Water plan drives Texas development push
Editorial and briefing items describe the Texas Water Development Board's $3.7 billion water plan, linking Lower Rio Grande Valley irrigation to a 190 mile canal system, with multiple reservoirs and a West Texas recharge strategy. Other notes cover legal opinions, court decisions, and political races shaping state policy and infrastructure.
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Austin
Texas
Texas” Plain
Texas Water Development Board
Rio Grance
Texackana Reservoir
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Trinity, Bravos
Colorado
Lake
Texarkana
Linton
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Playa
High Plains
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Bureau of Reclamation
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Columbia River
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Rulfs
Waggoner Carr
Carr
Texas Educational Foundation, Inc
Gary
San Marcos
Clarewood House
Harris County
Arlington State
Texas Western University
South Texas and
Southwestern Medical Schools
Cotton Research Committee
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Medina River
Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Size And Display Of Numbers On Motorboats
The article explains Texas registration rules under the Water Safety Act. Numbers must be on the bow and on both sides of the forward half of the boat, clearly readable, at least three inches high, in contrasting color, permanently affixed to the boat. If curved bows hinder readability a bracket may be used on the forward half.
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Texas Highway Department
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Obscure Color Contrast and Boat Law Reminder
The note references using numbers on contrasting backgrounds and stresses proper spacing around prefixes and suffixes. It adds a reminder to check boat laws to ensure accuracy. The text mixes typographic guidance with legal caution, ending with a practical prompt to verify regulatory details.
Hints on buying steaks for broiling from Texas A&M expert
Mrs. Gwen Clyatt advises paying for fat and choosing prime, choice, or good. The sirloin, porterhouse, T-bone, and club steak are detailed by thickness and portions: sirloin 1.5 inches serves four, porterhouse 1.5 inches serves four, T-bone 1 inch weighs about 1.5 pounds serves two, club steak 1 inch about a pound serves one.
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Gwen Clyatt
Texas A&m University Extension
Texas Calendar of Events highlights state attractions
The Texas Highway Department releases a bilingual Texas Calendar of Events listing nearly 400 activities from April to September. Main draws include Fiesta San Antonio, Six Flags Over Texas, and the Texas Cowboy Reunion, plus new offerings like the Longhorn Jazz Festival in Austin and the Sea-Arama cover in Galveston. The calendar showcases floral shows, festivals, and historic journeys across Texas with free copies available at tourist bureaus or by mail in Austin.
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Schwartz
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
New Indian Affairs Commission
Alabama-Coushatta
Polk County
Commission
Livingston
Dempsie Henley
Liberty
State Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison
International Association of Chiefs of Police Research and Development Division
Office of Highway Safety
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
DPS
IACP
Texas State Teachers Association
Travel and Information Division
Texas Highway Department
Sea-Arama
Galveston
Chisholm Trail
Poteet
Raymondville
Wharton
Highway Department
Chambers of Commerce
Mexico
P.O. Box
Austin
BET Coordinator Named Last Week in Texas A&M Extension
Wayne D Taylor, extension farm management specialist at Nacogdoches, was named coordinator of the Build Fast Texas BET program by Dr R E Petterson Dean of Texas A M University College of Agriculture. He succeeds James I Mallett who resigned May 31 to become general manager of Wood Farms De Kalb.
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Wayne D. Taylor
Grea
Nacogdoches
BET
R. E. Petterson
Texas A&m University
College of Agriculture
Taylor
Port Arthur
Kirbyvile High School
Stephen F. Austin State College
Louisiana State University
Patterson
James I. Mallett
Mt. Pleasant
John E. Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Mallett
Wood Farms
de Kalb
Birds Of East Texas This Month
East Texas readers are reminded to observe the many bird species this month. The article notes 8,600 global species with 736 catalogued in Texas and 542 in the state, plus why birds sing to attract mates and mark territory.
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Texas
North America
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