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photo by Marcella Munoz
BY JUAN O. SANCHEZ
Included in this issue is the second part of the list obtained by La Voz that contains the names of individuals and entities involved in the buying, selling, and transfer of water from Uvalde County water permits.
Hi & welcome!
I hope you’re all enjoying our new, cooler weather! Isn’t it nice? I wish it was this way all year ‘round, but I have to remind myself that Texas, despite all its greenery, is still considered to be desert country (which means it’ll stay hot for most of the year – ugh!).
BY JUAN O. SANCHEZ
During the last Uvalde city council meeting, the issue of overtime pay for officers was brought before the council through what was presented as “changes to the city personnel policy.” Read the rest of this entry »
by LEILANI McCLURE
The Phi Theta Kappan honor students of Southwest Texas Junior College have adopted an Operation Green Service Project this year, called the “A Safe Place for a Green Tree Program”. The purpose of this program is to encourage the people of this town to adopt the healthy green trees, especially our live oaks and our pecan trees, as the sites for tiny, shaded, user-friendly mini-parks.
TRACES Center for History and Culture, based in St. Paul, MN, is pleased to announce “VANISHED: German-American Civilian Internment in Texas, 1941-48″, a traveling exhibit touring the state of Texas starting Dec. 2008.Beginning in Uvalde and Crystal City with former internee and internment scholar presenting at a special opening on Dec. 7, the anniversary of the first detainments of German-American civilians in the United States, the exhibit will move around Texas for two years. Read the rest of this entry »
Gun club dictates to city
November 24, 2008 in Commentaries | 1 comment
BY JUAN SANCHEZ
During the last city council meeting, the issue of the lease renewal between the city and the Uvalde Gun Club came up for discussion and action. I find it very ironic that the gun club is the one that dictates to the city how the city’s own property is to be managed.
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