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Ornament making
Hey, grandparents, aunts and uncles,
take your grandchildren, your nieces
and nephews and head on over to the
Alvin Library on Gordon Street after
the Breakfast with Santa event at the
Alvin Senior Center on Nov. 6. At the
library the kids will be able to make a
Christmas tree ornament with y’all’s
help. Call the library at 281-388-4300
for more information.
Handel’s “Messiah”
Alvin Community College Concert
Choir, Chamber Choir and Alvin Com-
munity Chorus presents Handel’s Mes-
JIM SCHWIND.....
DONNA HOPKINS..
BETTY CRAWFORD
DAVID MONEY ....
STEPHEN COLLINS
BRENDA GROVES .
DARLENE HALL ...
LINDA KNIGHT ....
ALBERT VILLEGAS
SHERI SAENZ.....
siah with soloist and orchestra which
will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the First
United Methodist Church of Alvin at
611 West South St. on Dec. 9 Admis-
sion is free. For more information call
Kevin Moody at 281-756-3587.
Polar Express
The Alvin Library is planning a cold
day for kids Dec. 13. On that day there
will be readings from Chris Van Alls-
burg’s “The Polar Express.” In addition
there will be frozen treats, games and
other activities. The event begins at 2
p.m. at the library on Gordon Street.
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Ion, Helen’s Flowers, the Train
Depot, or from any member of
Delta Kappa Gamma. Tickets
may be purchased on the day of
the tour at any of the featured
homes, the Alvin Museum, or at
the Train Depot for $10.
A holiday dance will be held
from 7-10 p.m., Tuesday, Dec.
9, featuring the ballroom music
of The Headliners, at the Alvin
Senior Center. Admission is $7
per person. Light refreshments
will be served during the first
intermission. Dress in casual
The 23rd Annual Winds of a
New Beginning Food and Toy
Toy collection drive
Blue Santa is collecting new toys for
presents to give to youngsters. At Alvin
Toyota there is truck ready to be filled
with gifts in the firm’s “Fill a Tundra
for Blue Santa of Alvin. Also one can
donate toys to the Blue Santa project
at Joe’s Banquet Center, Area Safe &
Lock, Casa Ole, Da Vinci Salon. Goose
Gallery, Walgreens, Cash Cow Pawn
Dollar General, Insurance Plus. Jodie’s
Hair, Stanton’s and McDonalds. For
more information, call 281-331-2583.
holiday gift-giving program. Simply go
by Wright’s office at 412 W. House St.
in Alvin and leave a toy bear or a cash
donation toward the purchase of a toy
bear. Call 281-331-4382 for more infor-
mation.
Drive will take place from 10
a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13
at Cash Cow Pawn on Gordon
Street. Donations of nonperish-
able food items and cash will
benefit the Alvin Food Pantry
and unwrapped toys will benefit
Alvin Blue Santa.
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Christmas crafts
On Tuesday, Dec. 23 at 11 a.m. there
will be a family time to make that “last
minute” Christmas craft item for gifts
to give on Christmas Eve or Christmas
Day. The event will be at the Alvin Li-
brary, call 281-388-4300.
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lights along the 34 mile ride. The ride
is on track for Dec. 11-14 and Dec. 18-
23. For more information call 281-331-
9517.
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Christmas attire, and while vis-
iting with friends, dance or just
enjoy listening to the oldies
played by this band. For more
information, call 281-388-4298.
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Donate a bear or cash
Alvin dentist W. Clay Wright and
his staffers have teamed up with the
Alvin Volunteer Fire Department to
collect bears to be given as Christmas
gifts to children who otherwise might
not receive any gifts at Christmas. The
Share-A-Bear program is based on
Wright’s connection with Baylor Uni-
versity where the mascot is a bear. It
is very easy to get involved with this
New Alvin ISD Superintendent James Gilcrease listens as Tommy
King, Alvin ISD interim superintendent discusses boundary lines
with trustees during a workshop Tuesday in Manvel. (Staff photo
by Albert Villegas)
• various street closures for the Home for
the Holidays event that was held Dec. 6;
• development and license agreement with
the Alvin Restaurant Group, Inc.;
• easements granted to by BNSF, Camp-
bell Concrete & Materials, L.P. Ernest &
Dolia Montemayor, and Juan and Maria San
Javier for the Texas Department of Trans-
portation's bridge placement program;
• reappointed the directors serving in the
even-numbered positions of the Kendall
Lake TIRZ Board and Authority Board from
Dec. 31, 2014 to Dec. 31, 2016, as well as
the appointment of a chairman.
The City Council tabled two items, one
of which was consideration of appointments
to citizen boards, committees and commis-
sions.
The other item tabled was approving a
donation agreement with the Alvin Sunrise
Rotary. The Rotary has a plan in place to
donate $51,000 to the Parks and Recreation
Department for exclusive usage rights of
Briscoe Park for one week each year for its
Alvin Music Festival and BBQ Cook-Off.
The Rotary also seeks council authorization
to name the pavilion after the entity.
The council will receive and review min-
utes of the P&R Board meeting Dec. 2 to
read what was heard about the topic.
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area.”
There were examples of off-street parking
and loading requirements for city council
members to glance over. They were as fol-
lows: apartment houses or complexes - one
and one-half spaces for each apartment;
bowling alley - six spaces for each lane;
churches - one space for each four seats in
an auditorium or sanctuary; clinics or doc-
tors' offices - one space for each 200 square
feet of floor area; restaurants or cafeterias -
one space for every four seats under maxi-
mum seating arrangement.
In other items, city council unanimously
approved the following:
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said it would give him an idea
if complaints were being made.
He would collect that data from
league officials and then bring it
back to the P&R board.
The erection of signs would
not require City Council action,
it was said.
According to the smoking sur-
vey introduced Oct. 7, an over-
whelming number, 215 people,
said they visited National Oak
Park where a skate park is also
located. Bob Briscoe Park,
which is also a “dog park,” had
the second most with 130 re-
sponses. The rest of the parks
listed in order of visits are as fol-
lows: Pearson Park (76), Sealy
Park (61), Morgan Park (60),
High Adams Park (30), Prairie
Dog Park (29), Lions Park (22),
Ruben Adame Park (14), Tal-
madge Park (3), Marina Park
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The Christmas play is about an act-
ing crew struggling to put on a pro-
duction of “A Christmas Carol” over
the radio, according to a news release
from the college.
“This play is a real holiday treat,”
Dr. Jay Burton said. “The show takes
place in a New Jersey radio studio on
Christmas Eve, 1943 in the middle of
a snowstorm, and everything that can
go wrong with a live radio broadcast
does. It’s huge fun.”
Performances will be Dec. 11-13
will be at 8 p.m.
To learn more about the auditions
for the upcoming productions or to
purchase tickets, visit www.alvincol-
lege.edu/drama. You can also learn
more by calling 281-756-3606.
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Alvin Parks and Recreation Board Chairman Dwight Rhodes, right, speaks during a meeting at the Alvin Public Services Building, Dec.
2. Also shown are Board Member Chris Hartman and Alvin Sunrise Rotary President Michael Hoover. (Staff photo by Albert Villegas)
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possibility of banning smoking
in city parks when it eventually
went before a city council but
was ultimately voted down sev-
eral years ago.
“I’m wondering as a body are
we looking at making a recom-
mendation because we made
one in the past and it didn’t go
any place,” Rhodes said. “Are
we trying to be the Don Quixote
one more time and lead the force
through city council.”
Other board members, Shala
Rios and Terrie Beasley, asked
if Sewell was getting “flooded”
with complaints and what was
“his motivation” for bringing
this up.
At one point in the meeting,
Kelinske had proposed installing
a no tobacco use sign at one Al-
vin park where youth baseball or
softball games were played. He
to the board members.
Before the decision to forgo
future discussion was made,
board members said they would
have like to discuss the issue
of smoking in city parks with
Lt. Shawn Sewell, of the Alvin
Police Department, who was
instrumental in developing the
idea.
“I go back to something I
brought up several times -
where did Shawn get this,”
Board Member Chris Hartman
asked. “If this is his agenda, if he
is the one carrying the flag down
Gordon Street, what’s makes
this suddenly so important. One
person has brought it up.”
P&R Director Dan Kelinske
said he had not spoken to Sewell
about the matter.
This was not the first time
that a P&R board discussed the
logistically I see what you’re
saying but it’s my kid and I want
him to go to this school,’ but at
the very least they felt they were
able to talk to someone.”
Trustee Nicole Tonini
assured when she asked that
every person who communi-
cated with Alvin ISD was heard
and in most instances received
the right information, even if
it wasn’t what they wanted to
hear. One example Wells used
was Rodeo Palms Junior High
School students tentatively be-
ing mandated to attend Manvel
High School.
“We didn’t see anything that
wasn’t discussed by the com-
mittee,” King said. “Ques-
tions about rezoning were an-
swered.”
Leading up to September
2014, Alvin ISD gave citizens a
chance to be part of or attend all
SBAC events.
The first one was a public in-
formation meeting held Sept.
22.
Since then, there were many
meetings held at various loca-
(3), and Newman Park (1).
People who were aged young-
er than 17 to 60 years and older
answered the survey.
According to the survey,
52.16 percent (157 people) of
those responding chose that they
would like to ban smoking in
all city of Alvin parks and their
parking lots.
There were 22.92 percent
(69 people) that responded that
they did not support the ban-
ning of smoking in city of Alvin
parks.
An overwhelming number of
responders, 261 of 300 people,
said they were non-smokers.
Of those, 28.72 percent (or 85
people) considered themselves
former smokers. Of those sur-
veyed, 185 said if smoking was
prohibited, it would improve the
quality of their park visit.
“A Radio Christmas Carol”
The Alvin Community College
Drama Department will present “A
1940s Radio Christmas Carol” in the
theater on campus.
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tions.
In October, Templeton De-
mographics introduced a demo-
graphic update dated fall 2014
as it affected various students
from AISD secondary schools. It
was at a Nov. 11 regular meeting
that trustees got their first look at
findings from the SBAC.
From Nov. 14 through Dec. 1,
citizens could be able to com-
ment on the recommended at-
tendance boundaries posted on
the Alvin ISD website. There
were 80 people who gave feed-
back during that two-week pe-
riod.
If citizens want to provide
further input on the proposed
boundary lines or any other is-
sue, they may sign up to speak
before the Dec. 9 meeting be-
gins in Alvin. However, trustees
can only liosten to citizens and
are not allowed to provide feed-
back.
James Gilcrease, who was
just named Alvin ISD superin-
tendent last month, attended the
meeting and sat alongside King
during the workshop.
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