Public Meetings for the week of May 9
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Amarillo-Potter Events Venue District Board of Directors
8:30 a.m.; The City Council Conference Room of the third floor of City Hall, located at 601 S. Buchanan St.
Discuss and consider a resolution related to refunding outstanding bonds; discuss and consider events and payments at the Amarillo National Center.
Potter County Commissioners Court
9 a.m.; Potter County Commissioners Court Room, Room 106 at 500 S Fillmore.
To consider and act upon a interlocal agreement with Highland Park Independent School District for HPISD s use of a private road across county property near the Potter County Law Enforcement Complex; further discuss indigent defense in Potter County; consider and act upon a proposed burn ban for 90 days.
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Officials with the Randall County Sheriff s Office are asking the public s help for identifying a suspect in a credit card theft case which occurred in the county in April.
According to a news release, a Randall County resident reported more than $1,700 in unauthorized charges to her credit card on April 15. County investigators traced the charges back to various stores and were able to find a possible suspect via security video.
The suspect appears to be a Hispanic male, according to the release. In the video, the suspect was wearing a gray Puma brand cap with the manufacturer’s sticker on the bill and what appeared to be white Puma athletic shoes with black trim. The suspect left the store in a black sports car.
Many adults in this position can expect to jump through hoops to obtain their original birth certificates, often without success. Texas law seals a child’s original birth certificate when the child is adopted and the adoptive parents are issued a new birth certificate listing them as the child’s parents.
As adults, the adoptees then must ask for access to their original birth certificate in a court in the county that granted the adoption and demonstrate to a judge that they have a need to know this information. Failing that, adult adoptees often suffer in silence or pursue expensive DNA tests and investigations when easy access to their original birth records would answer what might well be the most important question of their lives.