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Tuesday, June 28, 2011 ■ Page 3
Lawrence
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intense experience, having served in the position of presi-
dent for the past eight months."
"Ms. Lawrence's outstanding performance as interim
president earned the respect of the other three TSTC presi-
dents, so it's understandable that she holds their unqualified
endorsement, as well as that of the entire search committee,®
said Chancellor Reeser.
"Gail Lawrence's private and public sector experience,
when coupled with her years of success in higher educa-
tion, make her the ideal leader for the president role in west
Texas," said Regent Joe Hearne, chair of the human and
organizational development committee for the TSTC Board
of Regents, and member of the presidential search commit-
tee.
"Gail has been a west Texan for decades and is a proven
performer who never forgets that the students are the reason
for our efforts. So, I look forward to discussing her selection
at the TSTC Board meeting in which we will consider her
ratification," said Regent J.V. Martin who also served on the
presidential search committee.
"I'm veiy pleased for the students and employees of TSTC
West Texas who will be the fortunate beneficiaries of her
leadership," added Reeser.
Lawrence holds a bachelor of science in business from
Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Prior to serving as
interim president, Lawrence served at TSTC West Texas as
the director of human resources, chief of staff and executive
vice president. In addition to serving in higher education,
Lawrence has also worked in the health care industry, serv-
ing as director of human resources for both Hendrick Health
System in Abilene and Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital in
Sweetwater. Her public service includes: nine year member
of the Sweetwater ISD Board of Trustees, having served
as secretary, vice president and president; founding board
member of West Texas Children's Advocacy Center; board
member, Texas Midwest Community Network; and board
member of the Nolan County Appraisal District.
Lawrence has been a member of the Big Countiy com-
munity for 27 years. She implemented and chaired a "Back
to School" project providing free school supplies for area
students. She is a graduate of Leadership Sweetwater and
member of First United Methodist Church Sweetwater,
Lawrence and her husband Kyle have been married for
25 years. They have five children: Kaitlin, 23, a second year
Baylor Law Student; Jake, 19, a sophomore at The University
of Texas at Austin; Elise, 16, a junior at Sweetwater High
School and twins Mark and Michael, 13, eighth graders at
Sweetwater Middle School.
About TSTC
Texas State Technical College (ivivw.tstc.edu) consists of
four technical colleges: TSTC Harlingen, TSTC Marshall,
TSTC Waco and TSTC West Texas, which has campuses in
Abilene, Breckenridge, Broivnwood and Sweetivater. TSTC
colleges rank among the top colleges in the state and nation
for conferring associate degrees in engineering, precision
production, computer information sciences and support
services, science technologies/technicians and enrollment of
Hispanic students (http://www.ccweek.com). Washington
Monthly magazine's annual publication of America's 50
best community colleges for 2010 ranked TSTC Waco No.
41 on the magazine's list; TSTC West Texas and TSTC Waco
landed in the second and third spots respectively in Texas in
the Community Colleges category.
Farm
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"The idea could impose federal control over state
waters," said Jason Jones, Nolan County Farm Bureau
president. "Congress needs to stand up to this potential
misuse of authority from the EPA."
The proposed guidelines could circumvent the
Administrative Procedure Act and the Supreme Court
decisions placing limits on federal jurisdiction under
the CWA.
"What concerns me is that these guidelines say that
water that finds its way to navigable water will be under
jurisdiction. From a ditch to a stock tank to rivers, that
doesn't leave much water in Nolan County untouched,"
added Mr. Jones.
The EPA has estimated that the annual cost for im le-
menting the proposed guidelines will be between $87
million to $171 million nationally; however, these fig
ures do not include costs to affected parties. Increased
expenses due to new land use restrictions, permitting
requirements and delays associated with federal pro-
cessing are not a part of the estimated costs.
Citizens who are concerned about water resources in
Nolan County are urged to contact their U.S. representa-
tives to voice concerns about EPA authority. A form let-
ter may be sent through the Texas Farm Bureau website
by visiting www.txfb.org and clicking on the "Legislative
Action Center."
County
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sions, Madden is already
on the scene and will
assist whenever needed.
The appointment will also
free up on-site staf should
more reports be called and
assistance is needed.
Two requests were pre-
sented before the com-
missioners for the use of
Courthouse property for
community events; both
requests were approved.
On Thursday, June 3c
a presentation of baseball
awards will take place on
the south-side steps of the
Courthouse at 7 p.m. Also,
the Sweetwater Lions Club
will use both the north and
south parking lots to orga-
nize the 4th of July parade
starting at 8:15 a.m. this
coming Monday.
In £ dition, an interlo-
cal agreement between the
91 department of the West
Central Texas Council of
Governments and Nolan
County was approved.
Another approval came for
a bond for the community7
supervision and correction
department.
Several reports were
received during the meet-
ing, coming from the
Nolan County Sheriff
and Tax Office, the
Sweetwater/Nolan County
Welfare Association and
the Government Trapper.
The minutes from the past
three meetings on June 13 ,
14 and 20 were approved
as well.
'Armed and dangerous'
inmate flees Huntsville jail
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — An inmate awaiting a new
trial after his 2006 murder conviction was overturned
escaped the Walker County Jail early Tuesday by over-
powering an unarmed guard and fleeing in a car that had
apparently been left for im, the sheriffs department said.
Trent De'Ray Archie, 29, of Huntsville, is "considered
armed and dangerous," sheriffs Chief Deputy Butch Davis
said.
Archie was being held on a drug possession charge in a
genera] jail population cell when, around 3 a.m., he < limed
e needed to call his mother, saying it was the only time he
could reach her because she delivers newspapers early in
the morning, Davis said.
Archie was escorted to a booking area where he knocked
down the jailer and ran, he said. The jailer was not injured
in the escape.
"He basically went out the front door," Davis told The
Associated Press.
Davis said the jail in Huntsville, about 60 miles north of
Houston, is not fully staffed at that time of night.
"We have information that he now has a gray Toyota
Canity, (and) a fully loaded 9 mm weapon in the vehicle,"
Davis said We believe there might have been narcotics in
the vehicle."
Davis said investigators are trying to determine who left
the car for Archie, but did not expls 1 how authorities knew
he had drugs and a weapon.
In December 2009 an appeals court reversed Archie's
conviction in the 2004 shooting death of Anthony Williams.
Archie had been sentenced to 40 years in prison The
defense had challenged testimony allowed from a jailhouse
informant.
The drug possession charge was from earlier this year,
Davis said He had no other immediate details on that
case.
Dunn
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vigil for her daughter on
Saturday.
Dunn recently moved to
south Texas after she said
she couldn't handle specu-
lation from the community
about her role in Hailey's
disappearance.
"Employment reasons,
and to be closer to family,
and just away from all the
hatred," she said.
Dunn is currently serv-
ing a year-long probatioi
sentence after she pleaded
no contest to a charge of
making a false report to a
police officer. When law
enforcement came to her
Colorado City home March
17, looking for her former
live-in boyfriend, Shawn
Adkins, she lied and said
he wasn't there.
The same day Dunn was
arrested, investigators
removed electronics from
Adkins' grandmother's
home in Dunn containing
images of child pornogra-
phy. Affidavits released in
February revealed child
pornography was also
Dund on devices at Billie
Dunn's house in Colorado
City' and at Adkins' moth-
er's home in Big Spring.
"he child porn case is
still under investigation.
No arrests have been
made, much t the frustra-
tion of the public.
"You have to show a
direct link between the
user and the operator of the
machine. It's kind of a dif-
ficult aspect to prove," said
City Manager for Colorado
City, Pete Kampfer.
Adkins was the last
person to see Hailey. He
remains the only named
suspect regarding her dis-
appearance.
Volunteer searchers have
devoted countless hours
looking for the missing
13-year-old. Groups con-
tinue meeting on Saturdays
to look for any clues as to
where she could be.
"I promised Hailey and
her friends and her family
in January that I would t
give up, anc I'm not going
to," said Holly Jenkins, a
search volunteer.
Investigators remain
tight-lipped about details
of the missing person
investigation, but Mitchell
County Sheriff Patrick
Toombs said it's unlikely
any arrests will be made
until a body is located or
Hailey is found alive.
"Until we find her, alive
or not, then we go on to that
part of the case. Whether
t's kidnapping, or some-
thing else," he said.
Hailey's family and :he
public have become frus-
trated with investigators
seemingly not any getting
closer to finding her.
Colorado City Manager
Pete Kampfer insists aw
enforcement is actively
working the investigation
and stresses it has not
become a cold case.
"It's an open, ongoing
investigation that is being
pursued aggressively," he
said.
After six months of
searching and no sign of
the missing girl, the same
nagging question still
remains: where is Hailey
Dunn?
Obituaries
n
WILLIAM HAYDEN
HARVEY
WILLIAM HAYDEN HARVEY
William Hayden Harvey, 13, passed away Friday, June
24, 2011 at Cook's Children's Hospital in Fort Worth.
Visitation was held from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, June 27,
at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. His
funeral service will be held at 2 p.m.
on Tuesday, June 28, at Beltway
Park Baptist Church, 4009 Beltway
South.
Hayden was born on March 11,
1998 in Abilene. He was an honor
student at Wylie Junior High where
he would have been and eighth grad-
er in the fall. He was very active and
involved in all sports including base-
ball, basketball football, golf and
track. He had a deep love for rodeo
and was talented in team roping and
calf roping. Hayden worked hard to
be the best he could at everything
he did. He was a member of the
4-H Horse Club, West Texas Rodeo
Association, Wrangler Junior High
Rodeo Association and the Original
Team Roping Association. Hayden
loved to hunt and fish and could
catch a fish when no one else was even getting a bite and he
loved to watch old Western movies.
Hayden was quick witted with a hilarious sense of
humor and if you were feeling down, just a few minutes in
Hayden's company would have you smiling and laughing
because he had a special way of cheering people up. He
was a loving, good kid who genuinely cared about other
people. He was always the one to stand up for the under-
privileged, the kid being bullied, or to sit with new students
1 the lunch room so they wouldn't feel out of place. Even
in death, Hayden's legacy of kindness will continue through
his gifts as an organ donor, a decision he himself would
have made if he were able.
Survivors include his parents, Toni Harvey of Clyde and
Gregg Harvey and Holly of Potosi; his older brother and
buddy, Andrew Young of Abilene, his protective big sister,
Calli Harvey, his very best friend and twin sister, Hadleigh
with whom he shared a bond so close that they could finish
each other's sentences; his grandmothers, Elaine Vinson
of Abilene and Martha Harvey of Sweetwater; great-
grandparents, Harold Snyder of Abilene and Leila Smalling
of Crane; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends
including special friends, Jace Allen, Chase Williams,
Brittany Bishop and Jake Taylor.
Grandparents, George Hopkins and Turner Harvey and
an infant brother Jacc b Harvey preceded him in death.
A special account has been set up in Hayden's name at
First National Bank of Baird.
Online condolences and memories may be shared with
the family at www.elmwoodfuneral.com.
CINDERELLA TERRY
Cinderella Terry, 51, of Colorado City, passed away June
27, 2011 at Covenant Medical Center, in Lubbock, TX.
Services are pending with Kiker-Seale Funeral Home in
Colorado City, TX.
GEORGE W. "BILL" MAY
George W. "Bill" May, 89, passed away Sunday evening,
June 26, 2011, at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital.
Military and Masonic Graveside services 1 be held at
the Garden of Memories Cemetery on Thursday, June 30,
2011, at 11 a.m. with memorial services at 2 p.m. at First
Baptist Church.
There will be a family visitation from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday
evening at McCoy Funeral Home.
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