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RAIN CHANCE: 5%
Today
High: 99 Low: 74
Tomorrow
High: 99 Low: 77
CLIMBING THE LADDER
Brownwood’s Dylan Person moving up list of
Texas’Top 100 high school runners
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July rain creates mosquito breeding ground
BY RICK PHELPS
BR0WNW00D BULLETIN
rick.phelps@brownwoodbulletin.com
Preventative measures are key in
combating mosquitoes that typi-
cally accompany heavy rains, said
Paul Coghlan with the Brownwood/
Brown County Health Department.
“When we receive heavy rain like
we had recently, it is easy for any
area to become a breeding ground,”
Coghlan said. “There are a lot of
things that can be done to help cut
down the problem.”
Draining standing water is cru-
cial. “If you have standing water,
get rid of it,” Coghlan said. “Stag-
nant water is what mosquitoes
need to breed, so getting rid of it
helps with the situation.” Areas
around a home where water can
collect are ponds, water-holding
containers and swimming pools.
“Swimming pools are something
that need to be taken care of prop-
erly to avoid mosquito problems,”
Coghlan said. “We always encour-
age those with swimming pools
to either treat or drain swimming
pools. Because of the drought,
there will be a lot of people who
don’t want to drain their pools, in-
cluding me, so treatment is a good
alternative.”
Tall grass and weeds also attract
mosquitoes, Coghlan said. “Keep-
ing grass cut is also very impor-
tant. I know the grass growing
SEE MOSQUITOES, 3
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Deana Ann Donohue
Lillian Champion Latimer
Jesse Graviel Jauregui
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Rob Tucker honored for
contribution to Lyric
Performing Arts Company.
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Vol. 113 No. 246 ©2013
Investigation ongoing into disappearance of former Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter pilot
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STEVE NASH | BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
Amber Lowery was photographed for a story on the Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter in June 2012.
According to
Facebook.com/FindAmberLowery: d
Lowery is a 34-year-old Cauca-
sian female who is 5-foot-7 and
weighs 120 pounds. She has dark
brown hair and light brown eyes.
Anyone with information on
Lowery is asked to contact the
Comanche County Sheriff’s Office
at (325) 356-7533.
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BY STEVE NASH
BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
Steve, nash @ brownwoodbu lletin.com
A former Brownwood Air Evac Lifeteam
helicopter pilot who lives near Rising Star
with her husband and two small children
has been missing since July 23, and her
disappearance is being investigated by the
Comanche County Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement officials found 34-year-
old Amber Lowery’s 2011 Honda CRV
abandoned in a parking lot in Rising Star
Saturday afternoon, according to informa-
tion on a Facebook page called Find Amber
Fowery. Fowery’s brother, Ryan Chris-
tensen, a Phoenix, Ariz. accountant, said he
fears for his sister’s life.
Fowery gave birth to her second child
in February and did not return to work,
Christensen said. Her other son is 5. A
former co-worker said Fowery had worked
at the Brownwood base for about a year
after transferring from another Air Evac
Lifeteam base.
The family’s home is six miles east of
Rising Star just inside Comanche County.
Sheriff’s officials were not immediately
available for comment.
Lowery’s husband, Mike, is an offshore
helicopter pilot and was reached by cell
phone. Mike Lowery said his wife left home
around 9:45 the night of July 23 and did
not say where she was going. “She left in
her car,” Lowery said. “We had heard that
she had some kind of friends coming into
town. We believe she went to meet some-
one.”
Lowery said his wife had been experienc-
ing postpartum depression and was also
depressed over the deaths of her parents,
who were killed in April in a one-vehicle
accident in Comanche County.
Lowery said he learned from Comanche
County Sheriff’s officials that his wife had
told an Air Evac Fifeteam employee about
some friends coming into town and that
she had not been specific about who those
friends were.
“Her children and I are very worried and
very concerned for her well-being,” Fowery
said. “We’re worried about her mental
stability.”
SEE LOWERY, 6
Thefts, burglaries
among police calls
BY STEVE NASH
BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
Steve, nash @ brownwoodbu lletin.com
Faw enforcement officials
are investigating several re-
cent burglaries and thefts in-
cluding an incident in which
a man was seen walking out
of Walmart carrying what
appeared to be a television
or computer.
Brownwood officer Jayme
Bowman was dispatched to
Walmart Friday on the theft
call and located the suspect
at Fong John Silver’s, car-
rying a computer and two
pillows, Bowman’s report
states.
Bowman arrested Paul
Price, 40, of Brownwood, on
charges of theft and criminal
trespass, jail records state.
In other incidents:
• Officer Steve Woodard
was dispatched Thursday to
the 2300 block of Belle Plain,
where a woman said a large
amount of clothing, jewelry
and other personal items
had been removed. The
SEE CRIME, 3
Volleyball camp under way at BHS
STEVE NASH | BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
Brownwood eighth-grade students Heaven Westerman (left) and Jaycee Lenz
partner up in passing drills during the opening day of volleyball camp Monday
morning in the Brownwood High School gym.
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