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Thursday, July 28, 2016 Volume 127, No. 8 DeLeon, TX 7644422 Pages Seventy-five Cents

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Brenda Dickey, DistrictClerk, was presented with thefollowing indictments returnedby the Comanche CountyGrand Jury on July 22, 2016:

• Joshua DonBoyd Easley,DeLeon, Assault PublicServant, 3rd Degree;

• Mary Palacios, DeLeon,Forgery, SJF;

• Mary Palacios, DeLeon,Forgery, SJF;

• Kyle Ray Crough,Comanche, Possession ofControlled Substance, SJF;

• Michael AnthonyEstrada, Comanche, Possessionof Controlled Substance, 3rdDegree;

• Theodoro MorenoGarcia, Comanche, Interferw/Emergency Req for assistw/previous conviction, SJF;

• Theodoro MorenoGarcia, Comanche, PossessionMethamphetamine, 1st Degree;

• Theodoro MorenoGarcia, Comanche, Tamperw/evidence, 3rd Degree;See Indictments pg 10

From Jo Ann HohertzChief Appraiser, CCAD

Comanche, Texas, July 22,2016 – The members of theComanche Central AppraisalDistrict (CCAD) are taxpayersand understand the hardshipthat rising taxes can place onproperty holders. The goal ofthe District is to accurately andfairly appraise all the propertywithin Comanche County sothat all property owners paytheir fair share of taxes.

The District reappraisedcommercial properties in the

DeLeon area for the 2016 taxyear using a NEW softwareprogram in its appraisal systemthat used information fromMarshall & Swift, a nationalauthority on building cost infor-mation. When the CCADbecame aware of significantissues with the software pro-gram and the appraisals of theseproperties they began an inves-tigation that was to be finishedbefore final values were deter-mined.

This investigation showedthat the increases on a majorityof the properties did not accu-

rately reflect their actual marketvalue. To address this seriousmatter, the District has returnedany non-exempt property inDeLeon where the valuationincreased over the 2015 valuesto the 2015 value, except incases where new construction,remodeling, or omitted proper-ty were discovered.

For property owners whodid not protest, the District pre-sented these proposed changesto the Appraisal Review Boardat its July 22 meeting, it wasaccepted and the CCAD hasmade the corrections to the

2016 records. Any property owner who

has already protested will beable to review and agree to thenew value, meet with theDistrict informally to discuss itand proceed to the ComancheCounty Appraisal ReviewBoard if they so choose.

The District is committedto correcting this mistake andpromises it will do all in itspower and authority to makesure this is corrected before the2017 appraisal.

Senior State District JudgeJames Morgan of DeLeon willbe the keynote speaker at theDeLeon Ex-Students Reunion,Saturday, August 6 at the HighSchool at 10 a.m.

Morgan served 28 years asjudge of the 220th JudicialDistrict for Comanche,Hamilton, and BosqueCounties before taking Seniorstatus in January of 2011. Sincethen he has served as a visitingjudge all over the Central Texasarea.

Morgan, a 1966 DHSgraduate, is part of this year’shonored class. He’s a proudgraduate of Tarleton StateUniversity and also earned a

Master’s degree from TexasA&M University before gettinghis Law degree from TheUniversity of Texas.

In addition to his career onthe bench, Morgan also prac-ticed law in Comanche and sur-rounding counties, taught lawat Tarleton State University,and served two years inWashington D.C. asAdministrative Assistant toCongressman CharlesStenholm.

Morgan and his wife,Patrice, live just west ofDeLeon, half a mile fromwhere he grew up on a familyfarm. They have three childrenand six grandchildren.

By JON AWBREYPublisher

The DeLeon City Councilmet in a regular meetingMonday night to discuss alengthy agenda.

By and large, it was ameeting troubled by internalconflicts and arguments that

spun out of control, pittingsome residents against somecouncilmembers, and two fac-tions of councilmembersagainst each other.

Aside from that, the fol-lowing things occurredMonday night:

Ed Dyson was hired toserve on the DeLeon Police

Department following a meet-ing of the council in executivesession. Dyson has over 20years of law enforcement expe-rience, and is a well knownDeLeonian.

The council voted unani-mously to retain city ownershipof an alleyway near WheatStreet, after a resident requested

that he be allowed to purchasethe alley in order to clean it up.

“We can’t just go aroundabandoning alleys every-where,” said councilwomanGynnalyn Abbe. “I’m not surethat’s what we need to do.”

See City of DeLeon pg 10

DECORATE FOR THE FESTIVAL. Price’s Flowers & Gifts is donating these two Yeti products to the winningDeLeon business who decorates their windows for the upcoming Peach and Melon Festival and Golden Saturdayevents. Pictured (l-r) holding the Yeti Hopper 20 and Yeti Sidekick is Lenora Black, Owner/Manager, and MichelleAckermann, Designer.

This year’s Peach &Melon Festival theme is “ASalute to Your Service” provid-ing an opportunity to showpride and give thanks to ourmilitary service men andwomen, fireman, policeman,

etc. The DeLeon Chamber of

Commerce and Agriculture isasking businesses on DeLeon’smain street (Texas Street) tojoin in and beautify storefrontsfor the upcoming 102nd Peach

and Melon Festival August 2 -6. Decorating can portray thisyear’s Festival theme, a peachand melon theme or simply red,white, and blue! Judging of thedecorated windows will takeplace on Wednesday, August 3.

The winning business will wina Yeti Hopper 20 and YetiSidekick worth $340 donatedby Price’s Flowers and Gifts.

Let’s make downtownDeLeon and main street areaSee Show Your Spirit pg 3

By JON AWBREYPublisher

The Comanche CountyCommissioners’ Court met in aregular meeting Monday anddiscussed a lengthy agenda.

All commissioners -Jimmy Dale Johnson, ShermanSides, Gary Underwood, andRussell Gillette - were present.County Judge James R. Arthurpresided.

Among the topics dis-cussed was the DeLeon Depot.

County Attorney CraigWillingham informed the com-missioners that he had been incontact with Birdsong’s attor-ney, and it was his impressionthat Birdsong would like tohand over the DeLeon Depotproperty to the County ofComanche by the end ofSeptember.See Commissioners page 6

By SAM FRASIERSpecial to the Free Press

Dave Campbell’s 2016Texas Football Magazine (the“bible” for Texas Football fans)has hit newsstands and fore-casts the DeLeon Bearcats tofinish fourth in their newDistrict 7-2A Division I.

The magazine predictsCrawford to finish first, fol-lowed by Goldthwaite, Hico,DeLeon, Valley Mills, SanSaba, and Hamilton.

Enrollmentwise, Hamiltonhas 208 students in high school,followed by San Saba at 187,Crawford 180, Valley Mills178, Hico 177, Goldthwaite

170, and DeLeon 169.The following is a brief

summary of what players eachschool has returning for the2016 season.

Crawford Pirates - ThePirates return six offensive andseven defensive starters form a14-1 state semi-finalist, 5-0 indistrict. Top players are RB/LB

Noah Bleything (1,352 yards,21 TDs), WE/DE CadeJohnston (460 receiving, 4TDs,78 tackles, 3 INTs), and FB/LBLucas Steinkamp (202 tackles).Steinkamp is also chosen to bethe preseason defensive MVP.

Goldthwaite Eagles - TheEagles return seven offensiveSee DHS Bearcats page 10

Central Appraisal Districtreconsiders DeLeon appraisals

Appraisals to return to 2015 levels

Texas Football picks Bearcatsfourth in new 7-2A district

Dyson hired to serve as DeLeonpolice officer, golf carts discussed

Show your spirit: Best Festivaldecorations to win a Yeti cooler

DeLeon Depot may be inlocal hands by the endof September

Comanche CountyIndictments

James Morgan will bekeynote speaker at DHSEx-Students Reunion

Peach and Melon Festival begins Tuesday!

JAMES MORGAN.

Immediately following thePeach & Melon Festival paradeWednesday, August 3, thePeaches at Sunset communityevent will be held on the FirstBaptist Church - DeLeon park-ing lot located off Texas Street.For the 14th year in a row, FirstBaptist Church will keeppeaches in the Festival by serv-

ing free peach tea, peach icecream, and peach cobbler rightafter the parade.

While cooling off underthe sunset, enjoy the time torelax, visit with friends, catchup with classmates, whileenjoying the yummy peach“goodies.” Don’t miss the fun!

Peaches at Sunset to beheld following parade

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Jon Q. Public... by Jon Awbrey

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Serving the DeLeon area since 1890, striving to be a positive voice in the community.

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2016

DHS Ex-Students

Reunion The DHS Ex-Student

Reunion will be held onSaturday, August 6, at 10:00a.m. at the DeLeon HighSchool Auditorium. Comeenjoy the fellowship.Registration will begin at 9:00a.m. with coffee and donuts.

Comyn Ex-Students

ClassReunion

The Comyn School Ex-Students Class Reunion will beheld Saturday, August 6 atComyn Baptist Church Annex.We will be gathering around10:00 a.m. There will be nolunch, but feel free to bringsnacks and drinks. Come andenjoy the fellowship.

ClassReunions

as read earlier in the free press

Class of1959

The Class of 1959 willmeet on Friday night, August 5,at Two or More Coffee Houseat 7 p.m. Hope to see all the1959 Classmates there.

Class of1958

The Class of 1958 willmeet on Saturday at noon,August 6 at First NationalBank Hospitality Room.

Class of1956

The Class of 1956 willmeet Saturday, August 6 at2:00pm to celebrate their 60thClass Reunion. Come join thefun.

Class of1991

The Class of 1991 willhave their 25 year Reunion thisSaturday, July 30, 5pm at PARCountry Club. Anyone want-ing to play golf, tee time is at9am.

Wednesday, July 27:LS Meatloaf, MashedPotatoes, Herbed GreenBeans, Dinner Roll,Ketchup, Fruited Gelatin,Milk

Friday, July 29:Grilled Chicken, FluffyRice, LS Mixed Vegetables,White/Wheat Roll,Margarine, Orange ZephyrWhip, Milk

SeniorCitizensMenus

RepublicanMeeting

The monthly meeting ofthe Comanche CountyRepublicans will be the organi-zational meeting of the CountyExecutive Committee for theterm of 2016-2018. Anyonewho is interested in participat-ing as a precinct chair, commit-tee chair, or any other officialcapacity should plan to attend.

The meeting will be heldat Southern Pride Restaurant inComanche from 12 noon to 1p.m. on Thursday, July 28,2016.

Texas Sales Tax Holiday is Aug. 5-7(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds shoppers they can save money on cer-

tain items priced for less than $100 during the state's annual sales tax holiday. This year, the sales taxholiday is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 5-7.

The law exempts most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks priced below $100from sales tax, saving shoppers about $8 on every $100 they spend during the weekend.

“As families all over our state prepare to send their children back to school, we hope folks takeadvantage of this opportunity to get the supplies they need and save some money in the process,”Hegar said. “As the father of three young children, I know how these expenses can add up. This eventprovides Texas families with some relief from state and local sales taxes.”

Lists of apparel and school supplies that may be purchased tax-free can be found on theComptroller's website at TexasTaxHoliday.org.

This year, shoppers will save an estimated $92 million in state and local sales taxes during thesales tax holiday.

The tax holiday weekend has been an annual event since 1999.

Letter to the EditorThe Comanche County

Property Taxpayers Associationhas some good news. Fridaynight, Keith from the appraisaldistrict office in Comanche,called to tell me there would bea news release stating that thenew software program imple-mented by the appraisal districthad been rescinded and that theproperty values would not begoing up as first reported.Property owners, especially thebusiness property owners, inthe DeLeon area will be greatlyrelieved to know that their val-ues will stay the same.However, that doesn’t affect thetax assesment which is set bythe taxing entities and is a per-centage per hundred dollarevaluation. The simple fact iswe may not have won anythingif the taxing entities and theirboards decide to raise the taxassessment and thus raisingyour tax bill. So, with thatthought in mind, don’t get toocomfortable, the fight has justbegun.

I am happy to report thatour petition drive has been atremendous success and weincluded sites in Comanche attaxpayers requests because theycould see it was coming to theirarea too. This movement haslegs. Our petition has estab-lished that a very large portionof our voting base has issueswith our tax assessment in thiscounty; they have issues withthe people who are makingthese assessments; the boardswhich bring forth the perpetualneed for more money. It is leftup to the citizens of this countyto step up and make changesnecessary to bring this taxingproblem into focus. If you lookto the classified section of theFree Press, there will be adslooking for people who arewilling to volunteer some oftheir time to expand this

Association and to consolidateits base. We need volunteerswho will be willing to makesome phone calls, to write let-ters, and most importantlywhen these tax appraisals andassessments are brought for-ward, volunteer to help theaged, the minorities, go to thesehearing and give them moralsupport or assistance in anyway possible to make surethey’re treated fairly and withrespect, and for some that arebilingual to make sure every-thing said is understood by thetaxpayers. If you step up andhelp these folks, I have learnedfrom experience that there willbe a real blessing in it for you.All you will have to do is callthe Free Press or drop by andsign up as a volunteer and givesome idea of how many hoursyou’re willing to contribute tothis movement, and someonewill contact you and formalizea program you can live with.

This morning I inquiredfrom the appraisal district justhow did this new software pro-gram get implemented, andwho approved it, and found outthat it was the chief appraiserwho started this thing totally onher own. I’m guessing that heroversight by the board that con-trols the appraisal district hasbroken down somewhat. A pro-gram that is going to have sucha profound effect on commer-cial properties should beapproved by the entire board,the simple fact that it was beingimplemented on a non-county-wide basis is a red flag on itsown. Therefore, I will continuewith many volunteers to writethe comptroller’s office as wellas the governor’s office with allof the names on these petitionsasking for an investigation ofthis appraisal district. At thevery least we have selectiveenforcement, age discrimina-

tion, minority discrimination,and most likely, I’m guessingwe have special treatment ofsome of our taxpayers. Ireceived a letter, as did the FreePress, giving observations thatsome of our elected officials aregetting such special treatment.Unfortunately, the letter wasnot signed and that creates a bitof a problem as to its real value.But an investigation on our partwill check out some of theseallegations and if necessary willbe forwarded on to the comp-troller’s office.

Again, I thank Jon at theFree Press for his support ofthis very important issue. Thoseof you in the county and sur-rounding areas who do not getthe Free Press, you are trulymissing out on what’s going onin Comanche County. I encour-age you to subscribe to the FreePress. Jon tells it like it is.

Keith Moon

Card ofThanksThank you

I wanted to say thank youto the individual or individualswho cleaned up the pile oflimbs in my front yard. I hadcall the City to pick them upand when I got home onWednesday, July 20, they hadbeen picked up. Unbeknownstto me, I assumed the City hadgone to pick them up, but onJuly 21, I got a call and thelimbs were already gone whenthey went to get them. So Iwould like to say thank youvery much for your kindness.It’s the small acts of kindnesssuch as this that make meproud to be a resident of theDeLeon Community. Thankyou again.

Jenni CarlsonDelores Street Resident

10 YEARS AGO

July 27, 2006. The CalvinMilburn Band was the Saturdaynight entertainment for Peach &Melon Festival. Milburn, age26, born and raised in Gustine,had been performing since hewas 12.

Cloyd Teague and BobbyMcMeens went to Fairbanks,Alaska to build a home for mis-sionaries Gary and BeverlyHampton.

20 YEARS AGO

July 25, 1996. CortneyGolden was awarded a scholar-ship to play baseball at RangerJunior College.

DeLeon Chapter No. 693Order of the Eastern Star had teain honor of their 50-year mem-

bers. Honorees were EulaWeaver, 67 years; Clara Bruton,50 years; Clyde Wright, 50years; Vera Dendy, 50 years;Florene Thomas, 51 years; andLola Barnes, 55 years.

30 YEARS AGO

July 24, 1986. Ira LeeBrannan, Chairman of the Boardof Directors of Farmers &Merchants Bank announced theelection of Deral Brown asInterim President of the bankfollowing the resignation of FredD. Williams.

The DeLeon ArtAssociation presented theWomen’s Division of theChamber of Commerce with$100 for the city park improve-ment. Art Association membersincluded Mary Coker, CaroBoswell, Nancy Johnson,

Wonzill McGill, Vera Dandy,and Mary Kirk

40 YEARS AGO

July 22, 1976. Activities atthe Senior Citizens DropinCenter included macrame,ceramics, quilt making, andplaying 42 and 84. Edith Shortwas the manager of the centerand Sue Cogburn was the stu-dent worker.

Craig Smith, of the 1976State Champion Bearcat squadwas picked to play in the North-South All-Star Football game.

50 YEARS AGO

July 28, 1966. One ofAmerica’s top western artists,Bob Wills plus Leon Rauseh andthe Texas Playboys would be thefeatured entertainment at the

Peach & Melon Festival onAugust 4.

Buddy Lamb, son of Mr.and Mrs. L.A. Lamb was a sum-mer graduate at Tarleton StateCollege with a BS in businessand science.

ComingEvents

Class of1966

The Class of 1966 willhave their final planning meet-ing Tuesday, July 26, at 6:00pm at Hwy 6 Cafe.

Class of1967

The Class of 1967 willhave their 50 year Reunionplanning meeting at 1:30 pm,Saturday, August 6 at WeaverDrug in DeLeon.

Sometimes you wander inthe wilderness, hoping you areheading the right direction.

Sometimes the forestopens up, and your view could-n’t be more clear.

Today was one of thosedays for me.

I remember the day I firstcame to the conclusion thatsomething was terribly out-of-whack.

It was the day of theOklahoma City bombing inApril of 1995.

At first, there were reportsthat a van full of MiddleEasterners were seen leavingthe scene headed south.

Pretty quickly, though, thebomber turned out to be Armyveteran from New York.

That’s the day I decidedthat things didn’t make anysense.

Since that day, I have man-aged to divide the world up intotwo camps. Mostly, these twocamps reflect dominant worldviews.

One camp believes in andhonors what was - they are therepository of our culture as ahuman race.

The other camp believes inthe possibilities of what will be -they are the imaginers who con-tinually strive to reshape ourimage of ourselves.

I’ll admit to belonging tothe first camp - not because Ican’t imagine a better world, butbecause I don’t want to leavethe power to build that betterworld in the hands of peoplewho don’t have a grasp on theirown foundation.

Now, it sounds tempting toembrace the second camp.

I mean who doesn’t wantto reshape their image of them-selves?

But the thing is, how doyou reshape a firm foundation?

How do you pull up thefootings of a man, and makehim a new man?

Especially when he (orshe) is quite content with thefoundation he (or she) wasgiven?

Mostly, it can’t be done.But back to wandering in

the wilderness...Today I opened the New

York Times to a front page dom-inated by people embracing achaotic vision of the world.

In Japan, “a personable”man who was “good with chil-dren” murdered 19 disabledpeople with a knife at a carefacility. Reportedly, prior to thekillings he “had taken a letter tothe Japanese legislature outlin-ing a society in which euthana-sia of the disabled was accept-ed.”

Of course, we are shockedby this.

But is it really shocking?In our own country, there

are now rumblings that our gov-ernment healthcare may stopoffering certain procedures forpatients over a certain age.

That’s been discussed atevery level of medicine - I’veheard it with my own ears.

In Great Britain, it isalready policy.

The Daily Mail reported onthe case of a 78-year-old cancervictim named Kenneth Wardenwho was denied treatment fromBritain’s national health pro-gram because of his age.

His daughter, disbelieving,took him to a private doctor,

who treated the cancer withchemotherapy and surgery. Asof five years later, her father stilllived - cancer free.

Now, tell me, what isvisionary about sending a manhome to die when his illness canbe cured?

And this is likely the visionthat we face in America.

But we accept this, whilewe profess to be shocked by aman murdering disabled peoplein Japan. Truth is, governmentmedicine will probably killmany, many more people than acrazy Japanese man.

On the same front page is astory about Michelle Obama’sspeech last night at theDemocratic NationalConvention.

She is called a Superheroin today’s edition of the Times. Just a few months ago, the FirstLady blogged for poorAmericans to sign up forObamacare.

“Show your support forObamacare,” she said to agroup of community organizersin January. “Today, millions ofAmericans have the peace ofmind that comes with quality,affordable health insurance, orare enjoying the additional pro-tections that the law provides.”

Now, I’m not given toinsulting ladies, so I won’t.

But I don’t think a super-hero sends an old man to hisdeath.

Strangely, about the sametime the First Lady got on thestump for Obamacare, she tookcenter stage at the State of theUnion with her special guest, arefugee from Syria.

Now, honestly, I’m surethere was a good reason thatRefaai Hamo left Syria. Thatdecision probably saved his life.

On the other hand, I don’tshare the vision of thousands ofrefugees from the Middle Eastliving in our midst.

Could they be good peo-ple?

Sure, why not? But whatelse could they be?

Just take a look at today’scopy of the Times.

Two Islamic State terroristsslit a French priest’s throat dur-ing morning mass near Rouenin northern France.

Then they did a sort ofArabic sermon at the altar.

The BBC called them “ISsoldiers.”

Why? Do soldiers slitthroats in a church? I wouldn’tthink so.

But it’s part of a vision - avision of the world that allowedhate-filled murderers from theMiddle East to have unfetteredaccess to Europe.

1,300 years after Frankishprince Charles Martel turnedthem back at the battle of Tours,keeping their ideology out ofEurope.

And yet the vision of thechange-types persists.

Last night, MichelleObama continued that vision atthe Democratic NationalConvention, denouncingDonald Trump’s “hate.”

Hate. Hate? Their vision is one that

cannot see hate for what it is,but is compelled to create hatewhere there is none.

It is a bankrupt vision - allgowned up and delivered to themasses, but lacking any sem-blance on honesty at its core.

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“Sew” Much Fun at 2016 4-H Sewing Camp

The 2016 4-H SewingCamp was a success! The twoday camp took place July 19thand 20th where youth partici-pants were able to learn, show-case and be creative with theirsewing skills.

Sewing is becoming moreand more a need of the past andthe art of the craft is slowlydwindling. With the conven-ience of clothing stores allaround makes it easy for indi-viduals in today’s world to gobuy their clothes, rather thanmake them. The 4-H Clothingand Textiles project includesclothing construction, teachingyouth the skills required to sew.This ensures that youth of todayare learning and applying a lifeskill that they will be able tocarry with them as they growand hopefully encourage othersto learn too.

At this year’s sewingcamp, campers had a wonderfultime as they learned about thebasics of sewing, includinghow to thread their machine,filling a bobbin, backstitchingand working with a handsewing needle and thread.During the camp, they wereable to make a tote bag, a zip-pered pouch, two pillow casesand a pin cushion. Each partici-pant worked very hard to com-plete their projects and broughttheir own creativity and person-ality to each! At the end of thecamp, there was time left for a“free sew”. With no patterns tofollow, directions to abide by

campers were able to makewhatever they wanted, many ofthose items included pillows.

I am so impressed with thecreativity of all the participants!There were many individualswho had never sewn beforecoming into the camp, but bythe end of the two day event,they were sewing up a storm, soto say.

A big thank you goes outto all of our volunteers whocame and helped with thesewing camp! Thank you toChereen Stewart, Joe Prado,Jane Best, Riley Ebert andSidney Bustamante for comingand helping make the campsuch a success. Another bigthank you goes out to Chris andBill Flannery for sponsoring

Tuesday’s lunch for all the kid-dos! “The heart of a volunteeris not measured in size, but bythe depth of the commitment tomake a difference in the lives ofothers,” said DeAnn Hollis.Your gracious dedication andtime to help is greatly appreci-ated in all measures!

We are definitely lookingforward to upcoming 4-Hsewing workshops and possiblyanother sewing camp in thenear future.

If you are interested in 4-Hsewing and/or the Clothing andTextiles project, please contactthe Comanche CountyExtension office at 325-356-2539 or emailjessica.shawver@ag.tamu.edu.

VBS

July 25-285:30-8:00pm

First United Methodist Church

of DeLeonVacation Bible School

Surf Shack!Catch the Wave of

God’s Amazing Love!

Registration Sunday,July 24, 4pm

Our topic this week is alook at divorce as it relates tothe will God. If people willaccept it, the Bible can restorethe family values our nationdesperately needs. The food forthought lies within the mind ofthe individual. What will wechoose, God’s way or the paththat America has now taken?

If the reader will accept it,the solution to the rampantdivorce rate in America is to befound in one place and oneplace only- the Bible. Many areof the opinion that marriagewas designed, organized, prop-agated, and realized in the mindof man. Therefore, it is left upto mankind to regulate and setthe parameters of marriage. Letme suggest to you that thisassumption is false. Marriageoriginated and was designed byGod Himself. We ask that thereader keep an open mind as wepresent our argument.

What is God’s view ofmarriage and divorce? It allbegins in the book of begin-

nings, the book of Genesis.After creating man (Adam), thefollowing observation is madeby God Himself: “And the LordGod said, it is not good thatman should be alone; I willmake him a helper comparableto him” (Genesis 2:18). Aftercreating a helper “comparableto him,” fashioned from hisown body (Genesis 2:21-22),God brought the helper toAdam. “And Adam said: This isnow bone of my bones andflesh of my flesh; she shall becalled woman; because she wastaken out of man” (Genesis2:23). The foundational build-ing block for all of humanity isthen stated: “Therefore a manshall leave his father and moth-er and be joined to his wife, andthey shall become one flesh”(Genesis 2:24).

Now, if we will accept it,God has set forth His will con-cerning marriage for all ofmankind, for all time, in thatone statement. One man withone woman for all time. You

will notice also that the sexualrelationship between a husbandand wife is recognized andapproved of. That is what thetwo “becoming one flesh” is allabout. The Hebrew writer alsoinforms us, “Marriage is honor-able among all, and the bedundefiled; but fornicators andadulterers God will judge”(Hebrews 13:4).

We, in the DeLeon churchof Christ, realize we have giventhe reader a lot to consider. Weask that you take the time toread over the Scripture refer-ences we have given you, andcarefully consider the informa-tion we have given before com-ing to any conclusion. Weinvite your comments and sug-gestions. Please fill free to con-tact me personally via email. IfGod is willing, we shall contin-ue our discussion next week.

David Westbrookdwestbrook62@yahoo.comMinister:DeLeon church of Christ

FOOD FOR THOUGHTDivorce and The Will of God

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Festival-ready for the manyfolks who will be passingthrough, visiting during theweek, or having fun on GoldenSaturday. If you know some-one who owns a building down-town that is empty, please helpspread the word to the ownerabout the downtown decoratingactivity. Even if a downtownbuilding is not occupied, thereis still the opportunity for thestorefront to shine!

Anyone needing assistancewith this decorating endeavorcan contact the Chamber at254-893-2083 or email cham-ber@cctc.net Its count downtime, so on your mark, get set,DECORATE!!!!

All who know and love Colleen are invited to wish her “Happy Birthday” in person on Saturday,August 6, when an informal party will be held at the home of her daughter, Marcia Koelln (132 E.Ross Ave, DeLeon) from 1:00 - 3:00. Gifts are not necessary, but your favorite dish or a snack toshare with those present would be most welcome. Hope to see you there!

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Do you find it hard to resistgobbling up a piece of rawdough when making cookies,or letting your children scrapethe bowl? Do your kids use rawdough to make ornaments orhomemade “play” clay? Doyou eat at family restaurantsthat give kids raw dough to playwith while you’re waiting forthe food?

If your answer to any ofthose questions is yes, thatcould be a problem. Eating rawdough or batter - whether it’sfor bread, cookies, pizza or tor-tillas - could make you, andyour kids, sick, says JennyScott, a senior advisor in FDA’sCenter for Food Safety andApplied Nutrition.

According to Scott, thebottom line for you and yourkids is don’t eat raw dough.And even though there are web-sites devoted to “flour crafts,”don’t give your kids raw doughor baking mixes that containflour to play with.

Why? Flour, regardless ofthe brand, can contain bacteriathat cause disease. The U.S.Food and Drug Administration(FDA), along with the Centersfor Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) and state andlocal officials, is investigatingan outbreak of infections thatillustrates the dangers of eatingraw dough. Dozens of peopleacross the country have beensickened by a strain of bacteria

called Shiga toxin-producing E.coli O121.

The investigation foundthat raw dough eaten or handledby some of the patients wasmade with General Mills flourproduced in a Kansas City,Missouri facility. Subsequenttests by the FDA linked bacteriain a flour sample to bacteriafrom people who had becomeill.

General Mills conducted avoluntary recall of 10 millionpounds of flour sold under threebrand names: Gold Medal,Signature Kitchen’s, and GoldMedal Wondra. The varietiesinclude unbleached, all-pur-pose, and self-rising flours.Flour has a long shelf life, andmany people store bags of flourfor a long time. If you have anyof these recalled items in yourhome, you should throw themaway.

Some of the recalled flourshad been sold to restaurants thatallow children to play withdough made from the raw flourwhile waiting for their meals.CDC is advising restaurants notto give customers raw dough.

Why Flour?People often understand

the dangers of eating raw doughdue to the presence of raw eggsand the associated risk withSalmonella. However, con-sumers should be aware thatthere are additional risks associ-ated with the consumption ofraw dough, such as particularlyharmful strains of E. coli in aproduct like flour.

“Flour is derived from agrain that comes directly fromthe field and typically is nottreated to kill bacteria,” saysLeslie Smoot, Ph.D., a senioradvisor in FDA’s Office ofFood Safety and a specialist inthe microbiological safety ofprocessed foods. So if an ani-

mal heeds the call of nature inthe field, bacteria from the ani-mal waste could contaminatethe grain, which is then harvest-ed and milled into flour.

Common “kill steps”applied during food preparationand/or processing (so-calledbecause they kill bacteria thatcause infections) include boil-ing, baking, roasting,microwaving, and frying. Butwith raw dough, no kill step hasbeen used.

And don’t make home-made cookie dough ice creameither. If that’s your favorite fla-vor, buy commercially madeproducts. Manufacturers shoulduse ingredients that includetreated flour and pasteurizedeggs.

Symptoms and Who Gets Sick

Common symptoms forShiga toxin-producing E. coliare diarrhea (often bloody) andabdominal cramps, althoughmost people recover within aweek. But some illnesses lastlonger and can be more severe,resulting in a type of kidneyfailure called hemolytic uremicsyndrome (HUS). HUS canoccur in people of any age, butis most common in young chil-dren under 5 years, older adults,and people with weakenedimmune systems.

Parents of young childrenshould be particularly aware.For instance, if your child is inday care or kindergarten, acommon pastime may be artusing “play” clay that is home-made from raw dough. Even ifthey’re not munching on thedough, they’re putting theirhands in their mouth after han-dling the dough. Childcarefacilities and preschools shoulddiscourage the practice of play-ing with raw dough.

Handle Foods SafelyFDA offers these tips for

safe food handling to keep youand your family healthy:• Do not eat any raw

cookie dough, cake mix, batter,or any other raw dough or bat-ter product that is supposed tobe cooked or baked.• Follow package direc-tions for cooking products con-taining flour at proper tempera-tures and for specified times.• Wash hands, work sur-faces, and utensils thoroughlyafter contact with flour and rawdough products.• Keep raw foods sepa-rate from other foods whilepreparing them to prevent anycontamination that may bepresent from spreading. Beaware that flour may spreadeasily due to its powderynature.• Follow label directionsto chill products containing rawdough promptly after purchaseuntil baked.

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Cross another week ofSUMMER heat off the calen-dar... moving right along throughJuly! FYI: On July 27, 1940,Bugs Bunny made his officialdebut in Warner Bros. animatedcartoon “A Wild Hare.” Mustconfess that some fond memo-ries of my younger days inComanche includes watchingcartoons at The Palace Theatreon Saturday afternoons. Life wasmuch simpler back then!

Our Girlfriend Party lastweek was the perfect time tointroduce one of the great pam-pering products available toenjoy in the comfort of yourhome... The enhanced paraffinwax and coconut oil in a “glove”and “boot ”will hydrate, moistur-ize, rejuvenate, and soothe your

skin. I have enjoyed the handtreat and plan to give my feet oneSOON. Each item offers enoughoils for no less than four uses.

Discovered another use forthe Cranberry Orange Dip – pre-pared it as a dip and stuffed cel-ery with it! I have a tendency touse it for a bundt cake (note toself to get outside the “box”occasionally).

Don’t ever be depending onthe rabbit’s foot for good luckwhen it obviously didn’t workfor the rabbit.

Did you ever considerusing hair conditioner to shaveyour legs?? It’s cheaper thanshaving cream and it will leaveyour legs silky smooth.

Among our kitchen gadgetsis a really neat spice grinder thatfunctions for the kitchen andlooks great on the table.

Just in from e-Cloth…Flexi-Edge Floor and WallDuster. It’s ideal for cleaninghardwood floors, walls, and ceil-ings. Will last up to 100 washes.I think it will be the answer (forme) to keep tops of baseboards a

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Have you ever seen ourThermal Salad Bowl? Youfreeze the ice pad that comes inthe bottom section and it willkeep your salads fresh (alsoincludes a serving set). Prettynifty for the warm weather.

Someone (?) said that anapple in the morning will keepyou more awake than a cup ofcoffee (Let me know how thatworks out!!)

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Appellate court strikes downTexas voter ID law

AUSTIN — Texas’ voterphoto identification law isracially discriminatory, the U.S.Court of Appeals for the FifthCircuit ruled July 20.

In striking down the lawpassed by the Texas Legislaturein 2011, the Fifth Circuit said itdisproportionately and nega-tively affects African-Americanand Hispanic citizens’ right tovote.

Gov. Greg Abbott decriedthe ruling in Veasey et al. v.Abbott et al., saying: “The FifthCircuit ... wrongly concludedthe law had a discriminatoryeffect. Voter fraud is real and itundermines the integrity of theelection process.”

Texas Attorney GeneralKen Paxton also reacted, say-ing: “Preventing voter fraud isessential to accurately reflect-ing the will of Texas voters dur-ing elections and it is unfortu-nate that this common-sense

law, providing protectionsagainst fraud, was not upheld inits entirety.”

SB 14 required voters topresent government-issuedphoto identification when vot-ing at the polls. Acceptableforms of photo ID, as specifiedin the legislation, included:Texas driver license, Texaselection identification certifi-cate, Texas personal ID card,Texas concealed handgunlicense, U.S. military ID card,U.S. citizenship certificate andU.S. passport. Prior to theimplementation of SB 14, aTexas voter could cast a ballotin person by presenting a regis-tration certificate, a documentmailed to voters upon registra-tion.

The Fifth Circuit sent thecase back to the federal districtcourt in Corpus Christi andordered the court to find an“appropriate remedy” to thediscriminatory effects of SB 14in time for the impending gen-eral election in November.

Abbott proposes legislationGov. Abbott on July 18

asked the Texas Legislature topass the Police Protection Actin the 2017 session commenc-ing in January.

“At a time when lawenforcement officers increas-ingly come under assault sim-ply because of the job theyhold, Texas must send a res-olute message that the state willstand by the men and womenwho serve and protect our com-

munities,” Abbott said in pro-posing the legislation.

Abbott said that if enacted,the Police Protection Actwould:– Extend hate crime protectionsto law enforcement officers;– Increase criminal penalties forany crime in which the victim isa law enforcement officer,whether or not the crime quali-fies as a hate crime; and– Create a culture of respect forlaw enforcement by organizinga campaign to educate youngTexans on the value lawenforcement officers bring totheir communities.

“The recent (July 7) shoot-ing in Dallas is not the first timelaw enforcement officers inTexas have been targeted. Ourgoal is to do everything possi-ble to make it the last,” addedAbbott.

Court blocks haze rule

The U.S. Court of Appealsfor the Fifth Circuit on July 19ruled against the EnvironmentalProtection Agency’s “regionalhaze” air pollution abatementrule.

The rule, Attorney GeneralPaxton said, would haveimposed $2 billion in costs“without achieving any visibili-ty changes in the time periodincluded in the FederalImplementation Plan.” Thosecosts, Paxton added, included“costly, unnecessary upgrades.”Sales tax holiday is set

Texas Comptroller Glenn

Hegar on July 18 promoted thestate’s Aug. 5-7 sales tax holi-day, during which shoppers willsave an estimated $92 millionin state and local sales taxes.

The law providing for theannual tax holiday exemptsmost clothing, footwear, schoolsupplies and backpacks pricedbelow $100 from sales tax, sav-ing shoppers about $8 on every$100 they spend over thatweekend. Lists of apparel andschool supplies that may bepurchased tax-free can be foundat TexasTaxHoliday.org.

Texas adds jobs in June

Texas added an estimated171,100 seasonally adjustedjobs over the past year with theaddition of 7,200 nonfarm jobsin June, the Texas WorkforceCommission announced onJuly 22.

Also, Texas has added jobsin 14 of the last 15 months, and,while the state’s seasonallyadjusted unemployment rateincreased to 4.5 percent in June,up slightly from 4.4 percent inMay, it remained below thenational average of 4.9 percent.The Amarillo and Austin-Round Rock MetropolitanStatistical Areas recorded themonth’s lowest unemploymentrate among Texas MSAs with anon-seasonally adjusted rate of3.3 percent, followed by theSherman-Denison andLubbock MSAs each with ratesof 3.9 percent in June.

We had a wonderfulSewing & Craft Circle yester-day at the DAC! Carolyndemonstrated some great quilt-ing tips for us. Thank you toDon and Marcel for donatingsome beautiful fabric. Thankyou also, to Mr. Basham whodonated some more wonderfulitems from his late wife’s treas-ure trove of sewing supplies.Next Circle will be August 22 –put it on your calendar.

Breakfast at the DAC willbe Saturday, August 6th from7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.

The annual Alumni and

Community Dinner will beFriday, August 12th. Sincethere will be no activities at theold school house this year, weare going to open the DAC at2:00 p.m. this year so “old”friends and “new” friends willhave a cool place to have a nicelong visit. We will have a shortmeeting at 5:00 and the dinnerwill start around 5:30. Asusual, the men will be cookingfish, chicken, and all the good-ies that go with it including thedelicious desserts made by theladies. Cost is by donation.Tim Martin will provide the

music - that’s reason enough tocome! If you haven’t heardTim sing, you are in for a realtreat. There will be a drawingfor your choice of a Ruger M77rifle or a Browning Mod BPS12 or 20-gauge shotgun.Tickets will be available untiltime for the drawing. Ticketsare $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00.As usual, there will be lots ofdoor prizes.

Stay cool.See you in Desdemona!Carol Pell

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Michael BerryComanche County

Extension Agriculture Agent

CALLING FORVOLUNTEERS!

The Comanche County Taxpayers Association needsvolunteers to help in our efforts to insure fair taxes for

citizens of Comanche County. We need people who arewilling to write letters, make phone calls and organize.

Call or sign up at DeLeon Free Press.

Harry Robert Spinsby the “Youngest and Best son” of Charlie Morris

Late Season Pecan Program

The Comanche CountyPecan Committee will be host-ing a Late Season PecanProgram on Thursday, August11th at the ComancheCommunity Center.Registration will begin at 11:45a.m. and lunch will be served at12:00 noon. The educationalportion of the program willbegin at 1:00 p.m. and end at3:00 p.m. The program willfocus on late season pecan pestsand all the upcoming changesin store for both private and

commercial applicators. Dr. Bill Ree, Pecan

Entomologist with Texas A&MAgriLife Extension Service,will emphasize pecan weevil,stink bugs and other late seasonpests. With the potential valueof pecans this year, any lossesto late season pests could bevery expensive.

Dr. Mike Matocha, fromTexas A&M AgriLifeExtension Service Departmentof Agricultural andEnvironmental Safety, will behelping to explain all thechanges chemical applicators

can expect and how they willaffect both our private and com-mercial applicators in the coun-ty.

There will be 2 CEU’s, 1IPM and 1 Laws & offered.The meal will be paid for by ourexcellent local agriculturesponsors. This should be anexcellent program, and withtemperatures in the high 90’s or100 degree range, it is too hot tobe outside so you might as wellcome and hear some goodspeakers, visits friends and getsome CEU’s at the same time.

Dear Jon,I write this feeling that I

have unintentionally stumbledupon an opportunity to becomea philanthropist and use thatfortune to fund eleemosynaryactivities or situations for localtwo-leggers and four-leggers ofthe community. There wouldbe no need to spend everythingon others, surely my cheese andchocolate stash could benefit

from this money maker.Hopefully, that statement doesnot cause one to think of anypoliticians.

Last week, in my letter toyou, Jon, I very blamelesslyand innocently mentioned that achurch member, Susan, was notin attendance for that Sundayservice. Would you care to sur-mise who was in attendancethis Sunday? Naturally, it wasSusan.

I project that a workingarrangement could be madewith some of the local pastorsthat would bring about a state ofvicissitude which would ensurechurch pews be filled eachSunday; ergo, my coffers andpockets would be padded alongwith that of each congrega-tion’s. Changing behavior iswhat this is all about. Financialgain would just be the icing onthe cake.

Ensuring this monitoringof church attendance is done inthe right spirit, I will take thechance of human error out byappointing myself, an unbiasedfour-legger to spearhead thisendeavor. Information on howthis will be run will appear inchurch bulletins. In the mean-time, you might want to get inthe church attending habit soyour name will not be availablefor posting in the local weeklypaper.

In reality, I wanted to writethis week about the menagerieof animals residing in myhome.

My line of vision is theshoes of two-leggers, unshavedlegs, unkept toenails, etc. My

neck and height is not con-ducive to taking in the sights ofthings more than three feet offthe floor. Standing in thekitchen and by chance raisingmy chin, I looked out thekitchen windows. My headkept swiveling back to the win-dows, trying to unravel thevisual puzzle and make a pic-ture of what my eyes were tak-ing in. On the ledge outside thethree windows finally focusedon about fifteen eyes attachedto the bodies of pigs and rab-bits. I wondered how longthose potential friends had beenon that ledge and what all hadthey seen that was unworthy.Can you imagine being a two-legger washing dishes at thesink and have all those eyeballsfollow your every movement. Ijust cannot get over all the eye-balls. I leave the room and stillall I visualize, eyeballs. Closerscrutiny disclosed that theseanimals were ceramic and Iexperienced a moment ofeuphoria, ascertaining that mycheese and chocolate stashwould not have to be shared.

What we have living on awindow ledge is a colony, war-ren of rabbits, or nest. The plu-ral group of pigs is called adrift, drove, or litter. The onlyreason I can justify them allstanding and looking is thatthey are a new fire alarm sys-tem. Sometimes, while thetwo-legger is “cooking” it lookslike the kitchen is on fire.Maybe they are a safety precau-tion for a potential burnt offer-ing.

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Willingham added thatBirdsong was concerned that asurvey of the property might berequired prior to the transfer ofproperty.

As the county has verballyagreed to dedicate the propertyfor the use of the DeLeonChamber of Commerce andDeveloping DeLeon Today,Willingham asked if thosegroups would be willing to payfor a survey of the property if itwas necessary.

Jon Awbrey, secretary ofDeveloping DeLeon Today,replied that both DeLeon groupshad indicated their willingnessto put money into the project,and that a survey, if needed,could be paid for by the DeLeongroups.

[A fundraising opportunityto support the restoration of theDeLeon Depot will likely bepart of the Chamber ofCommerce’s Golden Saturdayactivities during the Peach andMelon Festival. If you wouldlike to be a part of this importantcultural project, please visit withthe Chamber of Commerce dur-ing Golden Saturday at theirtemporary location at the south-west corner of Reynosa andTexas Streets.]

No action was needed bythe commissioners regardingthe DeLeon Depot on Monday,so none was taken.

Commissioners alsoapproved a motion to sign aninterlocal agreement withHamilton County to participatein a Septic Tank grant programthat would pay 60 percent of thecosts of repairing or replacingresidential septic tanks in theLeon River watershed belowthe Proctor Lake dam.

The grant program wouldpay an average of $3,300 to res-idents with failing septic tanksin the watershed below the damfor repair or replacement of

those tanks, said HamiltonCounty Commissioner DickieClary.

Clary said that the programis in its final year, and has about$60,000 left to distribute.

“Money is available if[Comanche County] is interest-ed in our septic program,” saidClary, “and we are ready to dothis after the execution of aninterlocal agreement.”

Clary said that he wouldlike to begin the program inComanche County inSeptember.

It was further reported thatE. coli numbers in the LeonRiver watershed were beingreduced from Proctor Lake toLake Belton, but the Resley’sCreek area of ComancheCounty appeared to “be a hotspot” for E. coli, thus, apparent-ly, the reason for the interest inbringing the grant program toComanche County.

All approved signing theinterlocal agreement to partici-pate with Hamilton County inthe grant program.

In other news, commis-sioners briefly discussed a pro-posed tax abatement for a newwindfarm project that wouldplace eight to 12 turbines inComanche County. Most of theproject will take place in MillsCounty.

No representatives of thewindfarm project were presentat the meeting. However, it wasreported that they had filed theirinformation requesting anabatement and paid the requiredfee.

It was said that the actualtax abatement agreement wouldlikely be discussed and/or actedon during the first or secondAugust meeting of theComanche CountyCommissioners’ Court. Noaction was taken Monday.

Commissioners then

agreed to reject a proposal toraise optional fees on vehicleregistration by $1.50. The pro-posed raise in fees could only beused for funding crossingguards and child safety pro-grams.

Commissioners chose toreject raising fees because, theysaid, the county had no pro-grams in place to which theycould give the additionalmoney.

Commissioners then votedto appoint Danny Armstrong tothe Board of Trustees of CentralTexas Mental Health/MentalRetardation, also known as theCenter of Life Resources.

Commissioners thenapproved nine members toserve on the Salary GrievanceCommittee and designate theremaining nominees as alter-nates. Those selected were PamHurt, Amanda Higginbotham,Cliff Conway, Curtis Giles, TimBeaty, Sheila Stephens, JeffCaffey, Jason Luckie and CurtisTippie. All approved. Motioncarried. Appointments are sub-ject to acceptance by the mem-bers selected.

Commissioners alsoacknowledges an Order Settinga Public Hearing to review andset the annual budget of theCounty Auditor, AssistantAuditor and the annual compen-sation of the 220th JudicialDistrict Court Reporter. TheOrder set the Public Hearing forTuesday, August 9, 2016 at10:00 a. m. in the 220 JudicialDistrict Court Room. Allapproved. Motion carried.

Finally, a burn ban remainsin effect for 90 days.

The next meeting of thecommissioners’ court will beMonday, August 8, at 9 a.m. inthe county courtroom at theComanche County courthouse.

Supplemental Bid Notice

De Leon ISD Nutrition Department is accepting bids for the 2016-17school year for supplemental food items including, but not limited to,holiday items, grocery items, and fresh produce. Producers of local-ly grown unprocessed products will receive extra points in scoring.(Locally grown- meaning Comanche county and counties surround-ing Comanche county).If you are interested in submitting a bid, please contact Jana Cullers,425 S. Texas St., De Leon, TX 76444, 254-893-8212,jcullers@deleonisd.net. Bids will be accepted through August 15,2016.

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Sipe SpringsCemetery

AssociationThe 74th Annual

Homecoming of the SipeSprings Cemetery Associationwill be held on Saturday, July30 and Sunday, July 31, 2016.Music will start at 7:30 pm onSaturday evening.

Meeting will start at 10:00a.m. on Sunday morning.

For more information,contact President Tom Alfordat 325-998-4233 or SecretaryJosh Constancio at 254-433-2757

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by Missy Jones

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Ruth (Ayers) Parrottpassed away at the age of 97 onSaturday, July 23, 2016 inAustin, Texas. She was thedaughter of Lela Weaver Ayersand Bert Ayers, born Jun 25,1919, in DeLeon, Texas.

She attended DeLeonSchools then graduated fromNorth Texas University as a

teacher. She taught briefly inthe DeLeon area and otherschools in Texas. She marriedJames Parrott.

She was preceded in deathby her husband, James, by herparents, Bert and Lela and byher siblings, Doris Easterling,Christine LaVere, Mary Ayers,and Thomas Ayers. She is sur-

vived by a nephew MichaelEasterling, cousin, JohnWeaver of DeLeon and a hostof more cousins and friends.Memorial services are pending.

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Yes, our ComancheCounty Historical Museum isCOOL again. I told in lastweek’s article that our museumA/C was not working, but thatour excellent man said hewould have it running onMonday. Sure enough, it wasvery cool when I went outWednesday morning, and hedid have it working on Mondaymorning, just as he said.

I had a call and an emailfrom a cousin on the Cox sideof my family. He was DwayneGarrison from Euless, Texas.He was starting to do someresearch, and William MarionCox would have probably beenhis great grandfather. He knewthat William Cox lived in theComanche area after the 1860sand he called (and I hope this iscorrect) he called theComanche Chief and toldNancy Wilkerson what he waslooking for. Doing research onthe Cox family line. Nancyknew that my maiden namewas Cox, and she gave him myemail and phone number.About 10 days ago, he and hisson Paul made a trip from themetroplex and met me at themuseum. Hey, we were on ahugging basis right away. Wevisited and talked as hard as wecould that day, and I mailed himseveral packets of info aboutour family. We have been work-ing on the Cox genealogy about30 or 35 years, and some peo-ple even longer. He is just nowwanting to know about theancestor of his grandmother. Isuggested that he go to the web-site for the Cox line,Brandywine Crucible. The Coxfamily, in the early days wereall Quakers, and came intoAmerica through theBrandywine Valley inPennsylvania. This is the bestfamily site that I have found,with a database for about fouror five thousand names.

And again, this pastWednesday, he came toComanche and got to the muse-um about 10:00 am. I was therewaiting for him.

First of all, I wanted to takehim to the Whitney Cemetery.This is an old cemetery, and isoff of Highway 36, to the right,about half way betweenGustine and Comanche. Wefirst of all went to ShilohCemetery, I wanted him to get ataste of the scenery, as most ofour early day Cox familieslived near, Fleming (later Pettit)and also lived near Gustine andWhitney and Shiloh is in thatvicinity. I wanted him to see thecountry there, and most of thatis range country, where ourancestors would have drivenover in their wagons and bug-gies. The Whitney and theShiloh cemeteries are both wellkept, with fences made andpainted with signs on themmade by my dear cousin,Preston Cox.

The Whitney cemetery hastombstones for a number of ourfamily line, for instance, Andy(Andrew) Cox, who wouldhave been my great grandfa-ther; and the father of mygrandfather, CorneliusNicholas (Nick) Cox;Catherine Cox Pettit, a sister toWilliam Marion Cox and mygrandfather, CorneliusNicholas (Nick) Cox, and herhusband John P. Pettit; mem-bers of the Johnson (PeterCartwright Johnson) family,and he was killed and scalpedby Indians December 31, 1857between Iredell and Meridian,Texas, and buried at the HannaCemetery near Meridian,Texas; his wife is buried atWhitney: her name wasMatilda Whatley Johnson, andsome of their daughters, twowith the last names of Biffleand Draper, and many other

family members. Dwayne wastaking phone pictures as wewent along (again, we lovedthis location, and for some rea-son, it is important for me to beburied at a place that is quiet,serene and I can hear the birdssinging. And we could hear thebirds singing on thatWednesday).

We went on down theroad, and maybe I got a littlelost, but we ended up comingout on Highway 36, east ofGustine. As we went along, Iwas busy talking about familiesand history. We got intoGustine, and the wonderfulcafé, The City Cafe was openfor lunch. When we decided tostop there for lunch, I toldDwayne that this cooking waslike his mother would havecooked. And sure enough, therewas a very good lunch menu,with the absolutely best peachcobbler that I have eaten fordessert.

Back on the road toComanche, we turned left onCR 330, and I wanted to showhim the location of my grandfa-ther’s home place. When NickCox was growing up, he and hisbrother and his two sisters,William Marion, Catherine andAmanda Cox lived with theiruncle and aunt, Jessie J.Johnson and his wife, AdelineRatliff Johnson. The Cox kidsmother, Arena Ratliff Cox, haddied in 1855, on a trip fromSmith County, East Texas toComanche County. And it was-n’t even a county at that time.The wife of Andrew J. Cox,Arena Ratliff Cox died in FortWorth, and her grave is lost.There was four small childrento raise, and the children cameon to the Comanche area withtheir Uncle Jessie and AuntAdeline. Jessie Johnson wasinvolved with William MarionCox on several Indian battles,one is the Hog Creek IndianFight. Also, later, JessieJohnson was a Methodistpreacher, and early day copiesof the Comanche Chief tell thathe had preached at the FirstUnited Methodist Church inComanche.

We went back to the muse-um. I had two 8x10 pictures ofWilliam Marion Cox and hiswife, Susan Adeline Savagethat I wanted to make copies offor Dwayne. One other note, inthe 1850 Texas census forSmith County, William MarionCox was a small boy, and on thecensus list, his family lived veryclose to the family of SusanAdeline Savage, who he latermarried in Comanche County.Our copy machine would nottake the glossy photo paper forcopies, even though Dwaynehad very generously picked upa packet of that glossy photopaper and brought to the muse-um. We ended up going toStaples in Brownwood, and hehad the copies made there. Bythe way, I was having a “Dr.Pepper” fix, and he stopped andgot me a DP bottle, iced cold.What a nice guy.

We had the greatest dayever, and Dwayne got a taste ofComanche History 101. I lovesharing this information withfamily members and anyoneelse that is interested in it.

At the museum, we have adisplay area set aside forFleming, Pettit, and Swan Hill.We have a number of picturesthere, one of the Pettit family, apicture of Nick and Mollie Cox,a picture of the school house atOld Fleming, and students of allages are standing in front of theschool house and each of themhave a musical instrument. Ifound my Daddy, Will Cox,there holding a guitar and hisbrother, Berl Cox, holding abanjo. To the right of the pictureis several people, probably

teachers, and in front of anorgan that has been brought outof the school room, is MissForrest Stokes and others. Whata lot of history this is. And,there is no one living today toask what the occasion was forthe students to be outside of theclassroom and having their pic-ture made.

See, that is where I get myinterest in family and askingfamilies for information. If Icould ask my Daddy what wasgoing on that day at the schoolhouse.

My love and best wishes tomy dear relative, DwayneGarrison of Euless. I am soproud to have met him. We lookforward for him to visit usagain.

Remember, we are theCOOL Comanche CountyHistorical Museum, here inComanche, Texas. We arelocated at 402 Moorman Road.Moorman Road is the street justbehind and to the north of theBayer Motor Complex out onthe Brownwood Highway. Weare open Wednesday throughSaturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00p.m. Our phone number is 325-356-5115. We are also open byappointment. Just call our num-ber and our receptionist canmake you a reservation for atour at other times. Our email ismuseum1.@verizon.net. Ourwebsite is comanchetxmuse-um.com. We would love tohave you visit with us. We have15 rooms, and about 45,000square feet of display room. Wehighlight Comanche Countyhistory, our settlers and people,the churches, schools andcemeteries that make up ourstory. We do not charge anadmission, but ask for a dona-tion. This, donations andmemorials help keep our lightson and us going strong.

Remember to look for uson FACEBOOK, and hold onto your family history, it is theonly one you will ever have.

DeLeon ChristianFellowship

300 BivarDeLeon, Texas 76444

Pas to r: Rev. Hank Canno n3 2 5 -6 4 2 -4 7 5 3

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship 10:50 a.m.

Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.

United Pentecostal Church125 E. Manchaca, DeLeon

Sunday School 10 a. m.Sunday Evening 6 p. m.

Wednesday Evening 7:30 p. m.

PastorVarence Janord DupreChurch: 254-893-2795

Parsonage: 254-893-7280

DELEON ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCHCorner of Seguin & Travis

(204 E. Seguin Ave)

Sunday School 10 a. m.Morning Worship 10:50 a. m.

Sunday Evening 6 p. m.Wednesday Evening 7 p. m.

Phone 254-893-5722Elwayne Schaeffer - Pastor

Fair Haven Baptist Church

400 East HamDeLeon, Texas

Sunday Services:Sunday School 10 a. m.

Church Service 10:45 a. m.Sunday Evening Singing 5 p. m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6 p. m.Pastor: Kenneth Wilson

Liberty BaptistChurch

Sunday ServicesSunday School - 10:30 a. m.Morning Worship - 11:15 a. m.

*West on Hwy 6 to RuckerLeft on CR 459

Daryl Hirst - Pastor

First Baptist ChurchDeLeon, Tx

100 South HoustonSUNDAY SERVICES

Sunday School 9:30 a. m.Morning Worship 10:40 a. m.

Evening Services 6 p. m.Wed. Prayer/Praise 7 p. m.

Bro. Daniel Harper - PastorBro. James Venable -

Associate Pastor to the Youth & children254-893-6593

First UnitedMethodist Church

On Main Street in DeLeon(616 S. Houston)

Sunday ServicesEarly Worship 8:45 a.m.Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:55a.m.YOUTH: Sunday 5PM

Wednesday 6PMChurch 254-893-6155 fumc@cctc.net

Rev. John Woodard

HopeLutheranChurch

ELCA300 E. Cedar, Comanche

Sunday School: 9:15 a. m.Worship Service: 10:15 a. m.

Pastor - Steve Hogan

325-356-5165

First ChristianChurch

101 N. HoustonDeLeon, Texas

Sunday Worship 10:30 a. m.Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Wed Bible Study 6:00 p.m.254-893-6333

Daniel Burlison - Pastor

Highland MissionaryBaptist Church

Burt Atkins, PastorSunday School 10 a. m.

Morning Worship 10:45 a. m.Lunch @ Noon

Afternoon Service 1 p. m.8 miles East of Victor

On Hwy. 2156

Parsonage 254-445-3826 Church 254-445-2090

CHURCH OF CHRIST316 E. Navarro, DeLeon

254-893-5842 Office 254-893-2162 Fax

Lord’s Day

Bible Class: 9:45 a. m.Worship: 10:45 a. m. & 6 p. m.

WednesdaysMid-Week Bible Class 7 p. m.

David Westbrook - Minister

Real People with Real ProblemsSeeking a Real Jesus

Services:Sunday Morning 10:30 a. m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday 6:30 p. m.KYOX 7:30 a. m. Sunday Morning

1900 FM 588 off FM 2247Comanche, Texas

Pastor-Bill Williams254-979-2338

Bible BaptistChurch

DISD Administration BuildingSouth Texas Street, DeLeon

Sunday ServicesSunday Worship - 10:30a.m.

For more informationcall 254-893-4124

Northside BaptistChurch

1125 N. Texas, DeLeonSUNDAY SERVICES

Sunday Singing 10:30-11a. m.Morning Worship 11 - 12Noon

Wed. Worship 6-7 p. m.Wednesday Youth 7-9p.m.

Saturday Bible Study 6-7p.m.Movie Night Every Saturday

7:30p.m.Bro. Heath Sylva - Pastor

254-893-3330

St. Joe Baptist Church2 miles North of DeLeon

on Hwy 2921

Sunday School 10 a. m.Sunday Worship 11 a. m. & 6:30 p. m.

Wednesday Children, Youth, Adults6:30 p. m.

Pastor - Bro. Ben Hokanson

Church Directory

Donations needed for VeteransRemembrance Wall

The DeLeon Veterans Remembrance Wall is looking to add60 additional names to the wall and is requesting $8,000 to add thenew names and perform maintenance.

Each letter carved into the stone on the Remembrance Wallcosts $1.25 to be etched.

If you would like to donate, a gofundme page has been set upor send a check to 151 CR 4984, Desdemona, Texas 76445.

For additional information, call DeLeon VeteransRemembrance Park Treasurer John Ulstrom at 254-734-5597.

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• Older commercial bldg, app 2400’ (CAD) corner lot, good for multi purpose usages.$19,500/ $15,000• NEW: 2-1 frame, appliances & furniture, new windows, exterior paint & roof, 4 window A/C,nice covered deck w/handicap ramp, shop, several trees. $29,500.• 2-1 frame, detatched double carport, metal roof, appx 975’ (CAD), lg shade trees, chainlink, close to town. $32,500• NEW LISTING: DeLeon - 301 E. Gonzales, 1930’s 3-1 brick, 1 1/2 story brick 1447 (CAD).New windows, steel exterior doors, finished hardwood floors, kitchen cabinets, a new roofand updated electrical, on a large 154’ x 174’ corner lot. $45,000.00• REDUCED! 3-1-1 brick, 1062’ (CAD) newer CH/A, corner lot, chain link. $44,950. $39,500• 2 or 3 br, 1 bath native stone home, 1178’ (CAD). Lots of updates, yet retains the 1920’svintage look, CH/A, fitted solar screens, well, storm cellar, more. $69,500.00.• 3-2-2 carport, brick, app 3339’ (CAD), CH/A, huge den, lg living room, very nice kitchen,stg bldg, lg corner lot with shade trees. $94,500.• Proctor Area - 7.6A, 2-1 frame built 1998, 1062sf, central heat/air, metal roof. Propertyadjoins Lake Proctor land, is good sandy loam. Private setting. $85,000.• 3-2-2 brick on 3 acres 1 mile from town on pavement. 1812 sf, central air (new unit), newwell pump and water softner, yard sprinkler, beautiful Live Oaks. $210,000. REDUCED TO$199,000.00• NEW: Beautiful 2 acres with 2-3-2 bric 2 story, 2200sf, CH/A, fireplace, island kitchen, spa-cious master suite, game room (or 3rd BR) yard sprinkler, BIG Oak trees! Private Locationin city $219,500.• 9 A, northeast of DeLeon 1 mile: Most all coastal, elec. available. $3,500/acre• NEW LISTING: 20A, coastal, well, storage container, barn w/pens, pretty homesite w/lgoaks, fenced. $95,000.00. 10A parcels also available $44,500.00 and $54,500.00• 29A m/l near Duster: Sandy crop land, 2 irrigation wells, (1 reported to be 200 gpm), pave-ment frontage. $3,250/acre• NEW LISTING: 45A, close to town, coastal, sandy loam, 2 wells (1 not working), 80%perimeter fenced, electricity. $3,450.00A, subdividing possible, to be sold by surveyedacreage.• 45A 1/2 mile east DeLeon on Hwy 6, some Coastal, 2 ponds, fenced, county water &elec. available, great commercial site. Will divide. REDUCED $200,000• 57A m/l west of DeLeon: Wooded and native pasture, sandy land. Deer, Hogs, otherwildlife. $3,250/acre• 83A m/l near DeLeon, Coastal, game, 2 ponds, old rock house, good homesites, lotsCR frontage, smaller tracts possible. $2,950 acre.• 86 A of West DeLeon: App. 40A crop land, 2 irrig wells (1 reported 200 gpm) Alsonative pasture and wooded. Deer & Hogs. $2,950 acre. SMALLER TRACTS AVAIL-ABLE.• NEW LISTING: 215 A. m/l, 7 wells, 4 ponds, some timber, coastal, old set of pens, NEof Town. $2,500 per acre, subdivision possible.

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and six defensive starters froma 10-3 area finalist, 5-0 in dis-trict. Top players are RB QuaidSteward (448 yards, 3 TDs;missed nine games last yeardue to an injury), WR/LBJaydon West (620 receiving, 86tackles), WR/LB Zac Gasper(430 receiving, 45 tackles), andLB Aris Shelton (106 tackles).

Hico Tigers - The Tigersreturn six offensive and sixdefensive starters from a 4-7bidistrict finalist, 4-1 in district.Top players are QB ParkerWood (tore his ACL in the sea-son opener last year), FB EthanWarren (1,016 yards, 12 TDs),and LB Stran McClain (134tackles).

DeLeon Bearcats - TheBearcats return eight offensive

and eight defensive startersfrom a 3-8 bi-district finalist, 2-3 in district. Top players areQB/S Kevin Yeager (2,403yards, 20 TDs passing, 103tackles, 2 INTs), ATH OrsonSylva (400 rushing, 100 tack-les, 5 INTs), and LB WillieGarza (70 tackles, 3 sacks).Other players to watch areTE/DE Cooper Dyson, LBMatthew Sones, OL/DL AaronRiggs, OL/DL Blake Bellomy,WR Calvin Martin, and LBBray Tovar. Other prospectsare WR/CB Daniel Sanchez,RB Chris Cox, OL/LB RayAmaya, WR/LB Jake Sanders,and OL Kyler Shafer. The mag-azine states that Yeager was thedistrict’s breakout star as afreshman and also tabs him as

the preseason offensive MVP.Valley Mills Eagles - The

Eagles return seven offensiveand eight defensive startersfrom a 5-5 team, 1-4 in district.Top players are QB/DE MasonSexton, and OL C. Swing (atwo-year starter) and OL/LBKevin Herrera (85 tackles).

San Saba Armadillos -The Armadillos return sixoffensive and six defensivestarters from a 2-8 team, 0-5 indistrict. Top players are RBChase Turner (236 yards rush-ing, is expected to move to QBthis season), OL/DL DanielAragon (92 tackles) andFB/LB Jose Guerrero (138yards rushing, 69 tackles).

Hamilton Bulldogs -Hamilton returns five offensive

and seven defensive startersfrom a 3-7 team, 1-5 in district.Top players are QB WestonNolen, LB Martin Najera (77tackles) and LB BrennenLeach.

Two-a-days begin nextweek.

Go Bearcats!Let’s Surprise ‘Em!

Abbe argued that an alley-way was a right-of-way for res-idents to access their backyards, and that abandoningalleyways “was not good in thelong run” for future residents ofthe neighborhood.

Abbe then made a motionto not abandon the alleywaynear Wheat Street. CouncilmanMichael Reyna added the sec-ond, and all approved themotion.

The council then dis-cussed proposed ordinance#004-16 that would allow theoperation of golf carts on citystreets, except for Hwy. 16,Hwy. 6, and Reynosa Street.

Apparently, the proposedordinance was drafted by thecity’s attorney.

However, questions wereimmediately raised as to itslegality.

Ed Dyson, who has over20 years of experience as apolice officer, was asked hisopinion of the proposed ordi-nance.

Dyson advised the councilto refer to the traffic code.

“Unless I’m missingsomething,” said Dyson, “Idon’t see how the council canpass that ordinance.”

Similar concerns werevoiced by councilwoman Abbeand City Works AdministratorRob Duncan.

Particular mention wasmade of state law that makesexceptions for the operation ofgolf carts on public highways.In those laws, certain excep-tions are granted in a masterplanned community that has inplace a uniform set of restric-tive covenants; and for which acounty or municipality hasapproved a plat. Exceptions arealso made for the operation ofgolf carts on public beaches

and public highways with lowspeed limits that are less thantwo miles away from a golfcourse. None of these excep-tions appear to apply toDeLeon.

However, Sec. 551.404 ofthe Transportation Code doesindicate that the governingbody of a municipality mayallow an operator to operate agolf cart on all or part of a pub-lic highway that is in the corpo-rate boundaries of the munici-pality; and has a posted speedlimit of not more than 35 milesper hour.

This would seem to meanthat the city could indeed passan ordinance to allow golf cartdriving under those circum-stances.

Unfortunately, the issue isfurther muddled because thesame subsection includes lan-guage that applies only to cer-tain counties, i.e., a county thatborders or contains a portion ofthe Red River, the GuadalupeRiver, and/or part of a barrierisland that borders the Gulf ofMexico - something that surelydoes not describe DeLeon.

However, it is not clearwhether “municipalities”described in that section haveto be part of one of these “cer-tain counties.” In fact, that lan-guage could be construed asnot applicable to the stated“municipalities” at all, judgingfrom a layman’s reading of thelaw.

Hence, the confusion.Regardless, any golf cart

operated on a public highwaymust have the following: head-lamps, taillamps, reflectors,parking brake, and mirrors.

With the legal confusion,Abbe motioned to table theproposed ordinance until thecouncil could receive somelegal clarification.

All approved tabling theordinance.

The council thenapproved calling a NovemberSpecial Election to fill the CityCouncil Place 5 seat left openby the untimely passing of CityCouncilman Lee Childers ear-lier this summer.

The council then dis-cussed the repair of the roofson city buildings. According toMayor Jim Adams, roofingcontractor Red Oak Roofingrepaired the City Hall roofMonday at their own cost.

Council members thenapproved advertising for theposition of water clerk. Theposition will bring the numberof City Hall office staff to threeonce Interim City SecretaryCarolyn Martin fulfills herduties as a temporary employ-ee of the City of DeLeon.

The council then dis-cussed repealing Ordinance#009-08, which would removethe position of CityAdministrator from the citygovernment of DeLeon.

Mayor Adams indicatedthat the City Administratorposition was created to helpformer mayors manage the citywhile they were employed inother jobs.

Adams, who is retired,indicated that he intended toperform those duties himself.

“We can save money,”said Adams, “and put it onstreets or wherever it is need-ed.”

Abbe argued that theduties of City Administratorwere a “bit much” for an elect-ed city official.

“There’s a lot of responsi-bility in that job,” said Abbe,who then recounted the jobdescription of the CityAdministrator, including super-vision and management of var-ious functions of the city.

“You just described whatthe city council is supposed tobe doing,” Adams said in reply.

“We are not here to man-age,” said Abbe. “We are hereto set guidelines and proce-dures.”

Abbe then motioned toretain Ordinance #009-08, andkeep the City Administratorposition as part of the DeLeoncity government.

Abbe and councilmanRon Johnson voted in favor ofretaining the position, whilecouncilman Jim Baugh andMayor Jim Adams votedagainst keeping the position.

Council member MichaelReyna abstained from the vote.

Abbe’s motion failed 2-2.The council then voted

unanimously to appoint MayorAdams to the vacant city seaton the DeLeon IndustrialDevelopment CorporationBoard of Directors.

Council members dis-cussed providing water, sewer,and garbage services to theFocus Center, a youth center to

be housed in the old Cisnerozpecan house.

Angela Sylva reportedthat tile had been installed inthe building, that the walls hadbeen painted, and that electricalwork was ongoing at the FocusCenter site.

Sylva said the FocusCenter would be a faith-basedcenter for families and kids, butdid not belong to one church oranother.

“It’s a good cause,” saidAbbe, “but I am cautious thatwe don’t become the DaddyWarbucks of good causes. Thatcould bankrupt our city.”

Adams indicated that anycity help would only cover theminimum cost of services.

Adams also indicated thatthe city already provided simi-lar services to the car museumin town.

Council member MichaelReyna expressed some disap-pointment that the FocusCenter didn’t accept these serv-ices wholeheartedly when thecity offered them over a yearago.

“Why is it good enoughnow, when it wasn’t goodenough then?” asked Reyna.

A motion was then madeand approved to reject theFocus Center’s request.

The council thenapproved a ComprehensiveMaster Plan for the develop-ment, operation, and mainte-nance of parks for the TexasParks and Wildlife Local ParksGrant.

In short, the approval ofthe Master Plan was the firststep in obtaining a Texas Parksand Wildlife Grant to buildnew baseball fields atDeLeon’s Community Park.

According to the WestCentral Texas Council ofGovernments, the Master Plandoes not specify the location ofthe baseball fields as long asthey are built on city-ownedpark land.

Although some concernwas expressed that the pro-posed new baseball fieldswould conflict with the parkinglot at the Tractor Pull arena, itwas determined Monday nightthat the fields could be built inanother location once the origi-nal documents are proposed.

In the winter of 1921, a fire broke out and destroyed the only nineteenthcentury census ever taken in DeLeon.

In the summer of 1923, a fire broke out destroying every DeLeon FreePress dating back to 1890.

In two devastating conflagrations, almost all record of DeLeon’s historybetween the founding of the town in 1881 and the summer of 1923 was wipedfrom the face of the earth... until now.

Today, we present you with Before the Fire: a History of DeLeon, 1881-1923, byDeLeon Free Press publisher Jon Awbrey, along with a history of the Desdemona oil boomauthored by the late DeLeon historian Phil Tate. Also included in the 400 page book is arecreated 19th century census of DeLeon, taken from tax rolls, cemetery headstones, andland records, along with 100 historic photos of DeLeon, many probably not seen sincethey were originally taken.

“We call those the dark ages. We don’t know what happened then.Heck, we don’t even know who lived here.”

- the late DeLeon historian Charles Chupp.

Over the past five years, we have combed through period newspapers through-out the state to find news items from DeLeon between 1881 and 1923. There are storiesabout vigilantes, gunfights, railroad booms, railroad strikes, oil wells, prohibition, com-mercial booms, commercial busts, buildings raised, and buildings destroyed. But, mostly,this is the history of everyday life in DeLeon during its earliest years. Don’t know whathappened or who lived here? Buy a copy of Before the Fire: a History of DeLeon, 1881-1923, and find out.

Pre-order your copy today.

$29.99

Special Pre-order PriceCall the Free Press at (254) 893-6868 to order by phone, or send acheck for $29.99 plus $2.48 sales tax to the DeLeon Free Press atP.O. Box 320, DeLeon, Texas 76444.

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City of DeLeonFrom page 1

DHS BearcatsFrom page 1

IndictmentsFrom page 1

• Richard Jenssen Goins,Comanche, Possession ofControlled Substance,Methamphetamine, SJF;

• Augustine Herrera,Comanche, Sex Offenders Dutyto Register w/Prev. Conviction,2nd Degree;

• Derek Allen Licea,Comanche, Sex Offender Dutyto Register, 2nd Degree;

• Terrance Dominic Lorta,Comanche, Accident InvolvingInjury, Hybrid Felony;

• Isaac Cecil Monk,Comanche, Possession ofControlled Substance,Methamphetamine, 2nd Degree;

• Isaac Cecil Monk,Comanche, Possession ofControlled Substance,Methamphetamine, SJF;

• David McNutt,Comanche, Possession ofControlled Substance,Methamphetamine, SJF;

• Juanita Joy CherokeRichardson, Comanche,Possession of ControlledSubstance, Methamphetamine,SJF;

• Juan De Dios Zarate,Comanche, Assault FamilyViolence, Impede Breath, 3rdDegree;

• Jackie Lee Byrd,Comanche, Possession ofControlled Substance,Methamphetamine, 3rd Degree;

• Jackie Lee Byrd,Comanche, Possession ofControlled Substance,Methamphetamine, SJF;

• Misty Dawn Pierce,Coleman, Possession ofControlled Substance,Methamphetamine, SJF;

• Douglas Michael Wilkins,Coleman, Possession ofControlled Substance,Methamphetamine, SJF;

• Scott William Smith,Dublin, Possession of ControlledSubstance, Methamphetamine,SJF;

• Mamie Jolynn Gomez,

Dublin, Possession of ControlledSubstance, Methamphetamine,SJF;

• John Mark Underwood,New Braunfels, Possession ofControlled Substance,Methamphetamine, SJF;

• Lyra Ann Klaus,Brownwood, Possession ofControlled Substance,Methamphetamine, SJF;

• Jeremy Seider, Priddy,Aggravated Assault w/deadly,2nd Degree - Unlawful Restraint,3rd Degree - Deadly ConductDischarge Firearm, 3rd Degree;

• Christi Morgan, Priddy,Aggravated Assault w/deadly,2nd Degree - Unlawful Restraint,3rd Degree - Deadly ConductDischarge Firearm, 3rd Degree;

• Ricky Gene Seider,Comanche, Aggravated Assaultw/deadly, 2nd Degree - UnlawfulRestraint, 3rd Degree - DeadlyConduct Discharge Firearm, 3rdDegree;

• Billy Joe Seider, Priddy,Aggravated Assault w/deadly,2nd Degree - Unlawful Restraint,3rd Degree - Deadly ConductDischarge Firearm, 3rd Degree;

• Cody Seider, Priddy,Aggravated Assault w/deadly,2nd Degree - Unlawful Restraint,3rd Degree - Deadly ConductDischarge Firearm, 3rd Degree;

• David Seider, Gustine,Aggravated Assault w/deadly,2nd Degree - Unlawful Restraint,3rd Degree - Deadly ConductDischarge Firearm, 3rd Degree;

• Virgil Seider, Hamilton,Aggravated Assault w/deadly,2nd Degree - Unlawful Restraint,3rd Degree - Deadly ConductDischarge Firearm, 3rd Degree;

• Roy Seider, Priddy,Aggravated Assault w/deadly,2nd Degree - Unlawful Restraint,3rd Degree - Deadly ConductDischarge Firearm, 3rd Degree

• Valerie Lynn Hodges,Canyon Lake, Fraud Use/Possession of IndentifyingInformation, SJF