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Commissioners Extend Burn Ban,
Hire Counsel for EEOC Complaint

By JERRY MORGAN, Reporter

COMANCHE -- Despite the county having received general rains only one day earlier, Comanche County Commissioners agreed on Monday that the total outdoor burn ban should be extended.

Jimmy Dale Johnson conducted the Commissioners Court meeting on Monday, April 13, acting in the absence of County Judge James Arthur.

The meeting was held in the County Courtroom on the first floor of the courthouse, its usual location. Other Commissioners present included Corky Underwood, Kenneth Feist and Sherman Sides.

While distributing drought and fire danger maps, county Emergency Services Coordinator Ray Helberg noted that the preceding week had been one of the worst weeks for wildfires in recent times.

He stated, "I would suggest that we stay in the burn ban."

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Council Members Discuss Restrictive Provisions

on Cross Timbers Health Clinic Warranty Deed

By LAURA KESTNER, Editor

A request by a representative of the DeLeon Cross Timbers Health Clinic for the DeLeon City Council to “remove restrictive provisions from special warranty deed” was the first item of business during the most recent council meeting, Thursday, April 9, 2009.

CROSS TIMBERS HEALTH CLINIC. The Cross Timbers Health Clinic is located near the DeLeon Senior Citizens Center and the baseball fields.

All council members -- Mayor Danny Owen, Lee Childers, Pauline Villarreal, Billie Lightfoot and Gayle Stroud -- were present for the 6 p.m. meeting. Also present were Karen Wilkerson, city administrator/secretary; Ralph Dickey, police chief; Rob Duncan, public works administrator and Tim Fanning, DeLeon police officer.

Sueann Porter, the chief financial officer and interim chief executive officer, of Cross Timbers Health Clinic, told council members that financial concerns were the driving force behind asking for the removal of the restrictive provisions.

The restrictive provisions in the special warranty deed (which was dated May 19, 1992) say that the Grantee shall (i) occupy...for the provision of public health services within Comanche County and (ii) thereafter use and occupy the property continuously at all times as its primary place of business, clinic, and headquarters for the provision of public health services in Comanche County” and “...provided that if the property ceases to be used as Grantee’s primary place of business, headquarters, and as a public health services clinic for the citizens of Comanche County, Texas, it shall automatically revert to and be owned by Grantor without the necessity of any further act on the part of the Grantor.”

“The reason we’re asking you to remove the restrictive provision on the warranty deed,” Porter said, “is because we’re needing to borrow money against the building to replenish operating reserves that were utilized for an expansion and remodel on the current building. We had expected some philanthropic contributions to come in when we began this project at the end of 2007, but with the current economic that was not forthcoming.”

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Work for DeLeon

Special to the Free Press
By JOHN MACK WEAVER

Volunteers are needed to help the elderly and handicapped and to help with a cleanup of the DeLeon Cemetery.

April 19-25 is National Volunteer Week. DeLeon will have two work days.

Friday, April 24, will be a work day to help widows and the handicapped. Saturday, April 25, will be a cemetery work day.

On Friday, we will be helping the widows and handicapped get their homes ready for summer. We will be cleaning out gutters, trimming away growth from the houses and roofs and around air conditioning units, etc. We will also check air conditioning units and smoke detectors.

If you need help on things of this nature, please call 893-6837 or your local church to get on the list.

Volunteers for this work on Friday, April 24, should assemble at the south parking lot at the City Hall at 9:00 a.m. Please bring your tools such as shears, bow saw, ladders, wheel barrow, rake, hoe, chain saw, gloves and water.

On Saturday, April 25, we will have a work day at DeLeon Cemetery. Please assemble at the Veterans Pavilion near the flag pole at 9:00 a.m. and bring tools such as pry bar, shovel, hoe, rake, bow saw, shears, chain saw, wheel barrow, etc.

For further information call 893-6837 or 842-8176.

One-Act Play Advances

On Thursday, April 2, the DeLeon High School One-Act Play advanced from District level competition. Along with receiving the distinction of advancing, several individual acting awards were presented to cast and crew. Tyler McKinney-Best Actor, Alex Rorie-All-Star Cast, Tanner Jordan -All-Star Cast, Courtney Caraway - Honorable Mention, All-Star Cast, Margaret Nabors - Honorable Mention, All-Star Cast, and Catalina Gonzales - Outstanding Crew.

AWARD-WINNING ONE ACT PLAY. Shown above are cast members of the DeLeon High School One-Act Play at area competition last week.

The Area III One-Act Play competition was held at Graham Memorial Auditorium on April 7, where DeLeon went against Stamford High School, Lometa High School, Miles High School, May High School, and Ranger High School. DeLeon once again advanced from the area competition to competition at the Regional Level. Also winning awards were: Alex Rorie - Honorable Mention, All-Star Cast, Tyler McKinney - All-Star Cast, Tanner Jordan - All-Star Cast, Courtney Caraway - All-Star Cast, and Jennifer Lewis - All-Star Cast.

The Regional II One-Act Play Competition will be held on Friday, April 24, at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, with DeLeon performing first at 2:00 p.m. Over 300 1A schools entered the One-Act Play Contest, and only 24 are left to compete. This year marks the fifth consecutive year that DeLeon High School One-Act Play team has earned the District Champion title. DeLeon has also been an Area Qualifier for five years, and a Regional Qualifier for four of those five years, with on state appearance and two State Alternate titles.

The One-Act Play team would like to thank the community for the tremendous support which they have shown toward the program, and for all the help that has been provided by members of the community.

Danny Owen, the Mayor of De Leon, has a personal website.

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