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Tuesday's Internet Edition, 3:6 AM, May 13, 2008.
Wellness Week, 'Loop' successful
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It will be several days before final tallies are available from last weekend’s Sweetest Loop, but all indicators point to the most successful event in the benefit roping’s three-year history. Last year the event raised more than $40,000, and it was hoped that this year’s Loop would top $50,000. Hamilton General Hospital Healthcare Foundation and Scott & White Foundation co-sponsored this year's event at Circle T Arena, along with Circle T and corporate sponsor Wrangler. Proceeds from the Tough Enough to Wear Pink fund-raiser will benefit breast cancer research and women’s wellness programs, and in its first two years the
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INSIDE NEWS STORIES
Elections this Saturday
Voters will go to the polls Saturday in Hamilton to select school board members and a mayor. The polls will open at 7 a.m. in the Hamilton County Courthouse and
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Spring concert, band supper
set for this Monday at HHS
The Hamilton bands will present their annual spring concert Monday night, May 12. The concert will begin with the fifth grade band followed by sixth grade, junior high and high
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HHS to host blood drive
Whether you rock around the clock or just love to rock ‘n’ roll all night, the American Red Cross wants you to “Rock and Roll up Your Sleeves” this summer
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Local resident appointed
to Farm Bureau Task Force
Calvin Friedrich, was recently appointed to a special task force representing agricultural and rural interests on issues relating to the Trans-Texas Corridor. The appointment was made by Hamilton County Farm
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HOPE for Kids’ drive
begins with generous gift
“HOPE for Kids”, a community-based group that is working to provide necessary school supplies for the students of Ann Whitney Elementary School, got a huge boost this past week. An
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STATE SECOND PLACE – Hamilton High School student Julia White placed second at the AA State UIL spelling contest with a score of 94. White placed sixth at last year’s state meet. Brenda Edwards is the spelling coach and Brenda Andrews is the UIL coordinator.
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Four H.H.S. athletes
to compete at state
Four Hamilton High School athletes will be competing in the state track meet in Austin this Friday and Saturday. Amber Weems will be competing in two events and will also
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Local Obituaries
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May 7 - May 14
Reverend William (Brother Bill) Schibler Reverend William (Brother Bill) Schibler died Wednesday. He was 79. Funeral services were held May 3 in the Glen Rose Auditorium with burial in the
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Hamilton jurors return
convictions in two trials
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COMPLETE LOSS- This house on East Leslie Street was a complete loss after fire swept through it late Monday night. The alarm sounded for the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department a little before midnight, but Fire Chief Toby Logan said when they arrived at the scene the house was already fully engulfed in flames. The firemen also had to contend with ammunition exploding in the structure. A neighbor’s garage and all of its contents adjacent to the house also went up in flames. The Hamilton Sheriff’s Department told The Herald-News Monday morning that the home was vacant and the electricity was not connected. The State Fire Department was notified and investigators were expected to be in Hamilton Tuesday.
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Two separate jury trials held in Judge James Morgan’s 220th District Court in Hamilton last week resulted in convictions.
Jurors found Paul Amaro, 42, guilty of aggravated assault on a public servant and sentenced him to 36 years in the penitentiary.
Amaro was charged with pointing a rifle at a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department Deputy and then locking himself in his car and keeping law enforcement officers at bay during at standoff that lasted more than 10 hours. This happened in the driveway of a residence on N. Pecan Street only a couple of blocks from the Hamilton square.
At 12:24 a.m. on Oct. 20, 2007, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a resident at 211 North Pecan complaining that she was receiving harassing phone calls from Amaro.
Deputy Rios responded to the home and while he was there Amaro called again. The deputy warned Amaro not to come to the home, but shortly after, Amaro drove up in the driveway.
Rios said he shined his flashlight into Amaro’s vehicle and saw that Amaro was pointing a scoped rifle at him.
Rios called for backup. As the morning went on, SWAT teams from Stephenville and the DPS joined in the standoff.
Later that morning, DPS officers used a flash-bang device to subdue Amaro when he stepped from the pickup to relieve himself. He got back into the vehicle, but officers broke out the driver’s side window and arrested him.
Amaro had a previous felony record.
In the second trial in Hamilton last week, Clifford Bryan Cason, 19, of Killeen was found guilty of burglary of a building on May 29, 2007. He received a one-year state jail sentence, which was probated for five years. He also was assessed a fine of $5,000, which was also probated for five years.
Cason was charged with a burglary that occurred at Lawson Implement Co., Inc. on Highway 281 south of Hamilton.
A resident noticed an unfamiliar vehicle parked at his business that night not far from Lawson Implement and alertly wrote down the license plate number. That tip led officers to Cason. Money believed to have been stolen from Lawson’s was found in the vehicle.
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