Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1993 Page: 2 of 12
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2, August 26. 1993, danger Courier
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Boat Insurance. We have
good prices!
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believer that kids should
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THIS NEW CRIME BILL
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AFTER THE VERMIN WHO ROB
OUR CITIZENS OF IHBR
HARD-EARNED GAINS AND
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6:30 p.m. meet August 30
Helen Odell Sec. 665-9555
1:00 p.m. meet August 31
Estelle Wilson Sec. 665-3652
7:00 p.m. meet & bowl Sept. 7
Peggy Andrews 665-3652
9:00 a.m. meet & bowl Sept. 8
Linda Hackler Sec. 665-3652
6:00 p.m. meet Sept. 1
Cal Kays Pres. 665-3652
7:00 p.m. meet & bowl Sept. 9
Bert Gibbs Sec. 665-3652
7:00 p.m. iheet& bowl Sept.10
Peggy Andrews Sec, 665-3652
10:00 a.m. bowl Sept. 11
8:00 p.m. every Sat. night
Sign up at counter
7:00 p.m. meet & bowl Sept.26
Peggy Andrews 665-3652
By Lyndell Williams
and Ed Sterling
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mathematics skills.
Ten districts that performed die
lowest on TA AS were considered by
TEA to be below average in taxable
wealth per student.
Most top-performing districts
were above average in wealth, the
rankings showed.
Meanwhile, Meno said a pro-
posed funding partnership between
Dallas’ wealthy Highland Bark
school district and the Houston
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Behind Golden Corral, East Highway 82
(817) 665-3652
to appear were called and told the
possible dates, McClecry said.
Hutchison has denied wrongdo-
ing and said the investigation is a
partisan maneuver by Democrats.
PUC May Limit Inquiries
In a move opposed by consumer
advocates, the Public Utility Com-
mission is considering limiting the
number of questions that may be
asked of utilities during rate cases.
Critics contend the effect will be
to limit the amount of information
that can be sought from electric and area’s Humble district “wasn’t ap-
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Publisher-Roy Lemons
Editor-Delania Trigg
Layout-Blake Lemons
The Sanger Courier, publication number 135420, is
telephone companies whose rate provable because Texas is under or-
incrcase requests arc complicated ders not to allow for any resegrega-
and affect millions or consumers.
“There’s a world of money
involved in these cases with a
tremendous potential for additional
costs being paid by ratepayers
which they shouldn’t have to pay,”
said Austin attorney Jim Boyle,
who intervenes in rate cases on
behalf of the Texas Ratepayers’
Organization to Save Energy Inc.
“How you get to the facts or the
truth in a rate case is not so much
done in the hearing but during the
discovery process,” he said.
But PUC Chairman Robert Gee,
who supports setting a limit, said
rate case hearings end up drawn
out for months while the costs
associated with the proceedings
are inflated by millions of dollars
because of the unlimited number
of requests for information that
intervenors can make of utilities.
More Funds: Better Grades
Texas Education Commissioner
Lionel “Skip” Meno last week
called for more state funds for ed-
ucation, pointing to statistics sug-
gesting that more wealth translates
to higher performance.
Texas’ 1,048 school districts and
6,184 public schools were ranked
by student performance on an
examination in a report released
by the Texas Education Agency in
early August.
Meno said the state’s rating sys-
tem suggests that students who at-
tend predominantly white and eco-
nomically nondisadvantaged schools
score higher on Texas Assess-
ment of Academic Skills, an exam
Circulation-Eddie Renz
Business Manager-Paiti Lemons
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tion of the state. ”
He said the proposal would have
sent money from one primarily
white district to another. While
it would free state funds to help
other districts, the benefit would be
less than if Highland Park sent the
money directly to the state.
Health Insurance Scam
About 1,500 Texans, including
employees of 17 small school dis-
tricts, appear to have been vic-
timized by an allegedly fraudulent
health insurance operation.
State District Judge Jeanne Meur-
er issued a temporary restrain-
ing order last week against Contract
Services Union Local 211 of Okla-
homa City, and 35 other defendants
who allegedly sold insurance pack-
ages without being licensed by the
state.
State officials say about 30 claims
totaling about $132,000 arc unpaid.
The state seeks restitution for the
victims.
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Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter
because of what I have had
the misfortune of seeing and
doing twice in just the last
month.
While driving on the
stretch of Interstate 35
between Denton and Sanger,
I have driven up on and
photographed two deadly
motor vehicle accidents. On
both occasions, the vehicles
were totally destroyed and
there were casualities still
on the scene while I was
taking pictures.
The wreck that occurred
July 15 was possibly due to
vehicle malfunction. Exact
cause is still undetermined.
The accident on August 14th
appeared to be a product of
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Family Recreation Center
by Roy L. Lemons
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the plate glass front window,
only one wide enough in the
house. But that was a long
time ago.
Sanger's high school and
middle school bands have
been critized for being to
small. They have slowly
evolved into a bigger band.
This year they have a big
band, 85 members, and they
need help, either donated
money or instruments would
be appreciated.
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Columns & Comments—
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Next week the Sanger parents give the couple the
Courier will once again start money they would have
our two page Football Review spent on a ' elaborate
each week. The Indians open wedding. That’s what my
the season September 3 at wife of 30 years and I did. the
Little Elm. We- need only hitch was her father,
advertisers to help defray the General Blakeney threatened
cost of the extra two pages. A to send me to
lot of parents from Pee Wee Siberia as a spy.
to Varsity read these two I'm also thankful that the
pages each week to see their Blakeney's had a one story
children’s names. If you house. I can't imagine
would like to sponsor a putting a ladder up and
weekly ad, please call 458- hauling my 255 lb. wife down
7429. a wooden ladder. I guess 1
could have called the fire
Moorman, department for assistance. I
mother of three daughters, did have to bring her out of
Jennifer, Helene and Jayne
had two of her daughters
married in the same week.
1.2OO miles apart. Jennifer's
wedding was in Arizona and
Helene's in Denton.
Mother Jeanene deserves
a vacation in Maui and
husband Bob deserves to
work twice as hard to pay off
two weddings. See story on
page 12.
AUSTIN - U.S. Sen. Kay
Bailey Hutchison last week was
requested to appear before the
Travis County grand jury that
is investigating possible misuse
Of state employees and equipment
while she served as state treasurer.
Steve McClecry, first assistant
district attorney, said Hutchison,
a Republican, has been asked to
testify before the grand jury the last
week of August or the first week of
September.
McClecry said the request was
nude after Hutchison’s lawyers
asked that they and the senator
be allowed to meet privately with
prosecutors and investigators. That
request was refused.
James Daniell of El Paso, one
of Hutchison’s attorneys, said the
senator long ago agreed to appear
before the grand jury “to attempt
to bring this nutter to a close.”
Darnell criticized District Attor-
- ncy Ronnie Earle for telling re-
porters Hutchison had been asked
to appear.
“I have never heard of a district
attorney breaching the confidential-
ity of the grand jury process in this
manner," Darnell said. “The only
purpose I can imagine for initiating
such calls to the press is to attempt
. to create a public, political specta-
cle.”
Untrue, McClecry said. Re-
porters from several Texas newspa-
pers who had asked to be notified
when or if Hutchison was scheduled
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Trigg, Delania. Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1993, newspaper, August 26, 1993; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1299875/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sanger Public Library.