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December 11, 2013 ★ Page 3A
NPD investigates
2nd bomb threat
at NHS this year
BY ROSEMARY SMITH
editor@navasotaexaminer.com
No arrests have yet
been made regarding last
Thursday’s bomb threat
at Navasota High
School.
This is the second
bomb threat the school
has received this year.
The last suspect was
charged with false report
or alarm, a state jail
felony, in April.
“We are attempting to
identify person(s) in-
volved,” Navasota Police
Chief Shawn Myatt said.
The police chief said
the bomb threat was dis-
covered Thursday, and
was written on an elec-
tronic pad in a class-
room. The police
department was made
aware of the bomb threat
sometime between 9:30
and 10 a.m., and in-
structed the district to
implement a lockdown.
High school students
were then temporarily
transferred to the junior
high campus.
“Even from the onset,
it was determined that
the threat was not written
Thursday. However, the
department and school’s
priority is the safety of
the students, so it was
treated as if it were a
threat made on the day of
discovery,” Myatt said.
The police depart-
ment contacted the Bu-
reau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives (ATF) and a
Conroe bomb detection
team to assist with an ex-
haustive sweep of the
high school campus.
Navasota Fire Depart-
ment assisted with the
emergency operations
plan by blocking the
driveway entrances into
the high school campus
and assisting with traffic
control, Chief Jason
Katkoski said.
“At the direction of
the police department,
the high school students
were relocated to the jun-
ior high school. A lock-
down of those campuses
was instituted, and law
enforcement created a
perimeter with limited
access to the area,” Su-
perintendent Rory Gesch
said on Thursday.
Parents and visitors
were not allowed at ei-
ther campus during the
lockdown, and students
were not permitted to
leave.
The high school girls
basketball tournament
was also moved to the
junior high campus,
where junior high stu-
dents resumed their nor-
mal class schedules.
Since ATF and local
law enforcement offi-
cials did not discover any
type of bomb or explo-
sive device, law enforce-
ment lifted the lockdown
at 1:50 p.m. Both schools
then returned to normal
operations and dismissal.
The superintendent
not only praised stu-
dents, district staff and
community members for
their cooperation during
the lockdown period, but
also extended thanks to
law enforcement person-
nel “for their profession-
alism and their help to
ensure the safety of our
students.”
Gesch added, “It
needs to be noted that the
behavior, attitude and co-
operation of the Nava-
sota secondary students
was exceptional through-
out the entire process.
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and look forward to the Be-
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Saturday, Dec. 21. Also,
enjoy a pancake breakfast,
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greet Santa and Mrs. Claus
at the civic center with
cookies and punch after the
parade. All area businesses,
civic groups and churches
are invited to participate in
our parade. Contact Janet
Green at 936-395-1010 for
more information.
• Saturday, Dec. 14, is the
church-wide Christmas
party at Bedias United
Methodist Church.
• Make plans to attend
the Pathway of Light in
Madisonville. Thirteen area
churches are working to-
gether to offer this wonder-
ful annual program. This
year, the presentation will
be offered now through
Sunday, Dec. 15. Call
Madisonville First Baptist
Church at 936-348-2686
for more information and to
schedule your reservation.
• The Bedias Christian
film festival continues with
“Courageous” on Friday
evening, Dec. 13, at 6 p.m.;
and “The Perfect Gift” on
Sunday afternoon, Dec. 15,
at 1 p.m.
We will also have a spe-
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.. .Birth of the Messiah” on
Sunday afternoon, Dec. 22,
at 1 p.m.
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the entire community to
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• Happy birthday to
Billy Boyd, Jim Lindsay,
Don Dean, Sandy Peterson
and Jerald Brown.
• Happy anniversary to
Bob and Jackie Jones and
Dave and Sandra Woodruff.
Drop us a note if you
want to add someone to our
birthday and anniversary
list.
• Hold the Lonnie Peter-
son family, George Harvey
family of the loss of wife
Carolyn, the Mildred
Smith family on her pass-
ing, Clyde Park and family,
Gene Stapleton family,
Courtney and Sue Parks,
John and Janean Anderson,
Edith Moss and the entire
Allemore family in your
prayers.
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