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ELGIN COURIER - ELGIN, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020
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MEMBER
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105 North Main St.
P.O. Box 631
Elgin, TX 78621
Potter, Moore and Deaf
Smith. Governor’s Surge
Response Teams are at
work in those Panhandle
counties to increase test-
ing, maintain hospital
capacity and ensure that
COVID-19 is contained
and mitigated.
Cumulative figures
posted on May 21 by
the Texas Department
of State Health Services
showed that some 52,268
people in Texas had been
diagnosed with COVID-
19 and 1,440 deaths re-
sulting from the virus
pandemic had been con-
firmed.
ELGIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT -
Dr. Jodi Duron
512-281-3434
Gail Schobey
OFFICE MANAGER
ar@elgincourier.com
Budget cuts ordered
Gov. Abbott, Lt. Gov.
Dan Patrick and House
Speaker Dennis Bonnen
on May 20 sent a letter to
state agencies and institu-
tions of higher education
directing each of them
to submit a plan identi-
fying savings to reduce
general revenue-related
appropriations by 5% for
the 2020-2021 two-year
budget cycle.
The three highest-rank-
ing state officials urge
agencies and institutions
of higher education to
pursue cost-saving strat-
egies that will not affect
the state’s response to
BASTROP COUNTY
COUNTY JUDGE-Paul Pape
512-332-7201
SHERIFF - Maurice Cook
512-549-5100
COUNTY COURT AT LAW -
Judge Benton Eskew
512-581-4277
CITY OF ELGIN
MAYOR - Chris Cannon
512-516-0813
CITY MANAGER - Tom Mattis
512-281-5724
POLICE CHIEF-Patrick South
512-285-5757
FIRE CHIEF - Randy Reyna
512-281-4025
Julianne Hodges
MANAGING EDITOR
julianne.hodges@elgincourier.com
Board of Trustees:
• President Byron Mitchell,
Dis. 1
• Vice President Beth Walter-
scheidt. Dis. 3
• Parliamentarian Angie Ed-
mon. Dis. 4
• Geno Chavarria, Dis. 2
• J.D. Harkins, Dis. 5
• Juanita Valarie Neidig, Dis. 6
• David Glass, Dis. 7
Ron Ramirez
SPORTS EDITOR, CIRCULATION
ronram512@yahoo.com
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COMMISSIONERS:
• Mel Hamner (Pct.l)
512-332-7295
• Clara Beckett (Pct.2)
512-360-2764
• Mark Meuth (Pct.3)
512-303-6800
• Donna Snowden (Pct.4)
512-332-7267
Elgin City Council:
• Mary Penson (Ward 1)
512-281-4158
• Jessica Bega (Ward 1)
512-653-1900
• Juan Gonzalez (Ward 2)
512-285-6499
• Susie Arreaga (Ward 2)
512-750-8178
• Daniel Lopez (Ward 3)
512-281-5724
• Brad Jones (Ward 3)
512-922-6418
• Sue Brashar (Ward 4)
512-689-5692
• Forest Dennis (Ward 4)
512-483-1818
Jacki Gabryshak
ADVERTISING SALES & MARKETING
sales@elgincourier.com
Heather Ott
ADVERTISING SALES/N.I.E. DIRECTOR
ads@elgincourier.com
Jim Beaver
PUBLISHER
publisher@elgincourier.com
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Justices Of The Peace:
• Cindy Allen (Pct.l)
512-581-4258
• Raymah Davis (Pct.2)
512-581-7112
• Katherine Hanna (Pct.3)
512-332-7288
• Larry Dunne (Pct.4)
512-581-7162
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Child care funding
is cut
The Texas Workforce
Commission on May 19
announced the phase-out
of a $200 million emer-
gency program to subsi-
dize child care for Texas’
essential workers.
Subsidies were put in
place to assist both es-
sential workers and child
care centers during lim-
ited enrollment. With
Texas reopening, essen-
tial workers who are al-
ready on the subsidized
plan will continue to re-
ceive child care for the
three-month period they
were initially approved
for under the program.
Effective June 1, the
Texas Workforce Com-
mission will reinstate the
requirement for parents
receiving financial assis-
tance to pay for a portion
of their costs.
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COVID-19, such as forgo-
ing capital expenditures
that can be deferred,
avoidable travel expen-
ditures and administra-
tive expenses that are
not mission critical, and
keeping unfilled any
open positions that are
not essential to Texas’
COVID-19 response.
According to the let-
ter, certain agencies and
activities are exempted
from the directive
“given the importance
of the state’s response to
COVID-19 and the conti-
nuity of critical govern-
ment functions.”
TSTA: It’s too early
The Texas State Teach-
ers Association, in a May
20 news release, said
June 1 is too early to re-
open school buildings for
summer school classes
and demanded that the
state and local school
districts agree to enforce
a detailed list of safety
requirements for school
campuses before reopen-
ing buildings to students
and school employees.
“With the COVID-19
pandemic continuing to
rage across Texas, the
health and safety of stu-
dents, educators and our
communities need to re-
main our first priority,”
said TSTA President Noel
Candelaria. “The pan-
demic has struck in the
vast majority of Texas’
254 counties and more
than 1,200 new cases
were reported yesterday.
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public to comment on issues of interest or concern
to the community. They should refrain from
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Fourteen people died
of COVID-19 in Dallas
County alone, a daily
high for Dallas.”
Candelaria said TSTA is
demanding adequate sup-
plies of protective gear
for everyone in every
school workplace, steps
that must be taken to
enforce social distancing
and sanitation practices
and strong enforcement.
“Half-hearted enforce-
ment will endanger stu-
dents and educators, and
our members will not
stand for it on their cam-
puses,” said Candelaria.
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Gov. Greg Abbott on
May 18 allowed restau-
rants to increase occu-
pancy to 50% and relaxed
his earlier executive or-
ders that limited certain
other public activities
over the last two months
to reduce the spread of
COVID-19.
Reopenings, Abbott
said, must adhere to re-
stricted occupancy levels
and minimum standard
health protocols laid out
by the Texas Department
of State Health Services.
Notably, public schools
have the option to pro-
vide in-person summer
school so long as they
follow social distanc-
ing practices and health
protocols laid out by the
state health department.
Classes may begin as
soon as June 1.
“I ask all Texans to con-
tinue heeding the guid-
ance of our state and
federal medical experts
and do their part to pro-
tect public health. If we
all unite in our resolve,
we will overcome this
challenge,” Abbott said.
The full list of guide-
lines, openings and rele-
vant dates is available at
gov.texas.gov/opentexas.
Certain counties
where there are surges
in COVID-19 cases will
have their beginning
date of Phase II delayed
until May 29. Those
Amarillo-area counties
where a spike in cases
has been confirmed in-
clude El Paso, Randall,
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Hodges, Julianne. Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 27, 2020, newspaper, May 27, 2020; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1555574/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.