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Updates for Oct. 7, 2009
Published October 7, 2009
Updates is a semiweekly feature to give readers the latest information on stories they have seen in The Facts. If you have a story you’d like to see updated, call us at 979-265-7411 or e-mail news(at)thefacts.com.
COMMISSIONERS LOOK INTO MOSQUITO PLANE REPLACEMENT
Brazoria County commissioners are looking into options on how to move forward with mosquito control after one of the department’s two planes crashed in a field Saturday, County Commissioner Mary Ruth Rhodenbaugh said.
The pilot, uninjured during the accident, will not be liable for the plane, which was covered by insurance, Rhodenbaugh said. The plane was purchased used nine years ago for about $114,000.
There is some money the mosquito control division has saved for a new plane, but no one was expecting it would be needed so soon, she said.
LIVERPOOL MAYOR’S FUNERAL SET
Services for Liverpool Mayor Mike Peters will start at 10 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Alvin. The family and city employees will receive visitors at City Hall after the service.
Peters, 42, died early Saturday morning after he was hit by a train on the railroad tracks south of CR 192 in Liverpool. Engineers reported Peters was lying on the tracks at the time he was hit.
A full obituary is on Page 2A. For information about the services, call 281-331-3482 or 281-331-9402.
CHIEF INTERVIEWS TO BEGIN
Freeport officials could begin scheduling interviews with candidates for the open police chief position next week, City Manager Jeff Pynes said.
Gustavo “Gus” Flores has been serving as interim chief since June after Pynes, who was police chief for three years, resigned from the post to take over as city manager full-time.
Thirteen people have applied to be Freeport’s next police chief, including a Houston police lieutenant and Surfside Beach Police Chief Randy Smith.
POLICE HAVE ‘PERSON OF INTEREST’ IN SATURDAY HIT-AND-RUN
Police have a “person of interest” in the hit-and-run crash on Highway 288-B south of Angleton that left a 50-year-old Angleton man in critical condition, Department of Public Safety Trooper Manuel Cantu said.
Alan Lowe stopped to assist a motorist on Highway 288-B northbound about 8:20 p.m. Saturday when he and the disabled car’s passenger and driver, Desiree Miller and Alyssa Parker, were struck by a red pickup. All three were injured, Lowe the most severely.
The pickup’s driver left the scene, but witnesses and other evidence have led to a possible suspect, Cantu said.
BRAZORIA FLAG SALES GOING WELL
The city of Brazoria has gone through 50 flags it had for sale at City Hall as residents have joined the effort to blanket the city with flags as a constant reminder of the sacrifices of service members in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mayor Ken Corley said.
“Not only are we selling the flags at City Hall ... but I will go install them for free if they want,” Corley said.
The city has about 200 flags in reserve to replace those currently hanging along the streets as they weather, and once the stock has been depleted, the Brazoria Lion’s Club will begin replacing flags, Corley said.
Bumper stickers for sale will be available after Oct. 14 for $5 each, with $2 of every sale going toward the flag fund, Corley said.
Flags cost $25 and include a post and a mounting bracket, he said.
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