Walls Endowed Presidential Scholarship Seeks UT Austin Applicants
Local Digest reports Southern Newspapers and Galveston Newspapers seek candidates for the Carriage and Martha Ann Walls Endowed Presidential Scholarship in UT Austin's School of Journalism. The $2,000 award for 2003-04 requires UT admission, a high school transcript, a teacher reference, and a career goal statement.Finalists advance to a faculty committee at UT for selection. winner announced in early May. Mainland Express Youth Football and Drill Teams sell fried catfish dinners in La Marque with delivery and pickup options. proceeds support activities.
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Galveston Newspapers, Inc
Martha Ann Walls
University of Texas At Austin
Texas City Sun
P.O. Box
Texas City
School of Journalism
Mainland Express
W.E.W. Hall
Main Street
la Marque
V.F.W. Post
Willie Holmes
Frank Furleigh
Texas City Fifth Annual Quilt Show at Spring Festival
The Texas City Museum invites local quilters to showcase work at the Fifth Annual Quilt Show during the Spring Festival on Saturday April 26. For information call (409) 949-3013.
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Texas City Museum
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Soldier found dead in Fort Hood park amid homicide probe
A 22 year old Fort Hood soldier was found dead in a city park Thursday. An autopsy was ordered and the name withheld pending family notification. Police said murder cases involving soldiers are rare but not unheard of as thousands of troops from the 4th Infantry Division began shipping to the Persian Gulf. Justice of the Peace Bill Cooke did not comment on cause of death.
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Fort Hood
Justice of the Peace
Bill Cooke
Carroll Smith
Free World
4Th
Persian Gulf
Ore City Man Convicted of Capital Murder in Double Slayings
19-year-old Clinton Lee Young III was found guilty of capital murder for the killings of Doyle Douglas in Longview and Petrey in a Midland oilfield, with the jury recommending the punishment phase to start and sentencing options including death or life in prison.
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Associated Press
Ore City
Clinton Lee Young III
John G. Hyde
Young
Jan Cantacuzene
Paul Williams
Petrey
Midland
Eastland
Abilene
East Texas
Longview
Doyle Douglas
Relay For Life Night Brims With Walkers And Fundraising
Hundreds lace up for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life, a community overnight event to celebrate survivors and raise funds for cancer research and ACS programs. Teams camp on the football field and take turns walking laps to generate thousands in support.
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American Cancer Society
Relay For Life
ACS
Relay For Life community event grows across nations
The Relay For Life began in 1985 when Dr Gordy Klatt walked 83 miles in Tacoma raising 27000 for the American Cancer Society. Now in 3800 U S communities and eight foreign countries teams from businesses clubs families and schools compete for prizes and bragging rights while survivors lead the opening laps. Texas City participants can contact Tina-Marie Judalet or Jean Howerton for info with a registration deadline Friday at 6 pm.
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Relay For Life
Gordy Klatt
Tacoma
Washington
American Cancer Society
Dr. Klatt
United States
The
Cancer Society
Texas City
Tina-Marie Judalet
Jean Howerton
Lawmakers clash over Texas tort reform funding bribery claim
El Paso Democrat Chente Quintanilla says Rep Talmadge Heflin offered 5 million dollars in state funds for a four year medical school in El Paso if lawmakers supported the tort reform bill. The dispute highlights sharp partisan clashes as Republicans push the measure and Democrats mount procedural opposition.
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el Paso
Texas
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Talmadge Heflin
Heflin
Chente Quintanilla
Hefflin
House
Tom Craddick
Jim Dunnam
Waco
Sunset Commission
Supreme Court weighs legality of Texas school tax cap
Wealthy and poorer districts pressed the Texas Supreme Court to rule the current funding system unconstitutional arguing the tax cap forces schools to rely on local property taxes near the 1.50 per $100 cap. State attorneys counter that enough districts have not hit the cap to constitute a statewide property tax and that the core issue is funding responsibility, not tax legality.
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Texas Supreme Court
Texas
Nina Cortell
Robin Hood
John Connolly Connolly
Highland Park
Texas School Coalition
Jeff Boyd
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