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NEWS SEPTEMBER 2010
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sour lake soldier news story 07.17.10 it may not seem possible, but another area soldier has lost his life in AFGHANISTAN. sgt. leston "tony" Michael Winters, age 30, of sour lake died thursday MORNING from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated. tony winters, the son of carl and cheryl spivey of sour lake, was a 1998 graduate of hardin-jefferson high school then enlisted in the army that year. he served two tours of duty in iraq and one in afghanistan. sgt. winters was married with three children. it is believed his wife is also from sour lake. his uncle and aunt – jimmy and valerie spivey – live in liberty. again, sgt. leston "tony" Winters of sour lake died thursday in afghanistan. kshn will have more information as details become available. fm 160 wreck news story 07.14.10 a raywood woman and her 11-month-old baby were taken by life flight air ambulance to MEMORIAL hermann hospital following a one-VEHICLE rollover accident friday MORNING. dps trooper chris cash said 25-year-old kacy gradney lost control of her car on fm 160, near county road 1909. she was attempting to pass another VEHICLE. "audio" kacy gradney and her child, maddox, were trapped in that vehicle. it was lying on the passenger side with its roof COLLAPSED against a utility pole. using jacks to STABILIZE the suspended vehicle, liberty volunteer firefighters used EXTRICATION equipment to free - first the baby and then her mother. trooper cash said the baby had been secured in a child safety seat and the mother was also strapped in with a safety belt when the wreck OCCURRED. after being freed from that vehicle, the mother and child were transported by liberty county ems ground ambulance to a nearby landing area setup on cr 1909. a waiting life flight helicopter then transported kacy gradney of raywood and her 11-month-old daughter, maddox, to a houston hospital. both were described as alert and conscious on lift off for memorial hermann. trooper cash said any citations are pending his investigation. SNAP FITNESS LOCAL NEWS DATE: 07 16 10 THEY HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW, AND THE NEW STATE OF THE ART WORKOUT FACILITY STILL HAS THAT NEW GYM SMELL – THE GOOD ONE. GEORGE ROBERSON AND HIS WIFE GINA ARE THE FRANCHISE OWNER OPERATORS OF THE NEW 24-HOUR FITNESS CENTER IN DAYTON. IT’S CALLED SNAP FITNESS. IN ADDITION TO THE 24 / 7 CONCEPT, SNAP FITNESS ALSO ALLOWS A MONTH-TO-MONTH MEMBERSHIP, ACCORDING TO OWNER GEORGE ROBERSON. AUDIO: SNAP FITNESS IS ON HIGHWAY 90 IN DAYTON, IN THE OLD MOVIE GALLERY LOCATION. THEY HAVE 24 HOUR A DAY SEVEN DAY A WEEK ACCESS FOR THEIR MEMBERS. IT’S A SHOW PLACE WITH STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AT WWW.SNAPFITNESS.COM, STOP BY THEIR DAYTON LOCATION DAYTIME HOURS OR GIVE THEM A CALL AT 936-681-0043. AINSWORTH SERVICES LOCAL NEWS 07/17/10
A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ARMY STAFF SGT. JESSE WAYNE AINSWORTH OF DAYTON WILL BE HELD TODAY. THE SERVICE IS AT 10 A.M. TODAY AT THE DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER, 801 SOUTH CLEVELAND STREET. AS REPORTED, STAFF SGT. AINSWORTH WAS KILLED IN COMBAT IN AFGHANISTAN A WEEK AGO TODAY. AGAIN THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JESSE AINSWORTH IS THIS MORNING AT 10 AT THE DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER. BURIAL WILL COME LATER AT THE HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. ACCORDING TO FLAG ETIQUETTE, GOVERNOR PERRY’S DIRECTION TO LOWER ALL U.S. FLAGS TO HALF STAFF IN HONOR OF SGT. AINSWORTH ENDS AT SUNSET TODAY. FLAGS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO FULL STAFF AFTER THAT.
DROP AFTER 10 A.M. NEWS AINSWORTH COMES HOME 7.17.10 IT WAS A STUNNING AND EMOTIONAL SITE YESTERDAY AS ANOTHER LIBERTY COUNTY HERO, KILLED IN THE LINE OF MILITARY DUTY, CAME HOME - SGT. JESSE AINSWORTH ARRIVED BACK IN DAYTON RIGHT ON SCHEDULE FRIDAY ESCORTED BY POLICE AND OTHER AGENCIES. THOSE PRESENT SUPPORTED THE FALLEN SOLDIER’S FAMILY AND DID SO WITH A VERY SPECIAL BRAND OF PATRIOTISM. THE AIRCRAFT BRINGING THE 24-YEAR OLD ARMY SGT. LANDED AT THE BAYTOWN AIRPORT, THEN THE PROCESSION BEARING HIS BODY HOME TO DAYTON, WORKED ITS WAY ONTO EAGLE DRIVE IN MONT BELVIEU – THEN TO STATE HIGHWAY 146 AND NORTHWARD TO DAYTON. THE FAMILY, WHO LIVES NEAR KENEFICK, ALONG WITH INVITED CLOSE FRIENDS, WERE IN THE SEVERAL VEHICLES OF THE PROCESSION. FROM PALM’S MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY AND ON INTO DAYTON THE PROCESSION PASSED BY AN AMAZING DISPLAY OF AMERICAN FLAGS. STILL ON 146, IN FRONT WOODROW WILSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, A BREATH TAKING DISPLAY GREETED THE FALLEN HERO’S FAMILY…LARGE LADDER FIRE TRUCKS FROM THE CLEVELAND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE DAYTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TOOK UP POSITIONS ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, THEY ARCHED THEIR LADDERS OVERHEAD AND STRETCHED OLD GLORY BETWEEN THEM FOR THE FUNERAL PROCESSION TO PASS UNDERNEATH. THE FAMILY WAS ESCORTED, BY OFFICERS AND RESERVE OFFICERS OF THE DAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.. THEY TURNED ONTO HIGHWAY 90 THEN TO 321 AND NORTH TO THE PACE STANCIL FUNERAL HOME. THE 321 RAILROAD CROSSING OVERHEAD WAS ADORNED BY RED WHITE AND BLUE BUNTING. AT THE FUNERAL HOME THEY WERE GREETED BY A CHORUS OF FIRE TRUCK AND POLICE SIRENS BLARING.. OFFICERS STEPPED FROM THEIR CARS, MANY SNAPPED OFF THEIR SHARPEST SALUTE TO SGT. JESSE AINSWORTH AS THEY PULLED INTO THE FUNERAL HOME PARKING LOT. IT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT ON A DAY FILLED WITH SPECIAL MOMENTS.. KEN DEFOOR IS A RESERVE OFFICER FOR DAYTON P. D. AND DROVE ONE OF THE ESCORT CARS FROM THE AIRPORT TO DAYTON. HE WAS TOLD BY SOME OF THE PATRIOT GUARD MOTORCYCLE MEMBERS, WHO ALSO WERE IN THE ESCORT, THIS WAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ON-LOOKERS, WITH AMERICAN FLAGS, TO PAY RESPECT TO A FALLEN WARRIOR THEY HAD EVER SEEN IN ANY OF THEIR ESCORTED MILITARY HONOR RIDES. TO KEN DEFOOR IT SAID A LOT FOR LIBERTY COUNTY CITIZENS. HE IS CERTAIN SGT. AINSWORTH’S FAMILY APPRECIATED IT GREATLY. IT WAS A MOVING AND EMOTIONAL SIGHT. KEN DEFOOR MAY SEE SUCH EVENTS DIFF3ERENTLY FROM OTHERS. HE LOST NOT ONE, BUT TWO, BROTHERS IN WORLD WAR II. NEITHER OF THEIR BODIES WERE EVER RECOVERED. SO A MILITARY HERO COMING HOME MAY BE EVEN MORE SPECIAL TO HIM. |
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