Secrift Council set to discuss community development projects
Secrift City Council plans an 8 p.m. meeting to hear the Community Development Planning Committee report and to consider prioritizing sewer work over drainage relief, a HUD concern due to inadequate city sewer lines. The session includes a public hearing and review of Houston Natural Gas rate changes affecting local bills.
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Seadrift
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tom Garner
HUD
Garner
Houston
HNG
Calhoun Hosts Region XIII UIL Concert and Sightreading
Regions XIII high schools bring 34 bands and 2,000 students to Calhoun High School auditorium for the UIL Concert and Sightreading contest April 15 to 17. Calhoun’s band performs April 17 at 9 a.m. with judges Lee Boyd Montgomery Joe Frank Merle Jensen.
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Calhoun High School
Lee Boyd Montgomery
Westlake High School
Austin
Joe Frank
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Merle Jensen
Spring Branch Isd
Houston
James G
Search for bodies of three Fort Worth girls ends without evidence
A large Calhoun County search near Hog Bayou for Rachel Trlica Renee Wilson and Julie Mosley yielded no bodies or clues. About 100 volunteers joined officials from Sheriff’s Department Port Lavaca Police Texas Parks and Wildlife and nearby towns after a Fort Worth note suspected a burial under a Port Lavaca bridge. No clothing or items matched the girls and authorities noted the area’s water levels snakes and hogs complicated the search.
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Fort Worth
Calhoun County
Port Lavaca
Ronnie Krueger
Tivili
Wood
Victoria Advocate
Jon Swaim
Swaim
Special Services
Hog Bayou
Maurice Wood
Rachel Trlica
Renee Wilson
Julie Ann Mosley
Seminar South
Viking Mall
Raley
Weather forecasts for coastal area with showers
Cloudy with a light chance of showers this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Mild through Tuesday. Northerly winds six to 14 mph this afternoon and light and variable tonight. High this afternoon near 76. Low tonight in the 50s. High Tuesday near 80. 20 percent precip chance this afternoon. Marine forecast shows NE to E winds 8 to 15 knots. Widely scattered showers and thundershowers mainly this afternoon. Seas 2 to 5 feet, easing tonight. Low tide 12:44 a.m., high 9:02 a.m., low 2:20 p.m. tomorrow. Sunset 7:54 p.m., sunrise 7:03 a.m. Barometer 30.07 inches.
Court approves raising assessment ratio today
Calhoun County Judge Willis F. Jetton, in a brief public address, urged raising the ad valorem tax assessment ratio citing inflation, reduced tax income, and expanded county services. Only three news media members, one sales rep, and county officials attended the talk.
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Calhoun
Willis F. Jetton
Jetton
Cancer Control Campaign Kicks Off In Port Lavaca
Port Lavaca and Calhoun County volunteers launch the 1975 Cancer Control month with a door to door fund drive and information campaign from 6 to 9 PM. Joe Lugo heads the Port Lavaca effort with local group captains and named volunteers across Port Lavaca, Port O Connor, Seadrift, and Seadrift businesses. The main collection point is the First State Bank lobby. The goal is $9,000.
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Port Lavaca
Calhoun County
Jack Lawrence
Joe Lugo
Oscar Rodriguez
Gene Sumpter
Dale Stover
Point Comfort
Richard Neyland
M. Hooker
Port O'Connor
Don Ragin
J.R. Gaskamp
Seadrift
Bill Tindell
First State Bank
SAY aims to boost youth volunteers amid waiting list
At SAV meeting Victoria Calhoun counties SAY officials stressed volunteer shortages. Larry Schumake said about 30 representatives were told the real pain is lack of volunteers. National SAY reps Robert Siberry and Susan Eastman joined local staff to assess youth needs in Calhoun County.
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Larry Schumake
Victoria
Say
Victoria- Calhoun
Schumake
San Francisco
Robert Siberry
Susan Eastman
Calhoun County
Union Carbide Corporation of Seadrift
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Kristiansund
Norway
New Orleans
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Gunnar Hearum
Ronald Kuerner
Secrift Council
Board of Equalization
Hesl
University of Texas
George Nelson
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Fred McDonald
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
Stroman
el Campo
Bay City
Edward Zamora
Sheriff's Department
Ray Raley
R.H. Thompson
Jeff Willis
San Angelo
Cancer Control
Wayne Lindsey
Commissioners Court
Clayton Toulson
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
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