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    summer work opportunity 03.02.10

Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge is seeking summer employment applications from teens, ages 15 to 18, for Two positions through the Youth Conservation Corps program. According to refuge manager stuart marcus, No prior experience is necessary, but participants must be citizens of the United States. Stuart marcus said these two crew members will work 40 hours per week from June 14 through AUGUST 6.

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This Work will be conducted outside and will be physically demanding. Individuals selected must have transportation to and from the refuge office located in liberty at 1351 N. Main street. boys and girls interested in wildlife careers, summer employment or job experiences are encouraged to apply.  For applications or information, call the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge at 936-336-9786. Applications are due by April 9. The pay is $7.25 an hour plus all the outdoor knowledge you can learn.

    CHAMBERS COUNTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS

03/02/2010

WE HAVE REPORTED ON THE CONTESTED RACES ON THE BALLOT FOR TODAY’S REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN LIBERTY COUNTY. IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, THERE ARE FIVE CONTESTED RACES ON THE REPUBLICAN BALLOT AND ONE CONTESTED RACE ON THE DEMOCRATIC BALLOT. CHAMBERS COUNTY JUDGE JIMMY SYLVIA IS ASSURED SEEKING A NEW 4-YEAR TERM IN OFFICE. HE HAS NO OPPOSITION IN THE PRIMARY OR IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. OTHER REPUBLICAN CHAMBERS COUNTY OFFICIALS ASKING FOR NEW TERMS WITHOUT PRIMARY OPPOSITION ARE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHERYL SWOPE LIECK, CHAMBERS COUNTY CLERK HEATHER HAWTHORNE, DISTRICT CLERK PATTI HENRY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT #2 RANDY VAN DEVENTER AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE #6 LARRY CRYER. CHAMBERS COUNTY ATTORNEY REPUBLICAN SCOTT PEAL HAS DRAWN A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY OPPONENT IN MIKE MCNEELY. THIS RACE IS FOR THE UN-EXPIRED TERM OF CHERYL LIECK. SHE RESIGNED AS CHAMBERS COUNTY ATTORNEY WHEN APPOINTED TO THE NEW CHAMBERS COUNTY OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY BY GOVERNOR RICK PERRY. THE GOP PRIMARY RACE FOR PRECINCT #2 CHAMBERS COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS BETWEEN INCUMBENT DAVID "BUBBA" ABERNATHY AND CHERYL BAGWELL SANDERS. THERE ARE ALSO TWO CANDIDATES IN ON THE DEMOCRATIC BALLOT FOR PRECINCT #2 COMMISSIONER. THEY ARE JIMMY GORE AND DORIS M. TILTON. IN OTHER CHAMBERS COUNTY RACES, THERE ARE TWO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN THE RUNNING FOR PRECINCT #4 COMMISSIONER IN CHAMBERS COUNTY. THEY ARE INCUMBENT WILLIAM O. "BILL" WALLACE JR. AND RUSTY SENAC. THERE ARE NO DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR COMMISSIONER #4 IN CHAMBERS COUNTY. SO THAT RACE WILL BE RESOLVED. CHAMBERS COUNTY TREASURER CAREN SPARKS IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION AND FORMER CHAMBERS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR TONY SIMS IS THE SOLE CANDIDATE FOR THAT OFFICE ON EITHER BALLOT. OBVIOUSLY SIMS WILL BE THE NEW CHAMBERS COUNTY TREASURER. THE RACE FOR PRECINCT #1 CHAMBERS COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ON THE REPUBLICAN BALLOT IS BETWEEN INCUMBENT YALE DEVILLIER AND THOMAS F. "TOMMY" GRIFFIN. THAT’S ANOTHER CASE WHERE THERE IS NO CONTEST IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. THE MOST HEAVILY CONTESTED RACE IN CHAMBERS COUNTY IS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRECINCT #4 JP. THE INCUMBENT DENNIS MCMURREY IS SEEKING A NEW TERM BUT WITH FOUR GOP OPPONENTS. LARRY DON COOK, JAMES R. HARRISON, KENNETH EPPERSON AND JAMES MOSS ARE ALL IN THE RUNNING FOR CHAMBERS COUNTY JP#4 IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. THE WINNER OF THAT RACE GOES ON TO FACE THE SOLE DEMOCRAT RUNNING FOR JP #4, RUSSELL DIBENEDETTO. THE LONE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR CHAMBERS COUNTY JP #5 IS BRADLEY "BRAD" MOON. HE WILL CHALLENGE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT R.M. "BOB" WALLACE SR. INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN CHAMBERS COUNTY JP FOR PRECINCT #6 LARRY CRYER HAS NO OPPONENTS FOR RE-ELECTION. SO THE JOB IS HIS FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS. ALSO, TAMMY JENKINS WILL HAVE HER FIRST TERM AS CHAMBERS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR. SHE WAS APPOINTED TO REPLACE TONY SIMS WHO IS RUNNING FOR CHAMBERS COUNTY TREASURER. TAMMY JENKINS HAS NO OPPOSITION FOR THE PARTY CHAIR POST. OVER ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, TWO INCUMBENTS ARE RUNNING AGAIN AS DEMOCRATS. THEY ARE PRECINCT #3 JP TRACY WOODY. CHAMBERS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR MARY ELLEN HAMM ALSO WANTS A NEW TERM. NEITHER HAVE OPPONENTS TO RE-ELECTION. CHAMBERS COUNTY VOTERS WILL ALSO BE CASTING BALLOTS IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACE BETWEEN CHAP CAIN AND MICHELLE MANGUM MERENDINO FOR 253^RD DISTRICT JUDGE. FINALLY, THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT INCLUDES A FOUR WAY RACE FOR THE DISTRICT 14 U.S. CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. INCUMBENT RON PAUL IS CHALLENGED BY TIM GRANEY, GERALD D. WALL AND JOHN GAY. THE WINNER THERE WILL FACE DEMOCRAT WINSTON COCHRAN IN NOVEMBER. KSHN RADIO WILL HAVE CHAMBERS COUNTY ELECTION RETURNS AS SOON AS THE RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE TONIGHT AT 7 P.M.

    LIBERTY-DAYTON CHAMBER BANQUET

LOCAL NEWS

03/02/2010

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR THURSDAY’S ANNUAL LIBERTY-DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARDS BANQUET. THIS YEAR, THE EVENT IS AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE NEW DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER AT 801 SOUTH CLEVELAND. TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE EVENT, BUT RESERVATIONS NEED TO BE MADE, SINCE TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER IS INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ECONOMIST DR. RAY PERRYMAN AND THE 2010 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS FOR LIBERTY AND DAYTON WILL BE ANNOUNCED. DINNER IS STEAK AND ALL THE TRIMMINGS PROVIDED BY KEN OWENS CATERING. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR THE LIBERTY DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARDS BANQUET THIS THURSDAY AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE NEW DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER, CALL 936-336-5736 OR LOG ON TO THE CHAMBER WEB SITE. LINK THERE FROM WWW.KSHN.COM.

    lady panthers

03.02.10

the liberty lady panthers SOFTBALL TEAM put in another strong performance, topping the lady hornets 14-0 in hardin on friday. the lady panthers were perfect on defense. from the mound, taylor kaderli and KATHERINE mcadams combined for nine strikeouts in the shut-out performance. leading the way with her bat was kirby taylor who went 3 for 4 with 6 runs batted in. knocking in the other eight runs were mcadams, kaderli, amanda leonard, and ariana potetz. next up for the 4-2 liberty softball team is hamshire-fannett. that game is slated for today at 4 p.m. at liberty city park. then the lady panthers will hold their annual tournament this thursday through saturday at city park. as part of that tourney, the liberty girls will play the dayton lady broncos friday beginning at 4:30 p.m.

    NORMAN BROWN FOR COMMISSIONER AGAIN

03/01/2010

LONGTIME PRECINCT #4 LIBERTY COUNTY COMMISSIONER NORMAN BROWN IS SEEKING RE-ELECTION, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION. COMMISSIONER BROWN SAID ON A RECENT CANDIDATE FORUM ON THE ALL NINE PARTYLINE PROGRAM HE IS PROUD OF THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO PRECINCT #4 SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE AND HOPES TO CONTINUE TO HELP THE COUNTY GROW.

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NORMAN BROWN IS OPPOSED IN TOMORROW’S GOP PRIMARY ELECTION BY PAUL KELLEY. THE WINNER OF THE RACE WILL GO ON TO FACE DEMOCRAT LEROY HANEL IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.

    voting LOCATIONS

03.02.10

a reminder that POLLS ARE OPEN FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. today FOR REGISTERED VOTERS TO CAST THEIR BALLOT IN THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT PARTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS. MOST OF THE 31 PRECINCTS ARE VOTING AT THEIR TRADITIONAL POLLING LOCATIONS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE FOUR CHANGES TO TODAY’S VOTING PLACES. FIRST, THOSE IN voter PRECINCT 7 WILL CAST BALLOTS AT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S precinct 3 BUILDING – 119 S FENNER ROAD IN downtown CLEVELAND. NEXT, voting box 9 will be AT RURAL SHADE BAPTIST CHURCH IN TARKINGTON. THOSE voters IN PRECINCT 19 WILL VOTE IN THE LIBERTY CENTER AT CITY HALL DUE TO CONSTRUCTION AT humphrey’s CULTURAL CENTER. FINALLY, ballot box # 3 VOTERS WILL NOT VOTE AT DAYTON’S COLBERT SCHOOL. INSTEAD, PRECINCT 3 BALLOTS WILL BE CAST AT PLEASANT HILL CHURCH AT 801 SOUTH COLBERT there IN DAYTON. REPEATING, VOTING IN THE DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS IS TODAY FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. POLLING LOCATIONS ARE PUBLISHED on the COUNTY WEBSITE – JUST GO TO WWW.KSHN.COM AND LOOK FOR THE GOVERNMENT LINK. FROM THERE, CLICK ON THE LIBERTY COUNTY LOGO. KSHN WILL AIR ELECTION RETURNS LIVE FROM THE COURTHOUSE AFTER POLLS CLOSE.

OOOPS ON INDEPENDENT FOR STATE REP.

3.2.10

ON YESTERDAY’S NEWSCAST WE INCORRECTLY REFERRED TO THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 18 RACE HAVING CANDIDATES FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY- INCUMBENT JOHN OTTO, LIBERTARIAN RHYS BLAVIEN OF ROMAYOR, AND ARLAN FOSTER OF DAYTON AS AN INDEPENDENT. A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECT BUT ARLAN FOSTER OF DAYTON WILL NOT BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT IN THAT RACE. FOSTER HAD DECLARED HIS INTENTION TO RUN EARLIER, AS AN INDEPENDENT, BUT FOR A COUPLE REASONS DID NOT COMPLETE THE REQUIRED FILING TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT,. AMONG OTHER THINGS MR. FOSTER IS THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTION CHAIR FOR PRECINCT 14 IN LIBERTY COUNTY. HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO SURRENDER SEAT THAT IF HE RAN AS AN INDEPENDENT. AGAIN, ARLAN FOSTER WILL NOT BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AND THERE IS NO INDEPENDENT IN THAT DISTRICT 18 STATE REPRESENTATIVE’S RACE. THE LIBERTARIAN RHYS BLAVIEN OF ROMAYOR IS ON THE BALLOT AS IS INCUMBENT JOHN OTTO- A REPUBLICAN. OUR ERROR DID NOT EFFECT TODAY’S PRIMARY BUT WE DID WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT AND APOLOGIZE FOR THE OVERSIGHT. .THANKS TO THOSE WHO CALLED THE MISTAKE TO OUR ATTENTION