Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 3

Abilene Reporter-News Wednesday April 1 1992 3A Regional Brownwood man honored at conference superintendent resigns County Judge Jay Johnson the of the award and recognized the newly appointed cqmmissioner of the Texas Water Commission Peggy Garner former Upton County judge The West Texas Association is a regional association of 117 member counties which makes it twice as large as the other regional groups Perdue also presented Swisher Casey said he has accepted a job trator a larger school say where At meeting board members unanimously agreed to accept resignation and said they hope to select an interim superintendent on April 23 Frank Moates the monitor said he and Casey will prepare a list of candidates for the job Board members will meet April 13 to review that list (SffftjftwigtBrcwrafl MORAN David Casey told Moran school board members Tuesday he will resign May 1 as superintendent of the embattled school district Leas than a year after taking the job: Casey-said he is leaving because he sure that the controversy among the community over the school system will settle down anytime soon real problem is the community be said afraid going to end up losing the Last month the Texas Education Agency appointed a monitor over the school'system after a governance investigation hate to leave the kids because had a real good year working with the Casey said just think we have the best student body the nicest most responsive bunch of kids? why most of us are in Spring Denims Chambrays Shorts Skirts Blouses Jumpers Jackets ALL 25 OFF departure marks the latest resignation among educators and trustees over the past few months BROWNWOOD WP County of Brownwood was presented the Distinguished Service Award during the recent West Texas County Judges and Commissioners 63rd annual conference in Lubbock The award given annually honors someone who rendered: outstanding service to the group as a non-association member Coursey is the president of Banner Publishing Company and publisher of County Progress magazine which is the official publication for the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas At present he is in a runoff with Ray West for the Brown County office Past Association President David Perdue Knox County judge when making the presentation told the attendees that Coursey is probably the best informed and educated non-county judge or commissioner in the state of Texas He has not missed a County Judges and Commis-(doners Conference since 1976 This includes the Texas North and East- Associations South Texas Association the State Conferences and the West Texas Conference The resignations have included two trustees the president and the secretary of the school board and two teachers GRAN DIO REN I I detention center in Sweetwater who would pay for medical costs incurred RECOR wants to open a 48-bed center by Septl that will house non-violent juvenile offenders from 66 West Texas counties classified center 'SWEETWATER The director of a private corporation that wants to open a juvenile detention center in Sweetwater was on hud Tuesday night to answer questions William Burke director of the Austin-based' Rehabilitation and' Correction Carp (RECOR) fielded questions from about 26 people at the Nolan County Courthouse Nobody at the hearing expressed opposition to the center but several asked questions on topics ranging from how secure the facility would be to it will have a 16-foot fence and will be 1 so that people escape ARRIVING Offenders will be accepted based on referrals from officials in their home counties and will be housed there at least six months Burke said NASA names 19 new astronaut Candidates for shuttle program and US Navy Lt Cmdr Kent Rominger 35 of Poway Calif ments leading to selection for shuttle flight crews The 1992 group include four pilot candidates and 15 mission specialist candidates including nine civilians and 10 military officers OVERWEIGHT? Take off excess weight with program medically supervised by MD Free Initial Consultation HOUSTON CAP) NASA has selected 19 new astronaut candidates for its Space Shuttle program from among 2064 qualified applicants The National Aeronautics and Space Administration selected the 19 from 87 finalists who were interviewed and medically examined in December and January The new group will report to the Johnson Space Center in to begin a year of training and evaluation after which they will receive technical assign THE WEIGHT AWAY CLINIC The pilot candidates are US Air Force Capt Scott Horowitz 35 of Edwards Air Force Base Calif UfL Navy Lt Cmdr Brent Jett Jr 33 of California Md JSC aeronautical research pilot Kevin Kregel 35 of Houston Island Florals Dreams sets off for the tropes in these easy solid and batik-print FloraT dresses and jumpsuits of 100 laundered cotton Choose from solid or print styles in shades of blue and coral all with yoke-detail snap front elastic waist lots of pockets and rolkip 34 sleeves sizes SMRXL Misses Moderate Sportswear ii -I.