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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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DAYTON FEMA LOCAL NEWS DATE: 04 08 10 IN JANUARY 2009, JUST THREE MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE IKE, THE CITY OF DAYTON FILED AN APPEAL CHALLENGING THE DECISION OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO PAY ONLY A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL $2.1 MILLION THE CITY CLAIMED IN DEBRIS CLEAN UP. FOLLOWING THE HURRICANE, THEN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH DECLARED THE AREAS AFFECTED BY IKE INCLUDING DAYTON AS A DISASTER AREA, ALLOWING FOR 100% REIMBURSEMENT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE COST OF CLEAN UP. IN NEWS REPORTS WE DID AT THE TIME, CITY MANAGER DAVID DOUGLAS SAID THE CITY WAS OFFERED $500,000 BY FEMA – WHICH THEY ACCEPTED, BUT NOT AS A COMPLETE PAYMENT. SINCE THAT TIME, ONE APPEAL FOR $1.4 MILLION HAS BEEN DENIED AND A SECOND APPEAL IS ON FILE. NOW, ACCORDING TO DAYTON CITY MANAGER DAVID DOUGLAS, TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE DAVID BRANDON SAID THEY HAVE SENT THE SECOND APPEAL FOR DAYTON’S REIMBURSEMENT CLAIM ON TO WASHINGTON DC WITH ACCORDING TO MR. DOUGLAS, STATE APPROVAL. HOWEVER, IN A LETTER TO DAYTON CITY OFFICIALS, DAVID BRANDON, WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES SAID HE PERSONALLY FELT THE ODDS WERE GOOD THE CITY WOULD GET A FAVORABLE APPEAL REVIEW THIS TIME. DAVID DOUGLAS SAID THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALSO INDICATED THEY FELT THAT FEMA WAS IN ERROR WHEN THEY DID NOT AT LEAST PAY A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL CLAIM. $134,296 WAS TO PAY CITY EMPLOYEE LABOR FOR THEIR WORK DURING HURRICANE IKE. NOW, TX DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS RESUBMITTED THAT PORTION FOR PAYMENT AND DAVID DOUGLAS SAID HOPEFULLY THY WILL HAVE AN ANSWER ON THAT $134,000 BY LATE NEXT WEEK. THERE IS NO INDICATION ON WHEN THE CITY OF DAYTON WILL HEAR ABOUT THE SECOND APPEAL FOR $1.4 MILLION BUT MR. BRANDON SAID IT COULD BE AS SOON AS 90 DAYS OR AS LONG AS A YEAR.
Business Expo 2010 LOCAL NEWS DATE: TODAY IS THE LIBERTY DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Business Expo 2010 at Liberty Center. The Expo is open from 12 noon until 4:00 p.m. There is no ADMISSION charge. Each exhibitor will have door prizeS displayed at their booth. Choose the PRIZES you wish to win and drop your ticket in the receptacle provided at that booth. drawingS WILL BE held near the end of the EVENT AT 4PM. ANOTHER WAY TO WIN, IS TO BUY a card for $1.00 at the door and while you tour the Expo have your card validated by each exhibitor for a $100.00 Chamber of Commerce gift certificate, THAT'S LIKE CASH AT LOCAL STORES. The card NEEDS TO be validated by all exhibitors to be eligible for the drawing. Exhibitors will DISPLAY MERChANDISE AND OR offer information and brochures about their business. PLUS THEY WILL have ‘freebies’ to hand out. The LIBERTY DAYTON AREA CHAMBER Expo is a fun event. Plan to attend. FOR THE PUBLIC ITS a great opportunity to talk one-on-one and ask as many questions as you wANT with each MERCHANT exhibitor. For more INFORMATION, contact the Liberty-Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce 936-336-5736. THE LIBERTY DAYTON AREA CHAMBER BUSINESS EXPO IS IN THE LIBERTY CENTER ON TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL FOUR. COUNTERFEIT FUNDS LOCAL NEWS DATE: 04 08 10 THE LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REPORTING AN INCREASE IN COUNTERFEIT MONEY. ACCORDING TO LIBERTY POLICE PIO HUGH BISHOP, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS INVESTIGATED SIX CASES OF COUNTERFEIT BILLS. IN EACH CASE, $5 BILLS HAVE BEEN BLEACHED AND THEN REPRINTED TO LOOK LIE $100 BILLS. IN A COUPLE OF CASES, LOCAL BANKS HAVE DISPERSED THE MONEY. THE BILLS ARE PASSING THE BASIC COUNTERFEIT DETECTION TECHNIQUES, BECAUSE THEY ARE PRINTED ON THE ACTUAL LINEN BASED PAPER OF THE ORIGINAL BILLS. EVEN COUNTERFEIT DETECTION PENS DO NOT SHOW ANYTHING WRONG. AN EASY WAY FOR FOLKS TO CHECK THEIR BILLS IS HOLD IT UP TO THE LIGHT. ON A $100 BILL, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE A WATERMARK OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S PORTRAIT. HOWEVER, IF YOU SEE ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THEN YOUR BILL IS A COUNTERFEIT. ALSO IF THE SECURITY THREAD SAYS THE WORD "FIVE" ON A $100 BILL, IT IS A FAKE. AN ADDITIONAL CHECK USING AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT WOULD SHOW A $5 BILLS SECURITY THREAD, WHICH GLOWS BLUE. THE LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CONTACTED THE US SECRET SERVICE. PROSECUTION OF COUNTERFEIT MONEY CAN BE DONE IN FEDERAL COURT, OR HANDLED AS FORGERIES AT THE STATE LEVEL. FORGERY, INVOLVING MONEY IS A THIRD DEGREE FELONY IN TEXAS.
HURRICANE PREDICTIONS news story 04.08.10 ok, it’s getting a little more serious now. it could be an above normal atlantic hurricane season - that prediction from researchers at COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE. on wednesday, they updated their ANNUAL LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY REPORT. back in december, the university issued a preliminary report PREDICTing BOTH AN ABOVE-AVERAGE ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL CYCLONE SEASON AND AN ABOVE-AVERAGE LIKELIHOOD OF A MAJOR HURRICANE MAKING LANDFALL IN THE UNITED STATES. that predication was increased on wednesday. now, the scientists predict activity on the high end of their first estimates. for example, in december the scientists predicted 11 to 16 named storms. their latest report puts that number at 15. the historical average is 9.6 named storms per season, which begins june 1 and runs through november. so why have the scientists increased their forecast from early december? according to the report, the experts now expect moderate el nino conditions to transition to NEUTRAL conditions by this year’s hurricane season. the predicted weakening of el nino conditions combined with a very strong warming for the tropical atlantic are the primary REASONS why they are increasing their forecast. as we said, tHE ANNUAL ANALYSIS released wednesday now ESTIMATES 15 NAMED atlantic STORMS with eight reaching hurricane force. that’s greater than the average year. the colorado state forecast estimates 75 days with named storm activity and 35 hurricane days. their forecast predicts 4 intense hurricanes this year. the team of RESEARCHERS predict a 69 percent chance that at least one major hurricane will make landfall somewhere on the u.s. COASTLINE in 2010. the long-term average probability is 52 percent. for the Gulf COAST, the probability that a major HURRICANE will make landfall is 44 percent. that is up from their earlier estimate of 40 percent. the long-term average for a gulf coast landfall is typically 30 percent. IN SHORT, THE ANNUAL COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY HURRICANE REPORT PREDICTS AN above-AVERAGE TROPICAL CYCLONE SEASON WITH AN above-average CHANCE OF A MAJOR HURRICANE MAKING LANDFALL IN THE U.S. hurricane season begins in june and runs through november. lady panthers news story although it took extra innings to get the job done, the liberty lady panthers softball team beat the coldspring lady trojans 3-2 tuesday night. during the first round of DISTRICT play, coldspring topped the lady panthers 13-6. that was one of the liberty girl’s most lopsided losses of the season. so, it was extra special for the lady panthers to get the win tuesday night here in liberty. PITCHER KATHERINE mcadams went five innings while taylor kaderli secured the win with three relief innings on the mound. OFFENSIVELY for the lady panthers, dani sicotte drove in two runs while KATHERINE mcadams had the other rbi. allison meche, kirby taylor, and amanda leonard all had hits for the locals. liberty head softball coach karen slack singled out the defensive play of haili beam in centerfield and shelby vandeventer in right. the panther girls are now 13-8 overall and 5-3 in district play. next up for liberty is splendora this friday at 7 p.m. at liberty MUNICIPAL park. in a game heard live on kshn, liberty boys secured an important district win, also against coldsrping, 6-3. MICHAEL brents got the mound win for the boys of coach robby fontenot.
sexual assault arrest news story 04.08.10 a 31-year-old cleveland man has been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. according to a press release from cleveland police chief mark bradshaw, Victor Hernandez Mendez is accused of sexually assaulting three children about 10 years ago. those assaults allegedly started when one of the victims was just 4 years old and continued for about 5 years. victor mendez was arrested on april 1 at his home on North Mason Street in Cleveland and later was transferred to liberty county jail, charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. he is being held on three bonds totaling $450,000. Cleveland Police are still INVESTIGATING to determine if there are any other victims that have not come forward. anyone with information can call the cleveland pd investigative division at 281-592-2622. GRAVES FOR JP #4 LOCAL NEWS 04/08/2010 BARRY GRAVES IS ONE OF TWO CANDIDATES IN THE RUNNING FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATION FOR PRECINCT #4 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. A DAYTON NATIVE, MR. GRAVES OWNS TRINITY VALLEY TRACTORS, HAS SERVED ON THE DAYTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND CURRENTLY SITS ON THE TRINITY VALLEY EXPOSITION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. BARRY GRAVES SAID RECENTLY OUTLINED THE REASONS HE DECIDED TO RUN FOR THE OFFICE OF JP #4. AUDIO. BARRY GRAVES IS OPPOSED FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATION FOR JP# 4 BY LARRY WILBURN IN TUESDAY’S RUN OFF ELECTION. THE WINNER OF THAT CONTEST FACES LONGTIME DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT GLEN PRUITT IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. WORKFORCE SAYS NO SO FAR ON BOOMERANG JOBS. 4. 8.10 DESPITE RUMORS TO THE CONTRARY THE HUGE NEW BOOMERANG TUBE FACTORY IN LIBERTY IS NOT YET ACCEPTING JOB APPLICATIONS AND THE TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS OFFICE HERE IS NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR BOOMERANG JOBS RIGHT NOW. A GUEST ON MONDAY MORNING’S PARTY LINE PROGRAM SAID APPLICATIONS FOR SOME SPECIAL JOBS WERE BEING ACCEPTED AT TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BUT THAT IS NOT ACCURATE, ACCORDING TO LORAINE ROBINSON – MANAGER OF THE TEXAS WORKFORCE OFFICE HERE.. BOOMERANG IS DUE TO BEGIN PLANT OPERATIONS IN LATE MAY IN THE HUGE 487,000 SQUARE FOOT THAT ONCE WAS NATIONAL PIPE AND TUBE IN SOUTH LIBERTY. TEXAS WORKFORCE DOES WELCOME JOB APPLICATIONS FOR ANYONE SEEKING WORK ANYTIME BUT RIGHT NOW THEY ARE NOT TAKING APPLICATIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE JOBS AT BOOMERANG. AGAIN THAT IS ACCORDING TO WORKFORCE SOLUTION OFFICIALS MAYHAW WEBPAGE LINKS FROM OURS 4. 8.10 ANOTHER ONE SOUTH LIBERTY COUNTIES FUN FILLED COMMUNITY FESTIVALS IS COMING UP QUICKLY. THE MAYHAW FESTIVAL IS SET FOR APRIL 26 THROUGH MAY FIRST. FOR FULL DETAILS YOU CAN LINK TO THEIR FACT FILLED WEBSITE FROM OURS. GO TO KSHN.COM AND CLICK ON THE MAYHAW FESTIVAL LOGO. THIS YEARS MAYHAW WILL HAVE SOMETHING VERY NEW…. THEY CALL IT MAYHAW MAYHEM – IT’S A FULL WRESTLING CARD DURING THE FESTIVAL FREE TO EVERY ONE. AGAIN FOR DETAILS ON THE EVERYTHING MAYHAW GO TO KSHN.COM AND CLICK ON THE MAYHAW LOGO. MIKE KURHT NEW DAYTON SUPE 4.8.10 LAST NIGHT TRUSTEES OF THE DAYTON SCHOOL BOARD NAMED A LONE FINALIST FOR THE JOB AS THEIR NEW CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR. MICHAEL SCOTT KURHT, 39 YEARS OLD, HAS BEEN SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN GIDDINGS TEXAS FOR SIX YEARS. HE IS A UT GRADUATE AND ATTENDED RANCH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF TCU IN FORT WORTH. HE IS MARRIED AND WITH HIS WIFE SHANNON, THE COUPLE HAS FOUR DAUGHTERS – AGES 6 THRU 11. MIKE KUHRT AND THE DAYTON I.S.D NOW GO INTO WHAT IS CALLED A COOLING OFF PERIOD FOR 21DAYS, REQUIRED BY LAW. AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD WHICH IF BOTH PARTIES ARE STILL IN AGREEMENT TRUSTEES WILL VOTE TO HIRE THE LEAGUE CITY NATIVE. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS MAJOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DAYTON SCHOOLS ON TOMORROW’S NEWS BUT FOR RIGHT NOW THOUGH IT APPEARS THAT MIKE KUHRT –39, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GIDDINGS SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL BE NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE DAYTON SCH9OOLS REPLACING GREG HAYMAN. HE HAS BEEN SUPERINTENDENT THERE FOR 7 YEARS. AFTER 29 YEARS WITH DAYTON SCHOOLS.
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