CENSUS 50 YEARS AGO

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DATE: 05 19 10

WITH THE COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 20-10 CENSUS PUSH, ONE INTERESTING COMPARISON IS HOW IT COMPARES TO THE LOCAL LIBERTY COUNTY CENSUS FIGURES OF 50 YEARS AGO. ROBERT SCHHAADT, ARCHIVIST FOR THE SAM HOUSTON REGIONAL LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTER SHARED SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS FROM THE 1960 CENSUS FROM THE ARCHIVES AT THE STATE RUN ARCHIVES IN NORTH LIBERTY.

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DURING THAT 1960 CENSUS, 31,371 PEOPLE WERE COUNTED AS LIVING IN LIBERTY COUNTY. JUST TEN YEARS AGO AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2000 CENSUS, THERE WERE 70,154 FOLKS COUNTED IN LIBERTY COUNTY. UNOFFICIAL ESTIMATE IS THAT WE ARE AROUND 77,000 NOW BUT WHAT THE OFFICIAL COUNT FOR THE 20-10 CENSUS SHOW. 

HOSPITAL DISTRICT

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DATE: 05 19 10

MONDAY NIGHT, THE LIBERTY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD VOTED TO TRANSFER ANOTHER $300,000 INTO THE COFFERS OF THE LIBERTY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT nuMBER 1 NON PROFIT CORPORATION. THAT IS THE ENTITY THAT OWNS AND OPERATES THE LIBERTY DAYTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, TO HELP FUND THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE LIBERTY DAYTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. THAT IS THE SECOND $300.000 TRANSFER THIS YEAR. WHEN THE LIBERTY DAYTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WAS FORMED, THERE WAS AN INITIAL $1 MILLION CASH INFUSION TO PROP UP THE AILING 25 BED HOSPITAL THAT HAD BEEN CLOSED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS FOR THREE WEEKS. THEN CAME $300,000 MORE IN MID-DECEMBER, A SECOND TRANSFER OF $300,000 IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, AND NOW CAME THE SIMILAR MONDAY NIGHT TRANSFER. TO DATE THAT MAKES $1 MILLION $900,000 DOLLARS TRANSFERRED FROM THE TAX PAYER SUPPORTED HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR OPERATIONS SINCE THE DISTRICT TOOK IT OVER LATE LAST YEAR. IN OTHER ACTION, THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD ELECTED OFFICERS. C. BRUCE STRATTON WAS RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT WITH PAUL HENRY CONTINUES TO SERVE AS VICE-PRESIDENT. SISSIE DRAKE IS SECRETARY AND NEW COMER JOANNE SMITH WILL SERVE AS TREASURER.

COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OR CASA

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FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN HELPING ABUSED CHILDREN, BUT PERHAPS BECOMING A FOSTER PARENT IS MORE THAN A PERSON WANTS TO TAKE ON THEN VOLUNTEERING WITH THE CASA PROGRAM MAY BE JUST THE THING. CASA, WHICH STANDS FOR COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES, IS AN ORGANIZATION OF OF VOLUNTEERS WHO SPEAK TO THE COURTS AND SCHOOLS ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN INVOLVED IN SOME WAY WITH THE STATE CHILDREN’S PROTECTIVE SERVICE. KELLEY HORNE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE LIBERTY AND CHAMBERS COUNTY CASA PROGRAM, SAID THESE VOLUNTEERS SHOULD STILL BE WILLING TO COMMIT TO THE PROGRAM FOR ONE YEAR.

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VOLUNTEERS GO THROUGH 30 HOURS OF TRAINING, AND ARE ASKED TO COMMIT FOR ONE YEAR. FOR INFORMATION ON BECOMING A CASA VOLUNTEER, TO SPEAK FOR THE KIDS, GO TO WWW.KSHN.COM THE CASA LINK IS ON OUR FRONT PAGE.

PEDESTRIAN DIES OF INJURIES

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WE REPORTED LAST FRIDAY ON AN ACCIDENT IN DAYTON ON HIGHWAY 90 NEAR THE BEST WESTERN MOTEL, IT RESULTED IN TWO PEOPLE BEING AIRLIFTED BY HELICOPTER TO MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL. WE HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT SAME DAY ONE THE CRITICALLY INJURED PEDESTRIAN DIED ONLY A SHORT TIME LATER FROM HIS MULTIPLE INJURIES. DAYTON POLICE SGT. DOUG O’QUINN IDENTIFIED THE YOUNG MAN AS MEXICO NATIVE - ADON ESQUIVEL - 19. WE REPORTED THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT DAYTON POLICE CORPORAL DANNY CARR SAID JERRY HALL, 61 OF DAISETTA WAS WEST BOUND ON HIGHWAY 90. THE DRIVER SWERVED HIS PICKUP INTO THE LEFT LANE TO AVOID A UTILITY LADDER LYING IN THE RIGHT LANE. CORPORAL CARR SAID IT APPEARS THE DRIVER THEN OVER CORRECTED, SWERVING BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE, AND SLID OFF THE ROAD WAY. IT WAS IN THE GRASSY AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF US 90 THAT ADON ESQUIVEL WAS WALKING IN THE GRASS AND WAS STRUCK BY THE DAISETTA MANS PICK UP. JERRY HALL OF DAISETTA IS SAID TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT KNOWN IF HE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOUSTON HOSPITAL.