VOLUME 27, NO. 123 FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012

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Property Tax Deadline: Tomorrow is the deadline for property owners to pay any remaining 2011 property taxes without incurring additional penalty fees and attorney collection costs. Since that falls on a weekend, those payments will be taken through Monday, July 2. Liberty County Tax Assessor Collector Ricky Brown said even paying a portion of any taxes owed will save taxpayers money. For information, call the Liberty County Tax Office at (936) 336-4633.

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Liberty City Council: KSHN reported Liberty City Council and Liberty Community Development Corporation met in joint session Tuesday night to discuss a proposed road extension. The road, which would be built in two phases, extends from Lakeland through undeveloped land to the Highway 146 Bypass.  In addition to the possibility of construction of a new nursing home facility in that area, Liberty County Hospital District announced it’s in preliminary negotiations with a larger medical facility to partner on the construction of a new hospital facility in Liberty. The location for that new hospital would be on land made accessible with a new street from the bypass.

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Dayton VFD BBQ: Dayton volunteer firefighters will hold their annual fund-raiser BBQ tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Plates are $10, which includes brisket and all the fixings. You can eat there or get your plate to go. It all takes place at the fire house on the corner of Winfree and Cook streets in Dayton.

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Red Cross: The Greater Houston Chapter of the American Red Cross is holding a free disaster volunteer recruitment and training this Saturday. The classes will be at North Main Baptist Church in Liberty starting at 9:30 a.m. For information, call (713) 302-5560 or go to www.houstonredcross.org

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Computer Classes: Liberty Municipal Library is hosting four free computer classes July 16-17 to help beginning computer users learn the basics of using the computer, accessing the internet, sending e-mails and using Microsoft Word. Sign up is first-come, first-served. To register, call 936-336-8901.

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Obituaries: Charles Washington Reed Sr., 86, of Liberty. Services today at 1 p.m. at Crossroads Fellowship in Houston.

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*Lake Release: 1,420 CFS – Liberty Bridge: 6.86 ASL*