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2007 P&M
Festival Photo Album
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Front Page Headlines
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By Laura Kestner, Editor
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An increase in water and sewer rates was
one of the items approved at the most recent City Council meeting,
Thursday, August 23, 2007.
All council members -- Howard Gifford,
Norma Locke, Roy Dale Freeman and Gayle Stroud were present for the 6
p.m. meeting. Also present were Mayor Danny Owen City Secretary Karen
Wilkerson; Police Sgt. Dustin Paulsen; and Comanche County Emergency
Management Coordinator, Ray Helberg. >>Full Story<< |
By Jerry Morgan, Reporter
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COMANCHE -- The Commissioners Court met
in regular session on Monday, August 27, to consider a lengthy agenda
that included a vote to set a proposed property tax rate for 2008, and
consideration of substandard bridge replacements, a subdivision
application, whether to require building permits and several other
items, both large and small.
Judge Arthur conducted the meeting and
all four Commissioners - Garry Steele, Kenneth Feist, Bobby Schuman
and Jimmy Dale Johnson - were present and participated. >>Full Story<< |
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have lived in the DeLeon area for about 18 years. I have three
kids, Rusty, Buster and Chalie, with my wife of 20 years, Ruby.
I am a member of the DeLeon Volunteer Fire Department and the
Peach and Melon Festival committee.
I would like to be elected to the City Council so I can continue
to try and help our community in any way that I can. I want to see
some projects already in progress finished and then see if we can
help our youth a little more than we have in the past. I would
also like to help more people get involved in the community and
feel a little pride in doing so. |
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MID-DAY HOME FIRE. Around 10:45 a.m. Thursday, August 23,
DeLeon Volunteer Firemen were called to a structure fire near the
intersection of CR’s 454 & 494. Upon arrival they found the home
of Mike and Jana Wright on fire. Although much of the home was
filled with flames, the blaze was quickly extinguished once the
fire hoses were put into action. No one was home when the fire
started and the home was essentially a total loss. Fire Chief
Doyle Rone said the State Fire Marshall’s office was asked to
check the scene, something he described as a routine procedure in
a fire of unknown origins. |
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SEALCOATING. A layer of sealcoating was applied to Reynosa
Street, and a portion of McKinney Street, last Thursday. DeLeon
Mayor Danny Owen noted that this was “tax-payer money in action”
as funds for the coating was obtained from the 1/4 cent sales tax
that the city collects. |
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GREETINGS. Dennis Otwell, Principal Judd Gibson and Jan Ward
were in front of the DeLeon Elementary School bright and early
Monday morning greeting students and parents on the first day of
school. Among those who stopped to chat for a moment were Ireland
Hugg, Liberty Hugg, and their grandmother, Kathryn Hugg. |
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FIRST
DAY. Several students in Sharon Coan’s kindergarten class were
busy coloring a picture of a school house Monday morning as they
waited for the rest of their schoolmates to arrive for the first
day of class. Facing the camera are Jaclynn Pierce and Manuel
Villarreal. |
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DONATION. Sid Miller and Miller Nursery recently donated 12
crepe myrtles and two live oak trees for the RV park at the new
community park. Shown above are Miller Nursery employees Rafael
Ramirez and Arturo Leal, who delivered and planted the trees, and
Karen Wilkerson, DeLeon city secretary. |
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