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Weather Watchers Provide
Valuable Service for DeLeon Area
By LAURA KESTNER, Editor
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WEATHER WATCHERS.
Todd Morris is pictured above monitoring the radar at the DeLeon
fire station during a recent thunderstorm. |
At the first rumble of thunder, many
people turn to their television sets and the trusted “weatherman.”
Others access weather reports via their computer, emergency alert
weather radios, or even cell phones.
But rural areas, which can’t always
rely on accurate forecasting from the aforementioned sources,
sometimes have an additional resource -- dedicated groups of weather
watchers, or spotters, who drop everything and position themselves
in harm’s way at the first sign of severe weather.
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Upcoming Rodeo Dominates
Council Discussion
By LAURA KESTNER, Editor
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Council members again discussed the
DeLeon Annual Open Rodeo during their most recent meeting, Thursday,
June 25, 2009, with no fewer than four agenda items devoted to rodeo
business.
Council members Bobby Schuman, Billie
Lightfoot, Pauline Villarreal, Lee Childers and Mayor Danny Owen
were present for the meeting, with Gayle Stroud absent.
Other city officials present and
participating were Linda Levens, chamber executive director;
Detective Heather Hill, with the DeLeon Police Department, and Ray
Helberg, Comanche County emergency management coordinator. City
Attorney Lois Rockefeller arrived approximately 30 minutes into the
meeting.
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SATURDAY EVENING AT THE
MOTOCROSS. A good crowd of fans, competitors and their
supporters watched the final night of the inaugural two week run
of the DeLeon motocross out at the tractor pull arena. Bikers
made four trips down the length of the wide arena, and crossed
over a dozen or more moguls, or small mounds, to complete a
single loop of the race. Above we see the flag man signaling a
competitor crossing the finish line. The DeLeon Livestock
Association’s concession stand is in the far background. |
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NEW METHODIST PASTOR.
Pastor Eddie Smart and his wife Diana dropped by the Free
Press last week to get acquainted. Pastor Eddie has recently
begun his service here in DeLeon at First United Methodist. The
Smarts come here from FUMC in nearby Early and Zephyr. Both are
small town folks, originally from Haskell. They have three grown
daughters and five grandchildren. |
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