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PETTY OFFICER BOZEMAN IN HAITI

3. .2010

A DAYTON MAN, SERVING IN THE NAVY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE HAITIAN RELIEF EFFORT AFTER THE CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE IN JANUARY.Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Korey R. Bozeman, a 2004 graduate of Dayton High School, PARTICIPATED IN Operation Unified Response as part of the U.S.S. Bataan Amphibious Relief Mission. THAT IS PART OF A joint U.S. military effort designed to provide relief in response to the 7. 0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation, Jan. 12. U.S.S. Bataan is homeported in Norfolk, VIRGINIA. THE Bataan FLAT TOP AIRCRAFT CARRIER arrived in NEAR Port-au-Prince, HAITI Jan. 19 and began TRANSPORTING SUPPLIES Ashore, including beach clearing equipment, bulldozers and rubble removers. Bataan sailors in ON TOWN OF HAITI donated more than $5, 500 to charities assisting in Haiti. THEY ALSO Cleared 150 tons of rubble, built 65 shelters for 130 families, distributed 500, 000 meals, provided triage for 850 patients and medically evacuated 55 Haitians needING urgent medical care. THE U.S. Bataan has experience in previous disasters and humanitarian relief missions. The amphibious vessel was the first U.S. Navy ship on-scene in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS KOREY Bozeman OF DAYTON joined the Navy in LATE 2004.

KIDNEY AWARENESS MONTH

LOCAL NEWS

03/20/10

EXPERTS SAY ONE IN NINE AMERICANS SUFFERS FROM CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE. IT IS THE FOURTH LARGEST KILLER OF AMERICANS EACH YEAR. AS PART OF NATIONAL KIDNEY AWARENESS MONTH, DR. ROBERT LEGGINGTON, KIDNEY SPECIALIST AT SAN JACINTO METHODIST HOSPITAL IN BAYTOWN, REMINDS US THAT KIDNEY FAILURE STRIKES BOTH THE YOUNG AND OLD, OFTEN WITH FEW OR NO OBVIOUS SYMPTOMS.

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ACCORDING TO DR. LEGGINGTON, REGULAR BLOOD AND URINE TESTING CAN DETECT THE ONSET OF KIDNEY FAILURE. THOUGH THE DISEASE IS PROGRESSIVE, WHEN CAUGHT EARLY THE ADVANCE CAN BE SLOWED CONSIDERABLY. THE KEY IS ANNUAL VISITS TO YOUR DOCTOR TO CHECK FOR THE SIGNS OF KIDNEY FAILURE.

NEW HARDIN BASEBALL SOFT BALL FIELDS

3.21.10

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ENJOY REPORTING THE MOST IS WHEN A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL WE LEARNED FROM HARDIN HORNET ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LARRY HAYNES THAT LAST YEAR HE WITNESSES A NEAR TRAGEDY ON FM 834 IN FRONT OF THE FIELD WHERE THE HORNETS PLAY BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. HAYNES TOLD US WHEN THE GROUND WAS WET THOSE ATTENDING GAMES HAD TO PARK ALONG SIDE THE HIGHWAY. COACH HAYNES SAW A SMALL CHILD BREAK AWAY FROM AN OLDER SISTER AND RACED INTO THE MIDDLE OF FM 834. IT TURNED OUT OK BUT THAT SIGHT PUSHED HAYNES INTO FINDING ANSWERS, AND FAST. PRECINCT #2 COUNTY COMMISSIONER LEE GROCE SUPPLIED CRUSHED ASPHALT FOR PARKING. JEFF GREEN AND HIS BJ VACUUM SERVICE TRANSPORTED IT TO THE SITE AND THINGS BEGAN COMING TOGETHER. DEPENDABLE LEASE CO,, KYLE CREEL OF NES RENTALS , AND COOPER ELECTRIC IN LIBERTY STEPPED UP..

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HARDIN COACH LARRY HAYNES SAID THE NEW LIGHTING AT BOTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS IS OPERATIONAL. WITH HOT WEATHER THIS SUMMER THE CRUSHED ASPHALT IN THE LARGE PARKING AREA WILL BOND TO A PERMANENT SURFACE. THEN ONCE A SEWER LINE IS PUT IN THE NEW CONCESSION AND BATHROOMS WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR DECADES TO COME. AND HARDIN KIDS WILL BE SAFER. JEFF GREEN SAID HE WANTED NO PERSONAL PRAISE BUT THEN OSCAR COOPER TOLD US IF WE TELL THAT STORY WITHOUT MENTIONING HOW IMPORTANT JEFF GREEN HAS BEEN IN THE EFFORT WE WOULD HEAR FROM HIM. SO WE WON’T MENTION JEFF, JUST HIS COMPANY, B J VACUUM SERVICE. SEE HOW THIS WORKS. A TIP OF THE HAT TO KYLE CREEL AND NES RENTALS, TO DEPENDABLE LEASE COMPANY, TO BJ VACUUM SERVICE AND TO COOPER ELECTRIC AND ALL THOSE WHO PITCHED IN FOR SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL IN THE HARDIN COMMUNITY.

weekend recap

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03.20.10

KSHN REPORTED over the weekend on a lawsuit filed back in 2008 by A FORMER CITY OF CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT DISPATCH SUPERVISOR CLAIMing SHE WAS TERMINATED THE PREVIOUS YEAR BECAUSE OF HER RACE. IN what is called A NOTICE OF CLAIMS LETTER IN MAY 2008 FROM HER ATTORNEY, JAMES D. EVANS OF HOUSTON, SONYA DIANE SCOTT ALSO ALLEGED SHE WAS TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF HER GENDER AND RACE. EVENTUALLY, SONYA SCOTT FILED SUIT AGAINST A NUMBER OF DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING CITY MANAGER PHILLIP COOK, THEN POLICE chief IKE HINES, FORMER ASSISTANT POLICE chief HENRY PATTERSON PLUS A NUMBER OF OTHERS CONNECTED WITH THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. SHE ALSO SUED THE CLEVELAND ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER, ITS PARENT COMPANY, AND THE ADVOCATE’S EDITOR, VANESSA BRASHIER. NOW, WE ARE TOLD ALL OF THE DEFENDANTS except for VANESSA BRASHIER HAVE SINCE BEEN DISMISSED BY THE COURT FROM THAT SUIT. ATTORNEY JAMES EVANS SAID ALLEGATIONS AGAINST the NEWSPAPER’S EDITOR INCLUDE LIBEL AND SLANDER. no word on why all DEFENDANTS EXCEPT for the newspaper editor were dropped by the court from that suit. also over the weekend, kshn reported texas agriculture commissioner todd staples toured the liberty county WORKFACE ACADEMY on thursday. what started here in 2007 as a way to offer liberty county high school students and adults job skills training has become a BENCHMARK across the state for schools looking at ways to offer similar vocational training. the agriculture commissioner started a program last year at the state level to award grants to ELIGIBLE high schools, colleges, and similar ORGANIZATIONS to provide rural texas STUDENTS job training. the liberty county workforce academy was AWARDED a $100,000 grant through that program to support this local effort to train liberty county high school students and ADULTS. so far local students and ADULTS are being trained at no charge. kshn also reported on saturday that TEXAS RESIDENTS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO SIGN UP for A REBATE ON AN ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCE. the state plans to use about $23 million in federal stimulus money 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. BEGINNING APRIL 5, A TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER AND AN ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR TEXANS TO claim AN APPLIANCE REBATE. these rebates will range from a low of $45 for a room air conditioner to a high of $1,600 for certain heat pumps. As further details on the reservation and mail-in rebate systems are finalized in the next few weeks, a new Web SITE -www.texaspowerfulsmart.org - will become the one-stop resource for information and reservations. once it is operational kshn will provide a link to that site from our webpage to the rebate reservation system.

HURRICANE PREDICTIONS

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03.22.10

anyone want to talk about hurricanes? PROBABLY not, and THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON IS STILL three MONTHS AWAY, BUT the good folks at COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE are hard at work crunching numbers and data. 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. so why do the scientists believe the hurricane season will be above average? according to the report, the experts anticipate el nino conditions to DISSIPATE by the time the 2010 hurricane season starts, in addition, warm sea surface temperatures are likely to be present in the tropical and north atlantic. for the 2010 hurricane season, which beigns june 1 and continues through november 30, the COLORADO state university team predicts a 64 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 40 percent compared to the long-term average of 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. the researchers will release an UPDATED report on april 7.

TONY’S MOVING DAY CHANGED

3.21.10

LAST WEEK WE REPORTED THAT TONY’S BARBECUE RESTAURANT IN LIBERTY IS MOVING FROM THEIR MAIN STREET LOCATION TO HIGHWAY 90 IN LIBERTY. THAT IS ACCURATE BUT WE ALSO REPORTED THEY WOULD CLOSE SATURDAY MARCH 20^TH AT THEIR OLD SITE AND REOPEN IN EARLY APRIL AT THEIR NEW HOME. TURNS OUT THEY ARE NOT READY FOR MOVING DAY AT THE NEW LOCATION 3210 U.S. 90. FOR THAT REASON THE OLD LOCATION ON MAIN STREET WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE WEEK BEFORE MOVING DAY AND THE NEW OPENING. AT THE HIGHWAY 90 BUILDING, FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY COUNTRY EMPORIUM AND TARKINGTON. .

LINNEY CREEK WATER OK

3.22.10

THE LINNEY CREEK SUBDIVISION IN DAYTON WATER HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED A-OK THE CITY OF DAYTON WATER DEPARTMENT HAD SHUT DOWN WATER TO THAT AREA OF DAYTON LAST WEEK FOR REPAIRS. ONCE WATER PRESSURE WAS RESTORED THE BOIL WATER RECOMMENDATION WAS ANNOUNCED UNTIL STATE APPROVED TESTS COULD BE COMPLETED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.. HOWEVER ON SATURDAY WORD CAME IN THOSE WATER TESTS WERE COMPLETED AND THE WATER QUALITY TO THE LINNEY CREEK SUBDIVISION WAS CONFIRMED AS MEETING STATE STANDARDS. SO NO FURTHER BOILING IS NECESSARY ACCORDING TO CITY OF DAYTON WATER DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.

NEW LIBERTY COUNTY MAP

LOCAL NEWS

03/20/2010

THE LIBERTY-DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A COMPANY CALLED COMMUNITY MATTERS INC. TO PRODUCE AN UPDATED MAP FOR LIBERTY COUNTY. CHAMBER PRESIDENT MARY ANNE CAMPBELL SAID THE MAP WOULD INCLUDE ALL CITIES INSIDE LIBERTY COUNTY, SUBDIVISIONS, PARKS, SCHOOLS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, SHOPPING CENTERS AND MORE. THE NEW LIBERTY COUNTY MAP WILL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BE LINKED TO THE LIBERTY-DAYTON CHAMBER WEB SITE AS A FULLY INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MAP. THE CHAMBER WANTS THEIR MEMBERS TO KNOW, STARTING APRIL 5^TH COMMUNITY MATTERS INC WILL BE CONTACTING BUSINESSES ABOUT ADVERTISING ON THE MAP. THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT ABOUT ADVERTISING ON THE NEW LIBERTY COUNTY MAPS, CAN CONTACT COMMUNITY MATTERS AT 800-380-2450 OR E-MAIL INFO@COMMUNITYMATTERSINC.COM. YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE LIBERTY-DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT 936-336-5736 WITH QUESTIONS.