Juvenile curfew considered to curb Grand Saline crime
Grand Saline Police Chief Doug Pool asks the April 9 city council for a curfew for minors 16 and under and seeks a city ordinance. He also reports preliminary grant approval to fund a juvenile officer, aiming to boost parental guidance and elder assistance, with final approval pending.
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Grand Saline
Doug Pool
Pool
Paol
Roxie Cluck
Council
East Texas Council of Governments
ETCOG
Police Department
van Zandt
Pat Jordan
Emmit Miller
Bobbigene Simmons
Austin
van Zandt County
Troup City Manager Discusses Recycling With Chamber
Troup City Manager Ken Berry explained curbside recycling to about 20 Grand Saline Chamber members. He cited 90 to 95 percent participation and $1700 in proceeds since October used to cut waste disposal costs. Critics claimed insufficient citizen input and alleged contract concerns with Laidlaw.
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Troup
Ken Berry
Grand Saline Chamber of Commerce
Berry
Marvin Meroney
Chamber
Meroney
Laidlaw
Recycling takes root in Grand Saline with curbside pickup
Texas town Grand Saline starts curbside recycling with first pickup on April 10 by Laidlaw Waste Systems. The piece notes New Jersey's mandatory recycling since 1987 and its targets, including 15 percent first year rising to 25 percent second year, three materials recycled, and leaf ban from landfills by 1988. It mentions Beverly and Mine Hill as New Jersey examples with local practices, costs, and programs run by organizations such as Boy Scouts and county health departments.
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America
Grand Saline
Laidlaw Waste Systems
Texas
New Jersey
Beverly
Occupational Health
Mine Hill
Boy Scouts
Grand Saline High School shows progress in annual report
Marshall highlighted rising TAAS scores for ninth and 11th grades, TEAMS improvements in math reading and writing, and over half of graduates moving to higher education. Enrollment sits at 256, slightly down, with band and FFA noted for upcoming Florida trip and District events respectively.
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Andy Marshall
Grand Saline
Marshall
Grand Saline High School
Florida
Saline Scenes and Events in Grand Saline
Community notices from Grand Saline include the Band Boosters meeting April 1 at 7 p.m. in the high school band hall, a gospel singing March 31 at 5 30 p.m. at Round Flat Pentecostal Church with Jonathan Smith as guest, and storytelling calls for Literary Day on April 10. Easter library hours on March 29, and the high school one act play April 2 at 7 p.m. admission $1 benefitting the Grand Saline Historical Association.
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Grand Saline
Round Flat Pentecostal
Jonathan Smith
Grand Saline Elementary School
Connie Lott
Kim Bartley
Thornton Wilder
The
Grand Saline Historical Association
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Gsman
Vickie Dunlap
Jarvis
Winkle
Salt Palace
New Chamber
Charlie Bigham
Spectra Promotions
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Jersey
Garden State
By Jan Adamson
Porter Haskew
United States
Future Farmers of America
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Mineola
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