Volume 61, Number 41
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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Skelly fighting his way to the top
Azle competes in POJO relays
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AISD eyes gym, CATE center
Fighting for the ball
Work begins on field, practice facility BY CARLA NOAH STUTSMAN Preliminary work has begun on two long-awaited projects at Azle High School: a new $1.2 million artificial turf surface and running track for Hornet Field and a $3.5 million stand-alone
indoor practice facility. Those facilities will be paid for in cash out of the Azle Independent School District’s reserve cash, so taxpayers needn’t fret about footing the bill. PLEASE SEE CONSTRUCTION, PAGE 3A.
Freak car accident kills Reno man BY CHASE CARTER A Reno man was killed in a freak fourvehicle crash in the early morning hours of Monday, March 25. Larry Mitchell Perkins, 56, died after being struck by traffic on Highway 199 about 6:15 a.m., according to Department of Public Safety Senior Trooper Gary M. Rozzell. Perkins, driving his 2007 Ford Ranger pickup, was involved in a minor accident with a second vehicle as it tried to make a left hand turn, Rozzell said. The second vehicle, a 1999 silver Dodge Neon driven by Justin Peterson of Springtown, as well as Perkins’ vehicle came to rest in the left lane of traffic on Highway 199. Perkins exited his disabled vehicle and
was standing on the highway when his Ranger was struck from behind by a third vehicle heading westbound. The third vehicle, a Lincoln Town Car driven by Miguel Angel Ramirez of Moorehaven, Florida, hit Perkins’ Ranger, spinning it around on impact. The Ranger caught Perkins and flung him into the right lane of traffic. There, a 1999 Volkswagen Jetta, driven by Freddy Rivera-Flores of Springtown, was traveling westbound on Highway 199, where it hit Perkins. Parker County Emergency Medical Services arrived shortly after. Perkins was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:41 a.m. No charges or arrests have been issued at this time.
Woman assaulted, held captive for 3 days Azle man jailed BY CARLA NOAH STUTSMAN An Azle man is in the Parker County jail after his girlfriend reported he assaulted her and held her against her will. Michael Dwayne Cosby, 44, is charged with assault family violence (choking) with bond set at $10,000. He is also held without bond for a parole violation warrant out of another county with no bond. Cosby’s 28-year-old girlfriend told deputies she and Cosby argued Friday, March 15, at the travel trailer where they live in the 1200 block of Oakridge Road. The woman said at one point during the argument, Cosby choked her until she “almost blacked out.” He
also assaulted her causing multiple injures to her face, back, neck, arms, In a hard fought match against a very physical and skillful opponent, Azle’s Elvia Bazan (6) shins, and knees, the woman said. is beaten to the ball by a member the Byron Nelson Lady Bobcats. Photo by Mark K. Campbell Then, Cosby locked her in a bedroom inside the trailer for three days, according to a Cosby dropped her off at the med- family member. point, but Cosby press release issued The medical treatment facility caught her and ical center but then phoned the faby Parker County dragged her back into cility and told an employee there he staff also requested a criminal tresSheriff Larry Fowler. the travel trailer by would take her from the treatment pass warning against Cosby. The woman begged The travel trailer where Cosby and center and nothing would stand in her hair. Cosby to take her to a the woman live is located just one The woman said his way. medical center where A medical staff member at the block from where a home burned to she eventually conshe received schedvinced Cosby to take treatment center dialed 9-1-1 for the the ground in February, a few hours uled treatments for after the Fort Worth Bomb Squad, her to the medical victim. an illness every other Sheriff’s investigators obtained a the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and center for her treatday, but he refused. ment. Before going, warrant for Cosby. He was arrested Firearms (BATF) and Parker CounThe victim told Cosby made her cov- without further incident and charged ty Sheriff’s deputies searched the deputies she attempter her injuries with with assault causing bodily injury home and found what they believed ed to escape at one Michael Dwayne Cosby makeup, she said. impeding breath/circulation of a to be a pipe bomb.
Eileen Mauk of Azle was lucky enough to see as many as 500 pelicans accompanied by about 300 ducks come in for what she termed a “splash landing” on Eagle Mountain Lake near her home Saturday afternoon, March 23. Mauk grabbed her camera and shot the above photo. Game Warden Clint Borchardt said it’s not uncommon to see flocks of 30-40 pelicans at a time on EML, and he has personally seen a flock of about 100. Borchardt cautioned that the birds are protected non-game birds. He also said he suspects the black “ducks” with the pelicans in Mauk’s photo are actually cormorants. Both pelicans and cormorants are aggressive, bait fish eaters. Photo courtesy of Eileen Mauk
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