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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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BBB WARNS ABOUT BP SCAMS LOCAL NEWS 07/20/10
IN THE WAKE OF THE LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN U.S. HISTORY THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WARNS US ALL THAT SCAMMERS ARE USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CHEAT GULF COAST RESIDENTS WITH BOGUS JOB OFFERS AND FALSE PROMISES OF COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES. BBB PRESIDENT MICHAEL CLAYTON SAID THE MOST COMMON SCAM MAKING THE ROUNDS SINCE THE BP OIL SPILL PROMISES JOB SEEKERS EMPLOYMENT IN THE CLEAN UP EFFORT, BUT ONLY IF THEY PAY AN UPFRONT FEE. THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU SAYS THE VAST MAJORITY OF JOBS CREATED BY THE OIL SPILL WILL GO TO THOSE WITH SPECIFIC TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION. ALWAYS BE WARY OF COMPANIES THAT REQUIRE APPLICANTS TO PAY IN EXCHANGE FOR EMPLOYMENT. THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU SAYS ANOTHER SCAM INVOLVES UNSOLICITED E-MAILS CLAIMING THE RECIPIENTS QUALIFY FOR COMPENSATION FROM BRITISH PETROLEUM. AS HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED, BP IS ACCEPTING CLAIMS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, LOSS OF INCOME AND BODILY INJURY OR ILLNESS. THE TOLL FREE BP CLAIMS LINE IS 1-800-440-0858. BP IS NOT CONTACTING ANYONE THROUGH UNSOLICITED E-MAILS OR PHONE CALLS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AVOIDING SCAM ARTISTS CONTACT THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AT 1-800-685-7650 OR VISIT WWW.BBB.ORG. LIBERTY TRINITY GARDEN APARTMENTS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS ON GO 7.20.10 IT WAS BACK IN MID- 2007, THREE FULL YEARS AGO - WHEN KSHN RADIO FIRST REPORTED ON PLANS FOR A SENIOR CITIZENS COMPLEX IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF THE SENIOR CENTER ON PANTHER DRIVE. PLANS CALLED FOR 21 SEPARATE BUILDINGS TO INCLUDE 76 TOWNHOUSE TYPE APARTMENTS. WE MISSED IT BY THREE YEARS THE FIRST TIME WE REPORTED IT SO NOW ALL WE CAN SAY, THIS TIME, IS THAT A GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY IS BEING PLANNED BY THE LIBERTY DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IT IS NOT SET, BUT IT IS BEING PLANNED FOR NEXT TUESDAY- ONE WEEK FOR TODAY. THE LIBERTY PERMITTING DEPARTMENT CONCLUDED IN 2007 THE COMPLEX OWNERS - LANKFORD INTERESTS OF HOUSTON - WAS IN COMPLIANCE AND COULD GET BUILDING PERMITS BUT THEY NEVER CAME TO GET THEM AT CITY HALL. WE LEARNED THAT SOME KIND OF FUNDING OR FINANCE ISSUE HAD DEVELOPED AND THEY NEVER CLOSED THE DEAL TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION HERE. THEY DO HOWEVER OWN THE PROPERTY. ALL WE KNOW NOW IS THEY ARE EXPECTING TO BE AT CITY HALL MONDAY TO ASK FOR BUILDING PERMITS. BACK IN 2007 THE ROUGHLY ESTIMATED PRICE TAG WAS BETWEEN 5 AND $6 MILLION DOLLARS BUT SURELY BUILDING PRICES HAVE CHANGED IN THE THREE YEARS SINCE AND THAT PART OF PERMITTING WILL BE RECALCULATED THE PROJECT COMPANY HEADED BY MR. MARK CALDWELL TOLD THEM THE DESIGN PLANS WOULD NOT CHANGE AND THEY DO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. THE SENIOR CITIZEN TOWN HOUSES OF STONE AND SIDING ON CONCRETE SLABS, WILL INCLUDE FOUR APARTMENTS IN EACH OF 19-BUILDINGS PLUS A LAUNDRY/MAINTENANCE STRUCTURE AND A 2,500 SQ0UARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE WITH SWIMMING POOL. LIBERTY TRINITY GARDEN APARTMENTS IS TO BE A GATED COMMUNITY ON 7.6 ACRES BETWEEN THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER AND CITY PARK ACCESSIBLE BY PANTHER LANE. OF THE 76 TOWNHOUSE RENTAL APARTMENTS FOR THE ELDERLY, FOUR WILL BE IN EACH OF 19 BUILDINGS WITH 28 ONE BEDROOM/ ONE BATH UNITS AND THEN 48 MORE 2 BEDROOM / TWO BATH APARTMENTS. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 76,680 SQUARE FEET UNDER ROOF. THE LIBERTY TRINITY GARDEN APARTMENTS WILL INCLUDE A DETENTION POND TO CAPTURE RUNOFF WATER FROM THE CONSIDERABLE AREA OF THE COMPLEX ON THE 7.5 ACRES.. ELEVATION AT THE SITE RANGES FOR 22.5 FEET TO 27.5 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. LANKFORD INTERESTS IS IN HOUSTON. THE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS WERE DONE BY A LUFKIN FIRM.. AGAIN, THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO BE A SIMPLE ONE SINCE IT HAD BEEN PRE-APPROVED. IN 2007 AND BUILDING REQUIREMENTS ARE MOSTLY UNCHANGED. HOWEVER, PRICE ESTIMATES FOR CONSTRUCTION WILL PROBABLY HAVE CHANGED. AGAIN, THE NEW LIBERTY TRINITY GARDEN APARTMENT SENIOR CITIZEN TOWNHOUSES ON PANTHER DRIVE IN LIBERTY WITH HAVE A ROUGHLY 5 TO $6 MILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION COST IN A GATED COMMUNITY WITH 76 APARTMENTS- 28 ONE BEDROOM , 48 TWO BEDROOMS ALL RENTAL FOR THE ELDERLY.. A CLUBHOUSE AND SWIMMING POOL IS PART OF THE NEW SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENCY GATED COMMUNITY. MORE TO COME. .
DAYTON ROAD WORK LOCAL NEWS DATE; THE CITY OF DAYTON, ACCORDING TO CITY MANAGER DAVID DOUGLASS, WILL BE REDOING WINFREE STREET FROM FM 1008 NORTH TO WARING STREET. UNDERGROUND STORM SEWERS IN THAT AREA ARE CAVING IN FROM LONG YEARS OF USE AND THE STREET IS ALSO CAVING IN AS WELL. DAVID DOUGLAS SAID IT’S ABOUT A $500,000 DOLLAR PROJECT. AUDIO: DAYTON CITY MANAGER DAVID DOUGLASS SAID THE CITY WILL GO OUT FOR BIDS IN early octOBER. HE SAID it should take 30 or so days to get the bids back and once AWARDED, likely BEFORE the end of year, THEN construction MAY TAKE 3 to four months. PURPLE CARD LOCAL NEWS DATE: 07 20 10 PURPLE CARD’S ARE THE DAYTON SCHOOLS WAY OF SAYING THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN DAYTON. THE DAYTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PURPLE CARD PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FREE ADMISSION TO ATHLETIC, CULTURAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY THE DAYTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT ALSO ALLOWS FREE ADMISSION TO HOME ATHLETIC CONTESTS, NOT INCLUDING PLAYOFF GAMES. THERE ARE FOUR WAYS TO QUALIFY FOR A DAYTON PURPLE CARD. RESIDENTS OF DAYTON ISD WHO ARE AGE 60 OR OVER RETIRED DAYTON ISD EMPLOYEES, SPOUSES OF ANY PURPLE CARDHOLDER, AND RETIRED DAYTON ISD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO SERVED AT LEAST TWO TERMS. TO GET A PURPLE CARD, STOP BY DAYTON’S WILL O. MOORE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE BUILDING ANY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8 AM UNTIL 4:30 PM. AGAIN, THOSE DAYTON PURPLE CARDS ARE FREE AND PROVIDE FROM ADMISSION TO SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND CULTURAL EVENTS HELD AT HOME IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. DOUBLE DEATH IN HOOP ‘N’ HOLLER LOCAL NEWS DATE: 7 20 10 INFORMATION IS STILL COMING IN AS LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE THE DEATHS OF TWO NORTH LIBERTY COUNTY RESIDENTS IN A HOME ON CR 2678 IN HOOP ‘N’ HOLLER SUBDIVISION NEAR RYE. ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS A POSSIBLE MURDER SUICIDE, THAT ASSESSMENT MAY CHANGE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AWAITS AUTOPSY RESULTS. ACCORDING TO LIBERTY CO. SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN STEVE GREENE, AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT HER MOTHER, TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS RENEE CREEL, WHEN SHE HAD NOT HEARD FROM HER IN SOME TIME. A CO-WORKER OF THE MOTHER CALLED THE DAUGHTER SAYING THE OLDER WOMAN HAD NOT COME TO WORK. THOSE TWO WOMEN WENT TO THE HOME IN THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY AND FOUND BOTH THE MOTHER AND FATHER DECEASED. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE CODY PARRISH SAID THE FATHER, IDENTIFIED AS JIMMY TRUMAN CREEL - 64, SUFFERED A GUN SHOT WOUND TO HIS CHEST, WHILE HIS WIFE, LILLIAN RENEE CREEL AGE 50 IS SAID TO HAVE SUSTAINED MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS. A HAND GUN AND KNIFE WERE BOTH FOUND AT THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT, WHICH WAS REPORTED JUST BEFORE 10 AM MONDAY. THESE ARE INITIAL THEORIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS WAITING ON AUTOPSY RESULTS TO CONFIRM THE CAUSE OF DEATH. THIS INVESTIGATION IS STILL IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES. WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION SOON. |
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