Gladewater Supt outlines Texas school funding plans
Gladewater Superintendent Roy Johnson spoke to the Rotary Club outlining eight state finance plans for education. He compared Gov. Dolph Briscoe's weighted pupil plan costing about 500 million to the Texas State Teachers Association plan at about 2 billion, noting local tax impacts and potential district burdens. Jim Johnson urged realistic tax formulas and warned of funding gaps and equity concerns.
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Connie Winborn
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dolph Briscoe
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Gov
Texas Education Agency
TEA
Commissioner of Education
Texas
Reluctant Spring Buds Delight Yet Cooler Weather
The essay notes stubborn dogwood blooms delaying spring due to Arctic air and praises the season's beauty. It highlights scenic drives on Old Kilgore Highway and Tyler Highway around The Berryhills, and mentions W. T Driver's yard with dogwoods and a Japanese maple.
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Tyler Highway
Berryhills
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West Lake Dr
Not a single penny in daily living
A reflective column on loneliness and companionship. The writer notes birds, squirrels, books, library visits, and shared activities with friends as antidotes to isolation. She urges pursuing hobbies and social ties, insisting people are not truly alone when they engage with others and their communities.
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Pollyanna
Daddy Bird
Lee Library
Iuka McCourt
Lurline Leach
GHS
Gladewater Mirror publication and subscription details
The Gladewater Mirror is published Thursdays and Sundays by The Gladewater Publishing Company at Glade Avenue and Dean Street Gladewater Texas 75647. Subscriptions are by mail in and outside Texas with monthly and yearly rates and advance payment required. The paper is consolidated with The Gladewater Times-Tribune since 1949 and The White Oak Texan since 1969.
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Dean Street
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Gregg County
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New Books and Local Tales at Lee Library
Valerie Elliston offers The Last Christmas Show set partly in Australia and Vietnam era, while Keith Anvers returns to Sturt to defend a Brook murder case in Coward's Paradise. Edwin Newman critiques language misuse in Strictly Speaking, urging clarity and civility.
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Europe
Bob Hope
Riverside
California
Army Air Force
March Field
Mr. Hope
Vietnam
Thailand
Valerie Elliston
Lee Public Library
Sturt
Brook
Keith Anvers
Coward
Edwin Newman
Letters to the editor on truth and heat quotes
A brief letter noting former President Harry S. Truman quote If you cannot stand the heat stay out of the kitchen. It includes apologies to no man for telling the truth and lists B. D. Holiman with phone 845 9927 and J C Park Road as contact details.
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Harry S. Truman
B. D. Holiman
J.C. Park Road
The IRS Wins In Tax Time Satire
A humorous critique of preparing returns and IRS pressure during tax season. The narrator imagines absurd deductions from Howard Hughes and Bebe Rebozo, sesame street stamps, and cartoonish arguments as the IRS refuses odd payments. The piece ends with the IRS prevailing.
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IRS
Howard Hughes
Bebe Rebozo
CIA
NHCA Meets Tuesday in Kilgore
Affiliate No 48 of the NHCA plans a formal meeting Tuesday April 8 at 7 30 pm on the second floor of Allied Citizens Bank Building Kilgore Estelle Fields will install the newly elected officers Two guest artists Judi Kolnick of Shreveport LA and David Tarrant from Tyler will attend Judi has wins in styling at the Oklahoma State Show and Mississippi State Show and in Shreveport NHCA members owners operators and students are urged to attend this first association meeting.
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Judi Kolnick
Shreveport
David Tarrant
Tyler
Judi
Oklahoma City
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Big Brother
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David
Six Flags Over
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Malcolm Stone
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