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HISD Board Hears Updates On New School Construction The Hillsboro Independent School District (HISD) Board of Trustees met in regular session Monday, May 10, and heard updates on the new elementary school campus. With 57 percent of the campus reported to be complete, Executive Director of Operations Raymond Nors said that the construction project is now primarily in the finishing stages. Nors added that there is an extensive amount of finishing work that needs to be done. He also said that the utility meter has been installed and the campus is now on permanent power. The budget for the project is $29,355,180 with $16,786,122 being completed or stored to date.
Poppy month declared in El Dorado
Butler County Times Gazette
Members of the Captain Edgar Dale American Legion Auxiliary Unit #81 in El Dorado appeared before the City Commission May 3 to receive a Poppy Month Proclamation from Mayor Bill Young of the City of El Dorado.
Reading from the proclamation Young said, “Whereas, the American Legion Auxiliary adopted the poppy as its memorial flower which pays tribute to the war dead, and aids the living veterans and their families; and
“Whereas, the poppy as a memorial for the American war dead is a tradition which began in the years following the First World War; and
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Candidates Certified For HISD Board The Hillsboro Independent School District (HISD) Board of Trustees met in regular session Monday, March 8, and certified unopposed candidates for the May election. Running unopposed were Dr. Christopher Teague, Amanda Scarborough and Brooke Thompson. The board also discussed a Texas Education Agency (TEA) waiver for missed school days and approved a resolution regarding compensation for district employees during emergency school closures due to the winter storm. The TEA waiver addressed the four days missed due to Winter Storm Uri. HISD will submit the waiver to TEA to keep the district from having to make up missed days caused by the storm.
San Francisco News in 1947 did a story on the house: Miss Anna Marie Adams shows photographer Eddie Murphy the inside of one of the few remaining cable-car houses at 1415 47th Ave. - San Francisco News , April 8, 1947, pg. 13 From the outside of the Fitzgerald house it is almost impossible to spot the cable cars. The house is a three-story square structure with a garage on the street level and two dwelling levels above. A hallway runs around the cars, which are intact on three sides. One side of each was knocked out so they could be put together to make a single room with hardwood floor. The ceiling comes down in the middle where the two cars are joined, making it an uncomfortable spot for a tall person.
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