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Q: I need campaign finance reports for a couple of contested local races, but I am under the impression that I may not get access to those in time to write a story before the election. What all do campaigns have to keep track of? Is there a way to get this type of information while it’s still extra relevant?
“But just as I say,
It takes judgment, brains, and maturity to score
In a baulk line game,
I say that any boob can take
And shove a ball in a pocket.”
– Professor Harold Hill,
The Music Man
By the time you read this I will have traversed my 60th birthday – or at least I hope I will have traversed it. I guess that remains to be seen.
Charles Walls doesn’t have that much time on his hands. After retiring from a career in architecture and construction, he moved back to his hometown of Des Arc, AR, to help his mother, Dean Walls, now 94 with failing eyesight, who continues working at the family newspaper, the White River Journal, which was started by Charles’ grandfather in 1907.
Every year, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) collects data on recycled newsprint. Texas law requires that newspaper publishers submit their report for 2016 to the TCEQ by Jan. 31, 2017.
More information about the reporting requirement is available in the Texas Health and Safety Code, Section 361.430.
Register now for the Texas Press 2017 Midwinter Conference Jan. 19-21 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Frisco Hotel Convention Center & Spa – when a full weekend of programs and activities is in store.
Retired journalism professor David McHam of Houston was inducted into the Garner-Webb University Gallery of Distinguished Alumni during 2016 homecoming activities at the campus in Boiling Springs, N.C.
McHamm retired in 2015 after teaching journalism in Texas colleges for a record 54 years.
Q: I need campaign finance reports for a couple of contested local races, but I am under the impression that I may not get access to those in time to write a story before the election. What all do campaigns have to keep track of? Is there a way to get this type of information while it’s still extra relevant?
“But just as I say,
It takes judgment, brains, and maturity to score
In a baulk line game,
I say that any boob can take
And shove a ball in a pocket.”
– Professor Harold Hill,
The Music Man
By the time you read this I will have traversed my 60th birthday – or at least I hope I will have traversed it. I guess that remains to be seen.
RUBEN CANTU
DEL RIO – Ruben Cantu, a seasoned journalist with over two decades of experience in the newspaper business, has joined the staff of the Del Rio News-Herald as managing editor.