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De Leon
Merry Christmas!
Since 1890
No Newspaper Next Week
We Will Be Closed Dec. 21-27
FREE PRESS
Thursday
December 20, 2007
28 Pages
50¢
Volume 117, No.25
DeLeon, TX 76444
Late Candidate Filings
By JERRY MORGAN
Reporter
COMANCHE -- County
Clerk Ruby Lesley reports on
Tuesday, December 18, that two
additional individuals have filed as
candidates in the March 4
Democratic primary election.
Sherman Sides of DeLeon
has filed as a candidate for County
Commissioner, Precinct 3. The
only other candidate that has filed
for that race is Mike Carlin of
DeLeon.
Daniel Helm of Comanche
has filed as a candidate for County
Commissioner, Precinct 1. The
only other candidate that has thus
far filed in that race is Dock Green
of Sipe Springs.
The filing period for county
and district primary elections ends
on Wednesday, January 2, as 6:00
p.m. In addition to County
Commissioner, Precincts 1 and 3,
other county offices up for election
in 2008 include Sheriff, County
Attorney, Tax Assessor/Collector,
Constable, State Representative,
State Senator.
The last day to register to vote
in the March 4 party primary elections will be February 4. Early
voting opens on February 19 and
continues through February 29.
DeLeon Sales Tax Receipts
Hold Steady While Some
Decline, Others Grow
By JERRY MORGAN
Reporter
Sales tax receipts reported in
DeLeon in 2007 have remained
virtually unchanged from 2006.
The total receipts reported by the
State Comptroller’s Office for
DeLeon in 2007 are $179,875.30,
versus $180,086.21 for 2006. The
difference amounts to only
12/100th’s of 1%.
Sales tax receipts are widely
followed as one of the best readily
available measures of aggregate
economic activity in a given tax
collecting entity, whether a municipality, a county or other.
By that yardstick, DeLeon’s
economy has held its own in what
has been a relatively bad year for
the area.
Sales tax receipts for
Comanche County fell by over
13% in 2007. Sales tax collections
for the City of Comanche dropped
by 2.3% from 2006 to 2007, and
the City of Dublin’s tax receipts
fell by 3.5%.
Sales
tax
collections
increased in 2007 over 2006, however, in Stephenville (7.2%),
Eastland (10.6%) and Brownwood
(5.2%).
FATALITY CRASH. This was the scene early Thursday morning, December 13, moments after DeLeon Volunteer Firemen
had used their Jaws of Life to open the door on the above pickup which had crashed headon into a pecan tree. Pamela
McLearen, 46, of DeLeon was traveling westbound on Highway 6 when her pickup left the roadway on the south side, a short
distance west of the Leon River bridge. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Bill Koenig. Deputy
Ken Maltby, EMS Director Danny Owen (back to camera) and several DeLeon firemen are shown. Highway 6 as it goes up
the hill to the west can be seen to the right of the photo. There were no witnesses to the accident, and no certain cause for
the pickup leaving the roadway, although there was a heavy frost at the time. The accident is believed to have occurred
around 8:25 a.m. and discovered and reported shortly thereafter by another motorist. McLearen is reported to have been on
the cell phone talking with her husband, Alan, at the time of the accident and to have given no indication of trouble prior to the
crash.
Academic All State Football Honorees
ACADEMIC ALL STATE,
1ST TEAM. Mitch Barefoot.
ACADEMIC ALL STATE,
2ND TEAM. Josh Beaty.
ACADEMIC ALL STATE,
HONORABLE MENTION.
Kevin Smith
HOG TOWN GENERAL STORE. Mary Riggs in front of Desdemona’s newest business -Hog Town General Store.
Hog Town General Store
Desdemona’s Newest Business
By LAURA KESTNER
Editor
It’s easy to believe Mary
Riggs when she says that thanks to
her new business -- Hog Town
General Store -- she’s living her
dream. As she describes the
process of going into business -from having the building built to
painting the sign herself and stocking the store -- her sentences are
laced with laughter and you know
she’s really enjoying herself.
The small store, located at the
crossroads of Hwy 16 North, and
Hwy. 8 in Desdemona, is filled
with decorative items (including
hand-made crosses), cards, salsa,
Watkins products, books, Mexican
pottery, CDs, t-shirts, knives,
Dreamer’s Candles, purses and
lots of jewelry that Mary describes
as “bling.” She points out that she
often orders “one of a kind” items,
especially where the jewelry is
concerned.
“I hope I have something for
everyone,” Riggs said, noting that
she even stocks a few cannedgoods, sodas and snack foods,
which are popular with workers on
the nearby windmill farm.
“And the ‘Texas, Texas’ salsa
is very popular with a lot of people,” Riggs said. “And so are the
Watkins products. They don’t ped-
dle those products door-to-door
anymore so I’m glad to be able
offer them.”
Mike Riggs, Mary’s husband,
makes some of the wooden inventory items, including hand-crafted
crosses.
“And we have farm fresh eggs
for sale here,” Mary said, “and we
offer free coffee.”
Both Mike and Mary Riggs,
also owners of Riggs Cemetery
Service, cover shifts at the Hog
Town General Store, as do other
employees of the cemetery service
including David Moore, Jim
Woods (Mary’s brother) and Kerry
Travis.
( See Page 4)
Council Hears Complaints
About Water Bills
By LAURA KESTNER
Editor
The DeLeon City Council
met in regular session, Thursday,
December 13, 2007 with all members present and addressed a
lengthy agenda.
There were no “Citizen
Presentation” participants, but
three individuals were present to
discuss their water bills. Jean
Childress was concerned because
her bill had gone up, and wondered
if it was going to continue to rise.
Council members explained several factors in the recent rate increase
-- including an increase in what the
Upper Leon River Municipal
Water District charges DeLeon for
water. Childress said she’d already
stopped running her dishwasher to
conserve water, and made several
jokes about hoping she wouldn’t
have to bath less often. “I was just
wondering if it’s going to keep
going up,” she said.
Mayor Danny Owen assured
her that the council hoped it would
not.
Frances Taber then voiced a
complaint over a bill (for more
than $200) that reflected a leak and
City Offices
to be Closed
for the
Holidays
DeLeon City Hall will close
at noon, Monday, December 24,
and remain closed all day Tuesday,
December 25, for the Christmas
holiday. City Hall will also be
closed January 1, 2008.
Due to the Christmas Holiday
water cutoffs will be on December
27, 2007 instead of the 21.
The trash pickup for the east
side of town will remain the same
for Monday, December 24, and
Monday, December 31, but those
on the west side of town, scheduled for a Thursday pick-up, will
have their trash picked up on
Friday, December 28, and Friday,
January 4.
Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year from all the City
employees.
expressed frustration over not
being alerted by city employees.
City Secretary Karen Wilkerson
noted that the higher-than-normal
bill was spotted and a “re-read”
was ordered. Taber (who lives
part-time in Arlington) said that the
bill was already too high by the
time the water could be turned off
and the leak fixed. During a
lengthy discussion about water and
water issues, Taber mentioned that
perhaps a “PTA” bath was the
answer. When asked by one of the
council members what a PTA bath
was, Taber’s reply (not suitable for
a family newspaper) resulted in
shock and laughter from council
members and audience members
alike.
( See Page 16)
Sid Miller Announces for
Re-Election to Texas House
STEPHENVILLE -- State
Representative Sid Miller officially announced that he would seek a
fifth term in the Texas House of
Representatives. In making his
announcement, Miller, a DeLeon
native, the Chairman of the Texas
House Agriculture and Livestock
Committee and an appointed
member of the state’s Agriculture
Policy Board, said that he looks
forward to continuing representing
the values of the hardworking families of District 59. Miller adds
that he still has much work to do in
helping to preserve and strengthen
the Texas agriculture interests that
his committee oversees.
"It has been a tremendous
honor to serve the citizens of
District 59 for the last seven years
in the Texas Legislature and I look
forward to continuing my work on
their behalf," Miller said.
Representative Miller is currently serving his fourth term in the
Texas House of Representatives
where he has gained a reputation
as leader who does what he says,
says what he means, and gets
things done for the people of
Texas.
Miller’s record in the Texas
House includes his work in helping pass the largest property tax cut
in the state’s history, improving
healthcare for Texans with his support of tort reform and his strong
support preserving the traditional
values that have made Texas
strong.
Representative Miller was the
author of legislation that created
the “Texas Cares Program” which
became the model for the
Pharmacy Prescription Assistance
program which has provided billions of dollars worth of needed
prescription medicines for Seniors
and other Americans who need,
but cannot afford them.
Representative Miller led the
fight to protect Texans from identity theft and he helped lead the fight
to protect our children from the
serious threat of both online and
sexual offenders helping Texas
pass “Jessica’s Law,” one of the
strongest laws in the nation against
child sexual predators.
(See Page 15)
DeLeon ISD Board Report
Special to the Free Press
By Dr. Randy Mohundro
Facility updates and decisions
were the main focus of the regular
monthly meeting of the DeLeon
ISD Board of Trustees as they met
on December 17. The Board was
briefed by the administration on
progress of the work being done at
the
former
DeLeon
Hospital/Clinic facility.
The facility, referred to by the
district as the District Support
Center, has become the home of
the DeLeon ISD & City of
DeLeon Tax Office in the past
months, and will become home for
other parts of the district’s operation in the future.
The Board was briefed on the
completion of Phase I, with all
work being completed except for
the delivery and installation of a
new sign that will be placed over
the entrance of the Tax Office.
( See Page 14 )
Page 2/ Thursday, December 20, 2007/ DeLeon Free Press
Personal Notes
as read earlier in the
by Jerry Morgan
This last news week began on
a very sad note when first responders were called out to a major car
wreck on Highway 6 east of town
near the Leon River bridge.
A major car wreck is never a
pretty scene, and this one was particularly bad. Pamela McLearen, a
mother and young grandmother, in
the prime of her life, inexplicably
drove off of the highway, down the
side of the roadway into a pasture
area with numerous pecan trees,
and hit one of them headon. Her
death was apparently instant.
The first person to spot the
wreck was Marion Quade, who
made a U-turn and hurried to the
steaming pickup. She could not
open the truck door, but was able
to quickly call for EMS and other
help. She stayed with McLearen,
attempting to be of assistance even
after the first responders arrived.
DeLeon Volunteer Firemen
quickly brought their Jaws of Life
tool to bear on the wrecked truck
door and opened it, allowing
McLearen to be removed.
Despite the obvious intensity
of the crash, the airbags seemed to
have prevented the kind of trauma
that is often seen in such instances.
As she was laid down onto a
stretcher I could see enough to
hope that she would awaken from
her apparent unconsciousness.
That was not to be the case,
however. As the EMS attendants
checked for vital signs they found
none.
It goes without saying that the
loss a nice woman who is a wife, a
mother and a grandmother will be
hard on those who loved her and
knew her well. Happening here at
Christmas only makes it that much
harder.
I can add that in my years of
going to scenes where death, or
even serious injury, is involved, it
never gets any easier to witness or
report.
It didn’t get any easier when
her husband Alan and daughter
Amy came by our office on
Monday, wanting to view the photos I had taken at the accident
scene.
Pamela had been on the
phone with Alan when the accident
occurred. She had been talking
with him about going Christmas
free press
shopping with him after he got off
work later that same day. Alan
said there was no indication given
on the phone of trouble until he
heard the sound of the crash and
the telephone went silent.
The couple were very close,
conversing one moment, and then
forever (in this life at least) apart
the next.
There are many others reading these words who have lost
loved ones in recent times, and
others who may lose loved ones in
the near future. Painful as it is, losing loved ones is a part of life, one
that cannot be avoided, no matter
how much we want to.
My advice to all of you who
have loved ones alive, and hopefully that is all of you, is to make
sure that they know you love them.
There’ll be a day when it is too late
to tell them that.
This Christmas and holiday
season will be a good time to tell
those you love how much they
mean to you. And, if there are situations where forgiveness and reconciliation is needed, that can be
the best Christmas gift of all.
Our best wishes for those of
you who can no longer tell your
loved one how much they mean to
you.
*******
This next week DeLeon will
have to do without the Free Press
as we will be taking our annual
week off between Christmas and
New Years.
Here’s wishing everyone a
wonderful Christmas season and a
happy, healthy and prosperous
New Year.
Are You
Planning An
Event?
Do you know of an event that
everyone
should
know
about? If so, please don’t forget to give us a call at the
Free Press at 893-6868 or
email us at [email protected]. We’ll try to help
get the word around.
10 YEARS AGO
December 18, 1997. Four
members of the DeLeon High
School Band -- Jennifer Stephens,
Brian Parsons, Leanna Brillhart
and Nolberto Reyna -- earned AllRegion Band honors.
It was announced that Larry
Simpson, Jr. was the new loan officer at First National Bank.
The Pates Christmas ad featured employees Bobby Pierson,
Dusty Quinn, Neil Pounds, Marsha
Garza and Jammy Pate.
Players featured in the “Back
the Bearcats” ad were Angel
Gonzales and Lance Hardin.
The Bearcats Basketball
Team included Matthew Iley,
Bobby Schuman, Josh Hodges,
Dustin Smith, John Leal, Ryan
Warren, Beau Bellenfant, Lance
Hardin, Angel Gonzales and
Tommy DeLaTorre.
20 YEARS AGO
December 17, 1987. The
1987-88 Bearcat Basketball Team
included Russell Andress, Tommy
Hudson, John Gooden, Jeff
Mathis, Ronald Gonzales, Lacy
Loudermilk, Chad Nabors, Aaron
Saldivar, Brandon McDonald and
Daniel Dutton.
The 1987-88 Lady Bearcats
were: Stephanie Polvado, Valerie
Bunting, Jana Scott, Denise
Weaver, Barbara Gonzales,
Rachelle Robinett, Darla Files,
Karla Cook, Jana Simpson and
Melanie Rush.
Joe Grimshaw was named
“Outstanding Senior of the
Month” at the school board meeting.
Thank You
I just wanted to thank everyone who gave coats and blankets a
few weeks ago. It was greatly
appreciated, and quite a loving surprise for the homeless people of
Lancaster St. in Ft. Worth, Texas!
The small Stephenville
church (Christ Eternal Rock), and
other volunteers, were able to
deliver the coats and blankets
before the big cold front hit. So,
thankfully, the need was met just in
time!
The men, women, and children there were so proud to have
County Commissioner, Pct. 3
Mike Carlin, 251 CR 450,
DeLeon, TX 76444
Sherman Sides, 350 CR 452,
DeLeon, TX 76444
County Sheriff
Jeff Lambert, 804 W. Grand,
Comanche, TX 76442
(incumbent)
There is no charge for a
photo and an announcement of
candidacy at or shortly following
filing. All subsequent political
advertisements will be charged at
normal
advertising
rates.
Advertisements paid for by candidates or their supporters must
bear at least one name and
address. Any political advertising reflecting adversely upon the
character of another person will
be refused.
Date
12-12
12-13
12-14
12-15
12-16
12-17
12-18
High
59
38
64
48
43
56
58
Low
33
25
28
31
18
24
26
Rain
0.14
0.34
0.02
0.06
0.00
0.00
0.00
2007 Cumulative Rainfall
January
2.28
February
0.81
March
4.77
April
4.34
May
8.12
June
15.88
July
2.25
August
2.30
September
5.57
October
1.12
November
1.85
December
0.66
YTD 2007
49.95
Proctor Lake Report
Lake Levels:
Prior Reading1161.85
Current
1161.81
Full Level
1162.00
% Capacity:
98.4%
Discharge rate (cfs)
Prior week
4
Current
4
COAT AND BLANKET DRIVE. Many DeLeon area residents
contributed to a coat and blanket drive recently, through the
organizational efforts of local resident Melissa Sones. Sones
reported that the items were well received and she also provided the photo above. (See related Thank You article below).
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
County Commissioner, Pct. 1
Dock Green, 124 CR 187,
Comanche, TX 76442
County Attorney
Craig Willingham, 301 W.
Central, Comanche, TX 76442
50 YEARS AGO
December 19, 1957. The second six week DHS honor roll
included Beverly Ham, Linda
Hodges, Judy Wilkerson, Anna
Marie George, Joy Wilkerson,
Brenda
Simpson,
Robert
Campbell, Pat Donohue, Peggy
Upshaw, Mackie Wright, Carnelia
Cook, Evelyn Oglesby, Pat Locke,
Pat Golden, Cheri Boswell, Wanda
Gore, Regina Kay, Nelda Irby,
Nancy Rowland, Jolene Gamblin,
Patsy Dawkins, Lou Ann Qualls,
Kenneth Keith, Sammy Robinett,
Nelson Terry, Bruce McGinnis,
A.C. Goates, Florence Tucker,
Sandra Bradford, Rox Ann
Dawkins, Linda Nabors, Anna Lou
Whitehurst, Jolene Bassett, Sharon
Wiseman, Linda Fae Nabors,
Ricky Barnes, Kay Campbell,
Carol Dickey, Pat Morris,
Charlotte Cavitt, Charline Reeves,
Paul Wiseman, Patsy Hulsey,
Raymona McGinnis, Max Keith,
Joe Brownlee, Elizabeth Easley,
Syliva Foster, Jackie Young, Jackie
Auvenshine, Hadley Scott, Mike
Cook, Patsy Stephenson, Patsy
Lamb, Geneva Richmon, Pat
Henson, Waunell Wright, Jean
Wright, Marjorie Hulsey, Ann
Wofford, Jo Carolyn Dendy,
Nancy Richmon, Linda Bassett,
Haldayne Tyus, Jeanne Robinett,
Linda Hallmark, Frances Swinney,
Linda Bingham, Judie Boswell,
Nina Beth Glover and Correne
Mosley.
This Week’s Weather
Last Sunday morning the
thermometers dropped to the lowest readings for this season with
18° recorded out at the lake. There
were freezing readings for each of
the last six mornings. We also had
some minor precipitation early in
the week, but not enough to keep
the fire hazard low for long.
For the latest area weather
forecasts, click the weather button
on our web site, www.deleonfreepress.com.
The following weather readings are taken by the Corps of
Engineers at Proctor Lake. Daily
readings reflect weather activity
for the 24-hour period preceding 8
a.m. on the day noted. When readings are not reported, “n/a” is indicated below.
DeLeon Free Press
The Free Press is authorized
to list the following political candidates, subject to the action of
the Primary Elections on March
4, 2008.
County Tax Assessor/Collector
Gay Green, 601 CR 360,
Gustine, Texas 76455
(incumbent)
40 YEARS AGO
December 21, 1967. Lex
Shelby, local pharmacist, was
selected as outstanding community
leader and was to be included in
the 1967 edition of Outstanding
Civic Leaders of America.
Among the Cub Scouts
singing at the DeLeon Nursing
Home were Mike Lutz, Gregg
Hammitt, Kevin Morgan, Ricky
Snider, Mark Barton, Charles
Keith, Don Morris, Ted Hodges,
Randy Cleere, Ricky Setzler and
Monty Kay. Also pictured were
den fathers Jake Morris and
Donald Setzler.
The Weeping Oak drive-in
was showing “The Face of Fu
Manchu” starring Christopher Lee,
and “A Guide for the Married
Man” starring Walter Matthau.
Our office
will be
closed
December 21
thru
December 27
for Christmas
Holidays!
Political
Candidates
Listing
County Constable
Mark McDonald, 601 CR
304B, Comanche, TX 76442
(incumbent)
30 YEARS AGO
December 22, 1977. Linda
Hitt, Lois Brown, Evelyn Hare and
Edna Stephens were among those
who participated in the Southern
Savings and Loan Association
open house.
Bodie Weaver, president of
the DeLeon Chamber of
Commerce, helped Santa Claus
present candy to the boys and girls
at City Hall.
The door of Mrs. Janet
McGinnis and Mrs. Nelda Priddy
tied for first place in the DHS door
decorating contest.
Members of the Cubcats team
for 1987-88 included Donald
McClure, Vernon Harrison, Marlin
Priddy, Mitch Wolfe, Mark
Decker, Gary Sult, Brent Wheat,
Brad Sanders, Ricky Saldivar,
Rodney Hardin, Kenny Langley
and Kevin Caraway.
Weather
& Lake
Report
something to keep them warm for
Christmas.They were humbled by
the fact that such a tiny town like
ours would care so much. They
were also so very thankful and
honored by the simple gift you all
gave, and wanted me to pass on
their gesture of appreciation and
Thanks. Yes, this truly is the reason
for the season!
Thank you all so much!
Melissa Sones
and the members of
Christ Eternal Rock
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We will be pleased to correct an erroneous description of any person or organization which may appear in the DeLeon Free Press if
it is brought to the attention of the editor. All reprinting rights are
reserved. Copyright 2007.
Publisher-Jerry Morgan
Editor-Laura Kestner
Office Mgr.-Margie Reyna
Production-Kay Hodges
Advertising-Betty Wofford
Sports Editor -Tim White
Serving the DeLeon area since 1890,
striving to be a positive voice in the community.
“The Comanche Livestock Exchange
would like to thank everyone for
their patronage in 2007, and we
would like to wish all a
Joyful & Prosperous New Year”
We will be closed Saturday, December 22nd &
Saturday, December 29th, for the Christmas
and New Year Holidays. Our next sale will
be Saturday, January 5th.
Merry Christmas from all us at
the Comanche Livestock Exchange
and have a Safe & Happy Holiday’s!!!
For more information about our
holiday & sale schedule,
call 325-356-5231 or log on to
ComancheLivestockExchange.com!
DeLeon
Senior
Citizens
Menus
Wednesday, December 19:
Baked ham, glazed yams, 7minute cabbage, applesauce, milk,
bread, butter
Friday, December 21:
Vegetable soup w/beef, cornbread,
fruit gelatin chiffon w/banana,
cookie, cheese stick, milk, butter
Monday, December 24:
HOLIDAY.
Wednesday, December 26:
Chili w/beans, potato salad, cole
slaw, sliced onion, Jello w/topping, cornbread, milk, butter
Piano Recital
Vicki Robinett will present
her music students in recital at the
First Baptist Church at 7:00 p.m.
on Thursday, December 20.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Coming
Events
Call 893-6868 if you have an
event to list
LIVESTOCK SHOW
The
DeLeon
Livestock
Association and the DeLeon
FFA will sponsor the annual
DeLeon Livestock Show,
Saturday, January 5, 2008 at the
DeLeon Livestock Barn, beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing
until all classes have been
shown and champions judged.
DeLeon Free Press/ Thursday,December 20, 2007/ Page 3
Card of
Thanks
With Many
Thanks
A very grateful thanks to all
who came to support our 1st
Annual Breakfast with Santa, and
thank you Santa for taking time to
come to DeLeon to visit with the
children and parents.
Thank you again,
The DeLeon LULAC
Organization
BRUMBALOW MOTORS, INC.
1012 East Main Street ~ Hamilton, Texas 76531
PHONE: (254) 386-5318 ~ FAX: (254) 386-3999
JEEP Sale
‘08 Grand Cherokee Laredo
Stk. # C128869
MSRP $ 29,745
- $ 1,500 disc
- $ 3,000 rebate
-$
500 Bonus
BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. The LULAC sponsored “Breakfast With Santa” was a success
last Saturday morning, with many children and parents participating. Shown visiting with the
man himself are (clockwise from left) Margaret Myer, Victoria Gonzales, Geraline Villarreal,
Gerado Villarreal and Hailey Chandler.
$24,745
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approved credit)
(available with
‘07 Compass 4 x 4
January
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Birthdays &
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2.4 engine
automatic
power sunroof
Sirius radio
Power windows & locks
17” alloy wheels
MSRP...$22,430
$19,900
BRAND NEW!!
BIRTHDAYS
January 1- Bob Howell, Dean
Thompson
January 2- Kenneth Whitley,
B. A. Basham, Juanda Bibby,
Jolene Whitehurst
January 3 - Kenny Howard,
Matt Stockman, Shelby Wells,
Natalie Alvarado, Abigail
Sanchez, Andrew Leal
January 4 - Kelly Russell,
Marty McCormick, Rachel
Spencer, Dorothy Vineyard, Vera
Stephenson, Anthony Lee
Longoria
January 5 - Madeline
Cogburn, Brianna Strube,
Martha Jean Otwell
January 6 - Lajoice Womack
January 7 - Truman Childress,
Earlene Moore,
Brittney
Auvenshine
January 8 - Ruby Burdell,
Brice Shupp, Treasure Mailloux,
Lonnie Richardson, Rodney
Hardin
January
9
Amanda
Thompson, Cordelia Phillips,
Glenda Garza, Shari Mix,
Sophie Wooton, Billy Ray
Warren
January 10 -Riley Wilkerson,
Judy Froneberger, Erin Sparger,
Michaela
Burns,
Talisha
Branham, Nancy Wallace, Jason
Clark, Derek Robinett, Jordan
Hardin, Lorina Doporto, Johnny
Martinez
January 11 - Pat Koonce
January 12 - Cloyce Brooks,
Lannes
Callison,
Marilyn
Chapin
January 13 - Terry Mathis,
Delores Tucker, Zel Aguilar
January 14 - Warren McCarty,
Thomas Ray Keith, Clinton
Shoemaker, Tessie Brownlee
January 15 -Beth Riggs, Kathy
Buckley, Camron Cummings,
Kelly Smith
January 16 - Terry Hardin
January 17 - Cody Wilkerson,
Zachery Fullagar, Jim Fields,
Will Dickey
January 18 - Cindy Beaty, Sam
Sparger, Keitha Robinett, Sandra
Burkeen, Carolyn Armstrong
January 19 - Evelyn Hare,
Jason
Frasier,
Robert
Cummings, E. Ray Smith, Frank
Gonzales
January 20 - Michelle Welch,
Don Alderman, Robert Tarpley,
Josh Auvenshinne
January 21 - Mary Mathis,
Mikeal Bean
January 22 - Adam Sadberry,
Bradley Holland, Melanie
Ramirez, Allison Nicholson,
Whitney McDonald, Patsy
Spruill, Ashley Alvarado
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January 25 - Sue Sherrard,
Linda Key
January 26 - Bryan Waller,
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January 28 - Maurice Hanson,
Murray Stroud, Samantha
Newton, Norman Goates
January 29 - Jimmie Cogburn,
Hope Moreno
January 30 - Pauline Baber,
January 31 - Audrey Atkins,
Ingrid Lindsey, LaJoyce Davis,
Amanda Morganstean
Adcock, Jeff & Rhonda
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Froneberger, Otha & Joyce
Cleere, Jimmie and Amber
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Sones, Varence & Ruby Dupre
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January 12 - Terry & Lisa
Nowlin
January 18 - Sherman & Joyce
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Hulsey
January 23 - Billy & Nikki
Febinger
January 25 - Brian & Teisha
Sherrard, Neal & Lugene Morris
January 29 - Bobby & Polly
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Marriages
November 30, 2007: Mr.
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Jasmine Angela Ojeda by James R.
Arthur, Comanche County Judge,
in Comanche County, Texas.
December 7, 2007: Mr. Jose
Efren Munoz-Campos and Miss
Estela Sanchez by James R.
Arthur, County Judge, in
Comanche in Comanche County,
Texas.
December 10, 2007: Mr.
Marshall Wade Smith and Miss
Christine Nicole Higbie by Bill
Koenig, Justice of the Peace, in
Comanche County, Texas.
Warranty Deeds
May 15, 2007: Grantor:
Matthew Robert Willis and
Tammy Willis; Grantee: George
W. Robinson. Property being all
that certain lot, tract, or parcel of
land lying in Comanche County,
Texas: All that certain tract or parcel of land situated in Comanche
County, Texas, and being 2.063
acres of land out of the John
Duncan Survey, A-247.
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May 14, 2007: Grantor: Linda
Navaro; Grantee: Tierra group, L.
L. C. Property being all that certain tract or parcel of land out of
Block 14, Heath Addition to the
City of DeLeon, Comanche
County, Texas, and being the
Easterly 172.5 feet of Lot 1 and
Lot 2, and the Easterly 43.7 feet of
Lot 9.
May 7, 2007: Grantor: Jerald
D. Morris, Trustee for the Edward
Lucian Morris Irrevocable Family
Trust; Grantee: Jerald D. Morris an
undivided 1/2 interest and Galen
L. Morris an undivided 1/2 interest, as Grantee’s sole and separate
property. Property being all that
certain lot, tract or parcel of land
lying in Comanche County, Texas;
Tract 1: Being 29.86 acres of land
out of the Southwest 1/4, Section
13 H & TC RR Co. Survey, Block
1, Comanche County, Texas. Tract
2: Being 22.357 acres of land out
of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 13,
H&TC RR Co. Survey, Block 1,
A-487, Comanche County, Texas.
May 1, 2007: Grantor: Ruth
Humphries: Grantee: John Richard
Humphries. Property being all that
certain lot, tract or parcel of land
lying in Comanche County, Texas:
All that certain lot, tract, or parcel
of land being Lot 6, 7, and 8 Block
9, Original Addition to the City of
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GENERAL STORE. Callie Ahuja (left), Mike and Mary Riggs’
daughter from Corpus Christi, and Mike’s father, James Riggs
(front), shopping in Hog Town General Store along with other
shoppers the day after Thanksgiving.
Hog Town General Store
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Company for 10 years, said that
she’s sold jewelry and purses
through home parties for years.
“I enjoyed working at the
phone company,” Mary said, “but
my heart is really here. To be able
to open my own store, well I’m
just living my dream,” Riggs said.
“Before my mom passed away,
she wanted a Christian book store,
or a card store or something like
this.” Mary went on to add that
her mother loved shops and shopping so much that she often
referred to shopping as “retail
therapy.”
“I hope people will enjoy this
store,” Mary said, “we have a fun,
friendly atmosphere. That’s what
we’re all about -- fun and affordable. Even if people just want to
drink a cup of coffee and chat for
awhile, they’re welcome.”
For more information on the
Hog Town General Store, call
254-734-6802.
Having all the available help
has made it easy for them to offer
extended hours throughout the
holiday season, staying open
many days from 9 a.m. until 8
p.m.
“And our 14-year-old daughter, Jordan Riggs, also helps us,”
Mary Riggs said. Jordan is a student at Perkins Middle School.
The Riggs’ enjoy being member
of the DeLeon Athletic Booster
Club, with Mary working the concession stand at many basketball
games.
Mike and Mary also have two
other children -- Mica Riggs and
Callie Ahuja -- both of Corpus
Christi.
The Riggs’, who opened their
store the day after Thanksgiving,
are also members of the
Desdemona Volunteer Fire
Department.
Mary Riggs, who worked for
the Comanche County Telephone
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NO REASON TO LIE
by Charles Chupp
I make no claim to being a poet, but my intentions are the best and
my conscience and sinuses are clear. I gave this my best shot and it
appeared in The Messenger magazine in Volume 5, Number 5 of 1999.
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Please join our family on this joyous occasion when our parents,
Robert and Dolores Tucker celebrate fifty years of marriage at a reception in their honor on Saturday, January 5, 2008, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00
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Free Press. Please mark your calendars for the New Year’s Eve
Party and for our regular first
Saturday ‘Breakfast at the DAC’.
Very important – Thursday,
December 20 is the date for the
drawing for the 42-inch LG plasIt ain’t a sonnet or a haiku, but I figure it as an “owed” to De Leon.
If I could give you a gift it would be wishes for a Happy New Year. ma TV. The drawing will be held
at our new fire station at 7:00 p.m.
Pass it on! We’re all in this together—and apart.
If you haven’t purchased your
Let me hear from you. My phone number is 254-893-5063.
tickets yet, call our Fire Chief,
My postal address is: 333 W. Ayers Ave., De Leon TX 76444.
Or, you can send an email to [email protected] or check Dwight Dold at 758-2346 or me at
758-2420. Tickets are $5 each or 5
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for $20. Time’s a’wastin! You do
not have to be present to win but
we would like you to come and see
our new station.
I would like to thank all the
great folks who supported our
Christmas Store this year. We had
a super time visiting with you and
To be named Driver of the hope you will come back next
The
Crete
Carrier
Corporation terminal in Wilmer, Month, drivers must be accident- year.
Texas, has named Jacob Devries free for the month of recognition,
Even before next year, we
“Driver of the Month” for log a monthly average of at least hope you will join us at the DAC
September. He lives with his wife 9,750 miles, keep accurate logs for a New Year’s Eve party.
and warrant no disciplinary actions
Malissa in DeLeon.
We are planning a family
Devries began his driving stemming from complaints within event with board games, card
career more than five years ago or without the company.
games, domino games and a pingCrete Carrier Corporation, pong table. We will serve finger
and has since traveled 600,000
based in Lincoln, Nebraska, is a foods and desserts, tea and coffee.
miles.
“Jacob has done a great job of privately owned trucking company The party will start at 6:00 p.m.
working to not only improve, but with 17 terminals and approxi- and last until the first minutes of
also to sustain his work quality and mately 3,734 trucks. It hauls gen- 2008 – that is, if anyone can last
performance on a regular basis,” eral commodities throughout the that long! Come join us for a fun
supervisor Theodora Walker said. continental 48 states, Canada and evening and, if you would like,
“He monitors his progress, and Mexico.
bring your favorite game to share
when improvement is needed he
makes the extra effort required.”
Devries will receive a plaque
and compete with drivers of the
month from 16 other terminals for
Crete Carrier Corporation’s
“Driver of the Year” award, which
is awarded in December.
Crete Carrier Names
Jacob Devries
“Driver of the Month”
DeLeon Free Press
with the group. Also, we are hoping that those of you who play an
instrument will bring it along and
jam for those of us who can only
play the radio!
Also, please remember
‘Breakfast at the DAC’ on January
5th from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.
This is our usual first Saturday
breakfast that we have each month.
We serve bacon, sausage, eggs,
pancakes, biscuits and gravy and it
is very good!
See you in Desdemona!
A very Merry Christmas to
all!
Carol Pell
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Waggin’ Tales: Seventy-Seven Year of Dogs
by Charles Chupp
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not, it’s a breed of considerable length. There are none in this
account of the Chupp family’s lengthy management of an
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feet as you doctor up a steaming cup of thick,
black joe. And wander through the pages of
this very special book to find out for yourself
what real life is all about. The true “Heartbeat
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by Vonnie Guthery
Pug and Vonnie Guthery
attended “Open House” at ‘the
Harris House” on West Clinton
Street in Dublin, Texas. This
beautiful 16 room home was built
in 1898 by John and Anne Harris.
Pat and Sarah Bays have recently
purchased this home and they
have completely restored it from
top to bottom. Each room was
decorated for Christmas. This
home has seven fireplaces with
beveled mirrors, domestic tile and
oak carved mantels (8th fireplace
was sealed off after a fire in 1950).
We enjoyed the tour of this lovely
home.
Billing Don Browning, 72, of
Stephenville, Texas, passed away
on December 6, 2007. Burial was
in the Bullock Cemetery, north of
Ranger. Survivors include his
wife, Joyce Browning of
Stephenville; daughter, Teri
Baxter of Mesquite; sister, Oneida
England of Bedford. He was preceded in death by his parents,
Gene and Willie Mae Browning.
The Browning family are former
residents of Desdemona where
Billy Don attended grade school
before moving to Ranger, where
he graduated with the Class of
1954. Friends in Desdemona send
sincere sympathy to this family.
Remember the sick and shutins of our community during this
busy holiday season.
Please contact this reporter
with your weekly news. Your help
will be greatly appreciated.
Merry Christmas to our
friends and neighbors from Pug
and Vonnie Guthery.
By Harland Moore
The Austin Police Department
At that very time a new Police
and Courts Building was under
construction at East 8th & East
Ave. [East Ave. would later be
rebuilt into I.H. 35] The new
building was built on the lot that
once was the farmers market. As a
matter of fact, two wings of the old
market were left and rebuilt into a
part of the police complex. One
wing was used for the show up
room and an officer's locker room.
The other wing housed the
Identification Section and the
Service Division Office. The main
building contained offices for the
Traffic Division, Central Records,
and the Criminal Investigation
Division. There was also a radio
room and a switch board room and
the office of the Captain of Police
which was the shift Commander.
The Chief's Office was also located on the ground floor and the City
Jail was on the second floor. When
we moved into the new facility we
felt like we had plenty of room but
that would not last long.
After we sold out in
Comanche County and got our
debts paid, we were ready to build
a home in Austin. We purchased a
lot at 1906 Hether St. for $1,000,
and obtained a loan of $7,500. We
got Daddy to build the house. It
was a nice three bedroom house
with beautiful hardwood floors. It
was by far the best house that we
had ever lived in. The house had a
central heating floor furnace but it
did not have air conditioning. Few
houses did at that time. We
installed a water cooled fan in the
back bedroom so I could sleep
days when I was on the night shift.
The loan that we got on the house
was not enough to complete the
house and we had to go to the
Comanche Bank and borrow
another thousand dollars. Making
those additional payments was a
strain on our budget and in order to
make it, Zudie started baby sitting
in our home. She kept David
Lehman while his mother Jenny
worked. She must have kept
David for a couple of years and his
younger brother, Mark for a few
months. That sure bailed us out of
a financial strain.
There was one other event
that occurred in the house at 1906
Hether. Zudie and I slept in the
back bedroom and Robert slept in
the front bed room. One night he
got sick suddenly and "tossed his
cookies" down the side of his bed
on that slick hardwood floor. When
Zudie heard him gagging, like a
good mother, she ran down the hall
and around the corner of his bed.
When she hit that vomit on that
slick floor, her feet went out from
under her and she fell right in it.
The floor was so slick she floundered around trying to get up. By
this time I heard all the commotion
and came in there to see what was
happening. Zudie was laying on
the floor and she looked up at me
and said,"Don't you dare laugh or
even grin at me!" I wanted to
laugh, but I felt so sorry for her all
I could do was pick her up and help
clean up the mess.
Sgt. J.H. [Dude] Fisher was
my shift sergeant and we were on
the evening shift at that time. The
radio dispatcher was sick or absent
for some reason. Sgt. Fisher said,
"Moore, you go work the radio." I
said, " Sarge, I don't know how."
He said for me to go on up there
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and relieve Mr. Pool of the day
shift and he would show me how. I
told Mr. Pool that I had come to
relieve him and ask him to show
me how to run that radio. Mr. Pool
said," You see that button there on
the mike, you push that when you
want to talk." He picked up his cap
and went home. I had a lot to
learn, but with the help of Bill
Walton, the switch board operator,
and Capt. Heiling, the shift commander, I soon learned . I kind of
liked that job and did well at it.
When the next shift time came,
Capt. Heiling kept me on the
evening shift with him. I must
have worked that job for at least
two years and got to be known as
"Radio Moore".
After I had been on the
department for nearly three years,
they gave civil service promotional exams for sergeant. I felt like I
was still a rookie and not ready to
be a sergeant so I didn't study for
the exam but decided to take it to
see what it was like. I made a bad
decision because two of my cadet
classmates took the exam and were
promoted. I made a good grade but
not quite enough to be promoted.
Next time I'll study.
One night while I was working the radio, it came a terrible
thunderstorm. Lightening was
flashing and the rain was pouring.
I stepped out of the radio room for
just a moment and went through
the Captain's office to look out the
back door. In just those few seconds that I was out of the radio
room, lightening struck the auxiliary antenna on top of the building
and traveled down through the
wiring into the radio room where it
flashed and sparked all over the
room. It is a good thing that I was
out of there. The electricity welded an oil can to my thermos bottle
and to a metal filing cabinet. It also
burned the spout on that oil can
against a metal conduit. It also
knocked out the auxiliary radio.
Someone from the news media
took my picture holding up that
thermos bottle welded to the oil
can. The Associated Press published that picture all over the
country. I got a letter from some
one in North Dakota who saw the
picture. (To be continued)
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It’s Irresistible!
Museum Musings
by Missy Jones
Saturday saw us at the
Museum our last Saturday before
Christmas. We had visitors from
Bastrop, Texas, and from
Comanche. It was pretty cold, but
we were snug and enjoyed visiting.
We will be closed Saturday,
December 22, and Saturday,
December 29, for Christmas and
New Years’ holidays.
Today, I am remembering
Christmas times from my childhood. I hope all children can
remember just what happened
when they were kids and Old
Santa Claus was on the way.
When I was little it seemed like
months until Christmas vacation
from school would come, and then
it seemed like we would have
about a month off for Christmas
vacation.
My sister, Geneva Cox
Mercer and my brother, Wilburn
Cox talked about the first
Christmas tree that they remembered. It was at the Pettit school
house. There was to be a community Christmas tree, and parents
brought little presents to have on
the tree for their children. Geneva
said there was no electric lights
and the parents brought lamps and
hung lanterns on the wall for light.
She said the tree was a big cedar
tree, and the mothers had dropped
little bits of cotton on the tree to
look like it was snow, and there
candles that would be lighted. Of
course, the children were so excited and they knew that Santa Claus
would be there. Geneva said that
there were little dolls wearing pretty dresses sitting on the limbs and
other toys, also. When they lighted the candles that were on the
tree, it all looked so pretty. Here
came Santa Claus to hand out the
presents, and everyone got a bag of
fruit and candy. Just about that
time, the candles started getting
things on fire, some of the little
dolls dresses were burned, and that
it was getting pretty exciting for a
while.
After that, Geneva said our
Daddy went down in the pasture
behind their house near Pettit,
chopped down a little cedar tree
and brought it to the house. He
trimmed the limbs up, put it in a
crock jar, filled it with sand, and
our Mother dropped little bits of
cotton down on the tree to look
like snow. Geneva loved talking
about that, and she could see all of
these things happening in her
memories.
When my sister Maxine and I
got old enough to look for Santa
Claus, we were just as excited as
Geneva and Wilburn had been.
We had worn out the Sears and
Roebuck catalog and the
Montgomery Ward catalog, looking and trying to choose just what
presents we wanted old Santa to
bring. Sure enough, we got little
dolls and dishes and other things.
Sometimes, we would wake up,
probably in the middle of the night,
and go through the old house to see
if Santa had been there. And he
had been, there were our little
dolls. We would take them back to
bed with us and play with them
until Mama and Daddy woke up
and got out of bed.
Our Daddy always enjoyed
Christmas. He would buy the
biggest peppermint candy can he
could find, and also he always
bought a coconut. Now this was
quite an operation. We would take
his pocket knife, drill a hole in the
“eye” of the coconut and drain out
the coconut milk in a glass.
Maxine and I got to drink the
coconut milk, and Daddy would
scrape some of the coconut meat
for Mama to put on her cakes.
Daddy also like to buy us
some sparklers, roman candles and
fire crackers. He always bought
some Christmas candy, this would
be “ribbons” and would be in lots
of pretty colors. Also, he would
buy some stick candy that had the
image of a flower down the center
of the cane. We always wondered
just how that got that flower in the
candy cane.
We hope you and yours will
have a wonderful Christmas and a
Happy New Year. Our museum
will be open again, January 5,
2008.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY
First Baptist Church
DeLeon, Tx
100 South Houston
SUNDAY SERVICES
Sunday School 9:30AM
Morning Worship 10:40AM
Evening Services 6:00PM
Wednesday Prayer/Praise
7:00 PM
Daniel Harper, Youth Minister
254-893-6593
DELEON ASSEMBLY
OF GOD CHURCH
Corner of Seguin & Travis
Rev. Michael Crenshaw, Pastor
Sunday Evening Youth 6:00PM
Sunday Evening 7:00PM
Wednesday Evening 7:00PM
Phone 893-5722
H i gh l an d Mi ssi o n ar y
Baptist Church
David E. Locke, Pastor
Evening Worship 7:00PM
Wednesday Prayer Meeting &
Bible Study 7:00PM
On Hwy. 2156
Parsonage 445-0368 Church 445-2090
First United
Methodist Church
On Main Street in DeLeon
Pastor Lisa Neslony
Sunday Services
Early Worship 8:45a.m.
Sunday School 9:45a.m.
Worship 10:55a.m.
Evening 6:30p.m.
Church 893-6155 Parsonage 893-6540
[email protected]
CHURCH OF CHRIST
316 E. Navarro, DeLeon
893-5842 Office 893-2162 Fax
Lord’s Day
Bible Class: 9:45AM
Worship: 10:45AM &
6:00PM
Wednesdays
Mid-Week Bible Class 7:00PM
Geoff Litke- Preacher
Liberty Baptist
Church
First Christian Church
Sunday Services
Sunday Services
Sunday Worship 10:30AM
Sunday School - 10:30AM
*West on Hwy 6 to Rucker
Left on CR 459
101N. Houston
Gideon Botha
Cliff Sims - Pastor
254-893-6333
United Pentecostal Church
125 E. Manchaca,
DeLeon
St. Joe Baptist Church
Sunday Evening 6:00PM
Wednesday Evening 7:30PM
Pastor
Varence Janord Dupre
Church: 893-2795
Parsonage: 893-7280
Discipleship Training 6:00PM
Young Women & Young Men
Bible Study 6:00PM
Evening Worship 7:00PM
Wednesday Services Beginning 6PM
RA’s, GA’s, Mission Friends, Youth &
Prayer Meeting/Adult Bible Study 7PM
Bro. Jackie Auvenshine, pastor
N. On Hwy 16 then L. on FM Rd 2921
DeLeon, TX Phone 893-2148.
SCHEDULED
MEETINGS
DeLeon City Council
Meets at 6:00 p.m.
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday
**********
Senior Citizens of
DeLeon
1100 W. Reynosa
Lunch: Mon, Wed & Fri
Tuesday: Covered Dish
**********
Armstrong Lodge #445
First Tuesday
Supper 7:00p.m., Meeting 7:30 p.m
**********
Lions Club
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday
2nd Thursday @ DeLeon Bistro 12 noon
4th Thursday @ Hwy 6 Cafe 6:30 a.m.
**********
Order of Eastern Star
Chapter 693
2nd Monday
Meal 6:30pm Meeting 7:00pm
**********
Food Pantry
Hwy 6 East
1st & 2nd Tuesday
9:00 am till noon
**********
Men’s Prayer Breakfast
Interdenominational
First Tuesday - 6:30am
First Baptist Church or
First United Methodist Church
**********
ESA Sorority
Meets 2nd Monday of
each month Sept. - May
7:00 p.m. at
F & M Hospitality Room
**********
D. A. V. Chapter 43
Hospital District
Board Meetings
Every 4th Tuesday 12:30 p.m.
**********
Sipe Springs
Lodge #537
Every 3rd Tuesday • 7:30 p.m.
**********
Study Club
3rd Monday of Month
Meeting 7:00 p.m.
**********
Shakespeare Club
2nd Wednesday of
each Month
2:00 p.m.
**********
DeLeon 4-H Club
Third Wednesday of every month
@ 3:30 p.m.
Elementary School
**********
DDT Committee
(Developing DeLeon Today)
1st Wednesday of month
12:00 Noon at Prado’s
**********
Women’s
Chamber of Commerce
1st Monday of month
Sept-May
Reunion Center, Hwy 6
7:00 p.m.
**********
Sons of Confederate
Veterans Camp #1904
4th Tuesday of each
month at F & M
Hospitality Room, 7:30p.m.
Visitors Welcome
**********
(Disabled American Veterans)
1st Monday of Month
Van Dyke Schoolhouse
6:00 p.m.
**********
Comanche County
Commissioner’s Court
Board Meetings
Every 2nd Monday 7:00 p.m.
**********
To make changes or
DeLeon ISD School
LULAC Meeting
Last Wednesday of Month
5:30 p.m. at Prado’s
**********
9:00 a.m.
2nd & 4th Mondays
**********
make additions to the scheduled
meetings list, call
254-893-6868
MCLEAREN
Pamela Dianne McLearen,
age 46, of DeLeon, Texas, passed
away Thursday, December 13,
2007, in DeLeon, Texas. She was
born March 31, 1961, in Clifton,
Texas, to Linda Scott Melton and
the late James Bell. She was united in marriage to Alan McLearen
May 31, 1985, in Stephenville,
Texas. They had been married 22
years, 6 months, and 14 days.
Mrs. McLearen was a
machine operator at Saint Gobain
in Stephenville and a homemaker.
She had resided in DeLeon for
seven years, having previously
lived in Stephenville. She was a
member the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
Comanche Branch.
Funeral services were held at
2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 15,
2007, at Nowlin Funeral Home
Chapel with Jackie Auvenshine
officiating, with Stephen Forrest
assisting. Burial followed in the
DeLeon Cemetery. Pallbearers
were Ray McLearen, Gary Ray
McLearen, Danny Barnhill,
Howard Tucker, John Mann, and
Randy Hoffman. Honorary pallbearers were Frank Reyes and
Tony French.
Survivors include her husband, Alan McLearen of DeLeon;
mother, Linda Scott Melton of
DeLeon; son, Kenneth McClary
of Hamilton; two daughters,
Mandy Turner of Cleveland, OK,
and Amy McClary of DeLeon;
three brothers, David Bell of
Llano, Doug Bell of Weatherford,
and
Danny
Barnhill
of
Stephenville; two sisters, Angela
Miller and Paula Bolling, both of
DeLeon; and nine grandchildren,
James, Jasmine, Jessica and Justin
Secrest; Shaleigh, and Julia
Turner, Treagon McClary, and
Christian and Kayleigh..
She was preceded in death by
her father, James Bell.
Published December 20, 2007
DeLeon Free Press
With Sincere
Thanks
The family of Pamela
McLearen wish to personally
thank Marion Quade and all of the
other people who responded to her
accident, including DeLeon
Volunteer Fire Department, Danny
Owen, and “others” first on the
scene. We sincerely appreciate
Donnie Nowlin and staff for their
care given to our loved one, Pam.
Thanks to Bro. Jackie Auvenshine
for the wonderful service on such
short notice, and to the Methodist
Church for the use of their building and all the members of the
church that prepared the family
meal. To all of our beloved friends
and family, I appreciate all of the
prayers and support given to us.
Sincerely, Alan & Pam
Amy and family
HOLT
MCGEHEE
THOMPSON
Doris Estelle Holt, age 85, of
DeLeon, Texas, passed away
Monday, December 17, 2007, at
Comanche County Medical
Center.
She was born on
December 27, 1921, in DeLeon,
Texas, to the late Robert Underhill
and Dolly Brownlee Underhill.
She was united in marriage to
Troy Holt on August 28, 1937, in
DeLeon, Texas.
Mrs. Holt was a retired nurse
having worked at DeLeon
Hospital and DeLeon Clinic for
many years. She was a homemaker and had resided in DeLeon
since 1935. She was a member of
DeLeon Assembly of God
Church.
2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December
19, 2007, at Nowlin Funeral
Home chapel with Rev. Michael
Crenshaw and Rev. Marvin
Andrews officiating. Music was
provided by Esther Otwell and
Cathy Echols. Burial followed in
the
DeLeon
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Mike Coker,
Michael Stanley, Casey Coker,
Troy Holt Jr., Russell Battles and
Michael Echols. Honorary pallbearers were Rob Davis and Jerry
Cox.
She is survived by husband,
Troy Holt of DeLeon; one son,
Troy Holt and wife, Opal of Waco;
brother, Bud Cosby of Port St.
Lucy, Florida; one sister, Mary
Katherine Wilson of Stephenville;
two grandchildren, Troy Holt Jr.,
and Renee Coker and six greatgrandchildren, Michael, Casey,
Russell, Katy, Hunter and Cody.
four brothers, Simon “Monkey”,
R. A., Charlie and Claude Wayne
Underhill and one sister, Wanda
Cosby Holdridge.
Rev.
Woody
Andrew
McGehee passed away on
December 15, 2007, at 2:30 a.m.
in DeLeon, Texas. Rev. McGehee
was a minister of the gospel for
over 50 years and pastored three
churches in west Texas. He traveled and evangelized during those
years as well. He was born on July
1, 1926, in Mason, Mason County,
Texas, to Albert Lee McGehee and
Dona Gertrude (Stone) McGehee.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, and siblings, L.C.
McGehee, William McGehee,
John F. McGehee, Cordelia
Beatrice (McGehee) Eaker, and
James Luke McGehee.
2:00 p.m. Monday, December 17,
2007, at DeLeon Assembly of
God church with Rev. Michael
Crenshaw, Rev. Curtis McGehee,
Rev. Robert Lamb and Woody Lee
McGehee officiating. Pallbearers
were nephews, Rev. Stan
McGehee and Bill McGehee,
Bodie Weaver, Dennis Otwell and
Tim Matthews.
He is survived by his wife of
40 years, Margaret Faye
(Holdridge) McGehee of DeLeon;
one son, Woody Lee McGehee
and wife, Stephanie G.; three
grandchildren, Dalton, Brady and
Allison, all of Waxahachie. He
has one surviving sister, Rhoda
Belle (McGehee) Baker of
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
He was married to Margaret
on June 22, 1967. They lived in
Odessa, Texas, until 1986, where
Woody pastored churches in
Odessa, Monahans and Midland.
He also traveled and preached in
various churches around West
Texas.
He always kept a full time job
while pastoring and traveling. He
worked
for
Western
Oxygen/Liquid Air Corporation
on Murphy Street in Odessas for
29 years before retirement.
He loved his family greatly,
but his greatest passion was Jesus.
He memorized huge portions of
scripture and could often preach
without his bible because of how
much was memorized.
He
preached with passion and conviction about a Christ that he knew
and believed in.
While in the hospital a few
days before his passing, he was
asked if someone should read the
bible to him. He promptly replied,
“No, just believe what it says.”
Patti Mae Love Chadek
Thompson, age 51, of Azle, Texas,
passed away December 17, 2007,
in her home after a valiant battle
with cancer.
She is survived by her mother, Jeanne E. Hillier of DeLeon,
Texas; twin sons, James Albert
Chadek and Jeremy Paul Chadek,
both of Azle, Texas; four grandchildren, Jagger, Leila, Tyler and
Gage; five younger brothers survive, Les of Washington, Harold
of Oregon, Jeff of Arkansas,
Timothy of Alabama and Rick of
Washington.
Pattie Mae was a US Army
Veteran with honorable service.
She had been a long-term employee of Azle ISD.
Mortuary services were provided by White’s Funeral Services
in Azle. A family funeral and
memorial service are slated for
December 22, in Azle, Texas.
“God’s Peace upon you, ‘Lil
Sis,’ and ya’ll reserve space for us,
y’hear? In Loving memory, Mom,
and Us’n’s.”
DeLeon Free Press
MILLWEE
Jack Millwee, age 77, of Sipe
Springs, Texas, passed away
Thursday, December 13, 2007, in
Center. He was born September
15, 1930, in Gorman, Texas, to the
late Edd E. Millwee and Bet
Barton Millwee. He was united in
marriage to Elayne Cotter on July
11, 1964, in Pioneer, Texas.
Mr. Millwee was a
farmer/rancher and a roughneck in
the oil field business. He had
resided in Sipe Springs all of his
life and was a Baptist.
2:30 p.m. Sunday, December 16,
2007, at the graveside in Sipe
Springs Cemetery, with Dwayne
Clower officiating.
He is survived by wife,
Elayne Millwee of Sipe Springs;
two sons, Edward Millwee of Sipe
Springs, and Billy Jack Millwee of
Lake Brownwood; daughter,
Margaret Estrada of Comanche;
two sisters, Helen Mae Burton of
Scottsdale, AZ, and Bonnie
Campbell of Abilene; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, one brother, Kenneth
Paul Millwee and one sister,
Bobbie Jo Bass.
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RICE
Billye Ruth “Binky” Rice,
76, of DeLeon, passed away
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at
Center.
Mrs. Rice was born
September 13, 1931 in DeLeon, to
the late Joseph E. Holleman and
Edna
Victoria
Davenport
Holleman.
She married David Rice on
July 10, 1949 in DeLeon. She was
a retired vice president of Winkler
State Bank in Wink, where she
lived for 37 years. She moved
back to DeLeon in 1988. She was
a member of the DeLeon First
United Methodist Church; United
Methodist Women, and the
Shakespeare Club.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, December 13, 2007 at
DeLeon First United Methodist
Church with Pastor Lisa Neslony
officiating. Burial followed in the
DeLeon Cemetery. Music was
provided by Nelda Priddy.
Pallbearers were Steve Rice,
Michael Rice, Kevin Caraway,
Ronnie Tate, Shawn Tate, Michael
Hennech, Perry Jordan and Greg
Cisneroz.
She is survived by her husband David Rice, of DeLeon;
daughter Jamie Davida Rice
Pierson, and husband Douglas, of
Irving; one sister Bobbye
Holleman Hix, of Gordon; two
grandsons James David Kerby and
wife Stacie, and Joseph Russell
Kerby and wife Brittany; two
great-grandsons, Levi Jackson
Kerby and Noah Lee Kerby.
her brother Milton Jewel
Holleman; three sisters, Winnis
Nix, Christelle Thornell, and
Louise McCarty, and her parents.
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OPEN LANE. Krista Escamilla sees a line and Allison Martinez lines up for a dish off.
Lady Cats Drop Two Games
The DeLeon Lady Cats
fell twice last week, to Strawn
and to Albany, in non-district
contests.
Tuesday, the Strawn
Lady Hounds used a 26-point
second quarter to pull away
from the
DeLeon Lady
Cats, claiming a 71-36 non-district win here Tuesday night in
Strawn.
Strawn’s Kirsten Crabb
scored a game-high 22 points to
lead Strawn (15-5), ranked No.9
in the State.
After holding the Lady
Hounds to 10 points in the first
quarter, the Lady Cats saw
Strawn get red hot from behind
the arc, hitting four three-pointers en route to the 26-point
frame.
Latisha Abbey led the
Lady Cats offensively, scoring
10 points while pulling down
six rebounds. Kristen Ashley
added eight points and Kayla
Atchley dropped in seven.
Sylvia Reyna and Krista
Escamilla scored three each, and
Kelbi Bartley and Megan
Holder contributed two.
Powell and Escamilla
both added six rebounds. Holder
grabbed five, and Reyna and
Kaitlyn Wilkerson picked up
three each.
On Friday at home,
Albany outscored DeLeon 35-9
in the second and third quarters
combined en route to claiming a
65-38, non-district win.
DeLeon jumped out to
a 10-6 lead on the Lady Lions,
before a 6-0 run by Albany gave
them the lead after the first
quarter. The AHS offense continued its run before the half,
pouring in 21 more points while
holding DHS to 6.
In the final frame,
DeLeon outscored Albany 1819 to close out the game.
Atchley came off the
bench to spark the DeLeon
offense, scoring a season-high
12 points while grabbing four
rebounds and three steals.
Wilkerson and Escamilla tossed
in six points each. Reyna and
Powell added four points.
Bartley scored three, Allison
Martinez two, and Holder one.
Powell and Abbey also
added four rebounds.Escamilla
grabbed three and Wilkerson
and Holder picked up two.
Silvia Reyna also
picked up four steals.
JV White Lady Cats Fall
The JV white Lady
Cats fell to Dublin last Thursday
in Dublin by a score of 32-22.
After being tied, 4-4,
after the first quarter, Dublin
outscored DeLeon in the second
by seven points and led at halftime, 18-11.
DeLeon
outscored
Lady Lions 7-4 in the third period to narrow the lead to four.
Dublin, however, finished off
the final stanza on a 10-4 run.
Whitney Morris led the
Lady Cats with nine points. RLeigh McLearen finished with
eight points.
Jordyn Steele added
three and Candace Houston put
up two points.
on Thursday, December 13,
2007 in the Hico Tournament by
the score of 23-14.
The leading scorers
were Patterson with four points
and Jordan Riggs with three.
Cisneroz, Hamilton,
Demi
Dyson each hit for two. Lauren
Casey added one.
The Lady Cats lost to
Hamilton on Saturday by the
score of 26 to 17.
The leading scorer was
Cisneroz with points. Patterson
and Casey added three each.
Jordan Riggs and Demi Dyson
netted two. Desire Spurlen,
Arzate, and Shelby Wells 1point. That made their record to
3-4 for the year.
JV Maroon Lady Cats Take
Two in Good Week
The JV Lady Cats
Maroon team won two games
last week in non-district play.
DeLeon took a one
point victory from Strawn
Tuesday night in Strawn by a
score of 30-29. In the final
minute, Paige Sanders tied the
game up with a basket.
Strawn’s
Leslie
Crudgington sank a free throw
to take a one point lead. Kyler
Caraway was fouled and sank
both baskets to take a point lead.
DeLeon was able to
hold off a final push by the Lady
Hounds.
Kyler Caraway and
Linsey Sanders each scored
seven. Paige Sanders hit for six.
Linzi Gray scored four. Megan
Williams, Destiny Gonzales and
Kim Perez each hit for two.
On Friday, the Lady
Cats defeated the Albany
Freshman team by a 45-6 score.
The Lady Cats shut out
the Lady Lions in the first and
third quarters, and only allowed
two points in the second quarter.
Paige Sanders and
Gray each scored 11 points.
Kyler Caraway added six and
Destiny Gonzales scored five
points.
Houston and Perez hit
for four. Courtney Caraway and
Linsey Sanders netted two.
DeLeon Boys Split Pair in Non-District Play
DeLeon Bearcat basketball team went 1-1 in nondistrict games this past week
against Strawn and Albany.
DeLeon defeated the
Strawn Greyhounds in Strawn
Tuesday night by a score of 4539.
DeLeon took an early
lead and held it throughout the
game, despite some rushes from
the Greyhounds.
Kevin Smith started
out hot from the three point line
hitting his first three scores.
Smith finished the game with 21
points, six rebounds and five
steals. Josh Beaty scored eight,
and pulled down eleven
rebounds.
Austin Koonce and
Kody Travis each scored six
points. Mason Stewart scored
four points and added three
rebounds.
The Bearcats fell to the
Albany Lions on Thursday night
by a score of 57-34 at home.
Albany jumped to a 20-6 lead in
the first quarter against the
Bearcats. DeLeon made a strong
push in the second quarter to
trail by four at the half, 28-24.
Albany’s strong defen-
sive play held DeLeon to 10
points in the second half, while
their offense scored 29 to take
the 17 point win.
Beaty scored 14 points.
Smith added seven. Roderick
Allen scored six. Koonce,
Travis and Adam Moreno each
dropped in two.
Beaty, Smith, Koonce,
Travis and Hunter Golden each
pulled down four rebounds.
Allen snagged three.
Smith led the team
with three steals. Koonce and
Travis each had two steals.
Beaty scored three blocks.
7th Grade Boys Take Score in Hico
8th Grade Girls go 1-3
The 8th Grade Lady
Cats went 1-3 for the week in
non-district and tournament
play.
DeLeon began the
week Monday in Gorman taking
a win from the Panthers, 41-21.
DeLeon dominated throughout
the contest.
Micah Cisneroz led all
scorers with 15 points. Linsey
Hamilton netted seven. Adriana
Arzate and Demi Dyson each
added four. Jordan Riggs and
Taylor Patterson each scored
three. Rachel Riggs and
McKensey Barefoot each hit for
two and Lauren Casey tallied
one.
DeLeon lost to Tolar
SWEET MOVE. Kevin Smith draws in the defense to open Josh Beaty for a lay-in.
UP FOR TWO. Alex Rorie
goes up hard for two points
underneath
the
basket
against
the
Strawn
Greyhounds.
The DeLeon 7th grade
Cubcat basketball team dropped
three, but won one in non-district and tournament play to take
second in the Hico tournament.
On Tuesday, DeLeon
fell to Gorman by a score of 4030 in Gorman.
DeLeon fell behind in
a tight game in the third quarter,
being outscored 10-4, and were
never able to come back, despite
Cody Woods scoring 23 points,
pulling down eight rebounds
and grabbing six steals.
Kaleb Nowlin added
three points, and Chris Valdez
7th Girls Improve Record
to 6-2 overall
The 7th Grade Lady
Cats won Consolation in the
Hico tournament, going 3-1 for
the week with a 6-2 overall
record.
DeLeon
defeated
Gorman on Monday of last
week in Gorman by a score of
30-13. The Lady Cats led all the
way.
Katie Nabors led all
scorers with 14 points, six
rebounds and four steals.
Chelsea Buckley and Erin
Sparger each scored four. Jesse
Lopes scored three with nine
rebounds.
DeLeon lost to Tolar
on Thursday last week in the
Hico Tournament by the score
of 22 to 19. The leading scorer
was Nabors with six points.
Jaycee Cronk and Buckley each
scored four. Lopez added 3
points. Sparger and Trisha
Taylor each had one.
DeLeon
defeated
Hamilton on Saturday by the
score of 24-5. The leading scorer was Nabors with 12 points.
Sparger added seven points and
Lopez five.
The Lady Cats defeated also Meridian on Saturday by
the score of 31-1. The leading
scorer was Nabors with 14
points. Sparger added eight and
Lopez seven. Buckley, Taylor
and Cronk each contributed
two.
The win captured
Consolation
for
the
Tournament.
JV Boys Take Albany
The
DeLeon
JV
Bearcat team defeated Albany
by a score of 42-36 at home last
week.
A strong first quarter
push (13-5) allowed the
Bearcats to cruise to the win.
Nathan Tucker and
Kris Hodges led the scorers with
eight points each. Derek Sparger
and Alex Rorie followed closely
with seven each.
Dustin Bennett added four.
Calvin Caraway, Tanner Welch,
Adrian
Mejia
and
Joel
Rodriguez each dropped in two.
added three.
Chris Valdez grabbed
10 rebounds and had five steals.
The Cubcats fell to
Tolar in the Hico Tournament on
Thursday by a score of 41-20.
DeLeon was shut out
in the first period, but scored 10
points in the second to pull
within eight.
Tolar pulled away in
the third, outscoring DeLeon
10-3 to capture the win.
Jeremy Holder led
DeLeon with seven points.
Brady Pair and Saul Rodriguez
each scored six. Cody Caraway
added two points.
The Cubcats defeated
Hico in the tournament on
Saturday by a score of 25-12.
The
Cubcats
dominated
throughout the game.
Nowlin led all scorers
with 15 points, outscoring the
Hico team by three points. Chris
Valdez added three points and
Pair and Rodriguez scored two
each.
8th Grade boys Win
Second in Hico
The 8th grade Cubcat
basketball team won second
place in the Hico Tournament,
going 2-2 in a week of play in
non-district and tournament
play.
The Cubcats fell to
Gorman last week in a close one
by a score of 36-31 in Gorman.
The game was tight
throughout, but DeLeon was not
able to overcome a small margin and capture the win.
Hayden Lewis led the
Cubcats with a double-double,
21 points and 11 rebounds.
Cooper McCarty added four
points with five rebounds.
Conner Simpson, Chance
Wright and Seth Locke each
scored two points. Simpson also
had three rebounds.
In round one of the
Hico Tournament, DeLeon
defeated Tolar, 27-24 Thursday.
The Cubcats fell slightly behind
in the first quarter despite Lewis
being the only DeLeon scorer
with 10 first quarter points.
They pulled within one by half
and tied it up by the end of the
third, 22-22. In the defensive
struggle, DeLeon held Tolar to
only two points in the final stanza while scoring five to take the
win.
Lewis ended the game
with 16 points. McCarty added
six. Ben Mohundro scored two
and Simpson added one.
Friday
in
Hico,
DeLeon defeated Meridian 2720 to move into the championship game. DeLeon dominated the game with a 12-1 first
quarter lead and an 18-3 halftime advantage. The backups
played well late in the game, but
Meridian was able to make up
some ground.
Lewis scored 12
points. Mohundro added five
and Raul Gutierrez hit four.
Simpson, McCarty and Matt
Lopez each added two.
In the championship
game on Saturday, the Cubcats
fell to Hico by three, 23-20.
DeLeon never fully recovered
from scoring only two points in
the first quarter, falling behind
by four. DeLeon matched Hico
for the final three quarters, but
they was able to maintain the
small lead throughout the game.
Lewis scored 11.
Escamilla and Simpson both
scored four. Wright added one.
The
loss
moved
DeLeon to a good second place
in the tournament.
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The DeLeon Elementary was
named “UIL Elementary Division
Champions” for the third year
straight! The teams scored 463
points. The ‘07- ‘08 competition
was held in Gorman on December
11 and 13. Forty-four elementary
students participated in the various
events which include: Art Smart,
Creative Writing, Music Memory,
Number Sense, Oral Reading,
Ready Writing, Spelling, and
Storytelling. A special thanks goes
to our UIL coaches who spent a lot
of time preparing their teams for
excellence. They include, Pam
Fox, Donna Schuman, Terrill
Casey, Leah Sides, Diana Denson,
Lori Womack, Kallie Hare, Jody
Janek, Angela Gooden, Maggie
Thayer, Rick Green, Jessica
Dyson and Kendall Brinson. Each
participant will celebrate this awesome victory by having a skating
party this spring. We are so proud
of all the hard-working kids and
dedicated coaches who practiced
long hours to achieve this honor!
2nd Grade Winners:
Cydney Arana - 4th Oral Reading,
Sierra Dyson - 2nd Storytelling,
Storm Harvey - 2nd Oral Reading,
Clarissa Landa - 1st Storytelling,
Stellina Scott - 3rd Creative
Writing, Noah Stockman - 1st
Oral Reading, Travis Teague - 3rd
Storytelling.
3rd
Grade
Winners:
Whitney Beach - 2nd Oral
Reading, Cooper Dyson - 1st
Spelling, Kaley Garcia, 4th Ready
Writing, Ireland Hugg - 1st Oral
Reading, Eliza Mathwig - 2nd
Music Memory, Aaron Riggs 2nd Music Memory, 4th Spelling,
1st Storytelling, Marly Sides - 1st
Music Memory, Preston Stone 4th Music Memory, 6th Ready
Writing, Taylor Welch - 3rd Oral
Reading.
4th Grade Winners: Reba
Atkins - 3rd Music Memory, 3rd
Oral Reading, Molly Casey - 1st
Oral Reading, Waverly Inman 3rd Number Sense, Tayln Jobe 2nd Oral Reading, Baxter Krug 2nd Number Sense, Dylan
McCamey - 5th Ready Writing,
Aaron Salinas - 4th Music
Memory, Hannah Stovall - 2nd
Spelling, Ashley Valdez - 2nd
Music Memory.
Teams: 3rd Grade Music
Memory -1st, 4th Grade Music
Memory - 1st, 3rd Grade Spelling
- 2nd, 4th Grade Spelling - 3rd.
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December 21 thru
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1938 DHS COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM. We published
the 1939 DHS Commencement program in our November 29
issue. Thanks to one of our subscribers, Candace Bibby
Carroll of Indian Wells, California, who found this in items
belonging to her late father, Howard Bibby, and forwarded it
for publication. The 1938 and 1939 Commencements were
very similar in format and stage personnel involved, although
the 1938 affair took place at the DeLeon Baptist Church.
Presumably the new City Hall and its auditorium/basketball
court were under construction at that time. Many of our readers will be able to find either their own names or those of relatives among the two sets of graduates. How about you?
Jack &
Jill Donuts!
Your One Stop Bakery & Donut Shop
1007 E. Central in Comanche, TX
Place your order now by calling Crystal,
Mary, or Bobbie Carol at 325-356-5376.
We have a wide variety of cookies, cakes,
pies, breads, and much more. We also have
party trays for those of you who don’t have
much time in the kitchen to bake for parties
or get togethers; we can fix it up with any of
our delicious homemade goodies.
We will be open Monday, December 24,
2007 from 5:00 a.m. til 12:00 noon.
Closed Christmas Day & New Years Day.
The girls here would like to serve you
and your family with Christmas Cheer.
Everyone here at Jack & Jill’s would like to wish you
all a SAFE and HAPPY Holiday, and say
“Thank You” to everyone for their patronage for the
past 29 years. We wouldn’t be here without you.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
and landowners a chance to purchase Texas Forest Service tree
seedlings for establishment on
your property. You can purchase
either evergreens or hardwoods to
dress up your landscape, improve
your property value or improve
wildlife cover and food.
This year trees will be grown
by the Texas Forest Service
Nursery in Lubbock. Trees offered
from the Lubbock nursery include
eight evergreens - Afghan Pine,
Arborvitae, Deodara Cedar, Italian
Stone Pine, Live Oak, Pinyon Pine
and Redcedar. These trees will be
offered at $65.00 per 30 trees in
paper.
Afghanistan Pine,
Baldcypress, Pinyon Pine and
Redcedar are available in smaller
plastic containers for $55 for 30
plants.
This year the Lubbock
Nursery will offer 10 hardwoods
for sale. These are Bur Oak,
Catalpa, Pecan, Persimmon,
Sawtooth Oak, Shumard Oak,
Skunkbush Sumac and Smooth
Sumac. The hardwoods come as
bareroot seedlings. The Pecan will
cost $55.00 per 50 trees. The Bur
Oak, Persimmon, Sawtooth oak
and Shumard Oak will cost $50.00
per 50 trees. The Skunkbush
Sumac will cost $45.00 per 50
trees and the Catalpa and Smooth
Sumac will cost $40.00 per 50.
There is also a chance to purchase two wildlife packets for this
planting season. Packet 1 is the
Regional Pecan Show Results
The Central Texas Regional
Pecan Show was held December 7
at the Texas A&M Research and
Extension Center in Stephenville.
Drs. Tommy Thompson and Larry
Stein served as judges of this
year’s event.
In the Caddo class Womack’s
Nursery placed second and third in
the Choctaw division. Womack
Nursery also had the second place
Hopi and first place Kanza. In the
Kiowa class Haggard Farm placed
second. Sorrells Pecan placed second in the Wichita class and first in
the Cape Fear division. Womack
Nursery placed third in the GraTex
class and Sorrells Pecan placed
first in the Mahan class. Paul
Muhle’s Maramec pecans placed
third and in the Nacono class
Womack Nursery placed third. In
the Prilop class Womack Nursery
placed third. Russell Helge placed
first with his Known Hybrid 46-328.
The top three entries from
each class at the Regional Pecan
Show will advance to the State
Pecan Show to be held this June in
conjunction with the Texas Pecan
Growers Association’s annual
meeting. Congratulations on a job
well done!
Forest Service Trees Offered
For Sale, Still Available
Texas Cooperative Extension
in Comanche County will again
make available to homeowners
from Patsy and Beth
at
Laurel House
Interi
rs
We will be closed
Monday, December 24 & Tuesday, December 25
and Monday, December 31 & Tuesday, January 1.
NORTHSIDE OF THE HISTORIC COMANCHE SQUARE.
Creating Exceptional Environments!
Deer Packet which includes 25
trees of each species, the Sawtooth
Oak, Persimmon, Smooth Sumac
and Skunkbush Sumac. Packet 2
is a Squirrel Packet which includes
25 trees of each species, the Pecan,
Bur Oak, Shumard Oak and
Skunkbush Sumac. The Wildlife
Packet 1, Deer Packet will cost
$80.00 and Wildlife Packet 2,
Squirrel Packet will cost $90.00.
These trees are grown by the
Texas Forest Service located in
Lubbock. They are offered to
landowners as a conservation tool
but they also make excellent trees
for any landscape. The final date
to order seedlings is by 5:00 p.m.
on Friday, February 1, 2008 and
delivery date will be Thursday,
February 14, 2008.
Remember, tree orders are
processed every week and if you
wait, your favorite tree may be sold
out. For more information please
contact the Extension Office at
325/356-2539 or just come by our
office in the Courthouse Basement.
TMDL Update
Last week we had another
meeting with TCEQ to discuss the
progress of the TMDL that they are
developing for the Leon River
Watershed, Segment 1221. The
majority of the information was a
review from previous meetings
held earlier in the year. However,
they did discuss an estimated timeline for adoption and implementation of the Total Maximum Daily
Load.
TCEQ hopes to be on the
April 2008 agenda with the TCEQ
Commissioners
to
receive
approval to release the TMDL for
public comment. The public comment process will last approxi-
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NITA DANSBY REAL
ESTATE COMPANY
132 S. Texas St.
DeLeon, Texas 76444
RESIDENTIAL, FARMS,
RANCHES, COMMERCIAL
NITA DANSBY
OWNER/BROKER
254-893-6441
NEW On Market! 53 A., m/l;
1/2mile from FM 2156, on CR
358 S. (Highland-Victor Area)
Coastal, 1 pond, 1 well; nice bldg.
site! $3,750 per acre. $3,500/Acre
Broker /Owner
NEW On Market! 185 A., m/l One of the most Scenic, Serene,
Rugged areas in Comanche Co.!
Hunting, Recreational, Cattle! 2
Lakes, Several Ponds; est. 60 A.
cult.; abundant waterfowl &
wildlife! Only 5 mi. from town;
1/2 from pavement. $2950 per
acre.
REAL ESTATE
209 N. Texas St. - 254-893-6502
824 South Rusk, DeLeon
3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bath, large
den, living room, large kitchen
with new counter tops, electric
fireplace,
large
storage
room/pantry, 2 car garage, large
lot with garden, fenced backyard, pecan and peach trees,
underground sprinkler system
on water well, house is on city
water, storage buildings, near
elementary school. $90,000.
Phone:254-893-5785.
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Frontier Farm & Ranch
COGBURN
REAL ESTATE
Jennifer and Patrick Darden would like to announce the birth of
their son, Cooper Allen Darden. He was born November 11, 2007, at
10:39 p.m., weighing 7 pounds and 19 1/2 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Roy and Donna Kubiak. Paternal grandparents are Wesley
and Patricia Darden.
REAL ESTATE
FOR RENT
has housing available to qualified
families and elderly applicants at
this time. An application may be
obtained at 200 E. Navarro
DeLeon, Texas or by calling
(254) 893-2535.
Monday thru Friday
10am-12:30pm &
1:30 pm to 4pm.
The Authority
furnishes
equal housing
opportunity
to all who qualify.
It’s A Boy
HOUSE FOR RENT: 225
Pittman St. in DeLeon. Call 254485-3216 for more information.
24-25p
FOR SALE
BY ESTATE
The Housing Authority
of the City of DeLeon
Our office will be
closed December 21
thru December 27
for Christmas
Holidays!
mately one month and they hope
for that to take place in May of
2008. Response to public comment will be prepared and released
in June and TCEQ hopes to adopt
the TMDL by August of 2008. In
October of 2008 they hope to have
approval of the TMDL by the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
They stated that these dates
are approximate and can change as
a result of the adoption process.
Once the TMDL is approved by
TCEQ and EPA the implementation plan will be drafted and implementation will start shortly.
The Brazos River Authority,
with the assistance of Parsons
Engineering, is in the process of
developing a Watershed Protection
Plan (WPP) for the Leon River
Watershed. TCEQ will utilize a
major portion of this plan during
implementation of the TMDL.
We have already begun working on the WPP and have started
focus group meetings. Many of
you have been involved in this
process and I encourage anyone
else that is interested in becoming
involved to give me a call.
The WPP is a document
developed by the stakeholders
(landowners and citizens in the
watershed) that highlights realistic
approaches to reducing the bacteria loads in the Leon River.
I will keep you informed on
the WPP plan and TMDL progress
as it matures, but I encourage
everyone living in the Leon River
Watershed to become involved in
this process.
Specializing in Farm & Ranch Real Estate
111 E. Blackjack • Dublin, TX 76446
Office (254)445-4006 • Fax (254) 445-3770
Skip Smith (254) 485-0286 Cade Richmond (325) 330-0590
www.texasffr.com
NEW LISTING: 672 South Bowie
St, DeLeon. Large Immaculate
Brick Home 2330 sq. ft. (cad) 3 Br/
1 3/4 bath with fire place, 2 car
garage, well with sprinkler system,
too much to list. $119,500
• NEW LISTING: 52 Acres 4 miles from Dublin, 2400 sq ft custom double wide,
2nd Home 2/2 with office and RV hookup too much to list. $315,000.00’
• NEW LISTING: 167 Acres near DeLeon. Rent house, main home, 4 section
Pivot, 6 wells, side roll, 80 plus acres of coastal, 35 acres cultivated land, turnkey
sheep operation many extras. $775,000.00
• NEW LISTING: 77.5 Acres near Comanche, 2 big tanks, house, much more!
$349,000
• NEW LISTING: 147 Acres Near Carlton, 2 tanks, great hunting! $2000/acre
• NEW LISTING: 161.5 A Acres Near Carlton, house, horse barn much more!
$2500/acre.
• NEW LISTING: 158 acres overlooking coastal meadow, 7 miles West of Dublin
on Hwy 6. CR frontage on 2 sides. Great building site, 1 well, coastal & native grasses, some hunting. $2,500/acre.
• 390 acres near Comanche home, pivot 7 acre lake much more $2,850.00 per acre.
• 218 acres large feedlot, permitted for 3500 head, 47 pens near Beattie. $2,500.00
per acre.
• 161 acres near Throckmorton great hunting. Lake $1,695.00 per acre.UNDER
CONTRACT
• 920 acres large cattle or game ranch, 8 tanks, great cover, 8 tanks near Eastland.
$1800.00 per acre.
• 1738 acres near Graford, 2 large lakes, home, much more. $3,500.00 per acre.
• 120 acres near Woodson, 40 acres woods, 80 cultivation, great hunting. $1,450.00
per acre.
• 80 acres near Edna Hill, 2500 sqft home, 3 pastures, large tank. $295,000.00
• 160 acres near Carbon: Home, roping arena, pens, great guest house, turn key
horse & cattle facility. $660,000.
• 5 ACRES with 1997 Fleetwood CH/A, 2 wells, carport, many extras. $130K also
15 acres near Dublin, pens, well good fences. $85K
• 20 acres near Edna Hill, all coastal grasses, could purchase 40 plus acres. $3,500.00 /acre.
• 25 acres near Comanche, great building site, well elect, minerals. $3,750.00 /acre
UNDER CONTRACT
• 35 acres Sidney CR frontage, scattered trees, pens in oats $4,250.00 per acre
• 328 acres near Sidney, 3200sqft. custom home, spring fed creek, pens, barns, 160A
coastal, 100 cultivation. Great Hunting. CALL FOR DETAILS!
• 99.592 acres east of Comanche, 40 acres woods, 59 cultivation, well, minerals.
$3,500.00 per acre.
• NEW LISTING: 400 acres near Sidney, 35 acres conservation, small wooded
stream, 60 acres grain field, coastal, improved grasses, oaks, great fences, two sets of
corrals, CR frontage. Call for pricing.
• 147 Acres near Carlton, 4 tanks, 35 acres hardwoods, great building sites. $2000/acre
• 161.1 Acres near Carlton, old farm house new 6 stall horse barn, tanks, creek, great
hunting. $2500 per acre.
• 158 Acres near Dublin, great building sites, well, tank, good fences, Hwy frontage,
$2500/Acre.
• 2330 sq ft. custom home in DeLeon 3/2 CH/A, large den with fireplace, great
home. $119,500
Skip Smith, Owner Jackson Wilson, Broker
SOLD
LAMB REAL ESTATE
Bill Lamb, Broker - Troy Morris, Agent
www.deleonrealestate.com
• NEW: 3 BDR, 1 BTH Frame on approx 3 acres., Approx 1500 sq ft. CH/A,
Carport, pecan trees, water well, approx 1200 sq ft shop. $75,000 Call 254-4332433.
• NEW: 4Bdr, 2 Bath, 2 story frame on tree covered corner lot at edge of DeLeon.
Really nice place! $77,000!
• Grand older frame home on nice corner lot. Home has been updated and well
maintained. Formal living and dining rooms plus den, French doors, high ceilings, 3 bdr, 2 full baths, CH/A, approx. 1868 sq. ft. (CAD) Large covered porches, patio, shop/storage. Very nice home for the price. $74,500.00
• REDUCED!!Very charming older 3-2 frame home on corner lot. Home has
CH/A, formal living, dining and a huge den. This home has approx. 2616 sq. ft.
(CAD) $71,000.
• 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath frame on 4+ acres $92,000.
• 3-2-3 Brick on very nice corner lot. Hardwood floors. Large rooms. $92,500.
• 3-2-1 carport, 2 Story frame on nice lot. $45,000.
• LAND - Several pieces ranging from 56A to 360A.
Gilder
R E A LT Y
254-893-3404
Comanche Office: 325-356-3739
Broker: Robert Gilder
Agents: Ronnie Golden, David Gilder, Wayne Parsons,
Bobby Newman, Debbie Gilder, Neal Butler
•455 A, over 150’ of elevation change, 4-irrigation wells, approx. 200 A of costal,
seasonal creek, 6 stock tanks, tree covered hills, medium to heavy wildlife cover,
excellent deer and trurkey hunting, Hwy.6 frontage [RS01] $1,912,000
•613 A, w/3-2, 2,144 sf(CAD) Brick Home, 4,620sf barn, 3 wells, 6 tanks, seasonal
creek, hunting, good fences, 31 A costal, 86 A crop, native pasture, 50% minerals
& royalties available [WW02] $2,025,000
•328 A, High Fenced Game Ranch, hunting cabin, 5th wheel RV, 3 wells, 6 tanks,
Lots of wildlife [RR01] $1,526,000
•231 A, on the Leon River, 12 water wells, pecan trees, costal, cultivation, good
fences and crossfences, hunting, 77 A of wildlife cover, MINERALS AVAILABLE.
[DK01] $751,530 REDUCED $665,280
•90 A, 4-3, 2,773sf(CAD) Brick home, large oak trees fireplace, game room,
24’x50’ carport/RV shed, 20’x20’ shed, water well, 50% wooded, seasonal creek,
cultavation, native pasture, stock tank, minerals negotiable, [BE01] $397,500
•25.6 A, w/4-2½, 2,243sf(CAD) Brick Home, attached garage, carport, storage
buildings, water well, 2-stock tanks, costal, large oak trees [JB03] $250,000
REDUCED $225,000
•7±A, w/1200sf Metal Building on slab, large oak trees, pecan orchard, hwy.
frontage, water well [FW02] $65,000
•5 A, w/4-2, 2,085sf(CAD) brick home, metal roof, carport, storage buildings,
pecan trees, 2 wells, fenced and cross fenced, stock tank [WK01] $120,000
•24.5 A, on Flat Creek, with water well, native pasture, close to highway [MP01]
$98,000
•52 A, w/2,854sf(CAD) 4-3 brick home, carport, 5 water wells, 3 stock tanks,
corrals, barns [LP01] $250,000 REDUCED $239,500
•14±A, w/1840sf(CAD) 3-2 Brick Home, fireplace, fenced yards, attached garages
& storage buildings, seasonal creek, hwy. frontage [FW01] $180,000
•5 A, w/1,600sf(CAD) 3-2 frame home, water well, above ground pool with deck,
horse barn, [KJ01] $159,000 REDUCED $129,500
•20 A, approx. 40% wooded, remainder in costal, rural water available, hunting
[WM01] $75,000
•51 A, hightway frontage, spring creeks and hunting [RP01] $193,000
•11 A, w/16’x70’ mobile home, well, rural water, oak trees [TC01] $70,000
•236 ± A, 2 wells, 3 tanks, approx. 26 A in cultivation, costal, native pasture, rolling
terrain, minerals availabvle, hunting [DS02] $2,195 Per Acre
•380 ± A, 3 wells, 6 tanks, approx. 100 A crop land, remainder in costal bermuda
& tilton 85, gentle roling terrain, good fences/crossfences, producing gas well
[CW01] $950,000 REDUCED $931,000
•250 ± A, 150 wooded, 100 coastal, on Coppereas Creek, lake, stock tanks,
hunters cabin, 25hp pit pump, hwy. frontage, rural water [LB01] $850,000
•243 A, Comanche Co, one reservoir, 14 irrigation wells, irrigation pit, highway
frontage, cultivation, costal, native pasture [AB01] $2,500 per acre
•150 A, rolling terrain, approx. 90 acres wooded, 4 water wells, irrigation pit, stock
tank, excellent deer and turkey hunting. Minerals. [LO01] $442,500
•81A pecan orchard, approx. 900 improved variety trees, underground drip
irrigation on whole orchard, 9 irrigation wells [REM01] $405,000
•8½ A, 3-2 1,800sf Metal frame home, close to Lake Proctor, work shop, good
fences, 2 wells, underground sprinkler system [JT021] $265,000
•3-3, 2,160sf(CAD) brick home, approx. 1 acre, carport, water well, underground
sprinkler for yard, C H/A, 2 storage bldgs. & garden area [BC01] $130,000
•3-2½, 2,770sf(CAD) custom brick home, approx. 1.4 acre, 3 car garage,
ruralwater supply, paved drive, garden area, storage building [DVL01] $297,500
•3-2, w/2.5 Acres, 1,512sf(CAD) frame home, wood burning stove, carport, rural
water, water well, shop [CC03] $137,500
•3-2, 2,086sf(CAD) living area brick home with carport, large shaded lot, fireplace,
metal roof, storage building [WC01] $105,000 REDUCED $90,000
•3-2 approx. 1,500sf doublewide, screened porch, workshop, 2 wells, 2 large lots
and older frame home [JA02] $135,000
•2-1½,1,313sf(CAD) remodeled frame home with attached garage, new roof,
storage building [ST01] $75,000
•2.3 A, w/2-1, 1,144sf(CAD) frame home, screened porch, well [GB02] $55,000
•Service Station, 150’ on Hwy 377, 2 bays, 4 tanks, 7 pumps [WPH01] $60,000
•3,925sf(CAD) Metal Commercial Building, walk-in cooler, central heat & air, office
& storage areas, restrooms [BW02] $75,000 REDUCED $65,000
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State's top ethics cop
announces retirement
AUSTIN - Travis County
District Attorney Ronnie Earle, the
state's chief ethics cop, will serve
out his term of office which
expires at the end of 2008, but not
a day more.
Earle, on Dec. 14, announced
his decision not to seek reelection.
The 65-year-old Democrat will
have served 32 years when his
term expires.
In a prepared statement, Earle
said, "There are particular cases
pending that are enormously
important to this state, this country, and democracy itself. If they
are not resolved during the forthcoming last year of my term, I will
offer my assistance on those matters on a pro bono basis to my successor."
Among those pending cases
are indictments against former
U.S. House Majority Leader Tom
DeLay and Republican political
fund-raisers John Colyandro and
Jim Ellis.
Panel hears NFL-cable spat
The House Committee on
Regulated Industries met Dec. 10
and heard testimony in a dispute
between cable interests and the
National
Football
League
Network.
At issue were whether cable
customers should be charged extra
for access to NFL games and if the
Texas Legislature should have any
say-so in how the dispute is handled.
NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell and Dallas Cowboys
owner Jerry Jones spoke for the
NFL Network.
Jones said his side is against
"big" cable companies that desire
to put professional football games
on a separate, higher-costing tier.
Goodell added that fans might
have to pay as much as $8 per
month to watch games only available on the higher tier if certain
cable companies get their way.
Goodell also said he would
like the NFL Network and the
cable industry to enter a negotiated settlement.
Representatives of the Texas
Cable Association countered that
cable packages are governed by
the Federal Cable Act, and therefore the Federal Communications
Commission, not the state, has
jurisdiction in the issue.
Ernest Young, a law professor
with University of Texas, represented the NFL at the hearing. He
said there is precedent for the
Texas Legislature to intervene as
an alternative to litigation.
At the end of the hearing,
committee chair Phil King, RWeatherford, said he was not convinced the state has jurisdiction.
Online, mail order tax is closer
Texas and a coalition of other
states are closer to agreement on a
set of sales tax laws to help state
and local governments receive
sales tax revenue from online and
mail order sales.
Texas Comptroller Susan
Combs said the "Streamlined
Sales Tax” governing board on
Dec. 13 unanimously approved a
compromise allowing Texas and
other sales tax-dependent states to
continue taxing intrastate sales at
the rate in effect at the seller's location, but to tax interstate sales at
the rate in effect where the merchandise is delivered.
"In fiscal 2006, Texas lost an
estimated $541 million in state
sales tax on Internet and mail
order sales," Combs said. "We
must monitor and fix this leak."
DPS labs receive accreditation
The Texas Department of
Public Safety reported its 13 crime
laboratories, after years of evaluation, have received international
accreditation.
The DPS laboratories are
located in Austin, Garland,
Houston, El Paso, Waco, Corpus
Christi, McAllen, Tyler, Lubbock,
Midland, Abilene, Amarillo and
Laredo.
Only three other state police
laboratories in the U.S. have
received international accreditation: Oregon, Utah and Idaho.
State returns Crockett letter
The
Texas
Historical
Commission announced Dec. 7 it
would return a letter said to be the
last one written by David
Crockett.
Simpson
Galleries
in
Houston offered the letter to the
State of Texas for $490,000 with
120 days to decide whether to purchase it.
The state decided not to, after
putting the letter through forensic
analysis by a private North
Carolina firm.
The analysis failed to confirm
the document's authenticity.
It’s A Boy
Mattson Ray and Sophie Raegan Locke are proud to announce the
arrival of their new baby brother, Weston David Locke, born on
Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at Harris Methodist Erath County Hospital,
at 8:32 p.m., weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces and measuring 19 inches long.
Proud parents are Matthew and Sara Locke. Grandparents are David
and Elvia Mathis, and Joe and Debbie Locke. Great-grandparents are
Ray and Mary Mathis, Dorotha Locke, and Paul and Lois Hooks.
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For Appointments Call 325-356-5283
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254-893-2018
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893-2023
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501 S. Texas, DeLeon 893-6555 or 893-2043
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Free Trade Benefits Texas and
Makes the World Safer
Pioneering free market economist Adam Smith once said, “The
answer to the question of free trade
is easy once it is seen that the only
reason that has ever been offered
for protective tariffs or a closed
market is, indeed, protection.”
In just over a decade, major
developments in U.S. trade policy
have allowed Texas to wield trade,
not only as an instrument of freedom, but one of productivity and
prosperity for the benefit of our citizens. In the fourteen years since
the passage of NAFTA, we have
continued to tap international trade
opportunities between the U.S.,
Mexico, and Canada that have bolstered our state’s and nation’s
economies. Markets have opened
and are leading to economic success in many of Texas’ major
industries. From prosperous agriculture and technology industries,
all the way down to consumer savings – free trade has been good for
all of Texas.
Adam Smith also said, “Free
trade means that consumers are
able to buy goods at the costs
arranged by the best efforts of producers, wherever the producers
happen to be producing.” We are
seeing this in Texas.
Because our state has so much
to offer in exports, we have much
to gain from free trade agreements.
In 2006, Texas exported over $150
billion in merchandise, including
chief exports: petroleum and coal;
computers and electronics; and
chemical and manufacturing
machinery. Today the products of
our thriving farms and ranches are
feeding people worldwide. Texas
agriculture exports to the world in
2006 brought in an estimated $3.8
billion in revenue. Our state’s
exports have continued to expand
to take advantage of other recent
U.S. Free Trade Agreements
(FTAs), such as bilateral agreements with Chile and Singapore.
The U.S. Department of
Commerce reports that, between
2002 and 2006, Texas exports rose
by $55.5 billion, or 58 percent, representing the largest dollar gain of
any state. Texas also has a geographical advantage over other
states, with our seaports well-positioned to directly benefit from continued expansion of global trade.
The economic benefits of free
trade to Texans are not limited to
cattle ranchers, dairy operators, or
manufacturers. The positive
impacts of free trade on our state’s
agriculture industries translates
into financial gains for the over
45,000 Texans involved in the cultivation, processing, storage, and
transportation of Texas farm and
ranching products. In 2003, jobs
associated with manufactured
goods accounted for over 5 percent
of all private sector jobs in the
state. More than 21,000 companies
exported goods from locations in
Texas in 2005. And for all Texans,
a healthy free trade system means
access to a wider range of higher
quality products at better prices,
and the security of a stimulated
economy.
To build on the proven benefits of free trade, Congress is
weighing further opportunities to
expand commerce through trade
agreements, with countries like
Peru, Colombia, and Panama. An
agreement with Peru that passed
the Senate in early December will
increase the trade of some of our
most vital exports to the country,
benefiting Texas ranchers, cotton
farmers, poultry and egg producers, and dairy farmers, along with
manufacturers of petroleum and
coal, chemicals, computers and
electronics, and machinery.
The U.S. should continue to
seek opportunities to open up markets through trade agreements with
countries across the world – not
only for commerce, but for security. While the economic stability of
our state and national economies is
a primary objective of FTAs, they
also serve the broader purpose of
building and improving international relationships. In a time when
the dangerous political and economic maneuvering of dictators
like Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez
could influence the security of U.S.
interests, we must seek partnerships with nearby countries, like
Peru, Colombia, and Panama. Free
trade helps these countries thrive
under dynamic economies, which,
in turn, will contribute to their stability. A vital global economy is
critical to countering the destructive policies of menacing regimes
and protecting the U.S. from the
security threats they pose.
As Americans, we are blessed
to live in a society where free trade
is pursued and embraced. When a
Texas cattleman brands a calf, or a
farmer in west Texas gins cotton,
these workers and their products
are part of the global commerce
that strengthens our state and
nation and keeps the world safer
for everyone.
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DeLeon ISD Board Report
Phase II work is focused on
completing the renovation of
classrooms for the district’s credit
recovery and discipline alternative
school. Rooms formerly used as
patient hospital rooms are being
transformed into classrooms.
Walls have been moved,
plumbing fixtures removed, and
new lighting installed as part of
the transformation process. The
Board was given a tour of the area
(From Page 1)
via a powerpoint slide show to
view the work that has been completed to this point.
Current work also includes
the installation of a computer networking system for the entire
facility. The administration also
informed the Board that the existing telephone system would be
utilized which will allow the district to save approximately
$20,000.
Bids were presented for
painting and flooring work for the
Support Center facility. The
Board awarded the bid for painting to Rice Painting of DeLeon.
The bid calls for interior painting
to be done throughout all areas
that will be utilized and for all
paintable exterior surfaces. Work
is scheduled to begin immediately.
The bid for flooring was
awarded to Lone Star Carpet Tile
& Granite of Granbury. This bid
was for all needed flooring work
in the building, except for the Tax
Office, which was done prior to
their moving into the facility.
The administration noted that
the cost of the renovations would
be shared by all entities involved
and using the facility, not just the
school district. A portion of the
expenses will be borne by the
Comanche County Special
Educational Coop for the space
that they will occupy for their
offices.
In other facility matters, the
administration briefed the Board
on the progress of renovations at
the baseball/softball field. While
all official paperwork is currently
in progress, arrangements have
been made with the City of
DeLeon to allow the district to
begin work on the project in
preparation of the upcoming baseball/softball season.
Concrete for dugouts, bleachers, and backstop poles has been
poured. Poles for the backstop are
currently being set. The next step
will be the setting of concrete
block for the backstop and
dugouts.
The issue of bleachers was
reviewed and discussed by the
Board with two different proposals being submitted by the district.
The Board selected the proposal
from Steel Stadiums of Graham to
install new ADA compliant
bleachers for the baseball area.
The new bleachers will provide
seating behind home plate, as well
as along the first base and third
base line.
In other business, the Board
cast its allotment of votes for the
Comanche County Appraisal
District Board of Directors for
Gaylon Atkins.
The annual report of continuing education hours for Board
members was reviewed. The state
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requires a certain number of hours
be completed each year for all
board members. All members of
the DeLeon Board reached, and
many exceeded, the number of
hours of training required by the
state.
As a matter of discussion during campus reports, the administration was asked to form a committee of interested parents and
teachers to review the district’s
policies and procedures relating to
students attending and participating in stock shows during the
school year.
This committee will focus on
the number of stock shows that the
school sanctions for students to
participate in, and all matters related to that subject. The committee
will make recommendations for
any needed changes to the administration and any school policy
changes will be made to the Board
of Trustees.
The committee, comprised of
parents and staff members will
begin meeting in January, 2008.
SMITH
SCOTT
John David Smith, age 20, of
Dublin, Texas, passed away
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at
Harris Methodist Erath County
Hospital in Stephenville, Texas.
He was born on December
19, 1986 in Dublin, Texas, to
Johnny C. Smith and Brenda Sue
Schultz. John was a member of
Proctor Baptist Church. He
attended Tarleton State University
in Stephenville, and was a member of the Tarleton Rodeo Club.
2:00 p.m. Friday, December 14,
2007, at Comanche Funeral Home
Chapel. Burial followed in the
Proctor Cemetery.
He is survived by his father,
Johnny C. Smith and Eva of
Dublin; mother, Brenda Schultz of
Stephenville; brothers, Zane
Smith of Dublin, and Kolton
Smith of Proctor; step-sisters,
Jennifer Keeter of Proctor, and
Natasha Keeter of Proctor; stepbrother, Jack Keeter of Proctor;
grandparents, Charles and Hulene
Harris of Proctor, David and Rose
Ann Schultz of Stephenville, and
Neva Smith of Proctor; and
numerous aunts, uncles, cousins
and friends.
He was preceded in death by
his grandmother, Margie Schultz;
grandfather, J. C. Smith and aunt,
Cynthia Fry.
Stella Carwile Scott, age 102,
formerly of Gorman, passed away
Monday, December 17, 2007.
Stella was living in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, at the time of her
death.
Graveside services were held
at 10:30 a.m., Thursday,
December 20, 2007, with
Durward Webb officiating.
She was born November 3,
1905, in Comanche County,
Texas.
She married Fletch
Carwile, January 8, 1925, at Rock
Bluff. He died on January 30,
1969. Stella later married George
Scott of DeLeon, on July 6, 1971.
He preceded her in death July 13,
1980. Stella was a member of
Church of Christ.
Survivors include one daughter, Johnnie L. Johnson of
Albuquerque, NM, and stepdaughter, Jo Francis Brewer of
Graham, Texas. Stella lived with
her two granddaughters, Connie
Robison and Beverly Sheridan in
Albuquerque, NM., for the late
five years of her life. She is also
survived by four generations of
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. She will be dearly missed by
many and loved very deeply.
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Sid Miller Announces for Re-Election
(From Page 1)
Miller has been a strong
advocate for education fighting to
give teacher’s a well deserved pay
raise and helping reduce the
amount of unnecessary paperwork
so that they can spend more time
doing what they best—educating
our young people and helping
them prepare for the future.
He has fought for more local
control of our schools and on the
higher education front has been
Tarleton State University’s
strongest backer in the Legislature
by helping the university secure
over $100 million in new constructions and campus upgrades.
As the past Chairman of the
House Republican Caucus, and as
a member of the Conservative
Coalition, Sid Miller has been a
strong advocate for tougher border
security and for stronger state
efforts to help curb the flow of
illegal immigrants.
"We have accomplished a lot
over the years but there is still
much work to be done," said
Representative Miller. "It is
imperative that we pass a Voter ID
bill that will bring integrity back to
the voting booth and our Texas
elections,” said Miller. “We must
also continue to fight to protect
our precious private property
rights and that means fixing the
eminent domain laws that put
Texan’s property at risk,” he
added.
Miller, who enjoys the strong
support of both the Texas State
and National Rifle Associations,
said that he would continue to be
on the watch for any legislation
that would impede Texans right to
keep and bear arms for any reason.
“This past legislative session
we took action to clarify the right
of every Texan to protect themselves by removing any prohibition from carrying a firearm in
their cars and we passed the
‘Castle Doctrine’ which means
that Texans can take the actions
needed to protect themselves and
their families when an intruder is
trying to break into their home, car
or business,” Miller said.
“Unfortunately, each and every
session, there are new threats to
our Second Amendment freedoms
and we must remain ever vigilant
to any attempt to weaken those
precious freedoms,” Miller added.
Representative Miller has
also been champion of our armed
forces and our veterans. Miller,
whose district includes most of
Fort Hood has fought to protect
the right of active duty military
personnel to vote in state and local
elections and he was the author of
the bill that created the Texas
Veterans Cemetery system with
the first such cemetery being built
in Central Texas.
Miller said that as the
Chairman of the Agriculture and
Livestock Committee he would
continue his aggressive actions to
strengthen agribusiness in Texas
and to preserve our Texas heritage.
He said that agriculture has
always been the foundation of a
strong Texas and that we must
continue to fight to ensure that
foundation remains strong and
prosperous.
Miller said that over the next
twelve months he would be holding hearings across Texas to
address issues such as ways to
help preserve the equine industry
in Texas, encourage the expansion
of biofuel production in Texas and
to monitor the development and
implementation of the 2007
Federal Farm Bill and to determine the impact of the legislation
on Texas agriculture producers.
Representative Miller has
previously been recognized as the
"Freshman of the Year" by the
House Republican Caucus for his
tireless work and his strong adherence to conservative principles
during the 77th Legislative
Session. He is also a two time
recipient of the "Fighter for Free
Enterprise" Award from the Texas
Association of Business due to his
strong pro-business voting record
in the Texas House.
This year Miller was named a
“Taxpayer Hero” by Texans for
Fiscal Responsibility for his
efforts in the legislature to protect
the interests of Texas taxpayers
and he was named one of the top
25 fiscal conservatives in the
Texas Legislature by Empower
Texas. He has consistently been
recognized and endorsed by virtually every pro-family group in
Texas for his efforts to protect the
values of faith, family, and freedom. Because of his conservative,
pro-family voting record in the
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Laura Brown
Teresa & David Brownlee
Jim & Charlene Carpenter
Jerry & Sharon Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connally
Dr. & Mrs. Gary Easley
Bruce & Sandy Gould
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Texas House, he has consistently
been named one of the top ten
conservative lawmakers in the
legislature.
“The people of District 59
have honored me with their support and I have worked hard to
merit the trust they have placed in
me,” said Representative Miller.
“Texas is at crossroads and we
face new threats and new challenges. I pledge to continue to
truly represent the values of the
people who call District 59 home
and to be their voice in our state’s
capitol,” Miller concluded.
District 59 includes all of
Erath,
Comanche,
Mills,
Hamilton, Coryell, and Somervell
Counties.
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Council Hears Complaints
About Water Bills
Ultimately, when the council
could not satisfy Taber’s request
for a discounted bill (reminding
her that if they made an exception
for one, they would be setting a
precedent for numerous others
who might want adjustments on
their bills), Taber said that it
appeared that her only recourse
would be at election time with her
vote. She also noted that perhaps
she would run for office herself,
adding “I can do a better job.”
Andre Koda discussed his
dissatisfaction over a large water
bill he received recently for one of
his buildings downtown. Koda’s
belief, expressed at times in an
extremely frustrated manner, was
that the water meters are not read
each month, and that “estimating”
the bills meant that he was actually being billed for a water leak that
should have been the previous
owner’s responsibility.
During a lengthy, and at
times contentious discussion,
council members and Rob
Duncan (public works administrator) assured Koda that all meters
are read each month. After saying
“You’re going to do what you
want to anyway,” Koda abruptly,
and angrily, left the meeting.
Councilman Howard Gifford
then asked Duncan, “Can you
assure me that the meters are
being read?”
“Yes,” Duncan said.
Prior to the water discussions, Autry Andress discussed
problems with trash pickup at his
place of business, the Maroon and
White Carwash.
“My trash hasn’t been picked
up since the 15th of November,”
Andress said. “I’ve hauled twothirds of a trailer load off, twice.
It’s a problem, and I don’t know
what to do about it. I don’t just get
trash out of cars when they’re
washed and cleaned up. I get dead
animals, tires, household trash,
kitchen trash, and a dead turkey
after Thanksgiving.”
Andress said that the problem
was a health hazard and an odor
issue.
“I had enough barrels,”
Andress said, “and they were
taken off each week, but I kept
having to add them because people kept dumping. Is there any
kind of ordinance about people
dumping trash on other people’s
property?”
Since Andress’ problem was
two-fold -- people dumping trash
on his property, and IESI waste
services not picking up any of the
trash -- a general discussion followed regarding possible solu-
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Council member Gayle
Stroud wondered if any of the
code enforcement ordinances
addressed those issues, with others
noting even if one did, that policing the situation to enforce the
ordinance would be difficult.
Mayor Danny Owen noted
that he’d met with IESI representative Gerry Alston, and informed
him about Andress’ complaints
with the trash service.
“He said he’d make contact
with you,” Owen said.
“I don’t think he will,”
Andress said, “They’ve already
run into my building and never
contacted me.”
After a bit more discussion,
Mayor Owen said he understood
Andress’ frustration over the trash
situation. “I am aware of what
you’re talking about,” Owen said.
“Last Sunday I drove by (the carwash) and it (the trash) was lined
up along the wall there. Mr.
Alston said there could be a small
dumpster that would be locked,
and you would be the only one
who could put trash in it, but that
won’t cure your problem, because
they’ll just stack trash around it.”
“And my trash cans should
be open so people (customers) can
put trash in them,” Andress said.
After a bit more discussion, in
which City Secretary Karen
Wilkerson noted that another
DeLeon business had the same
problem until they put in cameras
and were able to identify the culprits and file charges, Andress
said, “For people to dump their
household trash there is like
dumping it on my front yard,
that’s the way I look at it.”
Andress noted that his main
thing -- above and beyond the
dumping -- was his wish to have
his trash picked up.
“Can I get it hauled off?”
Andress said. “I’m paying for it,
and I want to get it hauled off.
Will they pick it up?”
“I would think so...unless it’s
tires or batteries,” Owen said.
Andress had previously noted that
he had paid somebody to haul the
tires off.
“Does it have to be in the
green containers?” Andress asked.
“That’s what they’re saying,”
Wilkerson said.
“I was under the impression
that on the bulk stuff, like leaves
and stuff like that, you could have
them in those black plastic yard
bags,” Mayor Owen said.
“But I think for the regular
trash, that you used to have regular trash cans for, they have to be
replaced with these green containers that will be rolled out by the
street on pickup day,” Councilman
Howard Gifford said.
“They’re suggesting with
him, and the amount of trash there
is up there, that he get a dumpster,” Wilkerson said. “Because
even with another polycart, there’s
still not going to be enough
room.”
“Well there would be, if people would just put the trash from
their cars in there,” Andress said.
“I can see his concern,”
Owen said, “if you put a large
dumpster out there, in two months
you’d need two large dumpsters.”
“Yes, I have at least three
cases of beer bottles in there every
Monday morning,” Andress said.
Audience members then
asked about what to do with limbs
and leaves, if they (IESI) weren’t
going to pick them up once they
were bagged.
“I was under the impression
they would pick them up in bags,”
Owen said, “but I guess I’m going
to have to go back to the table and
negotiate more.”
“Let me ask you this,”
Andress said. “If I got another
green barrel (polycart) and had
one on each side, by each vacuum
cleaner...and did away with all the
other barrels, and there’s household trash in bags laying there, are
they going to pick it up?”
“I don’t think so,” Owen said.
“They
won’t,”
Karen
Wilkerson said, “they didn’t pick
up mine at home.”
Councilman Roy Dale
Freeman asked Andress if he had
any suggestions.
“I’ll tell you,” Andress said,
“that I didn’t have any problem
with the other trash people.”
Andress’ remark prompted
one audience member to ask why
the city changed to a new company.
“They (the previous compa-
ny) sold out,” Wilkerson said.
“As far as I’m concerned, my
trash pickup has gone to nothing,”
Andress said. “Maybe other people like it -- and I’m sure it’s
alright for some, but there ought to
be a plan B. I can’t control people
leaving their household trash
there.”
“I thought maybe you had
something specific in mind,”
Councilman Freeman said.
Andress indicated he did not,
then went on to add that when he
first opened his car wash there
were only three or four barrels
necessary, and that because of the
amount of trash, he’d worked up
to “probably 10 barrels.”
“I’m thinking about taking
them all away and leaving the
green one there and seeing what
happens,” Andress said. “Maybe,
if there’s not a barrel to put it in,
they won’t -- and maybe, they
won’t put it on the ground.” He
then threw the question back to
the council, “Do you all have any
suggestions?”
“That (taking away the other
barrels) sounds like a good way to
start,” Councilman Gifford said.
“Their (IESI) contract’s up
July 1, for this trash service,”
Wilkerson said. “So I’m going to
be advertising for bids, probably
next month.”
Andress noted that the other
company had willingly “overworked themselves” to make sure
that his trash was picked up.
“Where is your trash on pickup day?” Councilman Gifford
asked. “Are you leaving it up by
the vacuum cleaners?”
“Yes,” Andress said.
“That may be why they’re
not picking it up,” Gifford said.
“They say it has to be within four
feet of the street.” He then
explained to Andress how the new
system works, with the driver
operating a robotic arm to pick up
the polycarts without ever leaving
the truck.
Andress then said he would
put the trash out at the curb, and
see what happened. “Other than
that, I don’t know what to do,” he
added.
When Wilkerson told him
that he could always haul it to the
city yard dumpster, Andress said,
“That’s what I’ve done for the past
two weeks. And since I’m paying
for it, I hate to be doing it myself.”
“Right, I don’t blame you,”
Wilkerson said.
“If this doesn’t work,” Owen
said, “I’ll set up an appointment
with you, Mr. Alston and myself
and see if we can reach a goal
where you don’t have to haul the
trash yourself.”
The council then voted to
take no action, and to continue
monitoring the situation.
In other business, Council
members:
• Approved rental of the City
Hall auditorium for a birthday
party at the request of Ouida
Gartmas
• Approved the Tax
Statement for November 2007.
• Approved second reading of
Ordinance #016-07, Goods in
Transit taxation.
• Approved the minutes for
the regular meeting on November
29, 2007.
• Tabled a decision on
whether to supply the animal control officer with a rifle, pending
further information.
• Voted (after a brief closed
session) to move Chief Ralph
Dickey from hourly pay to salary.
In the open discussion
between City employees and officials, Mayor Owen updated
everyone on the progress at the
new park. Council member Gayle
Stroud discussed several events
that she and Councilman Gifford
would like to see get started at the
new park. Councilman Gifford
also noted that he’d like to thank
Chief Dickey, and officers Dustin
Paulsen and Ben Rowell, for their
willingness to work so much overtime during the months the department was short-handed. Karen
Wilkerson updated council members on a plan to begin publishing
warrants in the newspaper.
Pre-payment is
required on all
Classified Ads.
Deadline is 12
noon Tuesdays.

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