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SAFE program gets heavy response
meaim Escape School is moved to ACC gym
Pre-Arranged
Funeral Plans
By Kim Tilley
Staff Writer
According to Vamvas. who is the
Director of the ACC Business
of Danbury.
During the
Community
Commencement
By Doug Dodson
Managing Editor
Association is seeking pic -
tures no larger than 8 x 10,
of any past Alvin police
Family Practice
Clinic of Alvin, P.A.
711 W. Sidnor • 331-5953
stomachs of the grads and seen in the Prize
Room (also known at Jan Carley 's art room).
Stacks of Pizza Hut pizzas, probably equal-
ing 100 feet, enough Subway sandwiches to
fill the bed of a new Dodge Ram pickup and all
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“A Caring
Facility for the
Total Family"
•Intents to Geriatnics
•Industrial Medicine
•Workman s Comp
lab & X-Rays in Office
•Total Pediatric Care
“When I first started college, I
worked two jobs and attended
classes full-time. It was a con-
stant struggle to stay in school,”
she said. “I left my son in the
care of my mother and I only
saw him at night. I was fortu-
nate to also have the support of
Please see Mom, page 3
Floyd Kettler
Pre-Need Counselor
(281) 331-8217
(281)331-6059 Res
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KELLY F HAYES
Coordinator Joyce Brau at
(281) 388-4235.
Edward Jones’
Serving Individual Investors Since 1871
331-9330
11M E. HIGHWAY. 6
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Stocks, Bonds.
CDs, Tax-Frees
and
Mutual Funds
110 S. Gordon
Alvin
331-5260
FAX 558 4117
According to Stuber, the Escape
Resource Center, numerous calls School program is designed to teach
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eye, and a tooth tor a tooth.
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It was the party to end all parties - literally -
for the Alvin High School Class of 1997.
A few hours after the commencement cere-
mony, on May 30, hundreds of new graduates
attended their last party together as a class at
Project Graduation. And, what a party it was!
The event was spread throughout the whole
Alvin Junior High complex and cost over
$57,000 to put on.
Parents and graduating seniors spent nearly
the entire school year raising money for the
Project Graduation event.
“They all worked very hard," Project
Graduation Event Chairperson Cheryl Knape
said.
A 13-member parent committee and a 76-
member student committee dedicated them-
selves for almost nine months to put on an
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“Child abduction must be dis-
cussed as a crime that can be
stopped by aware, proactive,
empowered parents and children,"
Stuber said.
A barbecue benefit, for
cancer patient Megan
Armet, will be held, on lune
7, starting at 10 a.m., at the
WAL-MART, in Alvin
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Stuber provides an approach that basis.
is neither frightening or threatening. For more information, call (281)
but provides information that could 331-6111.
The Alvin Senior Citizens
Center will be having a
groundbreaking ceremony
to begin the renovation
process for Phase II on
Thursday, June 12, at 2 p.m
It will be near the West
Sealy entrance of the Alvin
Police Station and the Alvin
Senior Citizens Center. A
reception will follow. All,
Alvin citizens are invited.
announced at the group's meeting
Thursday morning at the Nolan
Ryan Center on the ACC campus.
“We have had an overwhelmingly
strong response to the program, so
we have decided to use a larger
venue to accomodate as many peo-
ple as we can."
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children how to identify strangers
not by appearance, but by how they
act. He also emphasises that all the
rules change in a dangerous situa-
tion.
“One of the reasons abductors are
so successful," Stuber explains, “is
that we don't teach our children how
to get away from them. Our igno-
rance only helps the abductor."
Vamvas, along with ACC Police
Chief Andy Tacquard, also
announced that child safety tip
sheets and other information, such
as important phone numbers, will be
distributed to those attending the
program.
“We are a group that is proactive
to child safety,” Vamvas said. “We
want to keep this issue in the fore-
front and in the parent's eye."
Admission to the program is free
to the public, but seating will be
limited to a first-pome, first-served
Starr graduated with associate
degrees in multiple fields -
Mental Health. Fine Arts, and
General Studies. She also
received a certificate in Mental
Health as a Certified Drug and
Alcohol Counselor.
A few years ago, Starr's col-
A backyard composting
class will be held from 10
a.m . until noon at National
Oak Park on lune 7, 14, and
21. Cost for the class is $ 10,
and each participant will
receive a compost bin,
backyard composting book,
troubleshooting wheel and
undersink compost bucket,
for more information, call
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Photo courtesy of ACC
ACC Police Chief Andy Tacquard (far left) and Patricia
Hertenberger, Associate Dean of ACC's Continuing Education
Department, talk with area children about safety issues.
Young mom is an
academic scholar
Starr shines bright at ACC
e It's not unusual these days to lege education was interrupted
* find young, single mothers by divorce and a complicated
attending classes on the Alvin pregnancy.
Community College campus. After losing her job and her
Education is a vehicle of sur- home, she was forced to quit
vival for many of these women. school and move back home
Developing the skills needed to with her family.
take care of themselves and Although her family was very
their children is not only a pri- supportive, Starr's self-esteem
ority, but a necessity. was at an all time low. She
Many of these young women knew the only way to reclaim
do succeed, but only a few have her life and gain self sufficiency
approached their educational was to get back in school. Stan
goals with as much motivation found the motivation she needed
and savvy as Alvin Community with the birth of her son Brazos,
College student, Lynette Stan and three months later she
event that no one could possibly forget. mMMaik
To raise the funds for the Project Graduation Photo by Debbie wilson
program, members of the committees hosted a An AHS Clare of 1997 graduate had a souvenir wax cast made of her hand at Project
plethora of fund raisers, including: softball. Graduation. Grads dipped their hands into melted wax approximately 20 times, hard
volleyhall, and basketball tournaments. raffles, ened ft in ice water and assistants cut the mold off and dyed them different colors.
and talent and fashion shows School Principal Dana Drew said.
Area businesses also showed their support "I can’t think of a business in Alvin that has
for graduating seniors n‛t done something for Project Graduation."
The merchants of Alvin have been tremen- Knape said.
dous supporters of the program." Alvin High Proof of those statemenu could be felt in the
Securing Alvin’s
enrolled in the Alvin
recent Alvin Community College Mental
College Health program.
the Blue Bell Ice Cream that can be consumed
by an 18-year-old were there for the gorging.
Diana's Hungry House and AISD Food
Service also put a dent in the fruit and veg-
etable growers’ supply with "fruit trees” and
vegetable trays.
There were enough nacho chips and sauce
there to make Frito-Lay and Pace executives
get sore from grinning And the soda supply
had to come from underground pipelines
directly from the Coca Cola bottler.
The Prize Room made the gifts on Wheel of
Fortune look chintzy.
Heaps of refrigerators. boom boxes, clock
radios, cameras, bikes. Rollerblades, college
supplies and cash waited for each grad to come
claim after the event ended at sunrise. Every
graduate walked away with merchandise
equally at least $ 100 and there were 484 grads.
Many of the items were donated by local
organizations and businesses. The remainders
were purchased, using a wish list from seniors
as a guide, with money collected from the fund
raisers
Termed a “Party House" by Drew, Alvin
Junior High resembled a home-spun
Disneyland, Las Vegas and Hollywood all
rolled into one.
Graduates were welcomed to Project
Graduation at the entrance with a converted
Please see Project. page 3
Enviroment (SAFE), a coalition of that the Alvin-area population has a
community leaders, has found sue- heightened sensitivity to the issue of
cess at an early age. child safety.
The group, which was recently The program will feature a presen-
formed in the wake of the Laura tation by former police officer
Smither abuduction and murder, Robert Stuber, who hosts the nation-
announced last week that it would ally syndicated program. Escape
present its first public awareness School, and is the author of
program on child safety Wednesday, Missing/ Stranger Abduction:
June 18. The program, originally Teaching Your Child How To
scheduled to be held in the ACC the- Escape.
ater at 7 p.m., has received so much Stuber tours nationally to work
interest that it has been moved to the with law enforcement agencies, cor-
Alvin Community College porations and community civic
Gymnasium to handle the anticipat- groups. His program offers tips to
ed crowd. children and parents on how to
“We have moved it to the gym,” avoid being a victim, and what to do
SAFE facilitator Bob Vamvas if they are victimized.
The Bay Area Singles Club
June “Margaritaville"
Dance will be held on June
21, from 8 p.m. until mid-
night, at the VFW Lodge, on
FM 646. in Baycliff.
Admission, (or members, is
$5 and $8 for non-mem-
bers. Come help us cele-
brate this popular monthly
dance. Snacks and a disc
jockey will be provided.
Bring your own drinks. A
free dance coupon is avail-
able when you- join. The
club’s yearly membership
fee is $20. For more infor-
mation, contact Calvin at
(281) 471-9416.
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The City of Alvin and
Kaleem Kazmi, M.D., City
Health Officer. announce
the beginning of the Health
Awareness Seminars,
designed to educate the
public about health issues
and preventative measures
The first seminar, "Heart
Attacks - How to Prevent,"
will be held Monday, June
16 at 6:30 p.m at the Alvin
Senior Citizen Center, 309
W. Sealy. The guest speaker
will be Cornell DeWitt,
M.D. The seminars are free
and open to the public
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