First year teacher earns award amid pregnancy at Stephens Elementary
Dana Knox, eight months pregnant in her debut year at Stephens Elementary, earned Regular Educator of the Year for integrating special education students into normal activities. Her class taught colors letters and numbers while preparing pupils for a June due date.
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Garland
Dana Knox
Knox
Stephens Elementary
Cheryl Battenfield
Battenfield
Alisha
Special Education Department
Stephens
Spencer Reid
Victors of the Alamo Sought by Calif. writer
Ron Jackson the Vacaville sports writer seeks descendants of Mexican soldiers who fought at the Alamo to tell the 1836 battle from the winners’ view. He advertises in Mexican cities and interviews defenders’ kin, aiming to balance the Texas myth with the Mexican victory and aftermath.
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San Antonio
Davy Crockett
James Bowie
William Travis
California
Ron Jackson
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Jackson
Alamo
Texas
San Jacinto
Mexico City
Durango
Leon
San Luis Potosi
Piedras Negras
Alamo Defenders
Kevin Young
The
Alamo Battlefield Association
Young
Austin
Santa Anna
Republic of Texas
Gilberto Hinojosa
Incarnate Word College
Soldado
Hinojosa
Republicans prepare for Waco hearings with critical memo
The House GOP issued a fact sheet to rally lawmakers and frame the Waco hearings as a tragedy in which many who died were not criminals. It contrasts Democratic views linking abuses of force and religious liberty concerns with GOP focus on Koresh and the raid’s consequences. The piece notes ATF deaths and the later fire as pivotal events prompting the hearings.
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Washington
House
Waco
Branch Davidian Compound
Congress
White House
Whitewater
Treasury
Robert Rubin
Texas
Oklahoma City
David Koresh
Branch
Davidians
Ronald Noble
Charles Schumer
D-N.y
Preservation board weighs Capitol grounds after refurbishing
Texas State Preservation Board debates whether the Capitol grounds should mirror historic elements or reflect modern diversity. A $3.5 million plan would recondition 22 acres, consider monuments for minorities and women, restore gates from 1886, and remove the 1976 Realtors fountain, with private funds helping finance a Goddess of Liberty display atop the dome.
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Austin
Texas Capitol
Capitol
State Preservation Board
Texas Association of Realtors
George W. Bush
Bob Bullock
Pete Laney
Dealey Herndon
Tor
Garnet Coleman
Ganesh and the misadventure of his missing head
Parvati and Shiva lived atop Mount Kailas with Ganesh as their son. In mistake and fury Shiva cuts off Ganesh head, and Parvati mourns as Shiva realizes the tragedy and seeks a way to mend.
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Parvati
Shiva
Mount Kailas
Himalayas
Indra
Nandi
Ganesh
Ganges
Heaven
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Robert Taylor
Atpb Park
Taylor
National Rifle Association
NRA
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Koresh
ATF
FBI
Rep
William Zeliff
House National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice
Capitol Hill
Elephant
Amy Friedman
Jillian Gilliland
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