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Page 4A • The Monitor - Sunday, January 13, 2013
Siren test fails
Susan Harrison
Monitor Staff Reporter
KEMP - After recon-
vening following an execu-
tive session Jan. 8, the
Kemp City Council ap-
proved the appointment of
Jimmy Council as the city’s
new police chief. Council-
man Tommy McSpedden
was not in attendance.
City administrator James
Whitehead recommended
the appointment.
“We advertised for the
position, received applica-
tions and held interviews.
We followed the
TCLEOSE (Texas Com-
mission on Law Enforce-
ment Officer Standards
and Education) screening
process,” Whitehead ex-
plained.
Council, who previously
served four years in the
city’s police department
before it was disbanded in
May, 2012 due to lack of
city funding, was not
present at the meeting.
“ffe will be a full-time
employee with a flexible
schedule,” Whitehead
said.
The city held a test of a
new siren alert system
without success just prior
to the meeting’s start Tues-
day.
“We tried the sirens two
times - about 6:35 p.m.
and 6:40 p.m. but they
were unsuccessful. We
couldn’t hear them,”
Whitehead said.
Blair Communication in-
stalled the five-siren sys-
tem. Company represen-
tative Ed Burge agreed to
send out a tech crew to
examine the system that he
said worked when it was
first installed.
Mayor pro tern Barry
Lummus asked if another
test could be set.
Whitehead said a test
could be set at night when
Burge returns.
Before the council ap-
proved authorization for
payment of open invoices,
council member Scott
Clearman questioned a
$5,333.20 bill from ffach
Company.
“That is a one time a
year expense for chemi-
cals to test the water,”
Whitehead explained.
Attorneys representing
West Cedar Creek Mu-
nicipal Utility District and
the city of Kemp continue
to work on a water supply
agreement, Whitehead re-
ported.
In other business,
council members:
• approved the Dec. 11,
2012 meeting minutes,
• authorized Whitehead
to gather more information
on a home building grant
for the city,
• approved participation
in an interlocal coopera-
tion agreement with Kauf-
man County.
Monitor Photo/Susan Hanison
Jimmy Council (left) is sworn in as Kemp’s new police chief of a resurrected
police department. City judge Teresa Aldridge swore him in, while city
administrator James Whitehead endorsed the action taken by city council
members Tuesday.
New Year’s first baby
Courtesy PhotoKaufman Herald-ZLoyd Cook
Lorena and Ernesto Sarmiento are the parents of the first baby of 2013 born
at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Kaufman. The baby boy ws born
at 12:53 p.m. on Jan. 3 and weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and measured
nearly 22 inches long. Congratulations to the proud parents.
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McFaul
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Courtesy Photo/Daniel Sue
Dr. Daniel Sue (back left) and Barbara McFaul (center
left) criss-crossed the state on numerous student trips
over more than a decade. Sue and her many, many
students are saddened by her death.
Property taxes are the
main source of revenue
for public education.
Gooden said he will be
filing legislation that will
address issues Monarch
Utility customers have
been facing with soaring
water and sewer rates. “I
am expecting opposition
and am prepared for it,”
he said.
petitions and we always
had fun,” Dr. Daniel Sue,
of Kemp High School,
said. “She was my per-
sonal friend for 12 years.
She loved her family, her
work and her community.
I became her personal
pastor, friend and helper. I
will miss her greatly.”
ffere are a few com-
ments from former stu-
dents gathered from Inter-
net social media networks
concerning her passing.
Traci ffuckabay Allen
wrote, “My heart breaks
reading about Mrs.
McFaufs passing. She
was one of my favorite
teachers.”
Shane Roberts: “An
awesome teacher and
even better woman has
passed away.”
Lupe Garza: “She was
a great person ... truly a
wonderful lady full ofjoy.”
Kim Reed Vincent, a
1996 KITS graduate said,
“She is an excellent ex-
ample of an exceptional
teacher. I have never
known a more dedicated
teacher to her students
and school district. She in-
fluenced so many who
have passed through the
doors of Kemp High
School.”
Community members
also told The Monitor the
following comments:
Longtime Kemp busi-
ness owner Charlotte
McDougald said, “Bar-
bara always wanted
Kemp to do better.” First
National Bank of Kemp
resident Vidal Jones and
Kemp mayor 1997-2001
said, “Barbara loved
Kemp with all her heart.
She would do just about
anything for the city and
school district.” Current
city councilwoman Laura
Peace said, “Mrs.
McFaul dedicated her life
to the students and citi-
zens of Kemp. I am per-
sonally grateful for her
unselfish giving of her time
and energy to make our
children better citizens and
our community a better
place to live. She will be
missed by all.” Former
chief property appraiser
for Kaufman County Ap-
praisal District Jackie Self
said, “Barbara was a joy
to be around and was al-
ways full of life.”
Returning serviceman gets warm welcome BIDTheft
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By Pearl Cantrell
Monitor Staff Writer
TOOL-Family mem-
bers and church members
welcomed home U.S.
Marine Corps rifleman
Lance Cpl. Blake Rambo
with a potluck supper Jan.
2. ffe, his mother, Sheilia
Rambo who works as the
office manager for dentist
Dr. John Loar, and finance
Rachel ffardegrees were
guests of honor. The gath-
ering at the Cedar Creek
United Methodist Church
on Will White Road num-
bered just more than 50
in attendance, with plenty
of food for perhaps 20
more.
The 23-year-old corpo-
ral recently returned after
serving seven months in
Afghanistan as a point
man. “Eve seen enough
sand to last me a lifetime,”
he joked. After eating to
the heart’s content, Blake
made a short speech to
express his gratitude for
the many care packages he
received from those gath-
ered. “I loved growing up
in this church. And it is so
good to see all the familiar
faces,” he said.
Church member Jo
Monitor photos/Pearl Cantreii
BELOW: Kathy Hughes leads about 50 people in
singing the Marine Corps hymn and “God Bless
America.”
Jordon presented on be-
half of the congregation a
Quilt of Valor, featuring the
Seal of the U.S. Marine
Corps, and everyone had
the opportunity to sign a
welcome home banner for
the occasion.
“Because it’s what we
do here at this church,”
choir director Kathy
ffughes lea the group in
singing the U.S. Marine
Corps hymn, “Those Cais-
sons Go Rolling Along,”
followed by “God Bless
America” The singing was
accompanied on the piano
by Tim Daniels.
Mabank resident, Blake
and his twin brother Jeff
graduated from Mabank
High School in 2008.
Blake enlisted in the mili-
tary after playing football
for ffoward Payne Univer-
sity in Brownwood. His
brother is working for the
Texas Department of
Criminal Justice as a prison
guard at the BETOII unit
near Palestine.
Blake will be returning to
his unit with the Third Bat-
talion, Eighth Marines
based at Le Jeune near
Jacksonville, N.C. to be-
gin the last two years of his
enlistment.
ffe said he wasn’t sure,
but was leaning toward re-
enlistment in view of the
sluggish economy.
An Internal Revenue
Service agent was alerted
to the scam when one fic-
titious filer received three
refunds in a single year.
The IRS also reports he
often used the Social Se-
curity numbers of dead
teenagers.
When authorities seized
a computer form Cano’s
Kaufman County resi-
dence, they found it had
been used to access the
TurboTax website 1,876
times.
Cano faces prison tenns
of five years for filing false
tax returns and another tw o
years for aggravated iden-
tity theft, along with a fine
V'
JASON CANO
up to
$250,000,
accord-
ing to the
U.S.
attorney’s
office in
Dallas.
Sentencing is set for May
10.
According to a social
networking site, Cano
lived in Kemp from 1994-
2009, attended Terrell
High School and gradu-
ated in 1993. It also says
he attended Trinity Valley
Community College in
Kaufman taking courses in
ffealth Professions and
Related Clinical Sciences.
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