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Sunday, April 23, 2000

Attracting STEP teachers and discussion of landfill

During a meeting of the West Oso Independent School District Board on Monday, Trustee Aida Lopez asked Superintendent Minerva Salazar if there would be a way to insure that students picked for the Student Teaching Education Program would come back to the district once they graduated with a teaching certificate.
   "I can beg real well," was Salazar's response.
   The STEP program is a co-scholarship between school districts and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
   The district picks the student and provides $500 for each year that the student stays in the university's teaching program.
   The university also matches the $500 for the scholarship.
   Also during the meeting the trustees discussed a proposed landfill in their district.
   Board President Frank Garcia said the landfill should be "put it in Robstown and we get the fair grounds. That sounds fair to me."
   Coffee Club will host_school board candidates
   The Corpus Christi Coffee Club will host candidates for the West Oso Independent School District Board and the candidates for the District 2 seat on the CCISD Board of Trustees on April 26 at 12 p.m. at the Casa Blanca Restaurant, 4744 Ayers.
   Candidates will be asked to address their individual platform issues. The meeting can be viewed on AT&T Cable channel 10 at 10 a.m. every Saturday and on KTMV Channel 6 every Sunday at 11 a.m.
   Some stumbling over_Mark Lincecum's name
   CCISD at-large candidate Mark Lincecum told the Corpus Christi Coffee Club on Wednesday that he's having a little trouble with name recognition.
   After an introduction by club president Ray Madrigal as "Mark . . . Mark Linn . . . suh . . . coom" and by co-host Jesse Hix, who said he thought the name was pronounced "Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln," Lincecum pronounced his name - several times - lest there be any more mistakes.
   "It's 'Lince,' " Lincecum said, pointing to one half of his nametag. " 'Lince.' 'Lince.' "
   " 'Cum,' " he added, pointing to the other half of his nametag. " 'Lince-Cum.' "
   "Lincecum."
   "It's a hard name to spell. It's a hard name to pronounce. I'm 13th on the ballot. My picture didn't get printed in the League of Women's voters guide," Lincecum said. "So, I've got everything going for me."
   Bond issue public hearing_Wednesday at Grant school
   The City Council will hold a public hearing on the 2000 bond issue at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Grant Middle School, 4350 Aaron Drive.
   Council members will outline the bond package and field questions from the audience. The meeting is open to the public.
   Special treatment_for 'Dateline' crew
   Law enforcement officials have been known to be tight-lipped when discussing ongoing investigations with reporters.
   But Nueces County Sheriff's Department officials investigating abuse allegations against Roloff homes last week granted unusual access to a crew from the national television news show "Dateline."
   Sheriff's Capt. Paul Rivera allowed the "Dateline" crew to gather in a room with two young men while they filled out crime reports with investigators.
   Rivera told reporters and photographers from the Caller-Times and local television news stations to stay out.
   "'Dateline' had made a special request to meet with investigators," Rivera later said. "That's the only thing I could tell you. We didn't expect everyone else to come down there."
   Sheriff Larry Olivarez could not be reached for comment.

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