Temple Daily Telegram's Columnist Listings http://www.tdtnews.com Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:23:06 -0600 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 tdt@temple-telegram.com (Carroll Wilson) webadmin@temple-telegram.com (Jonathan Dwinell) en-us Copyright 2009, Temple Daily Telegram http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61898 Veterans are sad, sometimes angry and want answers to what led to Thursday's shooting at Fort Hood that left 13 dead and 30 hospitalized. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, is suspected of carrying out the carnage. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61898 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/07/61867 Before Thursday, before a gunman killed 13 people and wounded 38, Fort Hood Police Department's Sgt. Kimberly Munley wrote on her twitter: "I live a good life ... a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life." The 34-year-old civilian police officer was credited with stopping that gunman before he could kill more people. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/07/61867 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/01/61742 The first thing that caught attention was people dressed in brightly colored traditional Czech attire at the Czech Feszt in Miller Park on Saturday. At the classic car show people gathered around the 1969 emerald green Ford Mustang Mach I owned by Butch Moore of Temple. Another car that gathered interest was the 1925 Willy's Overlander Model 91 owned by Michael and Gretchen Allen of Belton. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/01/61742 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/10/30/61707 Those extra blankets that have been in and out of cupboards lately may have the chance to stay out for a while, with temperatures in the area starting to drop. "We had a cold front, or as we call it here in Texas, a norther, came rolling in today with strong north winds bringing in some much cooler weather," Andy Andersen KCEN-DT chief meteorologist, said. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/10/30/61707 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/10/18/61413 Hunting, fishing and other sports lovers were treated to what would be a dreamland for enthusiasts on Saturday at the Central Texas Outdoor Expo at the Bell County Expo Center. It's not often you get to see a giraffe in these parts, but on Saturday the Fortson's Taxidermy exhibit created a display of exotic African wildlife and a lot of interest for guests. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/10/18/61413 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/10/10/61208 Short sleeves were traded for long sleeves Friday morning after a cold front swept through Central Texas overnight. Temperatures in Temple dropped by 34 degrees within 24 hours. Thursday's temperature at 11:35 a.m. registered at 88 degrees, on Friday morning at the same time the temperature had dropped to 54 degrees. The high for the day was expected to be in the 60s, but temperatures at Draughton-Miller Airport only got up to 55 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/10/10/61208 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/09/17/60685 Alyson Moreno was just out of surgery Wednesday evening and will recover from her injuries, her dad said. The 5-year-old Hector Garcia Elementary School student, who was struck by an SUV while crossing a road with her mother on Tuesday morning, was still in ICU at Scott and White Memorial Hospital but her condition has improved, Humberto Moreno said, tired and still somewhat in a state of disbelief. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/09/17/60685 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/09/13/60585 CAMERON - When the casket carrying the body of 2nd Lt. Darryn Deen Andrews left the First Baptist Church on Saturday, three small boys were riding by on their bicycles. As soon as they saw the honor guard and a number of police and firefighters waiting to escort the hearse, they dropped their bicycles, removed their caps and put their hands over their hearts. It seemed an entire town had come out to mourn the loss of Andrews, who the Rev. Bill Gravell Jr. described as a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a friend and a soldier. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/09/13/60585 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/09/13/60584 SALADO - An exhausted Salado fire chief said that cleaning up after Saturday's flood would probably start next week when the water starts to recede. “Some of the residents started doing some of their own cleanup because the insurance companies send in companies to help,” Charles Young said. “The quicker they get into the residential, the less damage they have.” Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/09/13/60584 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/08/23/60135 SALADO - Firey rhetoric and passionate signs dominated Saturday’s TEA Party in Salado where more than a thousand people used the Taxed Enough Already forum to protest President Barack Obama’s health care reform initiative. Rayford Brown, an advocate for the group, said there was a lack of Democrats at the town hall meeting because they are “statist” - what Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary describes as “the concentration of economic controls and planning in the hands of a highly centralized government often extending to government ownership of industry.” Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/08/23/60135 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/08/22/60106 BELL COUNTY - Two men have been found dead, one in west Bell County and the other in east Coryell County, and police suspect the same person or people killed both of them. Bell County is leading the investigation, which started to unfold Thursday night. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/08/22/60106 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/08/22/60105 A 57-year-old man has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the stabbing of his wife and a manager at Wal-Mart on Friday. Aurelia Davis, 61, and Joe Stewart, 57, both suffered life-threatening injuries after separate attacks. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/08/22/60105 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/08/13/59940 Thomas Teeter of Temple is a Georger. What the heck is that? you may well ask. Georgers are a group of people with an unusual hobby, which involves registering greenbacks on the site www.wheresgeorge.com and tracking where they travel. Georgers all have a passion for spending money, like many of us, but they don’t seem to be content to just part with the greenbacks at a cash register. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/08/13/59940 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/26/59548 A bird is being held responsible for a power outage in Temple on Saturday evening that left 3,800 customers without power - some for about 30 minutes, others for almost two hours. “A bird had landed in the substation in just the wrong spot,” said John Toone, area manager for Oncor Electric Delivery. Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/26/59548 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/24/59504 The shooting death of a 36-year-old man early Thursday morning marks the third violent death in Temple in the last two months. That has some residents worried, but Temple police say these aren’t random shootings because their investigations lead them to believe the victims and killers knew each other. Vaughn Wattley, 36, of Temple was the latest shooting victim. When police drove up to the 1100 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in response to a report of shots fired shortly after 1:30 a.m., they found Wattley on the ground. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/24/59504 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/23/59480 BELTON - You could be forgiven for believing you were living in another era on Wednesday afternoon as The Beltonian Theatre on Central Avenue was transformed to 1934 for the filming of a re-enactment of the day gangster John Dillinger was gunned down by lawmen. A banner across the front of the theater announced Clark Gable was starring alongside William Powell and Myrna Loy in “Manhattan Melodrama.” The Beltonian had been transformed to look like the Biograph Theater in Chicago, where on July 22, 1934, Dillinger was shot dead as he left the theater with female companions Polly Hamilton and madam Anna Sage. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/23/59480 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/17/59361 BELTON - A former youth baseball coach was sentenced to life in prison Thursday, a month after a jury took less than a half hour to convict him of continuous sexual assault of children. William Thomas Jacobsen, 32, of Rogers and formerly of Little River Academy, kept his head down throughout the proceedings in the 27th District Court. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/17/59361 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/15/59281 Water restrictions for the west side of the city, which has been under Stage 2-W restrictions, are moving back to Stage 1 - voluntary restrictions - beginning today. But the area is not out of the woods just yet. Phasing in the lifting of the restrictions over a three-day period and voluntary compliance will play critical roles in the effectiveness of the plan. The city is also implementing a citywide no-watering window between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m., seven days a week. The restriction goes into effect immediately and will remain in place until further notice. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/15/59281 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/11/59192 A new home was found for a puppy abandoned in a house that caught fire last Sunday. The Temple Animal Shelter handed over the border collie mix to a new Temple resident. Anthony Putzeys, 27, moved to Temple from California. Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/11/59192 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/06/59083 The tenants who had just moved out of a duplex that burned early Sunday morning were lucky. And so was the 8-week-old mutt they left behind when it was rescued by a neighborhood teen who heard its cries. The 8-inch tall puppy put up such a fuss just before 1 a.m. that 15-year-old Hailiegh Sanchez and a friend were able to rescue it from the unlocked duplex in the 300 block of North Sixth Street. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/07/06/59083