Free MCH seminars begin today in Texas City
Free public seminars at Mainland Center Hospital begin today as part of a three part series on modern women. Drs Jan Garcia Jr Brian LaCompte and psychologist Victor Hirsch discuss cosmetic surgery self image and choosing a plastic surgeon. Subsequent sessions address assertiveness and work life balance with expert panels.
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Texas City
Mainland Center Hospital
MCH Institute For Living
Jan Garcia Jr
Brian LaCompte
MCH
Victor Hirstch
Hirsch
FM 1764
Hwy 3
Writing conference offered at UH Clear Lake campus
More than 300 educators will attend a one day conference at the University of Houston Clear Lake on February 14 to improve writing instruction. Prominent speakers include Dan Kirby and Shirley Koeller, with a lineup of local educators and 1986 GHAWP Summer fellows. The event is sponsored by the UH Clear Lake GHAWP under the National Writing Project network and is funded by NEH, Carnegie Mellon, and local supporters.
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Houston
University of Houston
Clear Lake
Dan Kirby
University of Georgia
Shirley Koeller
Texas Tech University
Caprock
Uhclear
Uh-Clear Lake
National Endowment For the Humanities
Carnegie Mellon Foundation
Enron Corp
the George Foundation
Coast Foundation Inc
The
Houston Post
Lunar Rendezvous Festival
Bayline Properties Inc
Barrios Technology and
Bay Area Pilot Club
Clothing design taught in homemaking course
Texas City High School student Melvin Holloway learns to design and alter clothes in Clothing and Textiles, a new one semester homemaking course. He made walking shorts, blazers, and a beret, planning future college wear and a tall-size retail store.
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Texas City
Melvin Holloway
Holloway
Prairie View A&m
TCHS
Davis
Myrtle Davis
Enrollment high at College of the Mainland in spring
COM reports spring enrollment at 3,466 credit students, the highest in its 20 year history and 327 more than last year. President Larry Stanley cites rising transfer baccalaureate programs and cost savings as factors in the trend toward community colleges.
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Texas City
College of the Mainland
COM
Robert Johnston
Johnston
Larry Stanley
Writer discovers walking is enjoyable exercise at local trail
Special columnist Nick Delange shares a personal turning point from reluctant walker to regular exerciser. He details choosing a route around the Nessler Civic Center complex and Fitness Trail, noting the absence of traffic, pleasant scenery, and a diverse group of fellow walkers as he overcomes self doubt.
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Nicky Delange
Texas
Nessler Civic Center
Rotary
Ninth Avenue
City Hall
Nessler Center
Lowry Center
Rohfeldt
TCISD
Moore Memorial Library
Trapiano to Speak at Chamber Luncheon in Texas City
Jerry Trapiano sports director for KTRH Radio in Houston will address the Greater Texas City La Marque Chamber of Commerce at the First Friday Luncheon at Nessler Center. The 11:30 a.m. event Friday offers catered lunch by Tugboats for 8.50 per person. reservations via 935-1408.
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Jerry Trapiano
Ktrh Radio
Houston
Greater Texas City-La Marque
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Garcia
Albert Smith
Beverly Vanderpool
M.D
Mary Beth Bauer
Harris County Dept. of Education
Kylene Beers
Bonnie Flynn
Spring Independent School District
Mary McElroy
Cypress-Fairbanks Isd
Patricia Mengwasser
Texas Education Association
Sharon Skeans
Spring Isd
Roberta Young
Spring Branch Isd
GHAWP
National Writing Project
Berkeley
Calif
NWP
America
James Hickson
University of Texas School of Allied Health Sciences
Stella Dobbins
Watercolor Art Society of
Montrose
Dobbins
COM. Ceramic Workshop & Gallery
Greg Reuter
Corpus Christi State University
COM Fine Arts
Trapiano
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