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Thursday, July 20, 2006 De Leon Free Press — De Leon, Texas 76444 Volume 116, No. 3

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By Jerry Morgan, Reporter

Each of us has a few times in our lives that prove to be particularly dramatic, times that are seared in our memory with great clarity, times that are recalled throughout the balance of our days.

One of those times came for me while I was living in Austin, attending summer classes at the University of Texas. I have never written about that time before now, partly because I am a not too proud of my actions that day.

On August 1, 1966, forty years ago, it was just another clear and hot summer day. In the late morning, near noon, I had finished my classes for the day and was back in my Goodall-Wooten dorm room. I was waiting for my roommate to get back from his classes so we could go get a hamburger for lunch.

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By Laura Kestner, Editor

After a brief executive session, during the regularly scheduled DeLeon City Council meeting July 13, council members announced that they’d selected one police chief applicant, from Rockwall, from those received and then voted to pursue a personal interview. By Monday morning though, council members had learned the applicant had taken a job elsewhere and DeLeon would have to pursue other options. 

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By Jerry Morgan, Reporter

Clara Bruton, 92, is one of those people who truly knows how to “live in the moment.”

When asked recently what she enjoys, she replied “Whatever I’m doing. Whether it’s something special or just picking up sticks in the yard, I enjoy everything I do.”

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