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on FM13/West Main Street
from downtown Henderson to
Loop 571. Expect lane closures
with flaggers providing traffic
control.
Work will also continue on
SH 149 from the Gregg to Pan-
ola County line, FM 2658 and
FM 840 reconstruction.
If traveling I-20 westbound
from SH 31 to SH 135, TxDOT
contractors will be placing
overlay on the road, includ-
ing milling, inlaying hot mix
asphalt and permeable friction
overlay and striping. This proj-
ect is expected to be completed
in July.
engaging in organized criminal
activity, evading arrest deten-
tion, injury to child, interfer-
ence with child custody, minor
in possession of e-cigarette,
retaliation, possession of drug
paraphernalia, robbery, sex
offender duty to register, sex-
ual assault, sexual assault of
child, terroristic threat, unlaw-
ful restraint.
or engaging in a conversation
with a minor and during the
course of that conversation, the
defendant asks (or solicits) the
minor to meet them for the
purpose of engaging in a sexual
act.
Online Solicitation of a
Minor under Texas Penal Code
Section 33.021 is a felony of the
second degree.
Second degree felonies are
punishable by up to 20 years in
prison and a $10,000 fine.
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program already in place at the
elementary schools and can
actually save the district money
due to increased federal reim-
bursements.
APPROVED the purchase
of three new buses equipped
with wheelchair lifts.
APPOINTED Lambas rep-
resentative to the Region 7
Regional Advisory Committee.
APPROVED a new resolu-
tion joining the Region 7 Pur-
chasing Cooperative.
DELEGATED the board’s
hiring authority to Lamb dur-
ing the summer months. Boles
said the temporary authoriza-
tion helps expedites the hiring
process between school years
when the district often needs
to move quickly to secure new
teachers.
SET the next board meeting
for June 11, 2019.
MET in executive session
to discuss the hiring of sev-
eral teachers, as well as naming
Cindy Vestal as a new assistant
principal at Northside Elemen-
tary.
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The Association of Ameri-
can Colleges and Universities
(AAC&U) announced this week
that Kilgore College was one of
20 institutions selected nation-
wide to participate in a new
two-year project, “Strength-
ening Guided Pathways and
Career Success by Ensuring
Students Are Learning.”
The Guided Pathways proj-
ect is designed to build insti-
tutional capacity to ensure stu-
dents are learning.
KC was one of only seven
colleges from Texas chosen for
the project through a highly
competitive selection process.
“AAC&U is thrilled to part-
ner with the selected Guided
Pathways institutions to pro-
mote student success and dem-
onstrate the ways in which
community colleges are vital to
our nation’s strength—serving
Veterans & Family.
as engines of discovery, inno-
vation, and social mobility,”
said AAC&U President Lynn
Pasquerella.
As the leading national
association focused on qual-
ity in undergraduate educa-
tion, AAC&U, in collaboration
with the Center for Community
College Student Engagement
at the University of Texas at
Austin, will work with the 20
institutional participants to
strengthen designs of project-
based and applied learning
experiences.
The institutions will corrob-
orate to assess student achieve-
ment of learning outcomes to
advance equity and student
success goals along guided
pathways. The Guided Path-
ways framework is composed
of four main practice areas: (1)
mapping pathways to student
end goals; (2) helping students
choose and enter a program
TxDOT is planning to con-
duct the following construc-
tion and maintenance work
throughout the district during
the week of May 20, 2019.
Schedules are subject to
change due to weather con-
ditions, equipment failure or
other unforeseen issues.
Slow down and pay atten-
tion when traveling through
work zones.
In Rusk County, Hender-
son Maintenance crews plan to
perform base repair operations
pathway; (3) keeping students
on path; and (4) ensuring that
students are learning.
“If we, as a nation, are going
to close equity gaps in student
outcomes, we must engage
in collaborative and compre-
hensive efforts to help insti-
tutions that serve our most
diverse students enhance their
existing structures and prac-
tices to fully prepare students
for success,” said Tia Brown
McNair, AAC&U Vice Presi-
dent for Diversity, Equity and
Student Success. “One goal of
this effort is to learn from the
work of these twenty institu-
tions to inform the learning
processes at many other insti-
tutions to ensure that learning
and completion remain equal
priorities.”
The project is supported
by funding from the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation and
Ascendium Education Group.
extracurricular sponsor because
he has given guidance to both
him and Pai as presidents of
Interact cub, that has helped
Besson grown in his leadership
capabilities.
“I am a member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
er-day Saints, where I am a
Sunday school teacher,” Besson
said.
In his church, he has been
able to attend seminary and
serve in various positions that
have taught him important life
lesson both spiritually and sec-
ular. After high school, I will
serve a two year mission of my
church. He will then attend
Brigham Young University in
Provo, Utah and study either
economics or engineering.
“Thank you, mom and dad,
for loving and supporting me
my entire life,” Besson said.
“Without you, I could not have
possibly made it this far. As I
close this chapter in my life, I
will be saying goodbye to some
of the safeties and privileges you
have provided. Do not worry
you have prepared me well. It
is important to know that you
will always be my parents who
I love no matter where I am.”
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about each of his students.”
Pai participates in var-
sity tennis, Mock Trial and
UIL academics journalism,
some awards she has won are
first place regional team and
advanced to state level in Mock
Trial and All State journalist.
Her favorite coach is Michele
Holt because of her unfailing
optimism and cheeriness as
well as her talent and persever-
ance in coaching.
“Participating in these extra-
curriculars has taught me disci-
pline and improved my ability
to work with a team,” Pai said.
“Mock Trail especially has given
me the opportunity to improve
my public speaking and how
well I am able to think on my
feet.”
Pai plans to attend Texas
A&M University in College
Station and pursue a career in
health care.
“Thank you for all that you
have done for me,” said Pai to
her parents. “You both have
taught me morals, values and
how to be a good person. You
have pushed me to work hard,
face my fears and have allowed
me to pursue my dreams while
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said. “This really helps us and
the local economy.”
Chief Taylor said he has a
lot of respect for Witzgall and
his company.
“We have trained with this
company for years and it’s
the best training that we have
received,” Taylor said. “The
guys all respect Mike and the
company and they look for-
ward to the classes so we try to
put in as many officers as our
budget will allow us. This is
training unlike anywhere else
and Price and I have partnered
in this for a long time and
when our teams work together
it’s good to train together.”
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Four East Texans arrested for solicitation
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investigators who were posing
as minors.
The undercover officers
arrested the following persons:
Gary Dean Tennison, 54, of
Henderson; Rayme Everrett,
18, of Tyler; Manuel Huerta,
28, of Bullard and Randall Earl
Powell, 55, of Longview.
All were booked into the
Gregg County Jail.
Solicitation of a
involves a defendant asking
facility is incredible and I am
happy to be able to work here.”
Price said, like other
schools, he is glad to host the
event because it allows offi-
cers to attend and not have to
spend county or city money to
stay in hotels or eat in restau-
rants and it allows others to
come to Henderson and stay in
hotels and purchase an array
of other things while they are
here.
“This is great training and
about half of the class is not
from the area so it’s great to
get to bring them here and
expose some of these other
officers to our area,” Price
forgery, fraudulent use of iden-
tifying information, unauthor-
ized use of motor vehicle;
• Two counts of credit card
abuse, failure to identify, ille-
gal dumping, possession of a
controlled substance, theft of
firearm; and
• One count of aggravated
sexual assault, deadly conduct,
driving while license invalid,
TxDOT maintenance to work on West Main
FROM HENDERSON NEWS STAFF
REPORTS
KC chosen to participate in Pathways project
SPECIAL TO THE HENDERSON NEWS
Optimist names May’s Girl, Boy of the Month
being my greatest supporters
and cheerleaders. The lessons
I have learned from both of
you have given me an excellent
foundation to build upon. I will
strive to make you both proud
in all I do.”
Benson is the son of Brian
and Cecilia Besson, carries a
93.877 GPA, is the president of
Young Americans for Liberty
and co-president of Interact
Club.
He also participates in
National Honor Society and
Key Club.
“I have taken advanced
courses and college classes,”
Besson said. “I received my
Eagle Scout Award my senior
year.”
His favorite subject is calcu-
lus because it challenges him to
solve problems through analyti-
cal thought. His most difficult
subject is also calculus because
the complex theorems and rules
that are required in the class.
“Lisa Lybrand has been my
favorite teacher,” Besson said.
“I had the pleasure to have
her two separate school years.
She has always pushed me to
achieve my goals and succeed.”
Russell Wylie is his favorite
HPD reports slight increase in city crime last month
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responded to 17 accidents in
April, down from 40 in March.
Officers received 841 calls
for service, took 286 reports
and made 37 arrests.
The Henderson Animal
Center took in a total of 197
animals in April, up from the
92 animals sheltered in March.
There were 33 animals taken in
from the city, 28 dogs and five
cats, and 146 animals from the
county, including 72 dogs, 51
cats and three others. Animal
control reported 18 pick-ups
in April.
According to the report, 112
animals were adopted, 12 were
reclaimed and 44 were eutha-
nized. Animal control officers
issued 48 warnings, three cita-
tions and received more than
600 complaints last month.
The center has received more
than 1,000 animals since Oct. 1.
Crime statistics, accord-
ing to reports produced each
dat by the HPD and printed in
The Henderson News in April,
include the following:
• 37 counts of assault (Class
A&C);
• 27 counts of theft;
• Nine counts of criminal
mischief;
• Seven counts of burglary of
a vehicle, harassment;
• Six counts of burglary of
habitation, disorderly conduct;
• Four counts of aggravat-
ed assault, duty upon striking
unattended vehicle, possession
of marijuana;
• Three counts of burglary of
a building, criminal trespass,
Sunday, May 19,2019 — THE HENDERSON NEWS — PAGE 3
HISD names new administration positions
culated using the Average Daily
Attendance (or ADA) which
takes into account both the
number of enrolled students
and the attendance rates.
“We budgeted for an ADA
of 3210 and it looks like we are
going to come in right at that,”
said Boles. Last year, the final
ADA was slightly higher than
the estimate.
“We have built contingencies
into the budget and that money
is set aside just in case. We just
don’t have the buffer we had in
the past.”
In other business, the board:
HEARD a report of the
Henderson ISD Health Advi-
sory Committee and approved
new appointments to the group.
APPROVED the district's
monthly financial report as well
as a year-end budget amend-
ment.
APPROVED a plan to allow
free breakfast for students at
Henderson Middle School.
According to Tanya Davis, the
director of child nutrition, the
program will be similar to the
RCSO, HPD bring take part in SWAT training
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after numerous deployments
around the world, Witzgall
left the military as a captain
and joined the Dallas Police
Department.
His career with Dallas
ended after a severe line of
duty injury forced him into
early retirement. This injury
eventually led the amputation
of his left leg above the knee.
Witzgall currently trains
all over the state, specializing
in hazardous warrant/appre-
hensions, basic and advanced
SWAT, basic and advanced
police rifle, hostage rescue,
and counter paramilitary oper-
ations.
This week, with eight agen-
cies represented, the average
day of training began around
6-7 a.m. and concluded around
6-7 p.m. and included a variety
of training exercises.
Charlie Mike Enterprises
averages around 10-15 schools
a year around the state and
sometimes more if needed.
“I love having the chance
to come to Henderson,” Wit-
zgall said. “This is one of my
favorite places to train because
we very rarefy get the kind of
support that we get here. This
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“and the punch list is complete.”
Boles noted that the district will
now have a one year warranty
on any problem that comes up.
Boles also told the board he
expects the administration’s
move to the renovated Cham-
berlain Campus to happen in
late June or early July.
“Dr. Conner and I will per-
sonally oversee the installation
of the furniture,” said Boles.
The furniture is set to arrive at
the end of May.
Boles also took the oppor-
tunity to brief the board on the
current budget.
“This year, the budget is
going to be tight,” said Boles.
“The preliminary estimates of
tax revenues came in slightly
ahead of last years’,” noted
Boles. However, he continued
by explaining that the revenuse
is only one part of the funding
formula which also looks at stu-
dents enrollment numbers. The
higher the enrollment, the more
the state contributes funds to
the distrcit. Enrollment is cal-
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