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De Leon
Thursday
July 30, 2009
28 Pages
Pray For Rain!
Since 1890
FREE PRESS
Lloyd Dixon
to be Parade
Grand
Marshall
NEW POLICE OFFICER. James Elliott, DeLeon’s newest police officer, was sworn-in
Monday, July 27, by City Administrator/Secretary Karen Wilkerson. Elliott, the son of
Billy Joe Phillips and the late John Phillips, is a 1996 Comanche High School graduate. Although he considers Comanche County home, Elliott said his most recent law
enforcement work was with the Muenster Police Department. Prior to that, Elliott
worked with the Texas Youth Commission as an investigator. He and his wife,
Marissa, have three children: Allyceen, 12, Ryland, 4, and Ryder, 2.
Festival Fun Begins
Next Week
By LAURA KESTNER
Editor
With
the
slogan
“Celebrating 95 Years of
History” the 2009 Peach and
Melon festival will kick off
next Tuesday, August 4, with
the crowning of four lovely
young ladies -- Little Miss,
Petite Miss, Junior Miss and
Peach and Melon Queen -- to
represent DeLeon in the coming year. (See contestant photos and bios in second section).
According to Jaye Golden,
P& M Festival secretary, there
will be a photographer available, behind the stage area, for
pageant contestants this year.
Pat Leatherwood, longtime P&M pageant emcee, as
agreed to serve in that capacity
again this year. The judges, all
from out-of-town, have been
selected as well.
Things will wrap-up
Saturday, August 8, with more
than 12,000 pounds of free
watermelon distributed downtown at 5 p.m. and the crowning of Miss DeLeon at 10:30
p.m. at the Festival stage.
A drawing will be held that
night, as well, for a trailer, and a
weedeater and leaf blower.
There will also be a drawing
that night for the winner of the
$300 from the pageant contestant ticket sales.
Of course, there are
numerous other events scheduled from Tuesday through
Saturday -- including tractor
pulls, concerts, a parade,
Peaches at Sunset at First
Baptist Church, fruit and cake
auction, the Melon Patch Tour
bike ride, “42” tournament,
seed spitting contest and many
others (see full schedule elsewhere on page 1).
( See page 4)
By LAURA KESTNER
Editor
Golden Saturday activities
downtown, scheduled for
August 8, are expected to
exceed all expectations this
year,
( See page 6)
Tucker Peterson Band
The Tucker Peterson
Band, based in Clifton, Texas
will kick things off Thursday
night, August 6.
Tucker
Peterson
is
described as a singer, song-
are hoping for more entries this
year. All of the fruit growers
are encouraged to bring in their
most choice produce for the
judges. 4-H youngsters are
also encouraged to bake those
cakes.
( See page 4)
By JERRY MORGAN
Reporter
COMANCHE -- After
everything was said and done,
there was a whole lot more said
than done. That's the short ver-
mix of two-stepping country
and rockabilly classics, featuring Peterson’s originals and
such popular standards as
“Folsom Prison Blues,” “Crazy
Arms,” “Blue Suede Shoes,”
and “Your Cheatin’ Heart.”
For more information,
including ticket prices, call
?254-597-2258
or
visit
www.tuckerpeterson.com.
( See page 6 )
sion of what took place at the
Commissioners meeting on
Monday regarding the drug
testing policy for county
employees.
County Judge James
Arthur conducted the July 27
meeting of the Comanche
County Commissioners Court
with Precinct Commissioners
Corky Underwood, Kenneth
Feist, Sherman Sides and
Jimmy Dale Johnson present
and participating.
Relatively late in the all
morning
meeting
the
Commissioners revisited the
question of whether certain
county employees should be
excluded from mandatory drug
testing and, for those subject to
testing, where samples should
be taken and tested.
The Commissioners had
earlier considered the matter on
June 22.
Questions had arisen
whether the county's existing
personnel policy applied to
temporary employees and also
whether the random testing
procedures for holders of commercial drivers licenses (CDLs)
was adequate to meet federal
standards.
(See page 11)
Spanish
Dance
A Spanish Dance has
been scheduled for Saturday,
August 1, at the new Festival
stage, beginning at 8 p.m.
Details were unavailable
at press time, but more information can be obtained by
calling the Festival office at
893-6600 after Wednesday,
July 29.
50¢
Volume 119, No. 5
DeLeon, TX 76444
95th DeLeon Peach
& Melon Festival
2009
Schedule of Events
**********Tuesday, August 4**********
9:00PM
3:00PM
6:00PM
7:00PM
7:30PM
8:00PM
9:30PM
Interviews for Petite and Junior Miss
Perkins Middle School
Queen Candidates Tea, Hosted by DeLeon Study Club
Carnival
Festival Grounds
Selection of Little Miss DeLeon
Festival Stage
Selection of Petite Miss
Festival Stage
Selection of Junior Miss
Festival Stage
Selection of Queen
Festival Stage
*******Wednesday, August 5*********
11:00AM
1:00PM
6:00PM
7:00PM
8:30PM
9:00PM
Judging of 4-H cake entries
Judging of Fruit entries
Carnival
STREET PARADE
Kiddie Tractor Pull
Melon Auction
Reunion Center
Festival Grounds
Festival Grounds
Down Town
Tractor Pull Arena
Festival Stage
*********Thursday, August 6********
6:00PM
7:00PM
8:00PM
Carnival
Tractor Pull, Dual Tracks
TUCKER PETERSON BAND
Festival Grounds
Tractor Pull Arena
Festival Stage
**********Friday, August 7**********
6:00PM
6:00PM
7:00PM
9:00PM
Carnival
Mini-Rod Pull
Tractor Pull
OUTLAW’S PRAYER BAND
Festival Grounds
Tractor Pull Arena
Tractor Pull Arena
Festival Stage
**********Saturday, August 8*********
7:00AM
8:00AM
9:00-3:00
10:00AM
12:0noon
3:00PM
5:00PM
6:00PM
6:00PM
7:00PM
9:00PM
10:30PM
11:30PM
Melon Patch Tour Registration
“42” Tournament Registration
GOLDEN SATURDAY FAIR
Ex-Students Meeting
Spaghetti Lunch
Seed Spitting Contest
MELON SLICING
Carnival
Mini-Rod Pull
Tractor Pull
6 MARKET BLVD BAND
Presentation, Miss DeLeon
Dance continues
Senior Citizens Bldg.
City Hall
Downtown
Elementary Cafeteria
Senior Citizens Bldg.
Main Street
Main Street
Festival Grounds
Tractor Pull Arena
Tractor Pull Arena
Festival Stage
Festival Stage
Festival Stage
For more information
call:
Commissioners Again
Postpone Decision on
Drug Testing Policy
Local and Area Bands Featured
at Festival Stage
writer and entertainer, but
above all, a storyteller.
With musical roots tracing
back to Mississippi, Peterson
has blended the influences of
his youth with his own distinctive style to form a sound that is
at once achingly familiar yet
fresh and new. Peterson and his
band have opened for such acts
as the Bellamy Brothers and
Johnny Lee, as well as headlining their own concerts; they
provide a show that is an upbeat
Mayor Danny Owen
announced this week that
Lloyd Dixon has accepted an
invitation to be the grand marshal of the 95th Peach and
Melon Festival Parade.
“Mr. Dixon is 101 years of
age,” Owen said, “and he
reported that he attended the
festival in 1914. He also stated
that he watched as the rides
were being put together and
had his nickle ready to enjoy all
the rides available.”
According to Mayor
Owen, Feltz Terrill Jr. will
chauffeur Dixon in the parade
in one of his antique cars.
“Lets make this day enjoyable for Mr. Dixon and wish
him many more birthdays to
come,” Owen said.
New Peach
Desserts
Contest
Golden
Added to
Saturday
Participation Judging and
Auction
Up From
The organizers of the fruit
Last Year and cake judging and auction
OUTLAW’S PRAYER. This band, Outlaw’s Prayer, featuring Colton Mathis, Trevor
Nowlin, Ryan Todd and Ty Battreal, will perform during the Peach and Melon Festival.
There will be several
opportunities to hear live music
and dance a little, or a lot, at the
Festival stage next week, with
the following bands performing.
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SUMMER IMPROVEMENTS. The kindergarten building
gets improvements to handle an expanded pre-k offering this school year at DeLeon Elementary.
Summer Preparations
By TIM WHITE
Reporter
During the summer, many
students take a break. But the
school staff and administration
are using the break to reload for
another year.
“We’ve done our typical
summer maintenance projects,”
said Dr. Randy Mohundro,
superintendent of the DeLeon
school district. “We thoroughly
clean buildings, top to bottom.
We do touch-painting where it
is needed.”
Three issues have dominated the hot months this year.
They include minor construction and repair of facilities, academic improvements, and the
plans for the new high school.
“This summer, we have
had three big maintenance projects,” said Mohundro. “We
built our new bus barn. It has
been on the board for many
years. We finally bit the bullet
because of the new buses we
bought over the last few years.
We did it to protect the investment of the tax payer.
“Secondly, we have a project that many people may not
be seeing, and that’s the renovation of the kindergarten
building. That building is pretty
much being redone on the
inside: new paint, new carpet,
new ceramic floor tile, the bathrooms have been remodeled,
and a new air conditioning.
That building got a new roof
about three years ago when we
got a big hail storm.
“The reason we did that
project is that we are expanding
our pre-k program to meet the
needs of our four-year-olds in
the communities and their families. We are offering a full-day
pre-k for those families who
have not been able to utilize the
program because it was only
for a half day, because those
parents had to work and didn’t
have a place to put the kids for
the other half of the day.
( See page 5)
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Personal Notes
by Jerry Morgan
It was a bit frustrating to sit
out on the porch Monday
evening and watch yet again as
the storm clouds thundered all
around, but broke apart as they
moved
past
northeast
Comanche County.
Comanche County as a
whole is considered reasonably
wet, and after the rains that
most of the county has
received, it is. We have seen
many nearby areas to our north
and south, and all points west,
receive good rains, while right
here around DeLeon we somehow miss out and get only dribs
and drabs. We’re still very dry!
The weather forecasters
hold out the promise of more
rain possibilities during the
next few days. Hopefully by
the time you read this, we will
be wet.
In the meantime, we are
looking at the stock tanks and
wondering when they will be
running dry.
And the irony of it all is
that just west of here there has
been too much rain for Sam
Frasier's melon crop, and his
land is located just a handful of
miles west of here. He doesn't
want any more rain, and we just
a little east want and need it.
Oh well, it could be much
worse. Try driving to Austin
and San Antonio and further
south. At least we aren't having
to feed our cattle with a
propane torch by burning prickly pear cactus.
*******
Speaking of melons, we've
enjoyed the last cantaloupes we
bought locally last week. They
were sweet and delicious.
I only hope that all of our
visitors to the Peach & Melon
Festival coming to town soon
get a chance to enjoy some
also.
Just to mention a few
choice spots, the pickin's are
good down at the "S" curve
with the Villarreals and
Mohons and at Boomer
Nowlin’s out on Highway 6
toward Comyn.
Unfortunately, the late
spring freezes virtually wiped
out the peach crop in most of
the growing areas around
Texas, including the DeLeon
area.
One thing that makes
peaches revered by so many,
myself included, is knowing
that they are not necessarily an
every-year treat.
*******
There was much change
evident at far North Texas
Street this week.
It all started on Thursday
morning when a gaggle of
young people, and some only
young at heart, began moving
donated clothing into the new
DeLeon Clothes Closet/Food
Pantry building at 900 N.
Texas.
That was a good thing.
They and the purposely
unnamed local couple who purchased and refurbished the old
movie rental store are to be
commended.
Right next door in the 800
block there was also progress of
another sort. Demolition contractors were busy clearing out
buildings and vegetation to
clear a construction site for the
new location for a Dollar
General store.
I just happened to be in the
area on two separate days when
the giant trackscavator pushed
over each of two very large
pecan trees on the site. That
was a sad sight to witness. I
was hoping the last tree might
have been saved, but no such
luck.
Both of the old homes are
now gone, as is the building
that formerly housed the Paws
and Claws pet grooming service.
Construction will soon get
underway on the new Dollar
General store.
The same area, just on the
other side of and behind Dr.
Johnny Smith’s dental practice
will soon witness further demolition followed by construction
when work on the new high
school begins.
Progress comes at a price,
and I know that not everyone is
happy with one or both of the
above mentioned projects, but I
would rather see new development and construction occurring rather than none at all.
*******
We here at the Free Press
are excited about next week
and the Peach & Melon
Festival!
Here’s hoping for an
excellent community celebration. Please make an effort to
come out and enjoy the many
events that will be staged.
We’ll be there photographing and reporting, but don’t rely
on reading about it afterward.
You need to see it all for yourself.
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as read earlier in
the free press
10 YEARS AGO
July 29, 1999. Peach and
Melon committee members
included Jammy Pate (chairman), Perry Jordan (assistant
chairman), Bill Painter, Kaye
Quinn, Jeff Auvenshine, Patti
Bacon, Andre Benitez, Nancy
Brown, Erik Burleson, Lance
Lampman, Darlene Mathis,
Mary Dee Moore, Warren
Mitcham, Floyd Morganstean,
Todd Morris, Cliff Coan,
Ronnie Quinn, Brandon Sides,
Avery Carlisle, John Gooden,
Debbie Gilder, Jackson Jobe,
Ronnie Kea, Desiree Kea,
Nicky
Wilkerson,
Bill
Williams, Justin Whiteley and
Mark Nowlin.
A local baseball team,
sponsored by George Vera
Mobile Home Transport,
advanced to state competition.
Coaches were Rodney Hardin,
Jimmy Mahan and Frank
Cloud. Team members were
Joey Hardin, Jake Mix, Gary
Hardin, Ashton Schuman,
Morgan Carter, Cody Mahan,
Caleb Smith, Justin Cloud,
Dallas Russell, Cody Hardin,
Chris Morris and Shawn
Whitehead. The team bat boy
was Josh Smith.
away.
DeLeon Junior High
cheerleaders participated in a
National
Cheerleaders
Association camp at Tarleton.
Representing the Cubcats at the
camp were Man’Dee Mason,
Christi
Turner,
Adriona
Alderman, Racheal Woods,
Cassie Howard and Misty
Kemppainen.
Officers of the DeLeon
Volunteer Fire Department
were: Eric Royall, chief; Ken
Russell, assistant chief; Wilcey
Koinzan, president; Alvin
Hamilton, vice president; A.W.
Sledge, secretary; Deral
Brown, treasurer; and Clyde
Brinson, head of DeLeon Civil
Defense
Reunions
Denise
by
e-mail
at
[email protected] or call
254-592-9162 or Karla Cook
Swearengin at 817-781-4588.
30 YEARS AGO
July 26, 1979. Moe Bandy
was the headline entertainer for
the Peach and Melon Festival.
P&M committee members
included Jerry Auvenshine,
Lanny Butler, Lannes Callison,
Nita Dansby, Jimmy Farley,
Karen
Gardner,
H.G.
Higginbottom, Ingrid Lindsey,
John Pickens, Jackie Pounds,
Roger Pounds, Sherman Sides,
Mike Smith, Jerry Solomon,
Doyle Welch, Bill Welch,
William Fair, Max Keith, Jake
20 YEARS AGO
July 27, 1989. It was Morris, Gary Reed, Neil
noted that Doyle W. Smith, for- Singleton and Sue Wilson.
mer DeLeon mayor, had passed
Class of 1943
The DHS Class of 1943
will hold their 66 year reunion
August 8, 2009, after the exstudents reunion. They will
have a catered lunch at the
Scarlet Ibis and then go to Betty
Wofford’s home, 424 S. Austin,
DeLeon for an afternoon of visiting. For more information call
Betty at 254-893-2402.
Class of 1959
will have a "float" in the
Wednesday P&M Festival
Parade. All class members who
wish to join in the fun please
meet at the High School at 6:30
p.m.
Friday, August 7, class
members and spouses are invited to a get-together at Jim and
Linda Frank's home. There will
be snacks and lots of visiting,
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 8, the
class will be honored at the allschool reunion at the
Elementary Cafeteria. Please
be there by 9:45 a.m.; the event
starts at 10 a.m. Immediately
following the reunion for all
classes, there will be a luncheon
at the Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall for class of '59
members and their spouses and
guests
Class of 1969
Saturday, August 8, 2009, at
Perkins Middle School beginning at 5 p.m. with eating at 6
p.m. For more information, call
Lannes or Beth Callison at 254893-6472.
Class of 1989
Saturday, August 8, 2009 at the
PAR Country Club swimming
pool from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information contact
The DeLeon Free Press, P.O. Box 320, DeLeon, Texas 76444
(Publication No. 150080) is published by Morgan Publishing Co.,
51 weeks per year, at 324 S. Texas in DeLeon. Periodicals
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it is brought to the attention of the editor. All reprinting rights are
reserved. Copyright 2009.
Publisher-Jerry Morgan
Editor-Laura Kestner
Office Mgr.-Kay Hodges
Advertising-Betty Wofford
Production-Jill Smith
Sports Editor-Tim White
Serving the DeLeon area since 1890,
striving to be a positive voice in the community.
EVEN
Duster Ex-Student Reunion
The Duster ex-student
reunion will be held at the
Methodist Church Heritage
Hall, Saturday, August 8, from
5-8 p.m. For more information,
call Pansy Preston at 254-8936642.
If you would like to post a
reunion notice in the Free
Press, fax it to 254-893-3550,
mail it to P.O. Box 320,
DeLeon, Texas, 76444, or email
it
to
[email protected].
Chamber
News
By LINDA LEVENS
Executive Director
Hi Ya'll,
Let me introduce you to
one of the newest members of
the DeLeon Chamber of
Commerce. This past week the
Arctic Glacier Ice Company
joined our professional family.
Arctic Glacier bought Host Ice
Company about nine years ago
and they serve Brownwood,
Stephenville and the surrounding area's including DeLeon
and several of our events this
year. They have been most
generous by supporting events
like 4H, Community Rehab in
Comanche, The Pow Wow,
Golden Saturday in DeLeon,
and others according to their
representative Scott Condra.
Scott likes to boast about
surviving the Father's Day
Flood of 2007 and from what I
have heard - that was a huge
accomplishment.
Look for their ice freezer
on Golden Saturday and WELCOME TO THE ARCTIC
GLACIER ICE COMPANY.
Come see me.
40 YEARS AGO
July 31, 1969. Tony
Douglas was the headline entertainer for the Peach and Melon
Festival.
Mrs. Eldon Terrill, P&M
Festival secretary, was shown
making use of the “just completed” Festival office. The
new office and meeting room
was located in the south wing
of the outdoor stage. Jimmy
Parker was contractor and
builder of the new facility.
It was noted that DeLeon
hosted one of the largest fiddler’s contests in the state during the Peach and Melon
Festival each year.
50 YEARS AGO
July 30, 1959.
C.L.
Robertson, of Beattie, was pictured with a bobcat killed by
Connie Welch on the Sally Jay
place west of Beattie. Welch
was returning from the rodeo at
Comanche when he encountered the bobcat.
It was announced that the
P&M street parade would be
broadcast over the Hamilton
radio station.
Elvin A. Walker, prominent DeLeon farmer, was again
named vice president of the
Board of Directors of the
Southwestern Peanut Growers
Association.
DeLeon
Study Club
The DeLeon Study Club
is planning another delicious
spaghetti lunch. They invite
you to come join the food, fun,
and visitation. It will be on the
last day, Saturday, August 8, of
the Peach and Melon Festival.
The time is from 11:00 a.m.
until 2:00 p.m. at the Senior
Citizens facility at 133 Ball
Park Loop in DeLeon. The
price is $6.00 for adults and
$3.00 for children. The homemade menu consists of
spaghetti with meat sauce,
salad with dressing, garlic toast
and a piece of cake.
The Study Club’s goal
each year is to support community projects financially. Many
of the proceeds have such projects as helping with
Community Rehab, sponsoring a P&M candidate, contributing a DeLeon High
Academic
Awards
Scholarship, and to the City of
DeLeon for city park playground equipment, to the
Senior Citizens for kitchen
needs, to the Cancer Relay for
Life, to the Head Start
Program, to the DeLeon Food
Pantry,
Abbit
Honor
Reception. This club also
enters a float in the Peach and
Melon Festival parade and
hosts a wonderful Queen’s Tea
each year the day of the selection.
Thank you for your past
patronage in this event. Be
sure to make your plans now to
come and eat and have an
opportunity to help with various community projects.
Weather &
Lake
Report
This Week’s Weather
Temperatures
spiked
again over the weekend, hitting
101° on two consecutive days.
There was some rainfall as
well, although it was highly
variable, and in general, the
DeLeon area missed out.
More rain chances for the coming week are forecast, however.
For the latest area weather forecast, click the weather
button on our web site,
www.deleonfreepress.com.
The following weather
information is obtained from
the Corps of Engineers at
Proctor Lake. Daily readings
reflect weather activity for the
24-hour period preceding 8:00
a.m. on the given day. If
weather readings are not available, “n/a” is listed.
Date High Low
07-22
94 69
07-23
91 66
07-24
86 67
07-25
97 67
07-26
101 62
07-27
101 61
07-28
96 54
Rain
0.08
0.09
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.77
2009 Cumulative Rainfall
January
0.35
February
0.53
March
3.32
April
3.52
May
2.54
June
3.88
July
2.75
Year to date 16.89
Proctor Lake Report
Lake Levels:
Prior week
1155.91
Current
1155.65
Full Level
1162.00
% Normal Capacity 55.2%
Discharge rate (cfs):
Prior
10
Current
10
Comanche
County Jail
Inmate
Count
Census Date: July 28, 2009
Comanche County
Gillespie County
McCullough Co.
Erath Co.
Mills Co.
Mason County
Lampasas County
30
24
2
4
2
5
11
Total Inmates
78
Jail Capacity
144
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Coming Events
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Lady Bearcat Fundrasier
The DeLeon Lady Bearcats will be hold their only
fundraiser of the year, a car wash, Saturday, August 1, from 8
a.m. -1 p.m. in the parking lot of First National Bank.
Peach & Melon Festival
The 2009 DeLeon Peach and Melon Festival is scheduled
for August 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. For more information, call 254-8936600.
Desdemona Alumni/Community Fish Fry
Friday, August 7, at the Desdemona Activity Center. Visiting
begins at 4:00
Rodeo
The DeLeon Annual Open Rodeo is scheduled for August
21-22, 2009, at the new tractor pull arena of the new
Community Park.
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DeLeon Free Press/ Thursday, July 30, 2009/ Page 3
FFA Booster Meeting
The FFA Boosters will conduct a meeting of members and all
interested persons on Thursday, August 30 at 6:00 p.m. in the
DeLeon Ag Building. This is a very important meeting to discuss
plans for the Peach and Melon Festival and also other existing
issues.
DeLeon Free Press
Serving The DeLeon Area Since 1890
August
Birthdays
& Anniversaries
Special to the Free Press
By Debbie Caraway
A person traveling past
Bearcat Stadium or the high
school gym, in the morning
hours, cannot help noticing a
variety of young men and
women getting in condition for
a new year of DeLeon Bearcat
Athletics. You may be thinking
that these young men and
women participating in summer conditioning are high
school athletes; however, many
of the hardworking athletes you
see are junior high age.
All the athletes are preparing themselves to be a part of
the awesome Bearcat tradition.
The DeLeon Athletic
Booster club invites you to help
keep the winning Bearcat tradition strong. DeLeon’s student
athletes need every bit of
encouragement our community
can provide. We invite you to
support your Bearcats in the
stands and at pep-rallies.
However, more than ever,
our Bearcats and Lady Bearcats
need the commitment of your
time and financial support.
Your financial support helps
ensure the continued success of
all DeLeon athletic programs in
the high school and junior high
levels.
Join the DeLeon Athletic
Booster Club!
Over the past four years,
the DeLeon Athletic Booster
Club has donated to all areas of
the DeLeon athletic program.
The Booster Club has contributed monies toward a new
sound system at Bearcat Field,
renovations in the Bearcat field
house; softball and baseball
field improvements; volleyball
equipment; basketball lockers
and equipment and cheerleader
support. The Booster club
helped the DHS cheerleaders
purchase a new mascot suit for
the 2009 season.
The DeLeon Athletic
Booster Club is selling memberships, window decals, tshirts, polo shirts, jackets, blankets, hats, key chains, backpacks and stadium seats. We
will be at the Peach & Melon
Festival grounds each night of
the festival showing our support for DeLeon and our athletes. Come show your support
as well! Be a Booster Club
Member!
about Booster Club memberships and fundraising opportunities, call Greg Cisneroz,
Booster Club President at 8936095.
ANNIVERSARIES
August 1: Larry Jr. &
Michelle Simpson, Matt &
Kellie Sparger
August 5: Azure & Dustin
Sessums
August 10: Solomon &
Dorcas Lopez
August 11: Wade & Kim
Herington
August 12: Billy & Pam
Fox, Garry & Paula Powell
August 13: Morgan and
Kristol Carter
August 19: Stephen
& Beth Riggs
August 20: Clay & Shana
Wooton, Steven & Cindy
Forrest
August 23: Mike & Mary
Burk
August 26: Robby &
LaRessie Wilkerson, Keith &
Peggy Moon, Rev. Frank &
Rosa Lopez
August 31: Randy &
Terry Hardin, Gerald & Linda
Gilchrest, B. J. & Mary
Cottrell
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(Tournament Saturday, August 8)
• Parade Entries
(Parade Wednesday, August 5)
• Vendors for Festival Grounds
(Festival August 4 thru 8)
call 254-893-6600
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the Peach and Melon
Festival and DeLeon
Bearcat Athletics
The family of Aurther Dalton Watson request
your presence to celebrate this wonderful
occasion Saturday, August 8, at the
Community Center in Desdemona at 5 p.m.
for dinner, music, fellowship and cake.
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PFC Stephen R. Grace, of DeLeon, was promoted to the
rank of SPC on July 1 in Iraq with special recognition given his
“performance and potential” while also recognizing him as “an
extraordinarily smart analyst.”
Grace, who is with the First Infantry Division at Ft. Riley
Kansas, has been serving in Iraq since the beginning of the year.
Grace, the son of Jay and Cathy Grace of Cisco, joined the
Army in November of 2007 after graduating DeLeon High
School.
August 21: Judy Dixon,
Haley Huddleston Young
August 22: Jack Boen,
Tiffany
Williams,
Jaci
Richards, Dixie Brillhart,
Candy Garza
August 23: Rebecca
Howard, Brody Hammonds,
Albert Flores
August
24:
Tyler
Womack, Trey Lewelling,
David Rice, Susie Reyna,
Pam Chapman Hudson
August 25:
Morgan
Carter,
Fred
Bookout,
Monica Gonzales
August
26:
Laura
Singleton, Jade Jarrett
August 27: Brandon
Holland, Loyd Hardin, Allan
McClellan, Dustin Gray,
Kelly Wilkerson, Jim Bob
Wofford, Stephen Floyd,
Carrie Singleton, Joe Locke
August 28:
Terry
Wofford,
Tenia Koonce,
Belva L. Goyd Grizzard,
Bryan Warren, M. J. Locke
August 29: Timothy
Aguilar,
Nathan Lesley,
Xandra Carter, Lanette
Chupp, Gradene Anders,
Kamie Dyson
August
30:
Lacy
Loudermilk, Pam Rush, Bill
Hugg
August
31:
Debbie
Morris, Kristen Powell,
Lance
Hardin,
Gerald
Gilchrest, Cheryl Wilson,
Rhonda Auvenshine
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August 1: Roel Reyna
August 2:
Donna
Schuman, Galyna Holland
August
3:
Chandra
Koonce, Sylvia Burleson,
Genna Yelverton, Jessica
Cogburn
August 4:
Carolyn
Mathews, Jennifer Cisneroz,
Niven Warren
August 5:
Christi
Hammonds, Becky Moore,
Betty
Kennedy,
Teresa
Gilbert, Catalina & Alex
Gonzales
August 6: Matt Srader,
Debbie Caraway, Janell
Quinn, Colleen Stockman,
Jeremy Sparger, Leona
Dickey, Jeffrye Hargraves
August 7: Jim Womack,
Gerald VanZandt, Cheryl
Tucker
August 8:
Austin
Fairchild,
Koda Reed,
Rachel Ranson, Avie Taylor,
Ruth
Sanders,
Connie
Winkles, Marion Landreth
August 9: Barbara Coan,
Sharon Robinett, Elizabeth
Jones
August 10:
Chuck
Jordan, Marie Armstrong,
Dava Boswell, Chance
Singleton, Lauren Isabella
Lopez
August 11: Dakota Ables,
Mary Vera, Byron Smith,
Trey Weaver
August 12: Mark Sides,
Michelle Rone, Tiffany
Sanders, Jessica Locke
August 13:
Cindy
Ranson, Talmage Hodges,
Tonya Keith, Dan Moss,
Karen Chupp, Paula Powell
August 14: Sam Upshaw,
Louise
Taylor,
Sam
Alderman, Latisha Abbey,
Craig
Mahan,
Jason
Killebrew, Doyle Brownlee,
Jayda Rae’ Taylor
August 15: Pat Butler,
James Whitehead, Jimmie
Peikert
August 16: Pat Eaton,
McKinsey Lane Morris
August 17: Caleb Smith,
Gerry Hall, Todd Lawson,
Frances Powell, Norman
Floyd, Sharon Lesley, Dustin
Wright, Irene Snider, Warren
Mitcham
August 18: Aaron Smith,
Vonnie Guthery, Eric Royall,
Karen Dennington
August 19: Meagan
Gonzales, Josh Hare, Allen
Stone, Ricci Coan, Loyd
Rush, D’Liza Stockman
August 20: Sue Wilson,
Jackie Gentry
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE DELEON
CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN A REGULAR MEETING
ON THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009, IN THE COUNCIL ROOM
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John Terrill to Speak at
DHS Ex-Students Meeting
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John Terrill, another in a
long string of distinguished
DeLeon High School graduates, will be the featured speaker at the 2009 Ex-Students
meeting.
All who have attended
DeLeon public schools at any
time in their life are invited to
attend the Ex-Students meeting.
The meeting will be held
at the DeLeon Elementary
School cafetorium on Saturday,
August 8. Registration and visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m.
with the formal program to
begin at 10:00 a.m.
Attendees are advised to
arrive early if they wish to get a
seat since the meeting has long
been a very popular event.
John Terrill, DHS Class of
1965, earned his law degree at
Texas Tech in late 1972 and
passed the bar and became a
lawyer shortly thereafter.
Terrill worked in the
Lubbock County District
Attorney’s office and in the
Coan and Terrill law firm in
Stephenville, where he also
served as the Erath County
Attorney, before being elected
in 1985 as the District Attorney
for the 266th Judicial District in
Stephenville, where he served
for 24 years before retiring in
2008. During that time he prosecuted over 6,000 felony cases
and tried over 350 jury trials.
Terrill has trained other
District Attorneys around the
nation at the National
Advocacy Center in Columbia,
North Carolina. He has also
taught courses at Tarleton State
University in constitutional law
and real estate law. He has also
had many community and
church
involvements
in
Stephenville.
In addition to Terrill
speaking, the Class of 1959 will
be honored on their 50th graduation anniversary year.
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3. INVOCATION:
4. CITIZEN’S PRESENTATION:
5. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER MINUTES FOR JULY 9,
2009, AND CALLED MEETING FOR JULY 14, 2009:
6. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AGENDA REQUEST BY
DARRELL KIMMELL IN REGARDS TO HAVING
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FOR THE CONCESSION DURING
THE RODEO EVENT:
7. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PRESENTATION AND
UPDATE FROM HUGH WELCH IN REGARDS TO THE
CITY HALL RESTORATION PROJECT BY DDT AND
BEN BARNES:
8. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CHRIS STONE FOR
PART-TIME TAX OFFICE CLERK : The City Council of the
City of De Leon reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at anytime to discuss any of the matters listed above, as
authorized by Texas Government Code Section 551.074
(Personnel Matters)
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PART-TIME TAX OFFICE CLERK : The City Council of the
City of De Leon reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at anytime to discuss any of the matters listed above, as
authorized by Texas Government Code Section 551.074
(Personnel Matters)
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Festival Fun
Begins
Next Week
From page 1
Golden Saturday activities -food and fun galore -- are also
planned, as always, for the
downtown area.
This will be the second
year for the festival to be held
at
the
new
DeLeon
Community Park, and this year
there will be a $2 entry fee, per
person, to enter the festival
grounds.
For more festival information,
call 254-893-6600, MondayFriday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
(254) 968-4133
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Free
Peach
Ice
Cream
F & M Bank will be offering
FREE peach ice cream before
DeLeon’s 95th Peach and Melon
Festival Parade on
Wednesday, August 5th at 6PM.
Come enjoy this great
event with the
wonderful folks at
F & M Bank.
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New Peach
Desserts
Contest
From page 1
This year will feature a
new judging category. Even
though locally grown peaches
are scarce, a peach dessert
competition will be held.
Cooks of all ages, sexes,
colors and creeds are welcomed to enter the new contest
with their peach cobblers, pies,
tarts and pastries of all sorts.
And the best part is, it all
will be available for purchase
at the Wednesday evening auction.
Everyone, not just businesses, but everyone who
wishes to support our growers,
4-H’ers, and dessert bakers,
and take home something really good to eat in the process,
are invited to come and purchase items at the auction.
There will be more help
on hand this year, so those who
do not feel like lugging a hundred pounds of watermelons
and more to your car won't
have to worry about it. There
will be folks available to help
you with your goodies.
So, make plans now to
come on out Wednesday
evening, after the parade, and
bid on the auctioned items.
The whole idea is to make it
more fun and have more community participation.
And, you can probably get
a free pass into the Festival if
you call ahead of time and
make arrangements. Call Jim
Farley at 734-6044 or Larry
Don Womack at 806-445-6497
if questions or requests, or the
Festival office at 893-6600.
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PEACHES AT SUNSET. Entertainment at this year’s Peaches at Sunset event will
include various impersonations and musicians from First Baptist Church, Eastland.
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While Mom is getting ready for
the Peach & Melon Festival,
round up the kids for a treat.
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893-2591
Peach Tea, Ice Cream and Cobbler to
be Served After Parade
For the seventh year in a
row, First Baptist Church – De
Leon will keep peaches in the
Peach and Melon Festival by
serving peach tea, ice cream,
and cobbler immediately following the P&M parade.
This community event will
take place Wednesday, August
5, at the First Baptist Church
parking lot located off Texas
Street.
Come enjoy free peach
iced tea, free peach ice cream,
and free peach cobbler before
heading to the festival grounds.
While cooling off underneath the evening sunset enjoy
special appearances by Hank
Williams, Willie Nelson, Patsy
Cline, Jim Reeves, Earl
Scruggs, and Chet Atkins.
Don’t miss the fun!
What a great time to relax
and visit with friends and
neighbors! So, come on out
and enjoy good food, fellowship, and fantastic gospel
music.
Summer Preparations
From page 1
“Our federal stimulus
money had freed up some
other funds and we are using
that money to better serve our
families.
“The third project is the
improved fence on the south
side of the football field. Aside
from being ornamental, it is
expected to be a lot more functional and secure.
“When they got to tearing
down the old fence, they found
the roof on the old ticket booth
was rotten,” added Mohundro.
“We determined it was more
costly to fix than to rebuild. So
we tore it down.
“After we tore it down,
the school decided it really didn’t need a ticket booth.
“We have ways of doing
the same things,” added
Mohundro. “Quite honestly,
from the middle of August to
early September, when it’s
about 105 degrees in the booth,
nobody wanted to be in the
ticket booth anyway.”
The board also believes
this will solve vandalism issues
with that building, as well as
liability issues.
Meanwhile, the new fence
gives you a better look at the
field.
“We have such a nice
field,” Dr. Mohundro said.
“Now you can see it better
when you drive up. The old
DeLeon Bearcat sign is going
to be cleaned up, updated and
relocated to another part of the
stadium.
“Academically, besides
expanding our pre-k program,
the district has undergone a
major curriculum update over
the summer. Last school year,
DeLeon started with Math 2020. This year, they have added
Language Arts, Social Studies,
and Science.
“Now we have Academic
20-20,” said Mohundro. “Our
goal is to teach what we are
required by the state, when we
are supposed to teach it, and
have it align with all grade levels.
“Our big emphasis is on
science this year. Math was the
push last year. This year, we
hired an outside consultant to
work with our teachers, examining our curriculum and making sure things are done like
they are supposed to be done: a
lot of hands-on learning.”
This is in response of the
“Four-by-four” requirements
of the TEA, requiring that students have four years each of
every core subject.
The staff is also finalizing
the “Star” trips, the rewards for
academic achievement for the
students, to serve as incentives.
This year’s selections of
rewards include a trip to New
York, as well as two trips to our
nation’s capital. The trips are
awarded to students who reach
successful levels in attendance
and on the TAKs tests.
Concerning the construction for the new high school,
Mohundro stated that people
will begin to see dirt moving
around the end of October or
the first of November.
“Architectural drawings
are being finalized, paper work
completed, and things are
moving along,” Mohundro
said. “What is happening now
are the things that can’t be seen
that have to be done. And
November is the time schedule
we have set. We are right on
schedule.”
The projected open date
for the new school is January,
2011.
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Bands Featured at
Festival Stage
Estate Sale
Estate of Jack & Maxine Zimmerman
400 Morgan Mill Rd. (N. Hwy 281)Stephenville, Texas
Friday, July 31, Sat. Aug 1, & Sunday, Aug 2nd
Friday & Saturday 8AM til ? Sunday 1pm-5pm
Estate contains many one only items and many unlisted treasures:
Contents from 3 generations of the family. Waterbury special furnace (wood or coal) by Waterman Co., Kennedy (full set) tool box,
lots of antique and USA made tools, lawn furniture & hand tools:
Vintage press glass punch bowl w/stand, cups & serving trays, Art
by Windberg, Nelson Rhodes, Wygant & Dyke & others; McCoy,
Roseville, Hull, Shawnee, Autumn Leaf, Kings Crown etc; pink &
green depression (some unusual). Homer Laughlin & otherolder
dish sets; dolls, quilts & tops; crochet bedspread and other linens,
trunks, crocks, churns (glass & crock), cast iron pots; 2 bedroom
suites (1King-1Queen), 2 corner cabinets, desk, 2 cedar wood
wardrobes, child’s benches, mahogany table w/hutch, usual household items, refrigerator, washer & dryer, estate & costume jewelry,
sword, knives & bits.
Conducted for the family by LJJ Estates
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Sirloin Pork Chops
$1.29lb
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$1.59lb
T-Bone
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From page 1
Outlaw’s Prayer
Outlaw’s Prayer, showcasing the talents of four young
musicians from Comanche
County, will perform Friday
night, August 7, presenting
Texas Country originals and
some traditional country covers.
Ryan Todd, 17, from
Comanche, is the group’s lead
singer and rhythm guitar player. Ryan’s vocal talents have
already won him awards and a
trip to Memphis, Tennessee to
perform at the Mid South Fair.
He is also a regular guest at LA
Country Band Dance in
Proctor. Ryan also writes and
co-writes his own songs with
other band members.
DeLeon native Colton
Mathis, 17, is the band’s drummer. He also writes and cowrites music for the band.
Colton has played with other
bands and is a fan of Texas
Country music. Colton also
keeps up the band’s MySpace
page.
Trevor Nowlin, 18, also a
DeLeon native, plays bass guitar for the band. Trevor, known
far and wide for his humor and
personality, was also an important part of DeLeon High
School’s Mighty Maroon
Band. He will be a member this
fall of the Tarleton State
University Band as a trumpet
NOTICE
The Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District,
Board of Directors will hold an Annexation Petition Public Hearing,
Permit Hearing, and Board Meeting on Thursday August 6, 2009, at
1:00 p.m. at the Dublin City Council Chambers, 213 E. Blackjack,
Dublin, Texas. The Permit Hearing will be held at 1:15 p.m. or
immediately following the 1:00 p.m. Annexation Petition Public
Hearing. The Board Meeting will begin immediately upon adjournment of the Permit Hearing. All interested parties are invited to
attend.
El Distrito de Conservación de Agua Subterránea de
Middle Trinity, la Junta directiva sostendrá una Audiencia de
Público de Petición de Anexión, Permitirá Oír, y la Reunión de la
Junta Directiva el jueves, 6 de agosto de 2009, a las 1:00 p.m. en
las Cámaras de Ayuntamiento de Dublín, 213 E. Blackjack, Dublín,
Texas. La Audiencia de Permiso será sostenida a las 1:15 p.m. o
immediatamente después el a las 1:00 p.m. Audiencia de Público
de Anexión. La Reunión de la Junta Directiva comenzará inmediatamente después del aplazamiento de la Audiencia de Permiso.
Se invita que todos las partes interesadas asistan.
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Six Market Blvd.
Hailing
from
Stephenville, according to
their website, this quintet is a
blend of lost romantics, talented musicians and traveling
souls. Based on the fundamentals of a classic road touring
band, being lyrically creative
and musically driven, this band
brings a change of pace to the
Texas/Red
Dirt
Scene.
Blending influences for
Country, Americana and Rock
& Roll, 6MB delivers a
uniquely identifiable sound
that is sure to resonate the heart
and soul.
With the release of their
first EP, aptly titled "Six
Market Blvd. EP" the band is
quickly putting on the miles to
get the music out. Since its
release, it has landed the band
on the Myspace Music Charts
in the categories of "Roots
Music", "Americana" and
"Southern Rock", breaking the
top 50 and top 25 in "Roots
Music".
Six Market Blvd. band
members include Clayton
Landua, vocals/acoustic; Scott
Neal, rhythm/lead guitar; Josh
Serrato, rhythm/lead; Ben
Hussey, bass, and Dallas Neal,
drums.
For more information,
including ticket prices, visit
their
website
at
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The
world
famous
Nathan's hot dog, is coming to
De Leon!
During the 95th Peach &
Melon Festival the Women's
Division of the Chamber of
Commerce will sell the world
famous Nathan’s Hot Dog
downtown.
The all beef, larger than
the bun, wiener will be served
with the New York Deli Style
mustard that has been served at
Nathan's restaurants for generations. Freshly grilled onions
will also be available to top the
dogs. The famous Nathan’s Hot
Dog wieners will be flown in
from New York City, home of
the famous hot dog.
Nathan's Famous was
founded by a Polish immigrant,
Nathan Handwerker. The business was started in 1916 with a
small hot dog stand in Coney
Island, New York. He sold hot
dogs that were manufactured
based on a recipe developed by
his wife, Ida. In the more than
90 years that have passed since
opening day, Nathan's has
gained world wide recognition
for the quality and taste of its
product.
Golden Saturday
Participation
Up From Last Year
From page 1
with more than 40 vendors
having registered as of
Tuesday, July 28. That’s nearly double last year’s participants.
“And we always have
people sign-up during the last
week, so I’m looking for
more,” said Linda Levens,
executive director of the
DeLeon
Chamber
of
Commerce, sponsor for the
event.
“This year we will have
vendors selling everything
from hand-made bird cages to
handmade beaded sandals,”
Levens said. “There will be a
real variety of jewelry available -- from bottle-cap jewelry
to actual art jewelry. And we’ll
have a wide variety of T-shirts
here, as well as woodcrafts,
iron work, quilts and embroidered items, and we’ll even
have someone selling binoculars.”
According to Levens,
shoppers that day will have
their pick from a wide assortment of jellys, jams and candles.
“And we’re going to have
some business representation
this year,” Levens said.
“American Satellite is coming
in and Clark Tractor’s setting
up, and I’m hoping that a couple of others that I’ve spoken to
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player.
Ty Battreal, 17, of Priddy,
is the newest member of the
band. He plays lead guitar and
fiddle. Ty, who writes and cowrites for the band, has played
at the Cross Timbers Country
Opry and has participated in
various fiddle contests.
Tickets for their Festival
performance are available at
the DeLeon Chamber of
Commerce and Citibank, as
well as several Dublin and
Comanche locations. For more
information, including ticket
prices,
visit
w w w. m y s p a c e . c o m / o u t lawsprayer, or send an email to
[email protected].
Women’s Division to Sell
Nathan’s Hot Dogs
Immediately following Wednesday’s
Peach & Melon Festival Parade
August 5, 2009
A time to cool down, relax, and listen to great
music and see wonderful entertainment
before heading to the festival grounds.
◊ FREE Peach Ice Cream
◊FREE Peach Iced Tea
◊FREE Peach Cobbler
Let’s put peaches back in the
Peach & Melon Festival!
For more information call
First Baptist Church at 893-6593
will participate.”
There will also be lots of
fun for the younger folks on
Golden Saturday, with a mini
ferris wheel, toys, games, pony
rides, a bounce house, and airbrush face painting.
“And we’ll have an exciting variety of food this year,”
Levens said. “We’ll have
home-made ice cream, Belgian
waffles, sausage on a stick, and
lots more, and the DeLeon
Volunteer Fire Department will
be selling their barbecue.”
Levens said that this year,
the Chamber will do something new.
“We’re going to have a
hamburger bistro set up,”
Levens said. “We’ll have
canopy-covered seating, with
some fans going, so that people
can sit down and enjoy their
lunch and cool off a bit. And
we’ll have a meal deal, where
people can get the hamburger,
chips and drink for a reasonable price.”
Levens said that she’s
really looking forward to this
year’s event.
“To me, it’s just going to
be a wonderful variety of
crafts, talents and people,”
Levens said. “I am really, really excited about Golden
Saturday.”
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Defendant’s Name
Beaty, Jonathan Levell
Bell, James David
Brisco, Paula Sue
Cardinas, Roy G.
Cariker, Wade Lynn
Chavez Espinosa, Jose Luis
Fronterhouse, Michael Don
Gilder, Jefferey Lee
Greer, Shaun Thomas
Halbert, Melissa Ann
Harper, Nyesha Rachelle
Hensen, Stephanie Michelle
Hernandez, Maria Angelica
Medford, Lisa
Neeley, Riley Shane
Perez, Luis
Piedra Sosa, Felipa Roberto
Rucker, Breanne Lee
Stow, Joshua Duane
Varate, Crystal Celeste
Date of Birth
11/30/1980
08/17/1965
04/05/1971
04/30/1990
12/07/1988
06/10/1964
07/23/1977
05/27/1986
08/12/1985
11/11/1987
07/05/1983
12/30/1974
02/17/1985
09/12/1974
10/05/1990
02/02/1982
07/01/1986
08/27/1989
08/27/1989
05/28/1989
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$532.00
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Has a Sale every
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Extension Agent
SNAGGLE TOOTH SMILES. Third grader Elizabeth
and first grader Austin Weaver, both often seen in this
newspaper in their younger days, are now sporting gaptoothed smiles as the baby teeth are pushed aside to
make room for the big ones. They are the great-grandchildren of Melba Shelby and Joe and Frances Morgan,
all of DeLeon.
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St. Augustine Lawns
There are many different
causes for changes in color or
density of St. Augustine lawns.
They can include take all root
rot, brown patch, grubs, iron
deficiency and chinch bugs just
to name a few. Over the past
few weeks I have seen many St.
Augustine lawns with chinch
bug damage. These lawns will
have irregular patches of dead
or stunted grass surrounded by
a halo of yellowing or dying
grass. As insect numbers
increase the irregular patterns
of damaged grass in the lawn
will tend to merge together.
When hot, dry conditions
develop the insect populations
have a tendency to escalate.
Many times the chinch bug
damage can be confused with
diseases that are found in St.
Augustine. Brown patch, a
common disease that occurs in
St. Augustine will have a circular pattern, where chinch bugs
will create an irregular pattern
in the yard. Chinch bug damage
can also be confused with
drought. It is best to determine
if the insects are present to
know your exact cause of damage.
Chinch bugs are very
small. The adult southern
chinch bug will range from 1/6
to 1/5 of an inch. They are black
with white wings and will have
a triangular black mark on each
wing. Some will be short
winged and some adults will
have fully functioning wings.
The nymph stage can last 30
days. They will be wingless,
yellow or pinkish-red, with a
light-colored band across their
backs. The best location to
scout for chinch bugs is in the
weak, yellowing grass. Take a
coffee can, remove the top and
bottom of the can and drive into
the ground a couple of inches,
fill with water and wait a few
minutes. Chinch bugs should
float to the top if they are present in that area. The chinch
bug cycle can last up to 8
weeks. During this time you
can have 3 – 5 generations each
year.
Controlling the chinch bug
starts with keeping thatch to a
minimum, aerating your lawn
(if in heavy soils), fertilizing
Nutrient-dense foods are
the smart choice
When you’re shopping at
the grocery store, selecting
items from a restaurant menu,
or grabbing a quick drink or
snack from a vending machine,
make smart choices by picking
foods that are "nutrient-dense."
Nutrient-dense foods give you
the nutrients you need with
fewer calories than other foods
from the same food group.
The easy way to pick
nutrient-dense foods and beverages is to select foods with the
lowest amounts of saturated
fats, trans fats and added sugars. According to the
MyPyramid, saturated and
trans fats are collectively
referred to as "solid fats."
Examples of nutrientdense foods include fat-free
milk, unsweetened applesauce,
baked chicken without skin and
fresh fruit. Fat-free (skim) milk
is lower in solid fats than whole
milk, unsweetened applesauce
has less added sugars than
sweetened applesauce, skinless
baked chicken is lower in fat
than fried chicken with skin,
and fresh fruit is lower in both
solid fats and added sugars than
fruit pastries.
It is important to look for
information on saturated and
trans fats, sugars and calories
on food labels. The Nutrition
Facts label shows the serving
size and how many calories you
are actually consuming per
serving. If you eat twice the
serving amount, you get twice
the amount of calories, saturated fat, and added sugars on the
label.
Also, check food package
ingredient labels for added sugars. Names for added sugars on
the ingredient label may
include evaporated cane juice,
high-fructose corn syrup, corn
syrup, sucrose, dextrose, glucose, fructose, maltose, honey,
and molasses. Fruit juice concentrates, evaporated cane juice
and honey are often promoted
as healthy alternatives to regular table sugar, but their nutrient
density is practically the same.
For more information on
making nutrient-dense food
choices, contact the county
Extension office at 325-3562539, or check out the advice in
the MyPyramid Food Guidance
System which is available
online
at
http://www.MyPyramid.gov.
based on soil test and not over
or under watering. There are
also a number of biological
control methods by beneficial
insects such as the big-eyed
bugs, minute pirate bugs and
ants. Remember that repeated
insecticide treatments can
reduce populations of beneficial insects.
Insecticides should be a
last resort to controlling chinch
bug damage because of the possibility of removing beneficial
insects. However if an insecticide is needed you can use
acephate, lambda-cyhalothrin,
carbaryl or bifenthrin. These
names will be found in the
active ingredient. Look for
products that can be used on
turf and will control chinch
bugs. Always follow the label
and directions for the particular
product that you purchase. If
using a granular product it is
best to use a drop spreader to
eliminate the possibility of
slinging insecticide into areas
that do not need treatment. If
the insect damage is isolated
only treat that area.
Late Season Pecan
Management Tour
3 Hrs of CEU’s
The Late Season Pecan
Management Tour will be held
August 11th at the Comanche
Community
Center.
Registration will begin at 8:30
a.m. and the program will begin
at 9:00 a.m. Topics for the pro-
gram include Late Season
Pecan Management Tour,
Controlling Pecan Weevil
Damage, and Laws and
Regulations for Texas Private
Applicators License Holders.
Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary
aid, service or accommodation
in order to participate in this
tour are encouraged to contact
the Extension office at 325356-2539 by August 7, 2009 to
determine how reasonable
accommodations can be made.
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With Many Thanks
The family of Jessie
Richardson would like to thank
everyone for their prayers,
kindness, respect, and love. We
were all blessed to have been
touched by the heart of such a
wonderful person. We as a
family were blessed to have
such great friends. We would
like to extend a special thank
you to: Dr. Dwayne Miller and
the staff of the Comanche
County Medical Center ER and
Ambulance Crew, DeLeon
Nursing and Rehab Staff,
CCMC Home Health, Bro Bud
Jones and Family, Donnie,
D’arla & Trevor Nowlin, Beth
& Lannes Callison, Dovie &
David Withers, First Baptist
Church, Ladies of the FBC for
the family meal, Tina Edwards
& family, Prices Flowers, and
everyone whom brought food
and supplies to the home.
JD Richardson; Patti &
Johnny Johnson; Bradley &
Kendra Johnson; Don & Darla
Richardson; Jarret & Allyson
Richardson; Kolby Richardson;
Mike & Millie Richardson;
Tim & Brenda Allen; Michael
John & Karen Richardson;
Eugene Richardson & Susan
Newton; Caycee & Tonya
Richardson; and Richard &
Christie Owen.
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“Beyond All Expectations”
Church Directory
First Christian Church
101N. Houston
United Pentecostal Church
125 E. Manchaca, DeLeon
Sunday Services
Sunday School 9:45AM
Sunday Worship 10:30AM
Sunday Evening 6:00PM
Wednesday Evening 7:30PM
Gideon Botha
Varence Janord Dupre
Church: 893-2795
Parsonage: 893-7280
254-893-6333
CHURCH OF CHRIST
316 E. Navarro, DeLeon
893-5842 Office 893-2162 Fax
Pastor
Morton Chapel
Methodist Church
West on 587 - South FM 2318
Lord’s Day
Bible Class: 9:45AM
Worship: 10:45AM & 6:00PM
Every Sunday
10:00 a.m.
Wednesdays
Mid-Week Bible Class 7:00PM
Geoff Litke- Preacher
St. Joe Baptist Church
Morning Worship 11:00AM
Discipleship Training 6:00PM
Young Women & Young Men
Bible Study 6:00PM
Evening Worship 7:00PM
Wednesday Services Beginning 6PM
RA’s, GA’s, Mission Friends, Youth &
Prayer Meeting/Adult Bible Study 7PM
Bro. Jackie Auvenshine, pastor
Pastor Lisa Neslony
Hope
Lutheran
Church
ELCA
3 0 0 E. Cedar, Co manche
Sunday Scho o l : 9 AM
Wo rs hi p Serv i ce: 1 0 :1 5 AM
Pas to r Jan Cas tl eberry
N. On Hwy 16 then L. on FM Rd 2921
DeLeon, TX Phone 893-2148.
325-356-5165 or 356-6197 Cell
First Baptist Church
DeLeon, Tx
DELEON ASSEMBLY
OF GOD CHURCH
100 South Houston
SUNDAY SERVICES
Evening Services 6:00PM
Wed. Prayer/Praise 7:00 PM
Bro. David Kelly - Pastor
Daniel Harper, Youth Minister
254-893-6593
Thank You
We would like to acknowledge with deep appreciation
everyones kind expression of
sympathy. On behalf of my
husband our father / grandfather, please accept our sincere
thanks for all the flowers and
food. We will forever cherish
the life of our love one and eternally wave to the heavens as he
begins his journey among the
stars. We sincerely thank
everyone for your sympathy
and thoughtfulness, more than
words can express.
Special thanks to Donnie
Nowlin & staff, Groupo
Museum Musings
by Missy Jones
We had a great group of
visitors at the Museum, registering from Sidney, Comanche,
San
Antonio,
DeLeon,
Portland, Boerne, Granbury,
and Marble Falls.
Our good friend and historian Anna Thompson brought
me some information of Lake
Eanes Park, also several pictures of the Dunlap family
reunion in 1934. I wrote an
article two weeks ago asking
for pictures and or your memories of times spend at the old
Lake Eanes Park. I have great
memories of family reunions
held there and I want to put
together a booklet for a handout at the museum about the
old Lake Eanes Park. I am
hoping people will call or
come by and share information
on this great place. One thing I
do remember, when we would
go out to the part at Lake
Eanes, we thought we were
taking a long trip. Of course
we lived down near Gustine,
but that was a trip compared to
Fort Worth or Dallas today. It
is so funny, when you leave
Comanche driving out there
today, you are there just in a
few minutes. Please share your
information with me. I think it
is something that we can all
Sunday Evening Youth 6:00PM
Sunday Evening 6:00PM
Wednesday Evening 7:00PM
Phone 893-5722
Pastor - Rick Earp
DeLeon City Council
Meets at 6:00 p.m.
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday
**********
DeLeon Chamber of
Commerce
Meets at 4:00 p.m.
Every 1st Wednesday
**********
Senior Citizens of
DeLeon
1100 W. Reynosa
Lunch: Mon, Wed & Fri
Tuesday: Covered Dish
**********
Armstrong Lodge #445
First Tuesday
Supper 7:00p.m., Meeting 7:30
p.m
**********
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday
12 Noon at Hwy 6 Cafe
**********
Order of Eastern Star
Chapter 693
2nd Monday
Meal 6:30pm Meeting 7:00pm
**********
Food Pantry
Hwy 6 East
1st & 2nd Tuesday
9:00 am till noon
**********
Men’s Prayer Breakfast
Highland Missionary
Baptist Church
David E. Locke, Pastor
Lunch @ Noon
Afternoon Service 1:00PM
On Hwy. 2156
Parsonage 445-0368 Church 445-2090
Fair Haven
Baptist Church
400 East Ham,
DeLeon
Sunday Services:
Sunday School 10AM
Church Service 10:45AM
Sunday Evening Singing 5PM
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6PM
Pastor: Kenneth Wilson
EVEN
Liberty Baptist
Church
Sunday Services
Sunday School - 10:30AM
*West on Hwy 6 to Rucker
Left on CR 459
Daryl Hirst - Pastor
First United
Methodist Church
On Main Street in DeLeon
Sunday Services
Early Worship 8:45a.m.
Sunday School 9:45a.m.
Worship 10:55a.m.
Evening 6:30p.m.
Church 893-6155 Parsonage 893-6540
[email protected]
enjoy and remember, and I hate
to think that with our generation, all of this will be lost.
Frances Couch from
DeLeon brought us in some
information on a veteran and
Anna Thompson shared with
us information on her family
member, Civil War Veteran,
Thomas Moxley. With the
internet and all of the sites
available, it is wonderful to be
able to go on a site and find
your ancestor’s civil war
muster roll, and all of his information that his company listed.
With the number of soldiers
that served during the war, it is
absolutely mind boggling to
think that there were soldiers
who were doing nothing but
keeping records of the company roster, and all of the details
of their armies.
If you have a family member who served in the Civil
War or if you are needing more
information on a veteran,
please come out to see us. We
will do everything we can to
help you find all the information that is available.
Remember, we invite you
to visit us. You just might find
something from your family
line. We will try to make your
visit enjoyable.
SCHEDULED
MEETINGS
Lions Club
Corner of Seguin & Travis
Galdonado, Richeson Mgmt
Co., Aarons Electronics, Dairy
Queen crew, Reyna family,
Prado Cafe, Carolyn Garza,
Cisneroz family, Villa family,
Mix family, Josie Rubio,
Ercanbrack family, and IGA
mgmt, Delbert Turner, Mary
Alex, Loneita, and Ronnie.
If there is anyone that we
failed to mention please forgive
us and may God bless each and
everyone of you.
Respectfully Yours!
Garcia family
Cooper family
Alvarez family
Interdenominational
First Tuesday - 6:30am
First Baptist Church or
First United Methodist Church
**********
ESA Sorority
Meets 2nd Monday of
each month Sept. - May
7:00 p.m. at
F & M Hospitality Room
**********
D. A. V. Chapter 43
(Disabled American Veterans)
1st Thursday of Month
Van Dyke Schoolhouse
6:00 p.m.
**********
DeLeon ISD School
Board Meetings
Every 2nd Monday 7:00 p.m.
**********
LULAC Meeting
Last Wednesday of each Month
6:00p.m.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
************
Hospital District
Board Meetings
Last Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
**********
Sipe Springs
Lodge #537
MATTHEWS
Brad Setzler, age 43, went
to be with his Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ on Wednesday,
July 22, 2009.
Brad Setzler was born
January 4, 1966, in Abilene to
Jeri and Wayne Setzler of
DeLeon. He was raised in
Clyde and attended college at
Tarleton State University
where he graduated with an
Industrial Engineering Degree
in 1988. He made lifelong
friends through the Purple Poo
Organization.
Brad met his best friend
and the love of his life, Nancy
Moore in April 1993, and they
were married in October 1993.
Brad worked at Vought
Aircraft for 18 years, where he
served in several management
positions. He was respected by
all who knew him and he was
cherished by all the friends he
made along the way. Brad left
Vought and went to Triumph
Industries in 2006, where he
continued to make friends.
Brad loved his time at Triumph
and when he could no longer
continue his responsibilities
there, it was one of the saddest
days of his life.
Prior to his ALS diagnosis, Brad passionately enjoyed
hunting and fishing.
Through the generosity of
the 10XXX Ranch, Brad was
able to fulfil a lifelong dream
and go on a big game hunt
while his was still able to stand.
Brad was a devoted and loving
husband, daddy, son and
friend. His spiritual foundation
enabled him to endure the
tragedy of ALS with a courage
that amazed those close to him.
He was preceded in death by
his sister, Dee Ann; grandparents, J. P. and Lois Fields and
Clyde and Alma Setzler;
nephew, Garren Denson.
He is survived by wife,
Nancy; daughters, Lexie, Torie
and Gracie; son, Chad; mother,
Jeri; father, Wayne; brother,
Montia and wife, Karen; and
sister, Wanetha; and nieces and
nephews.
Published July 30, 2009
DeLeon Free Press
Joyce Janell Matthews, 73
of Odessa, passed away
Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
She was born November
12, 1935 in DeLeon, Texas to
Emmett and Jewell Sadberry.
Joyce married Eddie Matthews
in 1955, they had 2 daughters
Wana York and Teresa
Matthews.
Joyce was a loving wife,
mother, grandmother, sister,
best friend and second mom.
She loved to cook and she
loved her family. She is preceded in death by her parents,
husband and one grandson
Jonathan Edward Wuensch.
Funeral services were held
Friday, July 24, 2009 at Grace
Christian Fellowship, with
Clark Racca officiating.
Interment followed at Sunset
Memorial Gardens in Odessa.
Pallbearers were Cody
Matthews, Zachery Wuensch,
Josh Coffee, Darin Wallum,
Sean Gaskin and Josh
Sadberry.
Survivors include her
daughters, Wana York and husband Russell York of League
City, Texas, Teresa Matthews
of Bakersfield, California;
grandson,
Justin
Cody
Matthews and wife Heather
and two sons, Jonathan Caine,
and Hudson Maverick of
Savannah, Georgia, Zachery
Scott Wuensch and wife
Candace, son John Joseph and
daughter Kylee Opal of
Pearland, Texas; granddaughters, Mica Gentry and husband
Jonathan, and
daughter
Brealynn Gentry of Odessa,
Texas, Summer Brooks and
daughters, Amari Thompson
and Aniya Thompson of Fort
Worth, Texas; brother, Gerald
Sadberry and wife Billy, sister
Paula Beauchamp and husband
Jerry of Odessa, sister, Judy
Moore of San Angelo, and
many loving nieces and
nephews.
To sign an on-line guest
book go to www.sunsetodessa.com
Published July 30, 2009
DeLeon Free Press
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Meeting 7:00 p.m.
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2nd Wednesday of
each Month
2:00 p.m.
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DeLeon 4-H Club
Third Wednesday of every month
@ 3:30 p.m.
Elementary School
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DDT Committee
(Developing DeLeon Today)
1st Tuesday of month
12:00 Noon at Prado’s
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Women’s
Chamber of Commerce
1st Monday of month
Sept-May
Reunion Center, Hwy 6
7:00 p.m.
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Sons of Confederate
Veterans Camp #1904
4th Tuesday of each
month at F & M
Hospitality Room, 7:30p.m.
Visitors Welcome
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Comanche County
Commissioner’s Court
9:00 a.m.
2nd & 4th Mondays
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DeLeon AA/NA
Meetings
8PM-9PM
Every Monday & Tuesday
St. Joe Baptist Church
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make additions to the
DeLeon ISD Administration Building
scheduled meetings list, call
(Old Hospital Building)
Free GED Classes
Contact Betty Morris
254-893-3858
SETZLER
254-893-6868
Desdemona
monthly
musical was held last Saturday
night at the Community Center
(former school building). A
large group of musicians &
singers attended. There was
good music from each group.
Thanks to everyone that attends
each month. Thanks to the
ladies that donate food each
month to our concession stand.
It takes each & everyone doing
their part to keep our community going strong. Thanks again.
Hallie Million of DeLeon
spent the past week-end with
her great grandmother, Mildred
Million. They attended church
on Sunday at First Baptist.
Elise Duke of Stephenville
& Katie Duke of Early spent a
week with their grandparents,
Humpy & Betty Duke.
Larry & Gay Moore
enjoyed a short vacation with
their grandchildren, Cory
White of Stephenville; Hagen
& Scarlet Moore of Lingleville.
They visited Palo Duro Canyon
to enjoy the play “Texas”.
They toured parts of Oklahoma
on their way home.
Donal
&
Kandice
Cogburn hosted a birthday
party last Saturday afternoon
for their daughter, Taiah.
Several family members
attended to help Taiah celebrate
her 2nd birthday.
Desdemona High School
Class of 1949 will celebrate
their 60th class reunion on
Friday evening, August 7th at
the First Baptist annex in
Desdemona.
Desdemona Homecoming
& School Reunion will be held
on Saturday, August 8th at ole
school gym. Program begins at
10:00 A.M. noon meal will be
catered. Ex-students, teachers
& friends are invited to attend
and enjoy the day visiting with
former classmates & friends.
Remember the sick &
shut-ins of our community with
your cards & prayers.
Please contact this reporter
with your weekly news. Your
help will be appreciated.
Have a great day, Coon
WEATHER?
CMYK
ODD
40 Years After Moonwalk,
We Must Continue to Reach
for the Stars
“Houston,
Tranquility
Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
On July 20, Texans,
Americans, and the world at
large celebrated the 40th
anniversary of the first manned
spaceflight to touch down on
the Moon. When astronaut
Neil Armstrong spoke those
iconic words, he stunned rapt
television viewers across our
globe while also underscoring
that Americans – and Texans in
particular – are proud that
NASA calls Houston home.
The Apollo Program
brought us the first photographs
of a distant Earth seen from a
new perspective, as well as formidable advancements in technology and medicine.
The Apollo anniversary is
a reminder that we can overcome challenges and achieve
great things. The Senate recently confirmed former astronaut
Charles Bolden, Jr., as NASA
Administrator. He has a daunting task ahead of him, as we all
await the outcome of the White
House-ordered review of the
nation's human spaceflight programs, to help us determine the
best path forward, and to ensure
we have the resources to support long term goals.
Our nation faces a possible
five-year gap in the ability to
put humans in space. This
would occur between the
planned retirement of the space
shuttle program next year and
the earliest possible inauguration of the new Ares rocket and
Orion crew capsule in 2015.
Such a gap would greatly hinder
American
scientific
research on the International
Space Station because it would
limit access; to reach the ISS,
American astronauts would
need to travel on foreign spacecraft, including those from
Russia and possibly even
China.
I am deeply concerned by
our dependence on foreign
spacecraft, but even more so by
the impact that a five-year gap
would have on the creative scientists and engineers who support our manned space programs. The potential loss of
their skills during the transition
has long-term implications for
our state and our nation.
NASA partners with 63
universities and educational
centers in Texas to provide new
opportunities for medical
research and technology.
NASA’s 50-year tradition of
scientific innovation makes it
essential to our national
defense. Space-based technology plays a preeminent role in
modern warfare and intelligence gathering, for example.
NASA’s
contributions
affect ordinary Americans in
our day-to-day lives. They
include polymer fabrics that
protect firefighters and members of the military from
extreme temperatures; breakthrough medical technologies
such as CAT scans and MRI
machines; GPS technology;
the satellite telecommunications network; memory foam;
space blankets; shock-absorbing padding in football helmets;
and advances in weather fore-
casting, robotics, electronics,
and search-and-rescue technology.
President
John
F.
Kennedy, whose vision spurred
the Apollo missions, once
spoke at Rice University and
asked, “Why, some say, the
moon? Why choose this as our
goal? …. Why does Rice play
Texas? …. We choose to go to
the moon in this decade and do
the other things, not because
they are easy, but because they
are hard, because that goal will
serve to organize and measure
the best of our energies and
skills.” In the same spirit, I
believe now is the time for
America to renew its commitment to the scientific research
embodied by NASA, the
International Space Station, and
a mission to Mars. Exploration,
innovation, and discovery are
part of the very fiber of our
American identity.
The prowess, imagination,
and courage embodied by
America’s aviation community
have inspired the world for over
a century. In only seventy years
between 1899 and 1969,
American ingenuity propelled
us from the early exuberance
over the Wright brothers’
biplane gliders, to the wonder
of Charles Lindbergh’s first
solo transatlantic flight, and to
the astonishment of an
American flag on the Moon.
As we celebrate the 40th
anniversary of the Apollo 11
spaceflight, let us thank NASA
for its extraordinary contributions to our state and our country, and let us strengthen it as it
continues to reach for the stars.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is
the senior U.S. Senator from
Texas and is the Ranking
Member on the Senate
Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation.
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ODD
CMYK
EVEN
MAJESTIC THEATRE
OF EASTLAND
629-1322
Garage
Sale
SERVICES
108 N. Lamar
G-Force
Rated PG
7:30 p.m. Showings
Fri-Mon Admission $4.50
Wanted
Arrowhead
Collections
Wanted. Cash purchase. Local
area collections only. Prior
inspection required. 842-4945.
Carolyn Balzen
Now Open
Merle Norman Cosmetics
are now open in their new
location at 405 E. Central,
Comanche, Tx.
325-356-1608
JOHNSON’S
PLUMBING
&
HOME REPAIR
Home repairs of any type
254-893-4132
Full drain cleaning
service, water and
gas repipe
Patty O’Donnell & Lanora Black
Texas Chevron has a
new name
5-6p
HAY BALING:
Rickey
Wilson 254-893-5296
5-8p
“Chris’s”
LAWN CARE
SERVICES
Specializing in:
•Mechanic Service
•Car Detailing
•Car Washes
•Pickup & Deliveries
400 S. Texas, DeLeon
254-893-3007
SERVICES
ADCOCK’S TIC-A-LOCK:
Units for rent, secure behind
locked gates, 233 E. Navarro
Hwy 6, Modestly priced
$25.00-$52.50 monthly, call
254-893-6522
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NOW AVAILABLE TO DO
ALL TYPES OF REMODELING WORK! Painting, kitchen
& bath remodels, cabinets & all
types of home repair. DeLeon
references and recommendations. Call 254-977-3759 or 254tfn
977-2070.
Peach & Melon
Festival is almost here.
We do custom design nosegays,
Arm bouquets, Hair bows...
Anything a contestant needs.
All made to order,
Any price range.
Price’s Flowers & Gifts
254-893-2644
Peach & Melon
Festival week
COMMUNITY LAWN Lawn
Care Service 254-893-5031
Owner Michael Baugh, serving
greater DeLeon. Prompt, reliable
service at a reasonable price.
Proud user of John Deere riding
equipment. No job too big or
small, call today for a price quote.
Tree and shrub trimming, Senior
citizen discount, price list available, weekly rates. “Our family
business wants your family business” Be sure and ask about our
1t p
“nice guy” discount!
YARD WORK: Small gas
engine repair, hedge trimming,
lawn mowing. Call 254-8935869 (home) or 254-842-1362
(cell).
5-8p
is Aug 4-8.
Misc.
MODERN HOUSE
LEVELING
The Professional Leveling Co.
325-643-4767
Brownwood
22-27/09
“Open when I’m Here...
... Closed when I’m Gone”
Buying Junk
Cars
& Pickups
Call Jamie Mason
DeLeon Auto
Supply
893-5787
Quilting & Sewing
Supplies
Store Hours:
9:30-5:00 p.m.
Closed
Sunday &
Tuesday
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132 N. Texas St.
WANTED:
Vendors for
DeLeon’s Golden Saturday
August 8, 2009. Call Chamber
of Commerce at 254-893-2083
2-6c
STRAY CALF at my place on
HWY 587 west of DeLeon.
Please identify, call Joe
Morgan at 893-6215 or 8421707.
DeLeon,Tx. 76444
254-893-2634
Overstuffed Storage
Pizza Pro
Garage, Barns
254-893-5570
Turn your unwanted
items into cash!
254-893-7077
5-8
125 N. Texas, DeLeon
Must present coupon
1 Large 1Topping
$899
+ Tax
Offers expires 9-30-09
2 Large - 1 Topping
RICE
PAINTING
Call: 254-893-5244
254-842-4878
NO JOB TOO SMALL! tfnc
For Sale
FIREARMS
Cost + 10%
All Manufacturers
Rifles, Pistols, Shotguns
All State & Local Laws Apply
Must be 21 Years of Age
254-485-0286
Skip Smith
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Oil Changes
•Ai r-Condi ti oni ng
S ervi ces
• Brakes
• Transmi ssi on
S ervi ce
•C-V Axl es &
More
Wofford Used
Cars
893-6464
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!
Call 893-4198 or
842-8167 tfnc
SIDING AND WINDOWS
farmandhomebuilders.com
EVEN
My parents miss me a lot!
Please call 254-977-4880
if you see me or have any
information.
REWARD OFFERED!
CARPORT SALE: Friday 59 p.m. and Saturday 7:00 a.m.noon at 500 E. Reynosa.
Bedding, coffee maker, nice
clothes (girls, boys, women-all
sizes, men), 10 speed, dishes,
tv, lawn chairs, small furniture,
massager, toys, games, hammock, 4 new pairs Turboslot
baseball gloves, baseball
equipment, purses, lots of misc.
(Morris)
Ribbits Resale
100 Houston, DeLeon
592-6227
Hours
Thurs-Fri 10-5
Saturday 10-3
We brought in a lot of new
items- Chest 20.00, ent centers, comforters, beds, home
decor, lots of goodies! We
also have a Christmas room!
If you need anything before
we open, give me a call!
Do You Fly
an American
Flag on
Holidays?
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A Look at Fats
Reading food labels helps
us make informed choices and
limit certain foods. One of the
keys to eating smart – whether
at home, at a restaurant, or from
a vending machine – is understanding the relationship
between calories, fat and cholesterol.
Reducing the amount of
fat in your diet doesn’t mean
starving yourself or sacrificing
all the foods you love. By making small changes and being
aware of healthy alternatives to
higher-fat items, you can substantially reduce your fat
intake.
Take breakfast for example. You can choose a bagel
with jam or two glazed doughnuts. Were you aware that 20
grams of fat depend on this
simple choice? A bagel contains about 2 grams of fat; two
doughnuts contain about 22
grams of fat. It’s a small choice,
but one that can make a big difference in your overall fat
intake.
Tips for Reducing Fat
• Use fats and oils sparingly when cooking.
• Eat plenty of grain products, vegetables, and fruits –
more lower-fat foods means
less room for fat.
• Choose nonfat margarine
over butter.
• Use reduced-fat or nonfat
salad dressings for salads.
• Season foods with lemon
juice, herbs and spices.
• Choose skim or low-fat
milk, fat-free or low-fat yogurt,
and nonfat or low-fat cheese.
• Use plain nonfat or lowfat yogurt in place of sour
cream.
• Limit high-fat processed
meats such as sausage, salami,
and other cold cuts.
What is Fat?
• Fat is an essential nutrient for the nutrient for the
human body. Everyone needs
some fat on their bodies as well
as in their diets.
• Fats supply energy and
essential fatty acids and are
important for growth and
development.
• A layer of fat beneath the
skin helps to insulate the body
from cold.
• Fat surrounds the different organs in the body to protect
them from injury.
• Fats carry the fat-soluble
vitamins A, D, E and K and
promote their absorption in the
intestine.
• Fat gives taste and consistency to foods and help us to
feel full so that we stop eating.
However, our bodies only
need a small amount of fat each
day, and in general most people
get far more fat in their diets
than they need. Too much fat
can have negative effects on
your health. Fats are high in
calories – they produce 9 calories per gram, compared with 4
calories per gram for carbohydrates or protein. As a result, a
diet high in fat can contribute to
excessive body weight. In addition, high levels of dietary fat
are linked to an increased risk
of heart disease and certain
types of cancer.
The Food Stamp Program
provides nutrition assistance to
people with low income. It can
help you buy nutritious foods
for a better diet. To find out
more, contact Carolyn Balzen,
Assistant Program Director,
Better Living for Texans, at the
Extension office in Comanche
at 325-356-2539 or Hamilton at
254-386-3919.
A-Tex Air Conditioning
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
- Flag Day, July 4,
Memorial Day, and
Veterans Day.
Call Toney Prather at
893-6161 or the Free Press
at 893-6868.
• Service - 7 days a week-all makes
• Providing service after the sale.
• Installation/Change-outs/
Comfort agreements
• Free Estimates & Second Opinions
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For Sale
HELP
WANTED
Prado’s Mexican
Cafe, Inc.
Is now taking
applications for waitresses.
424 N. Texas St.
DeLeon, TX 76444
6:00am - 1:30pm
Monday - Friday
APPLY IN PERSON
1-866-219-1923
GARAGE SALE: Saturday,
Aug1st
9:00am-1:00pm
Corner of Bell & Manchaca
across from old swimming
pool. A House full of things to
sell, furniture, dishes, lamps,
sewing machines, nic-nacs,
curtains, shoes, to much to
mention. It’s unbelievable.
Everything must sell! CHEAP
PRICES!
+ Tax
Offers expires 9-30-09
Residential & Commercial
New Construction,
Cabinet Finishing & Dry Wall
√ Free Estimates
I’m Lost
My name is Romeo
w/2 Orders Breadsticks
$1848
GARAGE SALE: Friday,
July 31 8-5 & Saturday, Aug
1st 8-? 300 E. Gonzales,
DeLeon. Golf bag, small T.V.,
double stroller, mens, womens
& little girls clothes.
Lost
I BUY STUFF!!
Estates-
Better Living
For Texans
HELP WANTED:Homestead
Nursing & Rehab of Gorman
is accepting applications for
L.V.N’s. Full or part time
shifts are available. For additional information, contact the
facility at 254-784-2202.
Salary is negotiable and benefits are available. EEOC tfn
STUDENTS! WORKERS
NEEDED. $14 Base/Appt.
Flexible
Schedules.
Scholarships
Possible
Customer Sales/Service. No
Experience Necessary 325646-2408
4-7
M A N A G E R
STEPHENVILLE DQ Food
service career with top salary
and bonuses for continued
growth. Responsible, honest
leaser with people skills.
Background and drug test
required;
smoke
free.
Richeson Home Office 940549-5041, ask for Emily Gray
9-5 M-F. Other times leave
message.
5-8C
CO TEACHER needed for
Head Start in DeLeon.
$7.55/hr. Good benefits with
paid ins. and retirement.
Deadline till fill. Accepting
substitute applications year
round. Call (325)625-4167.
Central Opportunities, Inc. is
an E.O.E.
5-7c
LOGISTICS COORDINATOR: Universal Blanchers, a
custom peanut processing
company, located in Dublin, is
now accepting applications for
a full-time position. Duties
include shipping and receiving,
weighing trucks, processing
orders, and production scheduling. Computer experience
(Microsoft Office) required.
Experience with SAP software
and fluency in Spanish/English
desired.
Benefit package
included. Salary will be based
upon experience. Please apply
in person at Universal
Blanchers, LLC Dublin, TX
(254) 445-4021 4.5 miles west
of Dublin on Hwy 6 - left on
CR 343 - 1/4 mile on left. 5-6
HELP WANTED! UP TO
$8.00 HOURLY for qualified
applicants. DQ of Gorman 419 W. Lubbock now accepting applications. Need to love
working with people, meeting
new faces, drug and smoke
free environments. Apply in
person to Manager, Josie
Lopes.
5-8c
FOR SALE: $225 KING
PILLOWTOP MATTRESS
SET. BRAND new. Still in
plastic 325-428-9172
FOR SALE: Must sell brand
new memory foam mattress
set. Never used $349 325-4289172
FOR SALE: ALL NEW
leather couch & loveseat, 3-pc
table set still in original box for
only $550. 325-428-9172
FOR
SALE:
$450
couch/loveseat microfiber plus
3-pc table set, still Boxed
Lifetime warranty 325-4289172
FOR SALE: FULL mattress
set! New in plastic. Only $109
325-428-9172
FOR SALE: Coastal Hay,
round bales $45 per bale, candy
onions for sale too 254-8425540
1tp
FOR SALE: 2005 Pilgram
Travel Trailer in excellent condition, after 4pm call 325-6677217.
1tp
FOR SALE: AKC-Yorkie
Puppies, will be 6-8 pounds
Born June 1, have had 9 week
shots, 2-males left, $350 each.
Mary 254-734-6802.
FOR SALE: All new queen
pillow top mattress set. with
factory warranty. will take
$119 325-428-9172
FOR SALE: 1100 Massy
Ferguson Tractor & Rhino
Shredder $5,500.00. See or
call Troy Morris at Farm
Bureau 893-5080, 254-9795-7c
0015 or 893-6502.
MOVING MUST SELL
2 week old Lazy Boy “Big
Man” tan tweed recliner-retail
$750 asking $500. 2 week old
full mattress & box springs
with frame-retail $216 asking
$150. 5 month old black G.E.
Sensor microwave-retail $150
asking $75. 254-967-5343.
1tp
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Commissioners Again Postpone Decision on
Drug Testing Policy
From page 1
Commissioners requested
their administrative assistant
Trish Grimshaw and County
Attorney Craig Willingham to
research the matter further.
Grimshaw
contacted
Erath County officials and
reported on the certified testing
agency that they used and the
expenses involved.
Craig Willingham noted
that some tweaking of the current county employee drug
testing policy was likely needed.
There was much discussion
among
the
Commissioners and several
county department heads represented at the meeting, including County Clerk Ruby Lesley,
County Tax Assessor/Collector
Gay Green, District Clerk
Brenda Dickey and County
Auditor Joey Boswell.
Opinions
expressed
ranged from doing away with
testing wherever possible to
testing virtually all employees
hired, which is the current policy.
There was never any
question, however, regarding
the mandatory random testing
of CDL licensees or of mandatory certified law enforcement
officers.
Corky
Underwood
expressed his opinion that all
drug testing other than that
required by federal or state law
should be eliminated.
Sherman Sides quickly
retorted, "I disagree with that."
He made further comments,
however, that he could agree
with an exception for temporary employees in the mandatory pre-employment drug testing.
Kenneth Feist and Jimmy
Dale Johnson suggested that a
study group be formed to further discuss the matter.
Craig Willingham summarized the three matters that
needed resolution and possible
action. First was clarifying the
pre-employment drug testing
application (whether or not
temporary employees were
included). Second, eliminating
the language in the current policy that states that all employees are subject to random drug
testing (which is apparently an
illegal requirement). And
third, amending the random
testing procedures as they
apply for CDL holders.
Joey Boswell suggested
the matter be placed on a future
meeting agenda and then
offered to serve with various
other county department heads
to suggest needed changes and
the motions necessary to
accomplish them.
After spending an hour or
more discussing the matter, it
was again tabled.
Prior to the meeting,
copies of the 2009 Certified
Net Taxable Valuation for
Comanche County dated July
24 were distributed showing a
final total of $615,112,522.
Preliminary totals dated
Besides
Reading,
You Can
Use Them
For:
June 10, before the property
valuation protest process
began, showed a total of
$622,611,068. The 2008 final
certified
total
was
$609,708,446.
In other business the
Commissioners acting in unanimity:
• Heard a report presented
by courthouse maintenance
worker Bobby Daniels regarding the need to remove all of
the carpeting in the courthouse
basement, relocate all of the
furniture in the process, and
then stain and paint the concrete floor. A bad water leak
had been caused by two sprinkler stations in the recently
activated courthouse sprinkler
system staying on too long.
Daniels presented a repair
estimate of $1,175 from
Eagle's Nest contracting in
Comanche
which
was
approved for execution.
Daniels was also instructed to
look into the cost of using sodium bentonite to seal the courthouse basement area. He
reported that the old post office
building suffered from the
same problem.
• Heard District Clerk
Brenda Dickey describe the
file data failures experienced
by other counties when
attempting to use the same
computer backup system that
Comanche County now uses.
Dickey presented a rough estimate, and after a phone call a
specific proposal for a new online, off-site data backup service. After explaining it to
Jimmy Dale Johnson, Dickey
was authorized to begin using
the recommended data backup
service at the cost of $525 for
two months and $1,800 per
year thereafter.
• Heard Emergency
Services Coordinator Ray
Helberg recommend no action
be taken regarding an outdoor
burn ban since Comanche
County was in the green on a
current Texas Forest Service
wildfire danger map. They
Treasurer Sue Brown to renew
the existing group medical and
dental insurance policy and
coverage at what seemed minimal percentage cost increases.
• Heard their assistant
Trish Grimshaw report that she
had been contacted by the state
to refile quarterly reports for
the preceding five quarters
regarding work completed
under the Federal Emergency
Management Agency flood
damage recovery grants.
Grimshaw noted she had documentation for having filed each
and that there was really no
problem or related news otherwise.
• Heard Sheriff Jeff
Lambert report he didn't have
anything to report.
• Approved regular budget
amendments, reviewed and
approved accounts due and
owing of $339,184.67 (of
which $187,030 was related to
the jail financing) and the payment of salaries and related
benefits coming due and owing
prior to their next regular meeting on August 10.
Pre-payment
is required
on all
Classified Ads.
Deadline is
Tuesday at Noon!
REAL ESTATE
For Sale
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D/W’s,
large
selection,
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Has pull thru - Full Hook-ups!
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Close to Town!
254-893-7040 or
254-893-3116
4574 Hwy 2318 (Downing Loop)
DeLeon, Texas 76444
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NEW NAME, SAME GREAT BUSINESS !
LAMB REAL ESTATE
Frontier Farm & Ranch
is now
Bill Lamb, Broker - Troy Morris, Agent
www.deleonrealestate.com
•NEW: 3-2-1 Brick, CH/A, new appliances, $75,000
• NEW: 3-2 Brick on 1+ acres, just outside city limits, well for yard & metal
roof. Asking $87,000
• REDUCED! REDUCED! Brick Home on 4.0 Acres just outside city limits,
ceramic tile, paint, carpet, CH/A. New remodeling, storm cellar, Great location.
$122,500 Offers invited!•
Mossy Oak Properties
of Texas
Central Texas Region
Dublin Division
3 Bedroom, 1 bath frame on nice large lot. $25,600.
• 400 S. Allen, DeLeon, 2 Bdr, 1 Bath frame on nice corner lot with lg. pecan trees, fenced
back yard. NEW CARPET $42,000.
• 40.25 Acres coastal, good irrigation wells and systems, good fencing.
• NEW: 10 acresSOLD
outside city limits, on Hwy 6.
• 3 Bdr, 1 Bth Frame on approx 3 acres., Approx 1500sf CH/A, Carport, pecan trees, water
well, approx 1200 sf shop. $75,000 Call 254-433-2433.
Up to
cash allowance.
Cash for Clunkers.
$4,500 + $4,500
The government has just rolled out its car allowance rebate system (CARS), which
means when you turn in a qualifying vehicle you could receive up to $4,500 toward the
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Better Gas Mileage
Saving money at the pump is
always a good thing.
Lifetime Warranty
(254) 968-2135
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.
209 N. Texas St. - 254-893-6502
Get up to
Stock#92024
The Housing Authority
of the City of DeLeon
REAL ESTATE
Skip Smith
(254) 485-0286
Cade Richmond
(254) 330-0590
Division Manager/
Agent
‘09 Dodge Ram
1500 Regular Cab
Chrysler is the only company
with a Lifetime Powertrain
Warranty.
$13,926
That New Car Smell
Stock#92175
South Loop at 281
Honestly, do you really need
another reason?
brunerauto.com
Excludes Wrangler and Challenger. Cash allowance offer is in lieu of other incentives. $3,500 or $4,500 CARS credit is in
addition to other incentives when you turn in your eligible vehicle with 18 “new” combined mpg or less and you purchase an
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details, see dealer or visit cars.gov. Stock#92096 MSRP $18,998 less $4,500 Rebate and $4,500 CARS Rebate. Stock#92079
MSRP $18,830 less $3,500 Rebate and $4,500 CARS Rebate. Stock#92024 MSRP $19,999 less $3,500 Rebate and $4,500
CARS Rebate. Stock#92175 MSRP $21,926 less $3,500 Rebate and $4,500 CARS Rebate. Expires 8/31/09.
We will not miss a deal.
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(254) 918-3101
111 E. Blackjack • Dublin, TX 76446
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R E A LT Y
For more
information
Call 254-842-4364
COMANCHE COUNTY
R.V. PARK
Gilder
$9,998
For Rent
Efficiency Apartment
In DeLeon
R.V. PARK
MLS
Wrapping, packing,
housetraining, bird ‘09 Jeep Patriot
$11,999
cages, painting and
more.
We, normally have a
supply of old newspapers
available for no charge
at the DeLeon Free
Press.
complied.
• Received and approved
a list of election judge nominees from County Clerk Ruby
Lesley. The list follows by voting precinct, judge, alternate
judge:
1. Addie Ratliff, Becky
Lancaster
2. Stella Reid, Lanell
Williams
3. Edna Elliott, Jacque
Loudermilk
4. Nancy Helm, Lou
Hobbs
5. John Petty, Karen Petty
6. Carol Teich, Mary Ann
Braim
7. Roger Oliver, Joe
Moore
8, Phillip Russell, Ronnie
Calcote
9. Margaret Carmichael,
Betty Kirkland
13. Martha Woods, Joyce
McCamey
14. Betsy Robinett, Judy
Barnes
15. Suzanne Stratman,
Tjwanah Smith
16. Peggy Moon, Carrie
McGinnis
19. Dorothy Whiteside,
Sherry Whiteside
22. Joe John McEntire,
David Steele
27. Phillip Levens, Judy
Bingham
Early. Sue Bingham,
Gracie Brown
• Approved a proposal
presented by Deputy County
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
Mobile Homes
254-893-3404
Comanche Office: 325-356-3739
Broker: Robert Gilder
Agents: Ronnie Golden, David Gilder, Wayne Parsons,
Bobby Newman, Debbie Gilder, Neal Butler
SOLD 236±A, wells, tanks, rolling terrian, hunting [DS02] $1,995/acre
102 A, water well, costal, corrals, hunting, mins.& owner finacing possible [JB02] $285,000
81 A, Pecan Orchard, 900± improved variety, underground irrig, wells [REM01] $405,000
45 A, 7 irrig.wells & pit, buried mainline w/risers, minerals available [NF01] $2,500/acre
SOLD 30 A, 3-2½ Custom Home, garage, porch, shop, barn [DB01] $450,000
21±A, Sprigged with World Feeder Costal Bermuda grass, water well [MS04] $92,500
REDUCED 20 A, home site, rural water avail, possible owner finance [WM01] $75,000 $60,000
19±A, rolling terrain, Live Oaks, hunting, near Proctor Lk, will divide [LR03] $2,750/acre
SOLD 15.7 A, Hwy.16 frontage, costal, water well [JS02] $40,820
7-4 Brick Home, 2.31 A, 2 fireplaces, CH&A, tile floors, office, Jacuzzi [JN02] $220,000
4-2 Brick Home, 2 fireplaces, CH&A, 2 car garage.+ 76’ x 16’ mobile home [JH01] $159,900
4+A, 4-3 Remodeled Brick Home, additional recreational room, water well [RH02] $149,900
REDUCED 5 A, 3-1 Frame Home, near Proctor Lk., barn, rural water [LC01] $92,500 $89,500
5 A, 4-2 Brick Home, metal roof, carport, pecan trees, wells & tank, fenced [WK01] $90,000
3-2 Frame Home, CH&A, water well, carport, storage building, large lot [LR04] $39,900
3-2 Frame Home, remodeled, new floor covering, carport, shaded lot [JF01] $30,000
2-2 Brick Home, 2car attach garage, new flooring, large lot, fenced yard [MG02] $75,000
2-2 18’x 60’ Mobile Home, 3 car garage, more buildings, water well, fenced [CR01] $50,000
REDUCED 2-1½ Frame Home, attached garage, storage building [ST01] $75,000 $69,000
REDUCED 2-1 Frame Home, 2.3 A, screened porch, water well, [GB02] $55,000 $45,000
Fully-equipped Restaurant, large one acre lot on Hwy.6 in De Leon [RL01] $85,000
Commercial Bldg, on Hwy.36, 6,480 sf, 3 separate units & entrances, CH&A [RC01] $82,500
Fully-equipped Restaurant, Hwy.6 DeLeon, 2,998sf(CAD), paved lot, [GM02] $180,000
90730
More Info & Pictures at:
www.GilderRealty.com
COGBURN
REAL ESTATE
In DeLeon Continuously Since 1954
•’93 x 125’ lot on North Texas....$5,000
• 1.531 acres, city utilities, corner lot, great building site. $18,500
• 2-1-1 FRAME, 902sf, central heat, large fenced back yard..$25,000
• NEW: 3-2 frame, 1584 sf, newer roof, carport, window a/c., fenced yard.
$25,000.
• NEW: 2-1-1 HOME, 1176 sf, remodeling, fireplace, storage, storm cellar,
large corner lot. $37,500.
• 3-1 3/4-1 brick, 1062sf, central, large lot. $54,000
• 3-2 Brick, 1868sf, central, privacy fence, stg. bldg. $65,000.
• 3-1 1/2-2 brick, 1859sf all elec., recent flooring & updating, 2 CH/A, new roof,
2/3 acre, buildings, fenced yard, u/g yard sprinkler, large garden. Reduced
$75,000 possible owner finance.
• NEW: 3.29A, 2-2m/h, CH/A, metal roof over, triple carport, well & septic.
Edge of town, not city taxes! $39,500.
• NEW: 8.5A, 1 mile S/E DeLeon, 3-3-2 frame, 1533 sf, well + county water,
septic, sheds, small pond, large oaks, coastal. Country living close to town. $
79,500.
• NEW: 3-2-2 brick, 2+ acres. Updated home, 1339sf, central, metal roof, appliances. Trees, well & city water, workshop, fenced, outside city limits. $95,000.
• 19.6 A, 4-2 1/2-2 brick, 2543 sf, 2 CH/A, den w/fireplace, 2 wells, pond, metal
bldg, nice view. $250,000.
•38 A m/l Gorman FM 679, app 10A Pecans, good fences, sandy.
$2,200/acre.
•60 A m/l Gorman, coastal, fenced, sandy land. $2,800/acre.
• 97 A Hwy 16 DeLeon, wooded & open, ponds, elec., county water available.
$3,200/acre.
• 100A FM 587, 3-1 1/2-2 brick, 1444sf, central, fireplace, 3 ponds, coastal &
cropland, 3 wells, corrals, minerals. $295,000.
• 131 A, 12 acre lake, coastal & cropland, well, ponds, good fences. $3,000/acre.
• 167.79 A, 60 acre pivot, 6 wells, coastal, Liveoak, barn apartment, + rental,
new fences,100’ elev. change, views. $650,000.
• NEW: 205A Proctor, 65A irr.coastal, pivot, 3 wells, ponds, stele corrals, app.
125A mostly wooded, good wildlife cover, 100’ elev. rise, see for miles!
$2,900/acre
916 N. Texas St.
Call Us At 254-893-6666
www.cogburnrealestate.com
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Do You Fly
an American
Flag on
Holidays?
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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DEMOLITION ALMOST COMPLETED. This was the scene early Tuesday morning,
July 28, as the trackscavator in the foreground had just pushed over the last remaining tree at the 800 N. Texas Street location. Earlier in the preceding week and days,
the remains of a commercial business location and two older homes had been demolished. A new Dollar General store will soon be constructed on the cleared site.
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Insect Field Guide by
Local Author Now
Available at Free Press
“Insects of Texas - A Practical Guide” is a newly published
field guide and college level entomology course reference text
published by the Texas A&M University Press. It is now available at the Free Press. Although we do not normally stock such
books, we made an exception for this one because, first, its author
lives in the DeLeon area and is a friend and, second, because the
book is so interesting and useful. It is well organized and contains over 200 pages packed with even more color photos of
insects, spiders, crustaceans, millipedes and centipedes.
Although insects make up the bulk of the book, it could more
accurately be described as the arthropods of Texas. The book is
$27.00 plus tax and would make a valued gift for that budding
young scientist or nature lover of any age. Dr. David Kattes, the
book’s author and primary photographer, will be pleased to autograph any book purchased.
CLOTHES CLOSET MOVING DAY. The DeLeon Clothes Closet was moved last
Thursday, July 23, as a light rain was falling, from its former location on East Labadie
to its new location at 900 N. Texas Street. A large group of volunteers, both young
and a bit older, participated in the move for the church-sponsored clothing recycling
program. The DeLeon Food Pantry will also be located in the same building.
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Texas schools to receive additional infusion of federal
funding
AUSTIN — The U.S.
Department of Education has
approved Texas' plan for spending $3.2 billion in federal stimulus funds.
Of that amount, $2 billion
must be used for elementary,
secondary,
post-secondary,
early childhood education and
for other services to improve
student achievement.
Those funds, along with
more than $30 billion from
other sources, will finance the
non-local portion of funding for
about 1,200 school districts and
charter schools.
School districts must
spend the stabilization funds
and other funds in accordance
with state and federal law, and
they also must provide an $800
across-the-board pay raise to all
teachers and professional
school district employees.
"The $2 billion Texas will
receive today [July 24] is part
of the single largest boost in
education funding in recent history," said U.S. Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan.
"Texas can now utilize
these funds to save jobs and lay
the groundwork for a generation of education reform."
The $2 billion is in addition to $1.7 billion in federal
education stimulus funds
already allocated to Texas. In
the fall, Texas plans to request
another $1 billion in federal stabilization funds for education,
Texas
Commissioner
of
Education Robert Scott said.
Perry opts for
'no-strings' money
Gov. Rick Perry on July
24, in explaining his decision to
turn down $555 million in federal stimulus dollars that would
have buttressed the state's
dwindling unemployment compensation fund, said there is
some "no-strings" funding
available in the federal stimulus
package that he would accept.
He said the funding would
provide an additional $25 per
week in benefits to qualified
unemployed Texans, resulting
in an additional $161 million
for the program and weeks of
extended benefits for Texas
workers.
Source sought in tar
ball episode
Sludgy balls of tar washed
up on a stretch of beach on
South Padre Island on July 22,
in the height of tourist season.
The General Land Office
is using current-tracking buoys,
chemical analysis and assistance from the National
Oceanic
Atmospheric
Administration to identify the
origin of an oil spill that likely
caused the tar balls.
And, the agencies are
working together to determine
where the pollution might go
next.
State oil spill crews
worked with the U.S. Coast
Guard on the cleanup, filling 50
fifty-five gallon barrels with tar
ball
material.
Land
Commissioner Jerry Patterson
said the cleanup was completed
on July 24.
Law: bloodspot
destruction OK
Parents of children born in
Texas may direct the Texas
Department of State Health
Services to destroy dried bloodspot samples collected as part
of a routine heel-stick screening
of newborns.
The department said it
began saving all newborn
screening samples in July 2002
for quality control purposes and
for their potential value in
approved research to find ways
to prevent, diagnose, treat or
cure leukemia, birth defects,
brain cancer or other serious
medical conditions in children.
Two samples are collected
from each newborn, one at birth
and the other one to two weeks
later.
No resolution on
tuition question
Attorney General Greg
Abbott released an opinion
addressing a legislator's question as to the legality of offering
in-state college tuition rates to
undocumented Texas residents.
The opinion, GA-0732,
says the fact that the key terms
"residence" and "postsecondary
education benefit" are not
defined in federal law presents
a problem, plus, there are no
relevant state or federal court
rulings for guidance.
So, the question remains.
Senate rejects
gun amendment
The U.S. Senate on July 22
voted down legislation that
would have allowed stateissued concealed handgun permits to be legal in other states
that issue that type of permit.
The legislation by Sen.
John Thune, R-S.D., was a proposed amendment to S. 1390,
the fiscal year 2010 Defense
Authorization bill.
The vote was 58-42 in
favor, two votes short of the 60
votes needed to prevent a filibuster. Texas' two U.S. senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison and
John Cornyn, voted in favor.
TxDOT pre-applies for
rail grants
The Texas Department of
Transportation on July 10 submitted 17 grant "pre-applications" to the Federal Railroad
Administration for rail projects
across the state.
Grants would come
through the $787 billion
American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009,
which includes $8 billion for
high-speed intercity passenger
rail projects throughout the
nation.
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