The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Page: 2 of 10
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Page 2A — THE GILMER MIRROR, Gilmer, Texas May 22, 2013
May Sales Tax Statistics
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129,572.42
126,307.10
2.52
575,593.20
563,397.41
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24,429.22
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13,974.69
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106,522.30
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432,292.02
443,012.44
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21,614.60
24,426.43
-3.39
339,464.11
345,703.62
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24,509.02
79,146.34
6.77
349,627.45
313,922.24
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194,973.74
127,396.14
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155,973.41
156,152.30
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162,625.96
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72,326.67
20.37
326,590.26
364,403.42
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Gilmer sales tax allocation increases
The city of Gilmer’s May
sales tax allocation totaled
$129,578.42, a 2.58 percent
increase from last May’s sum
of $126,307.10.
Big Sandy’s allocation this
month of $40,538.97 is down
65.94 percent from May 2012’s
figure of $24,429.22.
Ore City’s sales tax raised
$12,504.36 for the latest report-
ingperiod, down 10.52 percent
from last May’s $13,974.69.
Longview’s May allocation
of $2,951,657.17 is down 0.73
percent from 2012’s compara-
The Union Grove High
School Accounting Team
will again be competing at
the State Meet today (May
22) striving to move from the
runner-up State Champions to
the 2013 State Champs.
This team is undefeated
Continued from Page 1
said District Attorney Billy
Byrd.
Shipley has already served
prison time, and during the
trial’s punishment phase,
Byrd introduced evidence of
several prior convictions the
defendant had in Gregg and
Upshur Counties. Due to one
of the prior convictions, Byrd
said, the punishment range
for the burglary would be the
range for a repeat offender—5
to 99 years in prison and a fine
of up to $10,000.
Trial Judge Lauren Parish
overruled court-appointed
defense attorney Matthew
Patton’s objection to Byrd’s
introducing evidence of Ship-
ley’s juvenile record in Gregg
County. Patton argued the
records were sealed.
According to Byrd, Shipley
told law enforcement he hadn’t
left home on the morning of
the burglary, but changed his
story on the witness stand and
said he had dropped off his
two co-defendants in the case
at the Munoz home, but only
to work.
His explanation for chang-
ing his story was that “he
wanted to tell the truth,” but
both versions were false, Byrd
told The Mirror.
A male resident of the
Lafayette area testified that at
7:15 a.m. last Nov. 16, he saw
Shipley’s black Dodge truck
parked and hidden behind a
cemetery and the Lafayette
Baptist Church, the prosecu-
tor said. Byrd said he con-
tended Shipley went across
the road and burglarized the
home.
Shipley is the only one of
the three co-defendants to be
sentenced so far. One of them
ble amount of $2,973,490.25.
Tyler’s latest allocation
totaling $3,474,349.95 is up 5.83
percent from last May’s sum
of $3,282,753.29.
Upshur County’s 0.5
percent sales tax raised
$87,136.87, up 20.37 percent
from this time last year’s
$72,386.67.
Texas Comptroller Susan
Combs said that state sales
tax revenue in April was
$2.15 billion, up 3.9 percent
compared to April 2012.
“Sales tax collections were
up in a range of sectors from
construction and manu-
facturing to restaurants,”
Combs said. “As expected,
the rate of growth in state
sales tax revenue is moderat-
ing compared to double-digit
growth rates we recently ex-
perienced.”
Combs will send cities,
counties, transit systems
and special purpose taxing
districts their May local sales
tax allocations totaling $668.5
million, up 5.6 percent com-
pared to May 2012.
Their District win resulted
in the highest AA score in
the state as they entered the
Regional competition.
At Regional, the team
placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 5th
individually and their team
score was the 2nd highest
A A team score statewide; one
question behind the defend-
ing State Champions. Team
members are Kim Wallace, a
senior, who scored a perfect
score at Regional; and Juniors
Sam West, Logan Henderson
and William Schnelle. Their
coach is Gailyn Sutton, who is
making her 12th trip for state
accounting competition.
The sales tax figures rep-
resent monthly sales made
in March as well as January,
February and March sales
by businesses that report tax
quarterly.
For details of May sales tax
allocations to individual cit-
ies, counties, transit systems
and special purpose districts,
locate the Monthly Sales Tax
Allocation Comparison Sum-
mary Reports on the Comp-
troller’s Web site at www.
window.state, tx. us/taxinfo/
allocsum/compsum.html.
New Gospel trio
to visit Clarksville
Clarksville City Baptist
Church invites the public to
a service of praise with one of
the new and upcoming groups
emerging on the scene in
Southern Gospel music, Made
by Mercy, on Sunday May 26,
at 6 p.m. This is a free event.
The group consists of two
former members of David’s
Song, David Fowler and David
McKain.
McKain’s wife, Marilyn
Mc-Kain, completes the trio.
Each service consists of
music filled with tight harmo-
nies, stirring solos, testimo-
nies of God’s goodness, and,
above all—praise.
Harmony
ex-substitute
gets 5 years
n sex assault
case involving
student, 16
By PHILLIP WILLIAMS
Former Harmony High
School substitute teacher
Judy Lynn Langford was sen-
tenced to five years in prison
Friday after pleading guilty to
attempted sexual assault of a
16-year-old boy, said Upshur
County District Attorney
Billy Byrd.
Mrs. Langford, 36, of Big
Sandy, was sentenced by 115th
District Judge Lauren Parish
for the Nov. 29,2011 offense of
having “sexual contact,” but
not intercourse nor oral sex,
Byrd said.
Under the plea bargain,
Mrs. Langford forfeited her
substitute teacher’s license
received from Kilgore College,
and must register as a sex
offender until 10 years after
she is paroled, the district at-
torney said.
The defendant, who was
fired from Harmony ISD and
is married, had originally
pleaded guilty Feb. 8 to an-
other felony charge of im-
proper relationship between
an educator and student. But
sentencing was delayed to al-
low a forensic psychiatric ex-
amination of her background,
said Byrd.
That probe resulted in her
withdrawing the plea to that
charge and pleading guilty
instead to the more serious
charge of attempted sexual
assault, the district attorney
said.
Under what is called a
“plea in bar,” Mrs. Langford
also admitted to, but was not
sentenced for, a charge of
online solicitation of another
minor—an admission that
could be used against her if
she is ever charged with an-
other crime, said Byrd.
That offense occurred
around the same time as the
one for which she was sen-
tenced, he said.
Longview attorney Ed
Choy, who was formerly first
assistant district attorney to
Byrd, represented Langford
at the sentencing.
Recycling
FUN Day!
Girl Scout Troop 3614
will be holding a Recycling
Fun Day on Tuesday, May
28, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at
the Scout Hut, 408 Buffalo
St. in Gilmer, across from
First United Methodist
Church.
This is a free event open
to the public. There will
be games and crafts for
the children, energizing
snacks, and information
about recycling.
The following items will
be accepted for reuse and
recycling: aluminum cans,
plastic bottles and jugs, eye
glasses, printer cartridges,
cell phones, small stuffed
animals, and used blankets
and pillows.
Drop-off bins will be
available all day.
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testified that all three broke
into the home, and said he had
not been offered a deal by the
state for his testimony, said
Byrd, who confirmed that he
hasn’t.
In addition, a female rela-
tive of the Munozes testified
that Shipley phoned her on
the day of the burlgary and
asked her to persuade the
victims not to press charges,
the district attorney added.
And while Shipley had said he
hadn’t left home that morn-
ing, he was passing by Daddy
T’s in the Bettie Community
when he talked to the woman,
Byrd said.
Furthermore, a video from
Walmart showed Shipley ’ s two
co-defendants being dropped
off there from his truck on the
day of the burglary, although
Shipley himself is not seen in
the picture, said Byrd.
In the trial’s punishment
phase, which had no testimo-
ny, Byrd introduced evidence
that Shipley had prior convic-
tions ranging from failure to
register as a sex offender to, as
a juvenile, aggravated sexual
assault of a male relative, and
indecency with a child.
Two of the felony convic-
tions and one misdemeanor
conviction came when the
defendant was an adult, the
prosecutor told The Mirror.
He said he asked for a
sentence that met “commu-
nity standards,” while Patton
sought the minimum 5-year
term.
Byrd said he was “pleased
with” the 13-year sentence,
adding “We’re happy he’s off
the streets.” A 7-man, 5-wom-
an jury heard the case.
Patton was unavailable for
comment Monday morning.
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