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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 1

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j' Gourmet food shop teaches why you should care about the differentvarieties LIFE IB wwwreporternewscom WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22 2012 75 CENTS 36 PAGES A light plane that departed Monday night from Abilene crashed north of Albany The two victims "Scooter" Phillips Jr the pilot and Amy Clay both of Taylor County JWLEWMIPMTBMHM of have been Identified as Dale recovered PLANE CRASH KILLS 2 Taylor County residents Bodies of By Brian Bathat bgthdbQfeportemtwsjom 325-676-6739 ALBANY-Shackelford Cofinly officers meeting and staff cause of the crash is not yet Miller said at an afternoon conference malfunction weather there are a number of that could be he Department received Abilene to a "destination in when their plane went down Sheriff Edward Miller said According a news release from the Civil Air Patrol Phillips was flying a Piper Comanche aircraft from Abilene to Norman Okla Tbby Pedford a' family friend provided the Reporter-News a document from Old Surety Life Insurance Company owned by father that said Phillips Jr and Clay were to Taylor County residents who died inaplane crash Monday night Pilot Dale Phillips Jr and passenger Amy Clay both of Taylor County were en route from remains of two' bBtriUbtriito organizations that want to have dancing at their events will need to go through office to gain approvaL The organization will also needto have its song list approved and a faculty adviser pres- ent at the event i The decision to revise the policy over the weekend came after several years-of discussion and researching the issue Thompson said He attend an luncheon The known news conditions factors said The Quick ReadB TEXAS $41 BILLION 'i SThe economy may be bouncing back but the state budget Is stiU in trouble experts' 4 tell lawmakers 'BIGC0UNTPY6A Jti JQ 1 THE DIRECTOR RESIGNS I 1 Umaiiiw ft The Grace Museum officials are looking i a for an Interim replace ment after Francing Carrara who spent u' more than three years as executive director t-steps do wn 4 I LOCAL 3A -5 Jm 1 EVERYTHING 4 FARM RANCH AND WILDLIFE This year's expo In i Abilene has 85 ranrflxof BIG COUNTRY 6A SISD PUTS BOND ON MAY BALLOT Stephenvllle $24 million bond would improve two of the oldest v'-- campuses In the school district ti LOCAL 3A 4 On repbrternewScom 5 POLLS What do you think of Abilene Christian revised policy on dancing? A Still too conserva Just right Too liberal Do you expect the price of unleaded gas to reach and exceed $4 per gallon in the coming A Yes B4jaSI Cl have no Idea 20y Download our app with the QR code iy-'f' INDEX t- BU3NESSSA vCOMICSIOC rujnERYa i NATION t'2S5IS1c PUZZLES 9C rSSSSS LTELfyisioNao 5 For homa dallvanA call -325670-5201 i 1 WALL STREET Milestone reached after Greece deal By Christina Rexroda Associated Press NEW YORK It came and went in a flash a number on a board for seconds at a time but its symbolic power be dismissed The Dow Jones industrial average powered higher all year by optimism that the economic recovery is finally for real crossed 13000 on Tuesday for the first time since May 2008 The last time the Dow occupied such rarefied territory unemployment was a healthy 54 percent and Lehman Brothers was a solvent investment bank Financial crises happened in other countries or the history books The milestone Tuesday came about two hours into the trading day The Dow was above 13000 for about 30 seconds and for slightly longer at about nodn and 1:30 pm but -hold its gains It finished up 1582 points at 1296569 Still Wall Street took note of the marker It was just last summer that the Daw unburdened itself of 2000 points in three terrifying weeks downgraded the United States credit rating Washington was fighting over the federal borrowing limit and the European debt crisis was raging A second recession in the United Stages was a real fear But te economy grew faster every quarter last year and gains in the job market have been impressive including 243000 jobs added in January alone "Essentially over the last Couple of months you've taken the two biggest fears off the table that Europe is going to melt down and that going to have another recession said Scott Brown chief economist for Raymond James The tumult of last summer and fall left the Dow as low as 10655 Its close TUesday put it 22percent above that low The Dow is less than 1200 points from an all-time high a 9 percent rally from here A long-awaited deal to cut the debt of Greece and prevent a potentially catastrophic default on its debt announced before dawn in Europe after 12 hours of talks helped the -Dow clear 13000 ute to or detract from our goal to prepare our students to have Christian maturity well beyond their time at ACU taking a proactive and developmental approach around appropriate behavior" he added Thompson also noted that there was no blanket statement7 regarding the type of music or da SmDANCIMSA SMCRASH10A INSIDE Crews knock down remaining unstable walls of Matera Paper Co 4A Business owners in aging downtown buildings aware of upkeep needed 4A GALLERY See more photos at reporteniewsxom CONTMUTBIPHOnX also acknowledged that ACU students have always danced at events such as weddings but jugt danced At a school-sponsored events "This if students push haYd enough get a change" said T1 I Thompson whq has been with ACU for four years "Re-idfwhatf gardless dfwhat the policy maybe we are constantly looking at our student policies arid how they contrib Architects envisioned its potential ByJmmyl 325-676-6784 Bill Minter took the walk Tuesday morning The night before-the executive director of the Abilene Preservation League had watched as one of most distinctive pieces of architecture burned to the ground The Matera Paper Coi building at South First and Oak streets blazed for hours filling the sky with apocalyptic visions of orange and yellow Even after witnessing that Minter wanted one last look at what remained So he made the walk east from the Preservation office on North SaaRREiAA T-k DeCISlOJI comes after much research ByEthanFowiw fowAmraport 325-76-6776 ABOVE: The Paper Co building at the corner of South First and Oak streets downtown continues to smoke' Tuesday after burning Monday evening RIGHTS The JM Radford jGrocery Company circa 1910 The building later came to be owned by the Matera Paper Co of Trustees revised the long-held policy of prohibiting dahcing at sponsored events or events hosted by official student organizations "This revision can be seen as a part of our efforts to he real with our students who are young adults" said Jean-Noel Thompson vice president for student life -and dean of students Student-sponsored In an attempt to align it-' self better with its slogan of "Exceptional Innova tive and Real" the Abilene a Christian University Board best avwiAle copy Ml.

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