SGT. AINSWORTH FUNERAL

LOCAL NEWS

DATE: 07 19 10

500 MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN, FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AND BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY WERE ON HAND SATURDAY FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICE OF DAYTON’S FALLEN HERO, STAFF SGT. JESSE WAYNE AINSWORTH. THOSE MEMORIALIZING THE 24 YEAR OLD FATHER OF TWO WERE HIS SISTER SHANE PARSONS, WHO BROUGHT TEARS AND LAUGHTER TO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. COMMENTING ON HER BROTHERS OBSESSION WITH THE McRIB SANDWICH AT McDONALDS. SHE TOLD A STORY OF HOW JESSE AND HER HUSBAND, RYAN, WOULD SPEND HOURS ON THE PHONE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SEND A McRIB FROM TEXAS TO FORT DRUM NEW YORK. SGT. AINSWORTH NEPHEW BRENDAN TALKED ABOUT HOW HIS UNCLE HAD TAUGHT HIM SO MUCH, LIKE HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR, AND SING, HORRIBLY AS HE PUT IT. IN THE LARGE TELEVISION MONITORS IN THE BALLROOM OF THE DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER, PICTURES OF THE YOUNG MAN WITH THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM, BOTH THE FAMILY AT HOME AND HIS MILITARY FAMILY, CONTINUED TO SCROLL THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE. U.S. CONGRESSMEN TED POE SPOKE OF THE RIFLES THAT WOULD FIRE, AND THE BUGLE THAT WOULD SOUND IN HONOR OF THIS FALLEN SOLDIER. HE MADE THE SAME REMARKS ON THE FLOOR OF CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

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AS THE SERVICE ENDED AND THE HONOR GUARD BEGIN TO CARRY STAFF SGT. JESSE AINSWORTH TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE AT THE HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, MORE THAN 20 MOTORCYCLE RIDERS AS MEMBERS OF THE PATRIOT GUARD, NUMEROUS LAW ENFORCEMENT MOTORCYCLIST, PATROL CARS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOME 88 CARS FOLLOWED THE DAYTON HERO TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE. ALONG SOUTH CLEVELAND STREET, AS THE PROCESSIONAL PULLED OUT FROM THE DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER AND TOWARDS HIGHWAY 90, CITIZENS LINED UP, QUIETLY STANDING IN FINAL TRIBUTE.

TOWN MEETING LISD BOND

LOCAL NEWS

DATE: 07 19 10

WITH THE FAILED BOND ELECTION THIS PAST MAY, THE LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO DO AT LEAST SOME OF THE MUCH NEEDED RENOVATIONS, UPGRADES, AND REPAIRS TO VARIOUS CAMPUSES OF THE LIBERTY ISD. 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. THIS MONEY CAN BE USED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS or for the acquisition of land on which such a facility is to be constructed with part of the proceeds of such issue. DR. LUSIGNOLO SAID WHILE THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN APPROVED, IT STILL MUST GO BEFORE THE VOTERS.

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A QUILIFIED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BOND allow schools to borrow at nominal at zero percent for the rehabilitation, repair and equipping of schools. In addition, THESE funds can be used to purchase land on which a public school will be built. DR. CYNTHIA LUSIGNOLO SAID THERE WILL BE A TOWN HALL MEETING JULY 27^TH, IN LISD ADMINISTRATION BOARD ROOM, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS THINK, BOTH IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION, ABOUT A BOND ISSUE FOR THE LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.