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By Laura Kestner, Editor

A clarification from Comanche County Sheriff Jeff Lambert regarding the procedures for deputies to work within the DeLeon city limits was one of the things addressed at the most recent meeting of the DeLeon City Council, Thursday, October 11.

All council members -- Mayor Danny Owen, Howard Gifford, Norma Locke, Roy Dale Freeman and Gayle Stroud -- were present for the 6 p.m. meeting. Also present were City Secretary Karen Wilkerson, Police Chief Ralph Dickey, and Emergency Management Coordinator Ray Helberg. City Attorney Lois Rockefeller arrived mid-way through the meeting.  >>Full Story<<

By Jerry Morgan, Reporter

COMANCHE -- A wide variety of subjects were on the agenda Monday, but the most controversial item, construction permitting, was tabled for further consideration.

County Judge James Arthur conducted the regular meeting of the Commissioners Court on Monday, October 9, with Commissioners Garry Steele, Kenneth Feist, Bobby Schuman and Jimmy Dale Johnson attending.   >>Full Story<<

By Jerry Morgan, Report

HAMILTON -- Around 75 crowded the Lee Conference Center in Hamilton on Wednesday afternoon, October 10, to learn about the status of state efforts to clean up the Leon River below Proctor Dam.

One of the more significant bits of information disclosed at the meeting seemed to indicate that the cities of Comanche, Dublin and Gustine will be under more intense scrutiny and guidelines in their wastewater plants, and perhaps in other areas as well.  >>Full Story<<

By Laura Kestner, Editor

It’s not unusual, when browsing through the old DeLeon newspapers from the 1940s and 1950s, to see numerous mentions of bridge clubs. These days, even though there are fewer mentions, and for that matter, fewer clubs, there are still players in the DeLeon area.

Every second and fourth Wednesday afternoon, a group of DeLeon area women meet for an afternoon of bridge. Bridge is a bidding game, with tables of four, two teams of two players. Although this particular group has no official name, they refer to themselves informally as the Wednesday Bridge Club.  >>Full Story<<

There were many surprises in store for our football contest pickers this last week. So many, in fact, that none succeeded in correctly predicting all 15 games.

Brad Sanders, David Cisneroz and Lauren Casey each missed only a single game and were alone at the top. Sanders' tiebreaker points guess was only one away from the correct total, and he was able to claim sole possession of the $50 weekly prize.

Our panel remains mired in "C" territory with an average of 3.5 misses, or only 77% correct. There were no misses on two games, Gorman's win over Santo and Stephenville's defeat of Joshua. Only a single contestant picked Comanche to win in a game they lost handily to Sweetwater.

The game that accounted for the largest number of misses was Brownwood's defeat of Copperas Cove, where over 80% picked against the Lions. Sad to say, but almost two thirds of our panel picked Ranger to defeat DeLeon, and the Bearcats thus provided many misses. We're pleased to note that none of our single loss leaders missed on that game.

TCU's win over Stanford, who only one week earlier had defeated number-one-ranked USC, cost almost half of our panel a loss. Grandview's win over Dublin was another big loss provider.
Next week's contests may be a little easier to predict. Hopefully our panel can earn a "C+" or maybe even a "B-".

By Tim White, Sports Editor

The DeLeon Bearcat football team defeated the Ranger Bulldogs last Friday night in double overtime at home by a score of 23-22 to capture their first win.

When Pedro Calzada booted the first kickoff through the end zone, you knew his foot was going to come into play in the game.

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