Texas City Police Academy opens applications and heart Run/Walk set
The Texas City Police Department invites applications for its Citizens Police Academy with a March 7 deadline and a March 27 start. Located at the Rankin L. DeWalt Center, it trains on all police operations with instructors from within the department. Also noted are open auditions for Donald Margulies Dinner With Friends at College of the Mainland with January 19 20 call times, rehearsals starting February 10 and performances March 20 to April 13. Proceeds from the Heart Run/Walk benefit the American Heart Association.
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Texas City Police Department
Citizens Police Academy
Police Department
Texas City Police
Rankin L. DeWalt Criminal Justice Center
Ninth Ave. N
Texas City
Charles Totty
College of the Mainland
Donald Margulies
College of the Mainlan
Jack Westin
Dance classes open at College of the Mainland
Introduction to Latin Dancing Salsa and Mambo and Introduction to Swing Dance start Tuesdays at 6 pm in Physical Education Building P-112 with a 5 dollar fee and sign up by January 16. Waltz class January 27 runs 8 to 9 30 pm in the same building with a 5 dollar fee and sign up by January 22. Call 409 938 1211 ext 422 or 1 888 258 8859 ext 422 for information.
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American Heart Association
Mainland Medical Center
College of the Mainland
C.O.M. At
Gulf Freeway
Prisoner Escapes From Formby Unit Near Plainview
In Plainview area Texas authorities search for Jerry Madry 52 who walked off his job as an animal caretaker at the Formby Unit state jail. Madry last seen about 530 p m Friday near the warden's home during a 6 pm inmate count. Tracking dogs from Clements Unit Amarillo aided the search. Madry a 20 year forgery convict arrived April 6 2001 and could be eligible for parole in two months. He is white 224 pounds 6 foot 2 with blue eyes gray hair and wearing a white jail uniform and olive green jacket.
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Formby Unit
Plainview
Jerry Madry
Madry
Clements
Amarillo
Michelle Lyons
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Huntsville
Formby
Lyons
Where to Call If You Suspect Seeing Madry
Citizens who suspect sightings of Madry are urged to contact the TDCJ Command Center in Huntsville at 936-437-5148 or reach local law enforcement officials for assistance.
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Madry
Tdcj Command Center
Huntsville
Missionaries slain in Yemen remembered as devoted healers
Three medical missionaries from the Richmond based International Mission Board were memorialized at Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond after a Dec 30 attack at Jibla Hospital. William Koehn Kathleen Gariety and Martha Meyers were praised as dedicated healers who gave of themselves, with 900 in attendance. The suspected gunman Abed Abdul Razak Kamel was arrested. Yemeni officials link him to an al Qaida cell.
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Yemen
Jibla Baptist Hospital
William E. Koehn
Kathleen A. Gariety
Martha C. Meyers
Donald W. Caswell
International Mission Board
Grove Avenue Baptist Church
Baptist Mission
Koehn
John
Board
Mark Kelly
Bob
Arlington
Texas
Gariety
Wauwatosa
Wis
Meyers
Montgomery
Ala
Abed Abdul Razak Kamel
Kamel
al-Qaida
Associated Press
Chris Taylor
Chuck Traylor
Grove Avenue Baptist
Richmond
Texas forests to be thinned under new Bush plan
The Sam Houston National Forest near New Waverly will join 9 other forests nationwide as test sites for the presidents thinning initiative. About 7,500 acres of dense pine will be thinned and burned this year to speed forest management, reduce litigation, and push a broader program affecting up to 190 million acres. Critics warn public access and oversight may shrink while beetle outbreaks and fires loom in Four Notch area.
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Associated Press
NEW Waverly
Sam Houston National Forest
Bush
Houston
U.S. Forest Service
Idaho
Nevada
California
Oregon
Utah
Michigan
Washington
Forest Service
West
Brandt Mannchen
The
Houston Sierra Club
Houston Chronicle
James Houser
Texas Forestry Association
Sam Houston Forest
Four Notch
Tim Bigler
Prairie Chapel Ranch
Crawford
Monkeys head to Texas from New Mexico lab abuse case
Four macaques from the Coulston Foundation in Alamogordo New Mexico have been at Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Kendalia Texas since December 22. The sanctuary plans to house 56 more monkeys as funds allow with a goal to complete enclosures by summer. The animals show severe self injury linked to prior abuse while the lab faced USDA charges over primate deaths.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Coulston Foundation
Alamogordo
N.M
Sanctuary Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation
Kendalia
San Antonio
Lynn Cuny
San Antonio Express-News
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Arcus Foundation
Kalamazoo
Mich
Center For
Fort Pierce
Fla
Norwalk like virus hits Cypress Creek High students
More than 700 Cypress Creek High School students fall ill from a Norwalk like virus. Harris County Public Health confirms the illness is Norovirus related with 400 absent Thursday and 646 absent Friday as district cancels Friday events but keeps Monday classes.
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Associated Press
Houston
Cypress Creek High School
Rita Obey
Harris County Public Health Department
Houston Chronicle
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent
Harris County
Norwalk
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