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Votes secure offices for
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For County Commissioner Precinct 4,
DeLeon incumbent Jimmy Dale Johnson defeated Warren Mitcham of
DeLeon by 145 votes. Johnson received 217 to Mitcham’s 72. As no
Republican entered that particular commissioners race, Tuesday’s
primary election served effectively as a general election for that
race. David Ripley received 154 votes to Kenneth Feist’s 72 votes to
secure the County Commissioner Precinct 2 position. Ellis Weathermon,
also a Precinct 2 candidate received 43 votes.
For District Clerk, incumbent Brenda
Dickey defeated challenger Lupe Prado by 628 votes. Dickey received
827 to Prado’s 199. Again, due to a lack of Republican interest in
the office, the primary effectively served as the general election
for District Clerk.
For Comanche County Democratic
Chairman, DeLeon resident and current chairman Tjwanah Smith
defeated challenger Dawson Hicks by 242 votes. Smith received 598
votes to Hicks’ 356.
For complete election results regarding
these and uncontested races, please see next week’s edition of the
DeLeon Free Press.
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Last week for DeLeonians to
file for local elections
By LAURA KESTNER, Editor
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The filing period for the May 8, 2010
local elections ends Monday, March 8, at 5 p.m.
As of Tuesday, March 2, at press time,
incumbent Mayor Danny Owen had drawn one opponent, Andre Koda.
City Council Place 1 incumbent Lee
Childers had three challengers -- Grace Everhart, Fred Turner, and
Amy McClary.
Three people have filed for the Place 2
Council position currently held by Pauline Villarreal -- Cody
Hodges, Varence Dupre and Villarreal.
Three DISD School Board positions --
currently held by Kelly Dickey, Brad Sanders and Becky Golden -- are
expiring and, as of press time, only Sanders had filed for
re-election. Josh Thayer, Cloyd Teague and Peter Fagan have also
filed for a place on the board.
On the Hospital Board the terms of
Billy Ray Evans and Karen Petty are expiring, but there has been no
official word on whether they intend to seek re-election. Randy
Bryan McCamey, who lives near the Duster Community, has filed for
the position currently held by Petty.
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for all the candidates — as of March 2nd
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ACCIDENT. A two-vehicle accident occurred Wednesday about
10:10 a.m. near the intersection of Hwy. 6 and County Road 470
four miles east of DeLeon. Dublin resident Enrique Olalde was
driving eastbound in a Ford minivan on Hwy. 6 when he struck
DeLeon resident Joe Smith’s Ford F-350 as Smith was attempting a
u-turn on the highway. Both men suffered minor aches and pains.
DeLeon fire, EMS, and DPS responded to the accident. |
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HOUSE FIRE. About 9 a.m. on Thursday, DeLeon firefighters
responded to a house fire at the residence of Josh and Ruth
Grumbles in the 400 block of Rusk St, after Ruth Grumbles awoke
to find her bedroom filling with smoke. Firefighters managed to
control the fire within 20 minutes of responding. A heater was
possibly responsible for the blaze. A second fire occurred at a
nearby residence in the 200 bock of Moseley St. Friday night,
with heavy damage to some contents. DeLeon, Sipe Springs and
Promontory Park responded. Again, a space heater was likely to
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Council reverses
reversed decision
Alcohol ok again at park
events
By JON AWBREY, Publisher
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Crowds to Community Park events will
now be able to bring their alcohol with them despite a determined
resistance by a vocal crowd at City Hall Thursday night.
By a final vote of 3-2, the DeLeon City
Council in a regular meeting approved the charging of cooler fees by
event promoters at the DeLeon Community Park.
Council members Gail Stroud and Pauline
Villarreal cast their votes in support of the measure while council
members Bobby Schuman and Lee Childers voted against. DeLeon Mayor
Danny Owen cast the deciding vote in support of the cooler fees,
saying that he was not going to let “a million dollar park go down
the drain.”
Council member Billie Lightfoot was not
in attendance at the meeting.
In a series of public statements, a
slight majority of local citizens voiced opposition to the measure.
“[Public drinking] has always gone on out there, and the law always
knew it was going on and didn’t enforce it,” said DeLeon resident
Jerry Solomon. “I don’t condemn people who use alcohol, but I don’t
want them to kill me or some family. I encourage this council not to
let this happen. It opens the door to lots of big problems.”
Gerald Fronk agreed. “After four hours
of being out there,” Fronk said, “not one of those guys is going to
pass a breathalyzer test, and then he’s going to get in his car and
hit somebody.”
“Everybody’s concerned about money,”
echoed Jackie Pounds. “That’s what this issue is right here. It was
a family oriented deal, but it’s strictly gone commercial. …
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CCMC moves forward with
hiring’s
By JON AWBREY, Publisher
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Comanche County Consolidated Hospital
District Board of Directors met in a regular called meeting Tuesday,
Feb. 23 approve an order for an election for two members of the
hospital board, among other items of interest.
Directors approved several items
related to upcoming May 8 election including an order for an
election of two directors at large for Place 2 and Place 6 for the
term beginning in May 2010 and ending in May 2013. The incumbent
directors Billy Ray Evans and Karen Petty were unsure Tuesday if
they were going to run for their place again.
It was reported that one interested
candidate had already filed for the Board of Directors. Randy
McCamey, a business professor at Tarleton State University and a
resident of Duster, filed last week for the place Petty currently
holds.
Directors also approved a contract with
Comanche ISD and Comanche County for a joint election, as well as a
separate resolution for a combined election with Comanche County,
Comanche ISD, City of Comanche, City of DeLeon, DeLeon ISD, and the
City of Gustine, and appointed Ruby Lesley and Karen Wilkerson as
early voting clerks for Comanche and DeLeon. …
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Coming Events
Call 254-893-6868 if you have an event to
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Penny Auction
The Women's Division Chamber of
Commerce will have their 5th Annual Penny Auction on Friday, April
2. The auction will start at 6:00 p.m. and will be held at the
DeLeon City Hall. Concessions will be available.
Easter Egg Hunt
The annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored
by the Women’s Division Chamber of Commerce, will be at the DeLeon
City Park on March 27, starting at 2:00 p.m. There will be two age
categories, 1-3 years and 4-9 years. If weather is bad and date has
to be changed, then the Easter Egg Hunt will be held on April 3.
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creating an Internet website with history & photos of our town.
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to visit his website
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