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Sweetwater Reporter
Monday, May 23, 2011 ■ Page 3
Obituaries
GEROME CLOYD BLACK
Funeral services for Gerome Cloyd Black, 79, of
Andrews, are pending at McCoy Funeral Home.
Black died Saturday, May 21, 2011, on I-20 in Nolan
County near Roscoe.
AP: Boom! Studios offering
up Stun lee comics app
MATT MOORE
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Stan Lee, whose career writing
comic books has run from the golden age to contemporary
times, is going digital.
Boom! Studios said Monday that the man who helped
create modern marvels like the Fantastic Four and X-Men
will see his current crop of comic series available online
and on mobile devices through his own app by way of the
Los Angeles-based comic am graphic novel publisher.
Dubbed the "Stan Lee BOOM! Comics App," the program
is being offered through Apple's iTunes app store. Lee's
superhero comic series "Soldier Zero," "The Traveler" and
"Starborn" are also being made available through it and
through Boomi's own app.
The comics come with a free preview of the first issues
but cost $1.99 for subsequent issues. The iVerse Media-
developed app will also be linked to Lee's Twitter mus-
ings.
The titles will also be available for download on desk-
tops, including Windows and Mac, through ComiXology,
Graphic.lv, iVerse and MyDigitalComics.
The three new series, penned by Lee, made their
debut last year in association with his company, Pow!
Entertainment.
Lee said that given the proliferation of comic books into
the digital sphere, it made sense to bring his own titles to
market that way, too.
"What's great about releasing this app is that it enables
us to bring the joy and wonder of comics to the mobile fan
and a whole new generation of readers," Lee said. "Comics
are a medium that transcends age, appealing not only to
today's young readers, but older ones as well. And by giving
them an unprecedented level of access, we're ensuring that
the fantastic stories, characters and worlds found only in
comics will endure for many years to come."
Digital comics have gained popularity and acceptance
in recent months with most, if not all, major publishers —
DC, Marvel, IDW, Dark Horse, Zenescope Entertainment,
among others — embracing the platform. It lets comic
readers carry their favorite titles on their phone or access
them on their laptop without having to cart around numer-
ous issues.
Boom!, whose roster of titles include "Irredeemable,"
"Dracula: The Company of Monsters" and "Do Androids
Dream of Electric Sheep?," has put its lineup in its own
app, too.
"With the easy accessibility of digital comics, we're
excited to be able to turn everyone with a computer, iOS
or an Android device into a lifelong comics fan," said Chip
Mosher, marketing director of BOOM! Studios. "Anyone
who's ever been curious to try comics now has the power to
read them instantly with just a click of a button."
Obama connects
with Irish roots
NANCY BENAC
Associated Press
MONEYGALL, Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama
paid a joyful visit Monday to the small Irish village where
his great-great-great grandfather once lived and worked as
a shoemaker, an improbable and memorable pilgrimage
for America's first black president into his Irish past.
Obama walked the thronged Main Street of Moneygall,
where his thrice-removed grandfather on his Kansas-born
mother's side, Falmouth Kearney, lived until leaving for
the United States in 1850 at the height of Ireland's Great
Famine. Obama's roots 1 the town were discovered during
the 2008 presidential campaign
Along with first lady Michc e Obama, the president even
got to ug a distant relative: Henry Healy, a 26-year-old
accountant for a plumbing firm who discovered four years
ago he was one of Obama's closest Irish relatives
The first couple spent extended time greeting the people
who had withstood soaking rain earlier to see them. 3
thrilled villagers, who had been preparing for the moment
for weeks, responded rapturously, waving American and
Irish flags
'You look lovely!" one woman exclaimed to Mrs. Obama
The president li d a baby clad in pink hoodie and cap and
smiled wide for the crowd. Another boy had climbed high
atop the shoulders of a man to get a hello with the presi-
dent Both of the Obamas stretched to shake seemingly
every hand they could reach.
Resident Aileen Spillane, 50, said she'd waited four
hours, sometimes getting drenched by rain. "We're delight-
ed for this day. We thought it would never happen," she
declared.
For the president it was a quick detour from Dublin on
the first day of his four-country Europe trip.
over
slain Dallas officer
DALLAS (AP) — A jury has been seated for the trial of a
man accused of the 2009 slaying of a Dallas police officer.
Sr. Cpl. Norman Smith was shot when he and other
gang-unit officers attempted to serve an aggravated assault
warrant.
Testimony was to begin Wednesday in the trial of
29-year-old Charles Patrick Payne. Payne, who if convicted
of capital murder could get the death penalty, has claimed
he didn't know that police were the people trying to enter
the apartment during an exchange of gunfire.
Payne attorney Ed "Bubba" King has declined comment.
Payne also has been charged with two counts of attempted
capital murder of a police officer and cocaine possession.
A man sought on the assault warrant, related to a 2007
robbery, was caught at the home.
State begins annual seat
belt enforcement campaign
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Better buckle up in your car,
truck or other vehicle.
Monday marks the beginning of the 10th annual
Texas "Click It or Ticket" seat belt enforcement cam-
paign. Through Sunday, June 5, troopers of the Texas
Department of Public Safety and local law enforcement
officers will beef up enforcement of state laws requiring
all riding in motor vehicles to buckle up. Also, children
younger than age 8 must be in a child safety or booster
sea t unless they're talker than ; foot-9.
The DPS says that since the first campaign in 2002,
seat belt usage in Texas has increased from 76 percent to
almost 94 percent. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration estimates that's resulted in more than
2,800 fewer traffic facilities and 48,000 fewer severe
injuries in Texas since 2002.
Man sorry for rape that
imprisoned wrong person
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A convicted rapist who
has confessed in several letters to a 1985 attack on a
Texas Tech University student in Lubbock that sent
another man to prison is now asking for forgiveness
in another letter.
Jerry Wayne Johnson recently wrote the congre-
gation at St. John's Methodist Church in Lubbock,
saying he's sorry for committing his crime on "sacred
grounds." The woman was raped after being taken
from the church parking lot.
Timothy Cole, also a student at Texas Tech, was
arrested, convicted and imprisoned for the crime. He
was cleared by DNA testing in 2008, nine years after
he died in prison at age 39 of asthma complications.
He had spent more than 13 years behind bars.
Cole was pardoned posthumously. Johnson was
implicated after the DNA testing, but cannot be pros-
ecuted for the rape because the statute of limitations
has expired.
In his recent letter, Johnson does not explain what
motivated his crime but he noted he was having drug
and alcohol problems in the 1980s. He had a religious
awakening in 2006, saying he felt forgiven by Jesus
Christ.
By the time Johnson tried to confess to the church
parking lot abduction and rape, Cole was long dead.
"What a gift to our church," said the Rev. Archie
Echols of Johnson's letter to St. John's.
In an earlier letter to the Avalanche-Journal,
Johnson wrote that he "cried and felt double guilty"
when Cole died in prison in 1999. "A day later, I
am still bothered, terribly, by the death revelation,"
Johnson said in the 2007 letter.
Cole's family was glad for the admission.
"I can't say that I've forgiven him, but I'm just glad
that he came forward," Cole's mother, Ruby Session,
told the Avalanche-Journal. -It was too little too
late."
Boyfriend charged with killing
Houston woman, son
HOUSTON (AP) - A Houston man is jailed on a capi-
tal murder charge after his girlfriend and her adult son
were found shot dead in their south Houston home.
Police say the bodies of 51-year-old Sherry White and
21-year-old Kyle Lavergne were found by relatives about
12:30 p.m. Saturday after they failed to answer calls.
Harris County district attorney's spokeswoman Donna
Hawkins says 51-year-old Jeffery Keith Prevost was
charged in the killings early Sunday. Houston police
spokeswoman Jody Silva says jealousy is the suspected
motive.
Jail records did not list an attorney for Prevost
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Air Force, and eight years duty US Naval Reserve. He is
currently on a "no drill /no deploy status" due to unex-
plained nerve damage to his inner left thigh. He suffers
about 5 to 20 attacks a day, with each attack lasting
about 15 seconds. After the attack has subsided, there is
no residual pain or tenderness to the area. He has been
prescribed a strong neurological medication to control
the pain. Even though this injury may have limited his
ability to perform military duties, he is confident he can
still complete the walk across the United States.
According to the National Center for Charitable
Statistics (NCCS), there are approximately 1.5 million
nonprofits currently in the U.S., that are all competing
for the same donation. One Soldiers Dream has to set
itself apart from the pack in order to get their name and
cause known in order to receive these donations. The
more funds they can raise, the more soldiers and veter-
ans they can help. This is why they are doing the walk
across America — to get national attention as quickly
as possible. The need is immediate. The operating cost
is 10 percent and 90 percent of all donations will go
towards those in need.
Petty Officer Trujillo is quoted as saying, "I am doing
this walk to help my fellow soldiers and their families
during the tough times of deployment. After two deploy-
ments, I am fully aware of the difficulties that arise dur-
ing deployment, and how these circumstances directly
affect the soldiers and their families. Never before has a
nonprofit organization been formed to bridge the entire
gap of everything that is missing in order to take care
of our frontline soldiers, their families back home and
disabled or homeless veterans. I am asking for the sup-
port of the American people. If you support the military
members, please support me now, so I can make things
right. I also ask for your prayers and God speed in com-
pleting this large task at hand."
Husband backs teacher
accused of sex with students
HURST, Texas (AP) — The husband of a suburban
North Texas high school teacher says he's standing bv
his wife — even after she was accused of having sex with
five 18-year-old students at her home.
Christophei Colleps told reporters that lie remains
committed to his wife, Brittni Colleps, and their mar-
riage of seven years.
He asked the public to not pass judgment because all
of the facts in the case have yet to emerge.
Brittni Colleps is charged with five elony counts of
having an inappropriate relationship with a student and
is free on $125,000 bond. Police say the Kennedale High
School English teacher had sex with students from her
school in April and May at her Arlington home.
Texas House to consider
water conservation plan
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A plan to offer property owners
tax breaks for water conservation is making its way through
the Legislature as most of Texas struggles with drought.
A final vote was expected Monday 1 the Texas House.
The measure, which secured initial approval Saturday,
offers property tax reductions for those who set aside open-
space land for water conversation.
Backers say the tax breaks would encourage water con-
servation without forcing state government to pay. Critics
say some of the bill's language overlaps with existing tax
incentives for protecting wildlife.
The U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday
showed more than 97 percent of Texas is in at least moder-
ate drought. More than 47 percent of the state has the most
severe designation, known as exceptional drought.
The regular legislative session ends May 30.
Texas lawyer wants extra
pollution controls nixed
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston attorney has asked Texas
regulators to give the state a break when it comes to
required extra controls to deal with foreign pollution.
Jed Anderson, who represents the energy industry, says
states should not be forced to make deeper cuts in smog-
forming emissions to meet federal limits because of win
borne pollution from places like Mexico
The Houston Chronicle reported Monday that Anderson
filedapetitionwiththeTexasCommissiononEnvironmental
Quality last week, so Texans would no longer be respon-
sible for paying for offsetting foreign pollution.
TCEQ has 60 days to respond. If the state agency
agrees with Anderson, it could ask the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency to revise the rules.
Environmentalists saj Anderson's petition does not
address protecting the public health.
Texas man shoots 9-year-ol
granddaughter dead
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A 9-year-old Lubbock girl is
dead after her grandfather shot her while rabbit hunting in
what investigators are calling "a very tragic accident" at the
family farm about 20 miles northwest of Lubbock.
Lubbock Christian School Superintendent Peter
Dahlstrom, 61, was hunting with four grandchildren on the
family farm Friday evening when he fired his .22-cahber
rifle at a rabbit, Hockley County Sheriff Kevin Davis said
in a statement. Instead, the bullet hit granddaughter Soren
Dahlstrom, 9, who had stepped into her grandfather's line
of fire.
The grandfather drove the child to University Medical
Center 1 Lubbock, where she died. Dahlstrom gave a full
statement to deputies, Davis said. There was no evidence of
criminal intent or recklessness and no charges were filed,
he said.
"This is simply a very tragic accident, and I cannot fath-
om what this family is having to endure," Davis said.
Soren was a third-grader at the school run by her grand-
father.
"This is a great tragedy for our school," Brian Pitaniello,
chairman of the school's board of trustees, told the Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal for a story in Sunday's editions.
Peter Dahlstrom has been the superintendent of the pri-
vate school for 17 years, Pitaniello said. "He is a spiritual
leader for our school. He loves our kids," he said.
Students organized a prayer vigil for the Dahlstrom fam-
ily in the school auditorium Saturday that drew hundreds
of students, teachers, parents and friends of the family,
Pitaniello said.
MIDDAY ON WALL STREET
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