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HURRICANE SEASON JUNE 1 - NOVEMBER 30
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NEWS SEPTEMBER 2010
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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RESULTS DATE: 03 03 10 TOTALS FROM YESTERDAY’S DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTING IN LIBERTY COUNTY ARE UNOFFICIAL UNTIL CANVASSED, BUT IT SEEMS CLEAR AT THIS POINT LIBERTY COUNTY WILL HAVE A NEW COUNTY NEXT JANUARY. INCUMBENT COUNTY JUDGE PHIL FITZGERALD LOST TO CHALLENGER KENNETH MORRISON, 1,329 VOTES TO 900. THE ONE TERM INCUMBENT WON JUST 3 OF THE 33 VOTING BOXES COUNTY WIDE. THERE WERE TWO CANDIDATES VYING FOR THE NOMINATION FOR PRECINCT #5 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN LIBERTY COUNTY. APPOINTED INCUMBENT JOE McANNALLY TOOK THE NOMINATION WITH 302 VOTES TO CHALLENGER LINDA CHAPMAN’S 113. FINALLY, ANOTHER APPOINTED INCUMBENT LES HULSEY WON YESTERDAY’S DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RACE FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF THE LATE RUSSELL PIERCE FOR PRECINCT #2 CONSTABLE. HULSEY HAD 303 VOTES, HIS OPPONENT JUAN ALFARO GOT 169. WITH NO REPUBLICANS ON THE BALLOT, HULSEY, ONCE CONFIRMED WILL SERVE THE BALANCE OF THE TERM IN THAT OFFICE AS PCT. #2 CONSTABLE. CHAMBERS CO. DEMOCRATS LOCAL NEWS 03/03/2010 IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, THE LONE CONTESTED RACE ON THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT SHOW JIMMY GORE WINNING OUT OVER DORIS M. TILTON FOR PRECINCT #2 COMMISSIONER 260 VOTES TO 54. UNOFFICIALLY, GORE WILL BE RUNNING AGAINST REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT DAVID "BUBBA" ABERNATHY IN NOVEMBER’S GENERAL ELECTION. CHAMBERS COUNTY REPUBLICANS LOCAL NEWS 03/03/2010 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTING IN CHAMBERS COUNTY ENDED IN THE RACE FOR PRECINCT #4 COMMISSIONER WITH AN UNOFFICIAL 643 VOTE WIN FOR RUSTY SENAC OVER INCUMBENT COMMISSIONER WILLIAM O. "BILL" WALLACE JR WITH 503 IF THE VOTE IS CONFIRMED. THE RACE FOR PRECINCT #2 CHAMBERS COUNTY COMMISSIONER BETWEEN INCUMBENT DAVID "BUBBA" ABERNATHY AND CHALLENGER CHERYL BAGWELL SANDERS SAW ABERNATHY WIN THE NOMINATION WITH 594 VOTES AND SANDERS WITH 325. APPOINTED INCUMBENT CHAMBERS COUNTY ATTORNEY SCOTT PEAL WAS CHALLENGED IN THE GOP PRIMARY BY MIKE MCNEELY. THE UNOFFICIAL WINNER IS PEAL WITH 1,935 VOTES. MCNEELY WAS LESS THAN 200 VOTES BEHIND WITH 1,744. THERE IS NO DEMOCRAT RUNNING FOR THAT OFFICE. ANOTHER CONTESTED CHAMBERS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACE WAS FOR PRECINCT #1 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE BETWEEN YALE DEVILLIER AND TOMMY GRIFFIN. INCUMBENT DEVILLIER WON THAT ONE WITH 651 VOTES WHILE GRIFFIN GARNERED 344. AGAIN, NO DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE RUNNING FOR JP #1 SO THE RACE IS UNOFFICIALLY OVER, YALE DEVILLIER WINNING RE-ELECTION. THE CHAMBERS COUNTY RACE WITH THE MOST CANDIDATES WAS FOR JP#4 ON THE GOP BALLOT. INCUMBENT DENNIS MCMURREY RECEIVED 328 VOTES. CHALLENGERS KENNETH EPPERSON HAS 299, JAMES R. HARRISON 121, JIM MOSS 108 AND LARRY DON COOK 66. A RUN OFF BETWEEN MCMURRY AND EPPERSON SEEMS LIKELY. lisd bond election news story 03.03.10 during a special-called meeting at 12:15 p.m. tuesday, liberty isd trustees formally called for an $18.27 million bond election. it will be held may 8th in conjunction with the district’s school board election. that total bond amount was recommended to school trustees by a liberty isd facilities task force to fund renovations to the district’s aging facilities plus construction of a new administration building. this lisd task force included about 30 liberty school district residents, parents and teachers who toured all of the district’s FACILITIES. While the liberty school trustees stuck to the task force’s proposed total of $18.27 million, they did make some modifications to specific suggestions. for example, the facilities committee had proposed renovations to the liberty elementary school gym; however, based on ARCHITECTURAL recommendations, the school board included demolition of the EXISTING gym and construction of a new one in this bond package. while time doesn’t allow kshn to list all of the planned WORK, here is a break down of some projects called for in the proposed $18.27 million bond package up for voter approval in may. at liberty high school – that’s the oldest educational facility in lisd – the board plans $7.78 million in new construction and RENOVATIONS. there’s a new wing with six science labs and two computer labs. the high school was CONSTRUCTed in the late 1970s when personal computers were not in use. this new wing would allow for the addition of much needed technological IMPROVEMENTS to enhance the learning ENVIRONMENT. other work at the high school would include a new fire alarm system, improvements to wiring and cabling throughout the two-story high school, plus renovations to meet HANDICAPPED accessibility and code requirements. another estimated $3.47 million is EARMARKED for liberty elementary school for a library addition, a new fire alarm system, ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS, and that new GYMNASIUM referred to earlier in this report. the bond package would also fund $813,000 in IMPROVEMENTS to the 1946 memorial football STADIUM and field house. another $1.28 million is for the relocation of the district’s TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES plus resurfacing of the stadium parking lot. the proposed bond package ALSO INCLUDES $244,375 for exterior lighting at san jacinto elementary. finally, if approved by voters in may, this bond package would fund a new administration and co-op building with at least 22,000 square feet of space at a cost of $3.87 million. there is also a built-in general contingency fund of $822,625 to handle overages to any of these projects. in other action tuesday during the meeting, the liberty school board authorized administrators to enter into negotiations with two ARCHITECTURAL firms to split the work from these projects. one firm is raby ASSOCIATES of AUSTIN which has worked with the nearby school districts of ANAHUAC, east chambers and high island. the other firm is ARCHITECTURAL alliance in beaumont. nearby, they have worked with beaumont, buna and lumberton schools. in a previous meeting, lisd chief financial officer margaret lee told trustees this bond package would add about 16 cents per $100 valuation to the current tax rate based on a 30-year payback. for a home valued at $100,000, after exemptions, that could cost a district taxpayer an added $164 in property taxes per year. for the average priced home in liberty school district of $63,868 after exemptions, this bond package would add about $105 to their yearly property taxes. repeating, liberty isd trustees have called an $18.27 million bond election to make what they say is much-needed technological improvements and renovations to liberty high school, liberty elementary school, the football stadium, and san jacinto elementary. in addition, the bonds would build a new ADMINISTRATION building. voters will have their chance to weigh in on this $18.27 million bond package during the may 8th school board election.
ELECTION RESULTS –GOP LOCAL NEWS 03/03/2010 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS ARE IN FROM YESTERDAY’S REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION IN LIBERTY COUNTY. IN THE RACE FOR LIBERTY COUNTY JUDGE STEVE STEPHENS GOT *** VOTES, JAY KNIGHT *** AND CRAIG MCNAIR *** VOTES. ***** WILL GO ON TO FACE DEMOCRAT **** IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. THERE WERE ALSO THREE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR PRECINCT #2 COUNTY COMMISSIONER. YESTERDAY’S VOTING SAW MARCUS BRAND WITH **** VOTES, *** TO CHARLOTTE KEY WARNER AND TIM WELLS WITH ****. THAT MEANS **** WILL BE RUNNING AGAINST LONGTIME DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT COMMISSIONER PRECINCT #2 LEE GROCE IN NOVEMBER. THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS PRECINCT ON THE GOP BALLOT IS #4. INCUMBENT NORMAN BROWN, RUNNING FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A REPUBLICAN, GARNERED **** VOTES. HIS CHALLENGER, PAUL KELLY GOT ****. **** WILL BE UP AGAINST DEMOCRAT LEROY HANEL IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. THE RACE FOR 253RD DISTRICT JUDGE WAS BETWEEN INCUMBENT CHAP CAIN, MAKING THE SWITCH FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN, AND MICHELLE MANGUM MERENDINO. UNOFFICIAL VOTE TOTALS SHOW CHAP CAIN WITH **** VOTES AND MICHELLE MERENDINO WITH ****. CHAMBERS COUNTY VOTERS ALSO CAST BALLOTS IN THAT RACE. CHAP CAIN RECEIVED *** VOTES IN CHAMBERS COUNTY. MICHELLE MERENDINO HAD ***** VOTES. STILL ANOTHER CONTESTED REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACE WAS FOR PRECINCT #4 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. IN YESTERDAY’S VOTING, JOHN HEADRICK GOT **** VOTES, BARRY GRAVES **** AND LARRY WILBURN GOT **** VOTES. ***** WILL BE UP AGAINST INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT GLEN PRUITT IN NOVEMBER. THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACE FOR LIBERTY COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR PRECINCT #5 ENDED WITH ***** VOTES FOR BERNADINE RINGEWOLD, **** VOTES FOR WADE BROWN AND **** FOR DAVID C. MARTIN. **** WINS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TO RUN AGAINST DEMOCRAT IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. FINALLY, INCUMBENT LIBERTY COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR LESTER RAY WISEGERBER WON REELECTION OVER CHALLENGER ANDY MCCREIGHT ***** VOTES TO ****. KIDNEYS!! 03/03/2010 TE YESTERDAY WE GOT NEWS FROM CLOSE FRIENDS THAT LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFF’S SGT. INVESTIGATOR DON NEYLAND CAME THROUGH HIS KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SURGERY WITH FLYING COLORS. HE NOW HAS A WORKING PRODUCTIVE NEW KIDNEY. DOCTORS DID SAY THE NEW KIDNEY IS A BIT SMALL BUT ARE CONFIDENT IT WILL ADJUST. HE IS IN THE TRANSPLANT SURGERY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN A HOUSTON HOSPITAL. HE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN HOSPITALIZED FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN MOVE TO A NEARBY HOTEL SO HE CAN COME BACK AND FORTH FOR TREATMENT AND OBSERVATION. AFTER THE SECOND WEEK HE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE HIS RECOVERY FROM HOME. BARBIE VAVRA THE 23 YEAR OLD FELLOW EMPLOYEE AT THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WHO MADE THE AMAZING DISCOVERY SHE WAS A PERFECT MATCH WITH HER FRIEND DON NEYLAND UNDERWENT SURGERY FIRST YESTERDAY TO REMOVE THE KIDNEY SHE CHOSE TO DONATE TO SAVE HER FRIEND. LATE YESTERDAY WE GOT WORD THAT DOCTORS ARE DELIGHTED WITH THE FUNCTION OF DON NEYLAND’S NEW KIDNEY. HE IS PERIODICALLY AWAKE AND ALERT BUT GETTING LOTS OF SLEEP. HE IS DOING SO WELL THEY EXPECT TO HAVE HIM IN A CHAIR TODAY AND MAYBE EVEN UP WALKING. BARBIE’S IS ON THE TOP OF HER GAME AS WELL AND MAKING EXCELLENT PROGRESS. |
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