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What is it? Buick’s second all-new
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bankruptcy will take a classic name:
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Nuke dump
vote appealed
to TX high court
LUBBOCK — Two
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council member Mercedes Renteria III
responded “If you want to end this...you
this today, and end it right now, if that’s
what we really want to do."
DonCarlos said he wanted to see spe-
cific goals and objectives for Brumback.
After the mayor stated his timeline for
road tests, but it will most
certainly be an excellent
vehicle: however, the Sierra
2500HD has plenty of excel-
lent competitors. The right
vehicle for you will most
likely boil down to a matter
of taste. These vehicles are
also worth lookingat: Ford
F-250. Chevrolet Silverado
2500HD. Dodge Ram 2500
Heavy Duty
The 2011 GMC Sierra
25OOHD should be available
at dealerships in the middle
of 2010.
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agenda, the council began by going into
closed executive session to discuss the
two issues. DonCarlos indicated most of
to 2009, but the TEA said the
tougher passing standards
resulted in a 5-point drop
in the passing rate on the
West Texas sisters opposed
Small plane
clips roof,
passed the math exam. crashes
HUMBLE — A pilot’s
broken nose was the only
injury reported after his
small plane clipped some
trees and the roof of a
house near Houston’s Bush
Intercontinental Airport
before crashing into the
back yard of the house.
Police in Humble say the
crash happened about 2
p.m. Thursday after the
pilot radioed that he was
running low on fuel and
was looking for some-
where to land.
Witnesses say they saw
the Cessna 180 flying low
with a sputtering engine
when it clipped some tree-
tops, spin out of control,
strike the roof and crash
into the yard.
Glen Sykes was inside
the house when he heard a
"boom” and felt the house
shake.
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site are asking the state’s
highest court to reverse the
results of an election that
narrowly approved S75
million in bonds for the
project.
The bond referendum,
held in May 2009, allows
Andrews County to bor-
row to build the nuclear
waste disposal site for
Waste Control Specialists.
The bond issue was
approved by a three-vole
margin, and a recount veri-
fied the 642-639 vote. The
Pryors unsuccessfully
challenged the balloting,
and an El Paso appeals
court upheld that outcome
last month
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many years finally getting done under
Brumback’s administration.
Eight-graders must pass
the tests to advance to high
school. The math result
was an improvement over
last year, but the reading
test results were a 2-point
drop from last year
because of the raised pass-
ing standards, according to
the TEA.
Sixth-graders had a
passing rate of 86 percent
on the reading test and 82
percent on the math exam.
The math result was a 1-
point improvement over
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ities. It can carry a payload matic transmission. The new
of up to 6,335 pounds, tow vehicle hasn’t been available
up to 20,000 pounds with a for road tests yet.
way, to have an outside firm evaluate
practices in the city’s engineering depart- Another woman, representing the
ment to ensure compliance with city law Central Heights Civic Association, spoke
and best practices; and to have an outside of infrastructure projects promised for
firm investigate specific concerns coun- " "
cil members had expressed about
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How the 2011 GMC Sierra
2500HD Compares to
Other Heavy Duty Thicks
_ - The new 2011 GMC Sierra
entertainment, (Denali model is only four- 2500HD isn’t available for
J!- - -* wheel drive). The Duramax
6.6-liter engine is paired
with a new Allison 1000 six-
speed automatic transmis-
sion, while the 6.0-liter
Voitec model comes with a
six-speed Hydra-Matic auto-
the ad hoc committee consisting of Lynn
Caskey, Scott Sheley and Brandon
Capetillo to consider revisions to
Brumback’s contract, look at how other speaking,
cities evaluated their city managers and
recommend an evaluation method, and
meet with Brumback about concerns the fest in support of Brumback, while he
council had about his performance said it “sounds like a witch hunt on the
The mayor said each time the contract council.”
issue came up, it caused upheaval in the Paula Johnson, a longtime Baytown
community and damaged the city’s repu- resident and city employee, received a
tation as an employer of city managers. standing ovation when she spoke pas-
He then said from the committee’s sionately about the good she had seen
work the council had decided to proceed Brumback do both for staff morale and
with two studies: one, which is under- productivity and for the community as a
whole.
Another woman, representing
Smaller than Buick's other new
model, the LaCrosse, the Regal is
about the size of the Acura TSX and
the Volvo S60. It will have a choice of will start at S26.995 for the premium
two four-cylinder engines: a 2.4-liter. CXL trim and S29.495 for the CXL
making 182 hp. and a turbocharged turbo model. All prices include a $750
2.0-liter version putting out 220 hp. destination charge. No news yet about
Each will come with a standard six- resurrecting the grand daddies of all
speed automatic transmission. Buick muscle cars: The Grand Sport
or Grand National.
Adjustable suspension in the
turbocharged model will have three When will it be available? The
settings: Normal, Touring, and Sport, standard model goes on sale in the
Supposedly, the Touring mode will spring, with the turbo following at the
soften the suspension for highway end of summer 2010.
drives, while Sport will firm it up for
winding roads.
Passing rate *
improves
for TAKS test
AUSTIN — A higher
percentage of public high
school students passed the
test required for graduation
this year than last year, the
Texas Education Agency
announced Thursday.
Passing rates also
improved for students in
the third through fifth
grades and the seventh
through 11th grades who
took the state’s standard-
ized test, and high school
juniors also showed
improvement, according to
a TEA statement.
The agency said nine of
10 seniors who took the
Texas Assessment of
Knowledge and Skills this
year passed, compared
with an 86 percent passing
rate last year.
However, the agency
said the passing rate for
those in the sixth and
eighth grades fell slightly
due to toughened passing
standards.
The new standards,
called vertical-scale
adjustments, allow a
grade-to-grade comparison
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fifth-wheel configuration,
AM/FM radio. Upgraded and 16,000 pounds of con-
trims and options include ventional towing. It is avail-
power accessories, a USB able in two wheel or four-
port, navigation system, wheel drive configurations
Bluetooth, XM radio, and
leather seats.
and teachers worked hard
this year and that the the reading and math tests
reforms we have imple-
mented are working,” said
Education Commissioner passed the reading
Robert Scott. tv" ■“**““
“If graduation rates cent passed the math with-
improve as the TAKS out needing a retest.
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Brumback's performance.
In a sometimes sharp and heated dis-
cussion, the mayor repeatedly asked the
council if possibly terminating
objectives, and to interview one or more Brumback's contract needed to be on the
firms before the June 22 meeting to get a agenda for the next two meetings. City
proposal and a cost estimate for an inves- Attorney Ignacio Ramirez clarified it is
tigation. possible to put an evaluation of the man-
As had been indicated on the meeting’s a8er on the agenda without listing termi-
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ered if it is not on the agenda.
_______________________________ When the mayor said he would like to
the discussion in closed session would be get the issue behind them, newly elected
about the barge terminal suit, as
Brumback had exercised his right to
request that any hearing about his job want to end this?...we can take a vote on
performance be conducted in public.
Despite the mayor’s assurance the
executive session would be brief, council
members were gone for slightly over an
hour before returning to report there was
no action that needed to be taken based the next two meetings, he asked if any of
on the discussion from the executive ses- the citizens who had signed up to speak
sion regarding the lawsuit. A council still wanted to, alluding to a four-page
meeting with its attorneys about pending list of people signed up.
litigation often does not require a vote. Many of them did, and the tone of the
DonCarlos then went through a history meeting shifted dramatically.
of the council’s conversations about Fourteen people spoke. The first two
Brumback's contract. He said at a similar had complaints about Brumback, and the
meeting in December he had appointed other 12 were supportive of Brumback
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Despite a request from DonCarlos,
many did not identify themselves when
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One speaker, Chris Navarre, noted that
citizen comments sounded like a love
of student's scores
measure the student’s aca-
demic growth.
“These test results pro-
vide proof that students reading test.
Fifth-graders must pass
to advance a grade. The
TEA says 85 percent
' j test on
the first try, while 86 per-
out heeding a
scores did. we should be Among those who took the
on track to see a rise in rec- test in Spanish, 73 passed
ognized and exemplary reading and 44 percent
accountability ratings for passed math,
high schools later this
summer," he said.
Among eighth-graders,
91 percent passed the read-
ing test and 80 percent
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