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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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DCDC APPROVES GRANT TO PATEL LOCAL NEWS 03/13/2010 WE HAVE REPORTED ON THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD DAYTON MOTOR BANK, NOW PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO CONSTRUCT A NEW 10,000 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL PLAZA ON THAT SITE, WHICH RUNS FROM STERLING STREET TO BRYAN STREET IN DOWNTOWN DAYTON. DAYTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHRIS POTTER SAID THE DCDC BOARD HAS GIVEN PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO A $90,000 MATCHING GRANT TO DAYTON PHYSICIAN SATIS PATEL. MR. POTTER SAID DR. PATEL IS SEEKING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY FROM THE SJOLANDER FAMILY TO BUILD A PLAZA THAT WOULD INCLUDE NEW OFFICES FOR HIS PRACTICE AS WELL AS SPACE TO LEASE OTHER DOCTORS. AUDIO. DCDC DIRECTOR CHRIS POTTER SAID ALL THAT REMAINS NOW IS FOR THE DAYTON CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE $90,000 MATCHING GRANT. DAYTON COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL CONSIDER THAT ITEM AT THEIR MEETING ON APRIL 5TH. CHRIS POTTER SAID DR. PATEL’S LEASE ON HIS CURRENT OFFICES ARE UP AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND IT IS HIS HOPE TO HAVE TO THE NEW BUILDING COMPLETED BY THEN. DOUGLAS ON WATER LOCAL NEWS 03/16/2010 WHEN SOME DAYTON RESIDENTS BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT DISCOLORED WATER ON MONDAY, THE CULPRIT TURNED OUT TO BE SOME ACCUMULATED RUST IN THE CITY’S CLAYTON STREET WATER WELL. THAT WELL HAD ONLY JUST BEEN PUT BACK IN SERVICE AFTER A REPAIR AND RENOVATION JOB A SEVERAL WEEKS BACK. DAYTON CITY MANAGER DAVID DOUGLAS SAID THE CLAYTON STREET WELL WAS REMOVED FROM THE CITY’S WATER SERVICE THEN FLUSHED TO REMOVE THE RUST AND ADVISED DAYTON WATER CUSTOMERS OPEN FAUCETS TO CLEAR DISCOLORED WATER FROM THOSE LINES. THE DAYTON CITY MANAGER SAID MAINTAINING THE CITY’S WATER SYSTEM IS A COMPLICATED TASK AND THE WORK ON THE CLAYTON STREET WATER WELL WAS NO EXCEPTION. AUDIO. DAYTON CITY MANAGER DAVID DOUGLAS SAID THE OVERALL HIGH QUALITY OF THE CITY’S WATER IS DUE TO THE DEEP WATER WELLS DRAWING A HUGE VOLUME OF WATER FROM THE GULF COAST AQUIFER. HE SAID THE CITY OF DAYTON PUMPS ROUGHLY 1 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY.
FIRE DANGER 03.16.10 AREA FIRE DEPARTMENTS – ALL MANNED BY VOLUNTEERS OFF DUTY FROM THEIR FULL-TIME JOBS - REPORTEDLY HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO A NUMBER OF BRUSH FIRES THAT BEGAN FROM CONTROLLED BURNS. AS A RESULT, FIRE AUTHORITIES ARE URGING FOLKS TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS WITH OUTDOOR BURNING. LIBERTY COUNTY FIRE MARSHALL JIM WILSON CONFIRMS IT IS A PROBLEM ACROSS THE AREA. THE FIRE MARSHALL ALSO SAID SOME ARE BURNING MATERIALS THAT ARE PROHIBITED BY LAW. "AUDIO" CHAMBERS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR RYAN HOLZAEPFEL SAID THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PROHIBITS BURNING Electrical insulation, treated lumber, plastics, non-wood construction/demolition materials, PLUS heavy oils. OTHER SUBSTANCES THAT ARE AGAINST THE LAW TO BURN ARE asphaltic materials, potentially explosive materials, chemical wastes, and items containing natural or synthetic rubber. THE STATE REGULATORY AGENCY TCEq ALSO SPECIFIES CERTAIN WIND CONDITIONS THAT MUST EXIST. THOSE RULES SAY BURNING SHALL NOT BE COMMENCED WHEN SURFACE WIND SPEED IS PREDICTED TO BE LESS THAN SIX MILES PER HOUR OR GREATER THAN 23 MILES PER HOUR. OF COURSE, MOST CITIES BAN BURNING IN THE INCORPORATED AREAS OF TOWN. IN A RECENT REPORT HERE ON KSHN, TARKINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS URGED EXTREME CAUTION WITH OUTDOOR BURNING. THEY REQUEST THAT RESIDENTS POSTPONE CONTROLLED FIRES UNTIL SPRING TIME. ACCORDING TO TARKINGTON ASSISTANT CHIEF DALTON GREGORY, THE HARD FREEZE IN EARLY DECEMBER KILLED A LARGER-THAN-NORMAL AMOUNT OF VEGETATION. NOW, THAT DEAD GROWTH AND OTHER BRUSH IS PROVIDING FUEL FOR FIRES. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIREMAN SAID RECENT RAINS HAVE NOT HELPED THE PROBLEM. INSTEAD, THE SOGGY CONDITIONS ARE ACTUALLY COMPLICATING THE SITUATION BY PREVENTING FIREFIGHTERS FROM USING THEIR TRUCKS EFFECTIVELY SINCE THOSE FIRE TRUCKS KEEP GETTING STUCK IN THE WET, MUDDY GROUND. AGAIN, LOCAL FIRE AUTHORITIES ARE URGING EXTREME CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING CONTROLLED BURNS. LIBERTY COUNTY FIRE MARSHALL JIM WILSON SAID IF YOU MUST BURN, DO SO BETWEEN 6 AND 10 A.M. OR 3 AND EARLY EVENING, BUT ONLY IF THE WIND CONDITIONS ARE APPROPRIATE. AS ALWAYS, AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF TROUBLE, CONTACT 9-1-1. FIREFIGHTERS WOULD RATHER RESPOND TO A MINOR PROBLEM THAN BE CALLED OUT ONCE A FIRE IS OUT OF CONTROL. TDCJ GUARDS DEATH RAISES QUESTIONS LOCAL NEWS DATE: 03 16 10 IN EARLY MARCH, KSHN RADIO NEWS CONTACTED THE LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER STEVE GREEN ABOUT THE DEATH OF A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. ON MARCH 4TH, RONNIE PECHACEK, WAS FOUND IN HIS HOME ON COUNTY ROAD 2243, DEAD. THE WORD WE GOT BACK THEN WAS THAT THERE WAS NOTHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THE MANS DEATH BUT AN AUTOPSY HAD BEEN ORDERED. HOWEVER, RECENT PUBLISHED REPORTS INDICATE WHEN THE 57-YEAR-OLD CLEVELAND AREA MAN WAS FOUND HE WAS HANDCUFFED WITH A PLASTIC BAG OVER HIS HEAD. SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT P.I.O. STEVE GREEN CONFIRMED TO KSHN NEWS THAT WAS THE CASE, SAYING Mr. Pechacek was found in bed with his hands cuffed and secured to the headboard of the bed with a leather belt. There was also a trash bag covering his head that had been secured with tape. THE INVESTIGATION INDICATES There were no OTHER signs of foul play. THE INVESTIGATORS FOUND no defensive type injuries to Mr. Pechacek's body, and no signs of forced entry into the house. SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT P.I.O. STEVE GREEN SAID The medical examiner has not issued a ruling on the cause of death.
THE LIBERTY ART LEAGUE RESULTS 3.9.10 THE LIBERTY ART LEAGUE HELD THEIR ANNUAL SPRING SHOW LAST WEEK AND NOW THOSE PAINTINGS WILL BE ON DISPLAY IN THE LIBERTY CENTER AT CITY HALL THROUGH MARCH 17TH. THOSE WHO STOP IN TO SEE THE ENTRIES ARE INVITED TO VOTE FOR THEIR PERSONAL FAVORITE. ON THE FINAL DAY THOSE VOTES WILL BE TABULATED AND A VIEWERS CHOICE WILL BE NAMED. JUDGING WAS CONDUCTED BY A PROFESSIONAL ART JUDGE, JAMES BLACK, FROM BEAUMONT. THERE ARE 58 ENTRIES FROM LOCAL ARTISTS IN THIS YEARS LIBERTY ART LEAGUE SPRING SHOW. WE LEARNED WHO THE WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY ARE FROM ART LEAGUE ACTIVE, EDRIE BRIDGES. IN THE COPY DIVISION – FIRST PLACE WENT TO VAL MCCUTCHEON WHILE HOWARD GUY TOOK BOTH SECOND AND THIRD FOR HIS ENTRIES. IN THE STUDENT CATEGORY FIRST PLACE WENT TO JANICE BODENHAMER, SECOND PLACE STUDENT IS LINDA TATE. IN THE PROFESSIONAL DIVISION OF THE LIBERTY ART LEAGUE SPRING SHOW – WAS KATY BREEDEN - SECOND PLACE WENT TO MARTY CALDWELL. IN A CATEGORY CALLED THE INDEPENDENT DIVISION FIRST AND SECOND PLACE WENT TO ENTRIES BY SHERRY GILLARD (JIL-ARD) , WHILE VAL MCCUTCHEON CAPTURED THIRD. THERE WAS ALSO A SCHOOL STUDENT DIVISION AND FIRST PLACE THERE WENT TO MIKAYLA SCHMUC,K. BEST OF SHOW FOR THE LIBERTY ART LEAGUE SPRING SHOW IS KATY BREEDEN FOR HER PAINTING OF A BLACKSMITH SHOP. OTHER CONTESTANTS IN THE LIBERTY ART LEAGUE SPRING SHOW INCLUDE JUANITA MOORE, JOYCE WHITMAN, NAOMI RIGGS, HOLLY GILLARD, IVA VOTAW AND BARBARA ATKINSON. AGAIN, 58 PAINTING ENTRIES ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE LIBERTY ART LEAGUE SPRING SHOW AND THOSE ENTRIES WILL REMAIN ON DISPLAY IN THE LIBERTY CENTER THROUGH MARCH 17TH. THERE IS NO CHARGE TO SEE THE ENTRIES AND VISITORS ARE WELCOME TO VOTE FOR WHAT IS CALLED. VIEWERS CHOICE. trinity valley relays news story 03.16.10 THE LIBERTY AND DAYTON TRACK TEAMS COMPETED IN THE 59TH ANNUAL TRINITY VALLEY RELAYS LAST FRIDAY. THERE WERE NINE GIRLS TEAMS COMPETING IN THIS YEAR’S TRINITY VALLEY RELAYS. THE TOP GIRLS TEAM WAS SPLENDORA WITH 130 POINTS, FOLLOWED VERY CLOSELY BY HOST TEAM LIBERTY JUST ONE POINT BEHIND. THE DAYTON GIRLS FINISHED IN THIRD PLACE. ROUNDING OUT THE GIRLS PLACEMENTS WERE GOOSE CREEK MEMORIAL, CANEY CREEK, NEW CANEY, TARKINGTON, ANAHUAC AND CLEVELAND. THERE WERE ALSO EIGHT BOYS TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR’S TRINITY VALLEY RELAYS RENEWAL. NEW CANEY FINISHED IN FIRST PLACE FOLLOWED BY DAYTON IN SECOND AND SPLENDORA IN THIRD. THE OTHERS PLACES WENT TO CANEY CREEK, LIBERTY, CLEVELAND, TARKINGTON AND HARDIN. ONCE MORE, THE 59TH ANNUAL TRINITY VALLEY RELAYS WERE HELD LAST FRIDAY AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL. KSHN WILL HAVE SOME OF THE LOCAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS IN A FUTURE NEWSCAST. GENEALOGICAL MEETING NEW STORY 03.16.10 A Noted professional genealogist will be THE guest lecturer at thIS SATURDAY’S MEETING OF THE Liberty County Genealogical Society. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO SATURDAY’S PROGRAM FROM 8:30 A.M. TO NOON in the upstairs meeting room of the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center. AN ELEVATOR IS AVAILABLE. ROBERT SCHAADT, DIRECTOR OF THE SAM CENTER, DESCRIBES GENEALOGIST Trevia (TRIVIA) Wooster Beverly OF HOUSTON AS A LEGEND IN THE FIELD. "AUDIO" TREVIA Beverly will conduct a two-session workshop for LIBERTY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL members and guests. THE FIRST session’S TOPICS IS Meet Mr. Draper & the Rev. Shane: Two Frontier Collectors. THE SECOND TOPIC IS Dead Men Tell No Tales……or do they? Trevia is a member of the pioneer Wooster family of the Baytown area, AND A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. THE PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST has conducted seminars and workshops throughout Texas and teaches classes in Houston. She is listed in several biographical publications. ONCE more, PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST TREVIA WOOSTER BEVERLY WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THIS SATURDAY’S LIBERTY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MONTHLY MEETING. IT BEGINS AT 8:30 A.M. IN THE UPSTAIRS MEETING ROOM OF THE SAM HOUSTON REGIONAL LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTER. THE FEE FOR ATTENDING THIS INFORMATIVE WORKSHOP IS $10. FOR INFORMATION, call Linda Jamison at 258-9141. |
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