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Sunday
April 14, 2013
AMERICAN
PROFILE
INSIDE
TODAY
Historic win
Lady Panther soccer
team advances to
regional semifinals;
Lady Panther golf
team wins district;
Kemp powerlifter
makes state meet.
See Sports, Page 1B
New
postmaster
From rural mail carrier
to Mabank Postmaster,
Janet Johnson thanks
mentors for their role
in her success.
See Lake Life, Page 3B
EWS
IN
BRIEF
Gospel music concert
The Friendship Mis-
sionary Baptist Church is
hosting a free gospel
music concert at 1:30
p.m. Sunday, April 14,
featuring Beverly and Jim
Pool of “Pool Ministries.”
Everyone is invited.
Friendship Church is lo-
cated at 345 SH 274, in
Seven Points. For more
info, call (903) 432-4466.
Duncan Holmes
PERFORMS AT St. JAMES
St. James on the Lake
Episcopal Church is host-
ing a Duncan Holmes
concert at 6 p.m. Sun-
day, April 14. Holmes has
been blind since birth and
is an accomplished pia-
nist.
Rockin’ Country
Church concert
The Rockin’ Country
Church is hosting a Greg
McDougal concert at 6
p.m. Sunday, April 14.
Rockin’ Country Church
is located at 737 N.
Seven Points Blvd. in
Seven Points.
Rootseekers to meet
The Rootseekers Ge-
nealogical Society will
meet at 7 p.m. Monday,
April 15, at the Tri-County
Library in downtown Ma-
bank. Jim Gablin will
speak. Tuesday morn-
ings from 9:30 a.m. to
noon, someone will be at
the Genealogy room to
help with questions.
See BRIEFS, Page 12A
NSIDE
TODAY
SECTION A
Views & Opinions......Page2A
PP&E...........................Page 3 A
Jumps.........................Page4A
PP&E......................Pages 5-9A
Business Spotlight.....Page 10A
Obituaries...................Page 11A
Weather....................Page 12A
SECTION B
Sports...................Pages 1-2B
Lake Life.....................Page3B
Senior Focus...............Page4B
Classifieds.............Pages 5-8B
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Governor appoints new Kaufman DA
Kaufman County Judge Erleigh Norville Wiley awaits Texas Senate approval
By David Webb
Contributing Writer
KAUFMAN-Texas
governor Rick Perry ap-
pointed Kaufman County
Court-at-Law Judge
Erleigh Norville Wiley of
Forney on Wednesday to
replace district attorney
Mike McLelland, who
was discovered slain by
unknown suspects in his
home on March 30.
The appointment and its
timing apparently came as
a surprise to everyone, in-
cluding Wiley. During a
press conference on
Thursday after the
governor’s press office
posted the notice of the
appointment Wednesday,
she said that she was “sur-
prised.”
“I didn’t expect it to
happen so fast,” Wiley
said. “I’m greatly apprecia-
tive of the governor’s con-
fidence in me and his deep
concern for the people of
Kaufman County.”
Wiley, who read from a
prepared statement, said
Perry met with her and
other Kaufman County of-
ficials, including all of the
judges, last Thursday be-
fore the McLelland memo-
rial service to discuss the
appointment.
“I was honored and glad
to accept,” Wiley said.
“I’m confident brighter
days he ahead.”
Wiley said the Texas
Senate may meet as early
as next week to confirm
her appointment. She said
that she was unaware if the
governor considered any
other candidates before
appointing her. The Com-
missioners ’ Court will ap-
KC DAEZ2 See Page 4A
Monitor Photo/David Webb
If confirmed, Kaufman County Court-at-Law Judge Erleigh Norville Wiley will be
the first African American woman to be named a top prosecutor in Texas. She
held a press conference to accept the nomination April 11, to replace slain DA
Mike McLelland. Rick Perry’s choice is yet to be confirmed by the Texas Senate.
Trustees adjust fiscal year
for one-time $500K benefit
Inks contract with superintendent Sam Swierc;
no action on 5 percent retirement bonus offer
Saturday mail
delivery reinstated
By David Webb
Contributing Writer
KEMP-The Kemp In-
dependent School
District’s board of direc-
tors approved a three-year
contract for new superin-
tendent Sam Swierc at a
special meeting Monday,
April 1.
Swierc’s contract calls
for an annual salary of
$105,600, a monthly dis-
trict travel allowance of
$300 and a $ 100 monthly
cell phone allowance. The
new super in ten denf who
trustees appointed last
month prior to finalizing a
contract, formerly headed
the district’s human re-
sources department for six
and one-half years.
Board president Jim
Collinsworth said Swierc
already has exhibited
strong leadership by guid-
ing the district through the
development of its 2013-
14 school year budget.
“We’re on top of our
budget concerns,”
Collinsworth said. “He is
doing a great job commu-
nicating with the staff.”
Collinsworth noted that
Swierc has initiated a com-
munication tool on the
district’s website to inform
the community about the
administration and the
schools it oversees.
In related action, the
board changed the fiscal
year start date from Sept.
1 to July 1. The fiscal year
will end June 28, giving the
district a onetime benefit of
a shorter 10-month fiscal
year. That will result in the
school district gaining an
extra $500,000 for the
school year.
Business manager Kim
Johnson said she had re-
searched the proposal
thoroughly and considered
it a prudent move. The
Texas Education Agency
said the change would be
acceptable, and that many
Kemp ISD I See Page 4A
Monitor Staff Reports
WASHINGTON
D.C.-Though the U.S.
Postal Service earlier this
year announced it would
discontinue Saturday mail
delivery as a cost-saving
move starting in August, the
Government Accounting
Office determined Thurs-
day that the action goes
against the directives of
Congress, which calls for
mail delivery six days a
week.
The GAO sent a letter
to Rep. Gerald E.
Connolly (D-WV), the top
Democrat on the Govern-
ment Operations Subcom-
mittee, announcing its find-
ing. Earlier, Connolly had
asked the GAO to rule on
the plan to discontinue Sat-
urday service. Congress
passed a Continuing Reso-
lution, which mandates
six-day-a-week mail de-
livery.
“We see no language in
the fiscal year 2013 Con-
tinuing Resolution to indi-
cate that congress did not
expect it to continue to
apply during the Continu-
ing Resolution,” the GAO
letter stated.
Lawmakers have re-
quired six-day delivery
with language in the federal
budget since 1983. They
kept the requirement in a
stopgap budget they ap-
proved in March to fund
the government through
the fiscal year
In its response to the
finding, the USPS stated
that “a new delivery
schedule is an important
element of a larger strat-
egy to close a $15.9 bil-
lion budget gap by 2016,
and to avoid the potential
that the Postal Service may
eventually become a sig-
nificant burden to the
American taxpayer. ”
Postmaster General
Patrick Donahue an-
nounced in February that
the plan to only deliver
parcels on Saturday would
save the USPS $2 billion
a year.
President Obama’s
budget, released Wednes-
day, calls for five-day de-
livery starting in June, two
months before the Postal
Service proposed.
Democrats and some
Republicans in Congress
opposed the move, which
resulted in language being
inserted into the CR mak-
ing sure that mail was de-
livered six days a week at
least until the end of the fis-
cal year, which ends in
September.
However, the USPS is
still talking tough. Largely
unnoticed in the USPS
board’s statement, are di-
rections for making up for
the budget shortfall in other
ways. “(T)he Board has
directed management to
seek a reopening of nego-
tiations with the postal
unions,” it said, adding that
it had also “asked manage-
ment to evaluate further
options to increase rev-
enue, including an exigent
rate increase.”
In other words, the
USPS may soon seek
regulatory approval to
raise prices and ask its
unions for concessions. Its
continuing financial crisis
— the result of declining
mail volume and a 2006
USPS 17771 See Page 4A
Kemp Pre-K moves
to half day instruction
In a special meeting April 1, Kemp school
board tmstees agreed to change the district’s pre-
school program from full day to half day starting
in September. Currently, 55 students, who are 4
years old are enrolled.
This does not affect students enrolled in the fed-
erally-funded Head Start, which remains a full-
day program. Currently, 40 students are enrolled.
Staff at the Kemp Primary will meet with par-
ents of prospective pre-k students at 4 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 23, or 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 26,
at the school to discuss the change in program.
Principal Matt Stevenson said there was a pos-
sibility of offering two three-hour sessions a day,
if enrollment warrants it.
Student artists display prize-winning projects
Monitor Photo/Phyllis Watson
Students from three area high schools display year’s best efforts in a friendly
competition held at The Library at Cedar Creek Lake. Visit the library’s
Community Room soon to see for yourself. More on page 9A.
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