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Sweetwater Reporter
Thursday, January 17, 2013 ■ Page 3
CLARA LORBSIE
DUNCAN
CLARA L. DUNCAN
Clara L. Duncan, age 91, of Sweetwater, passed
away on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at Nolan Nursing and
Rehab.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday,
Jan. 18, 2013, at Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Flome
Chapel with Mike Crowley officiating. Interment will
follow at Sweetwater Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direc-
tion of Cate-Spencer & Trent
Funeral Flome.
Clara was born on Jan. 24, 1921,
%, in Vernon, Texas to Ernest and
Elizabeth (Bunker) Keenan. She
T- ^mSr was a member of the Church of
W Christ and also worked as a techni-
cian for Texas Instruments.
She is survived by three sons,
CharlesDuncanandwifeRosemary;
Bob Duncan and wife Linda, all of
Sweetwater and Carrol Duncan and
wife Janet of Warren, Arkansas;
five grandchildren, Kim Reaves
and husband Mark; Kristy
Cossey and husband Nathan; Devin Duncan and wife
Dedy; Reece Duncan and wife Sandra; and Dewayne
Duncan and wife Jona; and seven great-grandchildren,
Cole Duncan, Taylor Duncan, McKae Duncan, Connor
Cossey, Carrigan Cossey and M.J. and Jhude Dizon.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and
Elizabeth Keenan; four sisters; and three brothers.
Pallbearers will be Reece Duncan, Devin Duncan,
Nathan Cossey, Mark Reaves, Taylor Duncan and Cole
Duncan.
Family will receivefriendsfrom 6-8 p.m. on Thursday,
Jan. 17, 2013, at the home of Rosemary and Charles
Duncan located at 907 East Third Street in Sweetwater.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Fourth
and Elm Church of Christ, P.O. Box 917, Sweetwater,
Texas 79556.
HARRIET RUTH MONDE
Funeral services for Flarriet Ruth Monde, 81, of
Sweetwater, will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19,
at McCoy Chapel of Memories with Rev. David Stevens
_ officiating. Interment will follow
I at Sweetwater Cemetery under the
direction of McCoy Funeral Flome.
Visitation will be held from 6-8
™ p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, at the
funeral home.
Monde died Saturday, Jan. 12, at
pg ; « , Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital
in Sweetwater.
J She was born Dec. 5, 1931 in
M Burwell, NE. She married Major
^ Bennet B. Monde on Aug. 7, 1955,
in McAllen, Texas. She lived in
“ Sweetwater since 1966. She
taught school for over 25 years
at Sweetwater ISD. Flarriet was
HARRIET ruth MONDE a member of Beta Sgrna Phi and
the retired Officer Wives Club.
She loved gardening, mysteries, reading mysteries and
Friday nights with Bev Brown. "Those of you who know
Flarriet Monde will understand thefollowing announce-
ment: "She said, 'Give it a few days for things to settle
down, then Ben and I would love to have you come by
for a visit.'"
Survivors include her son, Robert Monde and wife
Phyllis of Leander, Texas and their children Kyle and
Tara; four daughters, LiseGuelker and husband Welton
of Sweetwater and their children Erik, Lenah, Billy and
Kristie, LindaThompson and husband Carter of Coleman,
! nga Farquhar and husband James of Colorado City and
their children Kristopher and Brittney, Laura Briley
of Fisco, Texas, and her children Callie, Justin, Aaron,
Andrew, and AJ; brother, Robert Young and wife Arlene
of Concord, CA; 15 great-grandchildren; and Air Force
service wife and lifelong, personal friend Bev Brown.
Pallbearers will be Erik Clayton, Kyle Monde,
Kristopher Farquhar, Billy Guelker, Justin Thornton
and Aaron Vernon.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be madeto the WASP
Museum, P.O. Box 456, Sweetwater, TX 79556.
SEED, continued from Page 1
zens.
Also part of Becker's report was an update on the
newly-formed airport task force, of which board mem-
ber Bill Johnson is the chairman. As of Monday's meet-
ing, Johnson had acquired two of the four additional
members of the group.
Johnson said that the municipal airport is an asset
to the area, but some safety issues will need to be
addressed by the task force. TxDOT (Texas Department
of Transportation) has offered some grants to Avenger
Field in the past, but due to the funding offered and the
current grant cycle, private partnerships will have to be
considered.
In addition, an update was given by Kirstin Smith, the
Asst. Marketing/Admin. Director.
She stated that the SEED website is still going strong,
as the property tool is being used and news items are
being updated to the site. The website has proven itself
as a good investment, in which visitors can see the
changes taking place in Sweetwater.
Smith also noted that SEED has been serving as an
information hub to assist similar yet smaller entities
throughout the region. By offering help on issues like
technology and office matters, SEED will continue to
offer their services to these groups.
Senior Interview Day, where local graduating seniors
have the chance to participate in a mock interview, has
been set for April 23 and 24. Board members were invit-
ed to take part in the event to conduct some interviews.
In addition, the July board meeting will be moved to
the 15th, in order to give SEED staff ample time to pre-
pare for the meeting following some travel plans.
Local/State
Red River Army Depot
announces layoffs
FIOOKS, Texas (AP) —A military depot in Northeast
Texas will lay off nearly 370 workers amid the downsiz-
ing of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Red River Army Depot on Wednesday announced
plans for layoffs in February due to completion of work
such as military vehicle and rocket system repairs. A
news release says changes in troop strength and budget
requirements translate to workload reductions and per-
sonnel adjustments.
More than 4,000 people work at the Red River Army
Depot —making it the largest employer in Bowie (BOO'-
ee) County. Thecomplex is located near Flooks, about 15
miles from the Texas border with Arkansas.
The depot has established a transition support cen-
ter, with assistance from both states, to help laid-off
employees.
Advocates to talk
Texas school choice
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —The public opinion battle over
expanded school vouchers intensifies as a group opposed
to public funding for private and religious schools states
its case.
The Coalition for Public Schools is a nonprofit group
comprised of religious, child advocacy, and education
organizations. It has scheduled a briefing for Thursday
todiscusswhat acoalition statement describes as “up-to-
date research findings.”
Democrats are pushing to persuade Republicans to
restore more than $5 billion cut from public schools last
year. But state Sen. Dan Patrick, aFlouston Republican
who chairs the Senate Education Committee, has pro-
posed expanding charter schools and allowing parents to
send their children to private schools using vouchers.
Three ex-officers to be
arraigned in South Texas
MCALLEN, Texas (AP) —The sons of two prominent
South Texas law enforcement officials are among three
ex-officers set for arraignment on allegations they took
money to escort drug loads.
Former Mission police officers Jonathan Trevino
and Alexis Espinoza and former Hidalgo County sher-
iff’s deputy Gerardo Mendoza-Duran were indicted
last week. They’re charged with conspiring to possess
cocaine with intent to distribute, and aiding and abet-
ting. Trevino is the son of Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe
Trevino; Espinoza is son of the H i d al go police Chief
Rodolfo “Rudy” Espinoza.
Another former officer, former deputy Fabian
Rodriguez, pleaded not guilty Monday.
The four men were arrested in December and are to
be arraigned in federal court in McAllen. The indict-
ment says they accepted thousands of dollars in bribes
to escort drug loads in a federal sting operation.
Texas man charged with
killing mother,stepfather
MOODY, Texas (AP) —A Central Texas man has been
charged with capital murder in the slaying of his mother
and stepfather, whose bodies were found in their home.
Jail records show 42-year-old Darrell Wayne Parker of
Little River is booked in the Bell County Jail in Belton with-
out bond. Jail records list no attorney for Parker.
He’s accused of killing 63-year-old Cathy Youngblood
and her 62-year-old husband, Chuck Youngblood. Bell
County sheriff’s Lt. DonnieAdamssaysofficersfound their
bodies Tuesday morning at their rural home near Moody,
about 75 miles north of Austin. The officers were checking
on their welfare after receiving a call from a friend of the
couple.
Adams says neighbors noticed the couple’s sport utility
vehiclewas missing. Parker was stopped later Tuesday with
the vehicle.
Rcrmer Houston Chronicle
night editor dies at 68
HOUSTON (AP) — Former Houston Chronicle night
editor Lee Cearnal, who oversaw a Pulitzer Prize-winning
project while with The Clarion Ledger in Mississippi, has
died in Houston, his daughter said Wednesday. He was
68.
Cearnal worked at several newspapers during his long
career in journalism, including a stint at The Clarion
Ledger in Jackson, Miss., and another in Monroe, La.,
before he landed a job at the Chronicle.
“He had very high standards, very high journalistic stan-
dards,” said his daughter, Gretchen Cearnal-Botha, who
lives in the Houston suburb of Pearland.
She said her father was found dead in his Houston apart-
ment on Tuesday. Police believe he suffered a heart attack,
but the cause of death hasn’t been conclusively determined,
she said.
Charles Overby, who was executive editor of The Clarion
Ledger when it won the Pulitzer for public service in 1983,
remembered Cearnal as a hard-core newsman who was
“fair but tough.”
“Lee wouldn’t take no for an answer, either from a
reporter or from a news source,” said Overby, the retired
president and CEO of the Newseum in Washington. “He
was dogged in his determination to get to the bottom of
every story.”
Cearnal is survived by his daughter, her husband, Mario
Botha, and two granddaughters, Ellie Botha, 4, and Grace
Leigh Botha, 2.
“He was just an amazing guy, he was passionate,” his
daughter said. “Ever since his grandchildren were born,
they were the light of his life. He did everything for them.”
County,
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from Page 1
The previous bond came
in with a 2.029% inter-
est rate, while the 2013
bond had an interest rate
of 2.063%. Had the bonds
been combined, the inter-
est rate could have been
around 2.68%.
Thus, around $55,000
to $60,000 will be saved
by splitting up the bonds.
According to a timeline
presented by Viaille, the
expectation is to close
around February 12, 2013
and receive the funds for
the second issuance.
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lexas actress shaves head
to play cancer patient
ABILENE, Texas (AP) —A West Texas actress por-
traying a dying cancer patient has shaved her head to
help express the character’s emotional loss of hair from
medical treatments.
Elise Pryor-Harden stars in “Wit,” which opens
Thursday night at the Abilene Community Theatre. The
one-act play by Margaret Edson won a 1999 Pulitzer
Prize for drama.
The Abilene Reporter-News reports Pryor-Harden
decided on her own to have her wavy brown hair
sheared a week before opening night. Pryor-Harden
says she wanted to make it realistic.
She portrays a college-level English professor who
struggles to connect with her students and doesn’t know
howto relate to people on a personal basis.
Texas county
settles lawsu t
over inmate death
LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) —An East Texas county has
settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family
of a drug-struggling inmate who died in 2010 while in
custody.
The Longview News-Journal reported Thursday that
terms of the agreement between Gregg County and sur-
vivors of 33-year-old Amy Lynn Cowling of Gilmer were
not immediately released.
Records show Cowling, who was under the care of a
methadone clinic, was arrested on Christmas Eve 2010
on misdemeanor theft warrants. Relatives say Cowling
was denied her prescription drugs and she was found
unresponsive five days later.
The lawsuit was to have gone to trial next week.
County Judge Bill Stoudt says the death was unfortu-
nate and officials agreed to settle to avoid a lengthy and
costly trial.
Five jailers were fired or reassigned after the death.
More money doesn’t
mean better schools
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —An expert witness in the
lawsuit over funding for Texas public schools testified
Wednesday that more spending does not necessarily
lead to better student performance.
Eric Hanushek, an education expert at Stanford
University, said he does not see a correlation between
per student spending and test results. He said he
believes the real problem with public schools is a lack
of efficiency.
“If we simply put more resources into schools and use
it the way districts have been using it ... we should not
expect higher achievement from students on average,”
Hanushek said. “Wearewasting resourcesto the extent
that we are spending on things that don’t matter.”
Hanushek is testifying in the final stage of a lawsuit
brought by school districts against the state cl aiming the
Legislature is not providing enough funding. Hanushek
was called by conservative activists who argue that the
problem is not money, but an inefficient public educa-
tion system that needs overhaul.
Lawyers for school districts seeking additional state
funding attempted to discredit Hanushek, who has tes-
tified at more than 20 school finance trials across the
country, by challenging his methods raising objections
brought in those cases.
David Hinojosa, representing South Texas schools,
read several passages from a Colorado district court rul-
ing in which the judge wrote, “Dr. Hanushek’s analysis
that there is not much relationship in Colorado between
spending and achievement contradicts testimony and
documentary evidence from dozens of well-respected
educators in the state, defies logic, and is statistically
flawed.”
Hanushek insisted that his analysis was accurate.
Earlier he said good teachers are the best predictor
of student success and that their compensation system
needs to change.
“The best teachers are quite underpaid and we ought
to give them raises, but the worst teachers are quite
overpaid,” Hanushek said. He recommends replacing
the bottom 5 percent to 8 percent of teachers.
Duke University economist Jacob Vigdor testified
early in the trial that such a suggestion is impractical.
“Firingthebottom 5percent on an annual basismeans
recruiting 15,000 extra teachers per year to replace
them. This ison top of the roughly 40,000 teachersthat
you need to hi re just to keep up with population growth
and regular attrition,” Vigdor testified. “The state would
have a difficulty bumping up from 40,000 to 55,000.
The difficulties of recruiting highly qualified teachers
would only get worse.”
But Hanushek maintained that he does not say that
wholesale replacement would not be needed annually
nor all at once.
Personnel are the largest cost for school districts and
teachers are the biggest part of the budget. Hanushek
said that if a district is not paying teachers based on
their effectiveness, they are introducing inefficiencies
into the system.
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