Poets Career Beginnings Highlight San Antonio Book Fair
Jose Luis Parra a UTSA graduate student and Coleman plant QA technician emerged as a rising poet at the First Annual Small Press Book Fair in San Antonio cosponsored by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. He read with about 40 poets from Texas and beyond as editors from Pax and others showcased diverse Chicano and multiethnic literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Luis Parra
Coleman
University of Texas At San Antonio
Texas
Bryce Milligan
Pax
San Marcos
Wellesley College
Boston
Tino Villanueva
Milligan
Parra
Area choirs advance to state UIL contest this June
Five Smithson Valley students and 14 Canyon High School members earned Division I ratings to advance to the UIL solo and ensemble state contest in June. Canyon and Balladiers members will perform at the University of Texas in Austin June 1 and 3, while SVHS and Canyon ensembles also earned top ratings. Canyon director Jean Wood and SVHS director Bill Kretzmeier lead the choirs.
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Smithson Valley High School
Canyon High School
CHS Balladiers
University of Texas In
Austin
Jennifer White
Paul Hubbard
White
UIL
Canyon
Christie Butler
Rachel Caballero
Lori Huff
Roxanne Moehrig
Lili
Linda Highland
Kitten Ross
Patti Evans
Lynda Dierks
Michelle Hawkins
Norma Madero
Gwen Martin
Kelli Miller
Pamela Murrow
Albert Natal
Colleen Kealey
Smithson Valley
Stephanie Campbell
Debbie Boege
Jean Wood
Bill Kretzmeier
SVHS
Texas
Gulf
National Weather Service
Rio Grande Valley
Childress
McAllen
Brownsville
Serotex plans plant expansion near Garden Ridge
If the Texas Air Control Board approves the permit, Serotex Materials will move and upgrade its asphaltic concrete plant near Garden Ridge, tripling output to 300000 tons per hour with modern electronic equipment. Current facility at FM 2252 and Nacogdoches Road will be replaced. work could start in about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Air Control Board
Gifford-Hill and Company, Inc
Serotex Materials
Garden Ridge
Tom Ivy
Serotex
Texas
FM 2252
Nacogdoches Road
Ivy
Bridgeport
State Highway Department
Parks board eyes Landa swim program and park needs
Parks and Recreation advisory board will discuss a possible joint swim meet with the New Braunfels Aquatic Club. Lieutenant John Wommack will report on park police duties. The board considers Cypress Bend Park exclusive use requests by the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts and Gypsy Motorcycle Club. Cub Scouts seek a day camp pool fee waiver June 10 to 13. A Texas Outdoor Recreation program update will cover federally matched funds and five year plan. Meeting starts 7 p.m. in the Landa Park office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks and Recreation Department
David Whatley
Parks Department
New Braunfels Aquatic Club
New Braunfels
John Wommack
Cypress Bend Park
Alamo
Gypsy Motorcycle Club
Cub
Whatley
Texas Outdoor Recreation Program
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Jose Parra
Mount Olympus
Genelle
Laura Highland
Eva Anger
Curtis Mathes
Orsornies
MasterCard
VISA
Walnut Square
Kmart
Herald-Zeitung
Parks Board
Eye Landa
Landa Park
Herald- ¢ Zeitung
Brandon Dietert
Carl Schurz
North Texas
West Texas
South Plains
Panhandle
Big Bend
South
North
Rockies
Burley
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Jackson
Sierra Nevaeas
Reno
Nev
Fallon
Montana
1Mmbank
A Momentum Bank
P. O
Main Plaza
McOrp
MPACT
FDIC
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