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Commissioners Approve Local
Option Election for DeLeon
By JERRY MORGAN, Reporter
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COMANCHE -- The County Commissioners
were presented a certified petition on Monday and were required
to call a local option election regarding the sale of alcoholic
beverages in the City of DeLeon.
Other matters given significant
consideration included procedures to temporarily lift the total
outdoor burn ban and the possible approval of a privately funded
firefighting and emergency medical service.
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De Leon ISD Board Report
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The DeLeon ISD Board of Trustees
regular monthly meeting was pushed up to March 5 to accommodate
the upcoming Spring Break holiday and a statutory deadline that
faced the district.
The meeting included two major issues
for consideration by the Board, school personnel and
consideration to a final decision on calling a bond election.
During the public comment section of
the meeting the Board heard from several parents regarding
concerns they had to any possible coaching changes for the
coming school year. The delegation expressed support for the
coaching staff…
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Filing Period Ends for May 9
Election
Voters to Decide on Possible New
School
and Alcohol Sales
By LAURA KESTNER, Editor
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The filing period for the local May 9
election expired Monday, March 9, at 5 p.m. According to local
officials, there were no last minute filings.
For City Council, candidates include
Billie Lightfoot, unopposed, Place 3; Bobby Schuman, unopposed,
Place 4; and Marion Quade, and Gayle Stroud (incumbent), Place
5.
The only two filings for DISD School
Board were incumbents Daylon Whitehurst and Larry Don Womack.
Two candidates, both incumbents, also
filed for the CCMC Board -- Joe Locke, Place 4, and Janna
Morris, Place 1.
Although the official filing period
has ended, anyone interested in running has until March 16, at 5
p.m., to declare as a “write-in” candidate.
Voter turn-out is predicted to be
heavy, despite many uncontested races, due to two “hot button”
items on the ballot -- a six million dollar school bond project,
and a local option to approve the sale of all alcoholic
beverages in DeLeon. |
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Blood Drive
A blood drive will take place in
DeLeon, Thursday, March 19. The Meek Blood Center bloodmobile
will be at Lawrence Brothers from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m.
There has been a critical blood
shortage since December, according to information provided by
Meek Blood Center, with less than a one-day supply in inventory
on most days.
Meek Blood Center ships an average
of 60 pints of blood each day used for patient care in 15 area
hospitals, including Comanche County Medical Center. There is no
artificial substitute for human blood. Many different types of
patients benefit from blood transfusions, including cancer
patients, surgical patients, accident or trauma victims, newborn
babies, and those with chronic blood disease. |
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Stroud Candidate for Place 5
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I am again placing my name in running
for Place 5 on the DeLeon City Council.
It has been my honor and privilege to
serve you for the past term and, if you see fit to vote for me
this term, I will faithfully serve you to the best of my
ability. I assure you that my goal is to serve this community
for its betterment.
Everyone deserves an advocate and I
strive to be that for each of you. Thank you for putting your
trust in me.
Gayle Stroud |
Locke Seeks Re-Election to
Hospital Board
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I am Joe Locke and I am running for
reelection to Place 4 on the Comanche County Consolidated
Hospital District Board of Directors. I have a combined total of
six years of hospital board experience with the DeLeon Hospital
District and the Comanche County Consolidated Hospital District.
When I was a member of the DeLeon
Hospital District and we were discussing the possibility of
consolidation of the two districts I told members of both
districts that we had an opportunity for our new hospital
district to become a shining example of what two small
communities could accomplish and create a medical center to
provide the very best medical care possible to all the residents
of the district.
The consolidation has been
accomplished and after a lot of hard work on the part of every
board member, administrator, employee, and volunteer we are
getting there. We may not be shining yet but we are certainly
beginning to glow. We now have some of the best diagnostic
equipment available in this area and a fine staff for doctors,
nurses, employees, and volunteers to make sure everyone that
comes to our facility is treated with not only the best medical
care but also with respect and friendship.
There are still some obstacles to get
over I believe it is important to keep an experienced board to
keep the district moving in the right direction.
If you will elect me to another term
on the board I will continue to work for all residents of the
district to make sure we continue to make progress and prosper
in all areas of the operation.
Thank you for your vote on May 9,
2009.
Joe Locke |
Quade Files for Council
Place 5
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 My
name is Marion Quade and I’m running for City Council Place 5.
My husband, John, and I moved to DeLeon from Virginia Beach,
Virginia in the spring of 1999, and you might say we found home.
I’m a wife, a mother of two grown
daughters, and a grandmother.
I have been on staff at Tarleton
State University for the last nine years in the Control Center,
and I’m also a police dispatcher for Tarleton. John works for
Pate’s Hardware and is a volunteer firefighter for DeLeon, this
is his way of giving back.
DeLeon is not perfect, because there
is no perfect place. And I’m not saying that by me being on the
City Council I can make it perfect, but I would like to do all I
can to see if we can get there.
I would like the chance to serve the
families of DeLeon, I would like to ask for your vote on May 9. |
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FUNDRAISER DEEMED SUCCESSFUL. More than 200 people
participated in a benefit dinner and auction for the Salinas
family, Saturday, March 7, at the DeLeon City Hall auditorium.
David and Teresa Salinas lost their 10-year-old son, Aaron, in
January, in an accident. Event organizers said they were
overwhelmed with DeLeon’s generosity and kindness. Numerous
businesses and individuals donated auction items, time and food,
with many staying to bid on the items as well. Pictured above,
is the serving line about one-hour into the event, with some of
Aaron’s teammates manning the drink section. Anthony Brinson
donated his time as auctioneer for the event, and the band
“Outlaw’s Prayer” volunteered to play throughout the dinner.
Jeweler Connie Winkles created a special pair of earrings for
the auction -- white gold hearts with halos -- which she called
Aaron’s Halo’d Hearts. After a local businessman placed a very
generous winning bid, he presented the earrings to a grateful
Teresa Salinas. |
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BREAKFAST FOR THE TEACHERS. Armstrong Masonic Lodge
continued their annual tradition of preparing a breakfast last
Friday morning for the teachers, administrators and staff of the
DeLeon ISD. The Texas Masons have a long history of supporting
education in the state. |
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Danny Owen, the Mayor of De Leon,
has a personal website.
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website by Clicking Here
Scott Hall has
creating an Internet website with history & photos of our town.
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to visit his website
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