Top Cat Stray at SPCA a big hit in shows
A white stray named C.B. at the Galveston County SPCA has become a shelter mascot and show star. Odd eyed and beloved by staff, C.B. competes in household pet divisions after sponsorship by Beverly Holmes who covers entry fees and transportation.
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SPCA
Nicky DE Lange
San Leon
Galveston County
C.B
Cattery
Animal Control
Tammy Sikes
Beverly Holmes
Shelter
Holmes
WCID Offers Water Conservation Kits to Cut Bills
Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District No 1 will mail conservation kits to all customers. The kit includes two leak detector tablets, two shower restrictors, and toilet leak checks with instructions to save water and money while reducing energy use for hot water.
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Dickinson
Galveston County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
Water Company
Ivan Langford
Langford
Tors
Wcid No. 1
Amoco Texas City plants honored for safety records
Texas City refinery and Amoco Chemicals plant received NPRA safety awards for strong records in 1986. refinery employees logged over 1 million hours without a lost workday injury, totaling 2,173,463 safe hours in 1988 period. Chemicals plant posted 1,008,085 safe hours with over 486 employees free of serious injuries from 1985 to 1986.
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Texas City
Amoco Oil Co
Amoco Chemicals Co
San Antonio
National Petroleum Refinery Association
Lee Sandheinrich
Dick Zielinski
Amoco
NPRA
Former Villa soldier to appear at COM Cinco de Mayo
Houston businessman Leo Reynosa, a former member of Pancho Villa's army, will join College of the Mainland's Cinco de Mayo program on May 3. The 88 year old, who rode with Villa in the 1910s, appears in a video about the Mexican Revolution and will speak at the Student Center event featuring music and dance from noon to 2 30 p.m.
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Villa
COM
Cinco de Mayo
Texas City
College of the Mainland
Houston
Leo Reynosa
Pancho Villa
Reynosa
Leo
United States
San Diego
General Pershing
Mexico
National Palace
Robin Hood
Urbina
Boy Scouts launch membership drive in Mainland District
The Mainland District of the Boy Scouts of America begins its spring recruitment with sign up rallies for grades 1-4 on April 28 at local elementary schools starting 7 pm. Fifth graders and older are invited to troop open houses all week, with locations in Texas City La Marque Dickinson Hitchcock and San Leon.
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Texas City
Boy Scouts of America
Pany
la Marque
Racliff
Dickinson
Silbernagel
Hitchcock
Stewart
First Presbyterian Church
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
San Leon Methodist Church
San Leon
St. John's Methodist Church
Hitchcock Students Sweep State Vocational Contest
Hitchcock Independent School District students dominated the state vocational competition in Corpus Christi. Crosby Junior High entrants Minerva Torres, David McMahon, Roy Washington, Jerry Barmore, and Duane Crear secured firsts by rebuilding engines. Hitchcock High School General Construction Trades and CVAE Coop students also earned top honors with three firsts and a second place awarded to Jessica Johnson.
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Hitchcock
Hitchcock Independent
Corpus Christi
Crosby Junior High
Minerva Torres
David McMahon
Roy Washington
Jerry Barmore
Duane Crear
Cvae Coop
Hitchcock High School
Michael Gregorcyk
Chris Thompson
Tony Washington
Jessica Johnson
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Manuel Urbina
Boy Scouts
First Baptist Church
Guardian
Hwy
First United Methodist Church
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
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