Dubbed the "Texas Navy," Texas Parks and Wildlife's game warden force was. The center will provide career training to. Texas Game Warden Training Center Groundbreaking Set for April 9, 2009 Major Donations to be Announced, Cadets Actively Training. HAMILTON, Texas —-(AmmoLand.com. Game Warden Academy In TexasTexas Game Warden Training Center Groundbreaking Set Forth SynonymDeuel Vocational Institution can trace roots to WWII air field – Inside CDCRBy Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor. Lt. Arnel Bona of Deuel Vocational Institution contributed to this report. Inmates being trained in aircraft engine repair at Deuel Vocational Institution can trace the program’s roots back to a World War II- surplus air field in Southern California. Originally dubbed the California Vocational Institution, the facility started in the vacant War Eagle Field in Lancaster. The air field was constructed in 1. British Royal Air Force pilots. A grainy 1. 94. 1 British newsreel shows the first 5. ![]() The payoff is a set of groundbreaking insights about. About the ODWC. Agency History; Meet. Operation Game Warden was a joint operation conducted by the United States Navy and. California called the Amphibious Training Center. Game Warden Issues Alligator Warning At North. After three years of intense training and hard work, your Texas Game Wardens now. Texas Game Warden. Royal Air Force graduating flight school at War Eagle Field in Lancaster. The field was built to train British pilots since the U. S. The words “War Eagle Field” can be seen at the top of the building.“Full- fledged pilots of the Royal Air Force, the first American- trained cadets to win their wings here in Southern California,” a 1. British newsreel declares. The first 5. 0 receive the coveted insignia and there’ll be hundreds more. Instructors wish them happy landings as they take off on the first leg of their trip to the battlefront.”The U. S. On the silver screen, Danny Kaye starred in “The Kid from Brooklyn” while Gary Cooper wowed in “Cloak and Dagger.” Phone numbers were two to four digits. Cafes sold turkey dinners for $1. A pint of mayonnaise sold for 4. In the field of penology, new methods were taking root. California’s state prison system, already experimenting with rehabilitation through the California Institution for Women (1. California Institution for Men (1. The need for rehabilitation. Vocational training has long been a focus of the department but in the post- war years, the needs of the country’s workforce were changing.“When a man comes out of prison, he cannot get a job,” said District Attorney Buron Fitts of Los Angeles in the Desert Sun on April 1, 1. Earl Warren spoke on the issue during his inaugural address.“People . Our practice of matter- of- fact confinement of people without affording them, through work, an outlet for body and mental energy, is wholly wrong,” he said. I want to see them engaged in activities which develop their bodies and spur their desire to be restored to society.”From air field to correctional institution. War Eagle Field in Lancaster was the original site of what would become known as Deuel Vocational Institution. DVI was in Lancaster from 1. Tracy. At the end of World War II, Lancaster’s War Eagle Field was closed and considered surplus by the U. S. Charles Deuel the year before, the state began housing inmates at the facility, placing an emphasis on vocational training.“The statutes providing for this facility authorized the Department of Corrections to establish the institution on a temporary basis until buildings and facilities for a permanent physical plant are constructed and ready for occupancy,” an undated overview report states, drafted for Gov. The first inmates arrived on March 1. Allen Cook was appointed the first superintendent of the new California Vocational Institution, according to a 1. Berkeley Daily Gazette. On Jan. 1. 0, 1. 95. U. S. Department of Commerce’s Civil Aeronautics Administration. The air agency certification “shall continue in effect indefinitely,” the original certificate states, “unless canceled, suspended or revoked.”A pre- 1. The California Vocational Institution April Engine Mechanics School . Warren states. 2. The institution also had one functioning and another non- functioning airplane.“The institution owns and has available one C- 4. Curtiss Commando) which is fully equipped and in flying condition,” the report states. Charles Deuel? After six years, the institution was renamed to honor the state senator who so heavily influenced the department. Sen. Charles Deuel, of Chico, authored legislation to create the California Vocational Institution in 1. Two years later, he passed away and the institution was renamed in his honor in 1. The bill which changes the name of the California Vocational Institution to the Deuel Vocational Institution was signed yesterday by Gov. Warren,” reported the July 2. Sacramento Union. Deuel of Chico, who pioneered reforms in California prisons during his long tenure as a senator. The institution, now located in Lancaster, is to be moved to a site near Tracy.”Sen. Deuel was also part of Governor Warren’s investigative committee which led to the formation of the California Department of Corrections in 1. He was first elected to the state Assembly in 1. Senate in 1. 93. 0. Deuel died in office in 1. Deuel was also the editor and publisher of the Chico Record newspaper from 1. B. C. Richards, sold the newspaper, according to a volunteer researcher with the Chico Heritage Association. In 1. 94. 8, the town’s two newspapers merged and today the paper is known as the Chico Enterprise- Record. Making the move. Flooding delayed construction of the Tracy facility. The groundbreaking happened shortly before a massive flood in 1. It took three years to overcome the flooding hurdles and open the institution. On July 6, 1. 95. Gov. Warren laid the cornerstone in front of a crowd of 9. Mrs. Charles Deuel in news reports, and daughter, Margaret Deuel. Department Director Richard Mc. Gee was also on hand.“I believe this day to be one of the most important in our state,” Gov. Warren told the crowd. Superintendent Cook wrote a letter to Sen. Deuel’s widow.“We have now moved into the institution and have approximately 8. We will be very happy to have you and your family visit again now that it is not so hot and there is more to see.”Cook served as superintendent until 1. Watery woes. Flooding has been a problem for the institution. It delayed initial construction and swept into DVI more than once throughout the years. Emergency Management, a trade publication, wrote in 2. DVI’s plans during one flood.“CDCR has never had to evacuate a prison, but it came close in 1. Deuel Vocational Institution’s (DVI) land was flooded to the point that it looked like the prison was in the middle of a temporary lake. Public Information Officer Gilbert Valenzuela said the area is flood prone. For example, in the 1. California Department of Corrections (CDC) formed the backbone of California’s flood- fighting forces. Between Jan. 1. 0, more than 2,0. Crews from DVI were heavily involved in the effort.“Eight crews from Deuel Vocational Institution laid sandbags around the perimeter of the institution while others worked shoring up nearby levees. As flooding receded in some areas, crumbling and weakened levees further south gave way and the San Joaquin River and its tributaries covered new ground. Inmates dropped sandbags around the levee boils (where water was leaking through the levee) to protect walnut groves and subdivisions,” the department wrote. Through the years. In 1. 95. 7, a Utah prison official praised DVI.“. In 1. 96. 3, there were some minor upgrades to the facility.“Governor Edmund G. Brown’s $3. 2. 5 billion budget for 1. Deuel Vocational Institution at Tracy and has an operating budget of $4,2. Two leaders from DVIDVI Superintendent Ray Procunier, foreground, and Don Miller, 1. Procunier went on to lead the department. The institution has produced two who were later appointed to lead the department. Ray Procunier served as superintendent from 1. He started as a correctional officer and worked his way up to superintendent. In 1. 96. 7, Gov. Ronald Reagan appointed him director of corrections. He was appointed director of the department in 2. Gov. Gray Davis and served until January 2. Alameida began his career with CDC in 1. Folsom State Prison. He held a broad range of positions at CDC headquarters in Sacramento, California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Folsom State Prison and Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy. Officer Raymond Messer was stabbed to death at the California Vocational Institution at Lancaster. He was stabbed when he ordered the man to hand over the weapons, according to published reports. On June 2. 6, 1. 96. Officer Connie “Conn” Prock thought he was rushing to break up a fight but found himself ambushed by two inmates wielding inmate- manufactured weapons. He was stabbed to death. Officer Prock was fairly new on the job, starting at the institution only a year prior. He was the first officer to be murdered in the line of duty at DVI after it relocated from Lancaster. On Nov. 2. 7, 1. 97. Officer Jerry Sanders was stabbed to death. Two inmates were tried for the slaying. The first trial was a hung jury. The second trial found them guilty, but the California Supreme Court overturned the conviction. The third trial was also a hung jury. The inmates were acquitted after their fourth trial. A handbook for correctional staff. Bud Allen visits DVI with his book, “Games Criminals Play,” published in 1. Allen was a department training coordinator. Department training coordinator Bud Allen and educator Diana Bosta penned an influential piece in the field of penology. Titled “Games Criminals Play: How You Can Profit By Knowing Them,” the 1. In 1. 97. 8, the pair wrote a precursor of sorts. Procunier : 1. 96. L. N. Patterson: 1. Robert M. Rees: 1. Midge Carroll: 1. A. A. Gomez: 1. 98. Ana Maria Olivarez: 1. Edward S. Alameida Jr.: 1. Claude E. Finn: 1. Steven R. Moore: 2. S. M. Salinas: 2. Ron J. Rackley: 2. Jerome Price: 2. Timeline. 19. 41 The first Royal Air Force pilots graduate from War Eagle Field in Lancaster, built to train British fighter pilots. Later, the U. S. Army Air Corps used the field after the U. S. Charles Hastings Deuel authored legislation to establish the California Vocational Institution (CVI) at War Eagle Field in Lancaster. Nov. 1, 1. 94. 5 Work began at CVI to ready it for inmates. Allen Cook appointed as first superintendent. March 1. 8, 1. 94. First inmates arrived at CVI. Nov. 2. 4, 1. 94. Airplane Engine Mechanics class instructor reported for duty. Jan. 1. 0, 1. 95. CVI approved as an air agency. Groundbreaking for CVI in Tracy is held but a flood delays construction. July 2. 3, 1. 95. NMDGF News - New Mexico Department of Game & Fish. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Public contact, Information Center: (8. Media contact: Karl Moffatt: (5. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JULY 1. Hunting plans shot? Donate that license to a good cause. SANTA FE – New Mexico hunters are reminded that in the event they can’t use their hunting license this season, Read more. Texas Government Insider by Strategic Partnerships, Inc. Tx. DOT must return $7. Rescission of unobligated federal funds nationwide totals $8. The Texas Department of Transportation (Tx. DOT) has had its pocket picked.. Tx. DOT officials this week warned that thanks to inaction by Congress, the agency's ability to award contracts is about to be further reduced. And it comes at a time when those contracts are needed most, both to prop up the nation's ailing economy and to support the state's aging and crumbling transportation infrastructure. Just when things were looking up for transportation spending nationwide thanks to billions allocated to the states from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - including $2. Texas - Tx. DOT announced Thursday that it is having to return more than $7. The federal government is pulling the plug on $8. Highway Trust Fund. In the past, rescissions have been flexible and allowed states to decide which spending categories to reduce to make up the money to be returned. This allowed Tx. DOT to limit the rescissions' impact on the state's planned funding levels. Tx. DOT Chief Financial Officer James Bass (pictured) said the limited flexibility that was part of federal legislation in 2. They must reduce each spending category by a specific amount. That includes the equity bonus category, the goal of which is to make each state's share of highway funding more in proportion to the gas tax dollars each state pays into the system. Named by the DIR board chair as interim executive is Karen Robinson (right), who comes to DIR after serving as Director of Administration and Technology for the Office of the Governor. Her appointment is effective immediately, although Rawson will be at DIR for the next few weeks to ensure a smooth transition. Charles Bacarisse, incoming chair of the DIR board, praised Rawson's work at the agency saying he . The report noted that based on documentation obtained from the contractor as of June 2. Kinslow, Austin Community College District president and chief executive officer. Career highlights and education: First job: packing pickles for Morton Foods, which convinced me to be the first in my family to go to college. BA from UT Arlington, MLA from SMU, and Ph. D. I've had a 3. 6- year career in community colleges, 3. Austin Community College District (ACC), and am grateful to have ? Actually, I'd likely be found nose- deep in a good book, at a movie theatre or shopping. People would be surprised to know that I: am a total dog nut.. Tank and Lola, my fur children, for the details. One thing I wish more people knew about ACC: We are the institution that has the most impact on building a larger, stronger middle class in Central Texas - that's important for economic development issues, more equitable distribution of taxing responsibilities and in protecting our democracy. Each week, the Texas Government Insider profiles a key government executive or decision- maker. If you would like to suggest a . Bottoms came to TDA from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in October 2. U. S. Department of Agriculture's Special Nutrition Programs. In that capacity, she was responsible for the administration of eight Child Nutrition and Commodity Distribution Programs that transferred to TDA with her. Bottoms began her career with the Texas Department of Human Services as an East Texas rural- based caseworker in the Food Stamp Program, and relocated to the state office in Austin to become a quality assurance reviewer for the Income Assistance Programs. In 1. 98. 8, she transferred to Special Nutrition Programs as Division Administrator for Policy and nutrition education. In June of 2. 00. Bottoms holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin and is credited with 3. She also has represented the USDA- FNS Southwest Region on the Board of the Child and Adult Care Food Program National Professional Association. TCEQ's Harris to direct Information Resources Division. Brandon Harris has been selected as the new Information Resources Division Director at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, effective Oct. Prior to his new position, Harris served nearly three years as manager of Information Strategic Planning, guiding the agency's enterprise- wide information technology initiatives. Since joining TCEQ in 1. Harris has been involved in numerous environmental and media- specific programs such as air quality, water quality and water rights, along with IT project and staff management. He began his career with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, where he worked in coastal restoration and enforcement of environment regulations. Harris holds a bachelor's degree from Southeastern Louisiana University. TAHC director Bob Hillman to retire in December. Dr. Bob Hillman (pictured), state veterinarian and executive director of the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC), has announced his retirement, effective Dec. Hillman has been at the helm of TAHC for nearly seven years, having been named to that position in 2. Hillman, who has been a large animal veterinarian for 3. U. S. Department of Agriculture in Texas and had private veterinary practices in Idaho and Texas. He served 1. 3 of his 2. Idaho Department of Agriculture as state veterinarian for that state. He has been recognized as one of the nation's most influential state veterinarians and served as president of the U. S. Animal Health Association in 2. He has also been president of the Western States Livestock Health Association, the National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials and the Southern Animal Health Association. Hillman received the National Assembly Award in 2. Hillman and his wife will return to Idaho when he retires so they can be closer to children and grandchildren. A panel of 1. 3 governor- appointed commissioners will establish a search committee to find Hillman's replacement to head the state's livestock and poultry health regulatory agency. Rice, Baylor College of Medicine progressing on merger. Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine officials recently agreed to continue efforts to merge the two institutions as early as Jan. Officials from both schools have met for the past year to discuss the merger and signed a memorandum of agreement about six months ago to continue negotiations. In a letter to staff and faculty of both institutions, Rice President David Leebron (right) and Interim President William Butler (left) of the Baylor College of Medicine reported teams from both institutions agree that a merger could produce many academic and research benefits at both schools, including new undergraduate programs and significant integrated efforts that combine undergraduate programs and graduate education with interdisciplinary research. The groups exploring the merger also advised leaders to create infrastructure such as an office of coordination to identify and implement initiatives and have agreed on several organizational and government issues, including discussions on which parties should become the primary private adult clinical practice partner for the Baylor College of Medicine. The merger groups also are involved in developing more funding sources. The Baylor College of Medicine, one of only 1. United States, has encountered financial difficulties since its board ended an agreement with Methodist Hospital in 2. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and decided to build its own hospital and ran over budget. Cap Metro president/CEO Fred Gilliam to retire. Fred Gilliam (pictured), president and chief executive officer of Capital Metro in Austin, has announced his retirement, effective Oct. Although Cap Metro has come under fire recently because of union problems and delays in commuter rail proposals, Gilliam insists his departure was not because of any type of pressure, but only so he could take advantage of early retirement. Gilliam, who came to Cap Metro in 2. CEO in 2. 00. 2. He is a former executive vice president with a bus and trolley manufacturer in Wichita, Kansas, and served on the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County as executive vice president and COO. His career in transit began in 1. Memphis Transit Management Co. In 1. 97. 2, after rising through the ranks in the industry, he was named operations manager and executive director of the Metropolitan Tulsa Authority. Gilliam has also worked for transit authorities in New Orleans and Denver. Midland energy company set to receive $2. M in ETF funds. Turbo Trac USA Inc. The company's focus will be geared toward reducing energy consumption in industrial markets, where energy commands the single highest operating cost in the manufacturing process. Turbo Trac is partnering with The University of Texas of the Permian Basin School of Business and the Texas Tech University College of Engineering to develop and commercialize the technology. The ETF has so far allocated more than $9. Port of Houston selects Dreyer as executive director. Commissioners for the Port of Houston Authority have selected Alec G. Dreyer (pictured) as executive director to replace H. Thomas Kornegay, who retired earlier this year after serving 3. Dreyer previously served as chief executive officer for a Houston- based wind energy developer and has held positions in the energy generation and financial sectors of the business. The Port Authority of Houston owns and operates all public facilities along the 2. Houston Ship Channel. Texas gets $4. 5. M for unemployment system upgrades. More than $4. 5 million from the U. S. Department of Labor is headed to Texas for technology upgrades aimed at improving the operation and security of the state's unemployment insurance system. The funds are part of more than $1. District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Island for similar upgrades.
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