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August 13, 2008
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'Tis The Season
County cotton crop harvest shifts into high gear
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
Fluffy white ribbons are lining the streets of Wharton County, a sure sign the cotton harvest is in full swing. "It's coming along," Shannon Moses of Moses Gin in Wharton said. "The dryland cotton, it's coming in. We've been ginning it since Monday a week ago. More...
Stores ready for tax free shoppers
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com

El Campo stores are preparing for a rush of shoppers with the annual state sales tax holiday and hoping high gas prices will help keep retail dollars at home. Businesses won't be charging state and local sales taxes Friday, Aug. 15 through Sunday, Aug. 17 on most general clothing items. More...

Savings not enough to churn all parents into buying frenzy
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com

Concern over sales tax holiday crowds may actually help clear the way for serious back to school shoppers this weekend. "We'll be out pounding (the streets)," said Brent Schulz, father of a first grader and a preschooler. More...

 Inside Stories
•City back to drawing board on renovations
El Campo city leaders are hoping more work will mean fewer dollars as they start preparations for building renovations Plan B. In addition to the Civic Center redo, Council wants to replace the animal control building (a move more or less dictated by the state health department) and expand the po... More...
•DAV Officers
•Annexation project bond sale complete
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 Law & Order
•Unfortunate Encounter
El Campo emergency responders were dispatched to the scene of this one vehicle crash on U.S. 59 northbound just before FM 960 around 11:50 p.m. Monday . A 26-year-old Houston man was transported to El Campo Memorial Hospital with non lifethreatening injuries. The Texas Department of Public Safety... More...
•Police Blotter
•IMUD Neighborhood Watch meeting tonight
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 Viewpoint
•Despite best efforts, wildflower seeds didn't sprout
ASK THE MAYOR
Last week I received an e-mail inquiring into the progress and future plans for our on-going Gateway Beautifi cation Project. While a year has almost passed, some may remember our mission to plant wildflowers along our gateways in hopes of attracting and enticing the curiosity of the thousands of... More...
•Cartoons
•LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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 Sports
•Ricebirds start football work-outs with no big surprises
Unusually mild morning temperatures, a new synthetic turf at Ricebird Stadium and a good turnout of about 145 football players in grades 9-12 have all contributed to good attitudes and workouts during the first two days of practice. More...
•Louise gets volleyball under way
•Louise Varsity Volleyball Schedule
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 Lifestyle
•Rooted in History: Unearthing Your Family Tree
H ave you ever wondered if you were related to someone famous? Did you grow up hearing stories about a distant relative and won der if they were true? Or are you curi - ous about what part of the world your family really came from? More...
•Jaime Robinson & Brian Kutach exchange vows
•Mt. Olive's New Pastor
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 Entertainment
•Mofo Party Band closes out area concert series
The Mofo Party Band returns to the Lone Star State's "Hub of the Gulf Coast" from the West Coast on Aug. 15 to perform their "blue grooves" show. Sponsored by their biggest fan and Rosenberg's historic downtown entrepreneur, Bill Butler, the Mofo's are considered one of the best blues bands on th... More...
•MUSIC CALENDAR
•AT THE MOVIES
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 Bulletin Board
•BULLETIN BOARD
DON'T MISS: Lifesavers Host 'Big Basket' Silent Auction Lifesavers Relay for Life Team from El Campo Memorial Hospital and Mid Coast Medical Clinic hold a Big Basket Silent Auction in the lobby of Mid Coast Medical Clinic Aug. 11-14, closing at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 14. More...
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 Obituaries
•Bobbie Davenport
Bobbie Davenport, 54, of El Campo, died Monday, August 11, 2008. She was born in Akron, Ohio on April 3, 1954 to Perry Bishop and Lorraine Owens Garrett. Bobbie was chief nursing officer at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Wharton. More...
•John Duval
•Norman Englund
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