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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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BOGUS SCHEDULES FOR SALE AGAIN 5.12.10 WE HAVE LEARNED THAT AN ARLINGTON BASED ADVERTISING COMPANY IS CALLING LOCAL BUSINESSES BY PHONE AND CLAIMING TO BE REPRESENTING LIBERTY AND DAYTON HIGH SCHOOLS IN A ATTEMPT TO SELL ADVERTISEMENTS ON A FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. IT IS THE SAME OUTFIT THAT HAS PULLED SIMILAR SCAMS IN THE PAST BUT THIS COMPANY IS NOT REPRESENTING EITHER DAYTON OR LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOLS – THAT COMPANY HAS NO AGREEMENT WITH THOSE SCHOOLS AND NONE OF THE PROCEEDS BENEFIT LOCAL SCHOOLS IN ANY WAY REGARDLESS OF CLAIMS THEY MAY MAKE. 57TH MRCC INVITATIONAL COMING 5.12.10 THE 57TH ANNUAL INVITATIONAL MAGNOLIA RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB GOLF TOURNAMENT IS FAST APPROACHING. ACTIVITIES ARE SET FOR TOMORROW THROUGH SUNDAY. TOURNAMENT PLAYERS ARE ALL SET BUT SPONSORSHIPS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR $75 EACH OR $25 FOR CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER. THE SPONSOR TICKETS ARE REAL BARGAINS AND INCLUDE BEVERAGES EACH DAY THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, TOMORROW NIGHTS SPONSORS GET THE FABULOUS SHRIMP DINNER AND COCKTAIL PARTY ALSO HELD ON THURSDAY. THEN FRIDAY THE SPONSORS TICKETS ENTITLES HOLDER TO ALL SCHEDULED EVENTS EXCEPT FOR GOLF PLAY. THAT’S BEVERAGES, AND FOOD THROUGH OUT THE DAY FRIDAY, MORE OF THE SAME SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS WELL. IT REALLY IS A REAL BARGAIN FOR $75 EACH AND THOSE SPONSORSHIPS CAN BE PURCHASED FROM CHAIRPERSON GLENDA CALLAWAY OR ALSO AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. THAT NUMBER IS 336-6732. ACTIVITIES BEGIN THURSDAY EVENING WITH THE SHRIMP DINNER WITH SERVING AT 6PM. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO WATCH GOLF PLAY IT BEGINS FRIDAY, AND CONTINUES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH A SHOT GUN START AT 7:30 AM AND 1:30 PM. HOUSTON GO TEXAN GOLF TOURNEY SET 5. .10 LIBERTY COUNTY STUDENTS HAVE, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BEEN RECIPIENTS OF SOME OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS COMING TO LOCAL KIDS FROM THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO. THIS YEARS RECIPIENTS SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED N THE NEXT FEW DAYS. – WE ARE TOLD THIS THEY WILL PROBABLY ANNOUNCE $150,000 IN SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS JUST FOR LIBERTY COUNTY GRADUATING SENIORS. WIT THAT THOUGHT IN MIND LOCAL GO – TEXAN COMMITTEE MEMBER MICHAEL PAGE ANNOUNCED THE HOUSTON METRO GO TEXAN COMMITTEE IS HOLDING THEIR 14TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT HERE TO HELP RAISE JUST SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS. THIS YEARS GOLD TOURNEY WILL BE AT THE MAGNOLIA RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB ON MAY 21ST. IT IS A 9 AM SHOT GUN START IN A TWO MAN SCRAMBLE FORMAT. ENTRY PRICE IS $100 EACH WITH LOTS OF GOODIES. FOR NON-PLAYERS THE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING FOR HOLE-SPONSORS – ALSO AT $100. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SIGN UP CALL MICHAEL PAGE AT 936-402-0471. AGAIN THAT HOUSTON GO-TEXAN GOLF TOURNAMENT WILL BE ON FRIDAY MAY 21ST. NEW FURNITURE STORE IN LIBERTY 5.12.10 ANOTHER NEW BUSINESS IS COMING TO SOUTH LIBERTY COUNTY. SOMEWHERE AROUND JUNE FIRST CBS RUSTIC FURNITURE, WILL OPEN AT 1200 US 90 WEST IN THE OLD LIBERTY PHYSICAL THERAPY BUILDING. FRED GOOD OF CLEVELAND, HIS WIFE AND FAMILY FOUNDED THE COMPANY IN CLEVELAND 6 YEARS AGO AND NOW ARE EXPANDING TO LIBERTY IN THEIR 5,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING RENTED FROM DAVID YOUNG. FRED GOOD’S SON – SHAUN GOOD, WILL MANAGE THE LIBERTY STORE AND TELLS US A BIT ABOUT THIS NEW BUSINESS IN LIBERTY AUDIO BY ITS VERY NAME CBS RUSTIC FURNITURE SPECIALIZES IN .THE RUSTIC TYPE FURNITURE BUT HAS MORE TRADITIONAL FURNITURE AND BEDDING AS WELL. THE CBS RUSTIC FURNITURE BUILDING ON US 90 IN LIBERTY IS ALREADY STOCKED TO OVERFLOWING WITH NEW FURNITURE AND BEDDING INVENTORY PR4EPARING FOR OPENING DAY. SHAUN GOOD IS MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN AND LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN CLEVELAND. CBS RUSTIC FURNITURE PHONE NUMBER IN LIBERTY IS 336-1200.. ON GOOD WEATHER DAYS- THEY PLAN TO PUT SOME INVENTORY ON THE LAWN IN FRONT OF THE STORE SO CUSTOMERS CAN SEE IT AS THEY DRIVE BY. AGAIN, OPENING DAY IS JUNE FIRST FOR CBS RUSTIC FURNITURE 1200 US 90 WEST IN LIBERTY LIBERTY CITY COUNCIL LOCAL NEWS 05/12/2010 THE LIBERTY CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT AND GAVE THEIR APPROVAL TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR AN ESTIMATED $550,000 IN IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS TO THE LIBERTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. LIBERTY CITY MANAGER GARY BROZ – ACTING ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY’S AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD- LAID OUT THE PLAN WHICH INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF AN AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING WITH OFFICE SPACE AND RESTROOMS, A 20-SPACE PARKING LOT, NEW AIRPLANE HANGARS AND MORE. AS SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS NOTED, THIS TYPE OF AIRPORT UPGRADE HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS AND NOW IT WAS TIME TO GET STARTED SINCE A LARGE OF PORTION OF THE COST IS AVAILABLE THROUGH FEMA FUNDS AND HURRICANE IKE INSURANCE PAYMENTS. WHILE A SOLID PLAN REMAINS IN DEVELOPMENT, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER GARY BROZ TO MOVE AHEAD IN ATTEMPTING TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THE AIRPORT PROJECT THROUGH THE LIBERTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. TUESDAY NIGHT’S LIBERTY CITY COUNCIL MEETING ALSO INCLUDED THE CANVASSING OF THE RETURNS FROM THE GENERAL ELECTION AND SPECIAL CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION HELD SATURDAY. AS REPORTED, MAYOR CARL PICKETT WAS REELECTED SATURDAY AND THE BASIC HOUSEKEEPING CHARTER AMENDMENTS ALL PASSED. MAYOR PICKETT WAS SWORN IN AT LAST NIGHT’S MEETING BY LIBERTY MUNICIPAL JUDGE BOBBY RADER WHO ALSO ADMINISTERED NEW OATHS TO RETURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS FRANK JORDAN, MIKE MCCARTY AND LOUIE POTETZ WHO WON NEW TERMS WITHOUT OPPOSITION. MIKE MCCARTY WAS ALSO UNANIMOUSLY RE-ELECTED AS LIBERTY MAYOR PRO-TEM. MORE ON FIRE TRUCK WRECK LOCAL NEWS 05/12/2010 A CYPRESS LAKES VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER IS REPORTED TO BE RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS INJURIES HE SUSTAINED IN A FIRE DEPARTMENT TANKER TRUCK WRECK MONDAY AFTERNOON. WE HAVE REPORTED THAT 22-YEAR-OLD CLAYTON EVANS OF TARKINGTON WAS AIRLIFTED TO MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON. ASSISTANT TARKINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF DALTON GREGORY SAID THE YOUNG FIREFIGHTER HAD FRACTURED VERTEBRAE, A BROKEN LEG AND MULTIPLE FACIAL FRACTURES. HOWEVER, CLAYTON EVANS IS REPORTED TO BE ALERT AND CONSCIOUS WITH FEELING AND MOBILITY IN HIS EXTREMITIES. WE ALREADY REPORTED THE CYPRESS LAKES VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A TANKER TRUCK EN ROUTE TO A MUTUAL AID CALL FROM TARKINGTON FIREFIGHTERS FOR AT A BARN FIRE AROUND 4 P.M. MONDAY WHEN THE WRECK OCCURRED. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TROOPERS INDICATES EVANS LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AFTER EXITING A CURVE IN THE ROAD LOST CONTROL AND OVERCORRECTED. THE TANKER TYPE FIRE TRUCK LEFT THE ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD #2285 NEAR #2286 AND ROLLED. CLAYTON EVANS WAS EJECTED FROM TRUCK. THE CYPRESS LAKES TANKER TRUCK WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE WRECK. txdot meeting news story (for wednesday) 05.12.10 Do you have an opinion concerning transportation in Southeast Texas? The Texas Department of Transportation and the federal highway administration want your input at a public meeting tomorrow afternoon. TxDOT officials and other transportation representatives are holding an Open House style public meeting tomorrow from 4 to 7 p.m. at the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission building, located at 2210 Eastex Freeway in Beaumont. During this three-hour meeting, attendees can watch a video concerning transportation needs and make written comments and suggestions to improve the way the state's transportation system is planned.
devers vfd news story (for wednesday) 05.12.10
the devers volunteer fire department will hold a barbecue fund raiser this saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the fire house on gates street. they will be selling barbecue plates with a half-chicken, potato salad and beans for just $8. the devers firemen also are taking orders through tomorrow for whole briskets. these are $40 each. to order your whole brisket, call the devers fire department at 936-549-7311 or joy 402-5384. the devers volunteer fire department also is holding a Raffle and bake sale saturday in conjunction with their barbecue. raffle tickets are $1 each, and the prizes include a Benelli 12 gauge Pump shotgun, a Texas Wooden Bench, plus a Kodak Easy Share Camera. once more, the devers volunteer fire department is holding a barbecue fund raiser this saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the fire house, located next to the post office on gates street in devers.
man dead in nashville news story 05.12.10 a former dayton high school football player has been shot and killed in nashville, tennessee. reliable sources say ron pollard (puh-lard), thought to be 34 years old, was found dead inside a south nashville APARTMENT late monday night. nashville police have not released any information on the shooting. however, channel 5 television in nashville reports neighbors in the apartment complex heard gunfire around 11:30 p.m. Monday. when police arrived, the former dayton resident was found dead. according to that nashville news report, the apartment had been RANSACKED and its contents had been torn apart. kshn will have more on this story when details become available. for now, we can report former dayton resident ron pollard jr., thought to 34 years old, was found dead monday night in nashville, tennessee. ron’s parents are ron sr. and vicki pollard of dayton. hurricane drill news story 05.12.10 the liberty county office of EMERGENCY management recently held what is called a CATASTROPHIC preparedness response operation. simply put – that is a hurricane drill. emergency management coordinator tom branch said the drill was held in preparation for hurricane season, which beings june 1. "audio" tom branch said the liberty county office of EMERGENCY management will hold a citizen’s hurricane preparedness program in mid-june. "audio" as hurricane season approaches, tom branch said he wants area residents to remember the number 72. "audio" in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season, the liberty county office of EMERGENCY management RECENTLY held a hurricane drill. attending were representatives from the state, the county, the cities of liberty, dayton, cleveland, and plum grove along with folks from the sheriff’s office and liberty county ems. now, tom branch invites the public to a citizen’s hurricane preparedness meeting on monday, june 17, at 6 p.m. in the liberty center at liberty city hall. hurricane season starts june 1 and ends nov. 30. WEATHERMAN HERE TO SPEAK AT CHAMBER LUNCHEON MAY 21ST 5.12.10 MORE ON THIS LATER BUT MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR THE WEDNESDAY MAY 19TH LIBERTY DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON. TIM HELLER CHIEF METEOROLOGIST FOR ABC CHANNEL 13 IN HOUSTON IS THE SPEAKER. THE AWARD WINNING WEATHERMAN FOR CHANNEL 13 WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE 20-10 HURRICANE SEASON. THIS CHAMBER EVENT WEDNESDAY MAY 19TH AT NOON WILL BE HELD AT THE LIBERTY CENTER IN CITY HALL. THE PRICE IS $8 FOR A MEXICAN FAJITAS LUNCH CATERED BY MAS AMIGOS. A BIG TURN OUT IS EXPECTED SO CALL THE CHAMBER OFFICE AT 336-5736 FOR RESERVATIONS. . |
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