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Sweetwater Reporter
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 ■ Page 3
Obituaries Pleas
City
JOHN MILLS HOUSTON
Funeral services for John Mills Houston, 56, of
Sweetwater will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010,
at McCoy Chapel of Memories with Pastor Dale Stowe
officiating. Burial will be at Sweetwater Cemetery. Services
will be under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home of
Sweetwater. Visitation will be from 7-8 p.m. Friday, Feb.
12, 2010, at McCoy Funeral Home.
He died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at Sweetwater's Rolling
Plains Memorial Hospital.
DECIDERIO SANCHEZ OROZCO
Funeral services for Deciderio Sanchez Orozco, 62, of
Sweetwater will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12, 2010,
at McCoy Chapel of Memories with Rev. Frankie Santiago
officiating. Burial for Mr. Orozco will be at Sweetwater
Cemetery. Services will be directed by McCoy Funeral
Home of Sweetwater. A prayer service will be at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at McCoy Funeral Home.
Orozco died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Sweetwater.
He was born June 16, 1947, in Jourdanton, Texas. He
married Benita Garcia Orozco and had lived in Sweetwater
most of his life.
Survivors include three sons, Danny Orozco and Lee
Orozco and wife Jessica, all of Sweetwater and Michael
Orozco and wife Grade of Pleasanton; two daughters,
Stefanie Orozco and Laura Hernandez and husband Jeff,
all of Sweetwater; 12 grandchildren; and numerous nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Benita Garcia
Orozco; his parents, Erasmo and Adelina Orozco; and one
sister, Mary Orozco.
Pallbearers will be David Serrano, Stephen Rodriguez,
John Anthony Pantoja, Clarissa Teichman, Eric Hernandez
and Gino Mendez.
OSCAR H. PEREZ
Holy Mass of Christian burial for Oscar II. Perez, 76, of
San Angelo and formerly of Sweetwater, will be held at 10
a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at Immaculate Heart of
Mary Catholic Church in Sweetwater
with Father Michael Rodriguez offici-
ating. Burial will follow at Sweetwater
Cemetery under the direction of
McCoy Funeral Home.
A rosary will be held at 7 p.m. on
Wednesday. Feb. 10, 2010, at McCoy
Chapel of Memories, recited by
Connie Palacios and Pauline Gauna.
Perez went to be with the Lord
on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in San
Angelo.
He was born April 19, 1933, in
Sweetwater. He had lived in San Angelo most of his life and
was a Catholic. Perez was a retired sheep shearer and will
be remembered as the "Lucky Lotto Viejito" (old man). He
always won with his tickets.
Survivors include daughter, Anita Perez of San Antonio:
sister, Estella Gomez of Sweetwater; brother, Hipilito "Pee
Wee" Perez of Sweetwater; granddaughter, Janeele Perez
of Eagle Pass; great-grandson, Roael Perez of San Antonio;
an adopted niece, Arabela "Rose" Vasquez of San Angelo;
special granddaughter, Leilah Garcia; and several nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Refugia "Cuca"
Perez and Flabio Perez; two brothers, Carlos and Victor
Perez; and two sisters, Rosa Espino and Enriqueta Gomez.
Pallbearers will be Max Velez, Juan Garga, Ricky Gomez,
Sam Gomez, Martin Gomez, Rodney Jaques and Richard
Alvarado.
OSCAR H. PEREZ
ourt
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rently.
Williams was arrested on the first degree felony
on Dec. 1, 2007, by members of the Nolan County
Sheriffs Department for possessing over 15 grams of
cocaine. According to District Attorney, Ann Reed,
Williams was indicted for possessing the drugs with
the intent to deliver because of the large amount of
cocaine and the manner in which it was packaged for
sale. Williams was again arrested for possessing over
a gram of cocaine in September 2008, with intent to
deliver, a second degree felony following an inves-
tigation conducted by members of the Sweetwater
Police Department and the Nolan County Sheriffs
Department.
Williams pled guilty to these offenses on Jan. 22,
2010. During the punishment hearing Monday, Reed
offered evidence of seven prior convictions for crimes
that Williams had committed as well as an additional
possession with intent to deliver cocaine charge occur-
ring in August 2008.
"I am very pleased with the judge's sentences in these
cases," said Reed. "It's another victory in our fight:
against illegal drugs in our community. I'm so proud
of the members of the Sweetwater Police Department
and the Nolan County Sheriffs Department who fight
every day to rid our community of drug dealers like
Williams," she added.
Three others also entered guilty pleas on Monday.
Tony Edward Moore entered a plea of true to revok-
ing his probation. His original date of conviction was
Feb. 27, 2006, with his date of offense being Sept. 23,
2005, for possession of marijuana, the lesser included
offense of possession of marijuana, which came out to a
Class A misdemeanor. He will have to serve six months
confinement in the Nolan County Jail, pay a $1,000
fine, $301 in court costs and $900 for court-appointed
attorney's fees. He will receive 254 days credit towards
his sentence for jail time already served.
Stacy Denise McDonnell entered a plea of true to
revoking her probation. Her original date of conviction
was Sept. 24,2007, with her date of offense being March
11, 2006, for forgery, a state jail felony. McDonnell will
have to serve 18 months confinement in the State Jail
Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
She will pay a $400 fine, $301 in court costs and $900
in court-appointed attorney's fees. She will also have to
pay $461.73 in restitution to Wal-Mart of Sweetwater,
She will receive 280 days credit towards her sentence
for jail time already served.
Abraham Salazar, Jr. entered a guilty plea for pos-
session of a controlled substance, namely cocaine,
state jail felony. The date of offense was April 21, 2009.
He received two years confinement in the State Jail
Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
and had that sentence probated to three years of
community supervision. He will have to pay a fine of
$2,500, $370 in court costs, $140 in restitution to the
Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory in
Abilene and $500 in court-appointed attorney's fees.
He will also have to serve 120 hours of community
service.
Gospel Gala planned
for this Saturday
The Sweetwater Kiwanis will host the annual Gospel
Gala at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Feb. 13, 2010, at the
Sweetw ater Municipal Auditorium. Admission is $8 for
adults and $5 for children.
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ing and food, total more
than that, per day.
The new program would
give a credit of $100 per
day, but would be "giving
back to the community," at
the same time. The Code
of Criminal Procedure says
that the unpaid money may
be converted to community
service. Judge Harger said
that it would be more pro-
ductive to have them doing
work instead of letting them
lay it out.
The program is planning
on starting out slow and see-
ing the progress that it can
make. The Nolan County
Coliseum will be the only
area that is included in the
program for the time being.
The defendants that qualify
for this program would be
working under the supervi-
sion of Robert McReynolds,
manager of the coliseum.
The program had been
discussed previously and
McReynolds sent two of his
employees for proper train-
ing and safety orientation,
through the 32nd Judicial
District Community Service
(Probation) Department.
"I am wanting this pro-
gram to work. We could
use the help out at the coli-
seum," McReynolds said.
"My guys aren't going to be
hard, on the workers, but
we are going to expect them
to work."
Once a defendant has
been found guilty in the
Nolan County Court at Law
and instructed to pay fines
and court costs as part of
their judgement, and all rea-
sonable efforts have been
exhausted to collect those
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fees have been made, they
are eligible for this program.
However, the program is
intended for defendants that
classify as "low risk" and
the court has to decide that
there is no other way for the
fines to be paid, before they
can take part in the work
release program.
The court must approve
each participant and has
to rule that the defendant
sufficiently understands
the requirements of the
program and permission to
apply for the project will be
granted. Once the applica-
tion is accepted, an order
converting all or part of the
fines and court costs will be
entered, according to infor-
mation provided by Judge
Harger.
Other requirements
for the program include
completed forms, such as
a Statement of Medical
Condition, Acknowledgment
of Community Service Rules
and a Release of Liability.
Participants must also have
reliable transportation to
and from the coliseum and
be a residence of Nolan
County or county contigu-
ous to Nolan County. No
holds from other counties,
state or federal departments
are allowed. They must be
able to perform physical
labor and be available to
the coliseum for at least six
hours per day.
There are strict guidelines
that have to be followed,
such as the defendant can
not partake in any addition-
al criminal conduct during
this time, can not use alco-
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At Death's Door
Have you ever wondered how you would act, what you might do if you were
ever facing death, imminent death? If you were faced with someone holding
a weapon aimed at you, and you could tell by circumstances, and the look
in their eye, that you were going to be killed in short order, how would you
respond to this situation? Would you ran, fight, fall on your knees and beg
for mercy? What would you do? You might want to do what Mr. Scott did.
Mr. Scott was a missionary to India. One day he saw on the street, a man
of so strange an appearance, that he inquired about him. He learned that the
man belonged to a wild mountain tribe among whom Christ had never been
preached. Mr. Scott prayed over the matter and decided to visit the tribe.
As soon as he reached their Mountain home, he fell in with a savage band
that was on a war expedition. They seized him and pointed their spears at
his heart. At once, the missionary drew out the violin he had always carried
with him and began to play and sing in their native tongue. He sang the only
song he could think of, closing his eyes and expecting death at any moment.
When he reached the third stanza and nothing had happened, he opened his
eyes. He was amazed to see the spears had fallen from the hands of the sav-
ages and big tears had filled their eyes. They invited Mr. Scott to their homes.
Mr. Scott spent two and a half years among them, winning many of them to
Christ. From this we have an example. If ever any of us are faced with death,
as Mr. Scott was, perhaps we should do what he did. Sing a song. What song
you ask? Well the right song to be sure. What song did Mr. Scott sing that
seemed to turn death's aim?
" All Hail The Power Of Jesus Name"
Written by Edward Perronett in 1779.
Sponsored by:
McCoy Funeral Home
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able to raise $3,800, for the United Way.
An ordinance was passed that designated May 8,
2010, as election day for the election of two city com-
missioners. This ordinance also designated a polling
place and the appointment of election judges.
Election judges will receive a pay of $9 per hour,
alternate judges will get $8.50 per hour and election
clerks will receive $7.50 per hour. These rates were
set to coincide with the Nolan County pay rate for
those positions.
The auditorium board and city/county airport zon-
ing board received approval for reappointments.
Kathv Rainey was reappointed as the city-county
appointee to the auditorium board. Trey Aiken and
John Spaulding were reappointed as appointees to
the auditorium board. Rainey, Aiken and Spaulding
will have their terms expire on Feb. 28, 2012. Bill
Haley, city appointee, and Mrs. Jay Neal, city/county
joint appointee were reappointed to the city/county
airport zoning board. Their terms will also expire on
Feb. 28, 2012.
City staff will be able to start receiving bids for a
skid steer loader, for the sanitation department and
AC5 asphalt and grade 4 crushed rock, for street proj-
ects. Approval was also given to update operational
procedures concerning garbage and trash. According
to Brown, the amendments will not necessarily be
changing procedure, but clarifying the language.
The water, sewer and refuse collection fees were
also discussed and received approval for an increase.
The previous deposit was $85 and it has now been
raised to $100 deposit. The increase was approved,
in hopes to offset the extensive write off, at the end
of the year. Rates went up, but the sewer usage mini-
mum was lowered, from 3,000 gallons to 2,000 gal-
lons. December water and waste sales were down 15
percent and total $223,793 year to date.
City staff recently received three grants; SNAP
Grant-Texans Feeding Texans for $17,959. 99- State
Energy Conservation Grant $57,576 and JAG Program
FY2009 Recovery Act for $29,283. The money from
the conservation grant will be used for a/c repairs to
city hall and police department; the money from the
recovery act will be used to purchase police depart-
ment equipment. The city will be making a payment
for bond interest of $398,803.
Mayor Greg Wortham and members of the city staff
met with TxDOT to discuss ongoing issues. One of
the issues discussed was the new signage for Avenger
Field road, but details were not released. Brown
said that they will continue to meet with TxDOT for
progress updates on different issues about every four
months.
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hoi or illicit drugs, associate
with other criminal defen-
dants and more. If at any
time any of the guidelines
are broken the defendant
will be remanded back to
the county jail to finish pay-
ing his fines. In such a case,
the allowance per day will
revert back to $50 instead
of the $xoo received for the
program.
"I think this program is
going to work," McReynolds
said.
The program is anoth-
er option for the county
to receive benefits, from
the court costs and fines,
even if they are not paid
in monetary value. For the
defendants, the program is
another option, but serves
as a privilege and not a
right.
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residents stay busy and constructive. Not only are there
budding artists at Sweetwater Healthcare, but there are
also great chefs.
"Too bad we can't hang food on the walls," Diane
Griffith, activity director, said. "There are a lot of good
cooks."
As a fundraiser, the residents are joining together and
making a no sew knot quilt, that will be used for a draw-
ing. The money made from the quilt will go towards
funding for summer activities.
"The quilt will be red and white, for Sweetwater col-
ors," Griffith said. "We are even going to ask some of the
men to contribute to the knots."
Griffith said that there are so many talented people at
the Sweetwater Healthcare Center.
For those who would like to see the artwork, it will
be on display the entire month of February. The library
is open on Mondays from 1-6 p.m.; Tuesday through
Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9
a.m. until 1 p.m.
MIDDAY ON WALL STREET
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NASDAQ
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S&P
1,061.71
-8.81
General Motors
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Ford Motor Co.
11.00
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AT&T
25.08
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Pepsico, Inc.
60.04
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USG Corp.
12.2
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Archer-Daniels
30.09
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GE
15.76
+0.16
Deere & Co.
50.22
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McDonalds Corp.
63.53
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Chevron Texaco
70.82
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Exxon Mobil
64.92
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Fst. Fin. Bnkshs.
50.96
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Coca-Cola
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Dell
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SW Airlines
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Microsoft
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Sears Holdings Co.
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Cisco
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Wal-Mart
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Johnson & Johnson
62.68
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