The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 2010 Page: 3 of 28
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THE CANADIAN RECORD
TH U R S DAY 2 9 JULY 2 □ 1 □
State Capital
Highlights
By U Sterling
MAS PBISS ASSOGIMIOH
AUSTIN—Out-of-work Texans will have until Nov. 27
to qualify for unemployment benefits, the Texas Work-
force Commission reported July 23. This is thanks to
passage of the Unemployment Compensation Extension
Act of 2010 by Congress on July 22. President Obama
signed the act into law without delay.
About 150,000 Texans had exhausted their unemploy-
ment benefits, the Texas Workforce Commission said.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the federal
government's basic extended benefits program provides
up to 13 additional weeks of benefits when a state is ex-
periencing high unemployment. The national unemploy-
ment rate was 9.5 percent for the month of June. Texas'
unemployment rate was 8.2 percent that month.
Milestone arrest is made
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced
that as of July 13, his office's Fugitive and Cyber Crimes
units had combined for more than 2,000 arrests in the
last seven years. "Thanks to the hard work and perse-
verance of these dedicated peaee offieei's, more than
2,000 criminals have been taken off the streets and held
accountable for their unlawful conduct," Abbott said on
July 22.
"We are grateful to the local, state and federal law
enforcement officials from around the state who helped
make this milestone possible and continue to work with
us to protect Texas families."
The 2,000th, Kirk Brandon Muller, 41, of Austin,
was arrested in Travis County for having unauthorized
contact with a child, a violation of his mandated parole
requirements. In 1993 in Travis County, Muller was con-
victed on four counts of indecency with a child by sexual
contact and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Muller's
victims were four young girls ranging from nine to four
years old.
Uninsured vehicles an decline
Since the launch of the TexasSure auto insurance
verification program two years ago, the number of unin-
sured vehicles on Texas roads is showing signs of decline,
the Texas Department of Insurance reported last week.
Soon after its launch, the database showed that state-
wide, nearly one fourth of vehicles registered in Texas
could not be matched to an insurance policy. By June
2010, the number of unmatched registered vehicles had
declined to 21.65 percent. TexasSure "uninsured no-
tices" are sent to the owners of registered vehicles that
appear not to have auto liability insurance. Customers
are provided with the vehicle registration information
on file and instructions to resolve issues. Customers
may respond by mail, phone or online. The program's
database helps law enforcement confirm whether a
Texas-registered vehiele has valid auto liability insur-
ance. It is able to match nearly all reported auto insur-
ance policies to a registered vehicle. The database has
been available to all 254 county tax assessor-collectors
since June 2008 and to Texas law enforcement since
October 2008.
Fashion fits & starts
By Rnbin L. Mitchell
LET'S PLAY A WORD ASSOCIATION game. The following is a selection of various
fashion fads and flights of fancy. Name the arbitrarily-assigned decades associated with
these particular styles and accoutrements. Consider yourself double-dog dared not to
smile, smirk, giggle or guffaw.
Meshbelly-shirts,poodleskirts, Nehru jackets. Enormously shoulder-padded blazers,
bell-bottoms. Twin-set sweaters, angora sweaters, really—really tight sweaters. Mini-
skirts with go-go boots, granny dresses. Tie-dyed t-shirts, sequined t-shirts, plain white
t-shirts. Saddle oxfords with bobby socks, penny loafers with no socks, tennis soeks with
pom-poms.
More?
Halter tops, leg-warmers, mood rings,, Calvin Klein jeans, fringed leather vests, bax-e
midriffs with belly-button rings.
In hindsight, high school clothing trends are slightly amusing and a little frightening.
Though until you've lived with a wardrobe of sherbet-colored polo shirts, boat shoes and
pastel sweaters destined to artfully drape over the shoulders and stuffed in a closet that
looks like Ralph Lauren threw-up, it's difficult to credibly discuss painful fashion trends.
Right, Marilyn Burress Smith and Phyllis Harvey Storm, Class of '83, Darryl Sword,
'84;Teri Boone Walls, Kelley Cooper Cameron, Kristi King Lowery and Allen Ellison
'85? Miami Vice/Madonna-inspired glam? Totally 80's.
Naturally, the Sixties had all the fun. After all, they did practically invent sex, drugs
and rock-and-roll, right? Perhaps "invent" isn'taccurate—and certainly not at Canadian
High School—but those edgy hipsters tore up the style rule books, donning apparel as
political statement. Brenda Lewis Martin, Jerry Faulkner, Roger Wainwrightand Bobbie
Jo Bunch Ramp, Class of'68; Dixie Flowers Cook, Ricky Hodges and Max Montgomery,
'66 and Sally Hill Boyster, '69 know what I'm talking about.
Fashion arbiters like MarvaLee I 'el roe Hohertz, Betty Willis and Frances Chambers,
'47; Patsy Cook Wilson, '51; Donna Abraham Stainback, '54 and Jackie Sharp Powell, '58
rocked their eras swathed in pleated skirts, dresses fluffy with petticoats and crinolines,
ratted hair and—for the more daring—pedal-pushers. Their fellas were the cat's meow
in tight Levis, chinos and Converse shoes with leather jackets. Classic styles, very cool.
The 70's disco explosion strutted into pop culture stayin' alive with hot pants and
Tony Manero-inspired three-piece leisure suits. Hey, Gary Bob Hutcheson, Carol Smith
Cooper, Julie Hill and Tyna Young Horn, Class of 1978: please explain satin shorts,
glinting gold chains and feathered bangs?
Grunge, punk, goth and hip-hop musical influences on fashion held sway at the close
of the twentieth century with a brief return to semi-preppy looks. Is black still the new
black, Jennifer Godwin Wines, Class of'92, Mindy Hallumand April Maupin Cook, '95?
Millennials un-bling with UGG boots. Turning their hoodie-clad backs on established
brand names, these "Echo Boomers" eschew anything Generation X-esque, browse
American Eagle Outfitter's aisles for drawstring Cargo-pants and accessorize with
tattoos.
Teenagers take their clothing cues from TV (Glee/Gossip Girl/Dawson's Creek/
Welcome Back Kotter/Room 222/Father Knows Best), film (The Secret Life of Walter
Mitty, Rebel Without A Cause, The Graduate, Saturday Night Fever), each other and that
tried-and-true default position: whatever provokes maximum parental exasperation.
Regardless of the inspirational source—creative expression, rebellion or altered
temporal-lobe function—those crazy kids and their duds will continue to entertain and,
thankfully, provide comedic material for future All-School Reunions.
LETTERS
Editorial honesty
WHAT AFINE EDITORIAL response to the
letter of dissent regarding deleted expletives
[Editorial Note to David Young's letter, "No
Offense" in July 22 edition]. Your arguments
were poised, pragmatic, and to the point. But
the phrasing and use of language were down-
right poetic. I dare say it looks like someone
has a career in journalism.
Thank you for sticking to your guns and
doing so with a perfect hint of righteous
indignation. It is a dangerous day indeed
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
Award Winner
when the free press is muzzled, as we saw
this week in the Amarillo area. That several
news organizations sat for several days on the
story of a missing child's body being found
is understandable given that police asked
them to, but the fact that they ran the story
as a solvable cold case—complete with age
progression photos—in the interim, borders
on duplicity.
Again, thank you for your honesty, even
if some don't like their eyes to get "dirtied
up" in the name of exposing such an obvious
detriment to our fine town.
West
Texas Press
Association
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