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THE ALVIN SUN
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1999
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JOB FAIR '99 will be held from
10 a m - 12:45 p.m. in the ACC
Student Center/Cafeteria. Booths
DENNIS BONNEN
State Rep. District 25
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Tx 78769
“In My
Dreams”
With rust in my
eyes and no sign
of fear.
With hate in
their voices and
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GEORGE W. BUSH
Governor
Room 200 State Capitol
Austin, Tx 78701
703 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
Telephone: (202) 224-5922
Fax: (202) 224-0776
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I BELIEVE OUR NEW EDITOR IS GOING TO
WORK OUT REALLY WELL...
They threaten to kill me, they
don’t even care.
They batter my body with rocks
| that they throw.
I will not leave, he will come
don’t they know.
Overtaken by weakness, my body
is numb.
I’m sick and so lonely, oh please
let him come!
I will go back, to where he first
threw me out.
I’ll wait for him there, he will
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JOHN CORNYN
Texas Attorney General
P.Q. Box 12548
Austin/Tk 78711 .
dephone: (512) 463-2100
“KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
Telephone: (512)
Members of the group
“Potting Children First” and
other proponents of private
school vouchers demonstrated
on the Capitol steps last week.
The crowd urged lawmakers to
pass a law that would help chil-
dren in low-performing schools
to transfer to private schools
under a tax-funded program.
Such a measure already has
the support of Gov. George W
Bush and Lt. Gov. Rick Perry,
both Republicans
“Those parents should be free
to send their children to other
public, private or religious
schools,” Perry said.
ty to talk directly with various attending the “Managing Job
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TOMDELAY
U.S. Rep. Cong. District 22
241 Cannon
come, no doubt.
My thoughts are fading, my chest
feels like lead.
I'm sleepy, so sleepy, I can’t lift
my head.
It’s so quiet, so peaceful, all
remains still.
There is my master at my home
on the hill.
Yes, I can see him, he’s calling
my name.
His voice is so gentle, his hands
are the same.
He decided he wants me. now
things will be fine.
I really do love him. that master
of mine.
My tail wags with pleasure, I
can’t catch my breath.
He came in my dreams., but so
did my death.
Until Next Time!
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Washington, D.C. 20500
frustrating task. Most people prob-
ably know more about choosing
clothes, a car. or a spouse, than
about choosing a career.
The good news is there are many
resources available on the campus
of Alvin Community College to
help individuals with a career
search
ACC houses a Career Center,
located in the Admissions,
Counseling and Testing Office in
Room A134, which is open to any-
one who needs information about
careers.
There is no age limit for partici-
pants and no appointment is neces-
sary. Some of the resources offered
include free career guidance work-
will be set up and manned by rep- “Work Force Challenges for the
resentatives from various business New Millennium.
and companies throughout the JOB FAIR '99 is a wonderful
Houston area. chance for individuals in the com-
This is your chance to ask ques- munity to learn about the
tions and even fill out applications resources ACC provides for job
for employment. seekers. But if you can’t attend.
Four free one-hour career work- stop by the ACC Counseling
shops and seminars such as the shops will be held in conjunction Center Monday-Tuesday from 8-8,
upcoming JOB FAIR '99 with JOB FAIR ’99 in the ACC and Wednesday-Friday from 8-5 or
JOB FAIR '99. set for March 9. Student Center. call 281/388-4636.
will give you the chance to explore Career workshops include Our qualified and dedicated staff
top careers, visit with people who “Career Challenges for the New will gladly assist you with your
work in a job that you may be con- Millennium” at 10 a.m Learn how personal career search. Come in
sidering, as well as the opportuni- to control your stress level by and discover your future.
ACC offers help in career searches
Finding the right career can be a
Dear Editor: Which bongs up the question, around the President, it aroused can happen when agencies of the
am writing in response to the Who brought it to school? All the public sympathy and support for state, especially prosecutorial ones
recent letters to the editor about the kids know who did it? Why can’t him. intrude on the privacy and intimate
Pssum.tha “as killed at Alvin the school find out and charge this The second group in this feeble moments of its citizens.
ighsc u . person with bnnging a deadly crusade was the press, internet, and Be they the McCarthy communist
author must have a possum w eapon to school broadcast media. Their motivation hunters of the fifties who turned cit-
mixed up with a cute furry animal That is exactly what it was! The was money and fame. izens into informers and cost peo-
or someone s pet possum had already bitten the foot The ratings, the newspaper and pie their jobs, incomes and some-
A possum is a varmint from the of one student Thank goodness the magazine circulations, talk radio, times their freedom or “indepen-
rat family that is probably the most teeth didn't penetrate his shoe. If CNBC, MSNBC. Fox, CNN. and dent " counsels and “managers” of
disgusting animal on this earth We these young men had killed a snake other network “Talking Heads” the nineties, their intrusive and
are definitely getting the opinion of to protect everyone nothing would prospered whenever the subject obsessive investigations can put
a women from the city who has be said was Bill Clmton's sex life. private lives, public institutions,
never seen a possum come out of This animal is just as dangerous Sex is the King, sex was the moti- and democratic practices at poten-
the rectum of a dead cow after eat- if not more so These young men vation for the “Gotcha" on maga- tially catastrophic risk
mg it s insides out were broughl up in the country zine covers and big city newspaper in the case of the House man-
Ask any rancher or farmer, this is where you know the difference front pages above-the-fold; and agers versus Bill Clinton there have
no animal you want at school. It has between a pet and a varmint, which inside were the editorials, com- been no winners.
42 teeth and carries many diseases may cause dangerous consequences ments and analysis from all over We have seen a willing suspen-
the least of which is not rabies. A if it bites someone. the world. sion of sound judgment, it Con-
possum will rip the throat out of a I am not alone when I congratu- It interests everyone, as well as sequences that will haunt the court
small dog or eat a defenseless late these boys for taking charge the people who did not want to hear the Congress, the presidency and
chicken s back out while it sets on before someone got hurt. They or talk about it, unless it could the press - not to mention the pri-
"tsinest . u , . . don ' need a psychiatrist they bring down the President. vate lives of the participants for
This animal should not be taken deserve a metal. The Republican led impeachment years to come.
ightly. It should be destroyed if M.C. Henegar has been more dangerous and divi- As American Citizens, we must
thereisanypssib hy.Hfit coming AlvinDear Editor: sive to the country by far than the put the impeachment trlal of
close to one of our children. The impeachment crusade is over behavior it condemns William Jefferson linton thih
This story has made these young and was seen mostly as the work of By using the impeachment clause us and look toward the future of our
men sound like sick juveniles who moralizing Southerners, which had of the Constitution to prosecute nation.
have tortured someone's dog orcat. cast themselves unabashedly as minor offenses, they have shown We must overcome our cynicism
nheyarenorisktosoiety.They sanctimonious hypocrites. themselves undeserving of the and find a common language for
hould be commended for defend- They detest the Clintons as peo- immense power placed at their dis- discussing our future. We must rec-
ing themselves and the other chil- pie - not just for the President's posal by the voters of this great oncile our differences and work
drenatschoolhy ridding thecam- misdeeds and his ideology. nation. together for a better and more com-
pus of a dirty, diseased animal that it was a personal vendetta. But The most important lesson to passionate America.
never should have been brought to their spiteful prosecution not only come out of this impeachment Walter Crager
s 00 rallied the Senate Democrats process is that it illustrates what AlVin
Abandon animals hold out hope for owners return
Washington, D.C. 20515
Telephone: (202) 225-5951
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However, a February Scripps- according to the Texas
Howard Texas Poll showed that Education Agency.
only 41 percent of respondents Three Republican state legis-
said they support the idea of pri- lators are taking action to put a
vale school vouchers. stop to student assaults on
The percentage of support teachers.
gauged by the poll has melted Sen. Teel Bivins of Amarillo,
slowly since the winter of 1995. chairman of the Senate
when it was measured at 55 per- Education Committee, and
cent. Reps. John Shields and Frank
Samantha Smoot, chief of the Corte of San Antonio have filed
Editor’s Note: Gwendolyn
Burgess, academic advisor in the
Alvin Community College
Counseling Center, is coordinator
what the prognosis was (six months will have to be
to a year). That is why we visited in easy (for me) stuff. I though abouy
October of last year. not printing anything, with m9
According to my sister though, the apologies of course, but I couldn't
time has come to say goodbye, so stand the thought.
off we go. Frantically preparing for Don't want to lose momentum or
this trip. I am making arrangements disappoint my readers. Also my
for my own animals and I worry feelings were that a little bit of rein-
about them like crazy, but, we have forcement regarding last weeks col-
to 8° umn addressing animal abuse could-
I lake comfort in the fact that I n't hurt. Well actually, it hurts a lot.
have really good people to look after This is from one of my favorite
them. books “Circles of Compassion". So
They will be fine. You still worry here goes and have the tissues ready:
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As I write this column my hus- though. you
band Dana is preparing our motor know.
home for yet another trip to At any rate, we
California. My father's time on this will be gone two
earth is almost over and we need to weeks and I’ve
be there with him. got to get moving
We have known for six months so the next cou-
how ill he was (bile duct cancer) and pie of columns
Vouchers would take
money from schools
Freedom Network, said she of assault on a teacher an
opposes programs that would offense punishable by expul-
take money away from Texas sion.
public schools. Under current law, a student
“When Texans understand that may be expelled for assaulting a
vouchers mean millions of dol- teacher if the student uses a
lars leave our public schools, weapon, the teacher suffers seri-
suppor for the idea evaporates.” ous bodily harm or the assault
Smoot was quoted by the San takes place in an alternative
Antonio Express-News. school.
Still, the measure is expected Rep. Art Reyna, D-San
to be hotly debated as the leg- Antonio, has filed a bill of his
relative session continues. own, seeking to upgrade the
Tencher-Protecting Bills penalty for an assault of a
Filed teacher from a misdemeanor to a
Over the last three school third-degree felony.
years, assaults against Texas “Safety is a big factor,” said
classroom teachers have aver See Highlights, page 2
MIKE JACKSON
State Senator District 11
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, Tx 78711
Telephone: (512) 463-0111
Fax: (713) 948-0005
LE. -BUSTER’ BROWN.
State Senator District 17 11
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, Tx 78711 J
Telephone: (512) 463-0117 t" >
Fax: (512) 463-0639
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Schwind, Jim & Holton, Kathleen. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 60, Ed. 1 Monday, March 1, 1999, newspaper, March 1, 1999; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1562090/m1/2/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.