De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1994 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 22 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Comanche Public Library
Comanche, TX 76442
Df Eton TREt
PRESS
1!
Serving De Leon For 104 Years
/
De Leon - Home of the Annual Peach and Melon Festival
I
VOLUME 104, NUMBER 37
THURSDAY, MARCH 10,1994
EIGHT PAGES
1
'I*
-"s'
I
4
ft
[ft
*
ot
»
BEARCATS WIN
Mark I.ewis. (’ailison placed second
Sones took control of the 165’s.
At 10:30 a.m. will be boys triple
J-
1
k
M
f
IV
4
# 1
•T
l ■J®*
I
I
Ashley Gonzales, first grade De
Leon student and daughter of Mike
Cionzales, was hit by a vehicle in
Dublin Saturday afternoon as she was
crossing the highway.
She is in the Intensive ('arc I Jnit at
the Stephenville hospital with a shat-
tered hip. Surgery will be required
later on her leg.
nual Bearcat ('lassie. De I ron scored
44 team points for the first place
finish, and Cisco and Dublin each
scored 35 points to tie for second.
Tonya Roberts, Rosendo Perez; middle row: Coach Mark Lewis, Buddy
Whitt, Jackson Jobe, Billy Millwec, Jeff Sones, Thomas Roberts; back row:
Erik Segura. Edward Meza Will Mayes, Brandon Holland. Brad Bunting,
Marshall Wofford, Dan Davis, and Billy McKinney.
Livingston’s terms expire.
No one has filed for the school
board, which has two vacancies as
the terms of Trcsa (iiIbcrt and J immy
ONE MORE FILES
FOR COUNCIL,
DEADLINE IS
MARCH 23
KATHRYN OTWELL
Academic All-District
QUENTIN SMITH
Academic All-District
BRYAN WALLER
Academic All-District
I
been named to the 8-AA Academic
All-District Basketball Team for
1993-94.
FIRST PLACE.„..Lance Har-
din, 13, won first place at the Re-
gional Basketball Free-Throw com-
petition, making 19 out of 25 bas-
kets, on Sunday, March 6, at Fort
Worth. He will advance to the state
competition on Saturday, March 12,
at St. Edward’s University in Aus-
■
Gonzales
Youngster Hurt In
Dublin Accident
SPRING BREAK IS
NEXT WEEK
Students and teachers in De Leon
l.S.D. will have Spring Break next
week. There are no classes set for
March 14-18.
School will be dismissed at regu-
lar lime on Friday.
1994 PEANUT QUOTA
NOTICES TO BE
MAILED
Initial notices of 1994 peanut
poundage quota for individual farms
arc scheduled to be mailed March 10
to farm operators.
Producers can expect a decrease
since the decrease factor is .902605
Final notices are scheduled to be
issued March 22 and will contain the
full undermarketings allocated to the
farm.
Peanut transfers by sale or lease
will be processed after the final no-
tices arc issued.
I111
Gayle E. Wilkerson's
Town Talk
Professional bass angler Jimmy
Houston's fishing show on television
Saturday was filmed at Lake Proctor.
Filming was done last spring.
I always enjoy his weekly show,
but especially last week's as it was so
close tomy own frontdoor. 1'11 admit
that his fish were of a better quality
than mine arc, but the excitement is
comparable for both of us.
(Corn'd to Page 4)
r
U i
competed in this class. Roberts’ lifts
earned him a 3rd place finish; they
were: 420 Squat. 240 Bench, and a
meet record475 Deadlift. Whitt used
a 400 Squat. 250 Bench, and a 400
Deadlift to finish 4th. McKinney
placed 7th with a 355 Squat. 195
Bench, and a 395 ITeadlift. Holland
improved his total with a 260 Squat,
160 Bench, and a 300 Deadlift.
Ruben Ramirez, Edward Meza,
and Billy Millwee combined for a 1.
2,3, finish in the 198’s. Ramirez had
his best meet ever with a 505 Squat
(meet record), 255 Bench, and a 385
Deadlift. Meza used a 415 Squat,
(Conf d to Page 2)
yr
W X 9
■ \
a la
Ambulance Number
Reminder
The 181 ’s involved the toughest
Bunting set two meet records while competition of the entire meet. Tho-
gaining the first place trophy. Anew mas Roberts, Buddy Whitt, Billy
meet Squat and Total were set by McKinney, and Brandon Holland
following schools will be participat-
ing: Del .eon, Dublin, Ranger, Gold- jump, highjump, and discus and girls
thwaite, San Saba, (ionnan. Bangs, long jump and shot put.
Early, Hico, Hamilton, ( oleman, (Conf d to Page 5) Dale Johnson expire.
Evant, and Crawford. _
Field events at 9 a m. are girls
triple jump, high jump, and discus •
and boys pole vault, long jump, and
shot put.
The city election on May 7 has
drawn the most candidates, to date,
as Warren Mitcham has filed for
Place 2. Incumbent Joseph Martines
seeks re-election at (hat place, also.
For Place 1. incumbent Truman
Childress has filed, and for the
mayor’s position. Bill Mayes is the
only candidate as of presstime on
Tuesday.
Expiring this year are the terms of
councilmen Childress and Martines
as well as that of Mayor Charles
('hupp.
'Die last day to file for a spot on
the school or city ballot is Wednes-
day, March 23. Those who wish to
serve on the hospital board have until
April 7 to file.
1 lospital filings for the two places
arc incumbent F. D. “Dink” Keith
and Wayne Hammit. Keith and Bill tin. The Knights of Columbus orga-
nization sponsored the competition,
lance is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Randy Hardin and is a 7th grader at
Pertins Middle School. Morgan
Carter was fourth in his age group.
f /I
!■■■
» ■
a
I
L4
•o
CHAMPION BEARCAT POWERLIFTING TEAM.......The De I-eon
Powerlifting Team won first place at the 2nd Annual Bearcat Classic in De
Iron February 26. In front row, left to right, are Juan Tovar, Ruben Ramirez,
Richard Gonzales, I ararnie Callison, Adriona Aiderman, Karric Hardin,
CONSERVATION FARMER OF THE YEAR-------1 jury Jim Womack and lurry Don Womack received
the award for Zxmc 3 ('onservation Farmer of the Year al last week’s Upper I .eon Soil and Water Conservation District
Awards Banquet, held at Comanche High School. Pictured, left to right are James Bruton - President of Fanners and
Merchants Bank, who presented the award; Larry Don Womack and his wife, Lori, and their son. Tyler; 1 aioice and
larry Jim Womack. Jim’s dad. James H. Womack, started the Womack Nursery in 1937 and became a cooperator
with the Soil and Water ('onservation District in 1945, just four years after the District was organized. Each year
the nursery mails catalogs to 11.000 customers, which results in orders for approximately 50.000 pecan and peach
trees, evergreens, ornamentals, and berry bushes to not only the United States but foreign countries as well
A
■
v if?
3
As a reminder, people needing the services of the De Icon Hospital
ambulance have the option of calling 911 or 893-2911. The 893-2911
number is located inside the hospital. The 911 number is dispatched out
ofComanche, The De I .eon Hospital ambulance will respond to either
When calling the ambulance, it is very important to give your name,
directions, and call back number if possible
-
400
Per Copy
WILL GRIMSHAW
Academic All-District
Four De Leon
Basketball
Players
Academic All-District
Students who play basketball in Waller and sophomores Kathryn Ot-
District8-AAandareon the A Honor well. Will Grimshaw, and Quentin
Roll in their respective schools have Smith.
Albany had seven on the team.
Ranger - six, Goldthwaitc - five. De
Leon - four, Dublin - five, and Cisco
From De Leon are senior Bryan and San Saba - two each.
—.-------
Used Oil Recycling Program
Begins In De Leon
February 28 marked the kick off Council of Governments in coordi-
of a Do-It-Yourself Used Oil Recy- nation with local officials and fi-
cling Program in De Leon. nancedby the Texas Natural Resource
Hie used oil recycling program. Conservation Commission, will be
initiated by the West Central Texas (Cant’d to Page 2)
Local Southern Baptist Churches
Minister In Mexico
In 1992 Comanche Baptist Asso- with the Coahuila Baptist Associa-
ciation voted to create a partnership tion in Mexico. Ibis partnership. ’•
which was created to help strengthen
churches and minister to their needs, |
began withatriptoPiedrasNegrasto I
(Cont’d to Page 2)
Lady Bearcat-Bearcat Relays
Here Saturday
After two years of no track meets.
De Leon will host teams from a num-
ber of schools Saturday for the 1994
I ady Bearcat-Bearcat Relays.
Field events start at 9:00 a.m.
Running prelims get underway at
12:30 p.m. and the finals will begin at
3:00 p.m.
Boys and girls teams from the
■
POWERLIFTING MEET
The Bearcat powerlifting team Perez, and Will Mayes lifted well. Brad; his lifts were: 415 Squat, 245
performed well in front of a home Perez captured the first place trophy Bench, and 440 Deadlift = 1100 lb.
crowd on February 26 and won the with a 345 Squat (new meet record), total. Davis had to pull a meet record
championship trophy al the 2nd An- 225 Bench (new meet record) and a 470 Deadlift to finish a close third;
400 Deadlift. Tovar placed fourth Davis’ lifts were: 380 Squat, 195
with a 325 Squat, 205 Bench, and a Bench. 470 Deadlift (meet record).
400 Deadlift. Mayes was a respect- Wofford was perfect on the day, go-
able 8lh with a 270 Squat. 195 Bench, ing 9 for 9 and placing 4th. His lifts
Laramie Callison and Richard and a 345 Deadlift. Erik Segura also were: 390 Squat. 195 Bench. 440
Gonzales contributed some good to- competed and placed 13th with a 225 Deadlift. Jobe finished 5th with a
lais in the 132 lb. Class, says Coach Squat, 150 Bench, and 300 Deadlift. 310 Squat, 195 Bench, 400 Deadlift;
Mark Lewis. Callison placed second Brad Bunting. Dan Davis, Mar- Sones improved his lifting with a 250
with a 300 Squat. 190 Bench, and 275 shall Wofford, JacksonJobe.andJeff Squat, l95Bench,anda280Deadlift.
Deadlift. (lonzales finished third with
a 285 Squat. 140 Bench, and a 310
Deadlift.
In the 148’s, Juan Tovar, Rosendo
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Wilkerson, Gayle E. De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1994, newspaper, March 10, 1994; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1243894/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.