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MONDAY, JULY 8, 2002
THE ALVIN SUN
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We have built our reputation
Helping one family at a time
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Some children go home with a their own small business. Texas
blue ribbon or even a college livestock shows are grooming
scholarship. And every child today's youth into the efficient
leaves with more esteem, a and dedicated agricultural pro-
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They learn how to keep
records of expenditures and
track their progress, much like
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Over the years, we have taken pride in always
being there when we were needed. Our industry is
changing, and we are always alert to improvements
we can make. As a selected member of
Independent Funeral Professionals, our family-
owned local funeral home has demonstrated our
commitment to our community and the families we
serve. We are proud to be selected as one of the
leading independent funeral homes in the country,
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281-585-8406
Pager 281-563-0180
Department recently held com-
mencement ceremonies for its
Health and Medical Training
Program.
Students are instructed in a
variety of topics, including
anatomy, physiology, Swedish
massage techniques, business
ethics and health and hygiene.
Students enrolled in the training
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AMn Community College graduates celebrate. Students took advantage
of the Massage Therapy course and the Medicine Administration for
Nurse Aids course. All are ready to test for certification from the Texas
Department of Health. Mu Epsilon, the ACC Chapter of Phi Theta
Kappa’s International Community College Honor Society, hosted a
reception for the Healthcare Training graduates.
GERALD R. YOAKUM
Attorney A Counselor at Law
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U.S. Senator
PHIL GRAHM
Russell Senate Office Building Rm. 370
Washington, D C 20510
(202) 224-2934
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Stafford, TX 77477
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MOVIE HOTLINE
281-756-0100
324 E. House St. e Bus. 35. Alvin
State Senator
J.E. "BUSTER" BROWN
District 17
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-0117 fax: (512) 463-0639
UA Representative
TOMDeLAY
District 22
2370 Raybum House Office Bldg
Washingion, D C 20515-4322
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284 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington. DC 20510
programs offered in the Health Marilynn Goodnight at 281-
and Medical Department, call 756-3807.
program are required to com-
plete a 50-hour internship at the
end of the course.
The internship requirement is
fulfilled at ACC with an instruc-
tor on site.
Services offered include mas-
sage therapy, and members of
the general public are typically
invited to participate and
receive massages from the stu-
dents.
ACC also offers a new course
. in Pharmacy Technology. The
first graduating class will grad-
uate in December.
For more information on the
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beauty of our state and national chance to learn business skills
forests, their effect on the envi- and financial responsibility
ronment and the more than $1 while developing an animal
billion in Texas wood delivered worthy of the auction ring.
tions and participate in hands-
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on activities.
Stock shows give students a
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duction and economic impact. the state participate in stock
Texas has about 200,000 private shows and fairs every year,
forest landowners, who account They spend months raising
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They offer privacy from roads erwise.
and neighbors and provide This year the San Antonio
shade in the summertime, which Livestock Show will have an
can reduce building cooling exhibit called "The World of
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Dear Editor: fair city say, “I’m from Alvin.” A
The question is raised time and small town south of Houston,
time again, why do we live in surely you have heard of Nolan
Alvin. The answers are numerous, Ryan.
ranging from, “I do not want to That is his hometown" and that is
live in Houston even though I where I live. We still have family
work there,” to “It is a small values in our town. A town where
hometown with a personal touch.” you do business with your neigh-
Your answer really does not bor. A town where directions are
matter. We are here with our own given based on landmarks of fam-
sense of personal pride and will- ily owned businesses that have
ing to call ourselves "Alvinites." been around for 50 to 100 years.
This town is the last of a dying This is a town where restaurants
breed. This town is where many of are named after people you know
us have placed our roots and those and they know you by name when
roots have grown deep. A town you place that order to go. This is
that we hope to find our final rest- a hometown with pride.
ing place. But more importantly, a Not long ago another small town
place we call home. north of Houston made the news
The word hometown is not used nightly as a small group of young
much anymore. When was the last men took on the world in the
time you asked someone, "Where Little League World Series,
are you from?” and they gave you Many of us felt a sense of pride
a direct answer? out of the geographic closeness of
Most of the time you will hear, our neighbors to the north. Most
“Well, I stayed in some town for of us listened nightly to find out if
this many years then we moved to our Texas brethren to the north
... and stayed there for two years had won again.
and now we live ... ” But most of Despite going all the way to the
us when we are away from this See Letters, page 8
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for two-thirds of our timber chickens or feeding and groom-
acreage. Located mainly in East ing steers after school and on
Texas, the forestry industry the weekends. As a number of
gives us a massive array of major stock shows get under-
products including newsprint, way across the state, students
telephone poles, boxes, furni- from all walks of life will learn
ture and computer paper. responsibility, gain respect for
Trees also give us something animals and others and garner
that is difficult to calculate in skills and knowledge for the
terms of dollars: beauty. A rural future.
landscape blanketed with trees. Shows like the San Antonio
with their dense, lush foliage Livestock Show, Fort Worth
and strong branches, make for a Stock Show, Houston Livestock
breathtaking scene. We've got Show and Rodeo and the Star of
everything from post oak to Ion- Texas Fair and Rodeo offer fam-
gleaf pine, and our state tree is, ilies plenty of entertainment
of course, the revered pecan. while contributing heavily to
Trees provide recreational scholarship funds for youth.
outlets like trailriding and pic- Since 1957 the Houston
nicking, as well as wildlife Livestock Show and Rodeo
habitat In cities they improve alone has contributed $85 mil-
air quality by trapping dust and lion for scholarships and educa-
absorbing air pollutants, and tional programs to area youth,
they can improve property val- These shows also help intro-
ues by as much as 20 percent duce agriculture to people who
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Schwind, Jim & Holton, Kathleen. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 53, Ed. 1 Monday, July 8, 2002, newspaper, July 8, 2002; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1602844/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.