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Feb. 10 and are $10 per person. Connie Center of Brazoria County, Inc. will be
Alexander, AMBWA 1984 Woman of held Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Riverside
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ALVIN
Highway 35
Between Alvin
and Pearland
281-331-3200
Community College Feb. 18 from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. The seminar will be held
in the campus theater, 3110 Mustang
Road. There is no charge for the train-
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The Alvin Area Achiever-Mimosa
Chapter of the American Women's
Association will have its annual busi-
ness associate and scholarship recogni-
tion dinner Feb. 17 at the Homestead
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program,
RSVP, has an opportunity for you to
tutor first, second and third grade stu-
dents for as little as one hour per week
at Alvin Primary or Mark Twain
CLANLAKE
Gull Freeway
At NASA
Road One
281-332-3662
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With Valued customers UKE Judge Jerome JozWAIK and experienced loan officers like Pat
Savis. Alvin State Bank is a great place to do business. Alvin State Bank - where the tradition
OF PERSONAL BANKING CONTINUES.
the Year, will be the speaker. For more
information, call 281-585-5106 after 6
p.m. or 281-585-4973.
reception for our Alvin Authors on
March 13. The public is invited to have
refreshments and to meet our local
authors.
The Alvin Citizens Police Academy
Alumni Association will host a commu-
nity garage sale March 13 at National
Oak Park from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Spaces
are available for food booths and sales
booths. Proceeds will benefit the Alvin
Police Department. For more informa-
tion, call 281-331-7746.
Elementary Schools For more informa- ing. Call 800-848-4284 to register,
tion, call 409-345-7827.
Not Pictured:
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The USS Boxer Veterans Association
will have its seventh annual mini-
reunion for the Texas-Louisiana area at
the Holiday Inn in College Station. The
event will take place March 4, 5 and 6.
For more information, contact Roy at
409-548-2931 or Marvin at 409-233-
6940.
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towns and loved it here. Everyone
was so friendly and they liked the
fact that they could dance off to the
side and they could have so much
fun without alcohol involved. They
are definitely coming and bringing
friends.
Christi said that it’s so refreshing
to be with so many people that real-
ly have such a great time and enjoy
being with each other.
Irene Daulton wanted to sing a
gymnasium on Feb. 28 from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. It is free to the public. Booths are
going fast to interested participants, so
call 281-331-3944 for information on
reservations. Applications may be
picked up or taxed from the Alvin-
Manvel Chamber of Commerce office.
The Alvin Noon Lions Club will be hav-
ing their annual auction and fish fry
March 6 at the Nolan Ryan Center. Fish
will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. The auc-
tion will follow. Tickets for the evening
are $5.
2422 Broadway
Pearland, TX 77581
281-412-3000
Fax 281-412-0045
The Alvin branch of American
Association of University Women is
presenting an Expanding Your Horizons
career workshop Feb. 20 at Alvin
Community College from 8:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. These sessions will help 7th to
10th grade girls choose a career. Pizza
and door prizes will be offered. For
more information, please call 281-331-
5062.
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COMMUNITY, HELPING TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL OF US.
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Dear Editor:
Texas school children may soon
be asking. "Where is my teacher?”
or “Who will be my teacher?"
Education in Texas is facing the
worse crisis in the history of the
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THANK YOU FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PEARLAND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
YOUR SUPPORT WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
A special thanks to: Elastic Enginear, Space City Moonwalk Rentals, Pearland Police Dept.,
Scott & Kerry Corl and Rick Stevens - Dragsters, Harry & Betty Corl - Catering,
Lisa Zapalac - Photographer, National Museum of Funeral History.
seven words.
The band kicked off and did a per-
fect job. I don’t know how they do
it!
One of our regular patrons. Dr
Davidson Lho has been a physician
in LibertTexas since before WWII
has rectly retired and donated all
his medical equipment to the coun-
try of Honduras, to set up a hospital
dedicated to free medical care for
any and all displaced people in that
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ALVIN BANKING CENTER: 221 S. Goroon • (281 > 331-641 1
FRIENDSWOOD BANKING CENTER: SOB 1. ParKwooD AW.. (281) 388-2265
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piece. In the day time Clay is a tomers on Saturday, Christi said song that the band didn’t know. She
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Computer Science Teacher. Devin
startcJ singing at eight years old
with his dad Frankie Lee. Devin
works for Alex vending.
The Great Unknown sang a love
song to Sherry Walker I‘m sure a lot
of you are familiar with his TACO
BELL SONG
Gerald Crump was featured as we
went on break He can really play
, that bass! Everyone was hopping!
Tom Duncan and Christi Williams
from Houston were some new cus-
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intention to make an example out
of anyone. You should, however,
make their punishment severe
enough that it would help to sway
them from making such poor deci-
sions in the future. Don’t coddle
them. Drop the axe and give them a
well deserved wake up call. They
knew what they were doing was
wrong when they did it and they
should be punished accordingly.
In closing. to the masses; good
job To the demonstrators; use your
heads and find a better way. To the
administrators, just think of how
our world would be if everyone
were held accountable for his or
her actions.
Rodney E. Townsend
Alvin
flood ravaged country. This is a very
good example of “Do Unto Others.”
Friday, February 19th- Eddie
Collins. Carla Moody, Lupe
Sanchez and Charlotte Henson
Saturday, February 20th- Bill
Smith, Tim McCallay, G. Marie, Pat
Harris.
As always our M.C. Harold
Sutton along with our regulars
Richard Garza, Ron Eldred, Siro
Scopel and The Great Unknown.
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Be Seeing Ya!
if you are 55 years of age or older, the sensitivity training seminar for law are $15. Please call 281-331-6101 ext.
339082 52195 A.
Henrietta Gonzales will be honored as
a Woman of Accomplishment. Also,
there will be entertainment, a silent
Colors $2995
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Jason “Tyler”
BOCKEL
Happy 2nd Birthday Jason
“Tyler” Bockel!
Jason celebrated his birthday.
Monday, Feb. 8th He had his
party on Sat. Feb 6th with friends
and family at Discovery Zone.
There will be a benefit garage sale and
The Chamber-sponsored Second barbecue Feb 20 to help defray med-
Annual Business Expo is to be held at ical expenses for Lena Knight. The
Alvin Junior High School cafeteria and event will be at National Oak Park start-
state. Teachers are leaving the Teachers, your superintendents i
classroom to pursue careers in received letters in January of 1998 1
which they are paid .salaries that requesting that this day be set aside I
will enable them to support their on your 1998-99 school calendar to i
families, as well as receive insur- enable you to attend this rally, r
ante benefits. Hopefully they did this. If you are
College students, who would not being given this day like many (I
truly love to teach, cannot afford to schools are. please take a personal
pursue a teaching degree knowing day and be in Austin to help your
they will not be able to provide for fellow educators make Texas legis-
their families. lators aware of the crisis school
Texas ranks 35th in the nation in children and teachers are facing,
teacher’s salaries and Texas ranks Contact your legislators and set
50th in the nation in its contribu- up a meeting with them March 1 to
non (6%) to the teachers retire- discuss these vital issues. Impress
ment fund. upon you legislators that the state
Although the state pours huge must FULLY FUND any increases
amounts of money into the ERS and not keep putting the financial
retirement fund (raising it again in burden on the backs of the local
the last legislative session), it school districts.
ignores the TRS, which has not Parents, come and help us rally,
been improved in 22 years! Also, too. Please write letters, as well as
teachers are not provided with any call, your legislators to support
insurance benefits unless their your children’s teachers.
local district picks up the tab. Let s have a great rally on March
On March 1. Texas teachers are 1 at 10 a.m. on the South steps of
having a legislative rally in Austin, the capitol . See you there! If you
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The Alvin-Pearland-Friendswood
Habitat for Humanity will host its sec-
ond annual fundraiser at National Oak
Park March 27. Applications are being
accepted for arts and crafts vendors,
and donations are being sought for auc-
tion items. Let's raise some money to
raise a house! Festivities will start at 10
a.m. with the auction beginning at 1
p.m. For more information, call 281-
482-6074.
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