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NEWS SEPTEMBER 2010
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AINSWORTH KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN 7.12.10 A DAYTON SOLDIER HAS BEEN KILLED IN MILITARY COMBAT, THIS TIME IN AFGHANISTAN. U.S. ARMY STAFF / SGT. JESSE W. AINSWORTH – AGE 24, WAS KILLED BY AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE, BETTER KNOWN AS AN I. E. D. A NEWS RELEASE ON A WEBSITE CALLED FREEDOM REMEMBERED SAYS SGT. AINSWORTH DIED OF INJURIES SUSTAINED WHEN INSURGENTS ATTACKED HIS UNIT USING AN I.E.D. SGT. AINSWORTH IS MARRIED TO SARAH OF DAYTON. HE HAS TWO SMALL CHILDREN. SIX MONTH OLD LANNA (LAH-NUH) WAS BORN IN JANUARY. LEXIE, IS THREE YEARS OLD. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER: MARGIE HUTCHINS AND STEP-FATHER: WESLEY HUTCHINS OF DAYTON. HIS FATHER, DONALD AINSWORTH- IS DECEASED. TWO SISTERS ALSO SURVIVE: REBECCA AINSWORTH SMITH – WHOSE STRENGTH HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO KSHN RADIO AS WE GATHERED THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE SLAIN DAYTON HERO KILLED SATURDAY IN MILITARY COMBAT. HIS OTHER SISTER IS SHANE AINSWORTH PARSONS. THERE IS ONE BROTHER: KEVIN HUTCHINS. SGT. AINSWORTH HAS BEEN IN THE ARMY FOUR YEARS, A PROUD MEMBER OF A MOUNTAIN DIVISION IN THE INFANTRY. HE DIED SATURDAY NEAR THE TOWN OF WALAKAN, AFGHANISTAN. SGT AINSWORTH IS THE THIRD LIBERTY COUNTY SOLDIER TO DIE IN COMBAT IN EITHER IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN. IN OCTOBER 2007 MARINE LANCE CORPORAL JEREMY BURRIS OF LIBERTY LOST HIS LIFE AND THEN LATER, IN APRIL 2008, ARMY SGT. SEAN TOUSHA OF HULL WAS KILLED. THOSE TWO PERISHED IN IRAQ. NOW WE KNOW THAT 24-YEAR OLD JESSE AINSWORTH, OF DAYTON, HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST OF THOSE HERO’S WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE BATTLE FOR ENDURING FREEDOM. HE ATTENDED DAYTON SCHOOLS THROUGH HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AND THEN WAS HOME SCHOOLED THRU HIGH SCHOOL. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR SGT. AINSWORTH IS PENDING AT PACE-STANCIL FUNERAL HOME IN DAYTON. WE ARE TOLD HIS BODY IS DUE HOME IN DAYTON EITHER THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. VISITATION WILL BE AT PACE STANCIL FUNERAL HOME – THE FUNERAL WILL AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN DAYTON AND BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL NATIONAL CEMETERY IN HOUSTON. DATES AND TIMES FOR THOSE EVENTS WILL BE FINALIZED ONCE SGT. AINSWORTH’S IS BACK IN DAYTON. SGT. JESSE W. AINSWORTH, KILLED AT THE AGE OF 24 IN AFGHANISTAN SATURDAY – RIGHT NOW THIS AMERICAN HERO IS WINGING HIS WAY HOME. WE WILL ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR HIS TRAVEL ROUTE TO DAYTON AND A HERO[S WELCOME WHEN IT’S FINAL. WE DO KNOW HE WILL COME TO DAYTON VIA STATE HIGHWAY 146 TO US 90 AND THEN TO PACE-STANCIL FUNERAL HOME. A TRUST FUND WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO BENEFIT THE SOLDIER’S TWO TINY CHILDREN. MORE TO COME ON THAT. . DAYTON CENTER HEALTH FAIR FRIDAY LOCAL NEWS 07/12/10 THE DAYTON SENIOR CITIZEN’S GROUP IS INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO THE 1ST SENIOR HEALTH FAIR AT THE DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT EVENT IS FROM 10 A.M. TO NOON THIS FRIDAY. LOCAL HEALTH CARE VENDORS WILL PROVIDE FREE BLOOD PRESSURE, FREE BLOOD SUGAR CHECKS AND INFORMATION ON WOMEN’S HEALTH. THE HOUSTON ORGANIZATION "THE ROSE" WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING MAMMOGRAMS. THE COST OF THE POTENTIALLY LIFE SAVING MAMMOGRAM TESTS CAN BE BILLED TO MOST INSURANCE COMPANIES OR FOR $100. EVERYTHING ELSE AT THE SENIOR HEALTH FAIR IS FREE. DOOR PRIZES WILL ALSO BE GIVEN AWAY. CALL 936-402-2130 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FRIDAY’S 1ST SENIOR HEALTH FAIR AT THE DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER. LIBERTY COUNCIL TOMORROW LOCAL NEWS 07/12/10 THE LIBERTY CITY COUNCIL MEETS TOMORROW NIGHT WITH A BUSY AGENDA. WE HAVE REPORTED COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE CITY’S UTILITY BILL ORDINANCE. THAT ORDINANCE REQUIRES RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WHO ARE LATE PAYING UTILITY BILLS THREE TIMES IN A 12-MONTH PERIOD TO PAY A UTILITY SECURITY DEPOSIT. ALTHOUGH THE LIBERTY CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE ORDINANCE BACK IN 2003, IT HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN ENFORCED, PROMPTING COMPLAINTS FROM SOME CITY RESIDENTS. TUESDAY, COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS AND AT LEAST CONSIDER MODIFYING THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ORDINANCE. ALSO ON TOMORROW’S LIBERTY COUNCIL AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION OF AN APPOINTMENT TO THE LIBERTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE LIBERTY CITY COUNCIL WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT RESIDENT OPINION POLL CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INPUT FROM CITIZENS ABOUT THEIR LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH LIBERTY CITY GOVERNMENT. COUNCIL WILL ALSO CONSIDER FINAL APPROVAL OF THE LIBERTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’S PLAN TO DEMOLISH THE OLD FOUR-STORY MERCY HOSPITAL AT 521 TRAVIS STREET. TUESDAY NIGHT’S LIBERTY CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS AT 6 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT LIBERTY CITY HALL. AS ALWAYS, THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO ATTEND. saratoga shooting news story 07.12.10 three men have bonded out of the hardin county jail following a confrontation last wednesday morning in saratoga that left a liberty county man dead. according to the silsbee bee newspaper, a man kicked in the front door of a saratoga home while brandishing a handgun, but standing on the other side of that door a man was wielding a sawed-off-shotgun. moments later, 26-year-old george howell of rye lay dead in front of that house in western hardin county. various beaumont area news outlets report hardin county sheriff ed cain said the confrontation began as a family argument taking place between 26-year-old wesley langham and his common-law step-FATHER, 50-year-old james dude ryan. allegedly, the younger man – langham - sent text messages warning ryan that he was coming to settle a score. however, he didn’t come alone. in tow were two rye residents – 50-year-old martin daniel green and the man killed in the incident, george howell. according to various reports, one of those three men shot out a security light before george howell, with a 40-caliber pistol in hand, banged on the home’s door. from the other side of that entrance, james ryan fired a sawed-off shotgun, killing howell. both wesley langham and martin green left the saratoga scene but were arrested later by hardin county sheriff’s deputies. according to records from the hardin county jail, both wesley langham and martin green of rye are now charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to carry out another felony. they were arraigned by justice of the peace t.j. hall who set bond at $25,000 each. wesely langham and martin green bonded out of jail thursday. james ryan was charged with theft of a firearm and possession of a prohibited weapon – a saw-off shotgun. he was released from the hardin county jail thursday after posting $7,500 bond. the matter of the shooting death of george howell of rye will now go before a hardin county grand jury to determine any other charges. sales tax ytd news story 07.12.10 this could be considered a positive economic sign for Liberty County. after months of large decreases in retail sales tax collections, payments made to cities in july were only down a collective $1,089 – that is a decline of less than ¼ of 1 percent. considering sales tax dollars to cities in liberty county are down 17.7 percent or $794,917 year-to-date, this month’s much smaller drop is encouraging news. statewide, sales tax RECIPIENTS are up for the THIRD month in a row following 14 months of decline. however, when compared to historical data, this month’s STATEWIDE allocations are still below those from July 2008. taking a look locally, sales tax collections are mixed, with some cities up for the month while others continue to be down. sales taxes collected by retailers in may are sent to the state in june and arrive at cities and counties in july. so these numbers reflect retail sales figures from two months ago. these revenues are then used by the GOVERNMENTAL entities in their budgets. taking a look at this month’s payments from the state to INDIVIDUAL cities, liberty was up by about 1 percent. that comes on the heels of an 8.76 percent decrease in june and a decline of 46.5 percent in may. also experiencing increases in sales tax payments this month were ames, daisetta, hardin and plum grove. on the other hand, sales tax allocations were down 9.17 PERCENT IN dayton and were off 5.59 percent for cleveland. also down is the city of north cleveland – they are off a whopping 45.95 percent. again, these numbers are for july sales tax allocations, which were collected by the state in june for may sales. turning our attention SOUTH to chambers county, mont belvieu saw a decrease of 24.79 percent while anahuac is down a staggering 55.84 percent. for the first seven months of 2010, cities in chambers county are down a combined 14.43 percent. repeating, it is the third straight month of increased sales tax allocations STATEWIDE. locally, while sales tax collections were down overall in liberty county, the drop of less than ¼ of one percent is a significant IMPROVEMENT from recent months. weekend recap news story 07.12.10 over the weekend, kshn reported DEMOLITION of the old Mercy Hospital Building on travis is set to begin in two weeks. liberty city manager gary broz says all of the REQUIRED paperwork has been filed with the state, and accepted bidder a.a.r. DEMOLITION of houston expects to start tearing down the old 1930 building and its additions on monday, july 26. once the DEMOLITION begins, contractors say it will take about three weeks to tear down the building and clear the property in the 500 block of travis street in liberty. although historic, this four-story facility is considered by many to be both UNSAFE and unsightly. as a result, liberty city council, liberty lisd and liberty county commissioners have all AGREED to pay their share of the $114,000 bid to demolish the old mercy hospital and remove the asbestos materials. also on saturday, kshn reported The hardin HORNETS 7-on-7 football team competed in the state tournament last THURSDAY and friday in COLLEGE station where the blue and gold advanced all the way to the semi-finals of their bracket before falling in overtime. the hornets played three games on thursday to determine seeding for friday’s bracket play. hardin athletic director and head football coach larry haynes said the hornets were placed in the consolation bracket. from there they advanced to the final four. coach haynes said there were more than 700 teams across texas COMPETING in a 7-ON-7 FOOTBALL division that INCLUDED 3a, 2a, and 1a squads. only 64 of those advanced to the state tourney. WE HAVE reported EXTENSIVELY since 2008 on boomerang tube’s plans to locate its high-tech oil field pipe manufacturing facility in liberty. now, they are in the process of hiring personnel to begin production. OFFICIALS WITH BOOMERANG TUBE have said THEY WILL START WITH TWO SHIFTS, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, and eventually MOVE TO A 24 HOUR, 7-DAY A WEEK OPERATION based on product DEMAND. THEY WILL INITIALly hire ABOUT 250 PEOPLE with plans to employ 350 when at full staff. THIS MONTH’S LIBERTY–DAYTON AREA CHAMBER NOON LUNCHEON ON JULY 21 – that’s next week – will feature boomerang officials to really bring the community up to date on these developments.
AINSWORTH KILLED IN IRAQ
7.12.10
ANOTHER MILITARY SERVICEMAN FROM LIBERTY COUNTY HAS BEEN KILLED IN MILITARY COMBAT, THIS TIME IN AFGHANISTAN. U.S. ARMY STAFF / SGT. JESSE AINSWORTH – AGE 24, WAS KILLED IN COMBAT BY AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE, BETTER KNOWN AS AN I. E. D. WE ARE TOLD SGT. JESSIE AINSWORTH IS MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN. HE WAS KILLED ON SATURDAY NEAR THE TOWN OF WALAKAN, AFGHANISTAN. SGT AINSWORTH IS THE THIRD LIBERTY COUNTY SOLDIER TO DIE IN COMBAT IN EITHER IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN. IN OCTOBER 2007 MARINE LANCE CORPORAL JEREMY BURRIS OF LIBERTY LOST HIS LIFE AND THEN LATER, IN APRIL 2008, ARMY SGT. SEAN TOUSHA OF HULL WAS KILLED. THOSE TWO MEN PERISHED IN IRAQ. NOW WE KNOW THAT 24-YEAR OLD JESSE AINSWORTH, OF DAYTON, IS LISTED AS KILLED IN ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN. HE ATTENDED DAYTON SCHOOLS THROUGH HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AND THEN WAS WITHDRAWN FOR HOME SCHOOLING FOR THE BALANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR SGT. AINSWORTH IS PENDING AT PACE-STANCIL FUNERAL HOME IN DAYTON. WE ARE TOLD HIS BODY IS DUE BACK IN DAYTON BY WEEKS END. MORE INFORMATION AS IT IS AVAILABLE.
(STEP-FATHER; WESLEY HUTCHINS = EXPECT CALL FROM SGT. HICKEY). |
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