Del Rio Arts Council removes leadership amid finance woes
Ann Stool says she was terminated by the DRCA board in a budget cut, with the executive director position permanently eliminated as the nonprofit faces cash flow losses from bingo declines. Marketing Director Shannalea Taylor resigns, plans to join Bank & Trust as she exits in July.
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Ann Stool
The
del Rio Council For the Arts
DRCA
Shannalea Taylor
Arts Council
Taylor
Stool
del Rio
E. Garfield St
Texas Commission For the Arts
Terra van Gorkum
Dora G. Alcala
Alcala
Bingo
Stoel
Bank & Trust
Veterans Boulevard
Desperate Liberians endure siege as Monrovia fights on
Rebels and forces of President Charles Taylor clash over Monrovia's port amid heavy shelling. Death tolls exceed 600 with aid groups citing over 90 dead. U S Marines evacuated foreigners after a shell strike on the embassy. Taylor calls for a West African peacekeeping force while urging swift arms relief from the United Nations or United States.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Charles Taylor
Daniel Chen
Taylor
U.S
Associated Press
U.N
Sierra Leone
Lynch Returns Home After Iraqi Rescue
In Elizabeth West Virginia final, Jessica Lynch, the 20-year-old Army supply clerk, returns to Wirt County after four months of recuperation from injuries and captivity in Iraq. Her grandmother Wyonema Lynch expresses pride and eagerness to welcome her back home to the rolling hills of her small county.
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W.va
Jessica Lynch
Lynch
Iraq
Germany
Washington
West Virginia
Jessi
Fort Bliss
Texas
Missed Paper Hotline and Lynch Home Return Context
Report describes missed newspaper delivery contact details and outlines the ambush near Nasiriyah on March 23 in which 11 soldiers died and five were captured. It notes Lynch was recovered April 1 in Nasiriyah hospital, and her return to Elizabeth from Walter Reed with a National Guard unit including her cousin Dan Little, amid a large press presence.
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Lynch
U.S
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington
Elizabeth
Parkersburg
Del Rio DRCA to cut executive director post I N G
DRCA board votes to terminate Ann Stool as executive director amid budget pressures from a weak economy and declining bingo revenue. President Terra Van Gorkom says the move, while hard, aims to return to the arts council mission and boost community volunteer involvement. The group pledges ongoing exhibitions performances and classes with Rosemary Casson and Jackie Robinson continuing staff roles.
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Deltio Council For the Arts
DRCA
del Rio Council For the Arts
Ann Stool
Terra van Gorkom
Ann
van Gorkom
del Rio
Arts Council
Rosemary Casson
Jackie Robinson
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Bill Sontag
Pam Bunch
Lee-Bunch
W. Greenwood St
del Rio Loan
Evelyn Lee
Bunch
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