The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, August 8, 1994 Page: 2 of 10
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THE ALVIN SUN
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campaign finance reports with the campaign.
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between Feb. 27 and June 30, raised more than $12 million and
During the same four-month spending about $6.7 million.
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remedial work for students
wishing. up °° their
to absences. They also provide
computer and recreational
activities during the three week
breaks.
According to Brothers,
administrators at all three YRE
schools have expressed that so
far, things have gone very
smoothly. While there have been
no comprehensive studies to
determine if the YRE students me
retaining more of whatthey leant
with the shorter breaks, the
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improvement in the students:
learing abilities.
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But ha song chronicled the major cause of incmeasing absence abate as a mesult of the historic economic
weifare most welfare reformers make expansion of the 1980s This is because the problem
linle connection between the problem and the of father xhicnce. and hence, the underclass.
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comemplasedbyuebardPhiiips Coinnedcucshatmanz.Brazoria
zeidmshaagyouidsbave “ Be possibility or UUMUUq a
“Tnelrbzanarchte , ■ fr"* curfew, which he Said
expansion"hiesnohaveplansfor indicates the extent of the juvenile
oinin.wnin Wee pan of the problem.
arzjnaafacilitz.heusnidlwas "Tdomseeitgeuing anybejuer;
ta.ba you,
nfals when more space was The court needs to look at a place
The current juvenile facility forlng-temm,aswellasshon-
whishhascemsforzljuvemies avuibfeWhejudgbacnnc;
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car, and guaranteed jobs. dependency, we must reconnect men to the ideal of
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docades. Encouraged by the medaand some culnuras Uhrouggwosshosupponnandwheraneeded,taining
importance of father' inth&Sdomu mndabou to needimor father friendly work places in which
whaem Archie Bunker and Al Bundy. inforetjXw government can - and
££££ Cunuraiprgbvcimsamandscusnmasyaanonemanzima AUSTIN - Determined to get
SSSL culturat sotution to the weifar crisis is Committea I aninnovative system of state jdls
•---smhssnceandtheseparationoffatherhood and responsible fathers. If we can agree on thiT I back 00 schedule. Senate leaders
perhaps when all is said and done, we will have | last, week endorsed a plan to
more than we said. | temporarily use existing facilities
to house most nonviolent felons._____
Officials said the lockups are °rar Editor; name to live down as far as I'm'
all staterownedand range from Onemonth ago, 1 and my concemeduheyar"doingit wem
a restitution center in El Paso husband were looking to trade cars the van we wned“8"" 80
to a boot camp in For worth a *,>»>. Youdonlknowwhai oh yes, "
kind of car, or color, jus size (you loo. I encowrge anyone who4
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cuorgency Senatc Criminal lustice fwdays.wethoughweWould y. buyelsewhere,at"lcastonik‘oq
wnietomonozshe owner efie . St We dcalkwiuh Bruce ana
“Si-""'-S/Anhand Bob Hughes
of any of the lots. it is badly. Let me say we were never treami n-E . I
a mzsenasasv.davcahoubu q“hisam opporumiy so.mics.fhes’peopi sm Henenbergerwm correct'I mkj
| owner Mconte the to get back to the concept we backward for us. Now you know for this report (on the ACCE
I ~ *? dealing with awoman is not casy. Balloons Over Alvin event) monis
fM the O^aMge4^^ " rhedaboustad FEebimd fhe mfnf
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Arelare-ctojflfcr^torerwrmS thanayea ago. thestate jail sys- • The peopl at Alvin Dodge has * Sparry Townsend '
rupeaftdlj deciute to teohe mj Lem Wil divert nomnolent iumse, ypr______
' rtCMuteadMioe to the City suhasidrug offenders, hot I Kt--
CotMCil on the pianing reoueu in r18™ writers and car thieves — continued from um l
this etatM • 1 ’ ’ in from hard-core prisons. Instead contnued Trom page 1
they will be subject to a variety Brothers explained. 'As far as the
Mayor Elmer Dezso thanked of community-based programs, in- other schools., it is completely
Norwood for his candor and noted cluding job training, public works voluntary on everybody's part. if
declaration of a conflict of projects, boot camps, literacy pro- they want • do it, wei set it
interest "went above and beyond grams and family counseling. up."
what was really necessary- Carol Vance, chairman of the .Ther were many concerns in
Council member Bill Pannell Texas Criminal Justice Board the beginning of the program,
foaa made a motion that the request which oversees prisons, told the with YRE students intercessions
for approval of the proposed plat of rn""iH“ ihm there were no real conflicting with their older
ihe Messer Subdivision be referred problems with foe program. sibliags standard school
back to the planning ..I zomning yacations, but according to
commission for further review, whose corormox, has been B,«Hbers. families are very
mrinr hr ri—rp baT«H4 by rril delays, would pfoaaedwish the program, which
recommendaton before he learned be opened byOcober. By that 10 spend time with
of Norwood's memorandummed time,.about 100 •» 200 offenders their children on a one-on-one
The wold beremenewd to foe rtmejrih bari, during the three week
program, Vance arid. breaks.
For parents who have to work
during the time their YRE
students are on intercession, the
program also offers tutorials and
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to begin Brooks felt that some
"SidinpopOsasfromanchitects. mus be given 10 the arhmtt
hire m "tAo" • iwe reready to regarding the number of additioi5
wresansarchitect"hesaid.„That beds needed, and suggestcdthagdi
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Welfare reform should address fatherhood I Time to take action on cleaning air
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welfare class In 1960, CMtMMity College Ken is an use improvedcontroltechninAs important publ'Ci transportation
inness, commenting on the 1960's abmutscofantbrhamersoutof-wedockna | recovery processes, mechanical nomsolplanaintended toreducethe
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abolish welfare, or short of that, to restrict either soluon cm it Option Eoblem voduires * cultural I requined 10 lower emission levels of 1995, all 1968 eginning model employees to fina ou their
benemitsorathelumepensoncanspendonlcfamE vehicles me object to cmalytic pndrranerenssasogta a compliance
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Schwind, Jim & Mohon, Wendy. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, August 8, 1994, newspaper, August 8, 1994; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600840/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.