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LOCAL NEWS

04/07/10

THIS MORNING’S PARTYLINE PROGRAM AT 8:30 A.M. WILL FEATURE THE CANDIDATES FOR LIBERTY COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN NEXT TUESDAY’S GOP PRIMARY RUN OFF. THAT’S THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRECINCT #4 JP - BARRY GRAVES AND LARRY WILBURN, AS WELL AS THE CANDIDATES FOR JP #5 - DAVID C. MARTIN AND WADE BROWN. AS ALWAYS, OUR LISTENERS ARE INVITED TO CALL OR FAX IN QUESTIONS FOR ANY OR ALL OF THE CANDIDATES. EARLY VOTING IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RUN OFF ELECTION CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT THE LIBERTY COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX IN CLEVELAND FROM 8 TO 5, AS WELL AS FROM 3 TO 7 AT THE HARDIN COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE DAYTON ANNEX. REMEMBER, ONLY THOSE REGISTERED VOTERS WHO VOTED IN LAST MONTH’S REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY OR WHO DID NOT VOTE AT ALL ARE ELIGIBLE TO CAST BALLOTS IN NEXT TUESDAY APRIL 13^TH ‘S REPUBLICAN RUN OFF ELECTION.

KILL ITALICS AFTER 7:45

liberty track

news story

04.06.10

the liberty girls and boys track teams competed at the east chambers relays last thursday. the lady panthers took second place with 114 team points while the boys placed sixth among a field of 12. taking a look at the girls results, liberty’s 4x100 relay team of abina KELLEY, lauren cook, jailyn semien, and shafaa guillory claimed the gold medal. the lady panther’s 4x200 relay team also took first. team members were some of the same kelley, guillory, semien plus abriel ellis. liberty’s lauren cook claimed gold in the high jump. other lady panthers contributing to the team’s scoring were wallencia grant, amber grant, amber weisinger, laura kerr, and alicia baldwin. highlighting some results for the liberty boys at the east chambers buccaneers relays, jonathon lopez finished tops in the 3200-meter run. other panthers logging points for liberty were josh sell, terrance goodman, jonathan lopez, aaron duram, martin sterling and jeremy dickey. others who scored for liberty were james freeman, marcus scott, darrin walker, devonte fountain, schuyler ballew and michael williams. again, the liberty lady panthers track team finished second at the east chambers relays. this friday, they will compete at the bronco relays in dayton.

appliance rebate

news story

04.06.10

another reminder, reservations start tomorrow for the texas trade up APPLIANCE rebate program. texans can begin making on-line or phone reservations at 7 a.m. tomorrow. the state of texas plans to use about $23 million in federal stimulus funds for a mail-in rebate program for consumers who buy certain energy efficient household appliances during a 10-day period FROM APRIL 16 THROUGH APRIL 25. texans can make their reservations for an ENERGY star appliance rebate online by going to www.kshn.com and CLICKING on the ‘ENERGY EFFICIENCY" LOGO on our homepage. for those who prefer calling, the toll-free number for reservations is 1-877-780-3039. REPEATING, both this toll-free number and the online system will begin taking reservations for the texas TRADE UP appliance rebate program tomorrow at 7 a.m.

 4.6.10

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to Liberty High School for a tribute to the Panther Paw THE DATE IS WEDNESDAY APRIL 14^TH FROM 5PM UNTIL 7PM . THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY INTERESTING TO FORMER WRITERS AND REPORTS FOR THE PANTHER PAW SCHOOL NEWSPAPERS, THE HARVESTER YEARBOOKS AND MORE RECENTLY THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF LHS FIRE WIRE BUT ANYONE INTERESTED IN LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL IS WELCOME. TEACHER HOST FOR THE EVENT BRUCE WRIGHT SAYS THEY WILL have coffee and cookies and LOTS OF fun remembering the past by flipping through old issues of the Panther Paw newspaper. THEIR collection of Panther Paw INCLUDES issues from ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1939 UP TO 1997 and then THE FIREWIRE FOR THE YEARS 2005 TO 2010. MR. WRIGHT SAYS THEY Will ALSO be giving away old duplicate copies of the Panther Paw and Harvester yearbooks. AGAIN THE DATE FOR THE SPECIAL SALUTE TO THE HISTORY OF THE PANTHER PAW, HARVESTER AND FIREWIRE IS Wednesday April 14th from 5PM to 7PM. It will be held in the HIGH SCHOOL cafeteria.   AFTER THIS SPECIAL EVENT IS OVER WITH THIS collection WILL BECOME A PART OF THE PERMANENT ARCHIVES at the Sam Houston Regional Library IN LIBERTY. THEY ALSO HAVE some historic photos and other displays too. ONE AND ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

CENSUS HELP AND FORMS AT CITY HALL

4.6.10

NOW THE EFFORT TO GET RESIDENTS TO FILL OUT THE CENSUS REPORT STEPS UP. THE OFFICIAL DATE FOR MAILING IN THE FORM WAS APRIL FIRST – SINCE THEN THE MORE EXPENSIVE EFFORT OF PERSONALLY CONTACTING THOSE WHO HAVE NOT RESPONDED BEGINS. WE HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO DID NOT GET THE FORM. CENSUS OFFICIALS SAY MOST OF, NOT ALL, BUT MOST WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE FORMS. GET THEIR MAIL AT POST OFFICE BOXES. DIANNE TIDWELL, LIBERTY CITY SECRETARY, CO-CHAIRED ONE OF THE LOCAL EFFORTS TO BE SURE EVERY RESIDENT IS COUNTED, TOLD US HOW SIMPLE THE CENSUS REPORT IS TO COMPLETE, WHY IT’S IMPORTANT AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR IF YOU NEED A CENSUS FORM.

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TEN MINUTES FOR TEN QUESTIONS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ESSENTIAL FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. AGAIN, THAT LOCAL EFFORT TO HELP YOU AND TO PROVIDE CENSUS FORMS IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SENT YOUR CENSUS REPORT IN IS IN THE FOYER OF THE LIBERT5Y CITY HALL AND CLEVELAND CITY HALL. THERE IS TRAINED CENSUS PERSON WITH CENSUS FORMS FOR A FEW MORE DAYS, MONDAY-TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY FROM 1PM UNTIL 5PM AND THEN ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS FROM 9 AM UNTIL 1PM AT THOSE TWO LOCATIONS IN LIBERTY COUNTY.

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TWO THIEVES TRY TO STEEL COMPUTERS FROM WAL-MART

4.3.10

LIBERTY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ATTEMPTED THEFT OF $2000 IN NEW COMPUTERS FROM WAL-MART. ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER FROM LIBERTY P.D. THE EVENT ENDED SO QUICKLY POLICE WERE NEVER INVOLVED UNTIL IT WAS OVER. INFORMATION WE HAVE INDICATES THAT DONNIE BONNIN, LONG TIME WAL-MART EMPLOYEE, WAS CHECKING PURCHASES AT THE FRONT DOOR. ONE MAN ALLEGEDLY DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION WHILE ANOTHER MAN MOVED BEHIND MR. BONNIN WITH A SHOPPING BASKET LOADED WITH TWO, ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR COMPUTERS. DONNIE BONNIN, KNOWN MORE FOR HIS MANY DONATIONS OF BLOOD TO HELP OTHERS, SAW THE THIEF OVER HIS SHOULDER AND GAVE CHASE. JIMMY BELT, SPECIAL RANGER FOR THE TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION, WAS OFF DUTY AT THE TIME BUT JOINED THE CHASE. THE MAN THOUGHT TO BE TRYING TO DISTRACT ATTENTION OF THE WAL-MART EMPLOYEES WAS DETAINED. HE WAS NEVER ACTUALLY IN POSSESSION OF THE STOLEN ITEMS , WAS ISSUED A CRIMINAL TRESPASS CITATION AND RELEASED. LIBERTY POLICE OFFICERS SAID THE SECOND MAN TRIED TO ESCAPE PUSHING THE BUGGY BRIEFLY BUT REALIZED HE WAS GOING TO BE CAUGHT. THAT’S WHEN HE ABANDONED THE CART AND THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE GOOD HIS ESCAPE. THIS ATTEMPTED THEFT OCCURRED AFTER 6PM THURSDAY.

COOTS MATTHEWS DEAD

4.2.10

HE WAS INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AS ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST OIL WELL FIGHTERS. HE BECAME EVEN MORE FAMOUS IN A JOHN WAYNE MOVIE ABOUT HIS EVEN MORE FAMOUS BOSS, RED ADAIR. THE 1968 MOVIE WAS CALLED HELL FIGHTER. NOW COOTS MATTHEWS IS DEAD. HE DIED WEDNESDAY, REPORTEDLY OF NATURAL CAUSES. THIS IS LOCAL NEWS BECAUSE COOTS HAD MANY LOCAL CONNECTIONS IN LIBERTY COUNTY.// WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AROUND HERE HE SPONSORED A GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT MAGNOLIA RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB. IT WAS TO RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER RESEARCH, THE DISEASE THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF HIS WIFE, DOROTHY. HIS BEST BUDDY WAS BOOTS HANSEN AND THEY LEFT RED ADAIR’S FAMOUS COMPANY TO FORM THEIR OWN, CALLED BOOTS AND COOTS, INC. THEY BECAME FAMOUS WORLDWIDE AGAIN FOLLOWING IRAQ’S INVASION OF KUWAIT IN 1991 YOU MAY REMEMBER SADAAM HUSSEIN ORDERED ALL THE OIL WELLS SET ABLAZE. BOOTS AND COOTS HELPED EXTINGUISH THE 700 WELL FIRES IN THAT DISASTER. COOTS MATTHEWS WAS ALSO A WORLD WAR II COMBAT VETERAN. AGAIN COOTS MATTHEWS OF HOUSTON BUT WELL KNOWN IN LIBERTY DIED WEDNESDAY – HIS AGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND SERVICES ARE PENDING. .

EASTER AT ST. STEPHENS

4.2.10

THERE ARE MANY EASTER SERVICES IN THE KSHN RADIO LISTENING AREA. TWO OF THOSE ARE AT ST. STEPHENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON TRINITY ST. IN LIBERTY. WHAT IS KNOW AS THE GREAT EASTER VIGIL IS SATURDAY EVENING AT 7. THE CHURCH SPOKESPERSON SAID THIS FIRST SERVICE OF EASTER BEGINS IN DARKNESS AND SILENCE BUT PROCEEDS IN A BURST OF LIGHT AND THE PROCLAMATION OF "ALLELUIIA" . THE ST. STEPHENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN LIBERTY INVITES VISITORS AND MEMBERS ALIKE TO RETURN WITH THEM TO THE DAYS OF THE GLORIOUS CATHEDRALS OF OLD TO CELEBRATE A TRADITIONAL ANGLICAN HIGH MASS. THE SERVICE IS COMPLETE WITH INCENSE, BELLS, AND CHANTS. THAT IS SATURDAY AT 7PM IN THE CHURCH SANCTUARY. .THEN ON EASTER SUNDAY MORNING AT 10;30 THE RESURRECTION SUNDAY SERVICE IS A CELEBRATION OF THE RISEN LORD IN WORD, SONG, AND SACRAMENT. ST. STEPHENS WILL BE ADORNED WITH EASTER FLOWERS JOINED WITH THE SINGING OF EASTER HYMNS WHILE THE RESURRECTION IS PROCLAIMED. ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IS LOCATED AT 2041 TRINITY STREET IN LIBERTY, ONE BLOCK EAST OF THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN LIBERTY. .

KSHN RADIO ALSO LEARNED THAT TONY THIBODEAUX – 48 A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT #1 DIED AFTER A LENGTHY BATTLE WITH CANCER. MR. THIBODEAUX DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT HOME. WE LEARNED OF TONY’S PASSING FROM HIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH AND FRIEND, KENNETH SKIDMORE, WHO HAD BEEN TO VISIT TONY SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY. TONY WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1979 HULL DAISETTA BOBCAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM. COACH SKIDMORE SAID TONY WAS AT M.D. ANDERSON UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN THEY LEARNED THE DISEASE HAD SPREAD TO SEVERAL ORGANS. WE ARE TOLD DOCTORS MADE HIM AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE AND ALLOWED HIM TO COME HOME WHERE HE DIED WEDNESDAY. COUNTY COMMISSIONER TODD FONTENOT TOLD US TONY WORKED FOR PRECINCT #1 MUCH LONGER THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS HELD THE OFFICE. THAT MARKS THE SECOND TOP HAND COMMISSIONER HAS LOST IN RECENT MONTHS. PRECINCT FOREMAN RICK HUMBER DIED SUDDENLY A FEW MONTHS AGO. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR 48 YEAR OLD - TONY THIBODEAUX WHO DIED LAST NIGHT.

All nine news also learned that a Kenefick man was killed in a beach buggy accident in Galveston Co. – Mark Carpenter – 45, was ejected from the ATV on aGalveston Co. highway. Reportedly the driver – a friend from Crosby stopped the atv suddenly. Mr. Carpenter died later at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Mark had a construction business and moved to Liberty County only a short time ago. He lived in Kenefick with a Dayton address.. We are told charges have been made against the driver for intoxication vehicular assault. Now charges are being considered for intoxicated vehicular manslaughter. The accident happened in Galveston last Friday. He died on Tuesday of this week.

YESTERDAY WE AIRED A DEATH NOTICE OF A DAYTON MAN, RONALD M. RINEHART, KNOWN TO HIS FRIENDS AS PORKY. HE WAS 71. AFTER THAT WE HEARD FROM A VIET NAM VETERAN SHIP MATE – RAUL HERRERA, PRESIDENT OF A GROUP KNOWN AS SWIFT BOAT SAILORS ASSOCIATION.

HERRERA CALLED OUR ATTENTION TO INFORMATION ABOUT MR. RINEHART AND TODAY WE SHARE SOME OF IT. ON APRIL FIRST THE DAYTON COMMUNITY LOST A VIET NAM WAR NAVY HERO. IN THE NAVY HE WAS ENGINEMAN FIRST CLASS RONALD M. RINEHART AND SERVED N VIET NAM ABOARD A SWIFT BOARD. IN 1967 PORKY RINEHART AND HIS CREWMATES WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CAPTURE OF A 120 FOOT STEEL HULLED NORTH VIETNAMESE FISHING TRAWLER, LOADED WITH MORE THAN 90 TONS OF AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES, ON THE WAY TO BE DELIVERED TO THE VIET CONG AND NORTH VIETNAMESE REGULARS. THE DAYTON MAN WAS REPORTEDLY AT THE GUN MOUNT POSITION ON THE FAN TAIL OF HIS BOAT. THE 81 MILLIMETER MORTAR WAS HAND LOADED, AIMED, AND FIRED. THE WHITE PHOSPHOROUS ROUND, FIRED BY RINEHART, FOUND ITS MARK IN THE ENEMY SHIP’S PILOT HOUSE FORCING IT AGROUND AND RESULTING IN THE CAPTURE. NAVY MAN RINEHART, ALONG WITH HIS CREW AND OTHER PERSONNEL, WAS PERSONALLY DECORATED WITH THE VIETNAMESE CROSS OF GALLANTRY BY THE PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN CAO KY (N-WEN COW –KEE) IN A GRAND CEREMONY AT DA NANG, VIET NAM A FEW DAYS AFTER THE CAPTURE OF THAT ENEMY SHIP BY THEIR SMALL AMERICAN BOAT.