Louise winners light up the holiday skies
      The Louise community is sparkling this holiday season as Christmas lights shine in yards throughout the small township. Those especially bright are the three homes winning the annual Louise -Hillje Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lighting contest.
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Lions Club feeds 20 families
Donated food baskets annual effort to help area
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com
      A pride of Lions in a feeding frenzy added to El Campo's holiday festivities last week. As a result, 20 families will be eating well for weeks to come. The El Campo Lions Club's annual Christmas food basket distribution took place Tu e sd a y, Dec.
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Louise DARE students graduate anti-drug course
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
      Louise Elementary fifth graders sang, marched and gave speeches reaffirming their commitment to the DARE antidrug program during a DARE graduation ceremony last week. Wearing matching white DARE T-shirts, the 35 graduates of the program promenaded into the LISD cafeteria, singing a DARE song.
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Count On It
      Louise Elementary fifth graders perform the anti-drug song "1-2-3-F-R-E-E" during their DARE graduation program last week at the school cafeteria.
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ECISD agrees to accept new practice gym
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
      During Tuesday's meeting, El Campo ISD trustees agreed to make the final payment on its new high school practice gym, a figure that includes reductions for delays. Superintendent Mark Pool said the district settled on $26,000 in "liquidated damages" on the project, money deducted from payment for...
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Schools change language offerings
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
      The German program at El Campo High School will come to an end after ECISD trustees agreed unanimously to allow the curriculum change, one of three approved Tuesday night.
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Growing Her College Fund
      Northside Elementary fourth grader Bailey Popp received a number of awards recently in honor of her state champ cabbage, both presented by Donald Hall, shown here, of Bonnie Plants. That company sponsored the nationwide contest that netted Bailey a $1,000 savings bond.
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Louise ISD upgrading student tracking software
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
      Louise school trustees bit the bullet and agreed to buy new student management software since their current version is being put out to pasture. During the Dec. 17 meeting, trustees agreed to spend $54,739 for Skyward software, which manages all student information a school district has to track.
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