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Vol. 112
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Thursday, July 19,2012
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AMANDA LEIJA/ BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Dana Bowman makes his way down to the Texas 4-H Confer-
ence Center with a banner of the American flag after he jumped off a plane at 3,700 feet.
Just dropping in
Retired U.S. Army sergeant motivates
Camp Corral campers to never give up
BY AMANDA LEIJA
BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
amanda.leija@brownwoodbulletin.com
LAKE BROWNWOOD — As
a part of True Hero Day at
Camp Corral, campers spent
the morning making greeting
cards for the troops, mak-
ing blankets for veterans
and riding in a Humvee on
Wednesday. The campers
were surprised and excited to
learn that their guest speaker,
retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class
Dana Bowman, was parachut-
ing into the baseball fields
at the Texas 4-H Conference
Center.
“Raise your hand if you have
a disability,” Bowman said.
“The way I look at it, each one
of us has a disability — your
disabilities are the things you
think you can’t do.”
Bowman, a member of the
Golden Knights, the Army’s
elite parachute team, is a
double amputee as a result of
a parachuting accident on Feb.
6, 1994. Nine months after the
SEE CAMP CORRAL, 8
AMANDA LEIJA / BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Dana Bowman talks to the
campers about his career in the Army and the parachuting ac-
cident that took his legs.
Man claiming
brother’s ID
fails question
about birthday
BY CANDACE COOKSEY FULTON
BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
candace.fulton@brownwoodbulletin.com
Hint: If you’re going to use your brother’s
name as your own, it will help if you can
remember his birthdate.
Christopher McCabe, trying to convince
Brown County Deputy Terry Sliter that he
was his brother, William McCabe, had trouble
remembering William’s birthdate. And that
lapse, along with mismatched registrations
on his vehicle, raised enough questions that
Sliter asked McCabe - whatever his first name
was - to exit the vehicle for further question-
ing.
Sliter made the stop about 11 a.m. Mon-
day. McCabe, who at first said his name was
William, said he did not have his license with
him, but stated the license would have a
return out of Colorado.
According to Sliter’s report, the return
description on William McCabe did not match
the person Sliter had just stopped. McCabe
told Sliter he was returning from Stephenville,
where he had been visiting his Aunt Candice.
He did not know his aunt’s last name, how-
ever.
McCabe refused a search of his vehicle and
Sliter requested a K-9 unit, and also a return
on the registered owner of the vehicle. With
evidence stacking against him, McCabe con-
fessed he was actually Christopher, not Wil-
liam, and he had been to Stephenville looking
for work, not visiting his aunt.
Sheriff’s investigators James Stroope and
Jason Benefield arrived at the scene with the
K-9, and the dog alerted on the vehicle for
illegal drugs. According to Sliter’s report, in a
subsequent search of the vehicle, McCabe was
found to be in possession of fraudulent iden-
tifiers and equipment to print false checks,
also a bottle of 177 Hydrocodone pills,
prescribed to one of McCabe’s false identifica-
tions, and several false paper driver’s licenses.
Christopher McCabe was arrested for failure
to identify, fraudulent use of or possession
of identifying information and possession of
a controlled substance and, Sliter reported,
other charges are pending.
According to the Brown County Jail Activity
Report filed for July 17, the following arrests
were made:
Juan Castaneda, 18, Brownwood, possession
of a controlled substance (less than 1 gram),
held;
Monica Theodora Castaneda, 33, Brown-
wood, failure to appear (Comanche County),
possession of a dangerous drug (Brown
County), failure to identify, possession of a
controlled substance; held, $14,000 bond
(total);
Shelly Rene Demyan, 39, Brownwood, pos-
session of controlled substance (less than 1
gram), held;
Eric Jermaine Fields, 20, Brownwood, aggra-
vated assault with deadly weapon, held;
Vincent Otto Peters, 47, Yantis, failure to
appear, family violence in Brown County,
held;
Willie Edward Pritchard, 24, Abilene, motion
to revoke, possession of marijuana (less than
2 ounces), held.
Special rules apply to mailed ballots
BY GENE DEASON
BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
gene.deason@brownwoodbulletin.com
Texans planning to vote by mail have
until Tuesday to request a ballot for
the July 31 party runoffs, but requests
must be received — not postmarked
— at the elections office by that date,
Brown County Elections Administrator
Suzy Young said.
The request for a mailed ballot also
means the voter will not be able to ap-
pear on election day and cast a ballot,
Young added.
“One of the statewide candidates
has sent out a mass mailing to certain
voters with a form for a mailed ballot,”
Young said this week. “The applica-
tion is completely legal, but voters who
send it in need to know what happens.”
Those voters will receive their ballots
in return mail, and they will not be
able to get a ballot if they appear at the
polls on July 31.
Young said the candidate mailed the
application without notifying election
offices throughout the state. The result,
Young said, is that some offices may
find themselves running short of sup-
plies if a large number of citizens take
advantage of it. However, Young said
she is confident her office is prepared.
Early voting for the July 31 runoffs
in both the Republican and Democratic
primaries will begin Monday, and close
on Friday at Adams Street Community
Center.
All of the local races here are on
the Republican Party ballot this year,
Young said, so it is possible that some
traditionally Democratic Party voters
went to the Republican side during the
primary election on May 29. Anyone
who voted Republican on May 29 can-
not switch parties for the runoff.
However, voters who did not cast a
ballot on May 29 may vote in either
SEE RUNOFF, 8
Local, state runoff candidates
will be represented at forum
BY GENE DEASON
BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
gene.deason@brownwoodbulletin.com
All but one of the
candidates on the July 31
Republican Party primary
ballot have already indicat-
ed they will either attend
or have a spokesman pres-
ent to represent them at a
candidates’ forum sched-
uled next week in Early.
That number includes
the four candidates in the
Republican Party runoff
for two Brown County
Commissioners positions,
as well as four statewide
races.
Rebecca Mendoza,
spokeswoman for the
Pecan Valley Republican
Women’s Club which is
sponsoring the event, said
the forum will begin at
5:30 p.m. Wednesday at
Ranger College, located at
Heartland Mall, and the
public is invited to attend.
Light refreshments will be
served.
Each candidate will be
allowed a few minutes to
introduce themselves and
make a statement. Then,
each candidate will be
asked questions on their
views and plans on differ-
SEE FORUM, 8
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