DRPD
Alejandra Valdez
Wester
Border Patrol
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