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Sweetwater Reporter
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 ■ Page 3
Obituaries
DOUGLAS LEON HORN
Funeral services for Mr. Douglas Leon Horn, 87,
of Springhill, Louisiana, formerly of Jefferson, were
held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at the
Capt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home in
Jefferson, Texas with Rev. Allison
Byerley officiating. Interment will
follow in Oakwood Memorial Park.
Visitation was from 6-8 p.m. on
Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 at Haggard
Funeral Home.
Mr. Horn was born August
14, 1925, in the Sweetwater
Sanatorium in Sweetwater, Texas
to C.J. and Olive Baker Horn. He
was a member of the First United
Methodist Church of Jefferson,
former member of the Jefferson
Lions Club and the Methodist
men. Asayoung boy Mr. Horn was
an Eagle Scout and a graduate of
Sweetwater High School. He was a
World War II Navy Veteran, serv-
ing as a Gunners mate 2nd class.
He was three days at sea on an
LST V6 when the atomic bomb was
dropped on Japan. He worked for
Brown and Root and later attend-
ed the University of Houston and
graduated with a degree in Diesel
Electric Technology. After gradua-
tion, he and Mrs. Horn moved to
Snyder, Texas where he worked at
the Sunray DX gasoline plant as
the chief electrician for 14 years. In
1964, the Horns moved to Jefferson
where he worked at Thiokol. Later,
Mr. Horn started his own busi-
ness, Horn Electric. He and his
wife Norma, were owners of the Jefferson Flower and
Gift Shop and the Gingerbread House Bed and Breakfast
in Jefferson.
Mr. Horn was preceded in death by his parents. He
passed away Dec. 26, 2012 in Springhill, Louisiana.
Survivors include his wife, Norma Riley Horn of
Springhill, Louisiana; children, Linda Horn Reed and
husband Randy of Springhill, LA., Douglas Horn,
Jr., of Houston and Clinton Horn and wife Leann of
Pflugerviiie, Texas; grandchildren, Amy Sessions, Ryan
Reed, Wendy Reed, Douglas Horn, III, Anna Payne,
Elke Horn and Eric Horn; and great-grandchildren,
Madi Sessions, Nick Sessions, Lily Reed, Luke Reed,
Melia Payne, Kai Payne, Douglas Horn, IV, Sophia Horn
and Savanna Miller.
A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.hag-
gardfuneralhome.com.
BERTH A MAE (PRECIOUS) STATEN
Funeral servicesfor Bertha Mae (Precious) Staten, 59,
of Sweetwater, are pending with McCoy Funeral Home.
Staten died Friday, Jan. 4, at her residence.
DAVID VALDEZ
Our beloved David Valdez was taken home to be
with our heavenly father on January 4, 2013 at the age
of 57 years old. He passed away at Hereford Regional
Medical Center with his family at his bedside. David
was born December 18, 1955 in
Lebanon, Indiana to Manuel and
Maria Valdez. He married the love
of hislifeand best friend Margarita
(Margie) Galvan Valdez on May
15, 1977 in Loraine, Texas. They
moved to Hereford from Abilene
in 2011.
David was a proud father of
two daughters, Maria and Tina,
and one step son, Jorge, and four
grandchildren. David was a truck
driver by trade. He also loved to
fish, loved his Dallas Cowboys, and
loved to have family BBQs. Most of
all, he loved to spend time with his
wife, children and grandchildren.
David was preceded in death by
his father, Manuel Valdez; brother, Armando Valdez;
and his father and mother-in-law, Santos and Celia
Galvan.
Survivors to cherish the memories of David are his
wife, Margie; daughters, Maria Liscana and husband
John, and Tina E. Valdez, all of Hereford; step son Sgt.
Jorge Galvan, United States Marine Corps and wife
Monica of Camp Pendleton, CA; his mother, Maria R.
Valdez; brothers, Jaime and wife Dina, Manuel Jr. and
wife Susie, Samuel and wife Terri and Danny and wife
Alicia; sisters, Grade and husband Ronnie, Sandra and
husband Eddie, Angie and husband Isidro, Claudia and
husband Anthony, all of Sweetwater, Mary and husband
Daniel of Roby, Diana and husband Richard of Lubbock
and Suzanne and husband Elias of Abilene; and numer-
ous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be made to the
American Heart Association and St. Jude's Children's
Hospital.
A memorial service is pending at this time.
An angel whispered take my hand and come with me,
you're work here is done.
I went away to a place where there's no tears, nor
sorrow only laughter and smiles, there will always be
tomorrow.
As I move amongst the clouds, I'll look down and
smile upon you, while the angels sing a heavenly song.
I am not alone, all who went before are here, they
awaited my return.
I know you'll grieve and wish I was still there, I am
here in the memories you hold dear.
Remember how much I love you and know I took your
love with me.
I did not wish for you to cry, nor feel sad.
My pain is gone and I am free!
Soon you'll come to me, until then God will be with
you, just as he's with me.
Texas man gets 20 years
in coke ring with Pa. men
PITTSBURGH (AP) —A Texas man will spend 20 years
in federal prison for supplying a cocaine pipeline that also
included a former assistant western Pennsylvania high
school football coach.
Thirty-nine-year-old Vincent Middlebrooks, of Houston,
was sentenced Monday by a federal judge in Pittsburgh.
Middlebrooks had previously pleaded guilty after an
investigation begun when a Texas trucker, 46-year-old
Gathon Dudley Shannon, of Houston, was arrested in
October 2011. Authorities found more than 35 pounds of
cocaine and $669,000 in Shannon’s vehicle. He’ll be sen-
tenced April 22.
His arrest led to charges against Middlebrooks and two
other men, including 36-year-old Carlos Cleckley, who for-
merly coached at Beaver Falls High School, about 30 miles
northwest of Pittsburgh.
Investigators say Middlebrooks supplied nearly 18
pounds of cocaine monthly in 2010 and more in 2001,
when the group started hiding it in cargo trucks.
Soldier dies after Killeen
parking lot shootings
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) —A soldier has died after being
shot during a Central Texas parking lot attack that left two
other men critically hurt and the gunman on the run.
Fort Hood officials on Monday announced the death of
25-year-old Spec. Austin James Sampson of Bliss, N.Y.
Killeen police are trying to determine a motive for the
Jan. 2 shootings in a convenience store parking lot. Police
say the Iraq War veteran and two other men were in an
SUV when a gunman approached and opened fire.
Sampson died Friday at a hospital in Temple. Further
detailson the two survivors weren't immediately available.
Sampson had been assigned to Fort Hood's Headquarters
Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, si nee February
2010.
Man charged with sex assault
while US border agent
McALLEN, Texas (AP) —A former federal agent accused
of sexually assaulting a girl was employed by the U.S.
Border Patrol during a portion of the six years of alleged
abuse.
The Border Patrol said Tuesday 33-year-old Jaime
Ocanas worked for the agency between June 2001 and
June 2007.
Ocanas, who most recently worked for the McAllen
Independent School District police force, is charged with
continuous sexual assault of a minor. The alleged victim
told Pharr policethat the abuse occurred for about six years
starting in 1998, when Ocanas was 19.
Ocanas had been assigned to the Border Patrol’s Rio
Grande City station and resigned in 2007. He began work-
ing for the school district in December 2007. He was fired
last month amid the sexual assault investigation.
Ocanas declined comment Monday.
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marketable. Looking ahead, around two-thirds of jobs
created in the future will require some college educa-
tion.
The second issue was for students to consider Texas
Tech University, a school that boasts a strong work ethic
and friendliness. While only about 20% of last year's
new students came from a 200-mile radius of Lubbock,
the school has a large presence in the state as well asthe
nation.
Recently, Texas Tech became a Tier 1 research insti-
tute and is the only one in Texas, thus giving students
opportunities for research. This past fall, over 32,000
new students came to the school.
In a survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal of
Fortune 500 companies, Texas Tech was #18 in the
nation in providing the most desirable employees. For
schools in the Big 12 conference, they are among the top
three in the lowest costs; Texas Tech also lands in the
top 30 in the nation of graduates leaving college with
the least debt.
Dr. Schovanec also urged students to consider living
on campus at Texas Tech. Students who live on-campus
not only have higher grade point averages, but they also
get more involved with the school and graduate at a
faster rate.
In-dorm tutoring is also available, and students can
even live with students who are studying in a similar
field. Living on-campus gives a student a great sense of
identity while also enjoying the nice facilities offered by
the school.
In closing, Dr. Schovanec invited students to not only
visit the campus, but talk to the students and faculty at
Texas Tech. As visitors tour the university, he reiterated
that his office has an open-door policy as well.
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intoxicated, athird degreefelony. For his plea, Gutierrez
received 10 years confinement in the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice. He will also have to pay a $1,000
fine, $518 in court costs and $500 in attorney's fees.
He will also have his driver's license suspended for one
year. Gutierrez will receive 182 days credit towards his
sentence for time already served in jail.
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and learn from people who are experiencing similar situ-
ations in life. The class will be held each week from 6 to
7:30 p.m. for thirteen weeks, with aweek off during Spring
Break.
The program includes a video session, which isfollowed
by a small-group discussion. Also part of the class is a
manual, where attendees can take notes during the video.
In between the stand-alone classes, the manual offers
supplemental information that can be completed at home
for the next session. While the work is beneficial toward
the sessions, it is not required.
Also available for participants are online resources and
devotionals, which can be found on the DivorceCare web-
site at www.divorcecare.org.
The class is free to attend, but there is a $15 fee for the
manual, in which the money goes back to purchase more
materials for the program. Scholarships are available to
cover the cost of the workbook as wel I.
Facilitating the program are Trinity Baptist Church
members Pam Daniel and Bill Arey. In 2002, Arey-a
licensed professional counselor-led a DivorceCare class
at a church in Oklahoma City.
The program began locally in the fall of 2010, with two
sessions held in 2011-oneof which wasthe"Surviving the
Holidays" seminar. But after a brief hiatus, the dual lead-
ership of Daniel and Arey will allow attendees a chance to
learn information while offering an open discussion.
They both call DivorceCare a "wonderful, life-changing
program" which is Biblically-based, offering references
from the Bible in each session. Over the thirteen weeks,
the video session will feature over 30 renowned experts
on divorce and recovering, such as Kay Arthur, Dr. Tony
Evansfrom the Dallas-Fort Worth area and counselors Dr.
Jim Talley from Oklahoma City and H. Norman Wright.
The weekly topics offer individuals understanding on
the immediate and future situations they will face during
separation or divorce. Amongthetopicsareanger, depres-
sion, loneliness, new relationships, finances as a single
person, child care, forgiveness and reconciliation.
In the group discussion, guests will have a chance to
learn and talk about the different aspects in their transi-
tion from being a couple to a single person. The conversa-
tions are kept private, and no one is forced to take part in
the discussion.
Arey noted that DivorceCare helps a person understand
what happened in the past and also lets a person look into
the future on the issues they will be faced with as a single
person. However, both facilitators express that the pro-
gram is not a dating service or a place to find anew mate.
DivorceCare gives people a place to be ministered,
where they can find others in similar situations. Through
listening, discussion and question-and-answer sessions,
the classes are a helpful guide during a difficult time in
life.
And with the Scripture references, Daniel says that the
Bible verses can offer healing. Both sheand Arey point out
that part of the recovery is expression which isavailablein
DivorceCare, in contrast to isolation.
Also during the sessions, childcare will be provided at
the church for children up to eight years old. To learn
more about childcare and/ or to sign up for the classes, call
the church office at 235-2991.
Texas Legislature
opens 2013 session
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —They’re back.
The Texas Legislature starts another session Tuesday
with 140 days to figure out how to pay for public schools
after slashing $5.4 billion from classrooms in 2011, wheth-
er unemployment recipients should be drug-tested and
perhaps finally confront a mounting water crisis under the
strain of a rapidly growing population.
And that’s just to name a few problems.
That also says nothing about the significant political
backdrop of the 83rd legislative session that is poised to
renew hot-button issues over abortion access and gun
laws. Not only will this be among the most inexperienced
Legislatures in recent history —there are 43 freshman in
the 150-member House, the most in four decades — but
Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst are out to
reassert their power following failed runsfor bigger offices
last year.
As they have for a decade, Republicans run the show
in Austin with commanding majorities in the House and
Senate. Democrats were able to snag the handful of seats
needed in November to break up the GOP supermajority
in the House, but the pink hues of the state Capitol remain
dominated by the underlying red-state nature of the poli-
tics insidethe building.
Republicansstill ruleTexasand the leadership intendsto
push the state even further to the right. Dewhurst has said
he wants Texas to be “the most fiscally and socially conser-
vative state in the country.”
Leading the conservative charge once again is Perry, who
many are watching for signs that he’s ready for another run
in 2014, or another run for president in 2016. Perry, whose
2011-12 campaign for the White House collapsed under a
series of publiegaffes, has said he won’t discuss his political
plans until after the session ends in May.
But Perry is already trying to lay out a conservative
agenda for state lawmakers, calling on them to continue to
place tight controls on state spending, even after historic
cuts in 2011 and backing a bill that would ban abortion
after 20 weeks of gestation, and drug testing for welfare
and unemployment recipients.
The two-year state budget is the only bill lawmakers are
required to pass and will be the focal point of the session as
Democrats fight to restore money cut from public educa-
tion in 2011 and try to push back against any further cutsin
health care programs for the poor, disabled and elderly.
The comptroller has set $101.4 billion in available spend-
ing for the next two-year budget cycle—which Democrats
say is a healthy enough forecast to reverse the slashed
spending of two years ago —but Republicans are already
signaling they want to hold the line on spending.
Other top issues for 2013 include:
—Public education: Senate leaders are eager to expand
the number of charter schools in Texas and allow parentsto
use public money to send their children to private schools.
And lawmakers will be considering an overhaul of the
state’s rigid student testing an accountability system, which
has been criticized by parents and business groups.
—Water: After the historic drought and wildfires of
2011, House Speaker Joe Straus and Dewhurst have both
urged lawmakers to address the state’s shrinking water
supply. Dewhurst had said he’d like to use$1 billion from
the state’s Rainy Day Fund as seed money for future water
projectssuch as reservoir construction.
— Guns: The Newtown school shooting has lawmakers
considering whether to provide state-funding training for
security personnel, including teachers with state handgun
licenses. Other gun bills will likely include another attempt
to allow license holders to bring concealed handguns into
college classrooms.
—Cancer: An unprecedented $3 billion cancer-fighting
agency launched in 2009 is nothing for Texas to brag about
anymore. The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of
Texas is at a standstill while under criminal investigation
over how leaders doled out funding, and lawmakers may
decide to withhold taxpayer money from the agency in the
face of widespread scrutiny.
While the opening day of the session is mostly ceremo-
nial, it will includeakey piece of businessin the election of
House speaker. Straus, aSan Antonio Republican, has held
the post since 2009 but has had to fight off criticism from
some Republicans that he’s not conservative enough and
has been too willing to work with House Democrats.
Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, wants the job and
Straus could face a push from a large freshman class of tea
party-influenced newcomers who are eager to flex their
muscle.
Straus has said he enjoys broad bipartisan support in
the House and doesn’t consider his tenure as leader of the
chamber to be in danger.
Three Houston men get 8
years for sex trafficking
HOUSTON (AP) —Three Houston men have been sen-
tenced to eight-year prison terms in a sex trafficking ring in
which a victim was branded with a panther image to mark
her as property.
Prosecutorsin Houston say 42-year-old AndreMcDaniels,
30-year-old Jamine Lake and 38-year-old Ronnie Presley
weresentenced Monday after earlier pleading guilty to con-
spiracy to commit sex trafficking. All three were also con-
victed of transportation, coercion and enticement counts
related to sex businesses often disguised as modeling stu-
dios and health spas.
McDaniels was also convicted of nine counts of witness
tampering. McDaniels faces up to life in prison when he’s
sentenced in March.
Prosecutors say one victim testified about having a gun
put in her mouth and being branded on her back with a
black panther image.
MIDDAY ON WALL STREET
Today’s Trading
Change
DOW
13,336.92
-47.37
NASDAQ
3,087.32
-11.49
S&P
1,454.28
-7.49
General Motors
29.47
-0.19
Ford Motor Co.
13.27
-0.16
AT&T
34.45
-0.49
Pepsico, Inc.
69.60
+0.15
USG Corp.
28.60
-0.30
Archer-Daniels
28.06
+0.05
GE
20.93
-0.20
Deere & Co.
87.80
-0.80
McDonalds Corp.
90.47
-0.44
Chevron Texaco
109.37
-0.38
Exxon Mobil
87.53
-0.40
Fst. Fin. Bnkshs.
41.36
+0.03
Coca-Cola
37.01
-0.29
Dell
10.85
-0.21
SW Airlines
11.25
+0.34
Microsoft
26.56
-0.13
Sears Holdings Co.
40.16
-2.76
Cisco
20.18
-0.12
Wal-Mart
68.83
+0.43
Johnson & Johnson
71.47
+0.07
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