Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 4

4A Tuesday October 21 2014 abilene reporter-news City looks to fill open couhoHseat ByManBatM' Friday The deiadline tofile -will be 5 pan Nov 13 Steve Savage and Joy -Fllinger have announced their plans to run for the position Miller who served on the council for five years defeated Savage in a runoff election in 2013 In other business the council is expected to: Authorise issuance of certificates of obliga-' tion for water aria sewer system improvements The certificates of treat raw wastewater viding the option to the water to be directed into Lake Fort Phantom Hill The goal of this project is to augment Lake Fort Phantom Hill raw water reservoir with about 7 million gallons per day of highly treated reclaimed water to be produced from' the Hamby Wastewater Treatment Plant SmCOUNOUSA said Monday Abilene City Counr cilwoman Kellie Miller announced herplins to leave Place at the previous council meeting Oct-6 citing a desire to attend to family needs Election day voting will be Jan L3 using Taylor voting centers In ajmemo to council-members Vela notes that he and Taylop County Elections Administrator sale will finance $65 million to construct acquire install and equip extensions and improve-' -merits to water and wastewater system It will be funded from water and sewer revenue To prepare for the continuation of the drought the city will make additional improvements to its Hamby Wastewater Treatment Plant designed to increase performance and reliability of the plant to Kristi Allyn havevisited early voting locations with the suggestion pf using the Elections Office aqd City Hall only for the week of early Voting "We havein the past reduced the locations for early voting when holding runoff elections and special called elections by the city andor the Vela noted The first day to file for a plate on the ballot will be 3254764739 Thl? Abilene City Coun-' dj will cementthe date of a special election for Place 6 at' its upcoming council meeting interim City Manager David A Vela' UWIVIIWMTBHKM Sandra Spears gives a tour of the National WASP WWII Museum to Snyder Junior High School students in 2012 An expansion of the museum is planned to better tell the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots who trained at Sweetwater's Avenger Field during World War II Expansion set for WASP museum site in Sweetwater GANDHI Peace isthe only way Indian grandson speaks on his influence By Scott Kirk SpadattDthcRcportaXNews The only path to saving the world is one of non-' violence the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi told an audience at First Baptist Church on Monday mghl anything is going to save the world it is said Arun Gandhi whose visit to Abilene is being sponsored by the Abilene Interfaith Council and Abilene Christian universities He will speak again at 3 pjn Tuesday at Behrens Auditorium at Hardin-Simmons The event is open to the public at no charge Arun topic on Monday was I Learned from Grandfather about Peacemaking" and he said lf spent nearly two years from 1946 until his assassination in 1948 with his grandfather Sea GANDHI SA House members flooded with cash Competition lacking but funds By The Associated Press DALLAS Although few congressional races are considered to be seriously competitive that stopped lawmakers from raking in serious campaign cash according to a published report Monday Twenty US House members from Texas have raised at least $1 million each this cycle The Dallas Morning News reports that some top incumbents are using their war chests to donate to other congressional candidates which experts say helps them gam influence within their ownparties builds up party loyalty and allows you to move up through the ranks" said Patrick Flavin a political science professor at Baylor University in Waco Jim Turner a former fc be to provide a much-needed climate-controlled environment to protect thousands of artifacts housed in the archive in Sweetwater New office facilities a multipurpose display area a conference room and observation decks are also part of the planned expansion which is expected to be completed in January 2016 -Flexibility is basically the name of the game on the expansion" Museum Executive Director and Chief Curator Michael Abies said wanted the museum to have the flexibility to work with a conference room so we could have the opportunity to use high technology or (video conferencing) for teaching and long-distance educational learning talking futuristic here but this is something that we can SmMUSEUM5A By Evan Ran 325-676-6711 SWEETWATER One of the Big most treasured historical facilities is about to get major face-lift The National WASP WWII Museum opened in 2005 to educate the public on the Women Airforce Service Pilots who trained at Avenger Field during World War II will soon by expanding In the coming weeks the board of directors will weigh bids from contractors for an exhibition hall on the north side of the facility with construction expected to begin in January Currently at 11700 square feet the museum hangar will expand by an additional 8600 square feet when the project is finished Expected to cost somewhere fill' -( --r i 1 I S' -s i -4 I I I -'-'M'Wiwi 'T1 Y' 1 i 1 ii-: -A ONIKNKNKIWH National WASP WWII Museum Executive Director and Chief Curator Michael Abies shown here last week on the west side of the facility Is helping to lead a major expansion expected to get underway in January between $4 million and $55 mil- the United States Department of lion the project will be paid for Agriculture primarily through a loan from One of its primary aims will KACU-FM pledge drive showcases local listeners 'fo'WV -I 1 Camile Dickson and her son Colin Dickson 14 go on air Monday at the KACU-FM (897) station to encourage support for public radio The fall pledge drive Is underway and continues fundraising efforts through Friday The station's goal for the drive is $40000 JwuwiVKraiTEMKws Station aims to raise $40K by Friday By Joy Lewis lewhlBwportimwwjCom 32574765 Colin Dickson made an unusual request for his age when he asked his mother to turn off the top hits radio station and tune instead to National Public news show while riding to school Colin 14 said he en- a joys hearing the news on KACU-FM 897 During drive Monday Colin and his mother Camile Dickson went on air with KACU General Manager Nathan Gibbs to talk about why they value NPR programming "I appreciate how well they connect Abilene to the arts community" Camile Dickson said Dickson said Abilene is lucky to have a local NPR station that informs SMKAOJ5A A SMCASH5A MM MM.