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Granbury News for 08-Nov-2006

'Beeson takes Thomas in commissioner race (Cleburne Times-Review)Voters in Precinct 4 chose Republican Don Beeson over Democrat Janet Thomas for their Johnson County commissioner. Beeson garnered 62.8 percent of the 6,028 votes cast, with Thomas receiving 37.2 percent.

'Peaster wins, Brock loses in area playoffs (The Weatherford Democrat)PEASTER ? A run through the Texas state volleyball playoffs is not a venture into the "Thunderdome", but one might think that as three teams, Peaster, Brock and Paradise all entered the playoffs from District 6-2A, but after two rounds of the playoffs, only one remains as the Peaster Lady Greyhounds represents the final team from District 6-2A to remain in the postseason after two rounds.

'Veteran returns to shores of South Pacific isles (The Weatherford Democrat)Wayne Eldon Pyle was barely 18 when he first set sail for the South Pacific. Driven by his patriotism, the young sailor enlisted in the Navy in 1943, and before long he was on his way to the war-torn shores of Saipan.

'Hospital president resigns (Cleburne Times-Review)The president of Harris Methodist Walls Regional Hospital in Cleburne announced Tuesday he will resign at the end of the year.

'Alcohol option passes by 10 percent (Cleburne Times-Review)Burleson voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure on the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption, reversing a 2004 vote on the same issue. Final voting results were listed as 3,165 for and 2,589 against in Tuesday?s election.

'Orr wins a second term (Cleburne Times-Review)State Rep. Rob Orr, R-Burleson, defeated Democratic opponent Greg Kauffman of Crowley and earned a second term representing voters of District 58, which encompasses Johnson and Bosque counties. With 49 of the 52 precincts in District 58 reporting, Orr had 22,149 votes to Kauffman?s 11,608.

'Democrat wins DeLay's seat (Dallas Morning News)TEXASDemocrat Nick Lampson defeated Republican write-in candidate Shelley Sekula-Gibbs on Tuesday in the state's most closely watched congressional race, the fight to succeed former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

'Clerk, Precinct 1 JP to stay in office (Cleburne Times-Review)Republican incumbents Curtis Douglas and Pat Jacobs won re-election Tuesday in their respective offices for another four years. Republican Ronny McBroom will step into a new office as Precinct 3 justice of the peace Jan. 1.

'Edwards Trounces Republican Challenger (KWTX-TV Waco)(November 7, 2006)--Democratic Congressman Chet Edwards of Waco trounced a Republican challenger Tuesday to keep the district that includes President Bush's Crawford ranch as he defeated Iraq war veteran Van Taylor by about a 20 percent margin.

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