City plans to formalize deal with Chamber
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com
      Although the El Campo Chamber of Commerce has been housed in a city-owned building for decades, no formal lease has ever existed. Monday, City Council plans to change that.
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Roofing, custodians on Monday's LISD agenda
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
      Louise school trustees will talk about roofing and janitorial services when they hold their regular meeting Monday night. The board last month held off revising the roofing contract for its new fitness center, a project already approved with Jaco Construction, because trustees decided they'd rath...
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ECHS grad wins big in lottery
      Bonnie Buzek of Houston wound up with the best-ever "white elephant" gift, the top prize in the Texas Lottery scratch-off, $500,000 Top Prize, after being the third and last person to hold onto the ticket during her family's Christmas Eve gift-exchange game. The top prize is $50,000 per year for 1...
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Help Wanted Saturday
      Lack of district funding hasn't stopped the Louise community from building a new softball field for its girls team, like this volunteer who was moving dirt at the site recently. LISD Superintendent Andy Peters said work and donations have taken off at an amazing pace since the school board agreed ...
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Voters seek new ESD district
      East Bernard voters have filed a petition asking Wharton County Commissioners to put the issue of a second Emergency Services District up to a vote. A petition requesting an election for May 3 to establish Wharton County Emergency District No.
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Love of flying powered parachutes leads man to new career
By BARRY HALVORSON news@leader-news.com
      There are several ways to describe the sensation - like being thrown back to the grade school playground and the first time you hit the swings. There's the pendulum motion and the feeling of soaring in the sky with gravity trying to reassert control.
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