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SANDERSON – A
four-way race for Terrell County treasurer is on the ballot in the March 2
Democratic Primary after late filings this week. Leila Cash
filed earlier for the nomination to replace Treasurer Lynda Helmers, who chose not to run again. Anna Garza
filed last week and, just before deadline Monday, Assistant Treasurer Ana
Barron and County Judge Secretary Cindy Kelso joined the race. County Judge
Leo Smith has drawn opposition in his bid for re-election in the Democratic
Primary from Terry “Tex” Toler. The winner will face Libertarian Pete
Sanchez, Jr., in the November General Election. The only other
contested race in the Terrell County Democratic Primary pits County Commissioner
Della Fuentes against challenger Michelle Marquez. The winner of
that race will face Libertarian Jan Patrick Baker of Dryden in November. Commissioner Kenn Norris is unopposed in his bid for the Democratic
nomination for re-election but he will face recently-retired Deputy County
Clerk Donna Smith in November. Smith filed
for the Republican nomination before the Monday deadline. US Rep. Ciro Rodriguez gets a pass in March but there is a
six-way race in the Republican Primary and two Libertarians are running for
the 23rd District seat. David Aguilar,
Francisco “Quico” Canseco, Joseph Mack “Doc” Gould,
Will Hurd, Mike Kueber
and Robert “Doc” Lowry are all seeking the GOP nod to take on Rodriguez. Libertarians
Martin Nitcschke and Jessie A. Bonley
also are competing for the job. State Sen.
Carlos Uresti and Rep. Pete Gallego
are unopposed in the Democratic Primary but Dick Bowen and Robert Sol Mayer
will face off for the Republican nomination to face Uresti
and Yolanda Sotelo Garza will face Thomas “T.C.” Kindaid, Jr. for the chance to face Gallego.
Libertarian Mette Ann Baker of Dryden is seeking Uresti’s job. It might be
easier to list Texans not running for governor. Incumbent Rick
Perry faces a challenge from US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and lesser-known
Debra Medina of Wharton in the Republican Primary but there are seven candidates
in the Democratic primary and five Libertarians seeking the state’s top
office. The Democratic
primary offers Bill White, Felix Alvarado, Bill Dear, Farouk Shami, Alma Ludivina Aguado, Clement E. Glenn and Starr Locke. Libertarians
will choose between Jeff Daniel, Steve Nichols, M.J. “Smitty”
Smith, Edward “Ed” Tidewell and Katherine
Youngblood Glass. Both major
party candidates for lieutenant governor are unopposed in their primaries but
Democrat Ronnie Earle will challenge incumbent Republican David Dewhurst in November. Libertarian
candidates for the number two state job are Scott Jameson and Todd Minor. The
Libertarian Party does not have a primary but has county, district and state
conventions to nominate their candidates. County
conventions will be March 13, district conventions will be March 20 and
the candidates for governor and other statewide officials will be selected at
the June 12 state convention in Austin. New filings in
Brewster County included Van Neie, Jr., for county
commissioner, Pct. 4 and Danielle J. Gallo for Democratic precinct chair,
Pct. 3. County Judge
Val Beard will face Avinash K. “Avi”
Rangra for re-election and there is a three way race
for county commissioner Place 2. Bill Bourbon and Andy Byrnes will take on
incumbent Kathy Killingsworth, And Democratic
Party Chair Dale Christophersen faces a challenge
from Clarence Russeau. Republican
Chairman Greg Inderlied said there were no local races
in the Brewster County GOP primary. By
ANNA La FLEUR News
Leader Writer AUSTIN –
Sanderson and Marathon High School graduates who are past their high school
football careers may have another chance to play their favorite sport. Joy Helbing of Alumni Football USA said she is trying to
organize alumni football games for West Texas. “This is an opportunity
for former football players to get on the field one more time and play a full
contact game with full gear and regular high school game rules,” Helbing said. Bob Cazet, the founder and director of Alumni Football USA
based in Santa Rosa, CA, has organized these games for the past 19 years. Tim
Bishop is the Texas Regional Director based in Austin. The games are
organized in other states and are now being set up in Texas. “This will be
an opportunity to raise money through pre-sale tickets when they collect half
of the proceeds,” Helbing said. “So far, 1,200
players have signed up to play and we’ve only reached a tiny portion of the
state.” Rosters for
teams are being compiled from Alpine, Balmorhea, Christoval, Dell City, Junction, Marfa, Marathon, Mason,
Menard, Sanderson, Sonora and Van Horn. Players can
sign up to play by visiting www.WestTexasB.com. Fans and
players alike can link to individual Facebook pages
to discuss and reminisce about rivalries, players and games, Helbing said. SANDERSON –The
Terrell County Fair Board plans three work days to get the Fair Hall ready
for the 31st Annual County Fair this month. Adult-only
volunteers will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan 10, for the first work detail.
Fair Board President Wayne Truesdell said children
should not be involved in the first work session because a lot of heavy
equipment will be used. “We’ve got a
lot of work to do,” he said. Workers will
again show up at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, to
prepare for the fair, which will be all day Saturday, Jan 23. County
Extension Agent Mark Carroll said some 80 animals have been validated and the
fair could set a new record. Revenues could
be a problem because of the economy, however. The fair produced more than
$17,000 last year, significantly higher than the previous year’s $14,000,
which also was a new record. But 4-H
Livestock Liaison Clay Houston said revenues are slow coming in this year and
asked board members to pursue funding resources. There will be
a change in the schedule for the main day this year. In years past,
there was animal judging in the morning, a noon barbecue luncheon and the
auction after the meal. Because there
has been a rush to get the judging done in the morning, it was decided to
move the meal to an evening meal, starting at 4:30 p.m., and to have the
auction in conjunction with the evening meal. Vendors will
be available for those who need a noon meal. There will be
a free dance at 8 p.m. that evening with a band from Del Rio, arranged by
Alan Askins. Truesdell
said Askins did not know the band’s name. The Terrell
County 4-H Club also plans to raffle off a Remington 312 12-gauge,
over/ under shotgun with proceeds going to the club. Tickets will
be $5 each and the winner will be announced at the Saturday evening auction. The event will
get under way with the acceptance of arts and crafts entries, 4-H and school
projects, food and displays from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan 21. On Friday, Jan
22, arts and crafts entries will continue to be accepted and booth and vendor
set ups will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Judging of
arts and crafts will be from 1 to 4 p.m. and livestock check in for lamb,
goats, pigs and cattle will be from 12 noon to 6 p.m. The fair day
itself will get underway with check in for rabbits, chickens and horses from
7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and the livestock and arts and crafts shows from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Animals in the
show will include rabbits, chickens, goats, lambs, pigs, cattle and horses. There will be
a pet show at 2:30 p.m. Proceeds that
go to the Fair Board are used to offset the cost of presenting the fair. By
KIM RAPP Production
Manager SANDERSON –
Right now, families of the deceased can chose between the county-run Cedar
Grove Cemetery and the private Santa Rita for burial here but at least three
others cemeteries were in town prior to the opening of the current burial
grounds. One was
located across the street from The RoundHouse Café
on Oak Street. Around 1910,
while digging the foundation for a railroad men’s bunkhouse, workmen
discovered numerous coffins. Commissioner’s
Court at that time gave permission to remove the remains and move them to the
present cemeteries. All remains were not located then, however.
In the 1940s, workman found buttons, bones and portions of a coffin while
digging in a back yard to place a propane tank in the same area. The book
“Terrell County, Texas – Its Past, Its People” tells of another cemetery located behind
the Western Hills Motel, now known as the Budget Inn. A few
old-timers remember this cemetery, but most do not remember any cemetery
other than the current two. A third burial
ground was located just west of Javelina Hill, at
the intersection of Cargile and US Highway 90. In “about”
1927, all locatable remains were moved to the present cemeteries, the history
book reports. Some say the
cemetery behind what is now the Budget Inn was never there and a few other
old-timers remember one being there but no other details. Donna Smith,
who was deputy Terrell County clerk for the last 10 years, said she did
extensive research on this particular cemetery and there “simply is no record
of it at the courthouse.” Whether
there’s record of it or not, it was there. Local resident
Tony Calzada does remember it being there and his
older sister, Olivia Salinas, remembers a nine-year-old boy named Reyes
Marquez was buried there and later moved to Santa Rita Cemetery. She also
remembers a boy, 11 years of age, with the last name Garza being buried
there, later moved to Santa Rita. He was the son of Tomasita
“Tomi” Garza. An organization
called Woodmen of the World owned the property and “allowed” a few burials,
possibly 10 to 12, Salinas said. The property
was then sold to Frank Wiggin, who sent letters to families and publically
posted at the Post Office for families to excavate their loved ones and
remove them from the property. At the time,
the remains were taken to either the Santa Rita Cemetery or Cedar Grove
Cemetery. Tony’s wife, Edelmira, does not remember the cemetery itself but
vividly remembers being told stories about the site. Edelmira is currently
the vice-president of Sanderson Cemetery Association and helped with some history
on the Santa Rita. She documented
that the land that Santa Rita is on was purchased by deed by the Association
in 1925 and the fence was erected simply for land boundary purposes. The plots are
not for sale. They are donated, she said. Calzada said she has
names of several deceased whose remains were moved to Santa Rita from other
cemeteries in the early 1900s. Smith
remembers playing as a child, maybe six or seven years old,
and finding human remains in the root cellar, which was located at the site
of the cemetery across from the RoundHouse Café. This story may
get even more interesting and our research is on-going. Any further information
will be published in a later issue of the News Leader. If anyone has
documented proof of any of the cemeteries, please call me at 432/290-4053. WASHINGTON, DC
– The office of US Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez announced
this week that two jobs in Terrell County had been “saved or created” with
$169,938 in “direct and guaranteed loans for rural housing.” He said 14
counties in his 23 Congressional District received a
combined $30 million in loans, administered by the US Department of
Agriculture. The funding
comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the
“stimulus.” “While the
economic downturn affected all of us, rural residents were hit particularly
hard,” Rodriguez said. “This program is a life-saver for so many rural
residents who have been unable to purchase their own homes. “Once again,
we are seeing that the Recovery Act is working to put people back on their
feet, create and save jobs and stimulate our economy,” he said. Rodriguez said
Brewster County got $568,623, Bexar County received $16,213,704, Crockett got
$71,050, Pecos County benefitted by $1,135,686, Culberson County received
$202,132 and Dimmit County took in $224,450. Jeff Davis
County received $111,224, El Paso County got $3,770,268, Maverick County
took in $5,928,141 and Medina County got $899,580. Reeves County
received $62,244, Uvalde County got $805,543 and Zavala County took in
$88,500. Total jobs
“saved or created” in the district were 365, Rodriguez said. Earlier,
Rodriguez announced that ten counties in the district will receive a combined
$1.2 million in federal funding to help local response organizations meet the
needs of the hungry and the homeless. “Hunger and
poverty do not discriminate between young and old, male and female, veteran
and non-veteran or different ethnicities,” Rodriguez said. “Everyone
suffers and sometimes people just need a helping hand,” he said. “During the
harsh winter months, filling these needs becomes even more critical. “This FEMA
[Federal Emergency Management Agency] funding will allow local response
organizations to continue providing food and shelter to the most vulnerable
populations,” Rodriguez said. Pecos County
will receive $10,117, Presidio County is in line for $8,723 and Val Verde
County is scheduled to get $27,489. Bexar County
will receive $718,385, Dimmit County will get $6,053 and $387,505 will go to
El Paso County. Maverick
County is in line for $47,843, Medina County will receive $18,603, Uvalde
County is set to receive $12,892 and Zavala County will get $8,293, for a total
of $1,245,903. AUSTIN – The
Texas comptroller’s office is offering 18 free taxpayer seminars around the
state this month to help new and existing business owners understand their
state tax responsibilities. “A diverse
economy, growing work force and friendly business climate attract more
businesses to the Lone Star state every day,” Comptroller Susan Combs said. A complete
list of locations, dates and times is available at www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/seminars.html. Taxpayers can
learn about sales tax forms, filing and paying taxes electronically, taxable
goods and services and “e-services” to help taxpayers manage their accounts
online. Combs said the
e-mail subscription service alerts taxpayers when new tax information is
posted online and there is an array of other services and information
available from the comptroller’s office to assist taxpayers. Comptroller
representatives will answer questions and provide assistance to attendees. “A strong and
diverse business community is the key to Texas’ economic strength,” Combs
said. “We are committed to assisting Texas businesses by making taxes
simpler, smarter, faster and, above all, transparent. We owe it to our
taxpayers to provide the best customer service possible.” Those who are
unable to attend the seminars can call the Comptroller’s tax assistance line
at 800/252-5555. Tax forms and
tax information also can be found on the comptroller’s web site at www.window.state.tx.us.
By
ANNA La FLEUR News
Leader Writer SANDERSON –
There were conflicting reports here about the effects of the economic crisis
facing the nation in the year just ended with some hospitality businesses
reporting an uptick in business while others were off from earlier years. The Budget Inn
reported more customers for the New Year’s holiday this year than last year.
Other motels said they had less business than last year. Big Bend
National Park spokesman David Elkowitz said the
park had fewer visitors than the previous year but he said hotels and motels
in the park may have had more visitors than he would know about. Danny Fergison from the lodge inside the park reported business
has been up and down at the same time. Fergison said even
though there are more park visitors staying at the lodge, there is less
spending on gifts than usual. Mike Boren,
executive director of the Big Bend Natural History Association, said sales
were up about five percent in park book stores in 2009. He said so far
in 2010, sales have been up slightly more than that. Overall, it
was reported that people visiting the park were still arriving to stay in the
park but spending is not as prevalent as it used to be. Fort Lancaster
Site Director Chris Elliott said 2009 was down from the previous year but the
overall trend is upward. “We have seen
a dramatic rise in visitation in 2008 compared to previous years,” Elliot
said. “This can be attributed to an extreme change in operations.” He said the
site is now open seven days a week, instead of four, staff has been increased
from one in 2007 to five the next year. Fort Lancaster
has also increased its advertising budget and made improvements to the site. “Even though
2009 wasn’t as great as 2008, it still is constantly increasing,” he said. “We are also continually increasing our
operations to better suit our visitors. Traditionally as the economy
declines, individuals find more affordable ways of entertainment,
therefore we see a rise in our visitation.” Carolyn Hutto at the Terrell County Visitors Center here said
there has been a major increase in tourists stopping there in the last two
weeks, on their way to Big Bend. She said
tourists are buying things at the center to remind them of their trip to West
Texas. Remembering Albert ‘Al-B’ Peña By
KIM RAPP Production
Manager SANDERSON –
Nieves Alberto Peña, also known as Albert and known
to some as Al-B, passed away peacefully in his home last week. To me, he will
be remembered as someone you could count on for a smile. Apparently he was
also known as a “prankster.” Some locals
knew Peña when he ran the Arroyo Grande Cantina,
some remember him traveling the country as a truck
driver with sidekick Nina Picasso and some remember him hauling our Eagles to
football games, basketball games and wherever else they were going. I once asked
him why he did that and he simply smiled and said, “I love it.” Sometimes, his
love of traveling with the kids paid off for him, like when he got to attend
a hockey game with the Odessa Jackalopes and found
a carnival in the parking lot. Peña also loved to
cook and the more people who came to eat, the better he liked it. Those who
worked with Al-B also enjoyed the cooking of his mother, “Grandma Connie.” At a beautiful
memorial service this week, I learned that he also had a knack for “pushing
people’s buttons, only to make them smile,” sister Susan Duarte said. However you
remember him, I bet it will be with a smile. By
MARK GLOVER Contributing
Editor CASTELON -
Texas photographers Walter Frerck and Blair Pittman
have been stacking up award-winning photographs ever since they met in the
buzz of the Houston Chronicle newsroom in 1965. Both
eventually traded city life for the Big Bend desert. Gone are their
nearly matching 1962 Rambler Station wagons, regular spelunking, several
wives, the vacation drives to the Big Bend and film. But the duo keeps on
clicking. Corralling
these two legends was not easy. So when I finally got the call, I was ready. “Why don’t we
go down south,” Frerck said from his home in
Alpine. “We’ll meet Blair at the Johnson Ranch. Got something to look at.” I quickly
agreed, although I had no idea where the Johnson Ranch was. Several hours
later and 16 miles east of Castelon off the River
Road in the Big Bend National Park, a hand painted sign at a fork in the dirt
road let me know we had arrived. I had a
feeling my editor Robert Halpern chose me for this
assignment because I had the most to gain on photography – in other words,
get some lessons while you’re at it. In a flat
perch overlooking a thicket of Salt Cedar that hid the meandering Rio Grande,
the south side of the Chisos Mountains, a towering
red-brown rock monolith shooting up to 6,000 feet, beckoned in the distance
as our three truck entourage parked. “You have how
many kids?” Pittman asked. “Four,” I
said. “I raised
seven,” he chuckled. Pittman came
to the Big Bend the first time in the 1940s. He caught pneumonia in Arkansas
at the age of four and the doctor told his father the boy needed a hot, dry
climate. “We moved to
Pecos. There weren’t any trees, so I found a lumber yard to play in,” Pittman
recalled, the partial sun illuminating his lamb chop sideburns jutting from
under his cap. “One day while
crawling under a bundle of 2 x 4s I ran face to face with a rattlesnake,” he
said. “He struck but my pet cat jumped in front and took the snake’s full
blow. Saved my life.” The cat’s
swollen head was treated with a poultice of lechuguilla
juice concocted by the cleaning lady. The cat lived. “Cortisone,”
big John Klingemann said as the three of us leaned
over the open hood of Pittman’s Toyota. “Used to be a factory in Alpine that
produced natural cortisone from lechuguilla.” This cat story
and more will be part of Pittman’s sixth book and second in a series called
“Tales from the Terlingua Porch – Volume II,” being
released next week. Pittman’s
first big break after going freelance was his work in the Big Thicket that
made the National Geographic Magazine in October of 1973. A month later
Congress made the Big Thicket a National Preserve. “That’s the
power National Geographic had,” Pittman said. After a picnic
of chicken salad sandwiches under high wispy clouds, author and historian
Glenn Willeford explained the intent of the old
Johnson Ranch. “The Johnson’s
had hoped to get rich growing cotton in the river valley but they were too
far to market,” Willeford said. “Later they grew
truck crops for the quicksilver mines in Terlingua.
Beans, squash, corn.” From the
remnants of the old adobe ranch house, Willeford
pointed toward Mule Ears. “They use to
fly deHaviland DH-4 bi-planes between the ears,” he
said. In the vast
plateau of the ranch, less than a mile from the ranch house, the US military
operated a landing strip from 1936 to 1939. “Pilot
training,” Willeford explained. 1939 was a
busy year for the Johnson Ranch. A copy of the guest registry that Willeford pulled from his notes shows the first guest
that year was J. Frank Dobie. Amelia Earhart
and an unknown male companion landed that summer. And the famous sculptor of
Mount Rushmore visited in October. “Gutzon Borglum was hoping to convince the feds to fund
another Mount Rushmore project,” Willeford said, as
he nodded at the vertical face of the Chisos. I watched Jean
Hardy-Pitman gaze at the rock cliffs of the mountain, her burgundy coat
ablaze in a beam of sunlight. I set the dial
on my camera to “auto” and then thought about the lesson I had received
earlier from Frerck. “Light is most
important. Sunrises and sunsets are best,” Frerck
explained on the ride down. “Mid-day light in the desert is unforgiving but
sometimes you can use the F-stop and the shadows to get contrast.” Frerck started his
photo-journalism career in St Louis with the now defunct newswire service,
United Press International. He was
transferred to Little Rock and later to Houston and covered the NASA space
program, Super Bowls, World Series and a number of other events including
Hurricane Beulah, the storm of the year in 1967 that ravished south Texas. His photo of a
man leaning into the wind in front of a flooded house near a clump of beached
shrimp boats won The National Press Photography Award. In 1988 he
became a free-lance photo-journalist and his portfolio includes two books on
Spanish, Moroccan and Mexican architecture, a short film on the man who lived
in the cleft of Mariscal Canyon and a number of
photos and copy for newspapers and magazines worldwide including the French
wire service, Agence France-Presse. Toward the end
of day on the way out of the park we stopped at Sotol
Vista. I caught the two photographers in a shaft of horizontal glow from the
setting sun. Pittman smiled
and nodded. “That’s good light,” he said. SANDERSON –
The News Leader had several calls about a low-flying helicopter circling town
Fright night, many thinking it may have been a medivac
helicopter on a medical mission. US Border
Patrol spokesman Bill Brooks said the helicopter was called in to shine a
search-light on the railroad tracks looking for some illegal aliens who
escaped from a roundup. Agents had
rounded up several suspects but Brooks said a couple of them got away. Some agents in
vehicles searched back roads but found nothing. Others walked on foot along
the railroad tracks. Agents
suspected the pair may have boarded a freight train that had stopped in the
area but a search failed to turn up anything. Brooks said
while two got away, most of the suspects being rounded up remained in custody. New Year
brings some more visiting By
ANNA La FLEUR News
Leader Writer SHEFFIELD –
Marine Lance Corporal Charles Michael Galvan visited family here for the
holidays. Charles is stationed at Twenty Nine Palms, CA. He visited his
dad, Carlos & Roxanna Galvan, and his sisters Tiffany & Racheal in Sheffield. He also visited his mother, Rosella
Falcon. And Charles
visited grandparents Paul & Connie Galvan in Sanderson. He also visited
his aunt Diana Galvan, his uncle Oscar Galvan and his aunt Laura Rubio. Rene &
Laura Rubio, Analise Rubio, Jonathan Calzada, Roy Shoemaker & Alan Marquez then went to
Sheffield to continue the visit. The group ate
steaks and played pool. Carlos Galvan said it was a day to remember. Daniel Jake Lemkuil, wife Alyssa & seven-year-old Tessa Marie
visited Sanderson recently. Daniel is the son of Dirk Lemkuil
of Sanderson. The family is
from Houston, where Daniel is running for Republican nomination to judge of
the 309 District Court. To get to know
Daniel, visit www.lemkuilforjudge.com.
Dirk said Alyssa is a family law attorney in Houston and that is how the
couple met. Sanderson has
a new resident. Bryan Warby moved here from
southern Utah recently. Warby enjoys living
here because of the quietness of the town. He often compares Sanderson to Mayberry
because of the small-town atmosphere and the kindness of the folks here. Mid-Tex of
Midland is a company name that has appeared in the News Leader a few times
recently. It is the
“contractor at risk” for the $14 million Terrell County School bond program. There is a new
superintendent for their crew working in Sanderson. Joe Marquez lives near
Midland with his family. He replaces Kevan Amonett who was
transferred to a job in San Angelo. Marquez is
here four days a week overseeing the construction at the schools. The
grandfather is the brother of Sanderson resident Jesse Marquez, who is in his
eighties and still enjoys working hard. Employees
speak highly of Joe Marquez and say he is a good Christian man who cares
about people. It’s School
Board Recognition Month AUSTIN –
January is School Board Recognition Month, a time when districts across the
state show their appreciation of the role elected boards of education play in
their local schools and communities. “The biggest
challenge of education is also one of its greatest strengths,” Gov. Rick
Perry said in proclaiming the month. “During a time when state and national
mandates rightly place more emphasis than ever on setting the bar high for
education, it remains important for each community to retain control of its
own educational system.” Serving
without pay on the Terrell County ISD Board are President Ada
Lee Robbins, Vice President Eddy Benavidez, Secretary Johnnie Couch and
Trustees Sandy Pierce, Cheryl Seidel, Neto Calzada and James Chapoy. “Balancing the
need for local control with directives coming down from larger governmental
bodies is neither an easy nor oftentimes appreciated task but, for over two
centuries, school boards have risen to such challenges,” Perry said. “Complicating
matters further are issues such as the rapidly expanding role of technology
in the classroom, the challenge to keep our children both educated and
physically active and – as always – the difficulties inherent in dealing with
budgetary priorities,” he said. “The people
who make up these boards are uncompensated and, all too often, unsung for
their efforts,” the governor said. “These people volunteer their time because
they care. They care about their communities, they care about their schools
and, most importantly, they care about the children. “Each year the
Texas Association of School Boards designates January as School Board
Recognition Month to emphasize to all of us the importance of the services
these dedicated men and women provide to the schools and children of Texas,”
Perry said. “At this time, I urge all Texans to recognize the invaluable
contributions realized through the work of our school boards.” “Today’s
public schools face tremendous challenges and opportunities, making the
school board’s role more critical than ever before,” TASB Executive Director
James B. Crow said. “Local trustees diligently work with community leaders,
parents and educators to develop sound education policies. “They help set
high standards in the education system, encouraging us to strive to reach
those goals and better prepare the next generation of leaders in our state
and nation,” he said. “We encourage every community to acknowledge the
commitment that board service requires of more than 7,000 locally elected
school board members in Texas and support them as they tackle the enormous
task of governing school districts. “We applaud
their dedication as they offer vision and leadership and work to empower
every child to succeed,” Crow said. TASB is a
nonprofit association established in 1949 to serve local Texas school
districts. School board
members are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state. The districts
they represent serve more than 4.7 million public school students. ALPINE – Web
and regular registration for Sul Ross State
University’s spring 2010 classes continues through Wednesday, Jan. 20. Spring classes
start Thursday, Jan. 21, and continue until May 15. Web
registration for spring classes continues from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through
Jan. Regular
registration will also continue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Jan. 20 in BAB
Room 202. Late registration will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Jan. 21, in the
same room. New students
must report to the room before beginning any part of the registration
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