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De Leon
Thursday
April 24, 2008
20 Pages
Since 1890
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Volume 117, No.42
DeLeon, TX 76444
DeLeon and Area Sales
Tax Receipts Growing
in 2008
By JERRY MORGAN
Reporter
If there is a recession in our
national economy, it is not showing up in the sales tax receipts in
the area.
Most economic observers
agree that a slowdown, if not a
recession, is currently underway.
A recession is defined as six
months of continuing economic
contraction.
Many economists agree that
sales tax collections are one of the
better indicators of local area
aggregate economic activity.
Therefore, most economists
would agree that our area has thus
far managed to escape the economic slowing that is plaguing
many parts of the nation, since
sales tax collections for 2008 for
this area are all up.
Sales tax collections for four
months in 2008 are $58,168, up
2.7% over the prior year’s
$56,661. Sales tax receipts for the
same periods for Comanche
County are up 13.9%, powered by
a whopping 24.5% increase in the
City of Comanche.
Dublin’s sales tax receipts are
basically flat, yet up slightly at .8%
over the prior year. Gorman’s
receipts, however, are strongly up,
running an impressive 26.3%
ahead of last year.
Statewide, sales tax collections are up 6.4% in the first four
months of 2008.
Sales tax receipts reported in a
given month are based upon sales
tax collections two months earlier,
thus the four month figures in
April actually reflect activity in
November through February.
Water Supply Corp. Holds
Annual Meeting
By JERRY MORGAN
Reporter
COMANCHE -- The nonprofit corporation that provides
treated water to many rural areas in
the county held its annual membership meeting last Friday
evening.
The Comanche County Water
Supply Corporation board and a
small crowd of members met on
April 18 at the Comanche
Community Center.
Board president Norman
Williams opened the meeting by
declaring the voting closed in the
directors election. He appointed
Board secretary/treasurer Sam
Robinett as election judge to count
the votes.
Later in the meeting, Robinett
announced that current board
member Willem Terpstra had been
re-elected as a board member, and
Justin Chandler, who had earlier
been appointed to fill a vacancy
created by a resignation, was elected for the first time. Both were
elected for three year terms.
Other Board members
Williams introduced in addition to
Robinett, Terpstra and Chandler,
were vice president David Ward
and members Connie Keith and
Jerry Morgan.
Newly hired office manager
Barbara Helberg was introduced to
the meeting.
System engineer Randy
Beyer with Jacob & Martin in
Abilene was the first to make a
presentation to the meeting.
Beyer said that the second
phase of a major water system
expansion was nearing completion, and was expected to be fully
placed into service in June or July.
He noted that the southeastern portion of the expansion, centered
along Highway 36 between
Gustine and Comanche, was virtually complete with meters in place.
Beyer referred to a large map
of the water system as he described
how the original expansion plans
had to be curtailed as rising costs
and growth in water meter demand
pushed against a fixed amount of
funds available.
Funding for the $2.5 million
phase II expansion was provided
by
the
USDA’s
Rural
Development agency $1.8 million
grant and $700 thousand loan
made on June 11, 2007.
Phase II expansion construction began in the fall on the
Comanche/Gustine section, and is
now continuing in the Sidney and
Sipe Springs areas along Highway
36.
Beyer noted that the original
phase II plans called for the installation of 90 meters, and that thus
far an additional 82 meters have
been installed.
Water system manager Joe
Williams spoke briefly stating that
the system was working well. He
displayed and passed around a
water system meter and pointed
out the small turning wheel in the
middle of the dial that would
reveal if the water user had a leak
in their home plumbing.
Board president Norman
Williams then spoke. He noted
that phase II construction had
begun in October and that he was
very well satisfied with the contractor.
Williams further discussed
how that rising fuel and materials
costs and a fixed amount of available funding had caused the elimination of some closed loops that
would be beneficial for water system operation. Service to some
isolated potential customers also
had to be eliminated.
Williams then described steps
that he and the board were taking
to secure additional loan and grant
funding to reach additional customers and close system loops. He
had met with the Comanche
County Commissioners Court on
Monday of that same week and
secured their approval for the
county to sponsor grant applications and to administer any funds
awarded.
The board is currently interviewing grant writers and expects
to know by year end whether additional funds might be available.
Williams added that Comanche
County should score well in grant
competitions due to its water needs
and modest income levels.
Williams noted that the annual financial audit had recently been
completed with a clean opinion
and said that a copy was available
if anyone wished to review it.
An earnings statement for
2007 was included in the meeting
information packets. True to its
legal status, the CCWSC did not
earn a profit, but lost $65,000.
Non-cash depreciation expense
more than accounted for the loss.
Although Williams did not
touch on the subject during his
presentation, during the preceding
year the Comanche County Water
Supply Corporation has purchased
and remodeled the property at 800
S. Texas Street to serve as its corporate offices.
LITTLE ROPER. M.J. Locke, a kindergarten student in Brenda Huddleston’s class, tries his hand at roping during the annual Cowboy Day celebration at the DeLeon Elementary School last Thursday, April 17. In the background members of another kindergarten class pose for a group photo after petting a horse provided by Jana Wright. In addition to roping, the students
were given the opportunity to try their hand at stick-horse barrel racing, branding, and horseshoe pitching.
DeLeon ISD Board Report
As a matter of regular business during their monthly meeting
held April 21, 2008, in the Board
Room of the District Support
Center, the DeLeon ISD Board of
Trustees set the start date for the
2008-09 school year as Monday,
August 25, 2008.
Teachers and staff will begin
school on Monday, August 18 with
staff development activities and
administrative meetings. Time will
also be provided for staff to prepare their rooms for the first day
with students. The calendar is similar to this school year’s, except for
ending the semester after
Christmas and working the exam
schedule with the local county
livestock show to be held on
January 12, 2009.The last day of
school for students will be May 28
and graduation for the Class of
2009 will be held on Saturday,
May 30 at 2:00 in the high school
gymnasium.
The adoption of math materials for the grades kindergarten
through fifth was approved. The
“Envision” math series was selected by the teaching staff from the
state adopted textbook list following review of all series and input
from the educational service center. The new series will be used
beginning next school year.
Proposals for possible repairs
for the high school gymnasium
roof were reviewed by the Board.
Leaks on the south end of the facility in the dressing room area led
the administration to seek proposals to deal with the problem. After
discussion of the age of the building, the Board directed the administration to see if any warranty still
existed on the original roof. The
Board will revisit the issue next
month once the administration
determines what warranty might
exist on the roof.
Revised cheerleader constitution/guidelines was presented to
the Board for consideration and
Candidates Forum Scheduled for Friday
By LAURA KESTNER
Editor
A Candidates Forum, hosted
by the Womens’ Division
Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for Friday, April 25, 2008 at
the DeLeon City Hall auditorium
beginning at 7 p.m.
Any candidate who is running
for public office for the May 10
City Election is invited to participate in the forum. Event organizers encourage all voters to “Come
out and meet the candidates and
listen to what they have to say.”
Womens’ Division members
will furnish cookies, tea and coffee
for candidates and the general public who attend the forum.
Marsha England will serve as
emcee for the event and Ruby Park
will be the official timekeeper.
Candidates include Danny
Owen and Cameron Canterbury
for Mayor; Marion Quade and
Pauline Villarreal for City Council
Place 2, and Lee Childress, running unopposed for City Council
Place 1.
There are two seats up for reelection on the DISD Board of
Trustees, and candidates include
Dr. Brandon Gilmore (incumbent),
Lisa Nowlin (incumbent) and
Zachary Paul. The two candidates
with the most votes will win.
For the Comanche County
Medical Center Hospital Board
both Gayle Easley (incumbent)
and Dr. Larry Damron have filed
for Place 3, and Charles Mazurek,
(running unopposed) has filed for
Place 4.
At press time there was no
word on how many of the contestants would be participating in
Friday night’s Forum, but organizers were hoping for 100 percent
participation.
Accounts
Established
for McCurry
Beneficial accounts have
been established at both First
National Bank and F&M Bank
for William McCurry, a volunteer fireman for Promontory
Park, to help cover medical
expenses related to an injury.
SMOKY GRASS FIRE. DeLeon Volunteer Firemen were called to CR 496 on Monday afternoon to battle a grass fire ignited by downed electrical lines. Two of the small brush fire units
responded and made short work of the smoky blaze.
approval. The new guidelines will
be effective for the coming school
year and the selection process that
will occur next month. The guidelines will increase the number of
cheerleaders to 12 for both the high
school and middle school squads.
The middle school squads will
include six students from both seventh and eighth grade, while the
high school squad sets no specifications for student representation
from each grade. Eligibility
requirements will follow the standards set by the University
Interscholastic League. The final
change affects the selection of the
high school mascot which will
now be selected by a panel of
judges, in the same manner as
cheerleaders.
( See Page 3B)
Grand Jury
Returns
Indictments
The Comanche County
Grand Jury returned a total of 20
indictments Friday, April 18. The
indictments that can be released at
this time are: James David Tyler
Gardner, DeLeon, evading arrest
with vehicle; Fernando Anthony
Rangel, DeLeon, DWI third or
more; Adriel Alfonso Tobar,
DeLeon, injury to a child; James
Lee Dyer, Brownwood, DWI,
third or more; James Isaac Ray,
Crowley, possession of methamphetamine; Mario Gonzales
Frausto, Comanche, forgery;
Mario
Gonzales
Frausto,
Comanche, burglary of a habitation; Daniel Anthony Sims,
Dublin, credit/debit card abuse;
LaJane Davis Sheldon, Ft. Worth,
theft over $20,000; Kenneth Ray
Robinson, Jr., Comanche, indecency with a child by contact;
Jimmy Ray Padilla, Comanche,
hinder secured creditors; Aaron
Bradley Patrick, Comanche, possession of methamphetamine;
John Dawson Hicks, Comanche,
possession of methamphetamine;
Juan Rosas, incarcerated in
Comanche, DWI w/child passenger; Tony Aldape, Comanche,
evading arrest with vehicle; Emily
Deloera,
incarcerated
in
Comanche, possession of cocaine;
and Lynsey Erin Lewis, Cisco,
fraud possession of prescription.
Page 2/ Thursday, April 24, 2008 / DeLeon Free Press
Personal Notes
as read earlier in the
by Jerry Morgan
free press
Some weeks I sit down to
begin work on this column and I
don’t have any plan for what follows. That’s probably obvious to
those who bother reading it, but if
it’s not, this is one of those weeks.
I suppose I could just skip
doing it altogether and follow the
lead of fellow publisher Jerry
McAdams of the Hico NewsReview and state that the dog ate it
and a number of similar excuses
offered by school children without
any homework to turn in.
However, tempted as I may
be sometimes, I feel it to be my
duty as publisher to make some
sort of comments about things.
One thought I have had this
week concerns the rising cost of
fuel and food and commodities of
all sorts. That situation puts pressure on all of us, and is busy
changing driving habits, vehicle
preferences, farmers’ crop plantings, investments, etc.
I know that I don’t just hop in
the car and drive off somewhere
distant without a certain amount of
considering whether the trip is necessary. I’m sure many of you have
similar thoughts about whether or
not to burn any of that precious
$3.50 per gallon gasoline.
And it’s even worse if you are
driving a diesel powered vehicle,
whether pickup, car or tractor.
Area farmers and ranchers are
having to rethink their fertilizer
application strategies. And so on
and so forth, throughout virtually
all the American and world
economies.
One thing these high fuel
prices are doing, besides making
some lucky Arabs and other oil
producers unbelievably rich, is it is
making the world a bigger place.
When I first moved back to
DeLeon in 1999, gasoline was
barely over $1.00 per gallon. It
didn’t cost so much to run back
over to Fort Worth for a stock
show or shopping, to Mary’s in
Strawn for a chicken fried steak or
even to Ohio to see the grandkids.
But things change. We are
now a whole lot farther away from
those places, at least in financial
terms.
So far, they say, we
Americans have yet to significantly reduce our driving, even with
fuel prices going through the roof.
With all the folks in China
and India and other developing
regions of the world all buying and
driving gasoline powered vehicles,
we are all giving the members of
OPEC a blank check to continue
raising their prices and revenues.
The fact that we are producing more oil than is being discov-
ered only makes things worse. It’s
a bit scary to think that there’s really no fixed limit to how far up
petroleum and fuel prices can go.
What does that mean for
DeLeon and other isolated rural
communities?
I’m certainly not smart
enough to anticipate the ultimate
effects, but it seems that some
changes may be in order.
For one thing, shopping may
be more focused on the local area.
Buying something here in town is
automatically cheaper when you
figure in the cost of fuel.
The cost of driving to
Stephenville and back adds something close to $10 to the price.
Brownwood and Granbury are
$15-20 away and Fort Worth and
Abilene are well over $30.
If you live in or close to town,
and do all your shopping here,
however, you don’t drive all that
many miles to get anywhere, and
that tank of gas will last a lot
longer than in the city where very
little is really close by and there are
a whole lot of stop lights and traffic in between.
So, maybe there will be some
who figure out that the cost of living really is cheaper in the country.
Of course, most of us living
around here probably burn as
much gas as those in the big cities.
We have friends, relatives and
business in neighboring cities, and
roam around the area for our shopping as well, since not everything
is available everywhere.
The retirees and others living
on fixed or limited incomes will
have to struggle as they adapt to
the higher prices. That will be
painful, but necessary, nevertheless.
And our agricultural producers and truckers will have a tough
time dealing with fuel and fertilizer costs. Eventually, both agricultural commodity prices and freight
rates should balance to the new
cost structure, but there’s always
that painful lag time involved.
It will all be very interesting
for a while, but rest assured young
readers, this has all basically happened before.
Those of use who can remember the turmoil of the 1970’s when
oil and commodity prices suddenly shot up, and there were actual
shortages to boot, probably have
some confidence that the current
situation will sooner or later level
out and settle down.
I just don’t know how long it
will take for that to happen, and
how rough the ride may be until
we get there. Tighten up your seatbelts!
Besides Reading,
You Can Use Them For:
Wrapping, packing, housetraining, bird
cages, painting and more.
We, normally have a supply of old newspapers
available for no charge at the DeLeon Free Press.
10 YEARS AGO
April 24, 1998. Four D.H.S.
track participants
-- Talisha
Rogers, Teresa Perez, Amy
Stephens and Bobby Schuman -qualified for regional competition.
Teresa Lesley qualified for regionals in golf.
Pictured at an Armstrong
Masonic Lodge ceremony were
Mike Carlin (Worshipful Master)
Jack Straub (receiving 50 year
pin), Tommy Burleson (50 year
pin), Jerry Shugart (25 year pin),
Jimmy Mack Mohon (25 year pin),
Dale Johnson (25 year pin) and
James Bruton (25 year pin).
A plaque displayed at
Birdsong Park ball field listed
those who donated to the park’s
construction and was pictured in
the Free Press, along with a photo
of Don Halbrook and Max Grice
throwing out the first ball for the
second T-ball game at the park.
20 YEARS AGO
April 28, 1988.
Mayor
Scottie Campbell and Lowell
Pittman were pictured with a new
150,000 gallon water storage tank
which was installed to comply
with state regulations. The new
system would work automatically
in conjunction with the current
overhead storage system, which
resulted in water storage of
250,000 gallons.
Beth Beaty and Mike Skaggs
earned the opportunity to participate in the U.I.L. State Literary
Meet in Austin.
The DeLeon High School
Student Council members were
Jason Upshaw, Chad Nabors, Lacy
Junior high cheerleaders for
Loudermilk, Mike Skaggs, Leslie
Morris, Peggy Vera, Jana Scott, 68-69 were Judy Sharp, Carol
Lorrie Solomon, Kristi Johnson, Shoemaker, D’Lana Wilkerson,
Kim Caraway and Judson Sharp. Terry Perry and Brenda Nowlin.
Alternates were Deborah Blair and
Sherry Hamrick.
30 YEARS AGO
The DHS Concert Band
April 27, 1978. Tim Hare,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll J. received a first division rating in
Hare, qualified for the area track the concert playing contest at the
meet with his first place medal in U.I.L. contest in Brownwood.
the district 10-A shot put with a Earlier, the band had received a
first division in the marching contoss of 48’ 5 1/2”.
DeLeon
School test. Paul Wallace was band direcSuperintendent James Perkins tor. It was the first time in the hisannounced the resignation of tory of the DeLeon High School
Bearcat Head Football Coach and that the band received a first diviAthletic Director Jack Waggoner, sion in concert playing and marchwho left to pursue a career with the ing. A second division rating in
sight-reading kept the band from
Humble School District.
The Farmers and Merchants winning the distinguished sweepBank’s “65 Club” traveled to Fort stakes award.
Worth to see Pat Boone and Debby
50 YEARS AGO
Boone perform at the Tarrant
April 24, 1958. A Cub Scout
County Convention Center.
circus was planned, with the following people in charge of various
40 YEARS AGO
May 2, 1968. Carol Straub, activities (cake walk, dart board,
Jane Pair and Marsha Branum etc.): Mrs. A.B. Cunningham, Mrs.
traveled to Austin to accept their M.L. Nance, Mrs. C.N. Weaver,
state degrees in FHA. Karen Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Shiflett, Mr. and
Pounds also went as a voting dele- Mrs. F.L. Terrill, III, Mrs. Wade
gate and she accepted Rosalou Butler, Mrs. J.C. Hare, Jr., Mrs.
Short’s degree while Rosalou was Tom Hallmark, Mrs. Wade Smith,
at regionals in shorthand. Also Al Strasner, Mrs. Sam Weaver,
attending the meeting were Mr. Mrs. Roy Johnson, Mrs. Ab Coan,
and Mrs. M.O. Branum, Mrs. Mrs. Lloyd Sanders, Mrs. H.M.
Maughan, and the local FHA spon- Fields, Mrs. O.R. Tucker, Mrs.
Leonard Lamb, Mrs. G.F. West,
sor, Miss Marie Maughan.
The DHS cheerleaders for the Mrs. A.C. Hanifan, Mrs. Wilson
68-69 school year were Kathy Kirk, Mrs. Dean Miller, Mrs.
Grisham, Malinda Quinn, Pat Gaston Sanders, Mrs. Jack
Fallwell, Sue Mohon and Deborah Stricklin, and C.L. Mohon, Jr.
Stephens.
Alternates were
Deborah Nowlin and Becky
Heickman.
Pig Tales From Hogtown
Oink! This little piggy is
almost speechless! The second
annual Craft Show at the DAC
was wonderful! Our vendors
brought wonderful things to sell.
Everything was of very high quality. The food at the concession
stand was great – Desdemona has
great cooks! I am sorry if you
missed it, but we will do it again
next year.
This article is going into some
new area newspapers so I would
like to take a minute to explain the
title. Originally, Desdemona was
called Hogtown. When it was
incorporated, the name was
changed to Desdemona but many
folks still know it as Hogtown. I
began writing this article when we
built our brand new Desdemona
Activity Center (DAC) in order to
let people know what we are doing
here in beautiful downtown
Desdemona. I hope you will
watch for this article and come to
see us in Desdemona. We have
fun here!
Our usual first Saturday
‘Breakfast at the DAC’ is coming
up on May 3. We serve from 7:00
a.m. until 10:00 a.m. the first
Saturday of each month. The men
of Desdemona cook bacon and
eggs in large kettles on the porch.
The women inside cook sausage,
pancakes, gravy and biscuits. Cost
is by donation only. Y’all come!
Do you have a wedding coming up or a reunion or a company
meeting? The DAC can be rented
for your function. Call me at 254758-2420 for more information.
Remember the first ever-public library in Desdemona is located
inside the DAC. It is open
Monday through Thursday from
2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. and each
Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m..
until 8:00 p.m.
See you in Desdemona!
Carol Pell
Dale McKinney
254-968-8565
Owner
Dublin Livestock Auction
Sale Every Friday at 1:00pm
9862 ESH, Hwy 6 Dublin, Texas
254-445-1734
tfnc
Corky Brown
Will be honored on his
70th
The DeLeon Free Press, P.O. Box 320, DeLeon, Texas 76444
(Publication No. 150080) is published by Morgan Publishing Co.,
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it is brought to the attention of the editor. All reprinting rights are
reserved. Copyright 2008.
Publisher-Jerry Morgan
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Office Mgr.-Margie Reyna
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Serving the DeLeon area since 1890,
striving to be a positive voice in the community.
Relay for Life
Survivor
T-Shirts
The American Cancer
Society Relay for Life survivor Tshirts will be available for pick-up
at the following locations on April
28, 2008: Central Christian
Church in Comanche from 10 a.m
until noon, and F&M Bank
Hospitality Room in DeLeon from
2-4 p.m.
Survivors are the heart of the
Relay, and we are pleased to honor
the people who have faced cancer
first-hand. If you have any questions, or would like to participate
in the Survivor Ceremony during
the May 2, 2008 Relay for Life in
Comanche County, please contact
Betty Rackley at 325-356-3638.
Team T-shirts will be handed
out at the Team Captain Bank
Night Meeting on April 29, 2008,
in the Community Room of
Comanche County Medical
Center.
Pre-payment
is required
on all
Classified Ads.
Deadline is 12 noon
Tuesdays.
Weather
& Lake
Report
This Week’s Weather
The skies calmed down this
week, but they also dried up and
warmed up as well, leaving very
little to comment upon other than
the remainder of the week’s forecast includes varying chances for
thunderstorms.
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.
Date
04-16
04-17
04-18
04-19
04-20
04-21
04-22
High
81
80
86
75
85
81
87
Low
41
44
41
42
43
53
63
Rain
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2008 Cumulative Rainfall
January
1.55
February
0.42
March
4.00
April
.98
YTD 2007
6.95
Proctor Lake Report
Lake Levels:
Prior Reading1162.17
Current
1162.08
Full Level
1162.00
% Capacity:
100%+
Discharge rate (cfs)
Prior week
59
Current
6
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Senior
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Menus
Wednesday, April 23:
Chicken spaghetti, broccoli,
tossed salad, peach, banana pudding, bread, butter, milk
Friday, April 25: Navy
beans/ham bits, spinach, yellow
hominey, onion, tomato, pudding,
cornbread, milk, butter
Monday, April 28: German
sausage, pinto beans, tomato,
onion, broccoli, canned pears,
cornbread, milk, butter
Baked ham, glazed sweet potatoes, English peas, fruit salad,
milk, bread, butter
Coming Events
Call 893-6868 if you have an event to list
Hosted by his daughters.
Please NO GIFTS
But Lots of Cards
And Stories
would be grateful.
Make Plans To Attend
Saturday, April 26
From 6 to 9 p.m. at
ZJ’s Steakhouse in Gorman
CANDIDATES FORUM
A Candidates Forum, hosted by the Womens’ Division Chamber of
Commerce, is scheduled for Friday, April 25, 2008 at the DeLeon City
Hall auditorium beginning at 7 p.m.
RELAY FOR LIFE
The Comanche County Relay for Life is scheduled for Friday,
May 2, 2008, at the Comanche High School stadium. For more information call Sharon Lesley at 893-6644.
COMMUNITY-WIDE WORK DAY
The community-wide work day to help widows and handicapped persons get their homes or yards ready for summer weather is scheduled
for May 3, 2008. Any widows or handicapped persons who need help
please call the First Baptist Church office at 893-6593 or 893-6837 to
get on our list for help. Volunteers who can help with this work please
assemble at the City Hall parking lot, just south of City Hall, at 9 a.m.
on May 3, to be placed on a team to do the volunteer work. Please
bring trimming items such as chain saw, bow saw, shears, or other cutting instruments, weedeaters, ladders, wheel barrow and gloves. We
need you to help, so please volunteer.
DeLeon Free Press/ Thursday, April 24, 2008/ Page 3
Livestock
Association
Meeting
The DeLeon Livestock
Association will hold a meeting
Thursday, April 24, beginning at 6
p.m. at the Ag building.
HEAD START
“Breakfast”
Monday, April 28:
Milk, scrambled eggs, toast,
juice
Tuesday, April 29:
Milk, raisin bran, banana
Milk, oatmeal raisin muffin,
cantaloupe
Thursday, May 1:
Milk, toast, scrambled eggs,
fruit juice
Friday, May 2:
Milk, biscuits & gravy, juice
HEAD START
“Lunch”
Monday, April 28:
Milk, sloppy joes, coleslaw,
baked beans
Tuesday, April 29:
Milk, chicken roll ups, corn,
tropical fruit
Milk, spaghetti, broccoli,
oranges
Thursday, May 1:
Milk, pigs in a blanket, peas
& carrots, peaches
Friday, May 2:
Milk, chicken, garlic toast,
mashed potatoes, fruit cocktail
ELEMENTARY
“Breakfast”
Monday, April 28:
Cereal, graham crackers,
juice, milk
Tuesday, April 29:
Cheese omelet, sausage,
toast, juice, milk
Pancake, sausage, juice, milk
Thursday, May 1:
Rice, toast, milk, juice
Friday, May 2:
Toast, yogurt, juice, milk
ELEMENTARY
“Lunch”
Monday, April 28:
Chicken nuggets, mashed
potatoes, carrot coins, fresh apple,
hot roll, milk
Tuesday, April 29:
Crispy tacos, lettuce & tomatoes, spanish rice, pinto beans,
fancy gelatin, milk
Grilled cheese sandwich,
chicken noodle soup, fresh broccoli w/ranch, strawberries &
bananas, saltine crackers, milk
Thursday, May 1:
Spaghetti w/meat sauce, seasoned corn, tossed salad, bread
sticks, sliced peaches, milk
Friday, May 2:
Chicken patty sandwich, tater
tots, chili beans, orange smiles,
milk
Middle School
“Breakfast”
Monday, April 28:
Assorted cereal, fruit, Teddy
Graham, juice, milk
Tuesday, April 29:
Breakfast pizza, fruit, juice,
milk
Pancakes & sausage, syrup,
juice, milk
Thursday, May 1:
Omelet, sausage, croissant,
juice, milk
Friday, May 2:
Breakfast burrito, juice, milk
MIDDLE SCHOOL
“Lunch”
Monday, April 28:
Burrito, spanish rice, tossed
salad, fresh fruit choice, sugar
cookie, milk, condiments
Tuesday, April 29:
BBQ chicken, macaroni &
cheese, tossed salad, cornbread,
chilled pears, milk, condiments
Salisbury steak w/brown
gravy, baked potato, green beans,
hot rolls, fancy gelatin, milk,
condiments
Thursday, May 1:
Chicken fajitas, fajita vegetables, refried beans, seasoned corn,
orange smiles, chocolate pudding
cups, milk, condiments
Friday, May 2:
Pizza choice, tossed salad,
fresh banana, Birthday cake, milk,
condiments
DeLeon Elementary
5th Six Weeks Honor Roll
“A”
1A: Jaden Alix, Jaycee
Burrow, Mason Elmore, Madison
Gilder, Eli Gilmore, Jenna Janek,
Savannah Reeves, Kaleb Reyna,
Timber Steele, Aaron Tamporello
1B: Andrew Banda, Hunter
Hodges, Stephen Rebeiro, Skylar
Riffe, Jano Scott, Landon
Wilkerson, Emily Jillson
1C: Braden Hathcock,
Leeanne Nichols, Bayley Pair,
Matalynn Thayer
2A: Noble Adams, Blake
Bellomy, Jordan Hardin, Clarissa
Landa, Kelsey Underwood, Chase
Beck
2B: Cydney Arana, Sierra
Dyson, Joey Garcia, Dayton
Gifford, Kaylyn Hooker, Teri
Laird, Alyssa Mahan, Travis
Teague
2C: Sophie Gilmore, Lillie
Krug, Jasmine Secrest, Payton
Williams
3A: Cooper Dyson, Victoria
Gonzales, Marc Rebeiro, Aaron
Riggs, Madisyn Stone
3B: Ebony Gonzales, Marly
Sides
3C: Eliza Mathwig, Preston
Stone
4A: Hanna Kelly, Dylan
McCamey, Eathan Thayer, Hanna
Whatley
4B: Haley Buckley, Brent
Cleere, Tyler Lettunich, Holden
McCurry
4C: Will Dickey, Baxter
Krug, Gregory Wilkerson
“A-B”
1A: Kelan Hodges
1B: Allison Cowgell, Kaitlyn
Glass, Johnny Hall, Marc
Rodriquez, Sydnee Locke, Abigale
Perez, Shawn Skaggs
1C: Raychel Anderle, Callie
Beach, Kiana Gonzales, Jeffrey
Hodges, Andrew McLearen,
Hailey Reed, Cassidy Stelter
2A: Thomas Burgess, Nate
Gortt, Danielle Heaslet, Stasia
Holmes, Miguel Barron, Celeste
Talamantez, Isaiah Villarreal,
Abby Wooten
2B: Hayden Hammon, Jenifer
Sanchez, Jake Sanders, Rebbecca
Villalpando, Bryce Whiteley
Perkins Middle School
5th Six Weeks
Honor Roll
“All A’s”
5th Grade: Jodi Coan, Cole
Dyson, Danielle Hartwigsen,
Landen Lewis, Hannah Lindsey,
Jose Lopez, Allexis McGrath,
Charlie Miller, Lorena Sanchez
6th Grade: Jordan Coan,
Blake Hooker, Blake Janek,
Trevor Jordan, Paden Seidel,
Dustin Sparger, Kelsey Sprague,
Michelle Teague, Jessica Walker
7th Grade: Chelsea Buckley,
Cody Caraway, Kristiea Ellis,
Kaitlyn Nabors, Kaleb Nowlin,
Brady Pair, Meagan Tamporello,
Trisha Taylor
8th Grade: Mackenzie
Barefoot, Tiffany Cisnero, David
Grumbles, Traci Lopez, Cooper
McCarty, Ben Mohundro, Rachel
Riggs, Wesley Wilkerson
“A-B”
5th Grade: Justin Bingham,
Moses Blanco, Matthew Easley,
Dylan Greene, Justin Grimshaw,
Morgan
Hathcock,
Hedit
Hernandez, Matthew Hull, Jacie
Janek, Evan Johnston, Kaitlyn
Mohundro, Michael Salinas,
Layne Spurlen, Michael Stodghill
6th Grade: Gabbie Adger,
Shaina Barnes, Caleb Caraway,
Patricia Donjuan, Sarah Edwards,
Dillon Flowers,
7th Grade: Emily Beck,
Chalie Carlisle, Oscar Chavez,
Mason Hodges, Jeremy Holder,
Sara Kelly, Lacy Lingle, Laurelei
Litke, Jose Martinez, Michael
McLearen, Hope Narvaez,Erin
Sparger
8th Grade: Adriana Arzate,
Lauren Casey, Micah Cisneroz,
Demi Dyson, Alex Gonzales,
Stephanie
Grumbles,
Raul
Gutierrez, Lindsy Hamilton,
Samantha Hyden, Tori Krug,
Hayden
Lewis,
Makenzie
Mathews, Taylor Patterson, Leigha
Pringle, Ian Scroggins, Shelby
Wells, Chance Wright
DeLeon High School
5th Six Weeks
Honor Roll
All “A”
“A-B”
Freshman:
Ashley Auvenshine, Kelbi
Bartley, Wesley Beeman, Dustin
Bennett, Kyler Caraway, Darian
Cleere, Destiny Gonzales, Linzi
Gray, Michael Kelly, Austin
Koonce, Margaret Nabors, Jake
Paul, Pearse Pearson, Linsey
Sanders, Lexi Spurlock, Mason
STewart, Kody Travis
Sophomores:
Calvin Caraway, Courtney
Caraway, Everto Gonzales, Hope
Landa, Stuart Martin, Colton
Mathis, Alex Rorie, Megan
Williams
Juniors:
Latisha
Abbey,
Pedro
Calzada, Lane Chupp, C. J.
Grumbles, Meagan Holder, Scott
Jordan, Tyler McKinney, Matt
Nowlin, Chance Singleton,
Clayton Stokes
Seniors:
Kimberly Arnold, Emily
Auvenshine, Mitch Barefoot,
James
Canterbury,
Krista
Escamilla, Brody Hammonds,
Selina Walker
Freshman:
Maria Chavez, Kelci Feist,
Keisha Floyd, Eli Fullagar, Blaine
Garcia, Taylor Golden, Meagan
Gonzales, Charlsa Hicks, Dustin
Hurteau, Aaron Koonce, R’leigh
McLearen, Marki Nowlin, Colten
Rice, Emilie Royall, Derek
Sparger, Amber Woods
Sophomores:
Felisha Barron, Kelcie
Gomez, Kendra Howard, Austin
Johnson, Eric Lampman, Jennifer
Lewis, Adrian Mejia, Kolby
Powell, Richard Ramirez, Mike
Reyes, Steve Rorie, Jordyn Stelter,
Mitch Winkles
Junior:
Kayla Atchley, Carrie Boen,
Josh Kelly, Trevor Nowlin, Kim
Perez, Silvia Reyna, Maci
Williams
Seniors:
Josh Beaty, Tamara Cagle,
Mercedes Chupp, Bonnie Gilder,
Hunter Golden, Elizabeth Lewis,
Whitney McDonald, Kristen
Powell, Angela Reyna, Joel
Robles, Ethan Royall, Cody
Welch, Taner Winkles
2C: McKenna Glover, Storm
Harvey, Isaiah Perez, Stellina
Scott, Kyler Shaffer, Noah
Stockman
3A: Israel Cordova, Karina
Don Juan, Crystal Lofton, Xavier
Reyna, Mikayla Sparger, Danelle
Woods
3B: Ray Amaya, Justin
Ballenger, Whitney Beach, Jessica
Grimshaw, Leah Henderson,
David Laird, McKinsey Morris,
Daniel Sanchez
3C: Braden Eary, Ismael
Garcia, Kaley Garcia, Ireland
Hugg, Cecilia Mejia, Callan Scott,
Anthony Lopez, Taylor Welch,
Dawson Whatley, Bailey Whiteley
4A: Josh Auvenshine, Diana
Landa, Charli Morris, Tye
Sadberry, Aaron Salinas, Cavin
Stockman
4B: Molly Casey, John Lopez,
Christopher Rorie, Arick Salinas,
Dorothy Seidel, Hanna Stovall,
Kristi Ward
4C: Lilliana Litke, Derek
Patterson, Bailey Williams
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Blake Bellomy, 2nd Grader DeLeon Elementary
Wee Care Christian Preschool
Registration for School Year 2008-2009
Monday, May 5
8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Northside Baptist Church
Behind High school Gym
Wee Care is a Christian
Preschool for children ages 3-5
(Must be potty trained)
We have limited
openings available.
Parents may call the
school at 254-893-3426
if more information
is needed.
Received 100 AR Points
Assistant Teacher for a Day in Mrs. Casey’s Room
There is a $40 registration fee that
includes all supplies and a shirt.
A copy of current immunization records
due at registration.
Tuition is $100 per month.
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Page 4/ Thursday, April 24, 2008/ DeLeon Free Press
Mayor’s Corner
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE DE LEON CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN A REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY,
APRIL 24, 2008, IN THE COUNCIL ROOM OF THE DE LEON
CITY HALL, 125 SOUTH TEXAS STREET, DE LEON, TEXAS
BEGINNING AT 6:00 P.M. O’CLOCK TO CONSIDER AND ACT
UPON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA:
Comanche Livestock Exchange
Has a Sale every
Saturday at Noon!!
Hauling is available!
HWY 67/377 East In Comanche, TX • Phone 325-356-5231
Does the special lady in your
life have “Spring Fever” and
refuses to cook?
Don’t settle for
just bread &
water for lunch!
The whole family can enjoy a great meal
together at Rollie’s On Texas, give Mom a
break and fill everyone’s hunger pangs.
Rollie’s On Texas in DeLeon
254-893-2591
1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. ROLL CALL:
3. INVOCATION:
4. CITIZEN’S PRESENTATION:
5. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER MINUTES OF APRIL 10, 2008:
6. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER BID ON SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FOR THE CITY OF DE LEON BY IESI:
7. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ORDINANCE # 003-08; VACATING RIGHT OF WAY:
8. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION # 002-08; HWY
16 CLOSURE FOR THE 94TH PEACH AND MELON ACTIVITIES:
9. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION # 003-08; CONTINUED PARTICIPATION WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE:
10. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION # 004-08; BOARD
OF DIRECTORS FOR THE UPPER LEON RIVER MWD:
11. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CONTRACT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF DELEON AND THE PEACH AND MELON FESTIVAL:
12. STAFF REPORT BETWEEN MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY SECRETARY, PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATOR, EMERGENCY
COORDINATOR AND POLICE CHIEF: (no action can be taken
on this item)
13. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCOUNT PAYABLE:
14. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PAYROLL:
15. ADJOURNMENT:
By Danny Owen
Our De Leon cemetery lighting is in progress, poles have been
set and some of the lighting on the
South side is in place. We hope this
will aid in preventing vandalism in
the cemetery. We continue to ask
all citizens to report any activity
noticed as possible vandalism.
Have you noticed the new
light poles at the new tractor pull
arena? We continue to make headway with the Community Park,
lighting will soon be ordered for
the poles, and the food booth
donated by LaJoyce Johnson in
memory of her husband Daryl
Johnson is ready for placement at
the tractor arena as well as two
other booths donated by the
Womens’ Division Chamber of
Commerce for the midway and
amphitheater areas. DeLeon Peach
and Melon Festival will be building a food pavilion in this same
area for food vendors and civic
groups use. In the near future
water lines and electricity will be
added for the booths.
Speaking of donations,
Womack's Nursery has donated
trees to the new park, and so have
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Snider. We
appreciate the gifts that continue to
Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back
You’ve probably seen lots of
information recently about the
2008 Relay For Life. It’s been in
the newspaper, on the radio, companies are holding fundraisers, and
teams have been gearing up for the
event to be held May 2, 2008 at
Comanche High School.
If you’re not sure what it’s all
about we’d like to tell you how this
one night could change your life.
The American Cancer Society
Relay For Life represents the hope
that those lost to cancer will never
be forgotten, that those who face
cancer will be supported, and that
one day cancer will be eliminated.
Comanche
County Jail
Inmate
Count
Census Date: April 22, 2008
Comanche County
Gillespie County
Erath
Mason County
Lampasas County
19
16
3
3
8
Total Inmates
49
Jail Capacity
144
Relay is the single largest
fundraising event for The
American Cancer Society. Last
year over $4 million dollars was
raised for Research, Prevention,
Education & Patient Services.
Since 1998 Comanche County has
raised almost $300,000 and for the
past several months Relay teams
have baked, begged, bartered &
bargained in an effort to raise
money.
On May 2 these Relay teams
will meet at the Comanche High
School track for an all-night walking event. The first lap honors the
people who have faced cancer
first-hand. As they make their way
around the track hundreds of people will applaud and cheer them on
to the Finish Line. These are the
Survivors!
On the second lap they will be
joined by family and friends who
have been their support system,
and the third lap will spotlight each
of the teams who have participated
in Relay For Life this year. After
the sun goes down an inspirational
candlelight ceremony will be held
to honor cancer survivors and
remember those we’ve lost to this
disease.
For 12 hours, each team will
have a walker on the track. This
period of time from sunset til’ sunrise parallels the physical effects,
emotions and mental state of cancer patients while undergoing
treatment. The walkers will be
tired. They may feel discouraged.
In the middle of the night it will be
dark & cold and they’ll wonder if
they can make it until morning.
But as the sun rises on a new
day they’ll know it’s possible.
With each new day there’s hope for
a new tomorrow. And with each
new tomorrow – there’s hope for a
cure!
If you’ve never participated in
Relay For Life, please join us at
6:00 p.m. on May 2, 2008 at
Comanche High School. There
will be activities, games, auctions,
raffles and entertainment throughout the night and we guarantee you
won’t be bored.
For more information on
Relay For Life or to make a donation, contact Melanie Haile at 254356-1515 or email her at [email protected]. To learn more
about the American Cancer
Society’s research, prevention,
advocacy, patient services, and
early detection programs, call 1800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.
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Matthew, the enthusiastic young sales representative for
Hathcock Furniture, points with pride at their large selection of
floor coverings of all types. Not only do you have a full range of
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give year after years as trees do.
Sid Miller Nursery donated trees
last year to the RV park. Thanks to
each of you for helping our new
park.
I spoke of the ADA inspection, week before last, and stated
that the final inspection would be
done by the end of the month. Well
that date has been moved to May
5, 2008 now. Sub-contractors were
unable to finish up as soon as we
expected, so we requested a little
more time to complete the work so
our restrooms would pass inspection. Being general contractor and
dealing with sub-contractors hired
by the previous general contractor
before he dropped out of sight, has
just about reached it's end.
Hopefully things will be addressed
differently with our future waste
water plant construction project.
Construction Bonds have a reason,
and trust me, this council and
myself have moved to the head of
the class on this subject over the
past two years.
Plans will be underway for
activities for the new park for its
grand opening. If you would like
to volunteer to help plan activities,
contact the ladies at City Hall. We
plan a Saturday with many events
throughout the day and evening.
Now is the time to get in on the
ground level and help make our
park inviting to everyone.
Mr. Elton Brownlee has finished our new sign for the tractor
pull entrance, hopefully the new
sign will be up soon to help attract
people to the new arena. Now we
need to have a sign for the Midway
entrance with advertisement of the
DeLeon Peach and Melon
Festival. Many things to complete
before August 2008, and by the
way, that's only four months away.
Time flies when we are having
fun!
Don't forget the candidates
forum April 25, 2008 at 7 p.m. at
De Leon City Hall. I would like to
thank the Womens’ Division
Chamber for planning and working the forums year after year.
Thanks for your time and
continued support.
Danny Owen
Pre-payment is
required on all
Classified Ads.
Deadline is 12
noon Tuesdays.
Comanche
Livestock
Exchange
According to Comanche
Livestock Exchange, their receipts
totaled 415 head of cattle on
Saturday, April 19. There were 43
buyers and 103 sellers.
The market was stronger and
much more active.
Cows: utility 54-57; few high
dressing 59; cutters 51-58; canners
42-48; old shell 33-38; stockers
65-75.
Bulls: bologna 62-68; few
high dressing 70; stockers- 75-85;
utility 50-57.
Cow & calf pairs: Good 9501170; plain 750-850
Bred cows: Good 850-950;
plain 550-750.
Steers Med & Lg #1: 300400#–120-125; 400-500#–115123; 500-600#–105-110; 600700#–98-103; 700# & up–93-98.
Med & Lg #2: 300400#–110-115; 400-500#–103108, 500-600# –93-98; 600700#–90-95; 700# & up–-84-90.
Med & Lg #3: 300400#–105-110; 400-500# –93-98;
500-600# –90-95; 600-700#–8590; 700# & up–73-78.
Heifers Med & Lg #1: 300400#–105-110; 400-500# –98108;500-600#–95-100;600-700#–
88-94; 700# & up–83-88.
Med & Lg #2: 300400#–100-105; 400-500#–93-98;
500-600#– 88-93; 600-700#–8388; 700# & up 78-82.
Med & Lg #3: 300-400#–8893; 400-500#–88-93; 500-600#
–78-83; 600-700# –75-80; 700# &
up–70-75.
Sheep & Goat Market:
Stocker Nannies $45-55/hd;
Nannies #90-100 $40-42; Kids
#40-55 $110; Billies $90-100
$100.
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Blind Man’s Bluff
You’d a had to be there to
experience the full drama of the
confrontation, and several hundreds fans flocked to the East Side
Park to witness the most famous
softball game to ever be arranged
down at the low end of
Muskingum waterway. Of course,
it don’t rain all that often in Ector
County, but when it does, that field
stands a two foot rise—or even
after a heavy dew.
The weather was clear that
fateful day in the mid 60’s howsomever, and a record number of
souls assembled to witness the
confrontation. Eddie Feigner,
undisputed King of softball
launches brought his Court to town
to take on the Odessa Merchants.
The King and his Court is a fourman team that had traveled the
world and in their seventeenth year
they boasted a 1,782–170
won–loss record in their 168 game
per year season. Feigner pitched
all the games and had 3,800 strikeouts to his credit. His record
included 134 perfect games, 413
no hit–no run and 705 shutouts.
The King had been bested around
200 times in his 13 year career.
The Odessa Merchants
played the cream of the Texas
teams, and they had compiled an
8–0 mark on their drive toward the
National Championship when the
King and his Court hit town.
Neither team came to the
Muskingum Park to lose.
N.E. Stevens had won three
games for the Merchants on that
8–0 march to glory. He had struck
out 66 men crafting his wins and
had not issued a single base on
balls in that performance. As help
for Stevens, the Merchants had a
heavy hitting team who featured a
lusty batting average of 342. The
stands fell silent as introductions of
the gladiators were made. Kinda
like Gary Cooper’s “High Noon”
flick.
The King’s team consisted of
catcher Meade Kinser, first baseman Jerry Jones and shortstop
Mike Mellicke.
The Merchants had Jack
Pasco at 3rd base, W.C. Dixon at
center field, Don White in left
field, Marion McCutcheon at short
stop, Abe Wadley at second,
Charlie Richeson on first, Dale
Williams at right field, with John
White as catcher. N.E. Stevens
was pitcher, and a reserve or two
were in the dugout as ready
reserves.
Two deviations from the standard rules were imposed for the
game. Bunts and base stealing
were not allowed, in order to level
the playing field.
Feigner pitched from the
mound of course, but he can put
that softball across the plate at 104
MPH from the mound, second
base and from far center field. My
friend Don White told me it was
like trying to hit an aspirin. He
also pitches with a blindfold most
every game, and that unnerving
sight prompted Don White to step
out of the box.
“What’s the problem here?”
the umpire asked.
“Is he gonna pitch to me with
that blindfold on?” Don raised his
voice an octave.
“Yep!” was the answer.
“Well I want one too!” Don
stated.
“You want a what?”
“I want a blindfold to wear,”
Don answered. “I want to keep the
game even.”
The Merchants led the Court
by 3-2 in the 7th inning. A single,
a hit batsman, another single, a
wild pitch and a sacrifice fly
allowed the Court to eke out two
runs and they won the game by a
4-3 count.
Feigner struck out 16 batters,
Stevens struck out 13. Gene
Underwood from Gorman got a
hit, as did N.E. Stevens, and a run
by Don White accounted for the
Merchants’ tally.
And, in case you’re wondering, Don was not allowed a blindfold. He kept his eyes closed. I
don’t recall whether he told me
that, or I just made it up.
It was a match to behold.
Let me hear from you. My
phone number is 254-893-5063.
My postal address is: 333 W.
Ayers Ave., De Leon TX 76444.
Or, you can send an email to
[email protected] or
check www.CharlesChupp.com.
If not, it is easy to get started. For only $20 a year, the
DeLeon Lions Club will
place an American flag in
front of your home or business. You can show your
colors on patriotic holidays
- Flay Day, July 4,
Memorial
Day,
and
Veterans Day.
Call Toney Prather at
893-6161 or the Free Press
at 893-6868.
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DUBLIN ROUND-UP FOR REHAB AUCTION. Chris Abens
and Cole Reeves are helping with the Dublin Round-Up for
REHAB Auction. Held at the Dublin Livestock Auction barn,
the event which benefits the West Texas Rehabilitation Center
was a great success with supporters raising $16,621. Thank
you!
Comanche County
American Cancer Society
Meeting
The Comanche County
Chapter of the American Cancer
Society will hold its regular
monthly meeting at the Comanche
County Medical Center, Thursday,
April 24, at 6:00 p.m. There will
be no speaker, but plans will be
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everyone to his Eagle Scout Court of Honor.
The ceremony will take place on
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SIGNING LETTER OF INTENT. Stephanie Robinett, granddaughter of Mary Jo and Marvin Boswell, originally from
DeLeon, signs her National Letter of Intent to play Division 1
volleyball at Wagner College in New York City. Picture
includes Stephanie with her father Scott, Coach Fortes, and
mother Melinda Boswell Robinett.
Museum Musings
by Missy Jones
April 15, 2008
Saturday was very nice day
and we had a great group of friends
visiting the museum. We are able
to help several people with
research on their families and that
is always a good feeling. And
many thanks to all of the fine people that have shared their family
history and items with us, and we
can now share it with their descendants that are searching for information.
The Sliger Brothers crew was
in attendance and has the slab
poured for the beautiful monument
on our grounds for the
Presbyterian Church memorial.
We look forward to seeing this
work progress.
Two of our visitors were
Betty McCrary Rice and Colton
Rice of DeLeon. Betty was looking for information on a store that
her ancestor had in the early days
of Comanche and it was on the
square. After she left, I found a
mention of it in an early day newspaper article that the Comanche
Public Library has on their website, just click on “Early
Newspapers”. Now that I am writing this article, I don’t have the
information in front of me, but it
was in the year 1880. Maybe she
will read this and can research this,
or call me at the museum and I’ll
give her the exact date.
Several weeks ago Bobby
Lane and Keith Prater came by the
museum and visited with us and
brought us some treasures. They
had visited with Charles Levisay
and some of the early day
Newburg information had been
left in the Newburg Community
Building, and as it was just gathering dust and was in danger of
being lost. They all discussed it
and thought our museum was the
ideal place to leave it. We have a
wonderful Newburg room, and
Bobby and Keith brought it to us.
I told them that I would write this
up in about two weeks, which I am
doing today.
Vets Corner
By Jim Coats
Commander, DAV Chapter #43
9
2
8
Puzzle #189
If you can count to nine, you can play Sudoku! Each row,
columns and 3x3 square must contain the number 1 through 9. Use your logical
abilities to figure out the blanks.
I'm sure most of you have
heard of the re-adjustment problems some of our servicemen are
experiencing upon returning from
Iraq (OIF) or Afghanistan (OAF).
It seems the unique combat conditions in either country have had a
strange effect on the thought
processes of some of our troops.
Some seem to have a problem readjusting to life here in the land of
the big PX. The Department of
Veterans Affairs has recognized
this problem and has taken quick
remedial steps to correct it.
The VA has established what
they call Vet Readjustment
Counseling Centers. One center is
located in the Killeen/ Harker
Heights area. This is adjacent to
Fort Hood, where a number of
returning OIF/OAF veterans are
sent. The VA is hiring veterans
who have served in the Middle
East and training them to provide
re-adjustment counseling for posttraumatic stress disorder, sexual
trauma, harassment, and bereavement counseling. This service is
available for both the veteran and
family members.
Another counseling center is
located in Ft. Worth. A very pleasant young man who is a counselor
at the Ft. Worth center visited with
me last week. He left me with
some give-away pencils and ballpoint pens plus some very attractive bumper stickers. Anyone who
would like to have some of these
items are welcome to stop by and
pick them up.
I want to again go over the
hierarchy of the entities that handle
veterans affairs here in Texas.
At the top of the heap is the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
They are divided into several
regional districts. The regional district that has say over the veterans
here in Comanche County is located in Waco.
Next in the pecking order is
the Texas Veterans Commission, a
state organization who is responsible for the training of any of us
who work with veterans here in
Texas. They have several other
responsibilities concerning veterans.
At the bottom of the pile is the
county Veterans Service Officers.
They are hired by and work for the
county. The VSOs have no authority or influence above the county
level. Please keep that in mind
when applying for benefits.
I pulled out this information
that had left, and I was just blown
away at what treasures they had
found. These two books are in
total about 6 inches thick, and what
once were scrapbooks are mostly
just loose pages now. One is
labeled “Footsteps of Progress”.
This book is documenting all of
the things that they the community
had done to improve their homes
and places. This book was tied up
with a string so as to keep them
intact. My thought was that I
would look through the pages and
write my article. No such luck.
There is such a world of information there. We need to remember that this was all before the
computer age, there was no digital
pictures, no clipart, no way to print
this in fancy fonts. Just a lot of
hard work and creativity went into
this. There are pictures all through
the book, with many notes telling
just who they were and what they
were doing. For instance, a picture
and clipping about the Newburg
Quilting Club. They had met and
finished a quilt for Winnie Mae
Johnson, and said for the next
meeting that the members were to
bring only one dish for lunch and
that it was to be something new
and different. “This is an old
organized club, but we don’t want
to get in “a rut” just because we are
growing older”. Isn’t that wonderful?
The other book is a record of
“Newburg Community Pasture
and Range Record Book”. There
is a page that the community had
completed for “Community
Pasture and Range Contest”, sponsored by the Texas Plant Food
Educational Society, Inc. and the
Agricultural Extension Service of
the Texas A & M College System.
This page has been completed for
the Newburg Community, County
of Comanche. For instance, total
numbers of families, total acres,
total animals, progress in pasture
and range production, clubs and
organizations. The report was
signed by Gayle McCullough,
Mrs. R. E. Seay, Angus Dickerson
Jr., and Ruth K. Stringer. One of
the articles of interest was about 11
Pakistanis visiting Comanche
County and Newburg, and sharing
their information about their country as well as agricultural condition
in America. One thing of interest,
“Churches in the county will host
the Pakistanis Sunday night. All
are of the Moslem faith but will
attend Christian services”.
There was a lot of information
about Newburg being the state’s
most progressive rural neighborhood group. This was the second
time they had been the winner for
communities in Texas. At the time
they were announced as state winners, leaflets were dropped to
homes in the Newburg community
from a plane piloted by Earl Oden,
all with Bill Parks, Angus
Dickerson, Jr., and Boyd Anthony.
I could write two or three
pages about this. Please come to
the museum and look at these
books, we will be so happy for you
to see you and your parents, and
friends in these pictures and we’ll
make you copies. Come to see us.
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ANNIVERSARY HONORS. Ann and Stanton Anders
Big sister, Hallie Vivian Reyna, is proud to announce the arrival of
her new baby brother, Alex James Reyna. He was born on March 12, at
2:14 p.m. at Harris Methodist Hospital in Stephenville. He weighed 8
pounds 1 ounce and was 19 1/2 inches long. Proud parents are Jamie
by Summer Mitchell
and Michael Reyna of DeLeon. Grandparents are Jim and Martha
Farley, and Johnny and Tammy Mendoza, all of DeLeon. Great-greatAnd for bingo, we just wish
We would like to thank
grandparents are Loyd and Vivian Hardin, Bernice Farley and Lawrence
Stanton and Ann Anders for shar- we could play everyday, but we
Farley, all of DeLeon.
ing their 50th wedding anniversary settle for playing only once or
with all of us here at DeLeon twice a week. Our bingo winners
Nursing and Rehab. Ann baked her this week were Gary Moore,
Roberson,
Hazel
own cake and brought punch. The Barbara
cake was delicious! Thank you McGinnis and Lorenzo Navarro.
Ann. Happy 50th anniversary Congratulations you guys!
We would like to invite you to
from all of us, we wish you both
come and visit and see what fun
many more to come.
Things are going good at our we have here at DeLeon Nursing
home. Everyone is getting their and Rehab. We always enjoy seemorning exercise and doing well. ing new faces every now and then,
We enjoyed watching Rush Hour even if it is only for a few minutes.
and eating popcorn and pickles, Just a little visit to say hello puts a
Tuesday afternoon. We decided on huge smile on our faces and brightRush Hour since Jackie Chan’s ens our day. So when you have
birthday was Monday, April 7. He some free time, drop in and say
does a great job and we can’t wait hello. Have a safe and happy week
from all of us at DeLeon Nursing
to see Rush Hour 2!
On Wednesday and Thursday and Rehab.
Madison Nicole Moore was born on March 29, 2008. She weighed we listened to Betty Duke, Roy
7 pounds 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. Her parents are Marine Freeman and friends play and sing
Lcpl. David Moore, and his wife Charity Moore. Grandparents are their beautiful music. They all
Melissa and Tommy Sones of DeLeon, and proud new Auntie and have such great talents. Thank you
Uncle, Bethany and Matthew Sones. Great-great-grandmother is Ima all for always bringing us so much
entertainment.
Jean Holt, also of DeLeon.
Balloon volleyball is still very
successful. We enjoy competing
against one another. We always
get a good laugh watching each
other dodge the balloon before it
hits us in the head! It is great therapy for all of us.
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Bunyan
Cemetery
Workday
The Bunyan Cemetery
Annual Workday is scheduled for
Saturday, May 3, with the gates
being opened at 9 a.m. Those
interested should bring lawn
chairs, hoes, shovels and a picnic
lunch (cold drinks will be provided) and are invited to “Spruce up
the cemetery and visit in the shade
of the oak trees.”
Hanson
Cemetery
Association
Annual
Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Hanson Cemetery Association
will be held on Saturday, May 3,
2008. This will be the only formal
meeting of the year. Members will
gather around 10 a.m. to tend to
individual lots before the business
meeting and basket lunch spread
at noon. In case of rain, meet at
the Thompson’s at 11 a.m. Bring
food as usual.
The cemetery is located three
miles north of Lake Proctor off
Hwy 1496 and CR 438. The association is working on a historical
designation and marker for the
cemetery. Donations for this project are welcome. For more information, call Anna Thompson, secretary-treasurer, at 254-445-2478.
Oliver
Springs
Cemetery
Working
The Oliver Springs Cemetery
working is scheduled for Saturday,
May 3.
A dinner will be spread
around noon. Bring a basket lunch
and enjoy the fellowship.
Bible Reading
Marathon
Mark
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Comanche’s first Bible reading
marathon is scheduled for
Wednesday, April 30, from 7:30
a.m. until 11 p.m. on the northside
of the Courthouse. Marathon continues Thursday morning, May 1,
from 7:30 a.m until 11:15 a.m. at
Comanche City Park. National
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“Service Beyond Expectation”
ALLSUP
Lee Edward Allsup, age 80,
of DeLeon, Texas, passed away
Sunday, April 20, 2008, at Abilene
Regional Medical Center. He was
born on September 17, 1927, in
Comanche County, Texas, to the
late Daniel Williams Allsup and
Millie Weldon James Allsup. He
was united in marriage to Verniel
“Billie” Prestridge.
Lee was a farmer and had
lived in the Rucker Community
and DeLeon area all of his life. He
served in the U. S. Army during
WWII and received the Victory
Medal. He is a Baptist
Funeral services were held at
10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 23,
2008, at Nowlin Funeral Home
Chapel with Bro. Ray Seckinger
officiating. Music was provided
by LaRessie Wilkerson and Vicki
Robinett. Burial followed in the
DeLeon Cemetery. Pallbearers
were Jim Everhart, Roland
Godsey, Neil Singleton, Steven
Singleton, Gaylon Fleming, Ray
Shipps, Lee Roy Wheat, Bob
Johnson, and Donnie Nowlin.
He is survived by two sons,
Thurman Allsup of Pittsboro,
N.C., and David Allsup of
DeLeon; two daughters, Grace
Everhart of DeLeon, and Sheila Jo
Godsey of San Antonio; nine
grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, wife Billie in 1981;
brother, Robert M. Allsup and two
sisters, Bertha Richardson and
Edna Ross.
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PARSONS
Services for Janies Brownlee,
age 88, of Andrews, Texas, was
held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, April
17, 2008, in McNett Funeral
Home Chapel with Dr. Jeff
Donnell, pastor of First Baptist
Church of Andrews, Rev. Bryan
Johnson, Chaplain of Home
Hospice and Elvin Brownlee, III, a
grandson, officiating the services.
Graveside services were held at
11:00 a.m. Friday, April 18, 2008,
in Garden of Memories Cemetery
at Comanche, Texas, with Rev.
Renford Norris of Frisco, Texas,
officiating.
Mrs. Brownlee passed away
in Andrews, Texas, Wednesday,
April 16, 2008. She was born on
December 3, 1919, at Cisco,
Texas. She was united in marriage
to Elvin Doyle Brownlee, Sr of
January 10, 1936, in DeLeon,
Texas. She was a homemaker and
a member of the Maranatha
Assembly of God Church.
She is survived by her husband, Elvin Doyle Brownlee Sr.,
of Andrews; sons, Elvin D.
Brownlee Jr., of Andrews, Bennie
Brownlee of Brownwood and Reo
Brownlee of Andrews; daughters,
Beverly Johnson of DeLeon, and
Jan Pruitt of Pleasant View,
Colorado.
Mrs. Brownlee was preceded
in death by her parents J. T and
Nora Hooks Green; brother,
Redies Green; sisters, Pauline
Teague, Laverne McGinnis and
Dwight Davidson.
Kenneth Monroe Kellems,
age 61, of Comanche, Texas,
passed away Monday, April 21,
2008, at his residence in
Comanche.
He was born on May 6, 1946,
in Woodlake, California, to
Kenneth V. Kellems and Audie M.
(Wrinkle) Kellems. Kenneth was
a journeyman carpenter in the construction industry. He was a member of New Life Pentecostal
Church in Comanche.
He was a United States Army
veteran and served in the Vietnam
War. Mr. Kellems was united in
marriage to Dawna Kay Travelute
on November 20, 1971, in Fort
Thomas, Arizona.
Funeral services will be 2:00
p.m., Thursday, April 24, 2008, at
Comanche Funeral Home chapel
with Rev. Greg Hardin officiating.
Burial will be in the Rock Church
Cemetery in Blanket, Texas.
He is survived by his wife,
Dawna Kay Kellems of
Comanche; daughters and sons-inlaw, Earline and Paul Mayer of
Comanche, Reyna and Will
Griffith of Comanche, and Della
and Collie Creek of Comanche;
seven grandchildren; sister, Betty
Moulds of Birch Tree, Missouri;
brothers and sister-in-law, Sam
and Arlene Kellems of Comanche
and Matthew Kellems of Blanket;
and mother, Audie Kellems of
Blanket.
He was preceded in death by
his father, Kenneth V. Kellems;
sisters, Pearl Kellems and Linda
Butler and brother, Mark A.
Kellems.
Cole Alan Parsons, age 19, of
Weatherford, and formerly of
Comanche,
passed away
Wednesday night at John Peter
Smith Hospital in Ft. Worth from
injuries received in an automobile
accident earlier Wednesday afternoon near his home in
Weatherford.
He was born April 22, 1988,
in Breckenridge, Texas. He
attended schools in Comanche and
later at Weatherford College. He
had lived in Weatherford since
November
moving
from
Comanche, and worked for Stuart
Nursery in Weatherford.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 20, 2008,
in the Heartland Funeral Home
Chapel in Comanche, Texas, with
Craig Curry officiating Burial followed in the X-Ray Cemetery
near Stephenville, Texas.
He is survived by his mother
and step-father, Deborah Parsons
and David Martin of Weatherford;
father and step-mother, Andy and
Dawn Parsons of Cisco; sister,
Ashley Parsons of Stephenville;
brother, Justin Parsons of
Weatherford; step-sisters, Brittany
Martin and Taylor Martin of
Weatherford, Marissa Stephen of
Ft. Worth, Karlie Norris and
Makayla Norris of Cisco; maternal
grandmother and step-grandfather,
Judy
James
and
Phillip
Shackelford of Comanche; paternal
grandmother,
Margie
Hendricks of Eastland, along with
several aunts, uncles and cousins.
He will be remembered as a
very kind and loving individual
who loved life. He was a wonderful son and had a big heart. Even
following the accident, he fought
hard for life at the hospital following emergency surgery. He will be
deeply missed by those who knew
him.
DeLeon Free Press
Thank You
The family of Cindy
Childress Wilson wish to express
their thanks to the St. Joe Baptist
Church, Brother Jackie, Ruby
Solomon and Jack Morton who
provided the music.
Thanks to the people who
provided the food. Thanks to
Donnie and Carolyn at the Nowlin
Funeral Home. Thanks for the
calls, cards and flowers, and to
Eddie Childress for the closing
prayer.
The Truman Childress family
The Jerry Wilson family
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Thank You
A Special Thank you to all
that came Saturday April 19, to the
Rock Bluff Cemetery cleaning.
The youngest of six months to the
oldest 89 accomplished a lot. The
markers are repaired and the flowers on each grave looked great. We
missed the boy scouts but understood the other commitments they
had. This year we missed Bernice
Farley, Marie White, and Elsie
Robinett due to health problems.
As long as we remember this
cemetery it will be cared for.
Thank you John and Terry Scott
for allowing the invasion of so
many coming and the noise. Only
one deer seemed to mind the disruption. Again thank you all.
Rock Bluff Cemetery
Association
Jerry and Jan Grisham
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STARK
Idelle Laura Stark, 99, born
October 11, 1908, in Hasse, Texas,
to Charlie and Rosa Craig passed
away April 19, 2008, at Mission
Nursing and Rehab Center.
She married Pete (C. J.) Stark
on may 22, 1927. They moved to
Lubbock in 1937. They owned
and operated Lubbock Western
Wear and Shoe Repair until they
retired to Comanche County in
1965. She came out of retirement
to help her daughter and son-inlaw run The Pink House Peddlers
Tea Room. She worked and traveled with them and had a very
happy and fulfilled life.
Graveside services will be
held on Thursday, April. 24, 2008,
at 10:00 a.m. at Garden of
Memories
Cemetery
in
Comanche, Texas, under the direction of Ric Brown Family Funeral
Home in Mission, Texas.
She is survived by one son,
Bob (Jane) Stark of Panama City,
Florida; daughter, Betty (Ray)
Bolt of Mission, Texas; granddaughter, Lecia Bolt of Arlington;
three great-grandchildren in
Memphis, Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by
parents, husband, three sisters, two
brothers, two grandsons and one
granddaughter.
DeLeon Free Press
Bro. Jackie Auvenshine, pastor
Sunday School - 10:30AM
*West on Hwy 6 to Rucker
Left on CR 459
Corner of Seguin & Travis
KELLEMS
RA’s, GA’s, Mission Friends, Youth &
Prayer Meeting/Adult Bible Study 7PM
Liberty Baptist
Church
DELEON ASSEMBLY
OF GOD CHURCH
BROWNLEE
Highland Missionary
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
A Card for
Every
Occasion
Worn out! - Beat Up!
Desdemona
News
The Worse it is
The bigger the Cost & Pain!
Don’t patch the small
repairs, they cause the
major breakdowns!
by Vonnie Guthery
Desdemona
Monthly
Country and Western musical will
be held on Saturday night, April
26, at the Community Center
School Building. The concession
stand will open at 5:30 p.m. serving sandwiches, homemade pies
and drinks. Come early to enjoy
supper and visit with all of the
group before the music program
begins at 6:00 p.m. All area musicians, singers and visitors are
invited to attend. Admission is
“FREE”.
Larry and Gay Moore and her
father, “Shorty” Fox, all of
Desdemona, hosted the Fox
Family Reunion last Saturday.
Coming Soon, “Flea Market”
to be held at the Desdemona
Community Center School
Building. Vendors are welcome to
rent spaces inside the school gym
or outside in the school yard at a
reasonable cost. More information later on for date and time.
Mary Sue (Craig) Garza of
Houston and her sister, Doris
(Craig) Whitley of Granbury,
attended the annual Desdemona
Cemetery meeting last Saturday.
The meeting was held at the
Cemetery Chapel Building. The
noon meal was catered by Terry
and Diane Denson, owners of the
Desdemona Boom Town Cafe and
Country Corner.
Sue Pettigrew is slowly
recovering from a broken collar
bone. She was able to attend
church last Sunday at the First
Baptist. Sue would like to say
“Thank You” to all of her friends
and neighbors who helped her during this time. She appreciates all
the cards and prayers.
Get well wishes to our friend,
Evah Sparkman. She spent several days this past week in the
Stephenville Hospital recovering
from a kidney infection.
Remember the sick and shutins of our community with your
cards and prayers. Just a note to
say “Hi” means so much to each
of them.
Richard
and
Ulenda
(Roberts) Cofsky and her grandson, Tanner Weaver, all of Fort
Worth, visited Desdemona last
Sunday with their friends.
MORTON CHAPEL DONATION. John Adcock, on the left, presented a check last Saturday
to Jack Morton on behalf of him and his wife, Helen, to be added to the Morton Chapel
Methodist Church renovation and maintenance fund. The donation was made in honor of
Clara Bruton, a life long member of the country church located southwest of DeLeon on
Highway 2318. Morton and his son Jeff also made significant donations in honor of Charles
Morgan, another longtime church member. The church is nearing 100 years since its founding and was named in honor of Morton's grandfather, Uriah J. Morton.
Wind Down, Catch up.
Haley
Buckley
Scores Well
In Overall
Finals
Haley Buckley, 4th grader at
DeLeon Elementary, participated
in the Region III High School
Rodeo Finals this past weekend at
the coliseum in Ft. Worth. This 10
year old did very well for herself,
and her overall yearly scores were
2nd in Barrels and 3rd in Poles.
Congratulations Haley, from all
your family and friends.
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Comanche Livestock Exchange
The Comanche Livestock Exchange will have the following RANCH SELL OUT & SPECIAL
CONSIGNMENTS to be sold in conjunction with our regular sale SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH AT 12 NOON.
Consignments to include:
• 50+ HD Longhorn & Roping Stock Ranch Sellout!
All cattle included in this consignment are fresh and have never been in an arena...!!
• 18 HD of Young Longhorn Pairs & Bred Cows.
• 20 HD of FRESH Doggin’ Steers & Heifers
• 15 HD of FRESH Roping Steers & Heifers
• 30HD Angus & Angus Plus Cows 6 yrs & younger
and Med to Heavy Bred!
• 34HD Fancy Angus Plus Cows - 26w/calves by their side,
balance is heavy bred. Calves out of angus bulls.
For more information call 325-356-5231 or log-on to
www.ComancheLivestockExchange.Com.
Hauling Available. Check office for details.
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• Top Soil
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your lawn and garden looking beautiful
all year round.
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Garage Sale
Movie
Listings
YARD
SALE:
440
S.
Weatherford, DeLeon. Saturday,
April 26, 8AM til 4PM. Tools,
shoes, clothes & Misc.
1tp.
MAJESTIC THEATRE
OF EASTLAND
629-1322
Deer Lease Wanted
108 N. Lamar
Leatherheads
Rated PG-13
RISING STAR TRADE DAYS
is April 25th, 26th & 27th. 713 W.
Hwy 36, Rising Star, Texas. New &
Used Merchandise, Crafts, Food &
Fun! Indoor & outdoor shopping.
45 Booths under canopy. For more
information call 254-643-1611. 1tc.
DEER LEASE WANTED: 6
hunters need 750-1000 acres for
written 3-5 year lease. Full season, deer & turkey hunting. We
feed year round. Lease must
permit guests with certain conditions. Lease paid by 1 check
on June 1st. $12,000.00. Charles
Leggette 214-443-2450 or
[email protected].
42-45p
GARAGE SALE:
7:30 p.m. Showings
Fri-Mon Admission $4.50
FREE
FREE PUPPIES: Border Collie
Mix puppies. Blue Heeler Male
(FREE). Also chihuahua mix puppies. All eating on their own. Call
254-979-1229 after 4PM. 1tp.
SERVICES
MODERN HOUSE
LEVELING
The Professional Leveling Co.
325-643-4767
Brownwood
22-27/08
•Will Clean Houses
•Can Baby sit on
Some Saturdays.
Call Monique Sanchez
(254) 842-1723 or call
Nellie Prado at
893-3910
(Her niece)
Friday & Saturday 7AM til
5PM. Lawnmower, bicycles,
bedding, curtains, housewares, home decor, clothes,
too much to mention. Go
south on Hwy 16. Take first
right after phone co. on CR
451. Look for sign. Grady
and Sue West home. 1tp.
SERVICES
KENRICK CONSTRUCTION: Windows, Doors,
Bathrooms, Kitchens, Custom
Cabinets, Brush & Tree
Removal. Call for FREE
Estimates.893-5593 1tp.
FALL YARD WORK: Yard
work & mowing. Also small
gas engine repairs. Will clean
chimneys. Call cell (254) 8421362
or
254-893-5869.
39-43p
Call the “Cleaning
Queen” today to get your
spring cleaning done!
Weekly, Bi-weekly or
monthly residential service. Dependable, hardworking, and Honest!
Local Ref. available.
Store Hours:
9:30-5:00 p.m.
Closed
Sunday &
Tuesday
FOR SALE: Craftsman 17h.p.42” cut Lawn Tractor. Like New!
$500.00. Call 972-658-8692 for
more information.
1tp.
FOR SALE: Tifton 85 Sprigs.
$14.00/bale. Jimmy Bingham (h)
254-842-5856 or (c) 325-3301685.
41-47c
FOR SALE: ‘99 Capri Bayliner
inboard/outboard motor; 18 ft.
$6,000. Call 254-842-8033. 1tc
FOR SALE: 2003 Ford F150
STX pkg. Extended cab. 115,000
miles, runs great! $6,000. Call
254-842-8033.
1tc.
For Sale
FIREARMS
42-45p
All State & Local Laws Apply
Must be 21 Years of Age
Buying Junk
Cars
& Pickups
DeLeon Auto
Supply
132 N. Texas St.
893-5787
tfnc
254-485-0286
Skip Smith
tfnc
MISC
NEED SHARE CROPPER for
coastal grass. Call 254-893-2435
for details. Talk to Sam. tfnc
Arrowhead Collections Wanted.
Cash purchase. Local area collections only.
Prior inspection
required. 842-4945.
tfn
FREE: 4 Bar Stools and a TV to
give away FREE! Call 893-6424
if interested.
1tp.
HELPWANTED: Immediate opening for Inside Help at PAR Country
Club. Must be over 18 years of age.
Apply in person.
41-42c
TEXAS COOPERATIVE INSPECTION PROGRAM
304 S. Kent Street, Gorman, Texas 76454
(254) 734-3006 or (800) 880-3006
Shelled Stock Sample Puller I
• Pull samples of shelled peanuts.
• Able to work 7 days a week
• M-F may include O.T.
Sat/Sun always O.T.
WHETHER
THE
WEATHER?
Residential & Commercial
New Construction,
Cabinet Finishing & Dry Wall
√ Free Estimates
CHECK OUT
Call: 254-893-5244
254-842-4878
NO JOB TOO SMALL! tfnc
Bobby Winkles
Construction &
Roofing
•All phased of construction!
•Work Guaranteed!
•FREE Estimates
•All Types of Roofing
•Custom Cabinets
•Window & Door Replacement!
• FREE Estimates on Insulation
work and window replacement!
Don’t wait
on the
postman!
Call 893-4198 or
842-8167 tfnc
SIDING AND WINDOWS
farmandhomebuilders.com
tfnc
(254) 485-2002 Clay
(254) 485-2007 Scott
Dublin, Tx 76446
Demolition
Sand
Dozer Work
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(41-42c)
The Comanche County Sheriff’s Office is currently accepting applications for two positions:
County Corrections Officer
Full-Time position- 12 hour shifts with every other weekend off. Paid
every two weeks starting salary $10.00 per hour. The County provides Health Insurance and Retirement. Applicants must be licensable by TCLEOSE if not currently a licensed corrections officer, training will be provided.
Part-Time Patrol Deputy
Part-time - to fill position from May 16, 2008 until September 14,
2008. Work approximately 30 hours per week with salary starting at
$10.50 per hour. This Patrol Deputy will be assigned to Corp of
Engineers at Proctor Lake. Applicants my be licensed as a Peace
Officer and in good standing with TCLEOSE.
Applications may be picked up at the Sheriff’s Office and interested persons may contact Chief Deputy Chris Pounds for further information at 325-356-7533 or 254-893-3510.
41-42c
HELP WANTED
Comanche County Medical Center is recruiting for the following full-time positions:
Paramedics
EMT - 1
EMT - Basic
Pre-payment is required on
all Classified Ads.
CCMC offers competitive salaries and benefits including on call
pay. Interested applicants may apply in person or send resume to:
CCMC
10201 Hwy 16 N
Comanche, Texas 76442
ATTN: Human Resource Director
EOE
42-43c
Kim Miles
Comanche County
Extension Agent
RICE
PAINTING
Crushed Rock
House Pads
Topsoil
Custom Work
HELP WANTED : Tire Laborer.
Must have drivers license. 6
months experience in changing
tires. Drug free environment. May
pick up application at Garcia Tire
Service.
39-42c
MANAGER STEPHENVILLE
DQ: Food service career with top
salary and bonuses for continued
growth. Responsible, honest
leader with people skills.
Background and drug test
required; smoke free. Richeson
Home Office 940-549-5041, ask
for Twylah Price; 9-5 M-f. Other
time, leave message. 39-42c
FREE
254-893-2634
Asphalt Repair
Driveways
Road Base
HELP WANTED: Delivery and
utility person. Will train in appliance repair. Drug free & neat
appearance. No telephone calls.
Apply at Franks Home Center,
173 N. Texas, DeLeon.
tfnc
HELP WANTED: Weekend RNcouple weekends per month.
CNA’s $9.00/hr. Dietary needs
cooks and traysetters. Please
apply in person at DeLeon
Nursing and Rehab, 809 E.
Navarro, DeLeon, Texas, 76444.
41-42c.
Deadlineis 12noonTuesdays.
DeLeon,Tx. 76444
1-866-219-1923
HELP WANTED: Welding hand
needed in Comanche. We have our
own equipment. Call Daniel Garcia at
254-998-0020.
42-43c
Cost + 10%
All Manufacturers
Rifles, Pistols, Shotguns
Call Jamie Mason
Quilting & Sewing
Supplies
STRAWBERRIES: Worthington
Orchards 1 mi SW of Proctor on
Hwy 377. 254-879-2400. Closed
Monday.
41-44c
FOR SALE: 5 Ft. tractor tiller. 3
point hook-up. Call (office) 254445-2222 or (home) 254-8937889.
41-44c
Kristie-325-330-3396
1tp
“Open when I’m Here...
... Closed when I’m Gone”
For Sale
HELP WANTED
Save Energy and Money
Many families spend more
money than they need to on home
utility bills because a large portion
of the energy is wasted. The good
news is, there is a lot you can do to
save energy and money at home.
By making a few small changes,
you can reduce your energy costs
by 10 to 50 percent.
The key to achieving these
savings in your home is a wholehouse energy efficiency plan. To
take a whole-house approach, view
your home as an energy system
with interdependent parts. For
example, your heating system is
not just a furnace - it’s a heat-delivery system that starts at the furnace
and delivers heat throughout your
home using a network of ducts.
Even a top-of-the-line, energy-efficient furnace will use a lot of
excess energy if the ducts, walls,
attic, windows, and doors are not
insulated and leak. Taking a
whole-house approach to saving
energy ensures that dollars you
invest to save energy are spent
wisely. The following tips will help
you to save energy at home:
• Set your thermostat comfortably low in the winter and comfortably high in the summer. Install
a programmable thermostat that is
compatible with your heating system.
• Use compact fluorescent
light bulbs. You can even purchase
ones to use with dimmers. Study
your family’s lighting needs and
use patterns, paying special attention to high-use areas such as the
living room, kitchen, and outside
lighting. Look for ways to use
lighting controls - like occupancy
sensors, dimmers, or timers - to
reduce lighting energy use, and
replace standard (also called incandescent) light bulbs and fixtures
with compact or standard fluorescent lamps. Fluorescent lamps create less heat than incandescent
bulbs. This is important if you are
trying to cool the interior air.
• Air dry dishes instead of
using your dishwasher’s drying
cycle.
• Turn off your computer and
monitor when not in use.
• Plug home electronics, such
as TVs and DVD players, into
power strips; turn the power strips
off when the equipment is not in
use. (TVs and DVDs in standby
mode still use several watts of
power.)
• Lower the thermostat on
your hot water to 120 degrees F.
• Take short showers (5 minutes or less) instead of baths.
• Wash only full loads of dishes and clothes.
• Close fireplace dampers
when not burning wood in the fireplace.
• Look for the ENERGY
STAR® label on home appliances
and products. ENERGY STAR®
products meet strict efficiency
guidelines set by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
In addition to these actions, do
a home energy audit. When auditing your home, keep a checklist of
areas you inspect and problems
you find. This list will help you prioritize your energy efficiency
upgrades.
• Check the insulation levels.
(Visit the Consumer’s Guide for
instruction on checking insulation
levels
at
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/energy_audits/i
ndex.cfm/mytopic=11170.)
• Check for air leaks. Look for
holes or cracks around walls, baseboards, ceilings, attic hatches, window frames, wall- or windowmounted air conditioners, weather
stripping around doors, light and
plumbing fixtures, switches, and
electrical outlets that can leak air
into or out of your home.
• Check to make sure the fireplace damper seals when it is
closed.
• Maintain your appliances
and heating and cooling systems.
Check owner’s manuals for the
recommended maintenance.
Energy-efficient improvements make your home more comfortable, and they can yield longterm financial rewards. Reduced
utility bills more than make up for
the higher price of energy-efficient
appliances and improvements over
their lifetimes. In addition, your
home could bring in a higher price
when you sell.
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DeLeon Free Press/ Thursday,April 24, 2008/ Page11
Houses for Sale
HOUSE FOR SALE: 524 Bell
St. 2 BR, 1 Bth, Double Carport,
Lots of oaks. 893-6341.
1tp.
PAYMENTS $400/mo or less,
depending on credit. Located at
433 W. Ross Ave, 3/1 on 68/67 lot.
Only $800 down w.a.c. financing
available, on a fixed rate, contact
Jared at 866-268-4070.
42-43p
FOR SALE OR LEASE: 2 bedroom 1 bath. Call 893-6233 or
254-842-8007 for more information.
1tc.
HOUSE FOR SALE: In
DeLeon, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths,
central heat & air on 2 fenced lots.
Call 254-734-5836 leave a message. $45,000.
39-42p
LEARNING ABOUT NEWSPAPERS. For the second year in a row, the fourth grade students
of DeLeon Elementary, under the direction of teacher Maggie Thayer, are studying about
newspapers -- including writing, editing, photography, design and production -- with the intentions of producing their own publication (Bearcat Free Press) before the end of the school
year. As part of their studies, class members invited a member of the Free Press staff to drop
by to discuss the workings of a weekly newspaper and after the presentation and a lively question-and-answer session the students and Mrs. Thayer (third row, far right) posed for a photo.
For Rent
FOR RENT: 3 B/R, 2 Bath trailer
house. $350.00/mo + deposit and
references. If interested call 254893-5977.
1tp.
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.
Mobile Homes
For Sale
Women on Mission
The WOM of First Baptist
Church met Wednesday, April 16,
with Sandy Gould presiding and
welcoming members. Sandy and
members named those for the
prayer list, and Jolene Whitehurst
voiced the prayer.
Molly Kattes gave the
Calendar of Prayer for the birthday
missionaries. The scripture read
was I Peter 2:18-21, and the prayer
focus was for ministries in
Kentucky. Nadine Pilcher led the
prayer.
The treasurer’s report was
given, and mission projects were
discussed.
Sandy Gould presented the
inspiring program titled “That’s
Amore.” Love is a big part of missionary’s discipleship efforts. She
gave seven principles for a disci-
pleship format that could work just
as well in Rome, Georgia, as it
does in Rome, Italy. The topics
focused on: 1. Look around. 2.
Look inside. 3. Share yourself. 4.
Be open. 5. Be patient. 6. Work
out. 7. Love like Jesus. Janet loves
the Italian people and feels that
God has given her a real peace and
joy to be in Italy with a heart for
discipling His people with love.
Lyn Hooker closed the meeting
with prayer. A time of fellowship
followed with Sandy serving coffee and cookies to others attending: Margie Hale, Jolene
Whitehurst, Lyn Hooker, Mildred
Singleton, Molly Kattes, Leona
Coan, Barbara Nowlin, June
Carruth, Nadine Pilcher, Doris
Johnson, Marinell Skaggs and
Kathryn Harper and Samuel.
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REAL ESTATE
LAMB REAL ESTATE
209 N. Texas St. - 254-893-6502
Bill Lamb, Broker - Troy Morris, Agent
www.deleonrealestate.com
• NEW LISTING! 3 BR, 1 BTH Rock Home on corner lot with beautiful oak
trees, garden spot, double garage, w/shop/storage building. $39,500.
• NEW: 20.113 acres outside city limits on Hwy 6. $4,000/acre
• NEW: 55.613 acres, well, electricity, good fencing, mixed grasses. $2,250/acre.
• REDUCED TO $155,000: Unique 3-2 Barndominium on 6 wooded acres with
pavement frontage. CH/A, office, woodstove, loft, lots of cedar cabinets, loft etc.
Barn, outbuildings & shop plus 100 yr old farm house to redo. Go to our website and follow the prompts for a tour. All the country charm anyone could want.
• 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.
• 4Bdr, 2 Bath, 2 story frame on tree covered corner lot at edge of DeLeon. Really
nice place! $77,000!
• 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.
WHETHER
THE
WEATHER?
CHECK OUT
by Owner
217 N. Comanche Drive, DeLeon
Want a little piece of Paradise in DeLeon?
Brick 3-2-2; 1,857 sq.ft. on 1.349 acres, CH/A,
“Earth” wood stove, water well w/wind mill, St.
Augustine, sprinkler system, back yard fenced,
storage, total electric. $140,000.
Call 254-893-2742 Bonnie Singleton
39-42p
Frontier Farm & Ranch
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
The Housing Authority
of the City of DeLeon
SHAWN AND DIAMOND ARE WINNERS. Shawn Skaggs, 1st grader at DeLeon Elementary,
is pictured above with his winning beefmaster heifer, Diamond. Shawn received a 1st place
ribbon and then went on to receive the Reserve Jr. Champion standing at Shreveport, LA, April
5. Proud parents are Will and Rayna Skaggs of DeLeon. Shawn is the grandson of Bobby
Skaggs of DeLeon.
HOUSE
FOR SALE
REPOS, REPOS! Good selection D/wides. Have 3 & 4 Bdrms
in stock now. Financing available.
817-279-8505, Crown Homes,
RBI 35823.
40-44c
GREAT STARTER HOME
New 3+2 with acreage, $0 down
available, $550 per month! FHA,
7%, 360 mos. 817-279-8505
Crown Homes, RBI 35823
NEW 32 X 80 4 Bdrm, 2 Bath, 2
living areas, Model only, $69,900!
817-279-8505, Crown Homes,
RBI 35823
40-44c
BIG SELECTION New S/wides.
All sizes, 2 & 3 Bdrms. $0 down
available. FHA, 817-279-8505,
Crown Homes, RBI 35823
CLEARANCE D/WIDES All
‘06 & ‘07 models must go. All
models clearance priced. 3 & 4
bdrms. 817-279-8505, Crown
Homes, RBI 35823.
40-44c
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: 138 Acres near Lamkin. Older farm house, cultivation, wooded areas, tanks, great hunting. $3,500/acre.
• 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: 123 Acres near Gorman, 40 acres coastal, 40 acres cultivation,
tanks & woods. $2250.00 per acre.
• NEW LISTING: 323 Acres near Ranger, Horse Barn, Living quarters, 40 acres
coast. REDUCED TO $995,000
• 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: 61+/1 acres North of Comanche on FM 2247, fantastic hunting, natural spring running on property, fantastic building site over looking creek bottom, highway frontage...$3,995 per 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.
• NEW LISTING: 526 acres +/- In Western Erath County, great hilltop views,
live oak, post oak, red oak, and mesquite tree coverage, great hunting, Sowell’s creek
runs throughout property, great building sites for both lakes and homes, CR frontage
on two sides....$2,495/acre.
•LAKE PROPERTY this is a rare opportunity to own a lake property with a
breathtaking view of Lake Proctor and a nice brick home. Home is 2/2.5 on 7.7 acres
+/-CAD, fenced front yard with scattered live oak trees throughout property...$189,000.
• 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 $2,000.00 per acre.
• 700 acres large cattle or game ranch, 8 tanks, great cover, 8 tanks near Eastland.
$2250.00 per acre.
• 80 acres near Edna Hill, 2500 sqft home, 3 pastures, large tank. $295,000.00
• PRICED REDUCED!! 160 acres near Carbon: Home, roping arena, pens,
great guest house, turn key horse & cattle facility. Reduced from $660,000 to
$495,000. MUST SALE.
• 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.
• 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
SOLD
SOLD
UnderContract
UnderContract
SOLD
SOLD
Skip Smith, Owner • Jackson Wilson, Broker • Jason Withers, Agent-254-918-3101
“Support Your Local Volunteer Fire Department”
REAL ESTATE
COGBURN
REAL ESTATE
In DeLeon Continuously Since 1954
• 93’ X 125’ lot on North Texas. $5,000
• 5 lots totaling 1.531 Acres, all city utilities available, corner location, great building site. $18,500.
• 3/4 acre lot in DeLeon, well, pad w/elec., city water, phone &
cable, septic and 20x40 shop building. $20,000.
• NEW: Nice Fleetwood, 3-2m/h, 1216 sf, CH/A, 3 bay carport,
metal shop, quiet street. $27,500.
• NEW: Remodeled 3-2-1 frame, 1170 sf, Central A/H. New
floors, plumbing kitchen/bath fixtures, water heater, & more. 14
x 20 shop, 117 x 120 lot, nice neighborhood. $52,500.
• NEW: 3-2-2 Austin Stone home, 1438sf, new laminate floors,
New CH/A, has 1-1 apt basement, water well (pump needs
work), fenced back yard.
73,500
• DeLeon: 3-2-2 Brick, 1200 sf, CH/A, metal roof, city water and
water well, stg bldg, large oaks. $78,000 $74,950
• Nice 3-2-1 frame on approximately 2 1/2 acres, carpeted,
CH/A, metal roof, barn, 2 wells, beautiful location at edge of
town, large oaks. $77,500..
• 3-2-1 Brick, 1341 sf, CH/A, built 1984, approx. 1 3/4 acres,
nice trees, quiet street, well cared for home. $79,500.
• NEW: DeLeon: 3-1.5-2 brick, total elec. app 1859’, good condition with partial updating, 2 CH/CA units, & new roof. App. 65
acre lot, 2 storage buildings, a fenced back yard, a water well
w.yard sprinklers, large garden area, fruit & nut trees. $88,000
• 19.6Acres DeLeon: 4 Bdr brick home w/2 full baths, 2 half
baths, 2 car garage, 2534’ (CAD), WBFP, lg. den, family room,
atrium and more! 2 water wells, pond, all metal building w/ 20 x
30 cement floored, enclosed shop area, plus ample additional
shed area, for up to 8 vehicles! Home overlooks Leon River bottom. REDUCED TO $275,000.
• NEW: 38 A M/L south Gorman: Fronts FM 679, about 10 A large
Pecan Trees, nice location for pond, good fences, sandy land.
$2,500/acre
•REDUCED: 40 a m/l near Gorman, pasture, fenced, small
cabin, water well, small pond, elec., sandy soil. $2750/acre
• NEW: 45.08 A near Downing, part coastal, part cultivated, good
fences, pond, steel
corrals, well, 40x 60 all metal shop w/cement
SOLD
floor, 2-2 mobile home. Nice building site. $2995 acre.
•49.83 A. Gorman,
oaks,
building spots, county water & elec.
On
Contract
available, fenced, ponds, barn/corral, great hunting.$2,900/acre.
• NEW: 77.68 A near Sipe Springs: Great hunting place! 30x40
metal bldg w/living quarters, deer, turkey, other wildlife, 2 ponds
stocked with fish. Live & post oak, mesquite. Owners mineral
rights included. $3,250/acre.
NEW: 80A n/w DeLeon, app. 30 a coastal, 7-8 wells, reservoir,
good fences, elec., good soil, nice pond site. Will divide $2,500
per acre
• 97.5 A, Hwy 16S DeLeon, part wooded, part open farm land, 2
ponds, electricity, county water available, pavement and county
road frontage. $3,200/acre
• 100 A West DeLeon, FM 587, 3-1 1/2-2 Brick, 1444 sq ft. CH/A,
fireplace, carpeted, some remodeling. 3 ponds, 30A crop land,
35A coastal, some native, fenced 2 steel corrals, 2 wells, shop
building. Nice setup. “MINERAL RIGHTS” $295,000.00
• 358A, west of DeLeon, 30% wooded, 60% old fields, deer &
hogs, 2 nice ponds, some new fences, elec, several water wells.
Owners mineral rights included. $2,350.00 per acre.
916 Texas St.
Call Us At 254-893-6666
www.cogburnrealestate.com
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Six Steps to Safer Fruits
and Vegetables
Many fresh vegetables and
fruits will soon be coming to market. Be sure to follow these steps to
assure these foods will be safe to
eat.
Check
• Check to be sure that the
fresh fruits and vegetables you buy
are not bruised or damaged.
• Check that fresh cut fruits
and vegetables like packaged salads and precut melons are refrigerated at the store before buying. Do
not buy fresh cut items that are not
refrigerated.
Clean
• Wash hands with warm
water and soap for at least 20 seconds before and after handling
fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Clean all surfaces and utensils with hot water and soap,
including cutting boards, countertops, peelers and knives that will
touch fresh fruits or vegetables
before and after food preparation.
• Rinse fresh fruits and vegetables under running tap water,
including those with skins and
rinds that are not eaten. Packaged
fruits and vegetables labeled
"ready-to-eat," "washed" or "triple
washed" need not be washed.
• Rub firm-skin fruits and
vegetables under running tap water
or scrub with a clean vegetable
brush while rinsing with running
tap water.
• Dry fruits and vegetables
with a clean cloth towel or paper
towel.
• Never use detergent or
bleach to wash fresh fruits or veg-
etables. These products are not
intended for consumption.
Separate
• When shopping be sure
fresh fruits and vegetables are separated from household chemicals
and raw foods such as meat, poultry and seafood in your cart and in
bags at checkout.
• Keep fresh fruits and vegetables separate from raw meat, poultry and seafood in your refrigerator.
• Separate fresh fruits and
vegetables from raw meat, poultry
and seafood. Do not use the same
cutting board without cleaning
with hot water and soap before
after preparing fresh fruits and
vegetables.
Cook
• Cook or throw away fruits or
vegetables that have touched raw
meat, poultry, seafood or their
juices.
Chill
• Refrigerate all cut, peeled or
cooked fresh fruits and vegetables
within two hours.
Throw Away
• Throw away fresh fruits and
vegetables that have not been
refrigerated within two hours of
cutting, peeling or cooking.
• Remove and throw away
bruised or damaged portions of
fruits and vegetables when preparing to cook them or before eating
them raw.
• Throw away any fruits or
vegetables that will not be cooked
if it has touched raw meat, poultry
or seafood.
• If in doubt, throw it out!
104 W. Navarro, DeLeon
254-893-3888
Robert L. Reedy, D.D.S
HURRY
Monday thru Friday 6AM til 9PM
Saturday & Sunday 6AM til 2PM
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so you won’t miss the next issue.
Gentle Family Dentistry
(325) 356-2767
408 N. Austin• Comanche,Tx 76442
Garcia Tire Service
301 N. Texas • DeLeon
24 Hour Road & Field Service • General Mechanic on Duty
Call 254-893-5563
7 Days A Week!
Tenth Annual CCMC Healthcare Volunteers’
Golf Tournament
The CCMC Healthcare Volunteers’thank the many business and individuals who made
our 10th Annual Charity Golf Tournament a huge success. Over $10,000 was raised,
which will benefit our hospital. We wish to acknowledge the generosity of our supporters:
SPECIAL BENEFACTORS
Bayer Motor Company – Hole in One Prize
Rick & Shirley Sanchez – Hole in One Prizes
First Call Realty – Closest to Pin Women
Bayer Motor Company – Closest to Pin Men
John & Margie Gleaton
Dr. & Mrs. Todd Davis
Your Way to Better Health!
117 N. Texas St. DeLeon, Tx. 76444
Call (254) 893-5990
Toll Free (877) 893-5990
Cook Insurance
116 N. Tx. C o m e s e e u s f o r y o u r l i f e ,
health, home, auto, &
DeLeon
893-2466
business insurance.
ALL TYPES IRRIGATION SERVICE
SOUTHWEST AIRGAS, INC. • SPECIALTY
GASES • WELDING & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES
1-800-658-6960 OR 254-893-2123
Riggs Cemetery Service, Inc.
Cemetery & Lawn Service
Mike & Mary Riggs
254-734-6801
KIDS DUDS
RESALE SHOP
Tues-Sat
10AM-5PM
HOLE SPONSORS
Ross Petroleum (2)
Texas America Safety Company (2)
Central Texas Energy (3)
Corp.Benefits Solutions(3)
Ballenger & Associates
Adv Professional Software
Clark Tractor
Central Texas Realty Mart
Air Evac
Youghall Enterprises
Brad Bettis, P.T.
Comanche Kiwanis
Scenic Scapes & Design
Comanche National Bank
Comanche Funeral Home
Dr. & Mrs. Joe Hubbard
Dr. & Mrs. Forrest Eisenrich
Dr. & Mrs. Dwayne Miller
Dr. & Mrs. Howard Dickey
Rachel Hilliard, FNP
Wesley Mayr, P.A.
Jeffrey Hutchins, D.O.
Dr. & Mrs. Guyle Donham
Dr. William Evans
Dr. Raymond Stepp
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Sid Miller
De Leon Chamber of Commerce
Double B River Ranch
Dodd Auto Parts
Durham Pecan
Central Texas Regional EMS
Dublin Lions Club
Farmers & Merchants Bank
First National Bank
Five Star Dairy Queen
Higginbotham Bros.
Larry Simpson Insurance
Nowlin Funeral Home
Pfingsten Real Estate
Burnett & Nowlin CPA’s
Dodd Auto Parts
Dr. & Mrs. Gary Easley, DDS
John Gilbert, C.R.N.A.
Gilder Realty
Golden Oak Milling
Golden Peanut
Heartland Funeral Home
Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council
Trent Thomas
Adcock Rental
Harold & Laura Adcock
Comanche Pharmacy
Pirkle Pharmacy
Hill Country Advanced Foot & Ankle HB Express
Gore Bros. Center
Comanche Co. Telephone/
Weaver Drug/De Leon
Shelby Pharmacy
Mid-Tex Cellular
Connections Bookstore
Texas Real Estate Depot
Pyburn Real Estate
Thomas & Fleurette Connally
Pates Hardware
Reynolds Chiropractic Center
Upper Leon River MWD
Thomas & Earlene Moore
Ted & Sandra Hicks
Woodley & Dudley Law Office
Sidney Lions Club
Cox’s Custom Processing
Goodson Insurance
Newborn to Size 10. Also maternity clothes.
710 N. Austin, Comanche, TX
REYNOLDS
325-356-1144
Dr. Russell Reynolds
Chiropractic Center
910 N. Austin, Comanche, Texas 76442
For Appointments Call 325-356-5283
Wright Irrigation Supply
Hwy 6 West DeLeon
254-893-2018
Family
Dentistry
************
Orthodontics
Volunteers rush to San Angelo
to assist in YFZ cases
AUSTIN - A task force of volunteer lawyers traveled to San
Angelo to assist in the YFZ Ranch
child protection cases, the Texas
Supreme Court press office reported April 18.
The volunteers were in San
Angelo for an April 17 custody
hearing concerning the 416 children taken from YFZ Ranch, a
polygamist settlement owned by
the Fundamentalist Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The church is not affiliated with
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, or the Mormon
Church.
In early April, state agencies
entered the ranch near Eldorado in
Schleicher County and took the
children into custody after an
anonymous caller said she had
been beaten and sexually abused at
the site.
"Overwhelmed court staff in
Schleicher and Tom Green counties have been assisted by Carl
Reynolds, executive director of
the Texas Office of Court
Administration, in what is being
called the largest child-custody
case in U.S. history," according to
the report.
The Texas Supreme Court's
Permanent Judicial Commission
for Children, Youth and Families is
engaged in the process, helping
channel resources and train
lawyers, child-protection social
workers and other staff involved
with courts handling child-protection cases.
The volunteers responded to
an appeal by the Texas Access to
Justice Commission and the State
Bar of Texas for qualified family
lawyers across Texas to volunteer
their time to represent parents and
children in the case.
Perry declares reelection plan
Johnny C. Smith, D.D.S.
893-2023
Carl’s Auto Supply
OTHER DONORS:
M.L. Phinney
Farley Farm Supply
DeLeon Free Press
Texas voters aren't scheduled
to elect a governor again until
November 2010, but Gov. Rick
Perry, said April 17 he plans to
seek reelection.
Republican U.S. Sen. Kay
Bailey Hutchison, regarded as a
strong potential candidate to be the
next governor, said she is only
focused on the present since it's
kind of early to be declaring.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst,
also a Republican and a potential
candidate for governor, said he is
working on the 2009 legislative
session, which convenes in
January.
In 2000, then-Lt. Gov. Perry
took over as governor when thenGov. George W. Bush became
president. Perry was elected to a
full term in 2002 and reelected in
2006.
Communities get tobacco
money
Texas Comptroller Susan
Combs announced her agency has
distributed $92.3 million to Texas
communities from the Tobacco
Settlement Permanent Trust
Account.
The money, released April 16
to two cities, 159 counties and 135
hospital districts, is to help cover
costs of indigent health care provided during 2007.
"This year the state is sending
12 percent more money to communities responsible for providing
indigent care," Combs said. "This
money comes from Texas' settlement with tobacco companies and
will help communities offset the
costs of providing medical care for
those who cannot pay."
Since the first distribution of
funds in April 2001, local entities
have received nearly $430 million
from the trust fund.
In other news, Combs said
local law enforcement agencies
and schools may apply for block
grants of up to $40,000 to help
enforce state laws prohibiting sale
or distribution of tobacco products
to minors.
The application deadline for
schools is May 1. The deadline for
police departments, sheriffs, constables and district attorneys to
apply for grants is May 9.
"Texas minors illegally buy or
smoke 67.6 million packs of cigarettes each year," Combs said.
"These grants help our communities enforce the law and educate
violators about the risks of teen
smoking."
Metal purchases are reportable
It is legal to recycle metals,
but theft of pipe, tubing, fittings
and wire made of copper and other
valuable metals is on the increase.
Businesses that pay cash for
metal are required by law to report
their purchases and file paper
reports. But now, there is an easier way to file the report.
Purchases may be reported
electronically by using the new
"Metal
Recycling
Entity
Registration" link on the Texas
Department of Public Safety home
page, txdps.state.tx.us.
Corridor ad spending is noted
Advertising helped stimulate
interest in public forums the Texas
Department of Transportation
hosted across the state on the proposed trans-Texas corridor projects.
Chris Lippincott of TxDOT
said $590,064 has been spent on
TV ads, $60,000 on Internet banner ads and $154,766.77 on newspaper ads for a total of
$804,830.77.
Pre-payment is
required on all
Classified Ads.
Deadline is 12
noon Tuesdays.
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THANKS TO THESE MERCHANTS WHO FURNISH DRINKS, BUNS, CONDIMENTS :
IGA
Brookshires
Coca-Cola
Dr. Pepper
RAFFLE DONORS: THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR GREAT ITEMS
FOR THE RAFFLE:
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Quilt Shop
Wild West Mercantile
Dublin Citizen
CHER
Price’s Flowers
Miguel’s Little Mexico
Connie’s Jewelry (2)
Elton Brownlee (2) Our House (2)
Central Texas Regional EMS LottieDa
Hair Works (3)
Blossoms
Andrea’s Cutting Edge
PAR Country Club
Cranberries (2)
Selections
Jackie & Lynnda Gentry
Ann Anders (2)
Willie’s T’s
Derrall Moore
Pirkle Floral
Sandra Storey (2)
Comanche Floral
Stockman Seed
Charles Chupp
Golden Oak –Golfers’ Gifts
CCMC Volunteers CCMC Administration
CCMC Radiology
CCMC Wellness Center
Special thanks to Garry Powell, for all the technical work he did!
See You Next Year!!
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DeLeon Free Press/ Thursday,April 24, 2008/ Page 13
Genealogical
Society
Meets
Hare and Crosby To Exchange Vows
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hare are pleased to announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Stacie Renee to Michael Ryan Crosby,
both of Fort Worth. Ryan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Wheeler of
Plano. The couple will marry on June 7, 2008.
The Comanche County
Genealogical Society held a
monthly meeting April 10, 2008,
at the Comanche County
Historical Museum. There were
26 members present.
The scheduled program had
to be changed to a later date so the
group enjoyed a round-table discussion led by Steve and Starla
Russell. Interesting stories, tips
and finds were enjoyed by all.
Next month’s meeting will be
Thursday, May 8, 2008. The program will be “Looking for
German Roots” by Anna
Thompson.
The Comanche County
Genealogical Society was formed
one year ago, so dues are now due.
You can send your dues to Henry
Adcock, 7301 FM 1476, Gustine,
Texas 76455.
New members are always
invited to come join the fun.
Membership dues are $20 for singles or $25 per couple.
A web page is now available
(www.comanchecountytxgenealogy.org) and new information will
be added soon.
Pre-payment
is required
on all
Woodruff and Quinn to Exchange Vows
Mike and Teresa Woodruff of Weatherford, Texas, announce the
engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Leah Nicole
Woodruff, to Dusty Quinn, son of Ron and Kaye Quinn of DeLeon,
Texas.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Tommie and LaVerta Haney
and Don and Madelene Woodruff, all of Weatherford, Texas. The brideelect is a hair stylist at Out West Hair Salon in Brock, Texas.
The prospective groom is the grandson of James and Shirley Quinn
of DeLeon, and Holly and Ernestine Stacy of Stephenville, Texas. The
prospective groom is a CAD Drafter at FMC in Stephenville, Texas.
STICK HORSE RACING. Josie Amaya, of Sharon Coan’s
kindergarten class, takes her turn at stick horse barrel racing
during last Thursday’s Cowboy Day at the DeLeon
Elementary School, as her classmates wait their turn.
Students, including those from Cindy Abbey and Brenda
Huddleston’s classes, were also given an opportunity to try
their hand at horseshoe pitching, branding and roping, and
were allowed to pet a real horse brought to school by Jana
Wright.
HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT! The high winds, Thursday, April
17, 2008, caused many of the little cowboys and cowgirls (like
Kailson Brinson, above, a student in Cindy Abbey’s class) to
hold on to their hats while they took turns petting a horse,
which was brought to school by Jana Wright for DeLeon
Elementary School’s annual Cowboy Day celebration.
Students also tried their hand at roping, branding, stick-horse
barrel racing and horseshoe pitching.
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NO MEANS NO! April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and representatives of The Helping Place in Stephenville have recently made appearances at area high
schools with informative and educational materials with the message “No Means No” as the
central theme. At the DeLeon High School, t-shirts were given away with the message “No
Means No, mean it when you say it, and accept it when you hear it” printed on the front.
Among the local sponsors for this program are Medway Home Healthcare-DeLeon, First
National Bank-Dublin and Highland Baptist Church. Local sponsors for the t-shirts were
Freddie’s Shortstop and BBQ, and Connie’s Jewelry. The materials dispensed included possible consequences if you do not take no for an answer, including going to prison and being
shunned by society; as well as possible consequences if you do, including earning trust and
retaining your freedom. Pictured above are DeLeon High School students Alex Rorie and
Colton Mathis looking at some of the material, and (left) Jan Keith,executive director of The
Helping Place; Karen Clarke and Jeannie Howard, staff therapists. The Helping Place representatives note that for a $10 donation you can pick up a shirt at their location in Stephenville.
One hundred percent of the proceeds from this project will be used for direct services to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence at The Helping Place. For more information, call
254-965-9691.
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DeLeon, Texas 76444
254-893-6555
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Deadline is 12 noon
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STUDY CLUB SOCIAL. Members of the DeLeon Study Club met out on the rear deck patio
at the home of Peggy and Autry Andress on Monday evening. Pictured from the left are Ingrid
Lindsey, Kathy Miller, Pam Rush, Christi Owen, Bobbie McKillip, Barbara Nowlin, Janelle
Quinn, Peggy Andress, Earlene Kimmell, Kaye Quinn, Glenda Garza, Paulette Nabors, Freda
VanZandt, Shirley Wilkerson, Sandy Gould, Laura Brown, Pat Loudermilk, Linda Frank, Ruby
Lesley and Rae Jean Hasty.
DeLeon Study Club
The DeLeon Study Club met
for their Spring Social at the beautiful home of Peggy Andress,
Monday night, April 21. We had a
delicious dinner of baked potatoes,
salads, and desserts served to us on
the Andress’s new deck under the
beautiful oak trees in their backyard. Hostesses were Barbara
Nowlin, Ruby Lesley, Peggy
Andress and Pam Rush.
After the meal, we were
informed that we had a famous
guest in the house. We went into
the den and were very surprised
when Elvis appeared. We were
entertained by many of his wonderful songs and then we enjoyed
hearing songs by George Strait,
Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings
and Garth Brooks. This was all
performed by a very talented Zane
Trusty from Dublin, Texas. He
told us a little of his background
which included 2000 ECMAArtist
of the Year, Performed at the
Grand Old Opry in 2001, opening
for Reba McIntyre, also performing in Branson, Mo. We understand that he will be the star performer at the DeLeon Peach and
Melon Festival this year. We want
to thank Zane and the Andress’s
for this very entertaining and
enjoyable evening and performance.
Members present were:
Paulette Nabors, Raejean Hasty,
Sandy Gould, Linda Frank, Laura
Brown, Shirley Wilkerson, Pat
Loudermilk, Glenda Garza, Freda
Van Zandt, Kaye Quinn, Janell
Quinn, Ingrid Lindsey, Christie
Owen, Earlene Moore, Pam Rush,
Barbara Nowlin, Ruby Lesley,
Peggy Andress, Tina Koonce,
Bobby McKillip and Kathy Miller.
fax: 254-893-3249
“ELVIS” IS IN THE HOUSE. “Elvis”, aka Zane Trusty, paid a surprise visit to the Study Club
meeting at the Andress’ residence Monday evening, turning the tone of the meeting away from
matters of study and more toward frivolity.
Brush Busters: How to Take the
Green Out of Greenbriar
Greenbriar is a native, perennial, woody vine of the Smilax
family. Individual plants may vary
in leaf shape and color, and in the
number of spines they contain.
Greenbriar may have underground
stems and/or tubers. The canes or
above-ground stems are soft and
fleshy in early stages of growth,
but quickly mature into stout,
woody vines with tendrils for
climbing trees, fence sand other
structures. The small, mostly yellowish-green flowers bloom from
April through June and produce
many small clusters of reddish to
purplish to black berries.
Greenbriar, whether spined or
spineless, often becomes a problem by forming large thickets that
can prevent access by people and
livestock.
There are no ground or aerial
broadcast recommendations for
controlling greenbriar. Broadcast
applications of various herbicides
have not provided consistent control of this tough, woody vine.
However, the following 3step method is easy to use, environmentally responsible and effective. This method treats individual
plants with a mixture of herbicide
and diesel or vegetable oil applied
to the basal stems. Keep in mind
that controlling greenbriar is not a
one-time job. The plant produces
many seeds that, along with the
hard-to-kill tubers, will eventually
produce new plants. Your results
may vary, but if correctly used, this
method should kill at least 7 of 10
plants treated.
Brush Busters greenbriar control works best on fencelines or
where the basal stems are easy to
access for spraying. This method
works best during the winter when
most of the leaves are gone and the
basal stems can be covered more
readily with the spray mix. The
herbicide can be applied with a
pump-up garden sprayer, backpack
sprayer, or sprayer mounted on an
ATV. Make sure the sprayer has an
adjustable cone nozzle with a
small orifice such as the Conejet
5500 X-1, available from farm
supply or chemical companies.
The smaller orifice can reduce the
volume of spray used by as much
as 80 percent over standard nozzles. The spray includes Remedy®
herbicide in a mixture with diesel
fuel oil at a concentration of 25
percent Remedy® and 75 percent
diesel. For example, to make 1 gallon of mix: Use 1 quart of
Remedy® in 3 quarts of diesel fuel
oil. Shake the mixture vigorously
before application and if you don’t
like diesel, a commercial vegetable
oil carrier can be substituted.
When spraying greenbriar be
sure to adjust the sprayer nozzle to
deliver a narrow, cone-shaped
mist. Spray the mixture lightly but
evenly on every basal stem from
the ground level up to about 12
inches high. Spray to coat each
stem all the way around, but not to
the point that the mixture runs off
or puddles.
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FREE PRESS SPORTS
Tim White - Sports Editor (Phone: 758-2272; Email: [email protected])
Alert. Kristen Powell watches the ball as she rounds second. Photo by Ron Powell.
Softball
Seniors
Recognized
FOLLOW-THROUGH. Kris Hodges pitches well, displaying good form in his follow-through
technique.
Bearcats Lose One, Win One for the Week
The DeLeon Bearcat baseball
team split games last week, submitting a district record of 7-6, and
going 9-10 for the season.
The Bearcats fell to Gorman
in a close game last week in
Gorman by a score of 6-7.
DeLeon had nine hits, but committed five errors. Meanwhile,
Gorman was held to five hits, but
committed only three errors.
After DeLeon scored one in
the first, the Panthers answered
with four and added another in the
second. Although the Bearcats
were able to tie the game at five in
the fourth and pick up a one run
lead in the sixth, Gorman added
two in the sixth to regain the lead
for good.
Mason Stewart took the loss
from the mound, going 6-2/3
innings. Kris Hodges finished up
the game.
Kevin Smith hit a triple in the
first inning and scored on an error.
DeLeon scored two runs in
the third inning. Chance Singleton
was hit by a pitch and stole second
and third base. He scored when
Stewart was safe at first on a
throwing error. Stewart continued
to second base on the throw.
Stewart moved to third when
Smith reached on an error and a
Taner Winkles walk. He scored on
a Waggoner Spurlen single.
The Bearcats scored two in
the fourth inning. Matt Salinas
singled and moved to second on a
Wesley Beeman single. On
Singleton’s single, Salinas scored,
but Beeman was thrown out at
home. Austin Koonce singled to
score Singleton.
DeLeon scored their final run
in the sixth. After two outs,
Singleton had his second hit of the
game. Koonce moved him around
to second with a hit. Stewart
walked to load the bases.
Singleton scored on a wild pitch.
************
The Bearcats bounced back
against Cross Plains with a home
win by a score of 7-6 on Friday.
Kevin Smith pitched a complete
game, allowing nine hits.
DeLeon took a first inning 10 lead and held that until the fourth
inning. The Buffaloes scored two
in the fourth, three in the fifth and
one in the seventh.
The Bearcats scored three in
the fifth to trail 4-5 after five, but
added three in the sixth to take the
lead and the win.
The first Bearcat run came
off a Kevin Smith home run.
In the fifth, Wesley Beeman
reached on a throwing error and
went to second on a balk. Austin
Koonce singled, sending Beeman
to third. Koonce took second on
the throw.
Mason Stewart walked to
load the bases. Beeman, Koonce
and Stewart all scored on throwing errors as Smith reached base
on a wild throw.
In the sixth inning, Matt
Salinas singled and stole second.
Waggoner Spurlen walked. Josh
Beaty sacrificed the runners up
with a bunt.
Beeman reached on a fielders
choice, scoring Salinas and sending Spurlen to third base. Spurlen
and Beeman both scored on a
series of errant throws.
Kristen Powell
Lady Cats Split Games
The DeLeon Lady Cats baseball team split games last week to
drop its district record to 4-8 and
the overall record to 10-12 for the
season.
The Lady Cats fell to
Gorman last week by a score of 16 in Gorman. Linsey Sanders took
the loss, but only allowed three
hits in the game. The defense
committed seven errors behind
her.
DeLeon only had one hit in
the game, a single by Krista
Escamilla. The single scored
DeLeon’s only run, pushing Linzi
Gray home, who had reached on a
walk.
Gorman committed only one
defensive error to take the win.
Defensively, Maci Williams
had 11 put outs to lead the Cats.
Gray had three put outs. Kristin
Powell, Silvia Reyna, Kaitlyn
Wilkerson and Linsey Sanders
each had a put out.
************
The Lady Cats recovered to
hand the Cross Plains Lady
Buffaloes a big loss, 18-4. Linsey
Sanders started the game and took
the win, pitching three innings
giving up four hits, four walks and
gaining two strikeouts. Silvia
Reyna finished the game with two
innings, with no hits, no walks and
one strikeout.
DeLeon scored nine runs in
their first two innings to cruise to
the win. The Lady Cats had 12 hits
and benefited from the four errors
committed by the Lady Buffs.
DeLeon only committed two
errors.
Megan Williams and Linzi
Gray were hitting leaders, each
getting three hits. Sanders had two
hits. Kristen Powell, Krista
Escamilla, Maci Williams and
Kaitlyn Wilkerson each had a hit.
Escamilla, Maci Williams
and Gray each had three RBI.
Powell, Silvia Reyna and Sanders
had two. Megan Williams added
an RBI.
Defensively, Gray had six put
outs. Maci Williams had five.
Powell, Amber Woods, Megan
Williams and Sanders each had a
put out.
Krista Escamilla
Seniors Kristen Powell and
Krista Escamilla were recognized
before and during Friday’s game
against Cross Plains.
NEAR COLLISION. The ball and the runner arrive at the
same time as Megan Williams focuses to make a play.
LONG STRETCH. Kevin Smith stretches for a throw from
catcher on a steal attempt and Wesley Beeman backs him up.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK. Micah Cisneros stretches for a high
volley ball to return it across the net.
GREAT SERVE. 7th grader Briana Shoemaker serves the
ball over the net for a successful serve against Lingleville.
CLEARING 13 FEET. Cody Welch cleared 13’0” in practice
meet for Regional.
7th and 8th Grade
Volleyball
Floyd and Welch Fare Well
in Practice Track Meet
In a preparation meet for
Regionals, Keisha Floyd finished
in 4th place in the 800 Meter Run,
timing in at 2:23:26 in Rosco last
Friday.
Cody Welch took 1st place in
the Pole Vault, clearing 13’0”.
Regional qualifiers will compete in Abilene on the 25th and
26th.
GETTING READY TO GO. Keisha Floyd prepares for the
Regionals, coming in 4th in the 800 in a practice meet.
The Junior High volley ball
teams were in action last week
against Bluff Dale and Lingleville.
7th grade played on one court
and 8th grade played on the other.
With two games going at all times,
there was plenty of action to
watch.
Everyone got playing time
and the event was very educational and beneficial to the DeLeon
volleyball program.
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DELEON’S 2008
DELEON’S 2008
PARADE OF PROGRESS
PARADE OF PROGRESS
“Busiest Town —
Friendliest People”
“Busiest Town —
132 YEARS
109 YEARS
Armstrong Masonic Lodge
#445
St. Joe Baptist Church
AF & AM
Established in 1876
Worshipful Master - Kent Matherne
Organized in 1899
Jackie Auvenshine, Pastor
Marvin McKeehan, Music Director
Jim Woods, Youth Director
893-2739
132 YEARS
106 YEARS
First United Methodist Church
Weaver Drug
Organized in 1876
Lisa Neslony, Pastor
Celebrating 131 Years June 17th
616 S. Houston • 893-6155
131 YEARS
First Baptist Church
Organized in 1877
Rev. David Kelly • Pastor
Daniel Harper • Minister of Students
Rocky Bunting • Minister of Music
125 South Houston • 893-6593
128 YEARS
GRABBING THE TIP. Josh Beaty on the left. Photo courtesy
Kevin Bartley.
Josh Beaty to Participate in
All-Star Basketball Game
Saturday, April 26, Josh Beaty
will be participating in the Lonnie
Gaylor METRO All-Star Classic
in Everman, Texas.
Approximately 60 senior basketball players from around the
area will be divided into teams to
play in one of three all-star games.
Beaty is scheduled to play in
the 4 p.m. game at Everman High
School.
This past basketball season
Rock Bluff Baptist Church
May
Birthdays &
Organized December 6, 1879
Located on CR 461
127 YEARS
City of DeLeon
Original Plots, August 1881 • Chartered in December 1919
Danny Owens • Mayor
125 South Texas • 893-2065
118 YEARS
Organized in 1890 by John W. Switzer
Jerry Morgan • Publisher; Laura Kestner • Editor
324 South Texas • 893-6868
115 YEARS
Liberty Baptist Church
Established in 1893
West Hwy 6 to Rucker, Left CR 459
112 YEARS
Comyn Baptist
Church
800 Hwy 1496 DeLeon, Texas
254-893-3164
Beaty was selected first team AllDistrict, Academic All-District,
and Academic All-State. Beaty
averaged per game 11.7 points, 8.0
rebounds, 2.2 blocks, 2.4 steals,
and 1.7 assists. Coaching Beaty
this past season was Brad Janek.
Josh is the son of Tim and
Cindy Beaty. He is also the grandson of John and Martha Beaty and
Gayle and Glenda Wilkerson, all
of De Leon.
Established in 1902
Serving DeLeon For Four Generations
Bodie Weaver • Owner & Pharmacist
124 North Texas • 893-6496
103 YEARS
Established in 1905
240 S. Texas • 893-2031 •
Member FDIC
100 YEARS
DeLeon Volunteer
Fire Department
Anniversaries
BIRTHDAYS
May 1: Donald Nowlin,
Chip Kennedy, Louie Jones,
Ronnie Hammon
May 2: Carolyn Otwell,
Elsie Robinett, Loretta Bush,
Ron Ranson, Cindy Rawls,
Frances Howard, Chaily Dyson
May 3: Jill Cleere, Pam
Rice, Jr. Montgomery, Josh
Mathews, Ona Odom
May 4: Sam Robinett,
Uarda Barker, Janis Beeman,
Robby
Morgan,
Braden
Lewelling,
Rachel
Riggs,
Tabatha Powell
May 5: Marie Nowlin,
Jackie Ripley, Andrew Banda
May 6: Mildred Barker,
Alyson Owen
May 7: Peggy Moon, Lori
Womack
May 8: Arlene Pies, Bradley
Holleman
May 9: Trent Thomas,
Hiram Smith, Jr., Lori Jordan,
Nancy Smitherman, Tanner
Price, Cassidy Faulkner, Daniel
Worsham
May
10:
Treasure
Mailloux,
James
Bruton,
Christopher Luna
May 11: Donna Georger,
Suzy Nolin, Xavier Reyna
May 12: Tena Dennington,
Jon Coan, Kathy Morgan, Benny
Morris
May 13: Johnny Logan, Joy
Dyson, Rollie Coleman, Jr.
May 14: C. L. Mohon, Jr.,
Kaitlyn George
May 15: Kathryn Otwell,
Ashley
Koonce,
Bailey
VanZandt, Bill Dawkins, Debora
Sanchez, Gregory Wilkerson
May 16: Valerie Banda
May 17: Rusty Bennett,
Eugene Richardson, Ruby
Solomon
May 18: Randy Hardin,
Jake Mix, Ronnie Quinn, A. J.
Stewart, Johnny Golden, Toby
Vaughn, Terry Nowlin, Tracy
Funchess
May 19: Rowdy Wilkerson,
Brandon Levens
May 20: Pamela Gonzales,
Lucy Rangel
May 21: Mary Lee Cottrell,
Jeanie Dolberry, Geraldine
Richardson, Brad Bunting, Ben
Boen, James Morgan
May 22: Peggy Andress,
Teresa Brownlee
May 23: Polly Schuman,
Ginger
George,
Kimberly
Beeman, John Scott, Matt
Sparger
May 24: Tim Beaty, Bob
Tucker
May 26: Jeannie Keith, Jean
Stokes, Breanna Barnes, Ruby
Pair, Larry Don Womack,
Tommy Hudson
May 27: Joseph Cisneroz
May 28: Ronald Wilkerson,
Mae Morgan, Marie Lopez,
Ruby Dupre
May 29: Cory Chupp, Linda
Wilkerson, Hayden George,
Bailey Carl
May 30: Donnie Gray,
Curtis Lesley
May 31: Joan Johnson, Lisa
Sides, Dorothy Montague,
Ashley Stohr
ANNIVERSARIES
May 1: Jack & Debra Heath
May 3: A. L. & Marilyn
Chapin
May 9: Wayne & Jeri
Setzler
May 14: George & Judy
Froneberger
May 16: Gerald & Nina
Fronk
May 17: Jimmy & Tena
Dennington
May 18: Larry & Melinda
Walker
May 20: Danny & Debbi
Sparger, Billy Ray & Connie
Warren
May 22: Bill & Andrea
Felder
May 25: J. W. & Ann
Sadberry
May 28: Bob & Barbara
Howell, Marc & Colleen
Stockman
May 29: Adam & Jami
Sadberry, Jimmy & Karen
Mahan
May 30: DeWitt & Vicki
Robinett, Dan & Shannon Moss
Established April 7, 1908
Doyle Rone • Fire Chief
Joe Burnett • President
96 YEARS
Established in 1912
1401 Hwy 1496 • De Leon
254-893-2034
88 YEARS
Church of Christ
Established in 1919
Jeoff Litke • Minister
316 E. Navarro
893-5842
86 YEARS
Assembly of God
Organized in 1922
532 Travis St. • 893-5722
86 YEARS
Order of
Eastern Star #693
Established In October 1922
Helen Plaunty • Worthy Matron
Bill Plaunty • Worthy Patron
111 YEARS
110 YEARS
79 YEARS
First Christian Church
Fair Haven Baptist Church
Lawrence Bros.
Established in 1897
Gideon Botha, Pastor
Corner of Houston & Reynosa • 893-6333
Established in 1898
Kenneth Wilson • Pastor
400 Ham St. • 893-6829
Established in 1988
725 North Texas
893-6767
DeLeon Free Press/ Thursday,April 24, 2008/ Page 3B
DELEON’S 2008
PARADE OF PROGRESS
“Busiest Town —
76 YEARS
In business since 1932
325 West Reynosa
893-2025
71 YEARS
Womack Nursery
Established 1937
Larry Jim & Larry Don Womack,
Owners
2551 Hwy 6 • DeLeon
893-6497
63 YEARS
United Pentecostal Church
Established in 1945
Janord Dupre, Pastor
125 East Manchaca • 893-2795
62 YEARS
DeLeon Motor
Company
Established in 1946
Joe Shoemaker • Owner
500 South Texas St. • 893-6886
61 YEARS
DELEON CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
Established as a Community Club in 1947
Working together to build a better community.
“Busiest Town Friendliest People”
133 S. Texas • DeLeon (254) 893-2083
60 YEARS
Comanche Co.
Tractor, Inc.
Massey Ferguson Tractors - Lawn equipment
Established in 1948
John Mart Stephens & Linda Stephens • Owners
256 North Texas • 893-6711
59 YEARS
Price’s Flowers & Gifts
Established in 1949
Joyce Sides • Owner
133 North Texas
893-2644
59 YEARS
State Farm Insurance
DeLeon ISD Board Report
(From Page 1)
The Board was briefed on the
remodeling/renovations of the
District Support Center. The facility is nearing completion with the
final punch list now being attended to by district maintenance staff.
The overall cost of the renovations
to the district will be approximately $52,000, with the total cost of
renovations being $127,000.
The remaining $75,000 is
being paid by entities that are taking space to be occupied in the
facility, including the Comanche
Special Services Coop/SSA and
Educational Service Center
Region 14. The district is also utilizing state monies made available
through its credit recover program
to cover the cost of locating that
program in the facility. Originally,
the administration budgeted
$50,000 in local funds for renovations/remodeling cost for the facility, so the target was exceeded by
only $2,000.
The Board was briefed on
staffing patterns for the coming
school year. Overall, the teaching
staff will be reduced by two slots
due to resignations. The responsibilities of these positions will be
absorbed in other parts of the
schedule. The administration also
noted that there would be a reduction in clerical staff by one position by the beginning of the new
school year due to reorganization
plans that are being implemented.
A report was given on the
current status of the various property acquisitions of the district.
The property located at 301
Manchaca now belongs to the
school district. The property will
be used as a teacherage in the short
term, with long term plans being
reviewed. The transaction transferring ownership of the city baseball/softball field to the school district is nearing completion, with a
closing date at the end of the
month now being considered.
A waiver application for
instructional days missed due to
the illness outbreak in February
was approved by the Board for
submission to the state educational agency. The state allows districts to waive days lost for such
purposes with proper application
as required.
Test scores for the most
recent administration of the state
assessment in the area of reading
and math were presented by the
administration. Overall scores in
reading are up for the district with
98% of third graders, 86% of fifth
graders, and 92% of eighth
graders meeting state standards. In
math, 70% of fifth graders and
73% of eighth graders meet state
standards. Plans for assisting students that did not meet standards
in reading and math were
reviewed. Students in these grades
have two more opportunities to
pass these particular tests in order
to meet state requirements for promotion to the next grade. The next
major round of testing occurs next
week and will affect students in
grades 3-11.
DELEON’S 2008
PARADE OF PROGRESS
“Busiest Town —
55 YEARS
Established in 1953
Sheri Morgan, Owner & Pharmacist
309 S. Texas • 893-2666
55 YEARS
COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC.
6100 Highway 16 South • 893-2003
www.cctc.net
Organized in 1953
“Your Full Service Telecommunications Provider!”
54 YEARS
Dodd Auto Parts
Established in October 1954
Museum Musings
by Missy Jones
April 20, 2008
Saturday saw us with pretty
weather and a great day at the
museum. I had invited three 6th
grade students from Comanche
Junior High School to be my
guests at the museum and to come
that morning. These are just great
girls, and I have enjoyed getting to
know them during the school year.
Tarah Ricklin was the only one
that could come, and her dad, Tony
Ricklin brought her in about 10:00
a.m. I locked the gates and she and
I had the run of the grounds. I really wanted some one-on-one time
with the girls, as I had gotten to
know them thru the course of the
school year. Anyway, Tarah and I
had a great day. I had brought us
lunch, as my first priority was to
have the girls safe, and we would
not be driving out anywhere.
One of the things I wanted to
show Tarah was quilting, and the
art of piecing quilts. I had nine
patch quilt material cut out and to
my surprise, Tarah already knew
about piecing quilt blocks, and
how to do a backstitch and all of
the rest of this. She said her grandmother had showed her how. I just
love that, and I love the fact that
she has memories of her and her
grandmother doing this.
We had a great group of visitors.
They registered from
Comanche, Sipe Springs, Hasse,
Irving, Dallas, Houston, Proctor,
Sidney, Montgomery, Dickinson,
Texas, and Amsterdam, New York.
Several groups of our visitors were
family members and we love to
host family reunion groups at the
museum.
Saturday, the museum had a
telephone call from Margie Carr
Ruzicka of Dallas. She wanted to
be sure that we would be open on
Sunday afternoon as she was
bringing a group of family members to the museum. These were
members of the Dickey family
with ties to Comanche County.
Sunday afternoon, when I pulled
up to unlock the gate at the museum, Kenneth and Carol Dickey
Dodd of Midlothian, Texas were
waiting for me. We went in to the
museum, and Kenneth told me of
his family ties to Hasse and
Comanche. Pretty soon, here
came Margie Carr Ruzicka,
Beatrice Clementine Dickey Carr,
Cleo Dickey Greiner, all of Dallas,
and Melton and Mayme Dickey of
Comanche, and Diane Decker
Livingston.
Mayme, Beatrice and Cleo
are sisters, and we did enjoy them
having a great time. They took
pictures, had a lot of fun seeing all
the “old” things that we have, that
reminded them of earlier times.
Donnie Martin of Abilene,
was passing by the highway, saw
that we were open and came in to
visit. I told him about Comanche
Tales and Trails day. He will come
back when he has more time to
visit.
Our normal opening times is
Saturday afternoon, 2:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. But, we love opening
for special times. Our telephone
number at the museum is 325-3565115. You can leave a message on
our museum phone. Since we are
only open Saturday afternoons at
this time, anyone can call my
phone number. I would invite you
to call me, leave me a message
with the date and time you would
like to visit us, and I can get back
with you to verify the time. I am
Missy Jones (Mrs. Darrell R.
Jones) and my number is 325-3563547. Hope to hear from you.
I want to remind everyone
that on Comanche Tales and Trails
Day, May 17, 2008, that our museum will open at 10:00 a.m. until
5:00 p.m. or later. We want everyone to know that we will serve as
kind of a home base, and we want
high school classes and everyone
else to know that we are planning
on hosting a great day. We have
comfortable seating, we are air
conditioned, we will put on the
coffee pot, and we have great ice
water. So, remember to come out
and visit us. We just might have
something from your family that
you would like to know about.
Joe Burnett, Owner
4550 Highway 6 • 893-6626
54 YEARS
Cogburn Real Estate
A. E. Cogburn 1954-79, Delton Cogburn 1958-03
Established in 1954 By A.E. Cogburn
“Selling Central Texas Since 1954”
Ray 1975 - 08, Byrl 1990 - 08
916 N. Texas • 893-6666
50 YEARS
Gooden Petroleum Inc.
Established 1958
108 West Navarro
893-2125
48 YEARS
DeLeon Auto Supply
Established 1960
Jamie Mason - Owner
200 N. Texas • 893-6776
45 YEARS
Clark Tractor & Supply, Inc.
Established in June 1963
The Jerry Clark Family - Owner
509 West Navarro • 893-2061
45 YEARS
PATRONIZE
THE ADVERTISERS
IN YOUR
HOMETOWN
Founded by Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Robinson in 1949
Larry Simpson, Agent
501 S. Texas • 893-6555 or 893-2043
NEWSPAPER!
59 YEARS
56 YEARS
44 YEARS
E. S. A. Sorority
Northside Baptist Church
Primera Iglesia Bautista
Organized in 1949
Cindy Beaty • President
“A Church Standing On The Word Of God”
Organized in 1952
Malcom Johnson, Pastor
200 West Manchaca • 893-2283
Established in July 1964
Pastor, Jose Meza
North McKinney
893-1248
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WANT
AND
VALUE
DE LEON
DELEON’S 2008
PARADE OF PROGRESS
“Busiest Town —
33 YEARS
CUSTOMERS.
Texas, N.A.
THAT’S
Established in 1975
609 North Texas
893-2041
WHAT
MERCHANTS
ARE
SAYING
WHEN
THEY
ADVERTISE
IN
DE LEON’S
NEWSPAPER!
Wildflower ‘42’ Tourney Moved Indoors:
Contestants Delighted
The DeLeon Chamber of
Commerce’s Wildflower ‘42’
Tournament 2008 broke with tradition and was held indoors this year.
The 22-two person teams
competing in the event all seemed
to approve of the change into a
more hospitable environment.
In recent years the springtime
‘42’ tournament has been held in
cool, windy weather out at the old
Festival barn while the BBQ contestants were cooking and being
judged. There was no BBQ
cookoff staged this year, however,
and the ‘42’ contest was relocated
downtown.
Chamber of Commerce
organizers and new executive
director Linda Levens seemed
pleased with both the relocation
and the number of teams involved.
Player feedback indicated that the
new location should cause the
numbers to increase even more
next year.
The tournament involves
round robin play in three separate
flights in the morning. Based on
the morning’s results, teams are
then seeded into either the championship or consolation tournaments
for the afternoon. Both are doubleloss elimination until two champions are decided.
There were at least three
teams among the 22 that were
comprised of either DeLeon residents or natives. When all the
shuffling was done, however, none
managed to finish in the money.
The top finishers in the championship tournament were:
First place - Ray and Mary
Jane Kent of Rowlett - $100.
Second place - David Roberts
and Darci Fisher of Fredericksburg
- $75.
Third place - Leo & Margaret
Wachsman of Ennis - $50.
In the consolation tournament
R.C. Thompson of Whitney and
David Abbott of Oakwood finished first and earned a $40 cash
33 YEARS
Moore Electric Co.
Established in 1975
Robert Moore, Owner
200 S. Austin • DeLeon • 893-2289
33 YEARS
Wright Irrigation
Center Pivot - Pumps - PVC - Irrigation Sales & Service
Established in 1975
Wayland Wright • Owner
217 W. Navarro , DeLeon
893-2018
DELEON’S 2008
32 YEARS
PARADE OF PROGRESS Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
“Busiest Town —
43 YEARS
Women’s Division
Chamber of Commerce
Organized September 1965
LaJoyce Johnson • President
42 YEARS
F & F Drilling
Established in 1966
Jerry Fronterhouse
Owners
301 Hwy 2921 • 893-6166
842-9315
41 YEARS
39 YEARS
Beth’s Hair Fashions
Beth Callison, Owner
39 years experience
441 S. Preston
893-6388
38 YEARS
DeLeon Nursing and Rehab
Established in 1970
Lynn Porter - Administrator
809 E. Navarro - DeLeon
893-2075
41 YEARS
Established 1967
1100 W. Reynosa • 893-5895
32 YEARS
Steve Singleton Plumbing
Established in 1976
Steve & Laura Singleton • Owners
640 W. Manchaca
893-6816
31 YEARS
De Leon Veterinary Clinic
Established in 1977
Dr. Michael Burk, Owner
893-2225
37 YEARS
31 YEARS
Lampman Pecan Company
Farley Farm Supply
Est 1971
Established in 1967
Mike & Beverly Stewart, Owners
1108 W. Navarro, Hwy, 6 & 16 • 893-2123
Organized in 1976
Father Phillip McNamara
William Bolf, Deacon
6044 Highway 6 South DeLeon, TX
Jim & Teresa Lampman-Owners
254-893-5984
Established in 1977
132 N. Austin St. • DeLeon
893-2080
36 YEARS
31 YEARS
Mr. Ben’s
Beauty Shop
John & Pam Floyd Motor Co.
Established August 1, 1972
Ben Boen, Owner
140 South Texas • 893-6292
33 YEARS
39 YEARS
Thomas Propane
Central Texas Energy Suppliers, Inc.
Nowlin Funeral Home
Established by Roy Thomas
4600 Highway 6 West • De Leon
893-2277
Established in November 1974
Donnie Nowlin • Owner
340 S. Austin • DeLeon • 893-2021
Established in 1977
John Floyd - Owner
254-893-4077
30 YEARS
Gilder Construction &
Storage Buildings
David & Debbie Gilder-owners
254-893-2258 • DeLeon
DeLeon Free Press/ Thursday,April 24, 2008 / Page 5B
DELEON’S 2008
PARADE OF PROGRESS
“Busiest Town —
21 YEARS
FIRST PLACE IN ‘42’. Mary Jane and Ray Kent of Rowlett
won first place in the Wildflower ‘42’ Tournament 2008.
Presenting the $100 first place prize money and trophies is
DeLeon Chamber Executive Director Linda Levens. It was
the couple’s 15 anniversary.
SECOND PLACE IN ‘42’. Darci Fisher and David Roberts of
Fredicksburg won second place in the Wildflower ‘42’
Tournament 2008. Presenting the $75 second place prize
money and trophies is DeLeon Chamber Executive Director
Linda Levens.
Hogan’s Tire Service
5621 Highway 6 • DeLeon
893-5583
21 YEARS
Bobby Winkles
Construction & Roofing
Est. 1987
300 Comanche Dr. • DeLeon
254-893-4198 or 254-842-8167
THIRD PLACE IN ‘42’. Tournament perennials Margaret and
Leo Wachsman of Ennis won third place in the Wildflower ‘42’
Tournament 2008. Presenting the $50 third place prize
money is DeLeon Chamber Executive Director Linda Levens.
If you enjoy our paper your customers
probably do too!
T o A d v e r t i s e i n t h e Free Press
Call 254-893-6868
DELEON’S 2008
CONSOLATION MONEY WINNERS. David Abbott of
Oakwood and R.C. Thompson of Whitney had a rough morning in round robin play, but managed to get hot in the afternoon and sweep through the consolation tournament.
Presenting the $40 consolation prize money is DeLeon
Chamber Executive Director Linda Levens.
20 YEARS
Jason’s Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Established 1988
145 North Texas
893-5566
+/- 20 YEARS
DELEON’S 2008
PARADE OF PROGRESS PARADE OF PROGRESS
“Busiest Town —
“Busiest Town —
Lone Star Shell/Subway
29 YEARS
Jones Auto Repair
26 YEARS
17 YEARS
Established in 1979
Eric Royal, Owner
400 Sipe Springs Road
893-2959
28 YEARS
Stephens Feed & Fertilizer
Established January 1, 1980
Terry Stephens - Owner
201 N. Houston
893-2045
Dr. Johnny Smith, D.D.S.
100 E. Navarro, DeLeon
254-893-5656
Mid-Tex Cellular, Ltd.
Established in 1991
6100 Highway 16 South
893-8000 • www.mid-texcellular.com
740 N. Texas St, DeLeon, Texas
254-893-2023
22 YEARS
Rollie’s On Texas
Established in July 1986
Rollie & Terrie Coleman, Owners
341 South Texas
893-2591
Heating
17 YEARS
AirConditioning
Steve Sheetz
Plumbing & Electrical
Service
Established in 1991
Steve & Janece Sheetz, Owners
509 East Alamante • 893-3191
28 YEARS
22 YEARS
16 YEARS
Maroon & White Car Wash
Freddie’s Short Stop
& BBQ
Wee Care Christian Preschool
Established February 1980
Autry & Peggy Andress,
owners
28 YEARS
Frank’s Home Center
Furniture, Carpet & Whirlpool
Appliances
173 North Texas • De Leon
893-6778
27 YEARS
Wofford’s Used Cars
Established in 1981
Jim Bob, Terry, & Marshall
200 South Texas
893-6464
Freddie Sadberry, Owner
409 N. Texas • 893-5199
22 YEARS
Stockman’s Seed & Fertilizer
Established in March 1986
Owners Matt & D’Liza Stockman
Cavin & Noah
254-893-5149
21 YEARS
Established in 1992
Ministry of Northside Baptist Church
200 W. Manchaca • 893-3426
Regenia Sadberry, Director
14 1/2 YEARS
Opened in DeLeon in December 1993
633 North Texas
893-PATE (7283)
14 YEARS
First National Bank Callison Pump Sales & Service
“Your Real Community Bank”
Chartered in 1927 • Established in
DeLeon March 1987
Member
809 N. Texas • 893-5544
FDIC
www.bankingfnb.com
Established in April 1994
Lannes Callison, Owner
1100 North Hwy 16. • 893-3727
DELEON’S 2008
DELEON’S 2008
DELEON’S 2008
PARADE OF PROGRESS PARADE OF PROGRESS PARADE OF PROGRESS
“Busiest Town —
“Busiest Town —
“Busiest Town —
Page 6 B/ Thursday, April 24, 2008 / DeLeon Free Press
13 YEARS
10 YEARS
Andrea’s Cutting Edge
Helena Chemical
Established in December 1994
Rodney, Andrea, Joey &
Jordan Hardin
840 N. Johnson • 893-6091
Established in 1998
124 West. Bivar - DeLeon
893-2055
3 YEAR
Comanche County Medical Center
10201 Hwy 16 N. • Comanche,
254-879-4900
13 YEARS
8 1/2 YEARS
3 YEARS
Burnett & Nowlin CPAs
Guys & Gals Hair Shop
Fa r m B u re a u
Established January 1995
516 N. Texas • 893-6248
Paula T. Burnett & Lisa B. Nowlin
13 YEARS
Linda, Karen, Tonja, Amy
Boba Lamb-Owner
225 N. Texas • 893-7770
8 YEARS
Troy Morris • 209 N. Texas, DeLeon
(50 Years in Comanche, Tx.)
Dendy Scott, Hwy 6 N. Comanche
2 YEARS
Hwy. 6 Cafe
Connie Winkles • Owner Established 1995
141 North Texas
893-4225
13 YEARS
Teague Welding
Established in 1995
Cloyd Teague - Owner
516 Sipe Springs • 893-4080
Established in 2000
George Vera - Owner
432 W. Navarro • 893-7766
6 YEARS
Gilder Realty
Hwy. 6 West • DeLeon • 254-893-3404
Broker - Robert Gilder
Agent: Ronnie Golden • Agent: David Gilder
Agent: Wayne Parsons
13 YEARS
51/2 YEARS
C Bar S Pipe & Steel
Cher’s
Cable for Fencing
5 Mi. N. of DeLeon on Hwy. 16
Bill Cooper • Cell (254) 842-4102
13 YEARS
LA-Tex Associates
Corlis Stewart - Owner
254-893-2442
12 YEARS
Established November 2002
100 S. Texas • DeLeon
254-893-3600
5 YEARS
Ballenger &
Associates
254-893-3770
5 YEARS
Lamb Real Estate
Established January 2, 1996
Bill Lamb, Broker • Troy Morris, Agent
209 N. Texas • 893-6502
804 North Texas
893-3910
Eddie & Nellie Prado, Owners
846 W. Hampton • DeLeon
254-893-5660
THANK YOU DELEON,
FOR ALMOST 1 YEAR!
Pizza Pro
125 N. Texas St. • DeLeon
254-893-5570
6 MONTHS
Garcia Tire
Service
Daniel Garcia - Owner
301 N. Texas • DeLeon • 254-893-5563
3 MONTHS
254-893-3888
Paw Print Parlor
Prado’s Mexican Cafe
Screens ‘N More
3650 Hwy 587• DeLeon, TX 76444
Adcock Enterprises
10 YEARS
1 YEAR
Mike Williams-Owner
Custom Embroidery
3 YEARS
Leon Valley Water L.L.C. - 9 Years
Adcock Tic-A-Lock - 7 Years
254-893-5990 • (Toll Free) 877-893-5990
Sisters Family
Dining
11 YEARS
John & Helen Adcock
Owner Melissa Bingham
Claudia Stevens - Owner
254-893-4664
3 YEAR
Texas Chevron
Chris Larance - Owner
400 S. Texas • DeLeon
254-893-3007
Congratulations to
all businesses and
organizations in the
Parade of Progress.
You are a big part of
what makes DeLeon
a special place to
live, both now and
for many years.

Thursday - De Leon Free Press

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