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MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1998
WELLBORN’s 331-3125
Club 65 gives senior citizens
opportunities to get involved
Affordable*
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Health care agencies
get poor report card
from state legislature
Pioneer 5K Fun
Run held at Alvin
Community College
The 100 Club of Alvin will
meet on Monday, August 10th,
at 6:30 p.m. at the Alvin Police
Department, located at 1500 S.
Gordon. For more information,
please call (281) 585-8606.
With the start of school comes a
wealth of activities sponsored by the
Alvin Independent School District.
Alvin ISD would like to share those
activities with Alvin's senior citi-
Court reporting classes
lead to growing careers
According to the National Court Transcription. has made the work of the world; work in law, medicine.
Reporters Association. the demand court reporting much more efficient government, or business."
air conditioning and heating
units in the Food Pantry
Building. Please send your
donation to: First Christian
Church, P.O. Box 1303, Alvin,
TX 77512-1303.
By Edward Looby
Staff Writer
Here are some of the measures
TNMP is taking to help customers
manage high bills:
• TNMP will not disconnect cus-
tomers for nonpayment during
excessively hot weather.
• The company is working with
customers on various billing options
to help them manage their bills
These options include extended
payments.
The Gulf Crossroads Chapter
of the American Business
Women's Association will hold
their August meeting on August
10th at the Homestead Inn.
Speaker Dr. Joe Rossano will
be discussing the zoning for
Alvin. The meeting will start at
7 p.m., anyone choosing to
make reservations may contact
Audrey Hatley at (281) 331-
3978 or Karen Kus at (281)
331-3618.
bus in the middle of a grassy field, flipped on its
side with nearby vehicles smoking, ready to burst
into flame.
Parents don’t like to have to think about such see
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A benefit auction and barbe-
cue for Cindy Walker will be
held at the Alvin Opry begin-
ning at 1 p.m. on August 30th.
Walker, who almost lost her
life giving birth to her son,
needs help with mounting
medical bills. Barbecue plates
be $5. Auction items
include jewelry, tickets to the
opry, an exercise machine, and
a trip to Branson.
Tuxedo Rentals
and Accessories
PROMS-WEDDINGS
on Thursday night in the rodeo arena and
Alvin Community College is
offering convenient ways to
register for the Fall 1998
semester.They include: Drop-
off Registration-August 3-13;
Regular Registration-August
24-25 (Admission Deadline-
August 19). New and transfer
students and returning ACC
See Spots, page 6
is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct
9th and 40th.
Add Michael Mezmer's “Theater of the
Mind” comedy hypnosis show. Grandpa
Cratchet’s Puppet Show, Brad Bodary's
Human Mannequin, the -Balloon Brothers,
Please see Fair, page 4
Brazoria County fair will offer family fun
The 1998 Brazoria County Fair, scheduled the Brazoria County Recycling Center. By Carnival. Pick up your special coupon at any
runs through Saturday night.
Meals on Wheels will be hold-
ing their celebrity roast on
September 12th. The groups is
seeking items from businesses
or individual for the silent auc-
tion. For more information,
please call (281) 331-0614.
Community Publications is
proud to announce that the
new telephone directories for
Alvin 1998-1999 are now out
and being delivered. Please be
sure and fill out form in front of
book for a gift certificate for
two at Joe's Bar-B-Que. It's a
$50 value and the drawing will
be held on October 1.
determined in either of the following 65.
TNMP lends aid for high bills during the heat wave
Quilter's Meet: The first
Thursday of each month the
Gulf Coast Quilter's Guild
meets at 7 p.m. in the Alvin
Church of Christ, 1325 S.
Johnson in Alvin New mem-
bers are welcome. For further
information call (281) 388-
1194.
PRO-LIFE HOUSE
Catholic Diocesr of Galvctton-Houston
704 CHENEVERT • HOUSTON, TX. 77003 • (713) 225-5826
Monday thru Friday 900 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
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Dr. Virgil Tiemann
i DeWitt at Logan Pass, Montana ona
Bill DeWitt has joined a groap rulers "
two ways. Any resident of Alvin
ISD who is 65 years of age or older
is eligible.
Any retired Alvin ISD employee is
eligible. “Retired” in this case is
The Alvin Museum Society's
1998 historical calendar fea-
turing Alvin's oldest churches
is still available at Alvin State
Bank and Wellborn’s. The
1999 calendar will be on sale
by mid-October. Start your
Christmas list early by includ-
ing on it your friends and rela-
tives who would appreciate a
calendar of Alvin's history.
If you like writing and language
arts and you are seeking a profes-
sion with excellent employment
opportunities and outstanding
salary potential. check out ACC's
Court Reporting program
Registration for the fall 1998
semester is set for August 24 and
25.
Call Bill Cranford at (281) 388-
4817 or the ACC Counseling Center
at (281) 388-4636 for information
on entering the program.
ACC’s Court Reporting program
is approved by the National Court
Reporters Association.
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ALVIN, TEXAS 77511
through Fridays.
“We are delighted to
offer the Club 65 card
to any resident in the
district who qualifies.
Fair World
Train up a child in the way he
should go, and when he is old
he will not depart from it.
Pmovmms
The Alvin Yellowjacket
Booster Club will hold its first
meeting of the new school year
on Monday, August 10th,
beginning at 7 p.m. in Gym 3.
All parents are invited to attend
meet new Athletic Director
Sandra Howell and new Head
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the Brazoria County
defined as those
employees eligible and
receiving retirement
benefits. Cards are
issued at the central
administration build-
ing at 301 E. House St.
Hours are 8 a m -4:30
zens, at no charge,
through our Club 65
program.
Designed to encour-
age senior citizens to
become more involved
with Alvin schools, the
chib provides eligible
seniors free admission
to all home athletic,
academic and cultural
events and activities
sponsored by the Alvin
ISD.
By now, Texans across the state
are aware the beat wave of 1980 is
being challenged by this summer's
high temperatures.
Texas-New Mexico Power
Company customers have turned to
air conditioning for relief from the
relentless Texas heat.
While that relief has been wel-
come. the impact on electric bills
has not.
Club 65 members have free admis- The schools belong to the communi-
sion to plays, programs and musical ty and we want everyone to come see
performances sponsored by the the good things our students are
District doing, whether on the playing field.
They also have free general admis- in the classroom or on the stage" said
sion seating to all Home athletic Dr. Virgil Tiemann, superintendent
events sponsored by Alvin ISD. This of schools.
includes all sports, all varsity and If you have a card from last year, it
sub-varsity games. One exception is is still valid. Please call Shirley
Project Graduation fundraising Brothers at 388-1130, or come by
events where admission charges the Administration Building at 301
apply. E House St. if you need a card or
Eligibility for membership is want more information about Club
to open Friday, October 2nd, promises nine bringing two empty 20 ounce recyclable Brazoria County Sonic (except Alvin), pre-
fun filled days of entertainment for the entire plastic Coke product bottles to a Carnival sent it at any carnival ticket booth and pay
family Ticket Booth, guests can purchase a $5 just $1 per ride at the carnival from 2 p.m.
The first Friday night is $1 night. Opening wristband and ride unlimited rides from 11 until close. ... Championship Bar-B-Que Cook-off, which
ceremonies are scheduled for 6 p.m. at the p.m. until 2 a.m. Without the recyclable bot- Wednesday night at the carnival is Subway
front gate. Once on the grounds, guests will ties, the cost of a wristband will be $10. “Buddy Night". Buddy Night stickers are
have the opportunity to watch the Ranch The parade kicks off at 10 a.m. ion down- free to the public at all Brazoria County
Rodeo, the Little Mr. and Little Miss event, town Angleton on Saturday, October 3rd. Subways. With the Buddy Night stickers,
or participate in Reed Exposition Midway Saturday is student day and all students are one guest pays and their "Buddy" rides free.
Carnival’s “Midnight Madness” which will admitted free. This is a great promotion for families,
be cosponsored by Angleton Coca Cola and Sunday is Sonic Dollar Day at the The PRCA Bad Company Rodeo kicks off
In the meantime, the company is
working with all other avenues of
assistance available
Texas-New Mexico Power
Company provides community-
based electric service to 85 cities
and more than 226,000 customer in
Texas and New Mexico.
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of
for skilled court reporters is high and has greatly expanded the career
and the opportunities for employ- choices for persons in the field
ment in Texas and across the U.S “Court reporters can now pursue
are outstanding. careers not only as official court
For over 23 years, the Alvin reporters and freelance reporters but
Community College Associate also as captioning experts, scopists.
Degree Court Reporting program cyber conference reporters, legal
has helped meet the high demand and medical transcriptionists, rapid
for court reporters, producing some data specialists, or working with
of the finest court reporters in the individuals with hearing or vision
nation loss,” said Cranford.
According to Bill Cranford, Chair “As a court reporter, you can
of the Alvin Community College match your career to your lifestyle:
Court Reporting Department, the work independently or in a struc-
growing use of computer technolo- tured environment; stay in one place
gy, such as Computer Aided or travel across the country - even
• TNMP is helping customers With the Public Utility
manage their energy use. One tool Commission's July 22 approval of
available in all TNMP offices is the TNMP's proposed rate reductions
Energy Management Guide. This and transition to competition, rate
booklet offers hundreds of ways relief is on the way.
customers can reduce energy use— The reductions—which will
even in a heat wave. include refunds back to January
• All TNMP Offices are referring 1998—can't be put into effect until
customers to the nearest agency the final order is signed, so they
administering the federal relief won't help with the immediate prob-
assistance program. lem of record-breaking hot weather.
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when suddenly you hear sirens and see emergency area is doing just that
response teams streaking past your home A network of area response teams, including the
You follow the action to see your child's school Please see Training, page 4
ding from Houston to Abilene, Wednesday, Aug. 5. to begin a 4
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Schwind, Jim & Dodson, Doug. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 2, Ed. 1 Monday, August 10, 1998, newspaper, August 10, 1998; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1562004/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.