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Kenneth Jackson is quick on his feet. The man wanted for stealing cars in Comanche has now managed twice to slip through the hands of local law enforcement ofSee SEARCH on Page 2
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The Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol has nothing on the Stephenville ISD Education Foundation when delivering good news. District leaders and foundation board members completed that pleasant task Wednesday to several teacher at campuses with all the fanfare displayed in those cheesy Clearing House commercials. With clappers, maracas, balloons and a giant blank check, the foundation’s Grant Patrol burst into classrooms and announced the awarding of funds to several different applicants who had requested money to use for innovative projects in their classes. Board members Rusty Freed, Wendell Hollingsworth, Emily Roberson, Jennifer Muncey and Angela Haynes joined the Education Foundation’s Executive Director Mindy Wooley in giving the unexpected updates to teachers. Also in on the fun were assistant superintendents Kathy Ray and Deborah Hummel. The first announcement was made at Gilbert Elementary School where fifth grade math teachers, Vickie Mabry, Paige Castleberry and Meredith Aguilar received the See GRANT on Page 2
Becky Hodges of Hook Elementary and Jennifer Jones of Stephenville High School were presented with grant money Wednesday by the SISD Education Foundation to fund a project in their classes. DONNIE BRYANT/E-T
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SHS earns College Readiness Award BY DONNIE BRYANT
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It seems the champions are at it yet again. Stephenville High School received recognition Monday for its work in promoting ACT assessments among its students and furthering their success on the test. The Texas ACT Council awarding SHS with the 2012 College Readiness Award is a non-profit organization of educators who serve as advisers to ACT, Inc. The council stated it wanted to recognize high schools that have encouraged students to prepare for college, taking steps to ensure an increase in scores on the test as well as the number of students See HONOR on Page 2
College Readiness Counselor Kristi Adams and core subject department chairs Lise Schwartzkopf, Jodi Gillespie and Mendy Petross are pictured with Principal Travis Stilwell and the 2012 College Readiness Award they received Monday. Science Department Chair Kim Adams is not pictured. DONNIE BRYANT/E-T
SHS HOMECOMING COURT READY FOR FRIDAY
Stephenville High School will host Homecoming Friday during halftime of the Yellow Jacket football game. The court includes (standing, l-r): Adelheid Mallory, Alex Sanchez, Walker Loyd, Chase Varnado, Brice Gunter, Witt Westbrook, Sheridan Stokes, (seated) Dani Huckabee, Kayla Bramlett and Beth Hutson. See pages 5 and 6 for information on the court. JESSIE HORTON/E-T Good morning, Subscriber
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Dr. David Weissenburger, associate vice president for enrollment management, provides statistics regarding Tarleton’s growing enrollment and the increase in number of visits by prospective students and their parents. Courtesy Tarleton State
Tarleton’s Welcome Center is the university’s new ‘front door’ BY JESSIE HORTON
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Tarleton State University opened its new “front door” Tuesday with the grand opening of the Welcome Center. The university calls its welcome center the front door of the school because it is the first place prospective students see when they visit the campus, said Joe Feist, media relations manager. The center, which is housed in the old nursing building at the corner of Washington Street and McIlhaney Avenue, has been remodeled and features historical exhibits, offices, a computer room and rooms to show videos to prospective students and their parents. Work began on the center last year and was recently completed. The university held the grand opening just days after Tarleton’s Alumni Association celebrated its 100th Homecoming. The old nursing building was
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originally the University Health Center, then became the nursing building in 1978. However, after the opening of the new nursing building on the northwest side of the Stephenville campus in 2011, the building sat empty until remodeling began late last year. Laurie Gaiser, director of school relations/welcome center, was quoted in the university’s magazine as saying, “We were very excited to move into our current officers (in the Tarleton Center) about six years ago. But in the last three years our tour numbers have increased significantly, and our current space is no longer large enough for our purposes.” She went on to say the university has seen an increase of about 45 percent this year and a 162 percent increase in regular campus and group tours over the two preceding years. With the announcement earlier this semester regarding the 10,000th See TSU on Page 2
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