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Sunday, June 24,2018 — THE HENDERSON NEWS — PAGE 3A
ROTARIANS OF THE YEAR
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old Howell presided over the
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Grand jury hands down 31 indictments this month
drought index of o represents
Jr., possession of controlled gram but less than four grams program this summer designed for classes at KC.
• Birch, Amber Marie, pos-
PGi less than one gram;
SPECIAL TO THE HENDERSON NEWS
She is one of 27 faculty
Employment
Nominees undergo a series
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The Texas Rangers then met
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Bill Preston (left) and Judy Sewell (right) were named Henderson Rotary Club’s Rotarians
of the Year during Thursday’s installation banquet hosted at the Cherokee Club. They are
pictured with Rotary president Tracey Lopez. Lee Montgomery, District 5830 Member-
ship Chair and past district governor, spoke at the banquet and installed the officers (pic-
tured on page 1). He is a member of the Tyler Rotary Club.
she told Lofties she was okay.
She then began to tell Lofties
and tamper/fabricate physical
evident with intent to impair;
gram;
• Womack, Scotty Wayne,
FROM HENDERSON NEWS STAFF
REPORTS
evidence with intent to impair;
• Stewart, Mark Russell, pos-
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THE HENDERSON NEWS
fire and one vehicle fire.
a structure/grass fire in the
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RCSO seeking donations for
jailer hurt in serious accident
to work. Since he has only been $25,000 in recognition of per-
with the RCSO a short period of formance and innovation,
time, Canaday does not qualify
The program is for students
who have taken the TSI assess- charge, but space is limited.
Kilgore College will offer a free ment and are registered for fall
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Classes are free to any stu- tact Karen Dulweber, Assistant
time jailer, was involved in a ty . . ' ■
serious car accident on his way Lt. Shaw at 903-655-3000.
agement Coordinator Patrick also the green stuff as well.
Dooley told commissioners
that crews responded to 13
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is balanced with precipita- ‘er"\
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“This just means that not only
' Vacation
Mon. June 25 thru
Thurs. June 28
5:30 p.ffl. to 8:30 p.m.
For ages 5 through completed 5th grade.
Pinner served each night at 5 pm
• New Friends • Amazing Crafts • Music
HILLVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH
3949 Hwy. 43 E. (3.9 mi. from Traffic Star)
903-836-2161 or 903-836-4723!
Tyler - Amy R. Tvinnereim,
Ph.D., has been named a 2018 deserving of this important key to helping the students of
• Gomez, Robert Lee, sex sion of controlled substance
cxxv-xx offenders duty to register with PG1 less than one gram;
with" April""Rahis& the chief of previous conviction; • McCallum, Lisa Diane, pos-
the Tatum PD, according to the
affidavit, and advised her that
Lofties was being accused of the
assault.
The Texas Rangers followed
by interviewing Lofties, who,
according to the affidavit, said
he had been at an apartment
complex twice on service calls.
The first call informed Loft-
ies that EMS was going to the
complex where he responded
and encountered a possibly
intoxicated female.
Lofties spoke with the per- . ■ f „ , . - , ... ., , ... v x , - - x .
son whom EMS w r iere for possession of controlled sub- session of controlled substance reading/writing or math classes. minimize or eliminate the need ment, at 903-988-7535 or kdul-
according to the affidavit and stance PG1 fess than one gram; PG1 less than one gram; The Summer Bridge Program is to take developmental English weber@kilgore.edu.
----- - ’ - • Birch, Amber Marie, pos- • Reeder, Tommy J., pos- set for Mondays-Thursdays, July 23 or mathematics. For more information on the
__ session of controlled substance session of controlled substance through Aug. 9. At the conclusion of the ses- math program, contact Bran-
how intoxicated her friend the PG1 ^ess than one gram; PGi less than one gram; Classes for mathematics will sions, students will retest Aug. don Walker, Department Chair
alleged victim was ’ ’ McGaha, Amber Shanae, • Graham, Kevin Wayne, be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 10, and their schedules will be of the Mathematics Depart-
two walked to the worn- Prohibited substance/item in possession of controlled sub- reading/writing classes will be held changed as needed based on ment, at 903-988-7509 or
an’s apartment, and the woman
used her key to unlock the door.
Lofties said he told the first
woman to go back to her apart-
ment and told the alleged victim
to “stay inside and sober up,”
the affidavit said, and he said he
left the apartment.
substance PGi less than one and tamper/fabricate physical students entering college for the
first time to help minimize or elimi- dent to prepare to retake the Department Chair of the Lan-
nate the need to take developmental TSI Assessment in order to guage Development Depart-
possession of controlled sub- session of controlled substance reading/writing or math classes.
PGi less than one gram;
• Reeder, Tommy J., pos-
Hale was absent. “This just means that not only In other business, commis-
Assistant Emergency Man- will the dead stuff burn, but sioners:_
• McGaha, Amber Shanae, «
prohibited substance/item in possession of controlled sub- reading/writing classes will be held changed as needed based on ment, at 903-988-7509
new placement scores. bwalker@kilgore.edu.
UT Tyler professor receives outstanding teacher award
opment, and student learning of The Board of UT Health East
outcomes. Texas. “Her commitment to the
“Dr. Tvinnereim is very highest quality of instruction is
"he Rusk County Sheriff’s for some of the benefits the of rigorous evaluations by stu-
Office is collecting monetary county has in place for employ- dents, peer faculty, and exter-
’’ r ees. nal reviewers. The review pan-
Canaday’s accident left him els consider a range of activities
percent. Private-sector employ- University of Texas System recognition,” said Dr. Kirk Cal- today become the healthcare
added 34,3jpo positions Board of Regents’ Outstanding houn, president, The Univer- leaders of tomorrow.”
sity of Texas Health Science
“It is an honor to be select-
or. Tvinnereim is a faculty Center at Tyler, and Chairman ed,” said Dr. Tvinnereim.
“The expo is so close to
’ 1 come
” Howell said,
a burn ban during a special manually by experts at the “The Price location serves
Texas Forest Service (TFS) for people in the Carlisle, New
Pct. "4 Commissioner Har- counties across the state. London and other areas so
old Howell presided over the “Right now Rusk County is I wanted to keep that voting
meeting as County Judge Joel looking at 619,” Dooley said. box.
: a. CCI
potential. The drought index expo location would make the Upstream, LLC to place
is based on a daily water bal- county completely compliant temporary waterline under/
who will be recognized on Aug.
estimates 9 in Austin at a dinner hosted
released by TWC are produced by the UT Board of Regents.
in cooperation with the U.S. The Board of Regents’ Out-
Department of Labor’s Bureau standing Teaching Awards are
of Labor Statistics. the board’s highest honor. They
are offered annually in recogni-
tion of faculty members who
have demonstrated extraordi-
nary classroom performance
and innovation in undergradu-
ate or graduate instruction. Dr.
Tvinnereim’s award includes
APPROVED the May
index of 800 represents abso- Commissioner Howell and Rusk County Justice of the
lutely dry conditions. Pres- they agreed to keep the Price- Peace Pct. 5 monthly report.
Kilgore College to offer free summer bridge program
SPECIAL TO THE HENDERSON NEWS The program is for students The program is free of
ers ;
over the month. Texas’ season- Teaching Award recipient,
ally adjusted unemployment P "
xxxxxx rate was 4-1 Percent in May, member of the School of Medi-
ond lowest with" a" rate""of "2 6 unchanged from April. cal Biological Sciences and a
Lofties said he didn’t go back percent.
to the apartment when ques- The Austin-Round Rock,
tioned by the Texas Rangers, College Station-Bryan, Lub-
and he also denied touching the bock, and Odessa MSAs all
es from 0 to 800, where a tions in each precinct.” way of County Road 364 in
J ' ' " > Wittner said this was dis- Pct. 3; and
no moisture depletion, and an cussed in-depth with Pct. 4
followed by mining and log-
ging with 4,100 positions, while members from UT’s 14 aca-
_ -n/ww vxvx manufacturing employment demic and health institutions
an’s injuries were consistent non-farm jobs in May, which expandedby 3,4^00 positions.
with sexual activity, according marked 23 consecutive months
to the affidavit. of employment growth.
The woman said she didn’t Over the year, Texas added
know why Lofties came to her 352,100 jobs for an annual
apartment, but he pushed his employment growth rate of 2.9
way in, grabbed her and kissed
her a couple of times then
pushed her back to the bed-
room, onto the bed and sexually
assaulted her.
The Tatum PD Chief pro-
vided body camera footage to
the Texas Rangers that showed
Lofties’ interaction with the
two before the alleged assault
occurred, the affidavit says.
The document continues that
the Texas Rangers retrieved the
sexual assault evidence collec-
tion kit and submitted it to the
Garland DPS Crime Lab, which
then asked for a DNA sample
from the suspect.
A few days later, the Texas
Rangers received the results,
and, according to the affidavit,
based on the likelihood ratio,
Lofties couldn’t be excluded as
a possible contributor to the
profile.
Here’s a look at all of the
indictments handed down by
the jury:
• Villanueva, Felipe, posses-
sion of controlled substance
PGi less than one gram;
• Chamberlain, Anthony Jay,
possession of controlled sub-
stance PGi greater than or equal
to one gram but less than four
grams;
• Miller, Amber Shanette,
prohibited substance/item in
correctional facility and bribery;
• Sykes, Richard Jason, brib-
ery;
• Hoover, Jeremy Dewayne,
bribery;
• Starling, Clinton Earl II,
evading arrest detention with
vehicle;
• Galloway, Christopher Lee,
deadly conduct discharge fire-
arm and aggravated assault
with deadly weapon;
• Maines, Jerry Lee, sexual
abuse of child continuous: vic-
tim under 14;
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donations for a jailer recently
hurt in a serious car accident.
According to Jail Adminis- with both arms broken and it is and criteria in their evaluations
trator Lt. Cassandra Shaw, on unknown of when he will return of a candidate's teaching per-
June 12 Blake Canaday, a night- to work. formance, including classroom
To make a donation, contact expertise, curricula qual-
ity, innovative course devel-
• Lofties, Terry Dillon, sexual session of controlled substance
assault; PGi less than one gram;
• Morton, Joseph Mark, pos- • Waggoner, Toby Shawn,
session of controlled substance possession of controlled sub-
PGi less than one gram; stance PGi less than one gram;
• Caraway, Nigel Obryan, • Martin, Sarah Ann, pos-
possession of controlled sub- session of controlled substance
stance PGi less than one gram PGi less than one gram;
• Strother, Danielle Rae, pos-
session of controlled substance
• Muckleroy, Mark Douglass PGi greater than or equal to one
ance, where a drought factor with the law. across the right-of-way of
is balanced with precipita- “The law states that we can County Road 212 East in Pct.
tion and soil moisture and is only have equal representa- 1; and
expressed in hundredths of tion for each commissioner’s
expressed in hundredths of tion for each commissioner’s b. KJECO, LLC to place a
an inch of soil moisture deple- precincts,” Wittner said. “By 4-inch steel fusion bond coat-
tion. closing the expo location we ed pipeline by directional bor-
The drought index rang- will have three voting loca- ing under/across the right-of-
ing locations in Rusk County, county site.
County Elections Admin- APPROVED the following
Index (KBDI) is an index used istrator Kathie Wittner told pipeline/utility requests:
to determining forest fire the court that closing the a. CCI East Texas
: a
correctional facility; stance PGi less than one gram; from noon to 2:30 p.m.
• Reeder, Shayla Rena, pos- and
session of controlled substance • Birdwell, Michael Shawn,
PGi less than one gram; possession of controlled sub-
• Insley, Travis Joe, posses- stance PGi less than one gram.
Jobless rate unchanged in Texas
The affidavit said both EMS Continued from Page 1A
and the Tatum Volunteer Fire among Texas MSAs with a non-
Department left the scene, and seasonally adjusted rate of 2.1
Lofties was still in the parking percent, followed by the Ama-
lot talking to a friend before rillo MSA, which had the sec-
going back to the apartment.
Court talks burn ban, closure of expo voting box
ently, this index is derived area location open as it brings
from ground based estimates in quite a few voters.
of temperature and precipi-
Rusk County Commission- tation derived from weather town that they could
ers tabled the decision for stations and interpolated here to vote,” Ifo.,
a burn ban during a special manually by experts at the
meeting Wednesday.
May’s annual growth in the research assistant professor
state’s goods producing indus- in The Center for Biomedical
tries was strong at 5.7 percent. Research at The University of
Over the month, the construe- Texas Health Science Center
woman or having any kind of recorded the third lowest rate tion industry added 5,800 jobs, at Tyler. r r l4.
contact with her. of 2.8 percent for May.
However, the nurse that con- The Texas economy added
ducted the exam said the worn- 34,700 seasonally adjusted
APPROVED the Rusk
Dooley said he didn’t see a County audit as presented by
need to enact a burn ban cur- Morgan Lagrone. The county
calls since the court’s last rently, but asked the court to received a clean report,
meeting on June 11. These revisit the item after July 4. APPROVED to work with
calls included 10 grass fires, Commissioners also Texas Association of Counties
one unknown, one structure approved closing the Tommy to use Catapult for employee
McDaniel Rusk County Youth health fair. This will be at no
The unknown call was Expo voting location. cost to the county and will
: During a June 11 meeting, allow employees, spouses and
Panola County side of Farm- commissioners approved the dependents on the county’s
to-Market Road 348,” said closure of the Concord, Sul- 1—LL — ----- .—
Dooley. “The 10 grass fires phur Springs and Pinehill vot- screenings and tests on
were due to outdoor burning.”
Keetch-Byram Drought
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Moore, Dan & Griffin, Ashton. The Henderson News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 28, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 24, 2018, newspaper, June 24, 2018; Henderson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1235968/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rusk County Library.