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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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BOND MEETING DATE: 07 24 10 HERE IS ANOTHER REMINDER. THE LIBERTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HOST A TOWN HALL MEETING THIS TUESDAY EVENING AT 6 PM IN THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BOARD ROOM TO GET PUBLIC INPUT ON A BOND ISSUE FOR UPDATING AND RENOVATING CAMPUSES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. PLEASE NOTE THAT LOCATION OF THE PUBLIC MEETING - IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. WITH THE FAILED BOND ELECTION, THIS PAST MAY, THE LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO PRESENT A MORE PALATABLE PLAN TO THE COMMUNITY TO DO AT LEAST SOME OF THE MUCH NEEDED CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, UPGRADES, AND REPAIRS TO VARIOUS CAMPUSES IN LIBERTY ISD. THERE IS SOME IMPORTANT NEW INFORMATION. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS CYNTHIA LUSIGNOLO SAID THE DISTRICT APPLIED FOR, AND WAS APPROVED, FOR $ 5.9 MILLION DOLLARS IN 0 % INTEREST BONDS, CALLED QUALIFIED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BONDS. WITH PUBLIC APPROVAL, THIS MONEY CAN BE USED TOWARDS THE COST OF THESE PROJECTS AND FOR THOSE DOLLARS NOT HAVE TO PAY ANY INTEREST AT ALL WHEN REPAYING THE MONEY. DR. LUSIGNOLO SAID WHILE THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN APPROVED, IT STILL MUST GO BEFORE THE VOTERS BECAUSE THE INTEREST FREE BONDS STILL MUST BE REPAID. DR. CYNTHIA LUSIGNOLO REMINDS US THERE WILL BE A TOWN HALL MEETING THIS AT 6 PM TUESDAY, IN LISD ADMINISTRATION BOARD ROOM ON GRAND AVENUE, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS THINK. THE SCHOOL TRUSTEES HOPE TO HEAR FROM THOSE BOTH IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE ABOUT A BOND ISSUE FOR THE LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. LIBERTY STUDENTS WINS ART AWARD DATE: LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING SENIOR Anh Thu Do is the 20-10 winner of the Art of Conservation Stamp Award in the 12TH annual Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest. THAT WAS ANNOUNCED LAST Saturday at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, TEXAS. THE TEEN'S painting of a steelhead trout also took first place for grades 10 THRU 12 in the Texas division of the contest. . Do, was a SENIOR ART student of Marsha Rader, AT LHS. WILDLIFE FOREVER PRESIDENT DOUGLAS H. GRANN SAID THEY WERE pleased to honor thE talented Texas artist, Anh Thu Do, with the 2010 Art of STATE WIDE Conservation Stamp Award. This honor is awarded to the student whose winning design becomes part of the State-Fish Art stamp collection. By recognizing the work of students today, THE WILDLIFE FOREVER GROUPS hope to inspire the conservationists of tomorrow. MARSHA RADER, Anh Thu'S LIBERTY ART TEACHER, IS QUOTED AS SAYING IN A NEWS article, THAT THE YOUNG WOMAN is really the art teacher’s dream student. MRS. RADER SAID ALL SHE DID WAS encourage THE TALENTED SENIOR TO get out of the box and try different media and techniques. Do’s winning entry was her first-ever drawing of a fish. THE LIBERTY SENIOR SAID SHE chose to paint a steelhead because SHE WAS A FORMER RESIDENT OF Washington State. ANH THU DO has lived in Texas ONLY about ONE year. Do’s painting is NOW ON A collector’s stamp. Proceeds from sales of thAT stamp GO TO FUNDING WILDLIFE Forever conservation projects. For information how to purchase the stamp and other related items, visit www.statefishart.com. the artwork can be viewed at www.statefishart.com. THE YOUNG LHS ARTIST WILL BE FEATURED ON AN UPCOMING "TEXAN OF THE WEEK" SEGMENT ON TEXAS STATE NETWORK NEWS HEARD ON KSHN RADIO.TRUCK OVER TURNS LOCAL NEWS DATE: THE DAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS IT WAS JUST AFTER NOON YESTERDAY WHEN A DUMP TRUCK CARRYING A LOAD ALONG HIGHWAY 146 SOUTH OF DAYTON, NEAR THE WATER TOWER, OVERTURNED. WHILE THERE WERE NO INJURY’S TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 146 WAS SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES WHILE THE TRUCK WAS UPRIGHTED AND REMOVED. TRAFFIC WAS DIVERTED BY POLICE AND REPORTS ON KSHN RADIO TO GO AROUND THE WRECK VIA FM 1413 TO US 90. WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS DATE: WE ARE TOLD, BY THOSE WHO KNOW, A COMPUTER hotspot is a site that offers WIRELESS Internet access ON A local area network through the use of a router connected to an Internet service provider. Hotspots typically use Wi-Fi TYPE technology for the wireless network USER. OKAY, THERE’S OUR LESSON IN COMPUTER TECHNOLODGY LANGUAGE FOR TODAY. WE TELL YOU ALL THIS - TO SAY: FOR THOSE WHO ARE SUBSCRIBERS TO INTERNET MANAGEMENT SERVICE, BETTER KNOWN AS IMSDAY. THAT IS A SISTER COMPANY TO COMPUTER SOLUTIONS OF LIBERTY. THERE’S A NEW SERVICE TO GET YOU PROMPT ACCESS TO THE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY AND IT IS FREE TO THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY IMSDAY CUSTOMERS OR WHO BECOME ONE. RANDY MECHE SAID THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ADVERTISING OR EVEN TELLING MANY PEOPLE ABOUT IT WHILE IS BEING EXPANDED. YET IT’S USE IS SPREADING RAPIDLY BY WORD OF MOUTH. MR. MECHE USED THE KSHN PARTY LINE PROGRAM TO TALK PUBLICLY ABOUT IT AS THE NEW WIRELESS SERVICE CONTINUES TO BE EXPANDED BY THE COMPANY HE FOUNDED. IT’S A WIRELESS INTERNET CONNECTION FOR YOUR NOTEBOOK, LAP TOP COMPUTER, OR CELL PHONE - IT IS FREE FOR IMS SUBSCRIBERS AND FOR A SMALL FEE TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT.AUDIO: GET THERE RANDY MECHE SAID CURRENTLY THEY HAVE CREATED ABOUT 22 "HOT SPOTS". AROUND THIS AREA. THEY HAVE THE GOAL OF PLACING THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL CREATE ONE HUNDRED OF THE SO CALLED HOT SPOTS.. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY DISCOVERED THIS LITTLE PERK, HELP SPREAD THE WORD. COMPUTER SOLUTIONS AND IMSDAY ARE BOTH LOCAL COMPANIES THAT HAS BECOME QUITE A NICE INDUSTRY IN THESE PARTS SO FAR INVOLVING SEVERAL THOUSAND INTERNET USERS IN THIS AREA.
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER LOCAL NEWS DATE: FOR A FEW YEARS NOW THE LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SHARED THE EXPENSE OF ONE POLICE OFFICER WHO WORKED MOST OF THE YEAR AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND THE REST OF THEIR TIME WITH THE LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW, LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT Public Information Officer Hugh Bishop will take over the duties of working with LIBERTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT staff and students AS THE SCHOOL’S RESOURCE OFFICER. THAT COMES AFTER OFFICER BARBIE SKARPA-MILLER WAS PROMOTED TO A FULL TIME POSITION INSIDE THE LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AS DETECTIVE. Since the 2008-2009 school year, Officer Barbie Skarpa-Miller has been working with the students and administration of Liberty Independent School District as LISD’s first School Resource Officer. OFFICER, NOW DETECTIVE, BARBIE SKARPA-MILLER, WAS JUST RECENTLY RECOGNIZED, BY THE LIBERTY SCHOOL TRUSTEES, FOR A JOB WELL DONE DURING HER TIME WITH THE LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Officer Bishop has been a police officer for twenty years and a Dare Officer for five. HE WILL ALSO SHARE HIS WORK TIME BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT- THE MAJORITY OF HIS TIME RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE AS A POLICE OFFICER ON THE CAMPUSES OF LISD. HUNTING AND FISHING EXPO LOCAL NEWS DATE: THERE’S LESS THAN A MONTH TO GET READY FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL DAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HUNTING AND FISHING EXPO. SET FOR SATURDAY AUGUST 21, FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM AT THE DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER. VENDER BOOTH SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE, AS ARE SPONSORSHIPS. CALL THE DAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR INFORMATION. 257 2393. CHACHERE WINS STATE LOCAL NEWS 07/24/10
CONGRATULATIONS ARE DEFINITELY IN ORDER FOR A DAYTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, WHO WALKED AWAY WITH 1ST PLACE HONORS IN THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC SPEAKING AT LAST WEEK’S FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA CONVENTION IN CORPUS CHRISTI.15-YEAR-OLD LEIGHTON (LAY-TON) CHACHERE IS THE DAUGHTER OF MATT AND ALICIA CHACHERE OF DAYTON. LAST WEEK, SHE COMPETED IN PUBLIC SPEAKING AT THE JUNIOR LEVEL- THAT INCLUDES 7TH, 8TH AND 9TH GRADERS- HELD AT THE 82ND ANNUAL FFA CONVENTION AND SHE FINISHED FIRST STATEWIDE. PROUD PAPA MATT CHACHERE TOLD US LEIGHTON STARTED ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, ADVANCING TO DISTRICT, AREA AND FINALLY THE STATE FINALS COMPETITION.
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AGAIN, LEIGHTON CHACHERE OF DAYTON CAPTURED FIRST PLACE STATEWIDE IN JUNIOR LEVEL PUBLIC SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL FFA CONVENTION WITH A SPEECH REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF FERTILIZER ON PASTURE GRASS. LEIGHTON BEGINS HER SOPHOMORE YEAR AT DAYTON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FALL. SHE WILL THEN COMPETE AT THE SENIOR LEVEL OF COMPETITION IN FFA.
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