Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 2009 Page: 1 of 18
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Sports
:Both girls and boys
Lion basketball teams
defeated Beaumont
Central teams in 20-4A
games Tuesday
Sm Sports, Pg. 7A
Living
LVFD wasn't horsing
around Saturday morn-
ing when a Blanchard
animal was trapped.
See Living, Pg. IB
Quote for
the day
"The greatest
good you can do
for another is not
just share your
; riches, but to re-
veal to him his
own"
— Benjamin Disraeli
** (1804 ■ 1881)
British politician
Local Weather
Jio 78/53
1/22 f
Generally sunny. Warm. High 78F.
Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph.
74/55
.Occasional showers possible.
Highs In the mid 70s and lows In
the mid 50s.
67/42
Sat
1/24
Occasional showers possible.
Highs In the upper 60s and lows In
the low 40s.
1/25
66/51
Partly cloudy. Highs In the mid OOl
and lows In the low 50s.
72/48
Mon
1/26
Isolated thunderstorms. Highs In
the low 70s and lows In the upper
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Index
Bulletin Board.............2B
Classified................5B-8B
Crossword...................5B
Community Calendar........5A
Obituaries....................6A
Official Records..........2A
Opinion........................4A
Living......................1B-5B
Sports.................. 7A-9A
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Narcotics deputies arrest 5 for selling prescription drugs
BY VALERIE REDDELL
Editor
LIVINGSTON - Polk County
Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested
five suspects this month during
an investigation by the narcotics
division into the illegal distribution
of prescription medication in the
Polk County area.
Several suspects living in a
Canyon Park residence recently
had been sentenced to probation
for distributing prescription
medication and heroin from their
previous residence in Cedar Point
during 2008, according to Lt.
Andy Lovvrie of the Polk County
Sheriff’s Office.
The suspects resumed selling
the prescriptions from their new
residence. During the investigation,
detectives learned that Oxycontin,
Xanax, Soma and Dilaudid were
being sold from the rented house
in Canyon Park.
The residents were arrested on
Jan. 13 after narcotics detectives
executed a search warrant there.
New charges were filed against
the following suspects:
Brian Keith Tinsley was arrested
on a warrant for manufacture or
delivery of a controlled substance
more than one gram. Bond was set
at $50,000 by Pet. 2 Justice of the
Peace David G. Johnson
On the day the search warrant
was executed, Tinsley was
charged with an additional count
of manufacture or delivery of a
controlled substance more than one
gram. Pet. 4 Justice of the Peace
Steven B. McEntyre set bond at
$50,000 on that charge as well.
Maxine Morgan Crabb
was arrested on a warrant for
manufacture or delivery of a
controlled substance more than
one gram. Johnson set her bond at
$50,000. Upon the search of the
home, an additional charge was
filed for manufacture or delivery of
a controlled substance more than
one gram. McEntyre set bond at
$50,000 for that charge as well.
During the execution of the
search warrant, detectives also
served an arrest warrant on Mark
Edward Brown for manufacture or
delivery of a controlled substance
more than one gram and possession
of a controlled substance less than
one grain. Johnson set bond at
$50,000 tor the delivery charge
and $25,000 for the possession
charge.
All three of these suspects remain
in custody at the Polk County jail
as of press time Wednesday.
"There are several other
residences in the Canyon
Park subdivision from which
prescription medication is being
sold and nciiu* inveftigations are
being coikhrtcd at this time," Lt.
I ,ow lie said I uesday.
He expects the investigation to
conclude with one or more arrests
in the next month.
A suspect identified as Leland
Smith residing in apartment
105 at the Livingston Housing
Authority was under investigation
for the distribution of medication
prescribed to him.
On Jan. 16, narcotics detectives
and Livingston police officers
served an arrest warrant for Smith
charging him with manufacture or
delivery of a controlled substance
more that one gram.
During a search of Smith's
residence, he was found to be
in possession of marijuana and
crack cocaine. Smith was charged
with possession of a controlled
substance. Pet. I Justice of the
Peace Darrell Longino set bond
See NARCOTICS, Page2A
Energy audit paying off
with lower biIlls for USD
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ENTERPRISE PHOTO BY GORDON LLHARK-
Above, the Ayubu
Kamau Sacred Afri-
can Drum and Dance
Society and Ayubu
Kamau Kings and
Queens draft Col.
Howard Daniel to
join in the danc-
ing. At right, Lt.
Andy Lowrie with
the Polk County
Sheriff’s Office (an
expert on powdery
substances) batters
catfish fillets that
served about 1,500
people during Mon-
day’s 19th annual
Multicultural Festi-
val held in conjunc-
tion with the holi-
day honoring Rev.
Martin Luther King
at Livingston High
School. See addi-
tional photos Page
2A and Page 10A.
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ENTERPRISE PHOTO BY VALERIE REDDEN
Bats force DHS offices to close second day
LIVINGSTON - Bats forced sev-
eral state agencies that have offices
in the former Dunbar school build-
ing to close Tuesday and Wednes-
day. As of press time Wednesday
staff members did not know when
they would be able to see clients at
the Livingston site.
The office houses caseworkers
for Protective and Regulatory Ser-
vices, Medicaid, food stamp pro-
grams and Temporary Assistance to
Needy Families (formerly known as
AFDC).
Caseworkers see about 250 cli-
ents a month for routine services and
another 200 clients who are faced
with emergencies. The state agency
contracts with the county to use the
building, but the state is* responsible
for maintenance to the building’s in-
terior.
Staff members were sent to work
in other agency offices in surround-
ing communities Wednesday.
Four bats were captured and sent
to the Texas Department of State
Heatth Services for rabies testing.
The infectious disease unit of TD-
SHS urge the public to never touch
a bat. If you see an injured, sick or
dead bat, call city or county animal
control officers, which can be con-
tacted 24 hours a day through local
in JAMES E. BAUGH
Stall Reporter
LIVINGSTON - Livingston
I S IE saved nearly $53,000 over
a ih've-monlh period ending
Nov. JO b\ reducing electrical
usage at the district's 14 facilities.
Dircctoi nfTechnology and Energy
Management lames Dickens
reported the savings to the board
in a spreadsheet that detailed the
cost aviv'danee and percentage of
kilowatt hours saved. Overall the
district shaved 25.48 percent off
of ns kilowatt usage for the period.
Savings were based on usage
statistics ii si: pie same period in
20tiT
Board members will review an
energy audit report on power usage
during September which showed a
total cost avoidance of $28,531.89,
USD records show. In October,
electric costs were reduced by
$11.691.41 and by $12,740.64 in
November.
Pine Ridge Elementary made the
largest reduction by percentage with
a44.44 percent decrease in kilowatt-
hours used Hiving $7,922.85. The
intermediate campus posted a 41.5
percent reduction in kilowatt-
hours, cultinj^osts by $10,925.62.
The high school campus reduced
kilowatt-hours used by 23 percent
saving $11,094.48 (producing the
largest overall cost reduction). The
junior high cut kilowatt-hours by 21
percent saving $8,757.04. Timber
Creek cut electricity usage by 37.29
percent, saving $8,299.45.
Overall kilowatt savings was
close to 616.000 kilowatt hours,
which is equal to the power
consumed .by 44 average homes for
a year.
Dickens also told the board he
would be icqucsting that Eastex
Telephone, which services the
location ol the future high school,
allow Livingston Telephone to
provide telephone and Internet
network service for ease in
connection and hilling.
The board received an activity
report from Linebarger, Goggan,
Blair & Sampson, the district's
delinquent tax collection attorneys.
The firm collected $53,909 in past
due taxes, penalty and interest in
November. Twenty-one lawsuits
were filed totaling $38,833 in
delinquent taxes. Another seven
cases were resolved for an amount
of $33,806 and 17 mobile home
liens were released for $11,570.
In December, the firm collected
$53,615, filed eight lawsuits
totaling $19,827; resolved 10
lawsuits for $41,558; released five
mobile home liens for $1,639 and
settled 39 cases set for the sheriff's
sale.
Director of Plant Services Terry
Jordan reported to the board that
the lighting equipment in the high
school auditorium is in need of
replacement. Jordan said that the
equipment is at least as old as the
building because it was brought
over from the previous auditorium
in 1979. It isn’t known how old the
equipment was at that time. Jordan
said various pieces of the lighting
system are in disrepair and pose
safety hazards. He also told the
board that repairing or replacing
any part of the equipment would
require the school to bring the
entire system up to current safety
code.
School resource officers at
Livingston High School handled
one case of possession of marijuana,
one disorderly conduct-fighting
incident and one assault during the
month of December. Officers on the
LHS campus handled a total of 21
incidents during the fall semester.
On the junior high campus,
the officer issued one citation for
minor in possession of tobacco and
one citation for possession of drug
paraphernalia in December.
Juvenile probation officers took
14 at-risk students on a tour of the
Texas Youth Commission Crockett
See LISD, Page 2A
LPD investigating break-in,
vandalism at high school
ENTERPRISE PHOTO BY CORDON LEBARRoN
BAT REMOVAL EXPERTS -Workers from C&J Pest Man
agement worked to install bat cones Wednesday which allow
bats to leave but block their re-entry. John Fell, an entomolo-
gist with the company identified them as brown bats, which are
a protected species.
city police departments or the Polk
County Sheriff’s Office.
Bat bites are not always visible so
in cases where there is a probability
of exposure, the bat should be cap-
tured and tested, the health depart-
ment said. Possible scenarios where
bat contact cannot be determined in-
clude a bat found near a small child,
a sleeping person or someone who
is mentally or sensory challenged.
Health officials add there is a risk
of contracting histoplasmosis from
exposure to spores in guano,
.Since 1950, 42 cases of rabies
have been reported in Texas.
BY VALERIE REDDELL
Editor
LIVINGSTON — Investigators
with the Livingston Police
Dcparttnent^crc preparing to arrest
two juvenile suspects Wednesday
afternoon for burglary of a building
in connection with a break-in at
Livingston High School over the
weekend.
The suspects dumped the contents
of several hall lockers discharged
lire extenguishers and caused other
damage, Parrish said.
LIT) spokesman Lt. Matt Parrish
said the inv estigation was hindered
by premature,unfounded reportsthat
circulated through the community
and confused the break-in with an
unrelated graffiti incident.
Several female students were
cited for minor in possession of
alcohol and open container — both
Glass G misdemeanors — by DPS
Trooper Kevin Burnam early
Sunday morning.
These students received citations
to appear in municipal court and
admitted spray-painting graffiti
on the bridge, but said they never
entered the building. None of those
females are juveniles.
Parrish said investigators received
information that another group of
people made entry and committed
the vandalism.
“We want the persons responsible
to be prosecuted to the fullest extent
of the law," Livingston Independent
School District Trustee Frank
Henderson said Monday. Other
school bpard members concurred
with Hehderson, but declined to
comment on the record citing the
pending investigation.
LPD ^officers took one female
juvohlle into custody at 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, The other group of stu-
dents has removed all graffiti from
m bridse-
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Reddell, Valerie. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 2009, newspaper, January 22, 2009; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth820283/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.