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HURRICANE SEASON JUNE 1 - NOVEMBER 30
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HURRICANE SEASON JUNE 1 - NOVEMBER 30
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NEWS SEPTEMBER 2010
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district track news story 04.16.10 the liberty lady panthers finished in second place behind huffman-hargraves at the district track and field meet wednesday night in huffman. eight lady panthers placed among the top three in their events and will advance to the regional meet may 3-4 at humble high school. the 4x100 relay team of abina (A-bee-nuh) kelley, lauren cook, jailyn semien and shafaa (shuh-fah) guillory finished third at district. liberty’s 4x200 team including some of the same – kelley, semien and guillory - plus abreil (lie GABRIEL without g) ellis took gold. also posting a WINNING time was liberty’s 4x400 team of cook, kelley, ellis and wallencia grant. in individual events, lady panther haili beam finished second in the 3200 meters run. lauren cook defended her title in the high jump and placed second in the 400-meter run. wallencia grant led all girls in the 400-meter run and then finished third in both the long jump and triple jump. also moving on to regionals is amber ellis. she won the 100-meter hurdles dash. jailyn semian took third in the 100-meter dash while abreil ellis was third in the 300-meter hurdles. shafaa guillory captured silver in the 200-meter dash. other lady panthers earning placements but not advancing are alicia baldwin, alisa BALDWIN and kirby taylor. once more, the liberty gils finished second at the district track and field meet. eight lady panthers will now compete at the regional COMPETITION may 3-4 in humble. WILLIS GUILTY LOCAL NEWS 04/16/2010 THE TRIAL OF A LIBERTY MAN FOR BURGLARY, KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT ENDED WEDNESDAY WITH A GUILTY VERDICT. A JURY IN JUDGE CHAP CAIN’S 253RD DISTRICT COURT FOUND 20-YEAR-OLD RICHARD WILLIS GUILTY OF ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY OF A HABITATION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT KIDNAPPING AND ONE COUNTY OF BURGLARY OF A HABITATION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT ASSAULT. AT A PUNISHMENT HEARING THURSDAY, THE JURY SENTENCED WILLIS TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON ON EACH COUNT, TO BE SERVICED CONCURRENTLY OR AT THE SAME TIME. BACK IN JUNE 2008 THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ABDUCTING OF 52-YEAR-OLD ROY ANTHONY ROSS FROM HIS HOME EAST OF AMES. MR. ROSS WAS EVENTUALLY RELEASED AFTER HOURS OF VIOLENT TREATMENT. IT WAS RICHARD WILLIS, ALONG WITH CHERYL MOOMY AND CLIFFORD WHEATLEY WHO ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED AND ASSAULTED THE MAN IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE HIM TO SIGN CIVIL COURT PAPERWORK. NOW, 20-YEAR-OLD RICHARD WILLIS HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF BURGLARY WITH INTENT TO COMMIT KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT. HE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON. DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE LITTLE SAID NO TRIAL DATES HAVE YET BEEN SET FOR WILLIS’ ALLEGED ACCOMPLICES. CHERYL MOOMY, 43, IS FREE ON BOND. CLIFFORD WHEATLEY, 49 REMAINS IN THE LIBERTY COUNTY JAIL. MCNAIR POST RUN OFF LOCAL NEWS 04/15/2010 ON TUESDAY, CRAIG MCNAIR OF DAYTON WON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATION FOR LIBERTY COUNTY JUDGE. MCNAIR PULLED IN AN UNOFFICIAL 1, 309 VOTES. HIS PRIMARY RUN OFF OPPONENT, STEVE STEPHENS, WHO HAD ACTUALLY EARNED THE MOST VOTES IN THE MARCH PRIMARY ELECTION, GOT 1,026 VOTES TUESDAY. CRAIG MCNAIR TOOK A MOMENT TO THANK HIS SUPPORTS AND PROMISE TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM HIS CAMPAIGN HAS BUILT UP, GOING ON TO THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. AUDIO. CRAIG MCNAIR SAID THE SUPPORT OF HIS FORMER PRIMARY OPPONENT, JAY KNIGHT, WAS IMPERATIVE IN EARNING HIM THE VICTORY IN TUESDAY’S GOP PRIMARY RUN OFF ELECTION. MCNAIR WILL FACE DEMOCRAT KEN MORRISON IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.
SOCIAL SECURITY OVERPAYMENT 04/16/2010 SURE, MISTAKES HAPPEN AND SOMETIMES THOSE MISTAKES RESULT IN AN OVERPAYMENT OF BENEFITS BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. SOMETIMES IT’S THE FAULT OF THE BENEFICIARY, SOMETIME IT’S THE FAULT OF THE AGENCY, BUT ACCORDING TO DAVID BOWMAN OF SOCIAL SECURITY’S BEAUMONT OFFICE, REGARDLESS OF THE REASON, OVERPAYMENT BY SOCIAL SECURITY HAS TO BE ADDRESSED TO KEEP IT FROM BECOMING A PROBLEM LATER AUDIO. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING SOCIAL SECURITY, THERE IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON LINE. YOU CAN LINK TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY WEB SITE FROM WWW.KSHN.COM. YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE BEAUMONT DISTRICT OFFICE TOLL FREE AT 1-866-613-2864 OR TOLL FREE NATIONWIDE AT 800-772-1213. SOCIAL SECURITY REPRESENTATIVES CAN ALSO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS DURING THEIR MONTHLY CONTACT STATION VISIT TO LIBERTY. THAT’S ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, FROM NOON TO 3 P.M. AT THE LIBERTY CENTER OF LIBERTY CITY HALL. MORE BOOMERANG POSITIONS OPEN LOCAL NEWS 04/16/2010 WE REPORTED THAT BOOMERANG TUBE L.L.C. IS NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR FOUR SUPERVISOR JOBS AT THEIR LIBERTY PIPE FACTORY. WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS IN LIBERTY HAS NOW CONFIRMED BOOMERANG IS ALSO LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO FILL THREE MORE POSITIONS. BOOMERANG WANTS TO HIRE A MILL OPERATOR, A THREADING PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR AS WELL AS A QUENCH AND TEMPER SUPERVISOR. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCE IN THOS JOBS. THESE NEW JOB POSTINGS ARE IN ADDITION TO A HUMAN RESOURCE GENERALIST, A MILL PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR, A SHIPPING SUPERVISOR AND STOREROOM COORDINATOR. APPLICANTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT CANDIDATES MUST PASS A HAIR FOLLICLE DRUG SCREENING AND A BACKGROUND CHECK. ALL OF THESE POSITIONS ARE FULL TIME –30 HOURS OR MORE PER WEEK. PAY VARIES ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT’S EXPERIENCE. TO APPLY FOR THESE JOB OPENINGS AT THE NEW BOOMERANG TUBE FACILITY IN LIBERTY, CALL WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS AT 936-336-8063. ALSO, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS INVITES ALL APPLICANTS LOOKING FOR JOBS TO REGISTER AT THEIR OFFICE ON THE BYPASS NEXT TO WAL MART. THESE APPLICANTS WILL BE FIRST IN LINE WHEN THE CALL GOES OUT FOR ALL EVENTUAL OPENINGS AT BOOMERANG WHEN THAT BEGINS. LITTLE DRIBBLERS LOCAL NEWS DATE: LIBERTY LITTLE DRIBBLERS BASKETBALL TEAM with COACH JEREMY SWIFT ARE PLAYING IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT. FAIRFIELD TEXAS. THE TEAM, MADE OF LIBERTY BOYS IN THE 3RD AND 4TH GRADES, PLAYED THURSDAY AGAINST KERMIT, TEXAS AND ALTHOUGH DOWN BY 8 IN THE FORTH QUARTER, CAME BACK TO WIN 34 TO 30. THE LIBERTY LITTLE DRIBBLERS PLAYED AGAIN LAST NIGHT AGAINST CROCKET TEXAS WON 30 TO 24. THE BOYS WON THEIR 1 PM GAME AGAINST SHALLOW WATER, 35 -30. THEY WILL PLAY TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:30 AM. TAXES NOT INCREASED, YET LOCAL NEWS DATE: 04 16 10 THERE ARE A LOT OF CLAIMS AND SCARE TACTICS BUT FOR THE 2009 TAX SEASON, ACCORDING TO LOCAL CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT BYRON SWAIM, OUR TAXES HAVE GENERALLY NOT INCREASED. AUDIO; THE REASON, ACCORDING TO SWAIM, IS CONGRESS WAS BUSY DEALING WITH THE HEALTH CARE BILL. THE CPA EVEN POINTED OUT A COUPLE OF NEW TAX BREAKS THAT HELPED SOME REDUCE THIS YEARS TAX BILL. EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE CHANGES INCLUDING INCREASES. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, TAX EXPERT BYRON SWAIM SAID SOME IDEA OF HOW THE RECENTLY PASSED HEALTH CARE BILL WILL BE FUNDED ARE COMING TO LIGHT, INCLUDING IN THE FUTURE AN INCREASE IN TAXES ON UNEARNED INCOME. AUDIO: AGAIN, BYRON SWAIM LOCAL CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT SAID TAXES FOR 2009 HAVE GENERALLY NOT INCREASED, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME INCREASES COMING UP IN THE YEAR 2013 THAT WILL AFFECT UNEARNED INCOME FOR ALL THAT AFFECTS AND THERE'S AN INCREASE IN THE MEDICARE TAX ONCE A TAXPAYERS INCOME EXCEEDS $200,000. OLE TYME BBQ’ERS REMINDER LOCAL NEWS DATE: 04 16 10 HERE’S A REMINDER FOR THOSE BBQ TEAMS HEADED TO SET UP AT THE DAYTON OLE TYME DAYS. BECAUSE THE CARNIVAL IS SETTING UP ON SOUTH CLEVELAND STREET IN DAYTON AROUND THE COMMUNITY CENTER GROUNDS, IT IS BEST FOR THE BBQ TEAMS TO USE SOUTH WINFREE, ALSO CALLED FM 1409 SOUTH. GO TO LUKE STREET AND TURN INTO THE BBQ SET UP AREA AROUND THE NEW DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER FACILITY. DISPATCHERS WEEK LOCAL NEWS DATE: 04 16 10 HAVE YOU HUGGED AN EMERGENCY SERVICES DISPATCHER THIS WEEK? WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD. IT’S NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATORS WEEK. IT’S A WEEK SET ASIDE TO HONOR THE FIRST LINE OF RESPONSE WHEN ANY OF US NEED POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENTS OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. THE DISPATCHER IS THE CALM VOICE HEARD ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE, ASKING HOW THEY CAN HELP US. THEN THEY WILL SEND THE APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY HELP. DEBBIE MANCHACA, TRAINING COORDINATOR WITH THE LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, SAID THESE FOLKS DO IT ALL, FROM PROTECTING THEIR OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC, TO LOOKING UP PHONE NUMBERS. AUDIO: BECOMING A DISPATCHER IS NOT EASY, THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED THROUGH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER STANDARDS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS T-CLOESE (CLOSE) . THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF DISPATCHER CERTIFICATION. THOSE ARE BASIC, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED. DEBBIE MANCHACA SAID IT TAKES 80 HOURS OF INTENSE TRAINING TO GET TO THE BASIC LEVEL. THEN AT THE LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY GO THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO EIGHT WEEK OF CLOSELY SUPERVISED FIELD TRAINING. IF YOU KNOW A DISPATCHER, THANK HIM OR HER FOR THE JOB THEY DO AND EVEN IN THE WORST EMERGENCY LISTEN CLOSE TO THE QUESTIONS THE DISPATCHER ASKS OF YOU.... THAT INFORMATION, WHEN PROVIDED TO THOSE RESPONDING TO YOUR CALL, TO DO THEIR JOB BETTER AND FASTER.
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