The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 46, Ed. 1 Monday, June 7, 2004 Page: 2 of 27
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MONDAY
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THE ALVIN SUN
MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2004
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INSIDE ACC
State 1 Capital
Alvin, Sunny Side Up
school’s
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
(512) 463-0117 fax: (512) 463-0639
P.O. Box 888
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
(409) 297-5261 fax: (409) 297-7996
U.S. Senator
KAY B. HUTCHISON
284 Russell Senate Office Building
Washingion. D.C. 20510
U.S. Senator
John Cornyn
United States Senate
Washington, D.C 20510-5922
Attention parents! It’s summertime.
This is a time when many recent
high school graduates are wondering
where they go from here now that they
are out of high school.
Some sophomores and juniors are
U.S. Representative
TOM DeLAY
District 22
2370 Rayhum House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515-4322
(202) 224-5922
fax: (202) 228-2856
712 Main St. Suite 2400
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 229-2766 fax: (713) 718-4004
(512) 463-0707
(512) 463-5896 Fax District Office
2404 South Grand Blvd, Suite 115
Pearland, TX 77581
Though the name changed
this spring, the big hoopla
won’t come until Oct. 2, when a
The Alvin 11
field by goin
this month.
Steeples and
Jordan Steph
State Senator
Kyle Janek
District 17
PO Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
President
GEORGE W. BUSH
The White House
Washington. D.C. 20500
(202) 456-1414
president@ white-house.gov
CLUES DOWN
1. Increase motor speed
2. Ancient Greek City
3. Insures bank’s depositors
4. Remunerations
Governor
RICK PERRY
PO. Box 12428
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 463-2000 fax: (512) 463-1849
S. Seaports
6. A fragrant resin obtained from trop-
ical trees
7. King of Huns (Scandinavian)
8. Worldly rather than spiritual
9. Silk cloth
10. _ City, FL
11. Treat with calcium oxide
12. Suit to__
15. Mathematical bases
21. French for in
22. Strays
25. A list of dishes available at a restau-
rant
26. A way to dislike intensely
27. Period of plant and animal life
28. Tritde
29. Supplements with difficulty
30. Subarctic forests
31. Distinguish oneself
32. Mr. _, 2002 Adam Sandier movie
34. Free from psychological disorder
37. A slight or partial paralysis
38. Held for money
40. Indian Seaport
41. Cool
43. A son of Noah
44. Popular salad
46. African nation
47. Commoner
48. Capital of Italia
49. Norse god
50. Copyread
51. Drives
52. A tributary of the Mississippi River
53. Criterion
57. Car mechanics group
(202) 224-5922 fax: (202) 228-2856
961 Federal Building, 300 East 8th
Austin, TX 78701
(512)916-5834
senatorathutchison.senate.gov
(202) 225-5951 fax: (202) 225-5241
701 Corporate Drive Suite 118
Stafford, TX 77477
1-800-759-5748
fax (281) 240-2959
tomdelay.house.gov
TUESDAY,
JUNE 8.
The Alvin Sun
& Advertiser
40. Sheets of glass
41. In a way, deprived of freedom
42. Expungings
44. Arteries
45. Before
46. Girls
47. Fill with lavish expectations
54. California town
55. Cognitive contents
56. Conductance units
58. Utter sounds
59. Italian city
60. Mammal genus
61. Affliction
62. Romanov
63. Put top on
'Rate valid thro
event weeker
6300
Historic Texas fighting
squad gets back its name
I’ve learned a lot of stuff this year, ...but I
don’t feel any smarter....! guess being
smart kinda’ sneaks up on you...
State Representative
Glenda Dawson
Capitol Office
Room EXT E2 302
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
1. Officials
5. Mend
9. Type of opening
13. Spanish city
14. Communion table
16. Notice of someone's death
17. Bridal covering
18. Popular song of old
19. Alaskan town
20. BA
23. Hindu queen
24. Wrath
25. Houses
28. In a way, oozed out
33. Balsam fir trees
34. Behalfs
35. A way to hack
36. Greek letters
37. Fences
38. Brown or white
39. A young child
EDITORIAL/OPINIONS
Parents should help kids plan to succeed
281-331-3345
Behind Wendel's Tool Rental
Complete Auto Repair
Foreign and Domestic
SPRING SPECIAL!
(Cooling System Check & A/C Service
HIGHLIGHTS
Complied by Ed Starling
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Sor local news,
C/c
Jhe Oun is your source
Call Your Sales Rep
Today!
, CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN
E Troy Hansen
: 580 FM 517, Bldg. F • Alvin, TX 77511
CALL 281-331-4421
The Alvin Sun & Advertiser
Father’s Day
Salute and
will be publishing
Special
- Father's Day Pages
on Sunday, June 13
Monday, June 14
and
Wednesday, June 16.
The Round R
- Kenny Hur
Snider, Travis
Kelso, Casey
Of Jesus Chri
SU
With little fanfare and hardly
any public notice, the 55-year-
old 49th Armored Division,
which amounts to nearly two-
thirds of the Texas National
Guard, has been renamed the
36th Infantry Division.
Eventually, the division will
have less heavy armor, focusing
more on being a lighter and
faster force similar to some of
the divisions used in Iraq.
The conversion restored the
historic name of one of
America’s most famous fight-
ing outfits, better known in
World War I and World War D
as the T-Patchers.
Originally made up of citi-
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zen-soldiers from Texas and formal “re-flagging” ceremony
Oklahoma, the division’s is set for Camp Mabry, head-
insignia was a T inside a blue quarters of the Guard.
arrowhead, symbolizing the “The 36th has got a tremen-
two states. dous war record,” Texas
Keeping the same patch, the Adjutant General Wayne D.
unit became the 36th ID in the Marty said. The reactivation of
1920s. the unit, he continued, “is
After mobilizing at Camp another message that the Texas
Bowie in Brownwood early in National Guard is putting on
World War II, the division was our battle face - that we intend
the first American force to land to be fully engaged in the glob-
in Europe in 1943. al war on terrorism.”
Fighting first in Italy and Students improve on TAKS
later in France, the division suf- Texas’ high school students
fered 16,828 casualties during showed gains in state achieve-
the war. ment tests this spring with 72
But its soldiers won 14 percent of juniors passing all
Medals of Honor, 88 tests taken on the exit-level
Crosses, 2,354 Silver Stars, Knowledge and Skills (TAKS).
5,407 Bronze Stars, 88 Air Last year, only 49 percent of
Medals and 12 Presidential high school juniors passed all
Citations. tests taken.
The division was folded back Among third-graders, 94 per-
into the Texas National Guard cent have now passed the test
after the war and finally deacti- after two tries.
vated in 1968. Please see Highlights, page 5
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