Editorial: Absent students cost Stamford ISD funding
Teresa Mueller highlights how daily student absences drain state funds, with 1,374 days missed in 7-12 grades the first 12 weeks totaling 6180.48 hours of lost funding amounting to 18166.56 yearly. The piece notes potential impacts on staff, programs, and facilities and cites district revenue structure and penalties for noncompliance.
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Lillian Southerland
Mary Gannaway
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Jerry Taylor
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Texas Almanac 1980 81 A Matter of Fact
Texas Almanac 1980 81 offers population politics agriculture history government transportation sports schools weather recreation elections geography business and industry. The Dallas Morning News publishes this reference with broad statewide data and analysis for home or classroom use.
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Reynolds Students Craft Gifts For Parents
Fourth grade made paper animals by crumpling paper then wetting and wrapping with strips, painted after drying. Fifth grade created wind chimes from molded clay shapes threaded with string. Sixth graders produced braided peppermint spice ropes, macrame spice ropes, and clove covered apples with ribbons for hanging.
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Reynolds
Billie McKeever
Betty Murphee
Peggy Dobins
Iran
Cat Prefers Mice to Turkey on School Campus
Miss Kitty, the official campus mouse catcher at the high school, delighted in a mouse feast while students ate turkey and dressing in the cafeteria last week. Maintenance worker Archie Liles says she helps keep four legged pests from campus buildings. Jim Muehlstein rescued her kittens from the bus barn last year.
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Miss Kitty
SHS
Archie Liles
Jim Muehlstein
Liles
Bulldogs Gear Up For Holiday Basketball Schedule
The Bulldogs will play multiple holiday games. JV and varsity teams travel to Hawley on Dec 28 with 4 p.m. starts. Jan 3 4 and 5 feature boys and girls JV in the Anson tournament. Varsity squads at Ballinger Jan 4 with undecided times. JV boys meet Winters Jan 8 at 5 p.m. Freshmen head to Sweetwater tournament Jan 5 and 7 with 6 p.m. games. Eighth grade travel to Sweetwater Jan 7 at 5 p.m. Freshmen face Paint Creek Jan 10 at 5:30 p.m.
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Stamford SHS girls basketball results last week
Five Stamford high teams competed with losses across all squads. White team fell 17-6 to Hamlin Pied Pipers. Blue lost 25-18 with Robbie Brock scoring eight. freshmen fell 18-13. junior varsity lost 27-11. varsity dropped 49-29 to Merkel, led by Acosta Bolin eight points and Woods seven.
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Hamlin Pied Pipers
Eva Cedillo
Ginger Gray
Shelly Tipton
Breckenridge
Kim Ekdahl
Lori Medford
Lydia Heller
Mickie Archer
Archer
Ekdahl
Heller
Debbie Manske
Medford
Merkel
Laura Gonzales
Linda Rorie
Sandra Arellano
Karen Gilbreath
Arellano
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Dung Pham
Rorie
Arlene Rosas
Badgers
Gina Acosta
Brenda Bolin
Rayshell Woods
Parris Harrel
Tammy Holbrooks
Bolin
Evilene Dillard
Harrell
Holbrooks
Woods
Belief Flint On Doorstep Shields House From Lightning
A folk belief holds that placing flint on the doorstep can ward off lightning strikes. The notion appears in local lore without scientific backing, with residents citing superstition and tradition rather than tested safety.
Bulldog News Takes Week Off for Christmas Holiday
Bulldog News announces a vacation from Jan 3 with resume on Jan 10. Editor Joe Reed confirms the paper will pause production for the holidays and return to write on January 10.
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Bulldog News
Joe Reed
New Years Eve Dance Planned by Dog House Council
The Dog House Council will host a New Years Eve Dance from 8:30 p.m. to 12 30 a.m. on December 31 at the Dog House. Admission is $1.50 and high school and junior high students are invited. Lori Schoonmaker, vice president, encouraged everyone to attend.
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Dog House Council
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Ninth Grade Boys to Play in Sweetwater Tournament
Ninth grade boys travel to Sweetwater for a Jan. 5 tournament. First game time unavailable. They meet Breckenridge again at 6 p.m. after a 14 35 loss to Breckenridge last week. Tommy Collins scored two points while Shane Welch Mark Golden Tony Gardner and Chuck Howard added two or four points.
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Mark Golden
Tony Gardner
Chuck Howard
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JV Plays Hawley Today In High School Basketball
The junior varsity team visits Hawley for a 4 p.m. game following a 35-14 loss to Merkel last week. Wayne Seay led with four points while Lloyd Funk Ernie Flores Ernie Manske Jim Muehlstein and Ted Scarbrough added two each. Coach Gary Wilhelm praised the hard work and positive attitudes of the players.
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Hawley
Merkel
Wayne Seay
Lloyd Funk
Ernie Flores
Ernie Manske
Jim Muehlstein
Ted Scarbrough
Gary Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Hamlin shuts out White team 16 to 0 in season game
White team suffered their third loss of the season falling to Hamlin 16 0. Blue team also lost to Hamlin 17 10 last Monday with Scott Harrison scoring 6 points and Robert Schuchert adding 4 points.
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Hamlin
Scott Harrison
Robert Schuchert
Well traveled student joins SHS ranks
Melanie Garrett, a new senior at Stamford High, has lived in Abilene Arlington Lubbock Tyler and moved from Haskell. She has traveled through 46 states excelling in Civics English III and more while in FHA and enjoys outdoor sports with her mother June and sister Tricia Garrett.
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New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
Melanie
Haskell
Arlington
Lubbock
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June Garrett
Tricia Garrett
Melanie Garrett
Stamford High
New Year Resolutions From Students and Teachers
The Bulldog News surveys high school students and staff about their New Year resolutions. Responses include aims to improve grades, avoid past mistakes, try harder in academics and activities, write more to friends, and in one case strive to win state in football.
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Bulldog News
Donna Rogers
Mezrollins
Charlie Maldonado
Jerry Schuchert
Cathy Fields
Mary Easton
Cary Jones
Gary Wilhelm
Clef Dwellers Schedule First Meeting in Avoca Home
The Clef Dwellers Music Club begins its year with a 7 p.m. meeting on January 7 at Melanie Schoonmaker’s Route 1 Avoca home. Allison Haterius and Barbie McGaughey will perform two piano solos Sonatina Op. 3B No. 3 and Sonatina in E Minor, with Shelly Tipton accompanying the hymn of the month Great God We Sing Thy Mighty Hand. Hostesses are Haterius, Kristi McKeever, and Schoonmaker.
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Barbie McGaughey
Clef Dwellers
Melanie Schoonmaker
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Avoca
Shelly Tipton
Kristi McKeever
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