Pecos ISD hires athletic trainer and adds staff
The Pecos Toyah Barstow Independent School District board met in regular session and hired athletic trainer Michael Troy Fischer a 1976 West Texas State University graduate age 23 with one year teaching experience who will also teach health. Mary Ellen Evans, a 1973 Sul Ross State University graduate, was named social studies instructor replacing Coach Dub Smith who left for Morton High School. Ray D. Ellis, a 1975 Sul Ross graduate, becomes vocational agriculture instructor and will receive his Texas Tech agriculture education certificate this May. The board also accepted resignations of Nancy Russell English and speech teacher at Pecos High School and Margaret Scott second grade instructor at Austin Elementary.
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Pecos-Toyah-Barstow Independent School
Michael Troy Fischer
West
Texas State University
Mary Ellen Evans
Dub Smith
Texas Tech University
Nancy Russell
Pecos High School
Margaret Scott
Austin
J.O
Strother
Bessie Haynes
John W
Dub) Smith
Jill Rowhorde
Lamar Elementary
Abbott Building Company
Zavala Junior High School
Ben Meek
Pecos Furniture Company
C.W. Wright
Texas Education Agency
Wright
Chester Kesey
Ray Whitley
City of
Pecos
Texas lawmakers push anticrime bills through Senate
Texas legislators moved rapid crackdowns on crime with three anticrime measures winning Senate approval and House sending bills to the governor. Proposals expand bail denial for crimes while on bail, deny bail for felons with longer prison terms, and reclassify organized crime while addressing misclassified acts. Additional measures target probation denial, longer prison terms for violent crimes, unemployment benefits, tax, and regulatory reforms.
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LEE Jones Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
Senate
House
Bill Meier
D-Euless
Folgers cuts price sparks retailer chatter
Procter & Gamble says Folgers ground coffee price drops 25 cents per pound to 4.18 wholesale. Retailers may not cut prices much. one New York chain shows 3.79 per pound. The move follows a 25-cent hike on March 30 as P&G remains the second largest roaster.
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New York
Procter & Gamble Co
House action on church child care exemption bill delayed
In Austin the final House action on a bill to exempt church related child care centers from Texas welfare regulation is postponed to Monday. The bill passed 68 to 67 after a long debate citing religious liberty and claims of state interference, with sponsor Rep. Kenneth Vaughan arguing regulations infringe church state separation.
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Texas Water Development Board
Texas Water Quality Board
Texas Water Rights Commission
HOUSE
Senate
Briscoe
Austin
Tex
Texas Department of Public Welfare
Welfare Department
Ing
Kenneth Vaughan
D-Garland
Lester Roloff
Vaughan
Castillo sworn in as INS commissioner under Carter
President Carter swore in Leonel Castillo to lead the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The former Houston controller is tasked with curbing illegal immigration from Mexico and the Caribbean amid an INS estimate of four to twelve million undocumented residents in the United States.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Leonel Castillo
Houston
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Castillo
United States
INS
Mexico
Caribbean
Pecos High School to host Second Annual Art Show
The Pecos High School art department presents its second annual art show in the library at 7 p.m. Students will display works created during the year and independent pieces. The event runs with the spring band concert and invites everyone to attend.
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Darle Rountree
Crockett Junior High
Pecos High School
Carter signs new jobs bill in bipartisan push
President Carter signed a $20 billion economic stimulus and a $4 billion public works bill in a Rose Garden ceremony. The package includes $8 billion for public service jobs and $1 billion for a youth employment program, with bills pending final approvals in Congress. Senior citizens in Barstow are announced for a Tuesday noon covered dish luncheon at the Community Center.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Congress
Europe
Barstow
Bus grant request advances at Permian Basin meeting
The Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission board of directors favored a 1.2 million grant request in their Wednesday session. Reeves County received favorable comment for a 5600 grant from the Urban Mass Transit Administration, with 1400 local match, to fund a bus for elderly and handicapped transportation.
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Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission Board of Directors
Reeves County
Urban Mass Transit Administration
Forecast: Thunderstorms to Sunday then clearing and cooler
The forecast shows Thursday high and overnight low near .58 and .97 precipitation. Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms through Sunday, followed by gradual clearing and cooler temperatures Monday.
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Paul Williams
Patty Montgomery
Louis Cowart
Bob Miller
Ben Meek Jr
Frank Perea
Pecos Furniture Co
Paul Briones
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
St- Banking Department
Folgers
Eagle Stadium
Nora Gutierrez
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Peggy McCracken
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