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May 10, 2008
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Grand Champion again
Novahitza ties brother with win, sending two projects to final sale
By BURLON PARSONS lifestyle@leader-news.com
With a slap on his rump, steer judge Edward Schneider named "Red" shown by Natalie Nohavitza of El Campo's 4- H Saddle Club the Grand Champion Steer at the Wharton County Youth Fair Tuesday night. Tapped for the Reserve Grand Champion spot was the steer shown by Ryan Vogler of Boling FFA. More...
Incumbents fare well in Saturday's elections
by Brenda Sommer

Saturday was a good day for El Campo incumbents: All of them in the school board, city council and Isaacson Municipal Utility District elections will return to their positions. More...

Today last chance to vote on city, ECISD contested races
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com

Final balloting in El Campo city and school board races got under way at 7 a.m. today with recent hotly contested issues on both boards driving voter turnout to top recent showings. More...

 Inside Stories
•County hopes railroad will help to keep culverts clear
Having received a verbal promise to keep drainage culverts clean, the Wharton County Commissioners hope to get that commitment down on paper during Monday's regular meeting. The agenda item, if approved, would authorize County Judge John Murrile to sign a maintenance agreement between the county ... More...
•Vamos A Bailar!
•Church building won't have road running through it
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 Law & Order
•Man turns tables on alleged burglar
A 20-year-old Angleton man is in jail after being nabbed in the youth fair parking lot by the man whose property he allegedly was trying to steal . According to Wharton County Sheriff's Lt. Danny Marek, a Boling man had parked two pickup trucks and a combination livestock/living trailer in the pa... More...
•Police Blotter
•Movie role teaches deputy surprise lesson
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 Viewpoint
•Fishing with some folks far from 'super'-duper fun
School superintendents work in a fishbowl, constantly swimming in the spotlight of public scrutiny. Budget deficits, low test scores, teacher shortages - all are problems which land "ker-plop" on the super's desk. The good ones somehow learn to function effectively, even flourish swimmingly, in... More...
•ONLINE POLL
•LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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 Sports
•Ricebird and Lady 'Bird MVPs
El Campo High School honored its athletes Monday during the All-Sports Banquet. Among several awards were the most valuable players in each sport. The MVPs selected by their teammates and, in some instances, coaches. More...
•EC Little League gets funding help
•Appling becomes two-sport Javelina
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 Lifestyle
•Trusting Divine Providence
Nun from El Campo shares thoughts on Our Lady of the Lake fire
Four Catholic nuns who at one time lived in El Campo also have ties to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic University in San Antonio, where a fouralarm fire did serious damage to the university's Main Building Tuesday. The blaze is thought to have started in the attic and been electrical in nature. More...
•May Festival being held at Czech Center
•Tree dedicated at Myatt Elem. to the memory of Gloria Vela
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 Bulletin Board
•BULLETIN BOARD
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DON'T MISS: Family Council Meeting The Family Council meets Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m. at First Christian Church on West West Street in El Campo. The Family Council is an independent selfgoverned group composed of family and friends of nursing home residents coming together to discuss ways and ... More...
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 Farming & Outdoors
•WCYF honors top ag men in county
Pierce-born Ronnie Wittig, co-owner of Coastal Warehouse in Wharton, was named Ag Man of the Year Thursday night during the annual Agricultural Appreciation Banquet. First to be introduced to the hundreds attending the Wharton County Youth Fair banquet was Jodie Socha, to whom this year's fair wa... More...
•WCYF RESULTS
•Bucket Calves Ready To Show
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 Obituaries
•Frances Jurek
Frances Polensky Jurek, 86, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at Bay Villa Nursing home where she had resided for the last three years. She was born Jan. 8, 1922 to Anton and Mary Luchak Polensky. Frances was a sweet and gentle woman. More...
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