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SANGER BEAUTIFICATION BOARD
meets the second Monday of every month The next meeting will be Jan 10 Call Sue
Trego at 458-3668 for more information.
PRE-SCHOOL STORY TIME
10 am. on Wednesday mornings at the Sanger Public Ubrary. Call 458-3257.
COACHES KIDS
meet at 7 p in each Monday at the Sanger Community Center. Hie group is open to
children in grades 112. For transportation or information, contact Carol Foreman at
458-5610.
FOUR PUBLIC FORUMS ABOUT SCHOOL BOND ELECTION FEB. 12
• Mon., Jan 10, 6 pm @ Sanger High School Cafeteria
• Thurs., Jan 20, 6 p m ® Sanger High Schoo) Cafeteria
• Thurs., Jan. 27.6 p.m. @ Sanger High School Cafeteria
• Mon , Jan 31, 6 p.m. W Sanger High School Cafeteria
The public is invited to attend Call Sanger ISD Administration Office @
940-458-7438 for more information.
SANGER ISD SCHOOL BOARD
meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Denton County Special
Education Conference Room. 601 Elm Street in Sanger Call the Sanger ISD
Administration Office at 940-458-7438 for more information Next meeting Jan. 11.
SANGER PROMISE KEEPERS
first Baptist Church of Sanger at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is
Your 20 counts—and adds up
Texas cities, counties and other local taxing
entities collected $3.5 billion in sales taxes
in 1999 o new one-year record tor local sates
tax revenue, and an increase of 7.1 percent
compared to 1998. In addition to the state sates nJ
tax of 6.25 cents on the dollar, communities y kn-'/
may impose local sales taxes of up to an \ W-Isp
additional two cents on the dollar to fund items
and services like roads, hospitals, fire and police
protection, economic development, libraries, parks,
property tax relief, and other purposes.
Scheduled Meetings:
SANGER ISD SCHOOL BOARD
meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Denton County Special
Education Conference Room. 601 Elm Street in Sanger. Call the Sanger ISD
Administration at 458-7438 for more information Next meeting Jan 11
SANGER GENEALOGY GROUP
will meet l ues , Jan 25 at 7 p.m., in the meeting room of the Sanger Public Ubrary For
more information, call 458-3257.
SANGER CITY COUNCIL
meet the first and third Monday of each month Die meetings are held at the City of
Sanger Board Room on Bolivar Street. Call 458-7930 for more information, Next
meeting will be Jan 17.
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Readiness coalition
watches state
agency computers
AUSTIN — Underprivileged chil-
dren in Texas will receive $2.8 mil-
lion worth of toys through national
anti-trust settlements with four ma-
jor toy companies. Attorney General
John Cornyn announced.
AUSTIN Congress Avenue and
portions of bisecting streets were
blocked off last week as crews set up
the capital city New Year’s Eve party
for an anticipated 2(M),(XX) revelers.
Meanwhile, Readiness 2000, a
coalition of 31 state agencies, pre-
pared to watch and wait in the De-
partment of Public Safety’s emer-
gency management center in Austin.
()ver the last two years, state offi-
cials found nearly all computers
"Y2K ready” al 199 state agencies,
including 30 agencies identified as
critical to health, safety or the
economy.
Don Rogers, a spokesman for
Readiness 2000, told The Dallas
Morning News his group encour-
ages 1'exas residents to have enough
water and other supplies on hand to
last three days.
Notification Law Starts Jan. 1
The new parental-notification
abortion law, sponsored in the 1999
state legislative session by Sen. Flo-
rence Shapiro, R-Plano.is in effect as
of Jan. 1.
The law requires an unmarried
woman 17 or younger to notify a par-
ent that she intends to have an abor-
tion. Also, she will be asked to pro-
duce proof of her age.
If a parent has not signed an affi-
davit, a physician must send a regis-
tered letter to a parent’s address,
then wait 48 hours before perform-
ing the abortion.
Under the law, parents need not
approve. 'They only must be told an
abortion is to occur.
'Hie Texas Department of Health
reported in 1997 that 5,523 minors
had abortions.
lawmakers estimate that 200
young women a year, even in light of
the law, will refuse to tell a parent,
lite Dallas Morning News reported
last week.
SW Bell Settles Lawsuit
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
said it would pay $ 10 million to settle
a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf
of all its customers in 400 Texas cit-
ies, the Austin American-Statesman
reported Dec. 30.
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information, call Margaret Ixrng at 458-46IX)
FRIENDS OF THE UBRARY
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In the preliminary settlement, the
plaintiffs, who sued over the way the
telephone company collects fran-
chise fees, will receive no payment,
and the Dallas lawyers representing
them could collect $2 million.
Instead, $3 million in cash and $7
million in service credits would go
to the state’s Telecommunications
and Infrastructure Fund, the Ameri-
can-Statesman rejjorted.
Customers wishing to exercise
their right to sue individually have
until April 1 to "opt out" of the settle-
ment, in writing
The Telecommunications Infra-
structure Fund was established to
help communities, libraries and
school districts get high-speed
Internet access.
AG Targets 'Bidi' Sellers
Texas will take enforcement ac-
tion against Internet merchants ac-
cused of selling a tobacco product
known as “bidis” to minors.
Attorney General John Cornyn
said the sale of the small, brown,
hand-rolled cigarettes is an illegal
and predatory business practice that
"must come to an end.”
Offices of 16 other state attorneys
general are doing the same.
As part of its enforcement action,
Texas is sending warning letters to
online companies found selling bidis
to children.
Citing Federal Food and Drug
Administration’s regulations and the
Texas Deceptive Trade Practices
Act, the letter requires violators to
sign a cease-and-desist agreement to
avoid legal action.
Other Highlights
• 'The Texas Department of Pub-
lic Safety reported 23 people died on
Texas roads over the 54-hour holiday
weekend reporting period. The DPS
predicted 32 highway deaths would
occur over the reporting period cov-
ering New Year’s weekend.
• Texas’ share of a $9(X) million
federal funding jtackage to aid the
homeless will be $46 million. The
money will provide medical treat-
ment, job training and shelter.
• Texas Land Commissioner
David Dewhurst announced he is
returning almost $600,(XX) in unspent
1999 funding to the state of Texas,
making the Texas General I -and Of-
fice one of the few state agencies to
spend less than it was budgeted by
the Legislature in 1999, he said.
• "Marauding feral hogs" are tear-
ing up yards and parks in Austin, but
neither the city of Austin nor Travis
County has organized opposition to
the marauders, city and county offi-
cials told the Austin American-States-
man last week. Tusked and aggres-
sive, the wild pigs weigh up to 4(X)
pounds and stand up to 3 feet at the
shoulder.
• A car chase ended on the
evening of Dec. 28 at the iron gates
at the rear driveway of the
Governor’s Mansion. Police pulled a
54-year-old male suspect and a
woman from their late-model BMW
and arrested them. Gov. George W.
Bush was out of state at the time
SANGER ATHLETIC
BOOSTER CLUB
meets the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m at the Sanger High School Athletic
Facility. Nex meeting will be Feb. 7. 1999-2000 Officers are: President- Theresa Estep;
Vice President- Beverly Knox; Treasurer- Cathy Schindler; Secretary- Marla
Escobedo; Concession Stand Coordinator- Dilana Mosley. Consultant De Ann Burrus.
Call Beverly Knox at 458-7288, or any officer, for more information.
SPIRIT OF SANGER
BOOSTER CLUB
The Spirit of Sanger Band Booster Club meets regularly at the SHS Band Hall All
parents of Band Students, 6th- 12th grade are invited to attend. For more information,
call the Spirit of Sanger Booster Club President Darrel Jenkins, at 458-7673 or the SHS
Band Hall at 458-7497.
MUIR AGENCY, INC.
Your Independent Insurance Agency
907 Chapman Drive • Sanger, Texas • (940) 458-7434
SULLIVAN SENIOR CENTER
200 Bolivar Street in downtown Sanger has Bingo at 9 a m. on Mondays and luncheon
at 12 noon for those with reservations made the day before. Games of dominoes, 42
cards, are played until 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. On the first and third
Thursday nights of each month at 5:30 p.m. Bring a covered dish for supper and 42 and
dominoes are played until 9:30 p.m. Call 458-3128 for more information.
SANGER UONS CLUB
meets every Wednesday from Noon-100 p.m , at the Sanger Community Center on
Austin Street. Call President Bill Kincaid @ 458-4888 for more information.
American Cancer Society-Dialogue Support Group
meets the first Tuesday of each month at Texas Oncology, 2501 Scripture in Denton at
7 p.m. Patients and family members are welcome. For more information, call Judy
Reed at 940-458-7608.
SANGER 4-H
meets on the first Tuesday of each month Next meeting: Feb. 1. For more information,
call Joe & Mary Stockard at 458-3225 or Becky l^wrence at 4584627.
Project Graduation
meets regularly at the Sanger High School Cafeteria. For more information, call Leslie
Duncan at 940-458-3764 or 972-420-1555.
UNIQUE BUSINESS WOMENS DEPT, of WEDNESDAY STUDY CLUB
meets the third Thursday of each month at noon at the Community Center. This group
offers the career women of Sanger an opportunity to become involved in community
affairs. For further information, call Evelyn Shaw at 458-3629. Next meeting will be
Jan 20.
meets every Thursday
invited! Any questions, pk*ase call 458-4060 or 458-2060
/ ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
They meet the first/Djursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Masonic Hall Call Delores
Coker at 458-7563 for more information. Next meeting is Jan. 6.
SANGER AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Board of Directors meet at 5:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. For more
information, please call the Chamber office at 458-7702 between 10 a.in. and 5 p.m. Next
meeting is Jan 4
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CUB SCOUT TROOP 199 of Sanger
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BOY SCOUT TROOP 199 of Sanger
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information, call 458-5205.
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