Minority students gain in statewide test scores
Houston AP report shows minority students posting rapid gains in math and reading across Texas districts. North Forest in Harris County posts biggest math and reading gains among the 63 largest districts, though still near the bottom in Houston area. Port Arthur districts cite improved belief in all children learning.
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Houston
John Sawyer III
North Forest
Harris County
Texas
Texas Education News
Joe Pitts
Texas districts pursue broader goals for minority students
The Texas Education Agency and district officials discuss shifting focus from basic skills to broader expectations for minority students. Eloise Brown notes emphasis on fundamentals and targeted remediation, while other districts with majority minority enrollment report broader, more novel approaches. A new pre school program for disadvantaged students started last year.
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Dave Jones
Texas Education Agency
Eloise Brown
North Forest
FDIC to Auction 48 New Mexico Properties in Two Auctions
The FDIC plans two New Mexico property auctions in Hobbs on Tuesday and in Ruidoso on Wednesday, with 26 and 22 parcels respectively ranging from homes to 30 acres of commercial land and farm properties. A separate sealed bid Midland sale opens bids Sept 22 and covers about 20 properties valued over 12 million dollars, including most of downtown Midland except the city library plot. Bruce Brown notes the downtown block sale excludes the library parcel. The Hobbs sale begins at 10 am at the Hobbs Country Club, handled by Lawson & Lawson Auctioneers Inc., and the Ruidoso Downs sale also starts at 10 am with similar asset types listed by the same firm.
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The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
New Mexico
Hobbs
N.M
Ruidoso
Midland Commercial
FDIC
Bruce Brown
Midland
Midland County Library
Brown
Humble City
Artesia
Lawson & Lawson Auctioneers Inc
Ruidoso Downs Racetrack
Lawson & Lawson
Big Lake Teen Wins Calf Roping at Midland Rodeo
Randy Bell, 19, of Big Lake competes in a roping event during the Area No. 1 Texas Jaycees Fun Rodeo Days and Chili Cook-off at Sizemore Arena west of Loop 250. Proceeds from Saturday and Sunday events benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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Randy Bell
Big Lake
Texas Jaycees
Midland
Sizemore Arena
The
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Burglary charges filed against three Odessa men
Three Odessa men were in custody on burglary charges after weekend store break-ins. Tomas Garcia, 28, was nabbed after a police dog cornered him in an Eighth Street surplus store. Peter Keenan, 17, and Richard Grissom, 18, were arrested following a Saturday night burglary at Big John's Grocery. All three held on $5,000 bond. Garcia arraigned by a municipal judge, Keenan and Grissom by a justice of the peace.
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Odessa
Tomas Garcia
Roxanna Ave
Peter E. Keenan
Torrence Ave
Richard W. Grissom
Hacienda Drive
Ector County
Odessa Police Beat Burglary and Theft Reports Aug 23 25
Odessa police logged multiple incidents including a burglary of tools from an 1981 Chevrolet on Maple Avenue valued at 941 dollars between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Also unauthorized use of a 1981 Chevrolet Chevette valued at 1,650 dollars and thefts including a rottweiler worth 2,000 dollars and jewelry worth 1,000 dollars from local residences. Ector County Sheriff deputies reported additional burglary and theft cases including televisions, a pistol, and firearms with totals ranging up to 2,570 dollars.
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Chuck David Teal
Chevrolet
Maple Avenue
L. Zyla
Robert G. Zea
Conley Ave
C. Mead
Jeff Wilkerson
S. Grant Ave
G. Dwelley
Guadalupe Ramirez
S. Alleghaney Ave
B. Hernandez
Jerry Dean Kinney
Pica Court
Betwen
David Gutierrez
Cunningham and
Sheppard
C. Rogers
Jeff Scott Parsons
Newcastle Court
D. Bright
Leticia Bersoza
Heritage Court
Arrowhead Drive
Dallas journalist Jackson Burke Krueger dies at 77
Former executive editor of The Dallas Morning News, Jackson Burke Krueger, died of cancer aged 77. A funeral service was set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Christ The King Church in Dallas with burial at Sparkman-Hillcrest Northwest Highway Chapel. A San Antonio native who began at the San Antonio Light after UT graduation in 1929, he joined the Morning News in 1944, rising to city editor and then managing editor. He later led or served on journalism groups including the Texas AP Managing Editors and the Pulitzer jury.
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Dallas
Jackson Burke Krueger
Dallas Morning News
Krueger
Christ the King Church
Sparkman-Hillcrest Northwest Highway Chapel
San Antonio
San Antonio Light
University of Texas
Associated Press
San Francisco
The
Morning News
Texas Associated Press
American Press Institute
RENE GRAY 17 DIES. RITES SET AT PRIMERA IGLESIA BAUTISTA
Obituary notices list Rene Gray 17 of Odessa died Saturday at his home. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Primera Iglesia Bautista with Rev. J M Garcia officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. viewing began Sunday at Martinez Funeral Home Chapel. Survivors include Florencio Avila and Antonio Avila both of Odessa, siblings, grandmother Manuela Vargas, and other Odessa relatives.
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Rene Gray
N. Muskingum Ave
Primera Iglesia Bautista
S. Sam Houston Ave
J.M. Garcia
Rose Hill Cemetery
Martinez Funeral Home
Gray
Odessa
Odessa High School
Florencio Avila
Antonio Avila
Socorro ‘‘Coy’’ Gray
Francisco Avila
Veronica Avila
Manuela Vargas
Wilson-Miller Funeral
Don Harris
Resthaven Cemetery
Midland
Butler
Westwind Care Center
Alto
Barbara Carr
Buckatunna
Miss
Elizabeth Ann Bellis
Jewel Walton
el Paso
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Eighth Street Army
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James R. Tracy
Lincoln Ave
A. Freeman
Ector Sheriff
Tanner Aids Funeral Home
Iowa Park
Jack Meyers
Highland Cemetery
Parish
Permian General Hospital
Andrews
Archer County
Leah Eckridge
Holiday
Texas Farm Bureau
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Claude Tucker
Singleton Funeral Home
Perrie Parker
Perrie L. Parker
Fourth St
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Seabury Nursing Home
Roy Lewis
Patton Drive
Highway Temple
Highway Temple Assembly of God Church
Billy R. Lewis
Oriel Bea Bice
Elk City
Okla
Carol Ann Harrison
Judy Ann Collins
Raymond Lee Kinslow
Oklahoma City
Larry Nathan Kinslow
Moore City
Bonnie Wallace
Blanchard
Imogene Jane
Barbara Fulton
Chickasha
William Hedrick
Wiliam
Virgil Cummins
Frank W. Wilson
Julia Butler
Monahans
Julia Tarara Butler
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Gary Wilson
Glenwood Ave
Donald McCoy
Adam Gamboa
E. 10Th St
Adam Mancha
Andrews Highway
Robert Thompson
W. Michigan Sr
Richard Kenny Flores
Yolanda Martinez
Gary Lynn Browning
Orpha Machelle Mitchell
Adelle Windham
Adelle Walton
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