Happy Birthday, Sharon Reeves! 

70th Birthday Celebration! 
SOC Class of 1963

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Plans and mailings are being finalized. Invitations will be mailed out around September 6th

If you have any changes notify peacheswalker@gmail.com

Ron, Gary Wayne said to tell you hello. He remembers you from Jr. High and High school.  He does not get on this site or any other site for that matter, but I usually read him some of the news.  He remembered you and was glad to hear about your travels and being happy in life.  He retired at 55 from AT&T, have not been able to get that boy to work since!  

John,

Grad.63,  Got my BSBA while in the Air Force, my last year was in VietNam.  Returned to the states in 67. Was with Braniff Int. till they went down in 82, lucky to travel  all over the world. Retired from an Electronics Co. in 1999. Took me another 10 years to admit I was retired. 2 wife’s 3 daughters and 4 grandchildren.  Was a wild ride, but now I just smile and play with my grandchildren and my dogs.
Ron

Here is the story from today's Texas Lawyer:

Former Williamson County Judge Tim Wright was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to selling firearms without a license and making a false statement to a federal agent.

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks of Austin also ordered on Aug. 14 that Wright pay a $15,000 fine and be placed on supervised release for three years after he exits prison.

Wright pleaded guilty to one count of engaging in business of dealing firearms without a license and one count of making a false statement to government agents on May 28. He later surrendered both his bench and his law license. Both charges are felonies that could have each brought up to five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine. [See " Judge to Resign After Firearms Charge Guilty Plea," Texas Lawyer, June 2, 2015.]

On Sept. 23, 2014, ATF agents discovered that Wright had bought more than 80 guns in a span of several months. They interviewed him, and Wright said he sold firearms at gun shows. The ATF told him that he needed a federal firearms license to sell more guns. He agreed to stop selling until he had a license.

The two people who bought guns from Wright were illegally smuggling firearms into Mexico. Mexican law enforcement recovered two guns with serial numbers that Wright had purchased and sold to the two buyers in July 2014. Wright also sold guns illegally to an ATF undercover informant whom Wright knew was a convicted felon.

"While sworn to uphold the law, Judge Timothy Wright repeatedly violated federal laws governing the sale of firearms. He sold dozens of firearms without license, many of which went to people smuggling them to Mexico. He falsified official firearms records to hide the true identity of the real buyer and then lied to federal investigators about his crimes. These are serious crimes for which he has been held accountable," said Richard Durbin, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas.

After his guilty plea in May, a contrite Wright apologized.

"No one is above the law, especially not judges. I sincerely apologize to my family, friends and the people of Williamson County for any discredit and embarrassment that I may have created as a result of my actions," Wright said.

While the government pressed Sparks to sentence Wright to 60 months in prison, Wright's lawyers argued that their 70-year-old client should be sentenced to house arrest. Wright has a host of medical problems—he had polio as child and has permanent vertigo.

"It's tarnish on the system when a judge violates the rules, but there were a lot of mitigating circumstances in this case," said Joe Turner, an Austin solo who represents Wright. Wright's family believed that Sparks imposed a fair sentence on the former judge, he said.

"I don't think I've ever had a case where I've had so many judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers and even defendants who wrote letters about how caring and fair he was as a judge," Turner said of Wright. Wright started Williamson County's DWI program and Veterans Courts and helped countless defendants maintain their sobriety—aspects of Wright's career that Sparks took into account during sentencing, Turner said.

"The gun violations were serious, and we had to take that into account—and the fact that he was a judge didn't help him," Turner said.

"I asked him to judge Tim Wright as he'd judged others—with understanding and kindness," Turner said of Sparks. "And he did."