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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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CARPENTER DEATH LOCAL NEWS 04/02/2010 A KENEFICK MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE WRECK IN GALVESTON LAST WEEK. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM THE GALVESTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, MARK CARPENTER, 45 WAS A PASSENGER IN AN ATV OPERATED BY A FRIEND, RAYMOND COSTELLO, 43 OF CROSBY. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR CRYSTAL BEACH LAST FRIDAY MORNING AROUND 1 A.M. GALVESTON SHERIFF’S MAJOR RAY TUTTOILMONDO (TOO-TIL-AH-MUNDO) SAID MR COSTELLO WAS DRIVING THE ATV ON A PAVED ROADWAY- WHICH IS PROHIBITED BY LAW- AND MARK CARPENTER WAS STANDING IN THE VEHICLE. FOR WHATEVER REASON, INVESTIGATORS SAY RAYMOND COSTELLO STOPPED THE ATV SUDDENLY AND MR. CARPENTER WAS THROWN OVER THE FRONT OF IT. THE KENEFICK MAN STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE PAVEMENT. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AND DIED OF HIS INJURIES ON TUESDAY. MAJOR. RAY TUTTOILMONDO OF THE GALVESTON SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAID THE ATV DRIVER, RAYMOND COSTELLO WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH INTOXICATION ASSAULT. MR. COSTELLO IS NOW FREE AFTER POSTING A $5,000 BOND. GALVESTON SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS ARE REPORTED TO BE CONFERRING WITH COUNTY PROSECUTORS ABOUT UPGRADING THE CHARGE AGAINST RAYMOND COSTELLO TO INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER. MARK EDWARD CARPENTER, 45, WAS BORN IN DENNISON, TEXAS AND HAD LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR THE PAST 27 YEARS. HE WAS OWNER AND OPERATOR OF HIS OWN BUSINESS M. C. RESTORATION. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE: LORI CARPENTER; PARENTS: PAUL AND JEAN CARPENTER; HIS SONS: KYLE AND LEVI CARPENTER AND ONE SISTER: MICHELLE SMITH. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MARK CARPENTER, 45,OF KENEFICK ARE AT 10 A.M. TUESDAY AT STERLING-WHITE FUNERAL HOME ON CROSBY-LYNCHBURG ROAD IN HIGHLANDS WITH BURIAL FOLLOWING AT STERLING WHITE CEMETERY. VISITATION IS FROM 5 TO 8 P.M. MONDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. DAYTON HIGH STUDENT IN TROUBLE LOCAL NEWS 04/02/2010 A DAYTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS SUSPENDED BUT NOW FACING EXPULSION AFTER SCHOOL OFFICIALS DISCOVERED A 32 CALIBER HANDGUN AND A SKI MASK IN HIS LOCKER. DAYTON SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT GREG HAYMAN SAID THE BOY WAS SUSPECTED IN THE THEFT OF SEVERAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CASH FROM OTHER STUDENTS. UPON BEING SUSPENDED IN CONNECTION WITH THOSE THEFTS, THE STUDENT WAS ORDERED TO CLEAN OUT HIS LOCKER PRIOR TO LEAVING THE DAYTON HIGH CAMPUS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SUPERINTENDENT GREG HAYMAN… AUDIO. DAYTON SUPERINTENDENT GREG HAYMAN SAID THE GUN WAS NOT LOADED AND NO BULLETS WERE FOUND IN THE LOCKER. MR. HAYMAN SAID THE JUVENILE HAS NOT BEEN IN TROUBLE BEFORE BUT IS DEFINITELY IN TROUBLE NOW. THE DAYTON HIGH JUVENILE IS SUSPENDED AND FACES A FORMAL EXPULSION HEARING UPON COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOL’S INVESTIGATION. THE DAYTON SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SAID, UNDER THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, EXPULSION IS MANDATORY IF A STUDENT IS FOUND TO HAVE BROUGHT A FIREARM TO SCHOOL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, BRINGING A HANDGUN TO SCHOOL IS A FEDERAL CRIME. TONY THIBODEAUX LOCAL NEWS 04/02/2010 KSHN RADIO HAS ALSO LEARNED TONY THIBODEAUX, 48, A LONG-TIME EMPLOYEE OF LIBERTY COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S PRECINCT #1, DIED AFTER A LENGTHY BATTLE WITH CANCER. MR. THIBODEAUX DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT HOME. WE LEARNED OF TONY’S PASSING FROM HIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH AND FRIEND, KENNETH SKIDMORE WHO HAD BEEN TO VISIT TONY SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY. TONY WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1979 HULL-DAISETTA BOBCAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM. COACH SKIDMORE SAID TONY WAS AT M.D. ANDERSON UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN THEY LEARNED THE DISEASE HAD SPREAD TO SEVERAL ORGANS. WE ARE TOLD DOCTORS MADE HIM AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE AND ALLOWED HIM TO COME HOME WHERE HE DIED WEDNESDAY. COUNTY COMMISSIONER TODD FONTENOT TOLD US TONY WORKED FOR PRECINCT #1 MUCH LONGER THAN THE COMMISSIONER HAS HELD THE OFFICE. THAT MARKS THE SECOND TOP HAND COMMISSIONER FONTENOT HAS LOST IN RECENT MONTHS. PRECINCT FOREMAN RICK HUMBER DIED SUDDENLY A FEW MONTHS AGO. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR 48-YEAR-OLD TONY THIBODEAUX WHO DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. l EASTER SUNRISE news story 04.02.10 STERLING FUNERAL HOME HAS BEEN HOSTING A COMMUNITY EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE FOR DECADES. THIS YEAR IS NO different. THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO THIS SPECIAL SERVICE, LED BY THE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE. it’s ON SUNDAY AT 7 A.M. IN PALMS MEMORIAL PARK ON STATE HIGHWAY 146 SOUTH. rEV. CHRIS WEBB FROM CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH WILL PROVIDE THE MESSAGE. IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE SUNRISE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF DAYTON, 106 south cLEVELAND ACROSS FROM wAL-GREENS. ONCE MORE, STERLING FUNERAL HOME IS INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO ITS ANNUAL EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE THIS SUNDAY AT 7 A.M. ON THE GROUNDS OF PALMS MEMORIAL PARK. THERE WILL BE COFFEE AND DONUTS. YOU’RE ENCOURAGED TO DRESS CASUAL AND BRING A LAWN CHAIR. easter egg hunt news story 04.02.09 the kshn 27th annual easter egg hunt is tomorrow in liberty MUNICIPAL park. this free event is for kids 9 years old and under. there will be 5,000 plastic easter eggs with candy inside scattered about the big hunt area in LIBERTY’S city park by boy scouts from troop 64 in dayton. among those eggs will be 90-PLUS prize eggs. the kids who find those specially marked plastic eggs can claim their gift there at the park during the hunt. there also will be three grand prize eggs. two will be for new bicycles, and the third grand prize will be for a state farm insurance WOODEN wagon from victor baranco – local state farm agent. remember, only children 9 years old and under can PARTICIPATE, but all are welcome to come and watch. the start signal for our 27th annual easter egg hunt is at 10 a.m. tomorrow at liberty MUNICIPAL park, but we RECOMMEND an earLIER arrival. just have your radio tuned to fm 99.9 for instructions and the start signal. IT’S all free, thanks to our terrific sponsors. thanks to the Troop 64 boy scouts of dayton who are a great help at the hunt site in liberty city park, and thanks to the kshn radio station staff. Msgr. Richard DeStefano, beloved pastor, friend, passes away
KSHN RADIO HAS LEARNED OF THE PASSING OF MONSIGNOR Richard DeStefano, pastor at several Catholic Churches in Southeast Texas. He died Thursday morning at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Beaumont after an illness. He was 82. HIS SERVICE INCLUDED A PERIOD AT IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOIC CHURCH IN LIBERTY.Beaumont Bishop Curtis Guillory said.throughout his 48 years as a priest Msgr. DeStefano touched thousands of lives. From his first assignment at Christ the King in Houston to his retirement in Beaumont, he remained dedicated to serving the church. Monsignor Destefano was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Msgr. but he knew Southeast Texas best. The beloved priest retired several times through the years, but always returned to serve more. In Liberty Father Destefano hosted many gatherings and fund raisers where he would take on the cooking duties. He had called six parishes in the Diocese of Beaumont home as pastor over the years: Silsbee, Groves, twice in Port Arthur, plus Immaculate Conception here in Liberty. He also served several other parishes. Mgsr. DeStefano won several awards throughout his lifetime including Padre of Youth and the Rural Pastor of the Year in Texas given by the sociology department of Texas A&M. The annual Msgr. Richard DeStefano Faithful Stewardship Award, is named after him for his exceptional display of Stewardship throughout the years. Funeral services are pending for Monsignor Richard Destefano, formerly of Liberty. He lived in Beaumont at the time of his passing Thursday morning at the age of 82. |
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