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Town hall meeting Friday

Residents of DeLeon and the surrounding environs will have an opportunity to direct their frustrations toward the U.S. Congress first hand Friday, November 13, when U.S. Representative Mike Conaway holds a town hall meeting at DeLeon’s City Hall auditorium.

Conaway is scheduled to arrive at the auditorium at 8:25 Friday morning for what Conaway’s district director Ricky Wright calls “Ask Mike Anything.”

“He will deal with healthcare, the economy, and the effects of cap and trade from the perspective that he looks at,” said Wright.

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Lady Bearcats Play for the Cure

By Debbie Caraway
Special to the Free Press

The DeLeon Lady Bearcats, in conjunction with Comanche County Medical Center and the DeLeon Athletic Booster Club, present “Play for the Cure”.

The Lady Bearcats are dedicating their scheduled home game, against the Ranger Lady Bulldogs, on November 13, 2009, in hopes of raising cancer awareness as well as money for cancer research. The junior varsity game will begin at 5:00 p.m. and the Varsity game is set to begin at 6:00 p.m.

The Varsity Lady Bearcats will be playing in pink jerseys. Coach Heath Gibson and the Lady Bearcats wish to thank the Comanche County Medical Center and ESA Sorority for their generous donations toward this event and this worthwhile cause.

The Lady Bearcats and the Lady Bulldogs will honor cancer survivors during time between the junior varsity and varsity games.

The Booster Club will donate the entire proceeds from concession stand sales to the American Cancer Society. The Booster Club will be selling “Play for the Cure” t-shirts at the game. The t-shirts will be sold for $10. Profit from the t-shirt sales will also be donated to the American Cancer Society. The Booster Club members and local businesses will also be donating door prizes.  …

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Bar owner jailed for public intoxication

By JON AWBREY, Publisher

A prominent DeLeon businessman, Andre Koda, found himself in the Comanche County Jail last weekend, after he was arrested by DeLeon police for alleged public intoxication.

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Artifact Show this Weekend at City Hall

By LAURA KESTNER, Editor

 The third annual DeLeon Indian Artifact Show is scheduled for this Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the DeLeon City Hall auditorium from 8 to 4 p.m. Organizers of this Chamber of Commerce sponsored event said they are very pleased with the response to this year’s show.

“We booked 23 selling tables, and four display tables,” said Linda Levens, executive director for the chamber, “and that puts us a few up over last year.”

The show, as in previous years, is expected to draw participants and visitors from around the state.

Among the items that are expected to be available for purchase this weekend are artifact-related books and magazines, jewelry and display cases, and, of course, artifacts.

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Coryell votes to enter Middle Trinity district

By JON AWBREY, Publisher

The Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District grew by one this month, as voters in Coryell County approved a measure to join the district by a margin of 64 percent to 36 percent.

At a regular meeting of the district’s board of directors Thursday, District Manager Joe Cooper notified directors that Coryell’s representatives would likely be present as soon as the district’s regular December meeting, scheduled to be held at the Extension Center in Stephenville as the expanded board can no longer be accommodated in their present home in Dublin’s city hall.

Supporters of Coryell County’s admission to the district, Cooper reported, were hopeful that voters would approve the measure by “50 percent plus one,” but the rural residents, who largely supported joining the district, turned out in large numbers while urban residents, mainly located in Copperas Cove, stayed home on election day.

Because Coryell County was once a member of a now-defunct water district, volunteers to serve on the MTGCD board were reportedly not hard to come by.

Coryell County joins Comanche, Erath, and Bosque Counties as members of the district.

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Court receives tree-cutting money, buys Caterpillar

By JON AWBREY, Publisher

Sixteen county officials and citizens attended Monday’s regular meeting of the Comanche County Commissioners Court.

All Commissioners, Kenneth Feist, Jimmy Dale Johnson, Sherman Sides, and Gary Underwood were present, but County Judge James Arthur was uncharacteristically absent from the court.

Nancy Jewel of the Soil and Water Conservation Service reported that the district received a monetary allotment of which a little over $27,000 is to be shared between Comanche and Erath County for the upkeep and maintenance of conservation dams in the county. The county may bid the projects out to contractors, or may do the work with county staff. The state desired estimates for dams that need to be cleaned up, and will put up 90 percent of the cost if the county will provide 10 percent, of which labor can be accepted. The county will be provided a list for in-kind matches detailing how much labor and services are worth. The allotted money needs to be spent by next September. Work will include removing all the trees from the dams, cutting them off at the ground, and dragging trees to one end of the dam site or chipping them up.  …

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Riggs takes pick ‘em prize

By JILL SMITH, Reporter

Week 10 proved to be a much improved week for our panel of pickers.

Beth Riggs won the $100 prize in our final week of this year’s football contest. She was the only contestant with a perfect pick.

Close behind in the one game missed category were Sam Frasier, Terry Hodges, Talmage Hodges, Michael Kelly, and Karen Whitehead.

The upset of the week for our panel of pickers actually involved two very tough college games.

Baylor’s victory over Missouri was incorrectly predicted by over 86 percent of the panel. Texas A&M’s oh-so-close one point win over Colorado caused 75 percent of the panel a missed pick.

The outcome of both games kept 35 percent of our contestants out of the “perfect pick” category.

DeLeon’s exciting shut out of Gorman was predicted by 100 percent of the panel. Way to go Bearcats!

Three other games accurately predicted by 99 percent of the panel this week were Tolar’s shut out of Ranger, Rising Star’s demolition of May, and Texas’s big victory over UCF.

We would like to thank all of the sponsors who made this year’s contest possible, and all of the participants who played. We hope it added some fun and excitement to your football weekends.

Congratulations again to all of the winners!

Coming Events

Call 254-893-6868 if you have an event to list

Veterans Day Assemblies

Veterans Day assemblies will be held Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the DeLeon Elementary School at 1:30 p.m. and at the DeLeon High School gym beginning at 2:30 p.m. Event organizers note that they would love to have DeLeon veterans attend the assemblies, and that all community members are also welcome.

Indian Artifact Show

The 3rd Annual DeLeon Indian Artifact Show will be held Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the DeLeon City Hall auditorium, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call Linda Levens at 254-893-2083.

Desdemona Thanksgiving Supper

The Desdemona Thanksgiving Supper will be held Saturday, November 14, at the Community Center (former school building). Turkey and dressing with all the trimmings will be served. Serving begins at 5:30 p.m. Adults $8, and children $4.

DISD Thanksgiving Lunch

The annual DISD Thanksgiving Lunch for students will be Thursday, November 19, during regular lunch periods of each school. You are invited to eat with your child at regular visitor meal price. Please check in with the campus office before joining your child in the lunchroom.

DeLeon Community Thanksgiving Service

DeLeon area residents will gather to give thanks November 22, 2009 at the annual Community Thanksgiving Service beginning at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of DeLeon. Anyone wishing to be in the choir should come at 6:15 p.m.

DeLeon Elementary PTO Meeting

A PTO meeting has been scheduled for Monday, November 23, 2009 at the DeLeon Elementary School library beginning at 6 p.m.

DeLeon Arts and Crafts Fair

The DeLeon Arts and Crafts Fair, is scheduled for Saturday, November 28, 2009, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the City Hall auditorium. This year’s event will include vendors, food, silent auction, chili supper, a Winter Princess pageant, a parade, a stew lunch, and much more.

House and Business Decorating Contest

Women’s Division Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a Christmas house and business decorating contest which will be judged on December 19, 2009. You can nominate yourself, or someone else. Categories include: Most Original, Most Beautiful, Most Religious and Town Favorite.

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