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The Blinn College District is encouraging eligible Applied Sciences majors taking spring 2023 courses to apply for funds made available through the Carl D. Perkins Basic Grant. The Perkins Grant is a federally funded program that provides community colleges with resources to enhance and develop programs that serve faculty, staff and students in career and technical education departments. Students enrolled in Blinn’s Applied Business, Art and Visual Communication, Associate Degree Nursing, Biotechnology Laboratory Sciences, Criminal Justice, Dental Hygiene, Early Childhood Education, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Science, Health Information Technology, Information Technology, Legal Assistant, Mechatronics, Office Administration, Physical Therapist Assistant, Radiologic Technology, Real Estate, Simulation and Game Programming, Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technician, Surgical Technology, Trades and Applied Technology, Veterinary Technology, Vocational Nursing, Web Programming, and Welding Technology programs may be eligible.

Construction has begun on the two of the three new EMS buildings with the sole holdout being the Bellville location Austin County Commissioners learned during a workshop meeting with Burns Architecture representatives Wednesday, Sept. 28.

It is Austin County Fair time and we are looking forward to the Country Fair Auction! It will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2022 @ 1:00P.M. If you are unfamiliar with the Country Auction, it is an auction where exhibitors who have entered hand-made goods, can good, & crafts into the show, and win grand or reserve champion can sell their items to raise money. The money raised goes towards maintaining/ improvements of the fairs Expo and Convention Center.

In an effort to honor the memory and contributions of Ed Marcinkiewicz to the program, Sealy cross country hosted the first annual Coach Ed Cross Country Invitational Saturday at Sealy High School. Sealy Head Cross Country Coach Anthony Branch said he played a role in the area’s cross country programs and this is a fitting way to pay tribute to him. “He’s had a tremendous impact on all of us and I miss being able to call Ed after a cross country or track meet to talk about how it went or just to ask for advice,” Branch said. The meet attracted more than 700 runners with more than 20 teams participating in the meet “He had a big influence on the Sealy Cross Country program. He was very involved with it and always around to help the runners,” Branch said.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order this week designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations and instructing the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to take immediate action to keep Texans safe amid the growing national fentanyl crisis.