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Two-Way Dual Language kindergarten students Zoee Vance , left and Aiden Bailon work together on their reading skills — in Spanish . Information on the Two-Way Dual Language program for parents of incoming kindergartners will be presented virtually on Tuesday at 6:30 p . m .
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SATURDAY , JANUARY 30 , 2021 | cleburnetimesreview . com | $ 1.50 Cleburne economy good despite COVID-19
spread shut downs and a tic about what 2021 holds and Aldi ’ s Grocery Store , are on the mits the same month compared worldwide pandemic still ongoing Cleburne fared fairly well are right now given the circum-
The pandemic had little effect To highlight the growth , Eas-
feel pretty good about where we way . to seven the previous December .
Cleburne Economic Development Manager Grady Easdon , added .
Easdon delivered his update which , as in recent years past , residential permits issued from
all things considered , Easdon stances .” on home building last year , don displayed a graph of new
in delivery the final quarterly “ I think we all still have some during Tuesday night ’ s meeting remains robust , Easdon said . 2016 to 2020 . Only 47 were update for last year , quipped fear of the unknown ,” Easdon of the Cleburne City Council . The city issued 14 new singlefamily residential permits in “ Most of you who were here
issued in 2016 . that 2020 was a very different said . “ But I think there ’ s also Several business opened last year to say the least . a feeling of measured optimism for this coming year and Tools , McAlister ’ s Deli and December 2019 and four new
year including Harbor Freight December , compared to 16 in
Despite the roller coaster of economic downturn , wide- that we ’ re cautiously optimis-
Chick-fil-A and more including multi-family residential per-
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JCRW updated on vaccine availability
Virtual meeting time
Two-way dual language kindergarten program meeting Tuesday
while modeling the Spanish language
Virtual meeting
Most wanting a COVID-19 vaccine have a wait ahead , Johnson County Emergency Management Director Jamie Moore said .
Moore , via Zoom , discussed the vaccine during Tuesday ’ s monthly meeting of the Johnson County Republican Women ’ s Club .
Statewide , as of now , the vaccine is available only to first responders , Texas residents 6 5 a n d older and / or those older than 1 6 w i t h underlying medical conditions . M o o r e guesst i m a t e d summer as t he likely date for wider availability to the general public .
“[ Dr . Anthony Fauci ] was on TV today saying maybe April or May ,” Moore said . “ But I think that may be overly optimistic and it ’ s probably going to be mid summer . Considering there are about 34 million people in Texas , this is going to be a long-haul process .”
Even with only certain groups eligible to receive the vaccine shortages continue to pose a challenge , Moore said .
“ It ’ s not a matter of local governments not being proac-
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