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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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WORKFORCE ACADEMY SUSPENDED LOCAL NEWS DATE: 07 28 10 AFTER BECOMING THE BENCH MARK FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE LIBERTY COUNTY WORKFORCE ACADEMY IS SUSPENDING ENROLLMENT. DRIVING FORCE, ORGANIZER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TIM GASSIOTT RETIRED AT THE END OF MAY, LEAVING THE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT A LEADER. NOW, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS MADE THE DECISION TO SUSPEND ENROLLMENT FOR THE FALL SEMESTER AS THE ORGANIZATION ATTEMPTS TO FIND A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SHIRLEY SISK, COORDINATOR FOR THE PROGRAM SAID THEY HAD JUST GROWN SO FAST, IT WAS TIME TO STEP BACK AND REORGANIZE THE PROGRAM WHILE SEARCHING FOR A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. hit and run driver news story 07.28.10 here’s more on last saturday morning’s hit-and-ran FATALITY in cleveland along state highway 105. cleveland police chief mark bradshaw confirmed that the individual who was apparently driving the vehicle is the son of a cleveland police department civilian employee. chief bradshaw identified the driver as 26-year-old Robert foxworth of cleveland. kshn reported that cleveland police DEPARTMENT received a 9-1-1 call shortly after 1:30 a.m. saturday reporting a woman’s body lying in a ditch along highway 105 just west of fm 1725 in the city of cleveland. the woman was PRONOUNCED dead - the victim of an auto-PEDESTRIAN accident. according to cleveland’s assistant police chief darrel broussard, katie moore had been arguing with her husband, terry lee moore, when she went for a walk along state highway 105. prior to the accident, the victim called her husband to pick her up. it was terry moore who discovered his wife’s body, a few minutes, later in a ditch after first finding some of her possessions along the roadway. cleveland police say there were no witnesses or suspects at the time of the accident, but later saturday morning a person did contact cleveland pd about the fatal accident. now, chief bradshaw has confirmed that individual – robert foxworth - is the son of a cleveland police department employee. in response to concerns that nobody has been arrested in this case, the cleveland police chief said, in order to EFFECTIVELY prosecute a case, law enforcement must first fully investigate the matter to determine the facts. katie moore, age 26, is survived by her husband, terry moore; two sons, preston and jordan moore, and parents, william and martha ballard. she was buried tuesday at pace stancil memorial rest gardens cemetery in cleveland. precinct 4 money news story 07.28.10 yesterday, liberty county commissioners approved a $265,000 emergency budget transfer to repair sections of six roads in commissioner precinct 4 – typically REFERRED to as the dayton area. during tuesday’s meeting, commissioner precinct 2 lee groce voted against the measure, saying the repair work did not meet the criteria for an emergency transfer of funds. "audio" on the other hand, commissioner brown said county roads 486, 611 612, 615, 622 and 4876 must be salvaged due to rapid deterioration caused by excessive rainfall and heavy truck traffic. "audio" kshn has reported 10.2 inches of rain for the first 25 days of july. commissioner brown said the continual, almost daily MOISTURE in july has been a problem, especially on these six roads. the precinct 4 COMMISSIONER said he didn’t care where the money came from, he just needs the funds to fix the problem so he isn’t forced to close these roadways before school starts next month. "audio" liberty county commissioners voted 3-1 to transfer $265,000 to fund those road repairs in precinct 4. they will then decide at a future meeting from which account the money will be transferred. in a related matter, county auditor harold seay told commissioners tuesday he expects the road and bridge fund balance to be $825,000 at the end of this fiscal year on september 30. county policy calls for a 2-month reserve in that road and bridge fund balance. this year’s budget allocated a total of $6.835 million for the four precinct’s road and bridge accounts. that mean’s the accompanying fund balance should be $1.14 million or about $314,000 higher than what is predicted come SEPTEMBER. 4-h champions news story 07.27.10 (for wednesday) they did it again. here’s some great news for a group of local kids - the celebrated liberty county 4-h HORSE mounted drill team won the state championship in fast freestyle drill monday night. that is a repeat of last year’s CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE. longtime drill master tommy small said the group is competing this morning in the other event KNOWN as precision riding. the liberty county mounted 4-h drill team has been IMMENSELY successful in recent years. from 2003 through 2009, the team has won the state championship in either fast freestyle or PRECISION, and in 2007 they were state champions in both events. they nearly repeated that feat in 2008, missing by one point in the freestyle event and winning state in precision riding. last year, the liberty county mounted 4-h drill team won the state championship in fast freestyle and placed third in precision riding. last month, the local kids competed at a national event held in LINDALE, texas, where they captured first place in what is called freestyle theme. then monday night, the HERALDED liberty county 4-h mounted drill team repeated as state champions in fast freestyle. the local kids will compete in the state precision COMPETITION today. HUNTER SAFETY CLASS LOCAL NEWS 07/28/10
THE LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT’S HUNTER SAFETY TRAINING COURSE IS THIS WEEKEND. THE CLASSES WILL BE HELD FRIDAY FROM 7 TO 10 P.M. AND SATURDAY FROM 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M. IN THE LIBERTY PD TRAINING ROOM ON LAKELAND DRIVE. COST OF THE COURSE IS $15. ANYONE BORN ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 2ND 1971 MUST COMPLETE A HUNTER EDUCATION TRAINING COURSE TO BE LEGALLY LICENSED TO HUNT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HUNTER SAFETY COURSE OFFERED AT THE LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, CALL 936-336-5666.
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