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Page 4 ★ Crowley Star ★ Thursday, September 19, 2013
www.crowIeystar.net
FAMILY PHOTO
Cull in Darden Limer
CULLIN:
FROM PAGE l
KEENE
Police still searching for man’s cause of death
BY PAUL GNADT
crow!eystar@thestargroup com
It may be two to four weeks before
the Tarrant County Medical Exam-
iner rules on the cause of death of
a man discovered Sept. 10 in a resi-
dence on Eastern Street, according
to Keene Police Chief Rocky Alberti.
The cause of death is “pending
toxicology and investigation,” the
Tarrant County MB’s website said.
The Keene police investigation has
turned up several persons of inter-
est in the death of Aaron Alexander
Preston, 22, of Keene. These persons
may have information about the case
or are known to have been with the
victim before his death, Alberti said.
These people have been inter-
viewed. No arrests have been made
at this time, Alberti said.
“The investigation is ongoing, with
a significant amount of manpower
from the Keene Police Department
dedicated to this case,” Alberti said.
“Investigators from the District At-
torney’s Office and the Cleburne Po-
lice Department have also been as-
sisting throughout the investigation.”
The situation began at about
10:59 p.m. Tuesday, when Keene
Police Sgt. Chip Krieger and Officer
Cody Moss responded to a call of a
deceased person in the 100 block of
S. Eastern St. in Keene, Alberti said.
Keene EMS also responded to
the scene. Officers made entry into
the residence and found a deceased
white male, later identified as Pres-
ton, Alberti said.
Preston was a senior at South-
western Adventist University ma-
joring in biology and chemistry, but
was not currently enrolled, univer-
sity officials said.
Investigators on the scene be-
lieved the death to be of a suspicious
nature and called for a crime scene
unit from the Metroplex, Alberti
said.
The investigation is ongoing at
this time, the chief said.
Updates to this story will be made
as further information becomes
available.
gone.
“We were not prepared,”
Ginny said. “Luckily, the sup-
port of others was available.”
Later that night, Limer was
inspired to start a non-profit
organization to assist oth-
ers because of the help from
Limer’s friends, co-workers,
neighbors and people she
didn’t even know.
“From the beginning people
were there for us and that im-
pacted me immediately,” Gin-
ny said.
Meals, balloons, offers to
help her and her husband,
Scott, their children, Ryan 14,
Kili, 11, Dalton 11, Aren 9, and
Kindil, 5, poured in.
“That helped me to know
that I wasn’t alone,” Ginny
said. “With the loss of a child
it is pretty difficult because a
part of you is gone,”
Instead on dealing with the
negative, she and her family
has turned into a positive by
helping others,
“Well do exactly what my
neighbors did (to help us),”
Ginny said.
With the foundation, Limer
said, they are lifting other peo-
ple, in the same ways people
lifted them and “turn the help-
lessness into helpfulness.”
“We are an army of family
and friends that now has an
angel baby, and want to help
others that must face this same
life situation,” Ginny said on
their website www.scaredsid-
less.com.
The organization’s projects
include providing sky lanterns
for lantern releases; balloons;
flowers; children’s books; re-
source books; chalk for the
children for “Chalk Therapy”;
meals; bears from Our Angel
Baby Boutique; a kids news-
letter CDL (Children with
Difficulty in Loss) produced
by Guilin’s older sister, Kill;
Camp Cull in and much more.
At 8 a.m, Oct. 5 at Crow-
ley High School, the organi-
zation will hold its first 5K
and i-Mile Run and Raffle in
Guilin’s honor. Proceeds will
benefit Kale’s Kisses, Aria’s
Angels, Kelsey Logan Angel
Fund, Crowley Lions Club
and the Warm Place, Run-
ners can register online at
runsignup.com/Race/TX/
Crowley/scaredsidless,
The race entry fee is $10
and T-shirts and raffle tickets
are available for $10 and $5,
respectively.
“He was a special little guy,
and now I feel like he is up in
the universe pointing me in
directions,” Limer said. “It
has even brought me more
spirituality than l already
had. It’s just like a sign say-
ing, Tin here Mom/”
Gwqw L£ y
F^RE
CARES ENOUGH
TO WEAR PINK
GARNER: Battling cancer
FROM PAGE 1
whole life and it still has the small-
town feeling of people caring. We’re not
a big city where you are just a thought,”
said Garner.
She was overwhelmed when Young
told her she would be the recipient of the
CPFA’s fundraising efforts.
“It took my breath away for a mo-
ment,” said Garner, who underwent a
double mastectomy June 26. “We all
have our own tilings going on in our lives
and for them to take time out to think
how they could help me is amazing.”
Garner, a mother of two, has received
three of six chemotherapy treatments.
After chemo, she will undergo radiation
treatments five days a week for 6 1/2
weeks.
“My kids and my family keep me go-
ing. They are pushing me right along,”
she said. “It’s part of life. I know God has
a plan for me.”
The T-shirts, which have Beth’s initial
on the ax on the logo on the front and
Lhe saving, “Crowley Fire cares enough
to wear pink” on the back, went on sale
Monday afternoon at the two Crowley
fire stations.
The adult- and kid-sized T-shirts are
$20 and all proceeds will go to Garner to
help cover medical expenses.
The members of the lire department
will be wearing the T-shirts during their
shifts during the month of October.
“We wanted to refocus our efforts back
into our community,” Young said.
Information concerning the cause and
updates on Garner’s condition can be
found on the “Support for Beth Garner”
Faccbook page.
Huston joins CISD team
BY JAY HINTON
crowley5tar@thestargroup. com
Sabrina Huston, a native of Ste-
phenville, has joined the Crowley ISD
Ag Science team and will teach small
animal management, veterinary med-
ical applications, advanced animal
science and wildlife, and fisheries and
ecology management for the 2013-14
school year.
“I cannot wait for the opportu-
nities that await me here,” Huston
said. “I am thrilled with the students
and look forward to a great school
year in a program of this magni-
tude.”
In addition to her teaching sched-
ule, Huston will oversee the swine and
poultry projects through Lhe FFA pro-
gram.
“I am thankful for everyone I
have met thus far and so grateful
for the support of the administra-
tion within the district,” Huston
said.
Huston re-
places Kady
Donagliey, who
is now an as-
sistant princi-
pal at the Bill R.
Johnson CTE
Center.
Huston, who
graduated from
Stephenville
High School in
2009, earned a
bachelor’s de-
gree in agriculture in 2012 from West
Texas A&M, Last year she taught at
Iowa Park High School.
While at Stephenville High, Huston
was heavily involved in 4-H and FFA
where she participated in raising nu-
merous swine and lamb.
She is joined on the CISD Ag Staff
by Ryan Cummins, who was at Burle-
son High last year, and Laci Harbor,
who is entering her second year wit
the department.
Huston
TEEN: Faces 6 felonies
FROM PAGE 1
Boyles, 21, of Burleson. Ac-
cording to initial crash reports
by MedStar, nine others were
injured and transported to
area hospitals, two of those in
critical condition.
Alcohol is believed to have
been a factor in the accident,
according to prior sheriffs of-
fice reports. Burleson-Retta
Road is a narrow, two-lane
stretch with no lighting in the
area where the accident oc-
curred.
Mitchell is believed to have
been the operator of the dis-
abled SUV7, which Jennings,
a popular Alsbury Baptist
Church youth pastor, stopped
to aid. Both vehicles were
struck by the pickup truck.
Mitchell had contacted the
Boyles home for help with her
SUV, when Jennings arrived
and stopped in front of the
SUV, according to initial sher-
iff s office reports. The pickup
was the only vehicle in mo-
tion when it hit both the SUV
and Jennings’ vehicle, accord-
ing to reports. An oncoming
Volkswagon, carrying 18-year-
old driver Ashlyn Evans and
14-year-old Peyton Alan, both
of Burleson, was also struck.
Eight teenagers, ranging
from ages 15-19, including
Couch, were riding in the pick-
up he was operating, sheriffs
reports said. At least five of the
teens were enrolled in Keller
schools.
Burleson’s City Council
paused at its meeting two days
after the crash to remember
Jennings.
“There’s an entire church
community there that is suffer-
ing greatly,” Mayor Ken Shet-
ter said, “Keep those people in
your prayers.”
Each intoxication man-
slaughter charge is a second-
degree felony and carries a
punishment of two-20 years
imprisonment and a fine not
to exceed $10,000. Each in-
toxication assault charge is a
third-degree felony and carries
a punishment of two-10 years
imprisonment and a fine not
to exceed $10,000. Upon con-
viction, prison terms would be
served concurrently, unless
charges were tried in separate
cases.
CISD: To replace boards
FROM PAGE 1
included in the price. The boards
will also be used for soccer and
track.
The school district has identified
other expenditures that come with
video boards at the football stadi-
ums and will ask the trustees to con-
sider installing non-video boards
for a total cost of $447,000.
“Adding video boards would re-
quire the district to make upgrades
in the two high school press boxes
including additional space for
equipment, secure storage and cli-
mate control,” CISD Public Infor-
mation Officer Anthony Kirchner
said.
Either way, the district plans to
have all of the scoreboards installed
by next fall.
Lincoln said the district would
like to have students at the Bill R.
Johnson CTE center trained on how
to use the scoreboards.
“The kids are the ones that will
create a lot of the graphics and other
things with the proper supervision,”
Lincoln said.
Lincoln said there is a good pos-
sibility the new scoreboards for
basketball could be operational by
the end of the season, and possibly
the scoreboards at the baseball and
softball fields at the start of their
seasons or by midseason.
Although the price tag is just un-
der $1 million for video boards and
$450,000 for standard hoards, Lin-
coln said the district is hopeful that
through selling advertising on the
new scoreboards will pay for them-
selves in 5-10 years,
“Our goal is to recoup as much
money as we can through our ad-
vertising,” he said. “If you do it
right and price it right, you’re go-
ing to get your boards 100 percent
financed.”
Lincoln said the district contact-
ed other districts in the Metroplex
to see what kind of revenue has been
generated with their new boards,
and in a five-year period, the funds
those districts collected ranged be-
tween $246,000-1.2 million.
Lincoln said Daktronies — the
scoreboard company — will be in-
volved initially in helping the dis-
trict in marketing its scoreboards
and producing revenue.
“We are contractually joining
with them to not only make our
scoreboards, but to help us with
advertisement relations with our
business and stakeholders,” Lin-
coln said. “It’s a huge step for
Crowley ISD, One, there is a need
for it, and two, it’s an opportunity
to continue to bond our communi-
ties together.”
ORR: Won’t seek sixth term on Texas State House of Representatives
FROM PAGE 1
soccer, and I want to watch
them.”
The real estate market in
Burleson is “as hot as I’ve
seen it in 5-10 years,” Orr
said. “I look forward to work-
ing with our customers and
with those willing to invest in
the community.”
Orr garnered a reputation
in the House as an advocate
for private property rights,
taking pro-business posi-
tions and fighting for life. He
served as chairman of the
House Land and Resource
Management Committee,
vice-chairman of the Busi-
ness and Industry" Commit-
tee, and as a member of the
Appropriations Committee,
In addition, he served on the
Local and Consent Calen-
dars, Redistricting, Financial
Institutions, Pensions, In-
vestments and Financial Ser-
vices Committees.
He was honored by organi-
zations such as the Texas As-
sociation of Business, Texas
Association of Realtors and
Texas Right to Life. He most
recently was honored as Leg-
islator of the Year by the Tex-
as Independent Automobile
Dealers Association and the
Greater Fort Worth Builders
Association. Next month, he
will be honored by the Chil-
dren’s Advocacy Centers of
Texas.
“As a small business own-
er, I am proud that Texas is
continually recognized as one
of the best places to do busi-
ness,” Oit said. “It has been
extremely rewarding to see
our great state become the
most powerful economic en-
gine of the nation; and we
did that by creating twice as
many jobs as any other state
and keeping regulations on
business owners low.”
His time in the House
didn’t come without some
difficult decisions, Orr said.
“We have faced huge bud-
get deficits, yet when we be-
gan the most recent session
I’m proud to say that with our
conservative budgeting and
the state’s growth, we started
with an $8 billion surplus,”
he said. “Although it has noL
been easy and many diffi-
cult decisions have had to be
made over the past several
years, I am proud of how our
state and its leadership have
put the best interests of all
its citizens at the forefront.
Texas has survived the worst
economic downturn in recent
history and emerged stronger
than before.”
One of the projects he
championed will open as Orr
is winding up his legislative
career. He was a leader in
moving the Chisholm Trail
Parkway from concept to re-
ality". He participated in ex-
haustive negotiations with
the Texas Department of
Transportation, the North
Texas Tollway Authority,
North Central Texas Coun-
cil of Governments, Johnson
County and its member cit-
ies, creating a unique funding
mechanism to turn the 40-
plus year idea into a reality.
“It will be an exciting day
when vehicles begin traveling
on this roadway in the spring
of 2014,” Orr said.
He also passed a bill that
became a Constitutional
Amendment to provide ad-
ditional funding to public
schools by authorizing the
School Land Board to make
direct contributions to the
Available School Fund. Orr
championed strengthening
of eminent domain laws to
provide greater protections
for property owners.
“I am proud to have sup-
ported adding ‘under God’ to
the pledge to our state flag,
along with defining marriage
as being between a man and a
woman,” he said.
Prior to serving as a state
representative, Orr was a
chairman of the Burleson
Area Chamber of Commerce,
president of the Greater Fort
Worth Association of Real-
tors and a director of the
Texas and National Associa-
tions of Realtors.
“He’s been a great steward
for our city, Johnson County
and the House district,” said
Dan-0 Strong, former presi-
dent of the Burleson Area
Chamber of Commerce. “He
was always a big supporter
of the chamber and of busi-
ness.”
As Strong recalls, Orr
could always be counted
upon to cast a well-consid-
ered vote.
“I don’t know that we
would sav he always did what
we asked, but he listened and
considered our opinion. He
was always a good listener,”
he said. “He was always very
fair with us and explained
his position. He was honest
with constituents.”
That was a role of the leg-
islative position that Orr
most appreciated, he said.
“Working one-on-one with
my constituents has been the
most satisfying part of being
a representative,” Orr said.
“When people contacted me
with government-related
problems or ideas, helping
work through those prob-
lems and turning those ideas
into reality always reminded
me of the true meaning of
being a public servant.”
He has made specific note
of the support Pam provided,
along with his House staff.
“I could not have done this
job without them,” Orr said.
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