CASA kicks off Child Abuse Awareness Month with large donation
Child abuse and neglect numbers rose 18% in 2020 compared to 2019 in Bexar County, officials say
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SAN ANTONIO – April is the start of Child Abuse Awareness Month, and child abuse advocates are wasting no time in sounding the alarm and taking action.
The latest statistics point to the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating to children at risk of abuse and neglect. Child abuse and neglect numbers rose 18% in 2020 compared to 2019 in Bexar County, according to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. The number of children killed in those homes has doubled as well.
Commentary: Quality child care now within Texas grasp
John Cullen and Peter J. Holt, For the Express-News
March 10, 2021
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A teacher works with a child at the YMCA Labor Child Care Center in April. Child care centers have been hit hard by the pandemic, but the state now has the opportunity to invest in and transform early learning with federal dollars and state legislative action.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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The Biden Administration has included child care in its COVID-19 recovery plan. States should spend their funds with accountability and defined outcomes.Ted S. Warren /Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
San Antonio City Council names panel to oversee workforce development program, but concerns remain
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A key part of the oversight system that will take charge of San Antonio’s four-year, $154 million workforce development plan has been settled mostly.
By a 10-1 vote Thursday, the City Council named a nine-member panel to guide the Ready to Work program approved by voters in November and advise Mayor Ron Nirenberg and council members on vital matters when it comes to helping some 40,000 residents enroll in job training and college degree programs.
The panel will weigh in on what skills are in demand from employers, how the city should determine the number of slots for training certificates and college degrees and how to support participants outside the classroom. City Council will have the final say.
The Holt Caterpillar 10-Ton back on the Vouk property in St. Stephen, Minnesota.
Scott Vouk was 6 years old in 2001 when the Holt Caterpillar 10-Ton tractor was auctioned off.
It was sold along with all the other
equipment at the Vouk family’s antique steam show after his great uncle passed away.
Now at age 25, Scott has managed what many of his relatives didn’t believe possible – bringing the century-old tractor home.
“I ve been after Dad for quite a while to try and get this machine back,” he says.
The Holt was purchased in 1938 by Scott’s great uncle William Vouk Sr. for the family threshing and sawmill business that Scott s great-grandfather ran until he died in 1931. The early-1920s model tractor had already seen about 15 years of hard work before that. A construction company used it for plowing snow off roads in the St. Stephen, Minnesota, area where the Vouk family put down roots over 100 years ago.
San Antonio Zoo takes on ‘The Big Move’ during record cold
Without warm water, reptiles, fish, birds moved indoors
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With no power, there was no warm water in their ponds.
“When the water pump turned off, that means that it doesn’t circulate the water to keep it warm,” said Tamara Kruse, assistant director of veterinary services at the zoo.
She said many of them rely on warm water to protect their immune system from infection or illness.
But now, thanks to a generator for the water pump, donated by Holt Cat and Texas First Rentals. They’ll be returned to where they were as soon as it gets warmer, probably the middle of next week, said Hope Roth, spokeswoman for the San Antonio Zoo.