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Peach and Melon Festival
Celebrating 95 Years of History
By LAURA KESTNER, Editor
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“Celebrating 95 Years of History” is
the official slogan for this year’s Peach and Melon Festival,
scheduled, as always, for the first full week of August.
Bobby Winkles, festival committee
chairman, said last week that it’s not too late for people to pitch
in and help with this year’s event.
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Feeding Hogtown
By TIM WHITE, Reporter
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BOOMTOWN CAFE. Near
noontime only a cat is seen in front of this popular restaurant,
which is often crowded three evenings a week. |
The city of Addison, Texas advertises
to be the restaurant capital of the world, claiming to have one
eating establishment for every 107 citizens.
Have they never heard of Desdemona?
The unincorporated community of
Desdemona, which would be stretching to say they have 107
residences, now has four eating establishments.
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Tough Financial Times Return
to Hospital
Physicians Request Smoking Ban
Covering Entire Hospital Property
By JERRY MORGAN, Reporter
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VAN DYKE -- A large current month loss,
a budget projecting low earnings, and a request that smoking be
banned from the entire hospital property were some of the more
notable elements at the latest hospital board meeting.
The board of directors of the Comanche
County Consolidated Hospital District, the governing body of the
Comanche County Medical Center, met at the hospital at 12:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 30, 2009.
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Spanish Dance Not Scheduled
for This Year
By LAURA KESTNER, Editor
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It seems to have stemmed from an
unfortunate series of miscommunications and misunderstandings, but
for whatever the reason, for the first time in many years no
“Spanish dance” is scheduled for the Friday night of the Festival.
Event organizers said that the dances,
including the Saturday night country dance, “have been losing money
for years,” so a decision was made last year to forgo actively
solicit, or paying, for bands.
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CHAMBER BBQ FUNDRAISER.
The DeLeon Chamber of Commerce barbecue fundraiser, held July 3
at Trent Thomas’ car lot, was deemed highly successful by event
organizers. According to Linda Levens, Chamber executive
director, they “sold completely out” of barbecue by 1:15 p.m.
Pictured above are Chamber directors Kevin Storey, Barry Hooker
and Jim Farley. Also participating, but not pictured, were Jim
and Michael Baugh, volunteering through the Rodeo Association,
and Tina Fleming, junior board member. |
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THE OLD DAYS IN DELEON.
DeLeon artist Glen Lawless painted this scene not long before he
passed away, showing a coal fired locomotive in front of the
Katy train station downtown, with the old Lambert Hotel visible
in the background where Comanche County Tractor is now located.
The painting was provided by Niven Warren, who worked on the
Katy railroad line for 25 years. |
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