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July 19, 2008
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Collateral Damage
Police chase ends with crash, arrest
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
A brief police chase Wednesday ended in a crash and an arrest on drug and other charges. El Campo Police Officer Mark Biskup was patrolling U.S. 59 near Blue Creek Road around 4:15 p.m. July 16 when he tried to stop a 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix which was not staying in its lane while headed northbou... More...
EC woman recovering from shooting
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com

An El Campo woman is recovering after being shot in the face early Tuesday morning by her husband before he took his own life. Alissa Renee Pavon Bubela, 25, of 1206 Business is now listed in fair condition at Houston's Memorial Hermann Hospital. She was flown there shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday w... More...

Museum gets chance to plead case for crates to City Council
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com

To crate or not to crate will be the question Tuesday when the El Campo City Council hears the local museum's concerns over packing plans. In preparation for Civic Center renovations, the El Campo Museum of Natural History has shut its doors and is in the process of packing its exhibits. More...

 Inside Stories
•CDC considers staying at Northside
The City Development Corp. of El Campo will likely sign a new lease Monday with its landlord, the Northside Education Center. During the board's May meeting, directors decided to renew their office sharing agreement with the Northside Education Center, and were awaiting approval from the NEC boar... More...
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•Election call on agenda for Louise trustees
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 Law & Order
•Rains weren't enough to end burn ban
Despite recent rains across the region, the burn ban will continue in Wharton County at least until next week. According to the Texas Forestry Service numbers, used to determine if a burn ban is necessary, the county has an average Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KDBI) number of 547. The county autom... More...
•COURT REPORTS
•Police Blotter
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 Viewpoint
•Chihuahua's big chance at stardom a howling success
In El Campo's version of the popular game show "Jeopardy," the answers are as follows: On this date throughout the years: 1) ___, 1955, Maurice Mikeska, one of the soon-to-be-famous "Barbecue Brothers," moved to El Campo and started cooking; 2) ___, 2003, the Mikeska clan threw a huge first birth... More...
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•ONLINE POLL
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 Sports
•How It's Done
'Birds finish 7-on-7 competition, enjoy new field
Football season moved a step closer to kick-off with Thursday's completion of 7-on-7 games. El Campo played in 7-on-7 games early in the summer last year. But this year, Ricebird Stadium was being renovated and fitted with a new artificial turf field, so the competition was delayed. More...
•Bow hunts open to youth
•SALTWATER FISHING REPORT
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 Lifestyle
•ECMS squad perfects talent at cheer camp
Members of the 2008-09 El Campo Middle School cheerleading squad attended a private UCA cheer camp held in the middle school's competition gym July 7-9. The camp was instructed by two UCA cheerleaders, Chelsea Hunter of Waco and Michelle Grose of Frisco and overseen by ECMS cheerleading sponsor Sa... More...
•Aida play continues through Sunday
•Local Pilot Club member attends international convention
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 Bulletin Board
•BULLETIN BOARD
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DON'T MISS: Louise HS Reunion, 1986-1990 Louise High School class reunion is today at Greek Bros. in El Campo. Classes of 1986-1990 are invited. SUNDAY, JULY 20 EC/Hillje SPJST Monthly Meeting El Campo Hillje SPJST Lodge 40 holds its monthly meeting in Hillje at the Lodge Hall Sunday, July 20... More...
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 Farming & Outdoors
•Texas Deer Association hosts 10th annual convention
Celebrating 10 successful years of representing the Texas deer industry, the Texas Deer Association announces its 10th Annual Texas Deer Association's Convention & Trade Show will be held on Aug. 21-23 at the Westin La Cantera Resort & Hotel in San Antonio. More...
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 Obituaries
•Charles Lamkin
Charles W. Lamkin, 87, of El Campo, died Monday, July 14, 2008. He was born Sept. 27, 1920 to Charles William and Paulina Blumrick Lamkin in Taiton. Survivors include his daughters, Donna Neefe of Fort Worth and Helen Neugebauer of Elkhart; son, Charles W. More...
•Pete Quintero
•C. Ross Smidt
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