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THE SCHULENBURG STICKER
THURSDAY, DEC. 3, 2020
Blinn ranked 9th in state
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and associate professor in Texas
The most recent additions to the responders later this month.
The U.S. citrus industry alone
by regulators.
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topics. The library features many tions who are at greater risk.
E-Read Texas collection, and evidence and epidemiology.
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Earlier, Abbott and the State would save $3 billion a year
Department of Health Services through control of just one of
announced their guiding princi- these diseases - citrus greening,
pies of vaccine distribution. Texas Additionally, the pathogen that
will initially allocate vaccines causes Pierce’s disease in grapes
based on the following criteria: is the No. 1 threat to the $1 billion
• Protecting health care work- wine industry in Texas.
ers. The new technologies allow
• Protecting frontline workers, scientists to better study the
• Protecting vulnerable popula- pathogens and combat them.
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CAFETE ENU degree programs has named the participation takes place via live MENU
•Thursday Dec 3 - Hamburgers Blinn College District’s online videoconference at scheduled Breakfast Researcher spotlights • Geographic diversity that
with cheese, ranch beans, lettuce, instruction as one of the best in class times. Daily - Fat-free chocolate or 1% ‘invisible incentives’ considers access in urban and
tomatoes,pickles,onions,fruit,milk. Texas. -Traditional With Live Online, whitemilk. The Texas Enterprise Fund took rural communities.
•Friday, Dec. 4 - Grilled cheese TexasOnlineColleges.com in which students rotate between "Thursday, Dec. 3 App e ru e, a hit for lack of transparency in
sandwiches, chips, carrot sticks, ranked Blinn ninth in the state attending class on campus and Pearsa new research paper from the
cucumber slices, fruit, milk. based upon its array of online participating via live videoconfer- punch juice National Freedom of Information
•Monday, Dec. 7 - Tater tot cas- degree and certificate programs, ence during scheduled class times. .Monday Dec 7 - Cereal, smoothie. Coalition.
serole, seasoned broccoli, fruit, state-leading transfer rate, and -Blended With Live Online, in -Tuesday, Dec. 8-Mini confetti pan- The paper by journalist Steve cause of the economic downturn,
Tue d Dec 8 Macaroni with affordability. The site created its which students rotate between cakes, apple juice. Miller is titled “Invisible Incen- state Comptroller Glenn Hegar
meat sauce garden salad garlic rankings based upon National attending class on campus and par- -Wednesday, Dec. 9 - Doughnuts, tives: How Secrecy Impedes announced.
bread, fruit, milk. Center for Education Statistics ticipating via live videoconference pineapple Evaluation and Accountability of The State Highway Fund and
-Wednesday, Dec. 9 - Beef stew and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statis- during scheduled class times with -Thursday, Dec. 10 -Breakfast pizza, Economic Development Subsi- the Rainy Day Fund each received
with vegetables, crackers, bread, tics data. more than half the class content fruit punch juice. dies.” Part of the paper spotlights more than $ 1.1 billion in the an-
fruit cups, milk. Blinn offers 28 associate de- posted online. n ay, Dec. 11 anca eon a stic , the Texas Enterprise Fund, which nual transfer of severance tax
•Thursday, Dec. 10 - Fish sticks, grees and 18 certificates/skills -Flexible Online, in which all P Lunch the Legislature created in 2003 money, Hegar said. That’s about
macaroni and cheese seasoned peas awards that can be completed class content is posted online for .Thursday Dec 3_Pu||edporks|iderS; to provide taxpayer money to $500 million less for each fund
and carrots, fruit, milk. entirely online. Blinn’s online students to complete. 1 .. ... 1 c .1 .1
FridAv N 11 -yn - r 11 • 1 I P, pickles, baked beans, broccoli with companies in exchange for the than a year ago.
"ri ayDecen urezang programs are fully equivalent These course formats will be cheese, pineapple. promise of jobs. The transfer amounts are based
cheese sandwiches, pickle slice , and hold the same accreditation utilized again this spring, and Epq Ang 4 Reef tacos lettuce g.- , 1 .1 . 1
carrot sticks fruit milk , 0 N ... .. ,, r *rnday, Dec 4 - beeT tacos, ettuce, "But in numerous cases, the oncrudeoilandnaturalgaspro-
, . tace-to-tace courses. Online registration is available now tor tomato cheese ninto beans straw- , , . 1.
. . . , , . A iomaio,cneese,pinio oeans, straw money has been paid and the com- duction tax revenues in excess
students have access to a variety of the spring 2021 semester. For more berries, raisins-HS. 2, e. 21 . , 10 11 .. e .1 .
, ...1 • c 11. j / A , " c । panies left shortly after the deal ot 1987 collections. It either tax
academic resources to assist them, information, visitwww.blinn.edu/ -Monday, Dec. 7 - Steak fingers, J
including the college’s online spring. macaroniandeheese,greenbeans, was completed, taking the jobs generates more revenue than the
library tools and online tutoring. Registration also is open for grapes, pears-HS. with them,” the paper’s author 1987 threshold, an amount equal
•Tuesday,Dec.8-Chickenchilicrispi- writes. “The public rarely hears of to 75 percent of the excess is
tos, refried beans, broccoli and baby it, and the money spent is rarely transferred. In November 2014,
carrotswith ranch, rosy applesauce, recouped, although because of the voters approved a constitutional
•Wednesday Dec.9-Chickenburger, opacity surrounding theTEF, it’s amendment allocating at least
lettuce, tomato, pickles, curly fries, difficult to discern if any financial half of the severance taxes to the
Trhstamed TotLsaona baby recovery by the state is achieved.” Rainy Day Fund, with the remain-
carrots with ranch, corn-on-cob, The problem is the same across der going to the State Highway
breadsticks (2)-HS, mandarin or- most states, according to the pa- Fundfor use on non-toll highway
to position doses of Pfizer Inc.’s and Extension Center in Weslaco.
COVID-19 vaccinefor quick dis- The diseases cause billions
tribution if the shots are approved of dollars of damage each year.
E-Read Texas program offer an “Texas is ready to distribute A&M’s Department of Plant
exciting library on different life these vaccines in the coming Pathology and Microbiology, has
and educational areas such as nu- days,” Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted been working on developing new
trition and diet related resources, Sunday, sharing a Wall Street biological technologies. Mandadi
including many cookbooks. The Journal news story about United and his team are based at the
collection geared for K-8 features Airlines operating charter flights Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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Combined Community Action ....
. provide access to a personal h brar- winter minimester courses are
is continuing its meals program 1 ce 1 .. ,
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tor those age 60 and older. Frozen nic11 1 c . x 1
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, training in online course design to their degree while enjoying the
c lents ve mea s or ve ays meet Quality Matters® standards. holidays. For more information,
Blinn’s Center for Teaching visitwww.blinn.edu/winter.
All five meals are being de- & Learning offers a variety of With innovative programs and
livered either on Tuesday or workshops each year dedicated award-winning co-enrollment
Thursday. specifically to remote learning, partnerships, Blinn’s academic -Friday, Dec. 11 - Meatball subs, recommendation: “Opening the right-of-way acquisition.
This includes delivery to the and Blinn’s Division of Academic transfer rate ranks No. 1 among cucumber with ranch, pineapple, records, fully, is the best start The economic contraction
homebound, and those who used Technology offers faculty weekly Texas community colleges. Cours- to handing the decision to the associated with the CO VID-19
to eat at the Center are having the training on technological tools and es are available online and at five Books added to public.” pandemic and recent volatility in
meals delivered to them. videoconferencing platforms to as- Central Texas campuses (Bren- Renae Eze, Gov. Greg Ab- oil prices contributed to the trans-
Anyone interested is asked to sisttheminthe virtual classroom. ham, Bryan, Schulenburg, Sealy E-Read Texas bott’s spokesperson, responded fer amounts being lower than the
ca Mary nnFirase at 979-743- This fall, almost all Blinn and the RELLIS campus in Bryan) in a statement to the researcher’s $1.66 billion each fund received
4036. Meals need to be ordered courses included at least some and students save 44 percent in L-hcexasstate-rarya assertions, in fiscal 2020, Hegar said,
or cancelled a week in advance, online instruction to allow for tuition and fees compared to the cm ves commissi on naspurcnasea . p:. n, EL
, . N , ..... M , , , , 5 , licenses for new e_hAAks that are When he first entered office 1 he Rainy Day Fund and the
The order goes in on Monday for social distancing. Students had the average state uni versity. For more —censes Ion new 5--KS —d are ... .. .01.1 [ . 1
i i A i • . . 1, . I . . . ,, nowavailahlethronoh the F-Rearl in 2015, Gov. Abbott established State Highway Fund are critical
the next week. A donation of $2 option of taking courses in four information, visitwww.bhnn.edu. now available mrougn the E mead ,
Texas program. E-Read Texas is procedures to ensure the protec- pieces to ensure lexas contin-
an online program that makes tion of taxpayer money and trans- ued economic strength,” Hegar
electronic books freely available parency in the spending process, said. “The State Highway Fund
through the SimplyE app, which including changing the Texas is a key funding source for the
is easily downloadable at no cost Enterprise Fund requirements to transportation infrastructure that
through an app store. The program be performance-based, meaning is fundamental to our economy,
From: Schulenburg/Weimar area Parents As Teachers was created to support digital these companies must first meet and the importance of maintaining
: — content for libraries serving com- their contracted job requirements a healthy Rainy Day Fund to help
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T. .p V;hc c .. j .1 1 c 1 muniues wun populations under before any state money is paid weather untoreseen economic
Toys tor Kids fun actions with the push of a but- 100000 ,
Tt’c ;mnrntLi, e n . d 1: +.1: i ... out,” she stated. “Companies downturns has never been more
it s important to buy age-ap- ton. Babies at this age also start The nevy titlec vhich inelide a P. ......
-rnrotetfo Lide LLAi a c11,1 i i ne new ones, which incmue a must also remain and maintain clear than it has been in recent
propriate toys tor kids throughout dump-and-fill play, putting large special curated list of 600 books „
their lifespan since children learn toys in and out of containers. for children K 8 can be accessed those jobs for an extra year on
new skills and show different Toddlers Ages 1 to 3 Years throughanymobiledeviceorcom- thecontract period. If acompany With this most recent transfer,
interests during different stages Toddlers at this stage are full of puter The public can also access fa"ssh°rt,itwillbeheldaccount- the new balance of severance
of development. energy.eagertoexploreeverything other electronic resources avail- able to the hardworking people taxes will be about $10.7 billion.
Finding an age-appropriate toy around them. They love all kinds of able through their local library and of Texas through provisions that E • i-t liar breakthrough?
means finding a toy that is a good physical activities such as pulling, other state electronic resources, enable us to clawback our grant.” Texas A&M researchers an-
match for their age, interests, and pushing, lugging, knocking down, including online journals, maga- Plan: ons nounced a breakthrough in fight-
the skills they are learning. emptying, and filling. Toddlers zines, videos and other e-books Texas is preparing to distrib- ing agricultural plant diseases.
It is also important for safety are curious and enjoy touching through the TexShare library, ute the COVID-19 vaccination Kranthi Mandadi, a Texas
when children are young, so they and investigating everything another service of TSLAC. to medical staff and other first A&MAgriLifeResearch scientist
for online instruction
A website committed to helping course formats:
students identify quality online ’Live Online, in which all class
are not exposed to toys that are they see. It’s a wonderful age to
too small which could result in a learn, explore, and discover. Age-
choking hazard. appropriate toys for toddlers are
Newborns through 6 Months musical toys, outdoor toys, ride-
Baby toys at this stage will on toys, and simple construction
stimulate the senses, particularly toys such as building blocks and
the senses of sight, sound, and puzzles. All of these toys encour-
touch. Baby toys are colorful, age toddlers to release their energy
textured, easy to hold, and often and improve their fine motor and
make noises. Rattles, bouncer thinking skills.
seats, play mats, teethers, soft toys, Preschoolers Ages 3 to 5 Years
and sleep toys are some of the best Preschoolers love toys that
age-appropriate toys for babies. stimulate the imagination and offer
Ages 6 to 12 Months a challenge. Innovative use of tech-
A baby in the 6-12 month age nology in toys has ensured hours
range is engaging more through of fun for this age group. Age-
laughing, babbling, sitting, roll- appropriate toys for preschoolers
ing, crawling, pulling to stand at include a wide range of choices
furniture, and may be very close to such as simple board games, bikes,
taking his or her first steps! Age- arts and crafts activities, construe -
appropriate toys for babies at this tion toys, educational tablets, and
age include cause-and-effect toys, pretend play sets that feature their
which are often battery-operated favorite television characters.
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