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WAELDER — Three Gonzales County officials are in a dispute over the potential location of new offices for the Precinct 2 Constable and Justice of the Peace.

Gonzales County Commission-

ers Court on Monday tabled a mo-tion to purchase a two-acre tract from the City of Waelder pending a survey in the property.

Constable Raleigh Measom and JP Jesse Almaraz have proposed buying that two-acre property, part of a five-acre parcel owned by the City of Waelder on Highway 90 just

southeast of town, as a location for a new office building for the con-stable’s office and JP court.

But Precinct 2 Commissioner Donnie Brzozowski says it would be more financially prudent for the county to demolish the exist-ing Precinct 2 maintenance barn in downtown Waelder and reno-

vate that property instead. Mea-som and Almaraz maintain that Brzozowski’s suggestion is equally financially unfeasable, because the property may require an extensive environmental cleanup.

Both sides of the debate say the other is being unreasonable and

FLATONIA — Citizens of Fayette County are one step closer to having pas-senger train service re-stored to the area following the announcement by Am-trak and a group of Flatonia citizens to push forward with the establishment of a stop in the historic city.

A delegation of Amtrak officials met with members of Flatonia Rail Park Sta-tion, Incorporated (FRPS) Aug. 21 to conclude a Mem-orandum of Understand-ing, which reflects the com-pany’s intent to establish a station stop in Flatonia.

“This has been a long time coming,” stated Mark Eversole, FRPS president.

“We’ve been working with Amtrak for three years in an attempt to demonstrate to them that Flatonia would be a perfect stop on the company’s Sunset Limited Route, which runs from Los Angeles to New Orleans.”

After conducting rid-ership studies, Amtrak agreed. With Flatonia locat-ed nearly halfway between San Antonio and Houston, and with no other stations located on that stretch of rail, Amtrak’s studies re-flected a ridership level that would warrant a station stop.

“Flatonia’s history is built on the railroads,” Eversole said. “And, we are thrilled to bring a little bit of that history back to Flatonia and

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A Gonzales man will spend the better part of the remainder of this century behind bars after he was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2nd 25th District Court Tuesday afternoon.

Milton Tyrone Mitchell, 36 of Gonzales, was found guilty of

killing Dyron James Green last December. He was sentenced to serve 80 years in prison and was fined $10,000.

“We were pleased with the ver-dict,” said district attorney Heath-er McMinn. “I think the evidence was pretty clear and I think the jury did a very good job of send-ing a message to the people of

Gonzales County that this type of violence will not be tolerated in this community.”

Mitchell was charged in the Dec. 12 shooting death of Green at their mutual place of work.

The Gonzales County Sheriff ’s Office responded to a call advis-ing of a shooting at approximate-ly 9:06 a.m. that morning. When

they arrived on the scene at 1243 FM 1116, they found Green with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest.

Green, 34, was immediately transported to Gonzales Memo-rial Hospital, where he was pro-nounced as deceased. Gonzales County Sheriff Glen Sachtleben said Mitchell was identified as the

shooter and taken into custody without incident in less than 30 minutes after the crime occurred.

The jury, which consisted of nine men and three women, spent almost an hour deliberat-ing over Mitchell’s punishment after taking less than 20 minutes to find him guilty as charged.

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The historic Lynn Theatre in Gonzales is on the mar-ket again.

Cal Collins, who had at one point lost his lease with the city, re-gained it, renovated the theater and re-opened it last March, has terminated his lease with the Gonzales Economic De-velopment Corp.

“He just decided that he’s not going to run the theater any more,” said Na-than Neuse, president of the GEDC Board of Directors. “He’s paid up through the end of the month. The the-ater is for sale or lease.”

News of the transition came in an e-mail from Gary Swanson, the orga-nizer of the monthly Gon-zales Country Music Show.

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August 30, 1860On this day in 1862, Hood’s Texas Brigade played a distin-

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Here is the Gonzales Police Department Report for the period of Aug. 20:

Aug. 20Reported Criminal Mischief At 600 Blk St. Paul St.Quinn Ramon Ervin, 32 Of Gonzales, Arrested

And Charged With Assault At 900 Blk Williams St.Reported Assault By Threat At 200 Blk College St.Aug. 22Reported Theft At 200 Blk Mcclure St.Aug. 23Raymond Ray Alvarez, 39 Of New Braunfels, Ar-

rested And Charged With Public Intoxication At 100 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

Reported Burglary Habitation At 500 Blk Jobe St.Aug. 24Reported Theft Of Firearms At 200 Blk Contour

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Reported Aggravated Sexual Assault Of Child At 1100 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

Aug. 25Andrew Joseph Rychcik, 25 Of Washington, Pa

Arrested And Charged With Public Intoxication At 400 Blk St. Lawrence St.

Reported Burglary Of A Building At 600 Blk St. James St.

Reported Criminal Mischief At 200 Blk Botts St.Rodolfo Lopez-Ortiz, 31 Of Gonzales, Arrested

And Charged With Driving While Intoxicated At Spur 131 And 97.

Aug. 26Lucio Orozco, 17 Of Gonzales, Arrested And

Charged With No Drivers License At 1000 Blk Qualls.Reported Hit And Run At 1100 Blk St. Paul St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Report for Aug. 19-25:

08/19/12Jantes, Juan Jose, Jr., 10/1982, Smiley. Local War-

rant – Fail to Maintain Financial Responsibility. Re-quires $335.00 Fine. Released Time Served and Paid Fine.

08/20/12Mercado, Javier Noguez, 12/1985, Gonzales. No

Drivers License Issued. Released on Order to Ap-pear. Immigration Detainer. Transferred to ICE.

Garcia, Jose Manuel, 08/1965, Gonzales. Local Warrant – Aggravated Assault Date/Family/House-hold with weapon. Released on $10,000 Bond.

Munoz, Mario, 05/1985, Bastrop. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$1,500 <$20K. Released on $15,000 bond.

08/21/12Riebschlaeger, Tracy Rouse, 01/1968, Aransas.

Commitment/Sentence – Forgery Financial Instru-ment. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

08/22/12Strait, Donald Ray, 09/1988, Houston. Local

Warrant – Possession of Marijuana <2 oz. Requires $2,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

08/24/12Robinson, Leslie Michelle, 04/1968, Gonzales.

Commitment/Sentence – Theft of Property >$50 <$500. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Richter, Michael Anthony, 09/1959, Palacios. Commitment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated 2nd. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Garner, Henry Adam, III, 11/1990, Cost. Commit-ment/Sentence – Theft of Property >$20 <$500 by Check. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Covarrubias, Ruben, Jr., 09/1992, Bryan. Brazos County Warrant – Criminal Trespass. Released on $4,000 Bond.

Macias, Katherine Lauren, 04/1987, Gonzales. Commitment/Sentence – Possession of Marijuana >4 oz <5 lbs. Remains in Custody.

Ginther, Fergus Mahoney, 04/1959, Orange, CA. Commitment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated 2nd. Released – Time Served.

Total Arrest, Court Commitments, other agency arrest and processing’s:

GCSO 12DPS 02GPD 08WPD 00NPD 04Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 26

Yoakum Police Department Weekly Incident Re-port for Aug. 20-26:

08/20/12Case #12-093, Warrant Arrest, Gonzales, Aaron,

17, Yoakum, 303 E. Hochheim; Offense, W#L2012-15160-Burglary- Residence; Disposition, Trans/LCSO.

Case #12-253, Warrant Arrest, Gonzales, Aaron, 17, Yoakum, 202 E. Hochheim; Offense, W#L2012-15130-Burglary-Vehicle; Disposition, Trans/LCSO.

Case #12-348, Burglary-Residence, 300 E. Grand; Disposition, Investigation.

Case #174941, Warrant Arrest, Juvenile Male, 16, Yoakum, 107 Antioch; Offense, W#2012-1177-Viola-tion of Probation; Disposition, Trans/Vict. Juv. Det.

08/21/12Case #12-347, Warrant Arrest, Garza, Leon, 26,

Yoakum, 900 Irvine; Offense, W#FE12-097-Poss. Firearm by Felon; Disposition, Trans/DCSO.

Case #12-349, Fraud, 202 Ramney; Disposition, Investigation.

Case #17493, Warrant Arrest, Garza, Leon, 26, Yo-akum, 900 Irvine; Offense, W#08212012-07122572-Parole Violation; Disposition, Trans/DCSO.

08/25/12Case #12-352, Burglary-Building, 407 S. South;

Disposition, Investigation.Case #12-354, Criminal Mischief-B, 202 Dunn;

Disposition, Investigation.Case #12-355, Burglary-Vehicle, 602 W. May; Dis-

position, Investigation.Case #12-356, Criminal Trespass, 202 Dunn; Dis-

position, Investigation.

DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office Report from Aug 16-23

Aug. 16Arrested Michael T. Jenkins, 23,

of Basile, La, Driving While Intoxi-cated, Bond of $2,000, DPS

Arrested Helen Davis, 54, of Cu-ero, Violation of Probation/Theft Prop $50-$500 (Victoria), Bond of $500 PR, DCSO

Aug. 17Arrested Michael Brandon Si-

erra, 28, of Meyersville, Public In-toxication, Fine of $355, DCSO

Arrested Paul Joseph Pechacek, 24, of Yoakum, Burglary of Build-ing, Bond of $5,000, Poss. of Marij < 2oz, Bond of $800, Poss. of Drug Para, Fine of $314, DCSO

Arrested Michael Andrew Slay-don, 20, of Yoakum, Assault Fam / House Mem Impede Breath / Cir-culation, Bond of $10,000, DCSO

Aug. 18Arrested Nicholas Louis Prieto,

27, of Valencia, CA, Public Intoxi-cation, Fine of $314, DPS

Arrested Brandon Wade Cole-man, 30, of Cuero, Assault Family / Household Member w/Prev Con-viction, Bond of $5,000, CPD

Arrested Patrick Duane Mantle, 22, of Farmington, NM, Public In-toxication, Fine of $314, DPS

Arrested Zane Lee Williams, 25, of Bronson, Driving While In-toxicated 2nd, Bond of $1,200, Driving While Lic Invalid, Bond of $1,000, DPS

Aug. 19Arrested Ronald Coleman, 30,

of Cuero, Criminal Non-Support, Cash Bond of $4,076.00, Cuero PD

Arrested Brian Villarreal, 23, of Yorktown, Public Intoxication, Fine $414 (30 days to pay), York-town PD

Arrested Dionisio Gamez, 33, of Victoria, Speeding 1/10 Miles Over Limit, Fine of $152, DPS

Arrested David Pernell Curtis, 45, of Yoakum, Violation of Proba-tion/ Evading Arrest/Detention with Priors, No Bond, DCSO

Aug. 20Arrested Fernando Garza, 29,

of Mission, Driving While License Invalid, Bond of, DPS

Aug. 21Arrested Shakel Lee Mayfield,

20, of Cuero, Minor in Possession of Alcohol, Fine of $414, CPD

Arrested Ronell Green, 18, of Cuero, Minor in Possession of Al-cohol, Fine of $414, CPD

Arrested Kimberly Ann Waddle, 43, of Victoria, Public Intoxication, Fine of $364, CPD

Arrested Brenda Kenworthy, 49, of Victoria, Public Intoxication, Fine of $364, DSO

Arrested Curtis Edward Vaughn, 32, of Cuero, Driving while License Invalid with previ-ous convictions, Bond of $1,000, Parole Violation, No Bond, DPS and DSO

Arrested Kristine McCleskey, 32, of Cuero, Theft by Check (Park-er Co), Bond of $750, CPD

Arrested Adele Rios, 33 of Run-ge, Capias Pro Fine / Disregard No Passing Zone, Fine of $185, DCSO

Arrestred Juan Garza, 33 of Runge, Speeding 11-15 above limit, Fine of $216, Driving While License Invalid, Fine of $217, Fail to Appear / Speed, Fine of $323, DCSO

Aug. 22Arrested Leon Rosales Garza,

26, of Yoakum, Unl Poss. Firearm by Felon, Bond of $, Parole Viola-tion, No Bond, Yoakum PD

Arrested Alfred Eugene McKin-ney, 24, of Pt. Lavaca, CPF / DWLI, Fine of $486.20, CPF/Failure to Ap-pear, Fine $609.70, CPF / Failure to Appear, fine $607.10, CPF / DWLI, Fine $486.20, CPF / Opera w / Lic Plt another Veh, Fine $352.30, CPF / DWLI, Fine $486.20, CPD

A two-vehicle accident claimed the life of an 18-year old early Saturday morning in Gonzales County.

Authorities said that at approximately 6:15 a.m. on Highway 183, about 11.5 miles north of Gonzales, a 2001 white Toyota 4Runner driven by Alice Ramos Segura, 50 of Gonzales, was traveling northbound.

Segura crossed the double yellow lines and entered into the southbound lane,

where she collided head-on with a 1999 red Chevy S10 pickup driven by Michael Burke of San Marcos. The impact of the crash killed Burke’s passenger, who was identified as 18-year old Andrew Chet Hamm.

Burke and Segura were airflighted to Breckinridge Hospital and University Hos-pital in San Antonio respectively.

The investigation is still ongoing.

AUSTIN—A recent pilot project in Houston where a private contractor bid a maintenance contract is saving the state about $10 million or nearly 30 percent of what this work was estimated to cost fol-lowing the traditional approach.

Based on this initial success, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) plans to expand the opportunity for the private sector to perform routine mainte-nance on parts of Interstates 35 and 45 be-tween Dallas and Houston and Dallas and San Antonio. This work would also include highways inside metropolitan areas around Dallas and Harris counties.

TxDOT intends to issue a Request for Information (RFI) to parties interested in performing routine maintenance that could create value and yield cost savings. Estimates show that moving in this direc-tion could result in more than $90 million of maintenance contract work on these highways each year and save TxDOT $120 million over five years. TxDOT would then invest those savings in other maintenance work.

TxDOT leaders envision private sec-tor businesses bidding for maintenance work including roadside mowing, litter

removal, sign replacement, pothole patch-ing, and minor resurfacing, to name a few. Meanwhile, TxDOT maintenance workers assigned to these areas of the state would concentrate their efforts on other priority work in those regions.

The pilot project in Houston was bid by a private contractor for approximately $26 million. Estimates for this work following the traditional approach utilizing TxDOT staff and contractors were about $36 mil-lion. Key to success around this opportuni-ty includes delivering high quality service at the best value with the strongest perfor-mance metrics measuring the work.

“TxDOT is working many angles to cre-ate value and better efficiencies for our tax dollars,” said Phil Wilson, Executive Di-rector of TxDOT. “Every opportunity to deliver high quality work and save money means more work can be performed to maintain a safe transportation system for the traveling public.”

TxDOT is expected to issue this RFI in the coming weeks.

Funding for road projects and mainte-nance continues to be part of daily conver-sation among transportation experts and TxDOT is continuing to generate ideas to innovate, be good stewards of tax dollars, deliver quality, and keep safety top of mind in its daily pursuit of excellence.

Gov. Rick Perry named Michael Williams of Arling-ton the State Commissioner of Education, effective Sep-tember 1.

Perry also announced that Lizzette González Reynolds will serve as chief deputy commissioner.

This team will lead the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and oversee the state’s 1,200 school districts and charter schools.

Williams served in the U.S. Department of Educa-tion under President George H.W. Bush, but has not been involved in eductaion poli-cy-making in Texas before.

He takes office during a contentious period for the TEA. Several school districts around the state have filed litigation against the state over school finance, and others appear ready to rebel over the new STARR ac-countability tests. TEA also faces continuing funding issues and am increasing-ly-conservative legislature which appears to be poised to roll back a number of na-tional programs adopted by the state.

Williams’ most visible presence in Texas has been as chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry.

“High standards and ac-countable public schools are essential to our state’s future success, and no two people understand that better than Michael and Lizzette. To-gether, they will build on the improvements achieved during the tenure of Robert

Scott and Todd Webster, and will ensure our children are prepared for the challenges of college and the work-place,” Gov. Perry said.

“Michael’s pioneering leadership in both public and private sectors, com-bined with Lizzette’s nearly two decades of public edu-cation experience guiding and implementing statewide reforms create a powerful and dynamic team that will fortify our state’s public edu-cation system.”

Williams was the first Af-rican-American in Texas to hold a statewide elected post in winning election to the Railroad Commission.

He is past Assistant Sec-retary of Education for Civil Rights at the U.S. Depart-ment of Education (U.S. DOE) and past Deputy As-sistant Secretary for Law Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Treasury under Bush. Additionally, Williams is a former ad-junct professor at the Texas Southern University School of Public Affairs and Texas Wesleyan University School of Law.

Williams is a past chair-man of the Governor’s Com-petitiveness Council and Governor’s Clean Coal Tech-nology Council, and past member of the Southern State Energy Board, National Coal Council and Interstate Mining Compact Commis-sion.

He is also past chairman of the Texas Juvenile Proba-tion Commission, former honorary chairman of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Texas, and a past board member of the Arlington Chamber

of Commerce, Texas Public Policy Foundation and Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School. Williams received a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree in Public Administra-tion, and a law degree from the University of Southern California.

Reynolds has served as Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Programs at TEA since 2007, provid-ing strategy and oversight in the areas of curriculum, assessment, accountability, educator quality, school ac-creditation, and school im-provement. Prior to joining TEA, she served as Region VI Representative for Sec-retary Margaret Spellings at the U.S. DOE, where she also served as a special assistant for the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs. Reynolds is a former assis-tant director of the Institute for Public School Initiatives at the University of Texas System, has worked in the private sector as a principal at Public Strategies Inc., and served as deputy legislative director for the Texas Gover-nor’s Office under Governor George W. Bush.


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BBQ socialbrings folkstogetherThe first-ever Gonzales Barbecue Social joined forces with the Gonzales Elks Youth Soccer Shoot Saturday to bring a day of community together-ness to Lions Club Park. Participants took part in a prayer walk to the Gonzales County Court-house, played traditional picnic games and en-joyed a free barbecued meal — but most of all spent time meeting and greeting those they’d never met before. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

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suggest that ego, rather than the public good, may be the primary stumbling-block to progress.

“We are precinct-level elected officials, all three of us, we’re all the same level,” Measom said. “Donnie’s agenda is simple, ‘I’m the commissioner and it’s my precinct.’”

“I think a lot of times if you move too fast you waste tax dollars,” Brzo-zowski said. “I just want to make sure that if we build a building, we build it in the right location.”

Measom’s office is cur-rently housed in a reno-vated FEMA trailer adja-cent to St. Patrick’s Catholic Church; Almaraz’s office and staff are housed in the Waelder Community Cen-ter. Brzozowski’s mainte-nance barn and office (also an old FEMA trailer) are lo-cated just a few blocks away on South Railroad St.

Both Measom and Alma-raz maintain that the space in the community center, while welcome, has issues, particularly with security.

“His offices are split by a public hallway,” Measom said. “His clerks, if they want to go to the bathroom, they have to walk out to a public room, that’s a secu-rity problem.”

Almaraz pointed out that because of space con-straints, some of his filing cabinets actually have to be kept in the hallway, which is open to public traffic.

“It’s not how you’d like it,” he said.

The county this year bud-geted for a new precinct 2 office and maintenance barn on a county-owned property on H Ave., and Brzozowski said the slab has been poured for that new building.

“The property they’re talking about buying, we’d have to budget money for it,” he said. “We get some-one to pay us to demolish (the existing maintenance building), and then you pave the whole thing over, you have plenty of parking space.”

Measom and Alma-raz maintain that while the county has used the property since the 1940s, it doesn’t have ownership of the property, saying they’ve been unable to lo-cate a deed. Brzozowski, however, produced a copy of the property’s estimat-ed taxable value from the Gonzales County Appraisal district.

“They say we don’t own it, but the tax appraisal board says we do,” he said.

Measom, however, said because the property had been used as a mainte-nance facility for so long, it is highly likely that expen-sive environmental cleanup would be required before the county could put a new

building there.“They’ve been using it as

a county facility since the 1940s,” he said. “They used to change the oil and just dump it. When they were putting in the plumbing for Donnie’s trailer, the plumb-ers said they had to wear masks because the (oil) smell was so strong.”

“I wouldn’t think we would have to, since we’re talking about paving the whole property,” the com-missioner responded.

Brzozowski said his big-gest objection to the prop-erty proposed by the con-stable and judge is that it would require extensive earthwork. The five-acre tract slopes from south to north, ending in a drainage culvert; the portion Mea-som and Almaraz would like the county to purchase is roughly in the center of a gentle portion of the slope.

Both Almaraz and Brzo-zowski have backgrounds in construction, but differ on the need for extensive earthwork.

“I just don’t think we want to put a building in that hole down there,” the commissioner said. “If you tie a string from one (power pole) where they’re talking about building and even it up with the one on the oth-er side, you can walk under it.”

Brzozowski also ques-tions whether the county can even act to buy the property. Minutes of the Waelder City Council meeting from Aug. 2, 2011 indicate the city council went into executive session to discuss trading land with the county — but after re-convening in open session instead voted to offer it for sale.

“Three years ago they offered to swap this (cur-rent county maintenance facility) and our three acre property (on H Ave.) for those five acres on the hill,” Brzozowski said. “I don’t know when it changed over to buying property.”

“We discussed that with the city council, Judge Al-maraz talked to them that night,” Measom said. “They agreed to sell two acres for $4,500 an acre. That’s a pretty good price for land around here.”

While they have their differences on the subject, however, all three officials said they’re simply trying to do what’s best for the citi-zens of the precinct.

“I don’t want a fight, I just want to get moving forward,” Measom said. “I don’t want these people in Waelder to lose. We’re try-ing to get us into the 21st century.”

“I’m not against building a building here in Waelder for the constable and judge,” Brzozowski said. “Let’s take our time and find the right land and don’t create a lot of expenses we don’t need.”


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That show was scheduled at the Lynn for Sept. 6, and Swanson said Tuesday in a follow-up e-mail the show organizers had reached a deal with GEDC through executive direc-tor Carolyn Gibson-Baros to keep the show at the Lynn for the September date.

The Sept. 6 show is scheduled to feature Del Kubena, Two & A Half Angels, Diane Farley, Priscilla Speed & Suzy Watts. Swanson said the Crys-tal has been “very user friendly” in the past and the country show orga-nizers already had their own sound equipment, so making the transition should not be a problem.

“The Crystal theater is still consid-

ering the possibility of us moving the show there after the Sept 6th show,” Swanson said. “Glad this is settled for now.”

At this time GEDC is the only gov-ernmental entity with any interest in the Lynn Theater, Baros said. GEDC has placed ads in the local newspa-pers that the property is for sale or lease. The GEDC board is scheduled to meet again Sept. 10.

Neuse said that GEDC wanted to work with Swanson’s group to at least ensure the September show could be run as scheduled.

“I’d hate for anybody to lose their venue on such short notice,” he said. “If they need to have it, we want to make sure it’s available for them.”

The theater underwent an extensive

remodeling after Collins re-leased the site in May, 2011. He turned the lower theater area into exclusively a live-show area, adding larger dress-ing room areas and seating to give the venue a capacity of more than 300 seats. The concession stand was also re-worked.

The upper theater can still be used to show movies, but Collins said upon re-opening the site in March of this year that most modern movies are now digitally mastered and it would cost more than $100,000 for the nec-essary equipment.

The theater re-opened last March 16, but a live stage production of “The Wizard of Oz” scheduled this sum-mer was canceled after a dearth of ticket sales.

Fayette County.”Interest in establishing

a station stop in Flato-nia began in 2009, when Eversole, Kathy Collins and Kirk Pate formed an independent citizen’s task force to examine the possibility of bring-ing passenger rail service to the city. From that beginning, the group progressed in their pur-suit and incorporated earlier this year for the purpose of fundraising and to gain a 501(c)(3) status. Under the incor-poration, Collins serves as Secretary and Pate is Treasurer.

Now that they have Amtrak’s approval for the stop, FRPS will im-mediately begin work-ing with various federal, state and foundation en-tities to secure funding to ensure there is no fi-nancial burden borne by

the City of Flatonia.Also attending the

Aug. 21 meeting was Fayette County Judge Ed

Janecka, representatives from TxDOT and Capi-tol Area Rural Transpor-tation System (CARTS),

and Flatonia City Coun-cilwoman Jan Lahodney and City Manager Scott Dixon.

Gonzales County Commissioners on Monday joined a growing group of local governments expressing their opposition to the location of the Post Oak Clean Green Landfill in eastern Guadalupe County, and also passed two resolutions urging the state to ramp up funding for the treatment of mentally ill prisoners and for repairs to country roadways impacted by the oil boom.

The Post Oak Clean Green project is currently going permit approval through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, but a num-ber of local governments including Guadalupe County commissioners, the Gonzales City Council, the Gon-zales Underground Water Conserva-tion District’s board of directors and others, have filed their objections based on the location of the pro-posed site. That location is believed to be over a recharge zone for the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer.

The resolution passed by com-misioners on Monday noted that “the proposed landfill’s proximity to many abandoned oil and gas wells

with deteriorating well casings,” as well as the potential failure of the landfill liner, presents an unjustified risk to the aquifer, which supplies much of the drinking water for the region.

“I realize there’s a need for the landfill, but I have a concern about the location over the recharge zone,” said Precinct 1 Commissioner K.O. “Dell” Whiddon.

Commissioners also voiced their concern over lack of state help for county roads being damaged by in-creased truck traffic resulting from the oil and gas boom in the Eagle Ford Shale. While some of the ex-ploration companies have donated loads of gravel and other supplies to the county for road maintenance, County Judge David Bird said that roads are deteriorating faster than the county can divert funds for re-pair.

The resolution calls on the Texas Transportation Commission and the legsilative Budget Board to convene in emergency session to provide as-sistance to impacted counties.

Sheriff Glen Sachtleben told com-missioners of another issue impact-ing the county — increased men-

tal-health treatment expenses for prisoners housed at the county jail.

Sachtleben told commissioners that while the state has dedicated funds for visits to mental-health clinics, the reimbursements to coun-ties are often very slow.

“By the time you dedicate a deputy and a car to take them to the mental health clinic, then bring them back, that’s a lot of taxpayers’ money,” he said. “Anything we can do to ease that would help.”

The resolution calls on Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the legislative Budget Board and other legislators to dedicate sufficient funds to transfer mentally ill pris-oners to state facilities rather than keeping them in county jails.

The county also approved the ac-ceptance of a stretch of road of about seven-tenths of a mile in precinct 2 near FM 2814. The road had been built several years ago but had never been named nor officially been deed-ed by property owners to the county. During Monday’s session, commis-sioners accepted those dedications from the property owners and offi-cially named the stretch as County Road 516.

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TRIAL: Mitchell draws 80-year sentence for murder“Obviously my client was very disap-

pointed with the results,” said defense at-torney Forrest Penny. “It’s sad when you have one man who’s now dead and another who’s going to prison for a very long time. Our current system works, but some cases are harder than others and there are two big families here who are left devastated.”

Penny, who is not an appellate lawyer, said he will honor his client’s wishes to push the matter through the appellate sys-tem.

“Mr. Mitchell has requested that the case be appealed,” he said. “The judge will ap-point him an appellate lawyer and I will remain on the case until that time.”

Despite the obvious high emotions swirling around the case, the demeanor of the courtroom was uncharacteristically stoic as both of the jury’s verdicts were read.

“It took a while but when it came down to it, I feel like justice was served,” said Green’s widow, Kimberly Green. “The DA and everyone else involved did what they had to do to convict him and I am so happy that he was sentenced to what they sentenced him to.”

Throughout the trial, testimony was given that Green and Mitchell were close friends who got into a dispute over a work-related matter.

“How can you kill your best friend that got you the job where you were working?” asked Kimberly Green. “How can you take their life away and then have no remorse about it? It makes no sense.”

Mrs. Green said that while the outcome of the trial does help some toward moving forward, it does nothing whatsoever in re-placing her family’s loss.

“This gives me closure but what about my kids?” she said. “They won’t ever have him back. My baby is seven months old and she’s never seen her father a day in her life. There’s closure here, but there’s still a lot of pain.”

The trial began with jury selection, which was handled for the State by as-sistant district attorney Keri Miller and for the defense by Penny. From a pool of 52 candidates, a jury was chosen by lunch time and the trial began by the State read-ing the indictment against Mitchell.

During her opening, McMinn told the jury the State will prove that Mitchell is a hothead who gunned down Green in cold blood.

“You’re going to hear how the defendant has such a temper that he shot down Dy-ron Green,” she said. “His own words will tell you ‘I shot his (bleep) and he ran.’ It was a fatal injury right to the heart.”

McMinn continued by telling the jury that despite the fact Green had recom-mended Mitchell for the job he held dur-ing the incident, Mitchell had no qualms about shooting at Green twice on that day.

“While 9-1-1 was being called and Green was bleeding with CPR being performed on him, you’re going to hear Mitchell say ‘He (bleeped) with me so I shot him.’ The evidence is very clear in this case and it will show that the defendant shot Mr. Green out of pure anger.”

In his opening statement, Penny told the jury that while the incident casts his client in a bad light at first glance, there is more to see under the surface.

“Mitchell was at work and Green drove out to the work site threatening him,” said Penny. “You’re going to find there’s evi-dence here for self-defense.”

The State’s first witness was Kerry Clack, a longtime friend of Mitchell’s and fellow employee at Dewey Bellows Operating Company. Clack testified that Mitchell was upset with Green on the day in question because Green left his shift three hours early to tend to his pregnant wife, leav-ing several tasks undone when Mitchell clocked in for work.

Clack said Mitchell asked him what time did Green leave his shift and immediately phoned Green upon learning the informa-tion.

“How was he on the phone with Mr. Green?” asked McMinn.

“He was very upset,” said Clack.The State’s next witness was Alberto

Ramos, a truck driver who was on-site that day working for Pinnergy picking up flowback fluid.

“There was an incident at the disposal site between two gentlemen,” he recalled. “I was waiting for some other drivers to finish up. I was there for 15 minutes when I heard a shot. I saw somebody running with his hand clutched to his chest and then I heard another shot.”

Ramos said the first man he saw ap-peared to be injured and Mitchell was chasing him with a black snub-nosed gun with a brown handle.

Miller then called Adrian Rangel, who is a vacuum truck driver that was un-loading his truck when the incident took place.

“I heard a gunshot and looked up to see what was happening,” he testified. “I heard another shot and saw this guy run-

ning with another guy chasing him.”Rangel identified Green as the man

running and Mitchell as the man run-ning after him.

“Dyron ran to a trailer and he was talking to the supervisor when Tyrone went over there in his truck and got his gun out,” he said.

McMinn then called J.R. Eldridge, who was the supervisor at Dewey Bel-lows that lived at the disposal site.

“I was in the back room faxing paper-work when I heard a loud knock at the door,” he recalled. “I heard someone say ‘He shot me’ and I told my wife to call 9-1-1. All I remember next is Tyrone’s truck pulling up.”

“I got out on the porch and Green was on the ground. Tyrone exited out of the passenger door of his truck and I asked him what the (bleep) was going on. Ty-rone said ‘He came up here (bleeping) with me so I shot him.’”

Eldridge said he performed CPR on Green while screaming at Mitchell to leave the scene. He testified that he was able to revive Green twice.

“I got him back for the second time and he told me he was scared,” said El-dridge. “I told him to hold on and law enforcement arrived shortly thereafter.”

On cross examination by Penny, El-dridge admitted that other employees had also recommended Mitchell for the job and that Green had entered the premises on the day in question while he was not on shift. He also said that two or three weeks prior, there was a dispute as to who would work on the night shift.

On her re-direct, McMinn got El-dridge to state that Mitchell never made any claims to him about being afraid of Green.

Another one of the State’s witnesses was Gonzales County deputy Stephen Monsivais, who responded to the call. He said when he arrived he observed a black male on the ground suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

“I was advised that the person in-volved in the shooting had left for town and his name was Tyrone,” he said. “I got information over the radio that the sus-pect was in Gonzales and was believed to live on Main Street.”

Monsivais said when he arrived at Mitchell’s residence there were already two Gonzales police officers there who had detained Mitchell, whom he took into custody and read his rights.

“I asked him where the gun was and he said he threw it in the river,” said Mon-sivais.

He further testified that Mitchell made no statements that he had been threat-ened or harmed, and declined medical treatment.

Deputy Cody Mikulencak testified that he was off-duty when he responded to the call he heard over the radio. He said he assisted the police in searching Mitchell’s home, where he found a set of brass knuckles, ammunition for a .32 caliber handgun and shotgun shells.

Mikulencak said no gun was initial-ly recovered from the home until the Sheriff ’s Office received an anonymous phone call telling them the weapon was hidden among a stack of used tires in Mitchell’s yard, from which the firearm was eventually recovered.

The day ended with the State intro-ducing into evidence the videotaped in-terview between Mitchell and Lt. Jeromy Belin, an investigator with the Gonzales County Sheriff ’s Office. During the in-terview, Mitchell was visibly agitated and expressed his claim of self-defense in an oft-profane manner.

“He made a move then I made a move so I shot his (bleep),” Mitchell said on tape. “He had no business being out there.”

Mitchell told Belin that Green called him four times before showing up in per-son to address their problems at work.

“This little simple stuff was going to cost all of us our jobs,” he said on the tape. “I never had any issues with him before today.”

Mitchell further told Belin that he al-ways kept a gun on him.

“I’m a country boy, I’m not into all of that slick (bleep),” he said. “After we had words and he said ‘It’s whatever’ then shows up, I had to protect myself. That word ‘whatever’ is a dangerous word.”

Mitchell admitted to Belin that he shot twice at Green and chased him after-wards.

“He said to me ‘I thought we were better than that’ after being shot,” said Mitchell. “I told him ‘I don’t (bleep) with you no more like that.’”

“I’m serious about my life and taking care of my kids. You come out to my job with that (bleep), I’ve got to jump on you. A threat is a threat to me and I take that (bleep) seriously.”

Tuesday’s proceedings began with Belin continuing his testimony during which he stated Mitchell never showed any remorse during the interview, not

even when he was shown photos from Green’s autopsy.

Belin testified that four phone calls were made between Green and Mitch-ell on the morning of the shooting, with Mitchell making the first call to Green. Belin also authenticated a phone call Mitchell made to his wife from jail dur-ing which Mitchell was heard saying “I wasn’t playing with him. (Bleep) him,” while talking about Green.

During his cross examination, Penny asked Belin about Green’s toxicology re-port. Belin responded by saying several chemicals were found in Green’s blood including ethanol and cannabis.

The State rested its case and the de-fense called Mark Hastings, another longtime friend of Mitchell. Hastings said he was aware of disputes between Mitchell and Green and said they were all work-related.

Penny asked Hastings, who was con-tacted by Mitchell shortly after the shooting, about Mitchell’s emotional state during that call.

“He was all nerved up,” Hastings said. “After you shoot somebody, you’re never going to be the same. He was very ner-vous.”

“Did he appear to be remorseful?” asked Penny.

“Yeah, he did,” Hastings replied. The defense then called Alvin Smith,

who worked with both men at Dewey Bellows. Smith said there was constant strife between the employees in their de-partment but it was all due to the actions of another employee.

“We all had problems,” Smith said. “There was one guy who instigated the problems and it was Kerry Clack. He kept things going all of the time.”

The defense then called Mitchell to testify on his own behalf. He told the jury that when he arrived at work that morning Clack informed him that Green had been complaining again because Mitchell was never required to work a night shift like everyone else in the de-partment.

Mitchell said upon hearing this, he called Green and the conversation be-came heated.

“He told me ‘Ain’t nobody scared of you. I keep it real, I keep it gangsta,’” said Mitchell recalling the final phone call. “I told him to stop playing on my phone.”

Mitchell said a short time later, he saw Green speeding up to the job site and he stopped his car in front of where Mitch-ell was standing.

“He jumped out and we exchanged some cuss words,” Mitchell said. “We were face to face with my back against the building.”

“Were you afraid of him?” asked Pen-ny.

“I was cautious because he had been to the penitentiary a couple of times,” said Mitchell.

Mitchell then said Green made a move toward his car and that was when Mitch-ell retrieved his gun. When Green raised up from the car, Mitchell said he shot him and went to his supervisor’s house to ex-

plain what had happened. Mitchell also said that his relationship

with Green had been overstated by previ-ous witnesses.

“We weren’t friends, but we knew each other,” he said.

During her cross examination, Mc-Minn got Mitchell to admit that Green was one of the people who helped get him hired and that he had indeed shot Green in the chest.

McMinn asked Mitchell why he chased Green after he shot him and Mitchell said it was because he was still “amped up.”

“Did you chase him?” she asked.“A little ways around the car and that

was it,” he replied.“If you were so afraid of him, then why

did you chase him?” she said.McMinn ended her cross by asking

Mitchell if he felt any remorse over what he did to Green.

“I hate this happened but that man con-fronted and threatened me,” he said. “He’s a known gangbanger, he could have had a gun too.”

The defense rested and both sides pre-sented their final arguments before jury deliberation began. Miller started things off for the prosecution by saying that Mitchell had stalked Green like a preda-tor.

“This man was upset that Green left early that night,” she said. “Mr. Clack overheard yelling from Mitchell, who was on the phone with Green, as he left.”

In his closing, Penny told the jury that it was Green who escalated the situation by coming out to the work site.

“Tyrone was outside working,” he said. “When he saw Dyron reach into his car, he went for his gun. Tyrone Mitchell feared his life was in danger so he pulled his gun and fired. That is self-defense.”

McMinn was allowed to give the final closing statement, where she reminded the jury of the State’s most prevalent piec-es of presented evidence.

“We know this defendant shot Dyron Green with a handgun,” she said. “There must be a reasonable belief for self-de-fense. Tyrone Mitchell is a bully and a coward. He starts the provocation by call-ing Green, yelling on the phone. If he was so scared of Green, why didn’t he just go to his supervisor and tell him there was a problem?”

“His own words were ‘I’m tired of this (bleep) and his (bleep), so I shot him. That’s cold-blooded murder, that’s not self-defense.”

Statements were also given during the punishment phase and the State called Charles Smith to the stand. Smith had gotten into an altercation with Mitchell in 1992 when Mitchell was 16 years old. Smith said during that incident Mitchell shot him with a .357 Magnum.

“Do you believe he’s a danger to the community?” McMinn asked Smith in re-gards to Mitchell.

“Yes, I do,” Smith replied.Information also came out that Mitch-

ell had brandished a weapon at Smith’s brother for which he was charged with deadly conduct. Mitchell served no jail time for that incident.

Mitchell’s elderly aunt, Lenora Fran-cis, testified that her nephew was not the monster he was made out to be.

“I don’t know how this all started but it’s really backwards,” she said. “They are making him out to look like a villian and he’s not. He is compassionate with his family and other people who need help.”

Francis’ contention was addressed by McMinn during her final statement to the jury before sentencing was decided.

“She said they are trying to make him look like a villian,” said McMinn. “The State of Texas isn’t making him look like a villian, his actions are because he is.”

“He’s a cold-blooded killer. Our com-munity is not safe with killers like that walking the street. I ask that you give him life behind bars to think about what he did. Give us all the safety of knowing that he won’t be on the streets any longer.”

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Deferred action has always been avail-able to immigrants for special or humani-tarian reasons, while law enforcement has always enjoyed so-called prosecutorial discretion. However, we have never seen a deferred action program systematized and boiled down to a simple application pro-cess like President Obama’s recent action. This program may be around for a long time.

The ramifications of the new DREAM Deferred Action program can be under-stood by reviewing the “temporary” ben-efits provided by Temporary Protected Sta-tus, or “TPS”. Authorized by Section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), TPS gives the President power to designate countries suffering from natural disasters, wars, or internal turmoil. Once designated, citizens of those countries who are in the U.S. (and there are always strict time, physical presence, and criminal background requirements) are able to ap-ply for TPS. Although it is not a path to permanent residence or citizenship, once a country is designated, it takes a long time before its TPS designation under Section 244 of the INA is removed.

For example, Honduras was designated for TPS in 1999 after a hurricane. Hondu-ran citizens in the U.S. at the time of the designation could apply for TPS. That hur-ricane happened 13 years ago, but Hondu-ras is still re-designated for the TPS pro-gram about every 18 months with no end in sight.

The glaring difference between TPS and the new DREAM Deferred Action pro-gram is that while TPS is provided for in the federal statute, the DREAM Deferred Action program is the result of adminis-trative rulemaking. President Obama has bypassed Congress, in a way that is clearly politically calculated to maximize the ben-efit to him during the re-election season.

We are all sympathetic to the difficult immigration circumstances of those who come to the U.S. illegally as children. How-

ever, the DREAM Deferred Action pro-gram is not a proper solution.

The program raises a lot of legitimate concerns about its far-reaching conse-quences. Obama claims that only his ad-ministration and the federal government have the authority to establish immigration policy.

But by this action he is asking states to “handle” the implementation of his policy through the granting state IDs, scholar-ships, and other benefits to persons who are still technically illegal aliens. The actu-al intent of this action seems to be to create political upheaval in those states who want him to enforce immigration laws.

Immigration law is complicated enough, and the DREAM Deferred Action pro-gram will only confuse matters more. The “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007” was defeated by both Republicans and Democrats, but Obama could have re-introduced it in Congress while the Demo-crats held a super-majority between 2008-2010.

Obama has provided temporary work permits to illegal aliens who will compete for jobs with citizens that can’t find one. Furthermore, with a state-issued ID, will these “Dreamers” now be able to register to vote? The DREAM Deferred Action pro-gram is designed to help Obama’s re-elec-tion bid, and will do nothing to address the broader and more complicated immigra-tion issues facing our country.

On Medicare, the Romney cam-paign is borrowing the strategic logic of a long-ago military legend.

Taking command of the French ninth army in 1914 as it retreated be-fore the Germans, Marshal Ferdinand Foch uttered his immortal words: “Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I attack.”

The best Mitt Romney ad of the campaign is the current spot on Pres-ident Barack Obama’s cuts to Medi-care. It points out that the president took $700 billion from Medicare to fund “Obamacare,” robbing one un-sustainable entitlement to create a new one. The ad is truthful, un-adorned and -- for any senior who feels protective of Medicare -- damn-ing.

Never before have Democrats passed the largest Medicare cuts in history immediately prior to launch-ing their tried-and-true assault. This time, it is a case of the pot calling the kettle a danger to America’s seniors.

Confronted with Obama’s Medicare cuts, Democrats and their friends in the media resort to denial.

On “Meet the Press” recently, I asked Rachel Maddow if she sup-ported the $700 billion in cuts, and she simply wouldn’t say. Here was the Oxford-educated pride of liberal punditry professing to have no opin-ion on a primary means of funding what she considers a glorious legisla-tive achievement.

Others pooh-pooh the significance of the cuts. They supposedly hit only “nonessential services.” This may be the first time in the debate over entitlements that Democrats have deemed anything related to Medicare “nonessential.”

What Democrats mean is that $156 billion of the cuts fall on the Medi-care Advantage program. They have always hated this feature because it gives seniors access to private-sector coverage options. But seniors like it.

The Obama cuts also rely on grind-ing, year-after-year reductions in payments to doctors and other pro-viders. This is a way to maintain that there are technically no changes in

“benefits,” though access to and qual-ity of care inevitably will be affected.

No one concerned with the health of Medicare would go about it in this fashion. But “Obamacare” was helter-skelter legislating, a desperate attempt to make the numbers tempo-rarily add up.

Medicare’s actuaries consistently sound the alarm about the conse-quences. A May 2012 report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said, “The large reductions in Medicare payments rates to physi-cians would likely have serious im-plications for beneficiary access to care.”

Is the Republicans’ counter-assault on Medicare hypocritical? No. How -- not whether -- to restrain Medi-care is the question. The Democratic approach, now and in the future, is blunt-force price controls. Repub-licans want to get savings through competition and choice.

This is how the popular Medicare prescription-drug program works. The cost of the program is 40 per-cent below projections, as James Ca-pretta of the Ethics and Public Policy Center points out, and the $30 per-month premium is only $6 more than in 2006.

Even if it stays on offense, the Rom-ney campaign is on perilous ground with Medicare. But there is no head-ing back. Best instead to take more inspiration from old Ferdinand Foch: “A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.”

Rich Lowry is editor of the Nation-al Review.

(c) 2012 by King Features Synd., Inc.

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In Our ViewTexas delegates take a stand for independence

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Mitt takes the offensive

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The battle for Texas indepen-dence has begun.

Interestingly enough, the spark which began the new Texas Rev-olution wasn’t the Department of Justice supplying weapons to drug dealers and then covering it up. It wasn’t the Supreme Court clearing the decks for the unbri-dled march of socialism. It wasn’t the Secretary of State negotiating with the United Nations to at-tempt to contravene the Second Amendment. It wasn’t the would-be dictator occupying the White House giving a contract to count votes to a man dedicated to the destruction of capitalism and the United States.

The spark which launched the Texas Revolution was a Repub-lican moderate trying to orches-trate party politics.

The effort by Mitt Romney’s team to re-write Republican Party rules to limit the potential impact of backers of another GOP presi-dential candidate shook Texans in a way none of the illegal and immoral activities of the Obama

Administration have done.And it was all about putting on

a good face for the news media.Republican leaders moved

Monday to quell an uprising by Texans and Ron Paul support-ers that threatened to steal the spotlight from GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and ex-pose rifts in the party just as its nominating convention got un-der way.

Under a compromise reached late Monday, Romney support-ers and GOP leaders agreed to back down from a proposed rule change that effectively would have allowed presidential nomi-nees to choose what delegates

represent them at national con-ventions. The proposed change was aimed at muting the power of insurgent candidates such as Tea Party favorites but prompted an uproar from Texas Republi-cans, who select their delegates through successive votes in con-ventions at precincts, then dis-tricts and finally statewide.

Heaven forbid that anyone see Republicans who can actually think for themselves!

Romney, naturally, wanted the party to emerge from the Tampa convention with a massive show of unity. To an extent, that’s a smart move: a single message is much easier to communicate to our electorate, which is increas-ingly unlearned and has been trained by the news media to “back the winner.”

But Texans are a mite prickly when someone threatens their independence.

“We believe in Texas as a prin-ciple that no presidential candi-date nor the RNC should be able to tell Texas who can or cannot be

a delegate to the national conven-tion,” said Butch Davis, a mem-ber of the RNC Rules Commit-tee who fought off the proposal. “This isn’t Reagan versus Ford, Goldwater versus Rockefeller,” Davis added. “This is George Washington versus King George.”

In other words, even though most Texas Republicans do not agree with Ron Paul and his unrealistically-idealistic legions, they’re willing to defend to the death the Paullists’ right to speak their minds.

“The Texas delegation consid-ers the new rule . . . an unaccept-able infringement on our right to freely choose our delegates to the national convention,” said Texas Republican Vice Chair-woman Melinda Fredricks in an e-mail to the rules committee. “We realize not every state selects its delegates in the same manner we do, and perhaps you find it hard to understand what has us so worked up. Frankly, we find it hard to understand how your del-egations would be willing to give

away their rights.”Most Republicans have a genu-

ine respect for many of Paul’s fis-cal and domestic beliefs. It’s his disturbing inability to accept the fact that Islam is the implacable enemy of Western Civilization, not his calls to audit the Fed, that ensure he should never, ever, be the Commander-in-Chief. Paul has a disturbing lack of under-standing of our enemy.

“Somebody … said the other day on the Internet, ‘if those Paul people had been in charge, Osama Bin Laden would still be alive,” he told a crowd of support-ers in Tampa over the weekend. “But you know what I think the answer is? So would the 3000 people [killed] on 9/11, be alive!”

Nonetheless, the point the Texas delegation and those from several other states made was one which shouldn’t be lost on the leader of the other party: “You want our sovereignty? Come and Take it.”


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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following report is from the Gonzales Healthcare Systems Board of Directors:

Over the past 11 years, Gonzales Healthcare Systems has reduced the Tax Rate due to increasing property evalu-ations. At this same time, Uncompen-sated Care has escalated along with the ongoing cost of doing business. During this same period, Gonzales Healthcare Systems has expanded and implement-ed many new services that have mini-mized the need for additional tax rev-enue. In addition, new state and federal programs have been beneficial to assist rural healthcare in lightening the load on the local taxpayer.

Today rural healthcare and Gonza-les Healthcare Systems are confronted with many uncertainties for the imme-diate future. One fact is that the federal government is chipping away at add-on programs that were intended to offset the operational issues confronted by small rural community hospitals. These reductions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will total over $1 million in lost revenue for Gon-zales Healthcare Systems in fiscal year 2013. In addition, the governor’s unwill-ingness to expand Medicaid will have a decidedly negative effect on the cash flow at Gonzales Healthcare Systems. The final and most telling fact is that the citizens of Weimer, Tx no longer have a hospital or health care center to provide for their needs locally. With the closing of Colorado-Fayette Medical Center the sad final chapter ended last Friday, Au-gust 24, 2012.

Gonzales Healthcare Systems Board of Directors and administration have made every effort to maintain the low-est tax levy possible to assist our com-munity that has always supported us. As we move into this uncertain period, the board of directors of GHS feels the need to maintain the tax rate at .1975 in an effort to assure first class healthcare ser-

vices will be available to the citizens of our growing, dynamic community.

The Governing Board is dedicated to meeting the ever-increasing healthcare needs of this district. Please feel free to contact your board member to dis-cuss questions regarding the hospital. As always, it is the mission of Gonzales Healthcare Systems “to provide high quality comprehensive healthcare in our community to all we serve.”

The average taxable value of a resi-dence homestead in GONZALES COUNTY this year is $74,660. If the governing board adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.1975 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $147.45, which is an increase of $7.91 from 2012.

The following report to the commu-nity gives a detailed description of how vital our hospital is economically to the communities it serves and how impor-tant your support is to insure its future.

Report to the CommunityGHS Annual StatisticsAdmitted patients per year: 1006Babies delivered per year: 190ER patients cared for: 8967Inpatient surgeries performed: 252Outpatient Surgeries performed: 704

Economic ImpactTotal Employees: 255Salaries/year: $9,525,878Benefits/year: $3,538,681 Vendor purchases/yearAll vendors $2,901,928Charity/Uncollected/Discounted

CareCharity Care per year: $1,287, 083Bad Debt: $4,786,289

Auxiliary Volunteer Hours:Hours of donated in year 2012: 2,941

Total hours donated: 81,539

Dear Editor,I praise the job that the first responders

do. We all know they don’t get paid enough for what they do. But on Saturday morn-ing I was passed twice by Gonzales county sheriffs dept vehicles in route toward that accident and both times neither was using their sirens at a high rate of speed. Just say-ing that in itself could be very dangerous. Maybe it was an over site on the individual deputies. Again I say they do a job very few would do and for that I praise them. But those sirens could make difference.

Arthur JuarezShiner

Dems not the only extinct conservativesDear Editor,

With rapt attention we read the recent letter to the editor by Brenda Cash of Shin-er (The Extinct Conservative Democrat). It was decades ago when conservative Democrats began turning Republican and even stepped down from politics in Texas. And yes, the liberal lunatic fringe did co-opt the Democratic Party leadership gen-erations ago. When will Americans grasp the reality of the evil and extreme greed of most Washington DC politicians? They are the prey of lobbyists and special interest groups. But this iniquitous culture of the Beltway long ago crossed the isle to also infest the “Rinos” (Republicans In name only) we also endure today, including John McCain, the candidate handed to us by the devious national media four years ago. And don’t forget it was Bush # 1 that gave us his vision of the coming New World Order. Translation: One world government, prob-ably centered in Western Europe. But su-perpower America now stands in the way of this transition and must be significantly diminished, including the destruction of the free enterprise system. The sovereignty of all nations must be taken down to make way for a centralized international group of rulers and overlords. What better way than to also orchestrate a world financial crisis? But how has this pernicious drift to the left been sustained over the hundreds of generations? Dictators and fuehrers ul-timately die out don’t they? Look at the world today…an amalgamation of com-munism, fascism and socialism…with USA the single significant free enterprise nation left. Remember what the prophet Jeremiah told us in 17:9? The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desper-ately wicked. And where did rebellion and wickedness originate? In the Garden of Eden of course, and this struggle continues to be one of righteousness versus evil. The devil has been building his own parallel and unrighteous kingdom for 6000 years. Take a look at the Democrat Party platform consisting of deficit spending, redistribu-tion of income, same sex marriage, class envy, abortion, women’s “liberation”, voter fraud and rampant illegal immigration. Brenda Cash accurately documented how the conservatives fled the Democrat Party. We hope she may ultimately write a sequel, to document how the righteous saints of the Democrat Party are being forced out by the left wing extremists. Refer to Daniel 7:23 for the introduction to the prophecy of the coming new world order: Thus he said…the fourth beast shall be a kingdom (empire) on earth, which shall be different from all other kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, trample it and break it into pieces. What follows next is a discussion of how a charismatic and evil antichrist will come out of the closet and into existence, and eventually overcomes and rules the en-tire world. Some people believe he is alive in Europe today. Wake up America… you are in harm’s way. Your wisdom, discern-ment and patriotism is needed more today than ever before.

Lew McCrearyMontgomery

Help your kids learnwith a library cardDear Editor,

As students head back to school this September, we encourage parents to visit the Gonzales Public Library and make sure their children and teens sign up for the most important school supply of all – a li-brary card.

September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when the American Library Association and libraries across the coun-try remind parents and caregivers that a

library card is the smartest card you can own.

Today’s students learn differently than their predecessors, with studies indicating that students most effectively learn when they are allowed to follow their personal interest. What better place is there to ex-plore and develop new interests then at the library?

This September, open the door to a world of possibilities for the student in your life and sign up for a library card today.

Caroline HelmsGonzales Librarian

Homosexuality is notpart of natural orderDear Editor,

This is in response to Mr. Pirkle’s recent 3 column letter about rights not afforded to same sex life partner relationships. I have a question for you: “Where is the location that the city of Sodom existed?” Please share the information if you know the an-swer. The experts have searched for it in vain. Its destruction was so complete that it is not found today even though its gen-eral area is known. You and others like you should take the hint that there your beliefs are wrong. Think of this: “if your parents had felt as you - you would not be here!” The reason that things are the way they are is the “natural order” works and your life-style produces no life.

David A. Williamson Gonzales

Researcher seekingphotos of Elvis’ visitDear Editor,

My name is Fabris G. Luca, 45 years old, of Italy. I’m an Elvis Presley researcher ex-pecially on the early days. At the moment all my researches are in relation to a book/CD project for the Elvis fan club network. It’s a 200 page book about Elvis’ stay at SUN records done by Ernst Jorgensen (BMG chief on Elvis music catalogue) which I’m now helping detailing the period from July of 1954 through the end of 1955. The book will consist of more than 400 early photos — half of them previously unpublished. It’s not an attempt once again to write the story of Elvis Presley, but more a collection of information, photos, memorabilia and stories shared by fans who where there at the time. The book will not deal in gossip or other unpleasant material, it’s all about the innocence of the time and the impact of Elvis’ music.

We are trying to document every single show Elvis did, and we have come fairly close. So I’m looking for photos, recordings from Louisiana Hayride (KWKH program transmitted also by KTHS) or Opry, or any live radio gig or interview ... ANYTHING IS WELCOME FROM THE 50s!!

Elvis played the Gonzales baseball park on August 26th 1955 ... Would you like to help us? Do you know any local historian that might help ?

Luca FabrisElvis [email protected]


Obituaries

Rev. Arthur “A.C.”Newman, 1921-2012

NEWMANRev. Arthur Clayton,

“A.C.” Newman, 90, went to his Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 25.

A.C. was born Decem-ber 8, 1921 in Bloom-ington to Clay and Effie Sims Newman. He had served honorably in the U.S. Navy. A.C. married Mildred Evelyn Cheath-am on July 28, 1951.

A.C. was a carpenter by trade; he was pro-ficient at remodeling, homes, building cabi-netry, roofing and even building homes. How-ever his heart and soul remained in preaching the Gospel.

A.C. was a practic-ing Baptist minister for over 50 years. He minis-tered in congregations in Yoakum at Bible Baptist Church, Victory Baptist in Freer, Faith Baptist in Alice, Riverside Baptist in Seguin and Oak Val-ley Baptist Church near Bebe just to name a few. A.C. was a quiet man, reserved in manner, but he was solid as a rock in his faith.

In the early years he played a guitar and sang and sometimes shared this musical talent on religious radio stations. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, where he found the quiet and peaceful-ness of the sport a com-munion with God.

A.C. loved his family; he dearly loved family gatherings and felt the same kind of family love within his church family, whom he held so dear to his heart.

Arthur Clayton New-man is survived by his son and his girlfriend, Mark Newman and Deanna Rickman of Bel-mont; grandson, Clint Newman of Victoria; sisters, Lydia Smith of Houston, and Jane Yaws of Victoria; brothers, Sam Newman and his wife Lynelle of Seadrift, and Charlie Newman of Cuero. He was preceded in death by his wife, par-ents, and 8 siblings.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 28 in Seydler-Hill Funeral Home with Rev. Hollas Hoffman of-

ficiating. Interment fol-lowed in Belmont Cem-etery.

Memorials may be made to the Oak Val-ley Baptist Church or the Belmont Cemetery Assn. Arrangements are under the care and di-rection of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.

Ruth Margaret Pressley Pace, 1915-2012

PACERuth Margaret Press-

ley Pace passed away at 3:00 am on Friday, August 24, 2012. She was born in Haywood County, North Caro-lina on July 21, 1915 to Mattie Hall Pressley and Benjamin Harrison Pressley. She was one of 9 children born to Mat-tie Hall Pressley, later Mattie Hall Medford. She is survived by two brothers, J. E. Medford of Colorado and Jimmy McElrath of North Caro-lina. She will be reunit-ing with her four broth-ers and two sisters who preceded her in death.

Ruth married Claude Amos Pace, Sr. in Can-ton, North Carolina when she was 16 years old. They moved to Pas-adena, Texas, along with their 3 young daughters, Doris Pace Thomas, Wanda Pace Wilson and Patricia Pace Richardson when Ruth was 21 and the children were ages 1 through four. Claude A. Pace, Jr. and Sandra Pace Williams were born to the couple after mov-ing to Texas. Ruth and Claude raised their five children while living in Golden Acres and in Pasadena, Texas. Their five children produced 16 grandchildren who lived in Pasadena and Houston for many years. The Pace family was very close, celebrated all holi-days together and visited often.

Ruth’s husband Claude passed away after 61 years of mar-riage. Daughter Wanda, granddaughter Suzanne Richardson and great grandson Kelly Modl also predeceased Ruth. In all, Ruth and Claude produced five children, 16 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and

23 great great grandchil-dren, with two more on the way. Ruth was very proud of her legacy of 71 children and grand-children, and all of them loved her very much. Her passing will be a great loss to her family.

Ruth was an example to all of a life well lived. She did not attain high levels of education or professional success, but instead, she devoted her life to her home and family. She was well known to be an excel-lent mother, mother-in-law and grandmother. Ruth kept a beautiful home and was a very good cook. She proudly served a well-balanced meal to Claude and her family at 5:00 o’clock ev-ery day without fail. She loved reading fiction, historical books, Na-tional Geographic and the local newspapers every day. She was inter-ested in current events and politics, and she was well informed on most issues. For a time she volunteered at the lo-cal polling place. Ruth’s interests were bowling, sewing, gardening, refin-ishing antiques and even replacing cane bottoms in furniture. Every sea-son Ruth planted flow-ers in her yard so that there were always color-ful blooms to enjoy. She and Claude were given a citation by the city of Pasadena acknowledg-ing their efforts in main-taining a “showplace” lawn over the years.

Ruth remained in Pas-adena until 2003 when she went to Harwood, Texas to live with her daughter Doris Thomas after the death of Doris’ husband Bill E. Thomas. Ruth made many friends in Harwood and par-ticularly enjoyed go-ing to Red Hats and the Wolf Hunter’s Barbe-cues. Ruth returned to her beloved Pasadena in late July, 2012 and took up residence at Baywood Crossing. While there she was able to visit with many of her relatives in Pasadena for a final time. Ruth lived a full 97 years, but was ready to depart. She met her death with serenity, confidence and her signature degree of control. We will all miss her because she was one of a kind.

The family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to the staffs at Seton, Edgar B. Davis Hospital in Luling, Texas and Baywood Crossing, Pasadena, Texas for their care, concern and pro-fessionalism while car-

ing for Ruth.A service to cele-

brate Ruth’s life is being planned for Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. at Grandview Fu-neral Home in Pasadena, Texas. Visitation will be at Grandview from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednes-day, August 29, 2012.

MORRISJoyce Johnson Mor-

ris of San Antonio, passed away on Thurs-day, August 23, after a short illness.

She was born in Gon-zales County to Henry Grady Johnson and Adele Askey Johnson. Joyce was baptized in Unity Baptist Church and graduated from Gonzales High School. She attended South-west State Teachers College in San Marcos.

When World War II began, she left college to work in the arsenal in San Antonio. After the war, she went to Corpus Christi, where she married James Ross Morris and went to work for Braniff Airlines. After several years at Braniff, Joyce left to pursue her inter-est in real estate, be-coming a professional real estate investor. She came to San Anto-nio in 1966 to manage multiple properties for a large company.

Joyce loved to travel; she made trips to Can-ada and Europe and to stateside destinations

such as New York City, where she enjoyed Broadway plays, musi-cals, and art museums. She was very much a people person, who was always there for others, lending a help-ing hand with a reas-suring smile.

Joyce lived in San Antonio for over 40 years. She was a mem-ber of Harmony Hills Baptist Church.

Joyce Johnson Mor-ris is survived by her sisters, Pat Johnson of San Antonio and Mar-jorie Johnson Burch of Corpus Christi; nieces, Jo Dell Lansford, also of Corpus Christi, and Linda Mahoney of Bee-ville; nephew, Kenneth Johnson of Gonzales; a sister-in-law, Evelyn Johnson, also of Gon-zales; her beloved care-takers, Lupe and John Garza, and numerous other nieces, nephews, and close friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, par-ents, brother Henry Grady Johnson, Jr, nephew Henry Grady Johnson, III, and niece Brenda Joyce Johnson.

Graveside services were held in the Den-ton Creek Cemetery outside Gonzales, on Saturday, August 25 with the Rev. Dianna Whitley officiating.

Memorials may be made to Odyssey Hos-pice of San Antonio (www.odsyhealth.com) or to a favorite char-

ity. Arrangements are under the care and di-rection of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.

CRUNKRobert J. Crunk, III,

age 77, of Seguin and formerly of Nixon, died August 26 in San An-tonio. He was born on August 30, 1934 in Cu-ero and was a member of the United Method-ist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Hamlin and Laura (Burt) Crunk. He grad-uated from Texas Lu-theran College, taught in the Nixon Indepen-dent School District for 25 years, and was an avid Longhorn Fan.

Survivors include his sister, Laura Ellen Chandler of Smiley; his niece, Nancy Park-er and husband, John, of Seguin; his nephew, Mike Chandler and wife, Marty, of Austin; as well as many friends.

Funeral service was held Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 2 p.m. at Finch Chapel with the Rev. Harlene Sadler officiat-ing. Interment followed at the Nixon Cemetery.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to the Nixon United Methodist Church, the Smiley United Method-ist Church, or the char-ity of the one’s choice. The guest book may be signed on-line at www.f inchfuneralchapels .com.

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ObituariesRICHARDS

Lue Laila Warren Rich-ards passed away August 24. She was blessed with 91 years.

She was a homemaker and a member of the Gonzales Memorial Heights Baptist Church. Lue was born October 09, 1920 in Pilgrim, Tex-as to John Madison War-ren and Stella Norswor-thy Warren.

Lue married James R. “Jim” Richards April 3, 1939. One son, Gilbert Raymond, was born to them, he passed away in infancy. Jim preced-ed her death January 6, 1987. She lived in Green DeWitt Apartments for over 16 years. She called Texan Nursing Home her home for the past eight years.

Surviving are brother, Walter D. Warren and wife Edith of Gonzales; nephews, Rusty War-ren and wife Rose of Yoakum, and Dennis G. Warren and wife Doro-thy of Nixon; and nu-merous great nieces and nephews and their fami-lies. Two brothers also preceded her in death: J.B. Warren and Alton T. Warren.

Funeral Services were held on Tuesday, August 28 at the Buffington Fu-neral Home in Gonzales, with the Rev. Clint Low-ery officiating. Burial followed at Gonzales Memorial Park Cem-etery.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Memorial Heights Bap-

tist Church. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at buff-ingtonfuneralhomegon-zales.com.

Arrangements were with Buffington Funeral Home, 424 St. Peter, Gonzales, TX 78629; 830-672-3322.

James D. Jones,1929-2012

JONESA Homegoing Cel-

ebration for James D. Jones who was born No-vember 20, 1929 and he died on August 18, 2012. Funeral services were held Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the St. Peter Baptist Church, 651 Lincolnshire in San Antonio, Texas.

Reverend Hugh Jones, Euologist and Reverend Patrick Jones, Officiat-ing.

Services entrusted to the Harris Funeral Home, Gonzales, Tx. 830-672-1075.

WALLACEMother Beatrice Miles

Wallace of San Antonio, Texas departed this early life on Friday, July 20,

2012. Sister Wallace was born July 28, 1928 to the late Elder Andrew Miles, Sr. and Florence Taylor Miles in Waelder, Texas (The Mt. Eden Commu-nity).

Beatrice attended school in Mt. Eden. She married the “love of her life”, Mr. Albert Wal-lace who preceded her in death. Their marriage bliss lasted for forty-sev-en (47) years. Sister Wal-lace was a homemaker all of her life.

Sister Wallace accept-ed Christ at an early age at the Mt. Eden Baptist Church. After moving to San Antonio, Texas, she united with the Greater Galilee Church. Later she moved her member-ship to The Clift of the Rock Christian Fellow-ship under the leader-ship of her son, Apostle Jimmy Wallace. She served very faithful as the “MOTHER” of the church until her death.

Sister Wallace was a family oriented woman who loved the Lord.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, 5 sisters; Loretta Taylor, Mamie Taylor, Mary Williams, Minnie e. Allen and Edna Mae Smith; 3 brothers, An-drew Miles , Jr., Rocellas Miles and Edward Miles; One stepson, Bill Wal-lace of Tyler, Texas.

She leaves to cherish her memory, two daugh-ters, Minnie Webber and Helen Wallace; Six sons, Johnny Wallace (Lin-da), Albert Wallace, Jr.,

(Anna), Mark Wallace, Charles Wallace, Apostle Jimmy Wallace (Chong Hui) and Bobby Wallace all of San Antonio, Tex-as. One sister, Betty Jean Stewart (Eddie) of Cor-pus Christi, Texas; Two brothers, Johnny Miles (Maggie Mae) and Joe Lee Miles (Johnnie Gal) of Longview, Texas. And a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other family, and friends.

Services were held on July 28, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the Clift of the Rock Christian Community Church, 1502 McKin-ley Ave., San Antonio, Texas, Apostle Jimmy Wallace, Pastor, Elder L. Abrams, Officiant and Chief Apostle Dennis Williams, Euologist.

Services entrusted to the Harris Funeral Home, Gonzales, Texas. 830-672-1075.

Donna HarborthNeiderhofer Moody,

1961-2012MOODY

Donna Harborth Nie-derhofer Moody, age 51 of McKinney and for-merly of Nixon, passed away on August 25.

A memorial service celebrating Donna’s life will be held on Friday, August 31 at 10 a.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Al-len Davis officiating.

Donna was born on July 31, 1961 in Bay-town to Donald and June Pattillo Harborth. Donna grew up in Nix-on and was a member of the Nixon High School (Nixon-Smiley) Class of 1979. She later attended

Northwestern Univer-sity in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Donna dedicated her life to our Lord and Sav-ior, Jesus Christ, at the age of 9. Her sensitivity to the Holy Spirit led her throughout her life in proclaiming Jesus’ love, grace, and mercy to to-tal strangers as well as the many students she taught in her 16 years as a teacher at Faith West, Encourager, and Main-land Christian schools, with 4th grade being her favorite.

Her father preceded her in death.

Survivors include her loving husband, Chris K. Moody; sons whom she adored, Colby and Caleb Niederhofer and their father Charles “Chuck” Niederhofer and his wife Stacey; mother, June Harborth; sister, Carla Holmes and husband Steve; father-in-law, John Moody; brothers-in-law, Craig Moody and wife, Elaine, Chad Moody and wife Denise, and Curt Moody and partner Mark Westergard; nephew, Joshua Holmes and fi-ancé Kimberly Pawelek; niece, Katie Smith and husband, Thomas and their sons, Tyler and Re-ece; aunt, Dorothy Goss and husband Bill; un-cle, Myles Pattillo and wife Leta Merle; special cousins, Patricia Ballard and husband Ken, and Linda Kay Nunley and their families; numer-ous other loving fam-ily members and many friends.

Donna was full of life. Her radiant smile re-flected her inner beauty and her love for God. She was a blessing to many and regarded re-lationships as the most important of life’s ac-complishments on this earth. Without hesita-tion, she reached out to strangers when com-pelled by the Holy Spirit within her to provide

comfort, assurance, and actions of kindness. She was always a prayer warrior and was often kidded about having her direct line to God. Don-na will be truly missed.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Maranatha Christian Fellowship, P. O. Box 43, Luling, Texas, 78648 or to your home church. You are invited to sign the guest book at www.treshewell.com.

Arrangements are un-der the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor Dr., Seguin, Texas, 78155, 830-549-5912.

ELLISONOtis Ellison, Jr. was

born on September 1, 1934 in Dale, Texas to Minnie Spreul and Otis Ellison, Sr.

He accepted Christ at an early age.

He attended school in Dale, Texas. He moved to Austin, Texas and then to Artesia New Mexico.

Mr. Ellison joined the Navy in Los Ange-les, California where he served his country for two years.

He worked for Kidd Trucking Company and Luling BBQ; and was also a bartender for the Annie Mae Café.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother and one sis-ter.

He leaves to cherish his memory; his chil-dren, his special friend and caretaker, David Johnson, Florence Eleby and Betty Jean John-son, other relatives and friends.

Celebration services were held Friday, Au-gust 17th, 2012 at An-tioch Baptist Church, Luling, TX. Rev. Wil-liam Martin, Pastor.

Services entrusted to the Harris Funeral Home, Gonzales, Texas. 830-672-1075.

Belmont Volunteer Fire DepartmentAnnual BBQ – Auction

Sat., Sept. 15 Meal 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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Live Music by: Kerr Creek Band

Live Auction 6:45 pm

Silent Auction (ends 15 min. after

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Tickets available from any Belmont Volunteer Fire Department

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Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church in Shiner will hold their 91st annual Fall Picnic on Sunday, September 2, 2012 at the Knights of Columbus Park (formerly Shiner American Le-gion Hall.) This event continues to attract larger crowds each year, and this year’s attendees will have even more activities to enjoy. Shiner Picnics are known statewide for their great food, music, country auction, fun, culture, and tradition.

A polka Mass will be held on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. with other Masses on Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m.

A country store, featuring kolaches, pigs in the blanket, canned and baked goods, will begin at 8 a.m.

Dinner will be served from 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the air conditioned dining hall. Menu includes three meats: the famous Shiner picnic stew, country sausage, fried chicken, and trimmings, including dessert.

Plates to go will be available in a convenient drive thru at the Shiner American Legion Hall (formerly Shiner KC Hall) on Hwy. 90A east from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Meal tickets are $8.00.The big country auction begins at 12 noon

with many unique items up for sale, including cattle, homemade quilts, antiques, Spoetzl Brew-ery memorabilia, homemade pastries, noodles and hundreds of other items. The cattle auction will begin at 3 p.m. Bring your lawn chair and enjoy the auction.

For those who like to dance, there will be free music in the air conditioned hall with keg beer available in the hall.

Accordion music begins at 11 a.m. The Hobo

Band will perform for dancing and listening pleasure from 2-4 p.m. A battle dance with The Dutchmasters and Holub Polka Band will be fea-tured from 4-8 p.m.

The evening ticket dance will have Scott Tay-lor with the traditional Emotions from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Admission is $10.

Outside biergarten music will include Oma and the Oompahs from 4-7 p.m. You can bring your lawn chair, sit in the historic beer hall on the old time benches or use the hay bales that will provide a unique sitting area under the shade trees.

Los Kolaches will be playing under the bingo pavilion from 7-11 p.m. for your dancing enjoy-ment.

Over 30 prizes will be given away at 10:00 p.m. In addition, this year’s special big prizes are a 2012 Kawasaki Mule 4010 Trans 4x4 with 12 ft. utility trailer w/ramp gate plus two other prizes. Limited tickets will be sold and are available at Shiner businesses, at the parish office or at the Picnic.

Arts and craft booths will be featured in the old Legion dining hall. Vendors can rent a space for $50. For an application form call 830-660-3969. Other traditional attractions will include old fashioned bingo, fish pond, ring toss, wheel of fortune, plant and cake wheels, as well as games for the kids.

Hamburgers and hot dogs will also be avail-able in the evening.

The souvenir booth will include tee-shirts with Czech and German slogans.

There is sure to be something for everyone. Check the flyer on the church website www.ss-cmshiner.org or call the parish office at 361-594-3836.

Annual Shiner Catholicchurch picnic set Sept. 2


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Tony Esqueda ready for some NFL Redskins Foot-ball! — Submitted by Rebecca Ann Esqueda

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Rambo Ramirez.... Flatonia pee wee football— Submitted by Michelle Lanni Ramirez

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GISD trustees approve modest drop in tax rate

Sweet Home Dance HallSeptember 2012 Schedule

Sunday, September 16 - Whiskey River 3-7 p.m. • $8.00

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sunday, September 23 - Church Picnic

11am-6pmQueen of Peace Mass - 7am-8am

Country Stew/all the trimmings to go or Eat in - $7.00Auction, Cake walk, Cold Drinks, Raffle, etc.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Saturday, September 30 - Scotty Decker Band

3-7 p.m. • $8.00Tony Janak

Dance Hall Mgr.361-293-5479

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Gonzales school trustees during a special meeting on Monday formally adopted a $22.6 million budget for the 2012-13 school year and a tax rate which wil create a drop of about six and a half cents per $100 valuation for the district’s taxpayers.

The budget forecasts some $12.1 million in lo-cally-generated revenue based on a total tax rate of $0.9724 per $100 valua-tion. That’s a drop from last year’s tax rate of $1.04.

GISD originally had an-ticipated an even larger tax

cut based on anticipated property valuations pri-marily because of oil and gas exploration. The origi-nal estimates would have seen the district with a sur-plus of some $6 million in the budget.

However, figures released by the Gonzales County Appraisal District came in much lower than those initial projections and after fine-tuning in two budget workshops, the budget ad-opted Monday by Trustees should see a total surplus of about $1,255.

The board’s next regu-larly-scheduled meeting is Sept. 10.

The 2012-13 4-H year has started, and the first meeting of the Half-Moon 4-H Club in Shiner will take place at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the United Luther-an Church in Shiner.

Any youth between the ages of 5-8 can join Clover Kids; those 8-18 can join 4-H. All interested youngsters are

invited to attend.Some of the activities involved in 4-H

include food and nutrition, clothing and textiles, livestock judging, photog-raphy, public speaking, shooting sports, veterinary science and more.

The goal of 4-H is to develop citizen-ship, leadership and life skills of youth

through mostly experiential learning programs.

The 4-H motto is “To Make the Best Better,” and its slogan is “Learning while Doing.”

For more information call Pat Flores at 361-741-8802 or e-mail [email protected].

Guests at the 2011 Reflections of Texas art show reception enjoy visiting at the Luling oil museum and view-ing the works of talented area artists.

Forty artists from around Texas will compete in the ninth annual “Reflections of Texas” art competi-tion to be held at the Central Texas Oil Patch Museum, 421 E. Davis in Luling, from September 9-18, 2012. The show will begin with a recep-tion at the museum on Sunday, September 9 from 2 to 6 p.m., and art will remain on display through September 18th. Awards will be presented to the artists at the re-ception, and attendees may vote on their favorite work for the Peo-ple’s Choice Award. The reception is open to the public, with food,

drinks and music provided by the museum association and art show sponsors. Donations are appreci-ated.

Artists will be competing for six cash awards, six merit awards, the People’s Choice Award, and the Purchase Prize which results in one piece of artwork being added to the museum’s collection each year. Many works are available for sale, and a silent auction of donated works also is held throughout the entire show period.

Gonzales area artists participat-ing in the show are Steven W. Lewis, Beatrice Maddox and Marie Rawls of Gonzales, Trina Hill and Brenda

Briggs Shannon of Cost, and Sarah W. Bailey and Janice Williamson of Leesville. Show hours in the days following the reception are Mon-day – Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. Individuals or tour groups are welcome.

The Central Texas Oil Patch Mu-seum is operated by the nonprofit Luling Area Oil Museum Asso-ciation. It is housed in the historic Walker Brothers Building in down-town Luling. For more informa-tion regarding the show, museum hours, exhibits and tours, contact: Carol Voigt at 830-875-1922 or the Luling Chamber of Commerce at 830-875-3214, Ext. 1.

YOAKUM — Geanie Morrison, Texas Rep-resentative for District 30, and Lois Kolkhorst, Texas Representative for District 13 will be ap-pearing at the next meet-ing of the Republican Women of Yoakum.

Morrison has served the area as our represen-tative for seven terms. With the advent of the newly drawn districts, Kolkhorst will now add Lavaca County to her District and Morrison remains the representa-tive for DeWitt County

and those that were add-ed to her district.

These two remarkable legislators will speak at the Republican Women of Yoakum’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The meeting starts at 11:45 a.m. and luncheon will be served.

The candidates will speak about the upcom-ing Texas Legislative Session and other items of current interest. The audience will be able to question them on items of interest and concern after their speeches.

All are invited to this event which gives our citizens the opportunity to meet these two very competent and dynamic women who represent

us. For further infor-mation or to become a member of the group, please contact Brenda Cash at 361-594-4258.

Geanie MorrisonLois Kolkhorst

Annual Luling art show draws 40 artistsCannon News [email protected]

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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

New Life Assembly of GodCorner of Church St. & Jessie Smith St. Gonzales

Baha’i FaithBaha’i Faith621 St. George St. Gonzales

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

Greater Palestine Baptist ChurchS of 90-A (sign on Hwy 80)

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

San Marcos Primitive Baptist Church4 Miles west of Luling on Hwy. 90P.O. Box 186, Luling830-875-5305

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

Christian

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)712 Crockett, Luling

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

Church of Christ (Iglesia de Cristo)201 E. Second St. Nixon

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

New Way Church of God in Christ514 St. Andrew, Gonzales

EpiscopalEpiscopal Church of the Mes-siah721 S. Louis, Gonzales (830) 672-3407

EvangelicalLa Os del Evangelio Mission Capilla del PuebloW. Central at 87 Nixon

Full GospelCamp Valley Full Gospel7 mi N of Nixon on Hwy 80

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

Harwood Methodist Church North 2nd and North Gonzales, Har-wood

Henson Chapel United Method-ist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

Webster Chapel A.M.E.1027 Church St. Gonzales

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

El Centro Cristiano “Agua Viva” of WaelderSun. Worship 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m.

Emmanuel Fellowship

1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

New Life Temple for Jesus ChristBelmont, Corner of Hwy 466 & Hwy 80

River of Life Christian Fellow-ship207 Steele St., Smiley 830-587-6500

Two Rivers Bible Church1600 Sarah DeWitt Dr., Ste 210, Gon-zales

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

Life Changing Church of Gon-zales3.3 miles north on 183, Right on CR 235, Right on CR 236

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

Messianic JudaismCongregation Adat HaDerechMeets on Saturdays and Holy Days, 672-5953

Places of Worship

Family Dentistry of GonzalesGentle Quality Care

606 St. LouisGonzales, TX 78629

Office 830-672-8664Fax 830-672-8665

HOME • AUTO • FARM • COMMERCIAL • BONDS

Travis Treasner(830) 672-6518

Fax: (830) 672-6368Cell: (512) 376-0773

Logan Insurance Agency

Dry FertilizerCustom Application &

Soil TestingSTEVE EHRIG830-263-1233

P.O. Box 1826Gonzales, TX 78629

Morgan Mills830-857-4086

HOLIDAY FINANCECORPORATION

506 St. Paul St. • Gonzales, TX 78629(830) 672-6556

SATURN SALES & SERVICEJames Miller

4421 Hwy. 97E, Gonzales

830-540-4285 • 830-540-4422

Brandi VinklarekDirector

921 St. Peter St.830-672-6865

“Train a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it.”Proverbs 22:6

FARMERS INSURANCE GROUPGets You Back

Where You Belong! Gieser Insurance Agency941 St. Joseph

Gonzales, Tx 78629830-203-5325

Toll Free: (800) 358-5298Lisa G. GaspardAgency ManagerTDI #001113854

Leticia M. CenottiAgency ProducerTDI #001243345

Reyna’s Taco Hut1801 Sarah DeWitt Dr., Gonzales, TX

830-672-2551Next to the Courthouse Annex

Open for Breakfast, Lunch & DinnerMon.-Sat. 5 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sun. 5 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Home of the “Silverado”Authentic Mexican Food Including Caldo & Menudo

Ilene B. GohmertCertified Public Accountant

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The Romberg HouseAssisted Living Residence

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BUFFINGTON FUNERAL HOME520 N. Ave CP.O. Box 64

Shiner, TX 77984Phone

(361) 594-3352Fax

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424 St. Peter St.Gonzales, TX

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(830) 672-9208David S. Mobile 830-857-5394Mike B. Mobile 830-857-3900

Office 830-672-2845Fax 830-672-6087

M-F 7:00 to 5:30 Sat. 9:00 to 3:00

Childbirth ClassGonzales Healthcare Sys-

tems has scheduled its next childbirth class for 6 p.m. Aug. 30. The class is open to all ex-pectant moms and free of charge. During class we will discuss signs and symptoms of labor, the labor process, pain management methods, care of the newborn, infant CPR and breastfeeding. The class will be taught by one of the OB nurses, Rachel Schramm, RN. Moms are encouraged to bring a support person with them. To RSVP call 672-7581 ext 727, ask for Valerie.

Free Gardening SeminarGonzales Master Gardeners

are pleased to announce their third free public education class. Do you want to know more about Fall Vegetable Gardening? Then our seminar on Aug. 30 is for you, and it’s free.

On Thursday Aug. 30 start-ing at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, Liz Palfini will be speaking about Fall Vegetable Gardening. Liz is an avid gardener and well un-derstands our local challenges when it comes to vegetable gardening. Liz is an entertain-ing speaker and an endless source of useful information on growing vegetables.

So come along to City Hall at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 30 and enjoy a fascinating talk that will help improve your gardening skills. Door prizes include a free soil test for your garden and many other gifts.

For more information con-tact Carol Bond at 210-216-1713.

Expenses benefitA benefit to help defray fu-

neral expenses for the family of Channing Flores will be held from noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1 at the Lions Park Pavil-ion by East Avenue Elemen-tary. Plates are $6 and include chicken, sausage, rice beans and all the trimmings.

Half-Moon 4-HAny Shiner youngsters

interested in livestock judg-ing are invited to join the Half-Moon 4-H group, which meets at 7:40 p.m. Sept. 10 at the United Lutheran Church in Shiner. For details, call 361-741-8804.

Caraway CemeteryThe Caraway Cemetery As-

sociation will hold its annual meeting Saturday, Sept. 8. Business meeting begins at 10 a.m. For details on location, contact Vera Caraway at 830-437-2869 or Diane Ritchie at 830-582-1007.

Head StartTMC Golden Crescent Head

Start offers pre-school services to children ages 3-5 years, in-cludeing education, nutrition, dental, social, disability, health and mental health. Gonzales Head Start is now accepting applications at the Gonzales Head Start Centers at 1600 Elm Street or 925 Wells Street. For information call 361-582-4441.

To apply for head Start, you will need a copy pof the child’s Birth Certificate, proof of in-come, proof of address and a current immunization record.

SCV to meetThe Sons of Confederate

Veterans, Texas Bonnie Blue Camp #869 and Col. Gustav-Hoffmann Camp #1838 will be honoring the soldiers who fought in the War Between The States at the Harwood Cemetery, located at South 2nd Street in Harwood.

This memorial will be on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. All participants will be in period clothing. I need to hear from families who have Civil War soldiers buried there.

Both Confederate and Union will be honored.

For more information, con-tact Linda Miller at 210-420-5461.

Delhi VFDThe Delhi Volunteer Fire De-

partment is having their 3rd annual Gun Drawing and Chili Supper on October 27. To pur-chase your ticket for a chance to win 9 different guns con-tact a Delhi Fire department member or call 830-263-1555. We hope you will join us at the Chili cook-off & supper from 4-6pm on October 27th.

Odd Fellows DrawingGonzales Odd Fellows

Lodge #38, IOOF, 8th Annual Drawing will be held Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Building on 1405 Conway St., Gonzales. Ticket prices are $20.00 each. 33 Prizes total. Grand Prize #1 is Cabela’s $1,000 Gift Card, Grand Prize #2 is Bay Fishing Trip, 3 person, bait included. Tickets available at: Cara-way Ford-Mercury, Gonzales; Apache Express Care, Gonza-les; Café on the Square, Gonza-les, LeAnn Wolff CPA-PC, Gon-zales, Odd Fellows Building, Gonzales, WB Farm & Ranch, Gonzales, Howard’s, Shiner, Ken’s Kar Parts, Shiner, Hunter Supply, Victoria or from any Odd Fellow Member.

Victoria Master GardenersVictoria County Master

Gardener Association. Fall Plant Sale. Saturday, Septem-ber 8, 2012, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until sold out. Veg Pavil-ion, 283 Bachelor Drive, Vic-toria Regional Airport across from tower. While you are there enjoy a stroll through

the Victoria Educational Gar-dens. Don’t miss out on your chance to get some great plants at great prices! Flow-ers, Shrubs, Vegetables, Cit-rus, Orchids, Bulbs, Water Lil-ies, Seeds and more! Special Event. Gently used garden art and supplies for sale. Re-cycled Pots, Garden Art, Bird-houses, Hats and other stuff.

Master GardenersGonzales Master Garden-

ers. “Come Grow With Us.” Become a Master Gardener. New class starts September 11, 2012. Contact Alan Marek at 830-857-5820 or Texas AgriLife Extension Office at 830-672-8531. http://gonza-les.agrilife.org.

Violence shelterThe Guadalupe Valley

Family Violence Shelter, Inc. (GVFVS) is a non-profit orga-nization providing services

to both residents and non-residents that are victims of domestic violence and sexu-al assault in the counties of Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and Wilson.

GVFVS provides survivors with legal advocacy, case management, counseling, assistance with crime victims compensation and other ser-vices at no cost. For more in-formation, call 830-372-2780 or 1-800-834-2033.

Toastmasters meetCome and Speak It Toast-

masters Club meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, from 12-1 p.m. at the Gonzales County Farm Bureau Community Room, located at 1731 Seydler Street.

The Toastmasters environ-ment is friendly and support-ive whether you are a profes-

sional, student, stay-at-home parent or retiree, Toastmas-ters can give you the skills and confidence you need to express yourself in any situ-ation.

For more information contact Club President GK Willmann at 830-857-1109 or send email to [email protected], or Gerri Lawing at 830-857-1207 or [email protected].

Parkinson Support GroupThis group meets the sec-

ond Thursday of every month at 10 a.m. in the Narthex of the First United Methodist Church. This meeting is free and open to the public and is facilitated by Wesley Nurse, Shirley Goss. Educational and supportive programs are of-fered. For more information, call 672-1031.


American Legion Hall1612 Robertson St. (Behind Walmart)

For More Information: 830-263-0837 or 830-557-3983

Saturday, Sept. 1POR PRIMERA VEZ

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Farm Bureau MeetingAnnual Meeting of the Gonzales County Farm Bureau will be held on Saturday,

Sept. 22, at 12 noon at the First Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in Gonzales. All Farm Bureau members are encouraged to attend. A chicken fried steak meal will be served followed by the business meeting and a program. Please RSVP by calling 672-7518.

Judges NeededFirst Shot Cook Off is right around the corner Sept. 14, 15 & 16 and is in need of

judges if you are interested in being one for any or all categories please contact Shirley Breitschopf at 830-857-4142 or Sissy Mills at 830-263-0335. Also, if you have not gotten a hook up for these days call 830-263-0335. Please join us for good food, fun and company.

American LegionThe Gonzales American Legion Auxiliary will meet on Thursday, September 6th at

6 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Girls State Delegates will give their reports along with Boys State Delegates and a pizza supper will be served. All members are urged to attend as an extremely important meeting will immediately follow. A decision will have to be made as to the future of the local organization. Will it continue under new leadership or disband? Your attendance and interest will determine the outcome.

GYSL holdstryoutsYoungsters and coaches with the Gonzales Youth Soccer League converged on the soccer fields at Li-ons Park Saturday morn-ing for their annual try-outs. Coaches gave those youngsters registering for the program a quick assessment of basic soc-cer skills. League play gets underway later this month. (Photos by Dave Mundy)


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New staff at Nixon-Smiley Middle School includes: Michael Billings-Science; San-dra Brown-Band; Kimberly Pawelek- Special Education; David Mendez-Health/Technology/Coach; Lacey Miller-Educational Aide; Tristina Mills - Math; Court-ney Patteson-4th grade; Ann Pennell-Counselor; Angie Robinson-PE/Coach; Jeffrey Schievelbein-Language Arts/Coach; Kathy Shults-Language Arts/Coach; and Rocio Venegas-Educational Aide. (Courtesy photo)

New staff at Nixon-Smiley Elementary School include Erin Barrett-3rd grade; Kelsey Fougerat-3rd grade; Ann Pennell-Counselor; Megan Tristan-Kindergar-ten; Isela Velez-1st grade; Molodra Voelkel-Secretary; and Julie Wubbenna-2nd grade. (Courtesy photo)

Melissa Campbell is the new Cafeteria Cook for the Nixon-Smiley Con-solidated School District. (Courtesy photo)

New staff for the Nixon-Smiley Consolidated School District include Dawn Bergquist-Literacy Intervention Specialist; Thelma DeLeon-Community Liaison; Brittany Kotzur-Diagnostician; and Lacy Walden-District PEIMS. Not pictured are Shea Sultemeier-Professional Development Coach; Devan Rodriguez-Mainte-nance/Bus Driver; and Scott Massey-Maintenance (Courtesy photo)

Teachers and staff in the Gonzales ISD were wel-comed back to school Friday at the district’s annual Vendor fair at Gonzales High School (above and be-low pics). (Courtesy photo)

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The Heights of Gonzales held a Back to School Bash on Friday, August 24. The event featured lots of fun activities for kids like the water slide pictured here. Members of the Gonzales Fire Department were on hand to partake of the free hot dogs and judge a dessert contest. (Photos by Cedric Iglehart)

Caring for a friend or family member who has cancer is not easy. It may only get more difficult when a caregiver lives far away.

Long-distance caregiving may not be ideal for the patient or the caregiver, but it’s sometimes the only option. Long-distance caregivers can expect their out-of-pocket expenses to be higher, as the cost of travel alone is likely to be considerable. While long-distance caregiving may not be ideal, the American Cancer Society offers the following tips to help men and women entrusted with caring for a cancer-stricken friend or family member from afar.

* Make sure your loved one’s home is safe. When you get the chance to visit your loved one’s home, make the most of that visit and ensure his or her home is safe. If the illness has made things more difficult around the house, address any of these issues before you return home. Patients who receive chemotherapy are often weakened after treatment, so it can help to install some grab bars in the bathroom or purchase a shower seat to reduce the risk of falling in the shower. In addition, make sure handrails inside and outside the home are secure. If they’re loose, tighten them so they provide adequate support.

* Clean up around the house. Cancer patients may also be too weak to keep up with their chores around the house. A dirty home can be depressing to men and women battling cancer, so clean up around the house to brighten the home and reduce the risk of an insect or rodent infestation.

* Be ready for a crisis. No one wants to imagine a situation in which his or her loved one suffering from cancer has an emergency, but caregivers need to do just that. Have someone you can count on nearby to check on your friend or family member if you suddenly cannot reach the cancer patient. Introduce yourself to your loved one’s next-door neighbor or meet a close friend who lives nearby that you can contact should your friend or family member prove difficult to reach.

* Make a list of medications and update it regularly. Cancer patients often take certain medications as part of their treatment and recovery, and caregivers should make a list of these medications, periodically updating the list as the treatment and recovery

process progresses.* Make sure your loved one has a

cell phone. Though it might seem hard to believe, some people, especially the elderly, still do not have cellular phones. When serving as a long-distance caregiver, it’s imperative that you can easily and routinely reach your cancer-stricken friend or relative. Cancer treatment might make it difficult for him or her to get to a land line, so be sure he or she has a cell phone that he or she can carry with them at all times. Program important numbers, including your own number, as well as his or herphysician’s and a neighbor’s or nearby relative’s number, into the phone.

* Stay in touch with the patient’s physician. While a physician might not be able to share all the details of your loved one’s condition, you can keep in touch with him or her to stay abreast of how the treatment and recovery process is going. A physician can help you tailor your caregiving to best manage the patient’s needs, adjusting that plan as the treatment and recovery process evolves.

Cancer patients, particularly those who are older, might have trouble getting around after treatment. Caregivers can take steps to ensure such patients’ homes are easier to navigate.

Recent surveys show there are fewer young people and more senior citizens behind the wheel in the United States. According to the National Household Travel Survey, members of Generation Y, who are between the ages of 16 to 34, are driving less. From 2001 to 2009, the average annual number of vehicle miles traveled by Gen-Y-ers dropped by 23 percent. Some find the process to be a hassle, others are frightened by the prospect of controlling a vehicle, and others are merely taking a green approach to transportation, choosing bicycles or public transportation. There is also the high cost of owning and fueling-up a vehicle today. On the flip side, researchers at the University of Michigan have found that people age 70 and older make up the largest group of drivers on the road -- even higher than those in their 40s and 50s.

Did you know?

Donald Ray Finch was recently recognized by the Texas Funeral Di-rectors Association for 50 years of dedication to the industry. He was cited for “his inspiring example of compassion, hard work, and innova-tion within his community” at the organization’s annual convention in Corpus Christi .

Finch began his work in May of 1961 and is proud of his 44-year sole ownership and operation of Finch Funeral Chapels in Nixon and sur-rounding areas. It has been reward-ing for him to “treat families as you would want them to treat you.”

It has always been important to Don to give back to his community and his profession, which has in-cluded serving as president of the

South Central FDA, his local cham-ber of commerce, the Nixon Lion’s Club, and the local hospital district. He held the position of master in his Masonic lodge and in 1975, received the honor of being named Citizen of the Year by the City of Nixon .

After graduating from Cuero High School in 1956, he earned a business degree from UT Austin and then at-tended the Commonwealth College

of Science, obtaining his mortician’s license.

He served in the U.S. Army and on the University of Texas Systems Chancellor ’s Council; he is an or-dained Baptist deacon.

Don and his wife, Gladyne have two sons: Troy , whose wife is Janet, and Todd, whose wife is Allison. Their grandchildren are Trevor and Taylor, Benjamin and Claire.

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Gonzales Livestock ReportThe Gonzales Livestock

Market Report for Saturday, August 18, 2012 had on hand: 1,011 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold steady. Packer cows sold.

Stocker-feeder steers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $210-$280; 300-400 lbs, $185-$197.50; 400-500 lbs, $149-$175; 500-600 lbs, $132-$144; 600-700 lbs., $128-$133; 700-800 lbs, $118-$124.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $91-$111.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $175-$225; 300-400 lbs, $148-$169; 400-500 lbs, $139-$147; 500-600 lbs., $122-$138; 600-700 lbs., $114-$117.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $74-$79; Cutters, $77-$84.50; Can-ners, $58-$68; Low yielding fat cows, $64-$74.

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Steers: 200-300 lbs, $168 to $178 to $215; 300-400 lbs., $165 to $175 to $215; 400-500 lbs, $141 to $151 to $195; 500-600 lbs, $124 to $134 to $150; 600-700 lbs, $111 to $121 to $140; 700-800 lbs, $104 to $114 to $124.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $137 to $147 to $180; 300-400 lbs, $138 to $148 to $185; 400-500 lbs, $124 to $134 to $162; 500-600 lbs, $117 to $127 to $159; 600-700 lbs, $101 to $111 to $136; 700-800 lbs, $96 to $106 to $121.

Slaughter cows: $60 to $85; Slaughter bulls: $87 to $100; Stocker cows: $600 to $1,050; Pairs, $540 to $1,580.

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port on August 24, 2012, had 1, 585 head.

Had 95 cows and 17 bulls. Again there were not many cows and bulls on hand. The market was essentially the same to a little weaker from last week’s market. Packers took a little off due to slow time of the year. Overall the market did not look much dif-ferent.

The calf market settle back after last week’s up market. Fat calves and bull calves over 550 lbs were $2-3/cwt lower. Bigger steers as well as thin-ner types were steady with a strong market. Heifers over 550 lbs were also lower by $2/3 cwt. Most calves under 450 lbs were steady but not many calves were weighing in

that range.Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts.,

$90-$99; lower grades, $82-$88.

Packer cows: breakers, $65-$71.50; boning, $68-$84.50; canners & cutters, $68-$82; light & weak, $40-$70.

Palpated dry Cows: $84-$106

Pairs: None.Steer and bull calves: un-

der 200 lbs, none; 200-250 lbs. none; 250-300 lbs, $201-$212; 300-350 lbs, $187-$220; 350-400 lbs, $175-$200; 400-450 lbs, $159-$194; 450-500 lbs, $156-$180; 500-600 lbs, $139-$159; 550-600 lbs, $131-$151; 600-700 lbs, $128-$135; 700-800 lbs, $123-$126.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $114-$124.

Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, none; 200-250 lbs, $175-$178; 250-300 lbs, $188-$202.50; 300-350 lbs, $159-$175; 350-400 lbs, $147-$186; 400-450 lbs, $142-$176; 450-500 lbs, $135-$154; 500-600 lbs, $131-$156; 550-600 lbs, $123-$146; 600-700 lbs., $117-$126; over 700 lbs, $117-$124.

SMILEY — An authentic taste of Italy has come to small-town Texas, as a new family-owned Italian res-taurant business in Smiley finds suc-cess in the delicious ethnic cuisine it proudly cooks and serves to its re-turning customers.

Nick and Doris Caruso, along with their son Mark, opened Mama Ca-ruso’s Café and Bakery on May 14 in the heart of Smiley. The first summer of business proved a great success as customers easily became regulars to the comfortable Italian dine-in atmo-sphere, or to the convenient carry-out option to take a taste of Italy to home or work.

Nick and Doris Caruso, who have been married for 52 years, learned the details of running and maintaining a restaurant while living in Detroit, Michigan. The Caruso’s moved to San Antonio in 1976 and opened up a piz-zeria to start their restaurant business venture. From the outset, the Caruso’s believed that quality and classic au-thenticity in the food they made was the key to being a success.

“We both could cook, and you know how that goes- everyone that thinks they can cook, thinks they can open up a restaurant and be success-ful at it,” recalls Doris with a chuckle. “So that’s what we did. We moved to Texas and started a pizzeria, because

there weren’t many pizzerias in San Antonio in 1976. It was just a to-go pizzeria, but people liked it so much that they would come in and sit down at a picnic table we had in front and in our tiny waiting area and they would eat their or in their cars. Pretty soon we had to rent the building on the side and put in a whole new dining area.”

The Carusos recently retired, but decided to open up a restaurant in Smiley and continue with their entre-preneul restaurant venture. Their goal is to bring a friendly and tasteful fam-ily atmosphere to Smiley. Patrons and restaurant employees affectionately call Nick and Doris “mom and pops”.

“Smiley chose us,” Doris contin-ued. “We retired and were moving away from San Antonio. We wanted to move out to the country; my sister lives here in Smiley.”

A big part of Mama Caruso’s au-thentic Italian taste and feel is Nick Caruso himself. A full-blooded eth-nic Italian, Nick is a first-generation Italian-American whose family is from Reggio Calabria, which is a city in southern Italy. For Nick, Italian food is a symbol of family and ethnic pride that is to be shared and enjoyed by all people from all backgrounds.

When asked about what makes the restaurant so special, Nick cheerfully quips, “Because it is Italian!”

“I’ve done a lot of things with my life,” Nick reflects. “But this is the

best. The restaurant business is very satisfying. It’s very hard and very de-manding, but we enjoy it. Just seeing people happy and getting something good to eat is very satisfying.”

Nick and Doris’ son, Mark, has been cooking since he was13 and is a certified chef. A graduate from the St. Phillip’s School of Culinary Arts, Mark’s goal is to bring continued experience and professionalism to his family’s business. Mark Caruso’s hands-on culinary dedication and hard-work carries on his family tradi-tion and legacy.

Mama Caruso’s menu offers cus-tomers a variety of Italian and Ameri-can dishes, and prides itself with giving huge, king-sized portions at affordable prices that leave customers full and wanting to come back. Variet-ies of pizza, sandwiches, soups, salads, desserts, and gourmet coffees are just a few of the menu items patrons can enjoy. All bread pizza dough is made fresh daily, and the meats are sliced fresh daily as well.

For the Carusos, food is more than just for merely eating. Rather, food and the dining experience serves as an old-fashioned social function, a func-tion of bringing together people to a table of friendship and acceptance.

Mama Caruso’s Café and Bakery is located at 205 US 87 in Smiley and is open Monday through Friday from 10 am - 3 pm. For more information call 830-587-6262.

News and notes:CATI registration

Barbara Hand is the Execu-tive Director of the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce.

Around theChamber Office

BarbaraHand

Don’t forget – the cham-ber ballots are due in the office Thursday, Aug. 30 be-fore 4 p.m.

• Mr. Taco is now a 24-hour restaurant on Friday and Saturday and the Ma-riachis are always there on Friday nights.

• Do you have the right tools? You can find out at the South Texas SHRM Hu-man Resources seminar set for Sept. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at University of Houston-Victoria’s multi-purpose room. Registration fee is $49 and you can check their web site for more in-formation. It is southtexas.shrm.org.

• Lake Wood will host an open team bass tournament on Saturday, Sept. 29. Entry fee is $100 per team and it is limited to 40 teams, with 100 percent pay back based on those. A maximum of two people per team; indi-viduals may fish alone but must pay the full team en-try.

Checks should be made payable to Guadalupe-Blan-co River Authority. There is a 5 a.m. check-in and weigh in is from 2 to 3 p.m. Con-testants must be in line at or before 3 p.m., with no ex-ceptions.

First place is $2,000, second is $1,000, third is

$500 and Big Bass is $500. For more information, call Dennis Weaver at 830-305-2244 or go to GBRA.org/Lakewood. The deadline to enter is Sept. 15 and con-testants must launch from the newly remodeled Lake Wood Boat Ramp.

The fee for this will be waived for tournament par-ticipants. We have entry forms here at the Chamber office.

• Sept. 1 is the deadline for early registration for the Come & Take It Arts and Crafts booths. After that date that the price will go up for booth space.

The office will be closed for Labor Day, Monday Sept. 3.

• Thursday through Sun-day Central Texas Cutting will be held at the J. B. Wells Park Arena and Lone Star 4-H Classic will be held on Saturday at the Show Barn.

By BAIN SERNACannon Correspondent

Nick and Doris Caruso and their son Mark of Mama Caruso’s Restaurant in Smiley have brought authentic Italian cuisine to small-town Texas. (Photos by Bain Serna)


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API No.: 42-123-32853Classification: Fld. Dev. and

HorizontalOperator: Petrohawk Operating

CompanyLease Name: W. Butler AWell No.: 1HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 6.62 miles

northwest of NordheimSurvey Name: R. Wright, A-478Acres: 643.73


HorizontalOperator: Matador Production

CompanyLease Name: Matador K. Love

OrcaWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Total Depth: 13,498 feetDirection and Miles: 10.5 miles

northwest of YorktownSurvey Name: F. Gonzales,

A-194Acres: 350.42


HorizontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF

LLCLease Name: Anne Friar Thom-

asWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


southwest of YoakumSurvey Name: J. McCoy Jr., A-30Acres: 809

API No.: 42-123-32852Classification: Fld. Dev.Operator: SV Energy Company

LLCLease Name: LentzWell No.: 1Field Name: ThomastonTotal Depth: 6,000 feetDirection and Miles: 9.3 miles

southeast of CueroSurvey Name: R. Amador, A-1Acres: 206


HorizontalOperator: Burlington Resources

O and G Co. LPLease Name: Musselman Unit

DWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle


west of YoakumSurvey Name: S.P. Middleton,

A-36Acres: 342.69



CompanyLease Name: Sonny Seifert AWell No.: 8HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


northwest of YorktownSurvey Name: W.W. Hunter,

A-224Acres: 473.72



CompanyLease Name: Sonny Seifert AWell No.: 9HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


northwest of Yorktown

Survey Name: W.W. Hunter, A-224

Acres: 473.72


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Henkhaus UnitWell No.: 14HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


northeast of WesthoffSurvey Name: B. Fulcher, A-190Acres: 898.66

Gonzales County


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: GardienWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


south of SampleSurvey Name: P. Pate, A-374Acres: 950.02


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: GardienWell No.: 4HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


south of SampleSurvey Name: P. Pate, A-374Acres: 950.02


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Sample Baros UnitWell No.: 16HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


southeast of SampleSurvey Name: J.L. Wood, A-473Acres: 640


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Dreyer UnitWell No.: 18HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


northwest of DreyerSurvey Name: J. McCoy, A-44Acres: 1,184.45


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Dreyer UnitWell No.: 17HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


northwest of DreyerSurvey Name: J. McCoy, A-44Acres: 1,184.45


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Boothe UnitWell No.: 7HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


north of CheapsideSurvey Name: J. McCoy, A-44Acres: 1,166.18


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Boothe UnitWell No.: 8HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


north of CheapsideSurvey Name: J. McCoy, A-44Acres: 1,166.18


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Hilbrich UnitWell No.: 9HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Total Depth: 12,000 feetDirection and Miles: 1 mile

south of SampleSurvey Name: J.L. Wood, A-473Acres: 640


























HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: BoedekerWell No.: 6HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


northeast of Glaze CitySurvey Name: W.K. Hargis,

A-282Acres: 1,717.90





A-282Acres: 1,717.90





A-282Acres: 1,717.90





A-282Acres: 1,717.90


HorizontalOperator: Southern Bay Oper-

ating LLCLease Name: Newtonville North

UnitWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


northeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: P. Hope, A-252Acres: 855.92


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Lord D UnitWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Total Depth: 12,200 feetDirection and Miles: 13 miles

east of SmileySurvey Name: M. Cogswell,

A-144Acres: 303.99


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Cornfield UnitWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Total Depth: 12,900 feetDirection and Miles: 0.1 mile

east of SampleSurvey Name: F. Hoppell, A-280Acres: 832.44

Lavaca County


HorizontalOperator: Penn Virginia Oil and

Gas LPLease Name: BryanWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


southeast of MoultonSurvey Name: W. Chase, A-9Acres: 413


HorizontalOperator: Eagle Ford Hunter

Resources Inc.Lease Name: Zebra HunterWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle


southwest of MoultonSurvey Name: A. Ponton, A-35Acres: 684.78


HorizontalOperator: Geosouthern Energy

Corp.Lease Name: Renee UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 3.78 miles

southwest of ShinerSurvey Name: T. Toby, A-474Acres: 456.70

Recent oil and gas completions according to reports from the Texas Railroad Commission

DeWitt County


HorizontalOperator: Pioneer Natural Res.

USA Inc.Lease Name: Bruns 01Well No.: 04HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Survey Name: I RR Co, Section

40, A-499Direction and Miles: 5.1 miles

northwest of YorktownOil: 463MCF: 2,027Choke Size: 11/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 7,707Shut In Well Pressure: 8,015Total Depth: 18,371 feetPerforations: 13,490-18,371 feet















O and G Co. LPLease Name: Lackey Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford



northwest of YorktownOil: 1,075MCF: 3,723Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 5,076Shut In Well Pressure: 7,200Total Depth: 18,391 feet

Perforations: 13,456-18,158 feet



O and G Co. LPLease Name: Thiele Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: F. Gonzales,

A-194Direction and Miles: 10.54 miles

northwest of YorktownOil: 1,180MCF: 1,145Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 4,182Total Depth: 18,320 feetPerforations: 12,983-18,106 feet



O and G Co. LPLease Name: R W Pawlik Jr Unit

AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: H.P. Cook, A-120Direction and Miles: 12.9 miles

northwest of CueroOil: 1,519MCF: 1,581Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 5,692Total Depth: 17,740 feetPerforations: 13,000-17,215 feet



O and G Co. LPLease Name: H Mueller Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: W.L. Lytte, A-303Direction and Miles: 4.2 miles

southeast of EcletoOil: 1,282MCF: 1,629Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 4,883Total Depth: 17,954 feetPerforations: 13,185-17,751 feet



O and G Co. LPLease Name: J Bowen Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle





O and G Co. LPLease Name: Jack Young Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle





O and G Co. LPLease Name: Gohlke Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Continued on Page B11

Job Corps is cur-rently enrolling stu-dents aged 16-24 in over 20 vocational trades at no-cost! Will help students get drivers license GED or High School diploma and col-lege training if

qualified. For more info call 512-665-7327.

TBS in Gonzales, TX accepting resumes for 3/4 time admin. position w/FT pos-sible. Job requires

excellent organiza-tion, attention to detail, and ability to work independent-ly in a fast-paced, high volume office. Proficiency with MS Office Suite and su-perior phone skills a must. Knowledge

of insurance and benefit programs desired. Please fax resume to (830) 672-0018. No walk-ins or phone calls, please.--------------------------Full-Time position requiring a self-mo-

tivated person with a strong work ethic, positive attitude, good people skills, a high-school diplo-ma ( or equivalent), and a clean driving record. Apply in person, with a copy of your resume, at NAPA - Kessler’s Auto Supply, 717 St. Joseph, Gonzales. Ask for Crystal.--------------------------TAKING APPLICA-

TIONS FORFLUX-CORE WELD-

ERSPass all Pre-Em-ployment Testing including a Weld-ing Test. Please apply in person at Gonzales Manu-facturing Compa-ny, 2900 Johnson Street, Gonzales, TX. Gonzales Man-ufacturing offers an excellent ben-efit package, Paid Holidays, Bonus Programs, Paid Va-cation, Medical, Dental and 401K Retirement Pro-gram.--------------------------Looking for a fresh start in life? Chris-tian Women’s Job

Corps of Gonzales County offers free job/life/computer skills for women. Call Sherry Poe at 830-672-6180 or 830-857-4960 for more information about fall semester.--------------------------

Immediate Opening

Accounting ClerkMust be computer literate & have abil-ity to Multi-Task. Benefits include: Va-cation, Sick Leave, Hosp. Ins., Dental, Vision, 401K Retire-ment. Apply in per-son at: Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., 1680 CR431, Waelder, TX 78959 or fax or email resume with references to: Fax (830) 540-4284; email: [email protected]. No Phone Calls.--------------------------Part-time position available for Jani-tor/Floor Techni-cian. Experience Re-quired. Please apply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gon-zales, Texas.--------------------------

Positions available for Certified Nurses Aides on Memory Care Unit. Special Skills required. Please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------Full-time positions available for Li-censed Vocational Nurses and Certi-fied Nurse Aides. Please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

J.M. Oilfield Service, a family oriented company is seek-ing professional & reliable Class A CDL employees. Re-quirements: 2 years experience tanker and must be will-ing to get HazMat endorsement ASAP. Call 830-672-8000.--------------------------AVON Representa-tives Wanted! Great earning opportu-nities! Buy or Sell! Call 830-672-2271,

Independent Sales Rep.

Garage Sale. Sat-urday, 7:30-12p.m. 1017 St. Vincent. A little bit of every-thing.--------------------------Jamaica Garage Sale. Saturday, September 15th. 10 a.m.-? at Sacred Heart Grounds. Ac-cepting Donations. Call Isabel Mata for more information, 672-8034.--------------------------Garage Sale. Friday & Saturday, 8-4. 1104 St. Paul, Tem-ple Bethel Recep-tion Hall. Clothes, kitchenware, misc. items.--------------------------Family Garage Sale. 716 N. College, Apt. 2. Saturday, Sep-tember 1, 7-Noon. Clothing, toys, knick-knacks.

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Invitation to Bid for the City of Gonzales

Notice is given that the City of Gonzales is requestingsealed bids for fuel

Bid Specifications for Gas and Diesel

Tanks to be supplied by distributor at these locations;

300 gallon tank with stand for gravity fill, Dyed Diesel tank at J.B. Wells. 300 gallon tanks with stands for gravity fill (300 gallon Dyed Diesel). 500 gallon tanks with stands for gravity fill (500 gallon Gas Tank) at Public works. 300 gallon combination tank and stand for gas and dyed diesel, located at golf course

Bulk oil tank for motor oil to be filled as per needed. Tanks are to be equipped with digital metering devices. Tanks to be able to be pad locked.

Bid cost should be for delivery of gas and diesel to J.B. Wells, Public Works, and Golf Course. The Sewer Plant and Police Department are to supply a diesel generator.

Successful bidders must be able to disburse fuel using a credit card type system at a local location, which provides or includes identification of vehicle/equipment, mileage/hours and pin num-ber for activation.

Billing should be on a master bill with a break down by depart-ment.

Bids should be submitted as “Cents per Gallons over in Ground”.

Submit bids to:City of GonzalesP.O. Box 547820 St. Joseph StreetAttn: Candice WitzkoskeGonzales, TX 78629

Bids are to be turned in by September 9, 2012 no later than 5:00 p.m.Bids will be opened on September 10, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Gonzales County Senior Citizens Assoc., Inc. is soliciting bids for their meal preparation for the period 10-1-2012 to 9-30-2013 for all or part of their center.

The Gonzales County Senior Citizens Assoc., Inc. reserves the right to reject any or all bids received. Deadline to submit a bid is September 17, 2012 at 12 noon. Interested persons can pick up a bid packet at GCSCA, 818 Seydler St., Gonzales, Texas or contact Sandra Huber, Operations Manager, for bidding procedures and any further information at 830-672-7014.

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Huge Yard Sale. Saturday, Septem-ber 1 & Sunday, September 2. 287 Howard Lane (CR 468). 12 mi. on Hwy. 90 toward Belmont. Turn left on How-ard Lane, CR 468. Terminal Cancer pa-tient medical bills. We have womens clothes size Lg-4X, Survey equipment, kitchen cabinets, antique tanks, claw foot bathtub, console TV, comic books, dishwasher, upholstery sewing machine, uphol-stery material. Too much more to men-tion.

Large shower chair. 19” color TV w/stand, stand has rollers. 857-8090.--------------------------2 Lounge Chairs, 6 ft. tall headboard, bed frame, oak din-ing table, couch & 2 chairs w/horse head & saddle design on them, antique egg incubator, enter-tainment center, glider rocker, lamp stand w/drawers, booth dining table, planter boxes. 361-594-4307.--------------------------Large amount qual-ity items. Every-thing $85.00; worth about $300. Health problems prevent garage sale. In Lockhart. Mel, 512-376-9396.--------------------------For Sale: Scentsy Warmer (Fire De-partment), never been opened or used. $35. 3 Leather scents, $5.00 each. Dell Keyboard and Mouse. $10.00 set. 830-305-2521.

3 cement steps set, 48”x21”. Like new. Asking $125. 4 cement steps set, 48”x28”, asking $75. Trampoline, used, good condition, leg base, has no rust, springs in good condition. Tarp in good condition. No safety cage. Asking $60. You haul any items. 830-540-4277.--------------------------Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.--------------------------Chronic Illness, Medical Bills. Every-thing reasonably priced. Long list. Must sell by Mid-Sept. or End. Plan to move away soon. Gonzales, 830-203-8529, M-F.--------------------------Used Dell Com-puter. Keyboard & Monitor. $250 cash. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------FOR SALE Used cy-clone fencing and post. 1990 Dodge pick up with lift gate. Can be seen at GHA 410 Village Dr. Gonzales, Texas. For information call Jeanette Conques-tat 830-672-3419.--------------------------Upright piano for sale. Great for kids starting piano les-sons. All keys works. Needs to be tuned. $100. Call 830-832-5965.--------------------------Unique BBQ Pit, Stagecoach. In-cludes Electric Ro-tisserie $275. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Gasoline operated Hedger, $125; 5 HP

Tiller, $200. Both in excellent condition. 361-208-3565. --------------------------Craftsman Riding Mower. 30” Mower/Mulcher. 13.5 HP Model 536.270300. Purchased April 2011..used 6 times. Exc. Condition. $600.00. 830-560-0238. --------------------------Electric Hospital bed, $150. 582-1120. --------------------------Stain Glass Window, white tail deer. $275. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Utility trailer. All wired for lights. Current tag. $375. 512-917-4078. --------------------------For Sale: Headache Rack, Bumper Hitch, Aluminum Run-ning Boards, 5 office desks, Lift Chair, An-tique Bed, Leather Sofa Bed. 1109 FM 532 West, Shiner. 361-596-4403.--------------------------Air Framing Nailer. Contractor Series. $75.00. Call 361-741-2604.

For Sale: Post Oak Firewood - year old - size and quantity to fit your need. De-livery available. Call for prices, 830-540-4776 or 830-857-3273.

Fertilized Johnson Grass Bermuda Hay. Large round bales. $50. 857-3324.

3. Dirt Scoop, $130, 16’ Grain Auger, new, $175, 7’2 Grat-er Blade, $175, 4500

Mahindra Tractor, 42 hp, like new, $8,500. 830-481-4707.--------------------------Want to Buy: Oliver 60 Tractor. V.A.C. Case Tractor. Run or Not. 361-293-1633.--------------------------For Sale: 231 Massey Ferguson Tractor. $9,000. 830-437-2358 or 830-857-0800. (08-23-12)--------------------------5 Bale Hay King Trailer & Bale Flip-per Loader. Load hay without getting out of truck. Video on baleflipper.com. $13,500. 512-565-5927.

Dining room table, solid wood, with six high back chairs and leaf to extend table, $200.00. Large china cabi-net, $200.00 . 830-672-2604.--------------------------7 pc. dinette, $95; coffee and end table, 475; Rol-laway Bed, $35; 37” TV, $15; 2 office re-ceptionist chairs, couch, table, etc. 361-596-4096. --------------------------For Sale: Queensize mattress set, $200; complete desk w/hutch, $30; Dining Room table with 4 high back chairs, solid wood, $300; Low back swivel re-cliner rocker, $150. Call 672-3728.--------------------------Small round dining table with leaf, ex-tends to oval. $50. Vintage pub table with extensions, $175. Black metal futon with mattress & cover. Like new.

$75. 830-540-3382.

OILFIELD Hous-ing - 5 bedroom/5 bathroom bunk-house for sale for immediate deliv-ery. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------3bedroom/2 bath-room singlewide available. $27,900. Call if in need of housing. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------OILFIELD HOUS-ING - 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with washer and dryer, office spaces, must see to appreci-ate. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------Between 4-5 Acres for Sale. Double-wide. Excellent con-dition. Hwy. front-age. 3BR, all electric, all appliances. Call 830-857-1026.

‘78 Chevy Pickup, $2,500. 830-481-4707.--------------------------For Sale: 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - $7,500. 2nd owner pickup with low miles, cold A/C, spray-in bed liner, grill guard, towing package and more! Call Lauren at (361) 648-5049 for more info.--------------------------Tires for Sale. 4 brand new tires - 255-35-ZR20 Nitto Extreme ZR with Rims - Mar-tin Bros 20” universal rims. $500. 830-857-1340.--------------------------2003 Saturn - Great Gas Saver - $6,988. (830)303-4381.--------------------------

2011 Chevy HHR - Certified - Was $18,499 - Now $15,991. (830) 303-4381.--------------------------2010 Jeep Patriot - only 28K miles. Was $19,999 - Now $17,688. (830) 303-4381.--------------------------2011 Dodge Grand Caravan, 42K miles -

Was $22,899 - Now $20,988. (830) 303-4381.--------------------------2011 Chevy Equi-nox - Certified - Was $24,388 - Now $21,988. (830) 303-4381.

3 mobile homes for rent in Leesville on Hwy. 80. Call 830-534-6525.--------------------------FOR RENT: 2bed, 1 bath trailer. New kitchen floor. For more information call Samantha at 830-857-5812.

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FARM EQUIPMENT

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids addressed to the City of Gonzales, will be received until September 25, 2012 @ 2:30 pm (local time) at City Hall located at 820 Saint Joseph Street in Gonzales, Texas 78629 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing all labor, mate-rial, tools and equipment and performing all work required for 1.5 & 2.5 MG STANDPIPE IMPROVEMENTS. A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on September 18, 2012 @ 10:00 am (local time) at City Hall with an on-site visit being a portion of the proceed-ings. Any bids received after the above-stated date and time will be returned unopened.

The contract will be awarded upon vote of the City Council at a regu-lar meeting which will be held at October 2, 2012 @ 6:00 pm (local time).

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a Certified or Cashier’s Check or a Bidder’s Bond from a surety company licensed in the State of Tex-as, in an amount of at least Five Percent (5%) of the largest amount bid, payable to the City of Gonzales, Texas as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into a contract with the Owner.

Major items of work include the following:

The work under this contract shall be for the 1.5 and 2.5 MG Stand-pipe Improvements located in Gonzales, Texas. The major improve-ments include adding an external 12” inlet pipe to the top of each standpipe from the existing external inlet located at the bottom of each tank and adding three 8” check valves inside 72”-RCP vaults outside of the 1.5 MG standpipe. Improvements shall include all work, materi-als, fittings, pipe, valves, welding, coatings and other miscellaneous items to provide a complete operating system.

Copies of the Contract Specifications and Drawings are on file at the City of GonzalesCity Hall and at the office of LNV, Inc., 1101 South Capital TX. Hwy, Suite C-220, Austin, Texas 78746, and will be for-warded to prospective bidders or suppliers upon receiving $40.00 with the engineer, LNV, Inc., for each set of documents obtained. If mailed, an additional non-refundable fee of $10.00 will be required from all prospective bidders or suppliers to cover shipping and han-dling charges. The payment represents reproduction costs and is non-refundable.

We reserve the right to process checks electronically by transmitting the amount of the check, routing number, account number, and check serial number to your financial institution.

In case of ambiguity or lack of clarity of the prices in the bid forms, the City reserves the right to consider only unit prices written in words, or to reject the entire bid. The City of Gonzales reserves the right to re-ject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Bids may be held by the City of Gonzales for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidder’s qualifications prior to the contract award.

Honorable Robert Logan, Mayor City of Gonzales

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids addressed to the City of Gonzales, will be received un-til September 25, 2012 @ 2:00 pm (local time) at City Hall located at 820 Saint Joseph Street in Gonzales, Texas 78629 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing all labor, material, tools and equipment and performing all work required for HIGHWAY 97 WELL IMPROVEMENTS. A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on September 18, 2012 @ 1:30 pm (local time) at City Hall with an on-site visit being a portion of the proceed-ings. Any bids received after the above-stated date and time will be returned unopened.

The contract will be awarded upon vote of the City Council at a regu-lar meeting which will be held at October 2, 2012 @ 6:00 pm (local time). Each proposal shall be accompanied by a Certified or Cashier’s Check or a Bidder’s Bond from a surety company licensed in the State of Texas, in an amount of at least Five Percent (5%) of the largest amount bid, payable to the City of Gonzales, Texas as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into a contract with the Owner.

Major items of work include the following:

The work under this contract shall be for the well improvements lo-cated on Highway 97. The improvements include a 3,050 gallon double wall polyethylene tank for HCL and a 1,500 gallon single wall polyethylene tank for LAS, 12” and 16” ductile iron piping and fittings, five (5) concrete foundation pads, two (2) 3-HP pumps, chemical feed systems, retrofitting an existing building, electrical improvements and miscellaneous PVC and C-PVC (SDR-17 and SCH 80) piping ranging from 1” to 3”.

Copies of the Contract Specifications and Drawings are on file at the City of Gonzales City Hall and at the office of LNV, Inc., 8918 Tesoro Drive, Suite 401, San Antonio, Texas 78217, and will be forwarded to prospective bidders or suppliers upon depositing $40.00 with the engi-neer, LNV, Inc., for each set of documents obtained. If mailed, an ad-ditional non-refundable fee of $10.00 will be required from all prospec-tive bidders or suppliers to cover shipping and handling charges. The payment represents reproduction costs and is non-refundable.

We reserve the right to process checks electronically by transmitting the amount of the check, routing number, account number, and check serial number to your financial institution.

In case of ambiguity or lack of clarity of the prices in the bid forms, the City reserves the right to consider only unit prices written in words, or to reject the entire bid. The City of Gonzales reserves the right to re-ject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Bids may be held by the City of Gonzales for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidder’s qualifications prior to the contract award.

Honorable Robert Logan, Mayor City of Gonzales

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

In compliance with V.T.C.A., Texas Local Government §111.007 and §111.0075, Gonzales County Commission-ers Court will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on the Proposed Budget - Fiscal Year 2012-2013 on Monday, September 17, 2012, 9:00 a.m., at the County Courthouse, Com-missioners Courtroom, 414 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas.

The County Judge’s Proposed Budget was filed with the Gonzales County Clerk on August 27, 2012.

At the conclusion of the Public Hearing, the Commission-ers Court shall take action on the Proposed Budget.

This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $559,187 or 8.7757%, and of that amount $218,038 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year.

Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms has immediate full time position for:

Night SanitationEvening and Weekends. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs, reach, and stoop frequently, handle working in wet and

cold conditions. Benefits include Medical Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Life Insurance, Vacation, and 401K

Apply at Kitchen Pride

Mushroom Farms County Road 348, Gonzales, TX.

830-540-4516.K.P.F.M. is an EOE employer.

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For Rent: 2BR/2BA/2CG home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for information.--------------------------For Rent: 3BR/2Bath, central air/heat, newly re-modeled country home at 1714 CR 383 between Gon-zales and Moulton. No smoking and no pets in house. $1,000.00/month w/$500.00 deposit. First & last months rent due upfront. References re-quired. Available Sept. 1. 830-263-0910.--------------------------House in the coun-try for lease. Large, clean and nice house and nice yard. Lease and de-posit required. 361-594-3233.--------------------------House for Rent. 3/2, 1,100 + sq. ft. CA/H, remodeled, alarm, furnished, washer/dryer, fridge in-cluded. Flex. lease options. Contact [email protected] or call

830-542-9743.--------------------------3BR/2BA Brick house for rent. 1 mile North of Yoa-kum. AC, washer, dryer. Large access driveway in & out for truck parking for large bobtails. Oak grove, great for BBQ’s and enter-taining. Available Now. Call 361-293-6619, leave mes-sage.--------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call JR, 512-292-0070, 830-857-5727.--------------------------

House for RentCompletely fur-nished house, 3 or 2 bdrms, one room furnished as office, one full bath, fully equipped kitchen, microwave, washer and dryer, large storage space, yard maintained. No pets. Cable and Wi-Fi. Near County Clerk’s office. Con-venient for two landmen. $1,250 a month plus utilities. Call 830-672-6265 or 830-857-4251.--------------------------For Rent in Luling. 3 bed, 1 bath, Cen-tral Air & heat. $850/month, $600/deposit. 830-832-3163. Earl Landry.--------------------------House for Rent. 302 Lancaster, Moulton, TX. Nice spacious

1BR home w/ap-pliances & a large yard. Call for info. 832-633-3950.--------------------------Single Suite. Perfect for Supervisor for Oil Company. Full kitchen, washer/dryer, TV/Full cable, wireless internet. No smoking inside. No Pets. Fully fur-nished and all bills paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070--------------------------Home For Rent. Country Home. completely remod-eled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hardwood floors, roof for AG Proj-ect. Navarro ISD between Seguin & New Braunfels. $1,000 month, $1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.--------------------------

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Furnished with all bills paid -- Full Kitchen - Personal bedrooms and liv-ing room. WEEKLY RATES AVAILABLE. Please call JR at (512) 292-0070 or (830) 672-3089.--------------------------

MOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE

NIGHTLY RATESSingle nightly rates starting at $35.00 per night. Which include A/C, Micro-wave, Refrigerator,

TV/Cable and fur-nished with all bills paid. Please call JR at (512) 292-0070 or (830) 672-3089.--------------------------For Rent to oilfield or pipeline work-ers 2BR/1BA, CH/A, furnished kitchen in Yoakum. Call 361-293-6821.--------------------------3/2, like new 1,800 sq. ft. in Nixon. $1,000/mo. Call 830-857-6921.

Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.

Office space for rent. 1,500 sq. ft. Recently remod-eled. 314 W. Cone. If interested call 830-672-4433.--------------------------For Rent: Indus-trial Property for rent. M1 Ind. Stor-age Yard, 70x130. Church Street. 830-423-2103.--------------------------For sale or lease. 10,000 sq. ft. Bldg. with multi-level loading docks - Prime location - with offices and separate garage. Call 830-857-5448.--------------------------For Lease: Small of-fice space w/work-shop located at 339 St. George. Recently Renovated, $400/month. For more information please (830) 672-5580.

12 acres/house/of-fice with Hwy. 80 frontage between B e l m o n t / N i x o n

near Leesville. Will subdivide. For sale or lease. Would make a great oil field yard or resi-dence. Call Peyton, 512-948-5306; Da-vid, 713-252-1130.--------------------------Land for lease for oil field service equipment. Prime location. 4 miles N. on 183. 2 1/2 acres. Electric, water, parking, storage. Call 203-0585 or 672-6922. (TFN)

Willing to do part-time sitting of el-derly man or wom-an after hospital stay or surgery. Take them to local doc-tors visits, grocery shopping, etc. Call 830-788-7123 for more information. --------------------------Electrical Wiring, Troubleshooting, Repairs, etc. Li-censed & Insured. Call 830-437-5747. --------------------------For Your Specialty Cake Needs. Call Connie Komoll, 830-203-8178.--------------------------Will do house clean-ing Monday thru Friday. Call 830-203-0735.--------------------------Sewing & Altera-tions. Jo West. 830-203-5072. Call between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.--------------------------I’M LOOKING FOR

WORKI’m not hiring. Need a job as a Nurse Aide in hospital, Agency or home. I’m a CNA & CPR certified and need work in Medi-cal Center. Fred-ericksburg area ONLY. Full-time. If

you have a relative needing excep-tional care in San Antonio, please call and ask for Chell, 830-391-4837.--------------------------Hand for Hire, Odd Jobs Done, FREE estimates. Anything you don’t want to do, Junk hauling, Tree Removal, Lot clearing, House pressure washing, office help, ranch, farm, lawn & Flower beds, Barbed wire fence repair, gutter cleaning, I do win-dows. One call does it all. Call Terry (830) 203-1503 or (830) 857-5927.

Willing to mow lawns in morning or evening. Also will do weedeating. Not affiliated with any company’s. 830-263-0909.--------------------------Lawn mowing ser-vice, residential & commercial. Will also mow oilfield yards or large oil re-lated businesses. Li-ability ins., free esti-mates and low cost. No job too large or too small. 830-263-4181.(TFN)

Child care in home. I have 2 openings, Curriculum and meals included. Please call for de-tails. 830-263-0058.

RV For Sale. Older unit. 5th wheel. $2,900. Contact Richard, 830-556-6905.--------------------------Ford Motorhome. 44,000 orig. miles. All working. $2,995. 830-857-6565.

Travel trailer for rent. Fully furnished and ready for move-in. Located in local RV park with cable, pool, laundry. Weekly $300.00 or if paid by the month $1,100.00. All bills paid. Call Debbie at 830-263-4356 or email [email protected] for details.--------------------------Furnished Travel Trailer for rent in 4L RV Ranch. Available immediately. $350 week or $1,000 month. Call 830-305-6926 for more info.--------------------------Office or Living Trailers for lease or buy. Peyton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.--------------------------RV Rentals available at Belmont RV Park Estates. Call Rich-ard, 830-556-6095.--------------------------Travel Trailers for rent. Located at J.B. Wells, Gonza-les, Texas. Cheaper

than motel. Clean, fully furnished, 32 ft. trailers. $300/ a week. Please call for more info & rates. Pug @ 512-963-0000 or Dawn @ 512-508-6221.

RV Sites Available in Nixon. $350/mo. in-cludes utilities. Call 830-857-6921.

For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.--------------------------2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. In-dependent Suspen-sion. Windshield and Roof. 4x4. Ask-ing - $4,950.00 in very good condi-tion. Call 830-857-4670.

Free to good home. German Shepherd mix puppies. Pri-marly black with Shepherd mark-ings. Mother pure-bred. Current on shots and wormed. 830-672-2631.--------------------------Free Kittens. Call 672-7094.--------------------------

PuppiesHalf Lab, Half Pyr-enees. Free to good home. 830-203-1733 or 830-540-4485.--------------------------We stock Sport-mix Dog and Cat Food, Demon WP for those ants and scorpions. Gonza-les Poultry Supply, 1006 St. Paul Street, 672-7954.(TFN)

“Black Limousin and Angus Heif-ers and Bulls, Gen-tle Increase your weaning weights. Established breeder since 1971. Delivery available 979 561- 6148 “ --------------------------Nanny Boer Goats (adults). Pkg. Deal $500.00 (5) or $125 each. 830-560-0238. --------------------------Muscovy ducks for sale. $10.00 each. 8 3 0 - 2 6 3 - 2 4 8 2 . (TFN)--------------------------Laying Hens, $10.00. 512-718-0482.--------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heifers also, 8 months to 2 years. 830-540-4430.--------------------------FOR SALE: 4 year old Angus Bull. 830-875-2524.--------------------------WANT TO BUY: Any

or Unwanted Hors-es. Call Leejay at 830-857-3866.--------------------------For Sale: Baby & Young Adult Ducks. Mix Breeds. Cost $3.50-$20.00 each. Call 830-857-6844, ask for Tammy Ste-phens.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.--------------------------M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians) 18” to 24” tall. Good weed eaters. Fun to have around. Beautiful silver and white herd sire. (7 left) 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.

FOR SALE BY OWN-ER: 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath, single story home in Gonzales. Beautiful wet bar and gourmet kitch-en with granite counter tops. Large pantry utility room. 2 car garage with workshop, nice pool and spa, huge covered porches. All on or nearly 1/2 acre. $249,000. Call 210-844-4963.--------------------------Older couple down-sizing 15 acres (10 acres fenced), house, 3/1 1/2, Barn, ponds, trees. Wharton County. $137,000. 979-533-3262.--------------------------

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Starting pay $23,664.00.Benefits for full time employees include health insur-ance, retirement program and paid leave. Applicant must be able to pass a pre-screen drug test and physical. The City of Gonzales is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all interested parties to apply. Applications available at the city’s website, www.cityofgonzales.org.Please complete an employment application and take to City Hall or mail to:City of GonzalesAttn: Payroll Dept.P.O. Box 547Gonzales, TX 78629“NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE”

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4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New appli-ances, remodeled, new master bath. 830-857-6488.--------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.

Modern home on 165-acre ranch located between Gonzales and Shin-er on paved road FM 443. Highly im-proved with scat-tered oak trees, improved grasses, hay field, cross fencing and stock tank. Recently up-dated 2,300 square foot home, 3BR, 2BA, two live-in areas. Property in-cludes large hay barn, equipment building shop and

cattle pens. Shiner ISD. Possible owner financing available. 361-648-4090 or 361-935-1109.

Wanted to lease land for cattle graz-ing. Must have water and fences. Contact Mitchell Hardcastle, 830-857-4544.--------------------------90x60 lot for sale. For more info, call Jose at (936) 488-8115.--------------------------5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equip-ment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for informa-tion.

WANTED: Acety-lene Gas Regulator for welding torch. 437-2232.

Lucky Shots by Dee.Need Family Por-traits, Family Re-unions, Birthdays, SchoolPictures, Weddings, Etc. 830-857-1495 --------------------------Electrical wiring, troubleshooting & repairs. 830-437-5747.--------------------------

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HOMESvManufactured home in excellent condition, about 1900 sq. ft., 3bed/2bath, large kitchen, located on 5 acres with many oak trees. County water and GVEC elec. Ready for move in. Fronting Hwy. 304, 2 miles north of Hwy. 90 and about 16 miles from Gonzales. Owner/Agent. Price...........................................................................................$99,500vGONZALES 3/2 new construction, 707 St. Francis...........$199,500vGONZALES 3/1, 108 1/2 St. Francis St................................$40,000vGONZALES 3/2.5, 1714 Gardien St.......REDUCED........$220,000vGONZALES 1006 Seydler St., 2 bed/2 bath, on 2 acres..........$120,500

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New Cannon family memberThe Gonzales VFW Hall served as the setting for a fun-filled wedding Saturday, Aug. 25, as Dorothy Voigt became the bride of David “Breeze” Gast. Dorothy is The Cannon’s business manager and ad salesman and the staff at The Cannon wishes the new couple all the happiness they can handle! (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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I guess that we will have our last bit of “Hurrah” on Labor Day. We used to not start school until after La-bor Day. There is so much going on that students have to start practice way back in the first part of August. Be careful in the school zones. Kids are not paying attention to where they are going. There is too much excitement in the air.

I took a look over on the Apache Band Booster Facebook site and it has a big schedule detailing which workers are sup-posed to be working at what times at the Con-cession Stand. On August 30th, this Thursday, at 7:30 PM, The Pit and Percus-sion work. On Sept. 4th , Tuesday, Anybody, TBA for Jr. High Scrimmage; and Sept. 6th Thursday, 5PM, Flutes, Clarinets and Flags. They will also be selling memberships to the band boosters for only $15.00. Grandpar-ents, aunts, and uncles, you all need to support these kids. If anything gets changed on that schedule, I claim all innocence.

The first Sunday of ev-ery month is Commu-nion Sunday at the Bel-mont United Methodist Church.

The fifth Sunday at BUMC is Celebration/Song Service—A delicious breakfast starting 8:15am on every fifth Sunday. Mark your calendar for September 30th.

September 9th is Grand-parents Day. It would be good if you would at least remember your grandpar-ents with a hug and a hand written card at least.

September 15th—this is the third Saturday of Sep-tember-the Belmont Vol-unteer Fire Department BBQ and Auction—check with Kenneth and Gail Schauer and Bob Kidd on how you can help. Our Volunteer Fire Depart-ment is a very important part of our community. It takes money to keep it functioning and up to date. This date is rapidly approaching.

Remember to circle that date of October 13th for the Leesville Country Fair. Vicki Oncken has got her energy wings on so we had all better watch out.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Justin Klosel, Joe Kotwig, Alma Hastings, Paul Vil-lareal, Glenn Malatek, Christian, Diana Garcia, Terry Bowman, Mr. Bill, Michael Barnard, Ser-gio Domingo Rodriguez, Jesse Esparza; Bill and Marie Lott, Doris Hewell, “Sarge” Dunkin; Lou-ise Jones, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, Velma and Bobby Bullard; Jon Bul-lard and family; Mildred O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Selma Vickers, Charlie, Landis, Gene Robinson, Keith Glass, Timothy Black, Jack Black, Teresa Wilke, Sandi Gandre, Rev A. C. Newman, Aunt Betty Gandre, Linda Nes-loney, Marie Schauer, Es-ther Lindemann, Anna Lindemann, Tony Black, Susie Hale, Noreen Soefje, Lanny Baker, Norman

Wundt, Lucy Jones, Ann Bond; Case Martin, Mar-guerite Williams, Shirley Dozier, Matt McGrew,The family of Joyce Black; The family of Brother A. C. Newmann; Please pray for rain; For our military and their families; For the victims of the shooting in College Station, and pray extra for the last incident in Afghanistan.

Sorry, it was Mamie Nickels that has the birth-day not Mamie Nesloney. I looked at that name up-side down and backward when I wrote and said to myself “that just doesn’t look right”. Well it is no wonder it didn’t look right because it wasn’t right.

I don’t know what kind of fauna, or dust or fumes they have in San Antonio but it just does not fit in with my constitution. I had to brave the elements to see one of my dear doc-tors and I came home in the dourest of moods. My head, my hair, my toes that are not even there hurt. My right leg aches from hitting the brake, and I was not even driv-ing.

We went to see Johnny Bush in concert at the Texas Theatre in Seguin. He is 78 years old and still going strong. That theatre has been renovated so nicely. Dotsy sang several of her songs, and Justin Trevino, Rance Norton, Frankie Miller head lined with him. His daughter Gaye Lynn was there with one of his grandsons. I bought one of his books in where it tells of his strug-gles on how he lost his voice for thirty years and finally found a doctor who diagnosed it as spasmodic dysphonia. He gained the ability to speak and sing again. What a wonderful thing that was for a singer to get his voice back after thirty years and to be able to sing again.

We send our condo-lences to the family of Bro. A. C. Newmann who passed away at the age of ninety. Bro. A. C. loved to preach, sing, and talk. We enjoyed him living right up the road from us. Ev-elyn would talk about mu-sic and baking when I sold Avon and Watkins and al-ways wanted Vanilla Ex-tract. You would find Bro. AC sitting on the bench inside WalMart while Ev-elyn shopped. He would be talking to anybody that came near. He was pretty interesting so that was not bad listening.

He will certainly be missed by his family and friends.

Ryan McGlothine over in Leesville did not come out too well after his en-counter with a copper-head snake. It bit him multiple times on his big toe/foot and he ended up in an Austin hospital after that escapade. Do not be walking outside after dark barefooted and if you are

going to do it during the day, then watch where you are walking. Those cop-perheads don’t give you any warning and blend with the ground really well.

Well folks we have a preacher in the family, and we need to get him off to a proper start. Trey Daum the son of Tommy and Ceretta Daum will be ordained in the Evangeli-cal Lutheran Church of American on Sunday, Sep-tember 9th, 2012, at 3PM at Peace Lutheran Church in New Braunfels. All of the friends and family are invited to this service. The church is at 1147 S.

Walnut, New Braun-fels, TX (right across the street from Wal Mart, right off of IH35 going to-ward SA—use the Walnut exit) There is a big party afterwards. Trey Daum has been called to pastor a church in Springfield, South Dakota. He wants to thank all of the fam-ily and friends for their love and support through the years. I guess we had better all go give Trey a big send off because I, for one, am not going to South Dakota and freez-ing. Since the Heinemey-ers and friends empty out half the city and county of Gonzales, I guess New Braunfels better get pre-pared. Congratulations Pastor Trey.

It is too long a story to tell now so I will let you ponder it for a week. Samson took my ring off my finger dur-ing the night and lost it and now he can only find half of it. It is very troubling.

Have a great week, watch out for the kiddos. God bless.

Have a good week, good luck to all of the school kids, teachers, and parents, and God Bless.

It sure is a good thing that I love Hugo. He stole my whole package of pea-nut butter cheese crackers when I was otherwise oc-cupied and carried them across the bed and proceed-ed to eat them. He wasn’t going to share them either. Twerpt was patiently lying down on the bed about a foot away from Hugo. So I had to rescue my crackers so Twerpt and I could have some to eat.

Have a good week and God Bless.

Gonzales County Courthouse DeedsAugust 1-31Govea, Antonio and Govea, Teresita to

Grimaldo, Filemon Villegas, w/d, Lts 1-4, Blk. 63, Waelder.

Luallin, Lois P., Perkins Jr., Denver Edward and Culver, Elizabeth P. to Coleman, Laurie S., w/d, Lts. 2-3, blk. 2, Titcomb Addn, Gonzales.

Maher, Donald J. and Maher, Annette to Carson, John Granger and Carson, Barbara Michelle, w/d, 2.936 of an Acre (Pt. lt. 9) Pecan River Ranch, J B Patrick Svy, A-55.

Leal, Aurelio and Leal, Linda Sue to Serviss, Robert and Serviss, Carolyn, w/d, Tract 3, Iron Mountain Farms Subdvn.

Sampleton, Alice Lee to Ivy, Harvey and Ivy, Gloria, w/d, 4.80 Acres (Blk. 24-25) Town of Sample, I Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys.

Ivy, Harvey and Ivy, Gloria to Dickerson, Ruby, w/d, 4.80 Acres (Blks. 24-25) Town of Sample, I Baker A-130 & F Happell A-284 Svys.

Howell, Penny Piland to Forest Oil Corpo-ration, o/l, 5.00 Acres, Gonzales County Schl. Land Svy, A-230.

Piland III, James Leonard to Forest Oil Cor-poration, o/l, 5.00 Acres, Gonzales County Schl. Land Svy, A-230.

Patteston, Z.G. and Patteson, Joyce to Gor-don, Kara M., Posas, Kara Michelle (AKA) and Posas, Billy Jack, w/d, 10.00 Acres, J A Winn Svy, A-465.

Nourse, W. Thomas and Nourse, Anita Starr Jones to Stajo Holdings, Ltd., w/d, Mineral Int. In Gonzales County.

Malatek, Deanna L. to Williams, Verle D., w/d, Lt. 8, Hillcrest Addn, Gonzales.

Thompson, Judith M. Powell to Thompson, Steve L. and Baldwin, Susan M.,w/d, Int. in lt. 2, blk, South Rivercrest Addn, Gonzales.

Wilson, Mary, Thompson, Steve L. and Bald-win, Susan M. to Almaguer, Deena M., w/d, Lt. 2, Blk. 5 South Rivercrest Addn, Gonzales.

Muzny, Michael T., Muzny, Chris D. and

Hortness, Andre to McLeroy Partners, LLC, w/d, 11.778 Acres, Ezekiel W. Cullen Svy, A-148.

King, Ember to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 215.05 Acres, Wilson Simpson A-426 & Joseph Dillard A-177 Svys.

King III, Clifford to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 215.05 Acres, Wilson Simpson A-426 & Joseph Dillard A-177 Svys.

Wolf, Michael to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A- 36.

Bembenek, Tamela Murphy to EOG Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 40.00 Acres, Thomas Jackson Svy, A-30.

Harrison, Maurice to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Debord, Christopher to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 40.00 Acrs, Thomas Jackson, Svy, A-30.

Assumed NamesGaither, Gary L. – Lone Star Drilling &

Pump Service, Gonzales.Nitesong Horse Ranch – Our Yogurt and

Shake Shop, Gonzales.Rodriguez, Miguel A. – M R Trucking,

Roma.Ocken, Natalie Dawn – Chances R, Gonza-

les.Flores, Juan C. – Flores Construction, Shiner.Davis, Connie – Connie Davis Designs,

Gonzales.Shirley, Dustin – Dustin Shirley Construc-

tion.Pape, Dayland – Pape Services, Luling.Marriage LicenseLong Jr., George and Salgada, Carmen J.Welch, Robert Joseph and Gandre, Florence.DuBose Jr., John Charles and Kalisek, Cathy

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O and G Co. LPLease Name: Franz Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford






O and G Co. LPLease Name: Butler Unit BWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Survey Name: F. Leal, A-304Direction and Miles: 4.5 miles

northeast of RungeOil: 631MCF: 3,149Choke Size: 21/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 3,310Shut In Well Pressure: 7,920Total Depth: 18,832 feetPerforations: 14,006-18,607 feet


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Operator: Geosouthern Energy Corp.

Lease Name: Cantu BWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: J. Meissner, A-345Direction and Miles: 1.53 miles

southeast of WesthoffOil: 1,089MCF: 1,357Choke Size: 11/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 7,115Total Depth: 18,221 feetPlug Back Depth: 18,173 feetPerforations: 13,209 feet-18,153

feet



Corp.Lease Name: Arnot AWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: J. Ross, A-413Direction and Miles: 3.13 miles

southeast of WesthoffOil: 672MCF: 1,770Choke Size: 9/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 856Total Depth: 19,157 feetPlug Back Depth: 19,088 feetPerforations: 13,459-19,067 feet


HorizontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF

LLCLease Name: Leske-Lott UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: S. Pharrass,


southeast of WesthoffOil: 759MCF: 3,635Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 8,000

Total Depth: 18,405 feetPerforations: 13,643-18,282

feet


HorizontalOperator: Pioneer Natural

Res. USA Inc.Lease Name: Schorlemer 02Well No.: 02HField Name: DeWitt (Eagle

Ford Shale)Survey Name: W. Putman,


northwest of YorktownOil: 446MCF: 2,393Choke Size: 10/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 7,405Shut In Well Pressure: 8,515Total Depth: 18,301 feetPerforations: 13,670-18,301

feet

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HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Boyles UnitWell No.: 16HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: W. Simpson,

A-426Direction and Miles: 10.8

miles southeast of CostOil: 1,732MCF: 1,920Choke Size: 30/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,906Total Depth: 19,463 feetPlug Back Depth: 17,374 feetPerforations: 11,552-17,361

feet




A-426Direction and Miles: 10.9

miles southeast of CostOil: 1,400MCF: 1,522Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 363

Total Depth: 17,027 feetPlug Back Depth: 16,945 feetPerforations: 11,445-16,922

feet


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Steen-Scruggs

UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: J. Dillard, A-177Direction and Miles: 9.8 miles

southeast of CostOil: 1,910MCF: 1,512Choke Size: 28/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,769Total Depth: 16,439 feetPlug Back Depth: 16,360 feetPerforations: 11,196-16,355

feet


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: MerrittWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: J. Elder, A-206Direction and Miles: 8.4 miles

southeast of CostOil: 1,393MCF: 516Choke Size: 30/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 976Total Depth: 15,324 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,238 feetPerforations: 9,790-15,233 feet


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: MerrittWell No.: 9HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: MerrittDirection and Miles: 7.3 miles

southeast of CostOil: 925MCF: 357Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 580Total Depth: 15,044 feetPlug Back Depth: 14,958 feetPerforations: 9,467-14,953 feet



Ford-1)Survey Name: B. Fulcher,

A-536Direction and Miles: 14 miles

southeast of CostOil: 4,138MCF: 4,872Choke Size: 30/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 3,834Total Depth: 16,329 feetPerforations: 12,107-16,236

feet






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HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Henkhaus UntWell No.: 11HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle




feet





southeast of CostOil: 1,438MCF: 1,621Choke Size: 30/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 641Total Depth: 16,946 feetPlug Back Depth: 16,856 feetPerforations: 11,257-16,851 feet



Corp.Lease Name: Carson AWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: R.H. Wynn,


northeast of WesthoffOil: 761MCF: 533Choke Size: 1.125 inchesFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 4,740Total Depth: 16,420 feetPlug Back Depth: 16,298 feetPerforations: 12,072-16,280 feet


HorizontalOperator: Rosetta Resources

Operating LPLease Name: Alede DuboseWell No.: 2Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: J. Humphrey,


southwest of EncinalOil: 942MCF: 948Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 4,200Total Depth: 17,977 feetPerforations: 12,439-17,252 feet


HorizontalOperator: Penn Virginia Oil

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RanchWell No.: 11HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-1)Survey Name: J. McCoy, A-46Direction and Miles: 9.77

miles southeast of GonzalesOil: 562MCF: 378Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 2,122Total Depth: 14,916 feetPerforations: 11,150-14,717

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HorizontalOperator: Geosouthern En-

ergy Corp.Lease Name: Carol UnitWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle

Ford-2)Survey Name: T. Toby, A-474Direction and Miles: 3.57

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A win in your opening game does a lot for your confidence and can set the stage for the rest of the sea-son.

Last year, Flatonia start-ed out with losses in their first two games and ended the season with a 4-6 re-cord. Flatonia will host the Nixon-Smiley Mustangs at Bulldog Stadium at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow for both teams’ 2012 opener.

“Confidence is key in this game and getting a win is important because winning breeds confi-dence,” said Flatonia head coach Chris Freytag.

Last year, the Mustangs came away with a 36-33 win in overtime against the Bulldogs.

“The past two years, this game has been close,” Freytag said. “Nixon-Smiley is a very physical football team and are well-coached. They replaced the players they lost from last season and I believe they are a better football team this year.”

Football teams do not always win games, but that does not mean goals are not met.

“You can play well and still lose the game. In that case, it still can be satisfy-ing to the coach,” Freytag said.

Flatonia’s offensive line will have to be play very well for the ‘Dogs to be able to properly execute their multi-faceted offense.

“We need to protect the football and have no turn-overs,” Freytag said.

Miguel Grifaldo and Jose Cedillo will help an-chor the Flatonia offensive line. The ‘Dog defense will go up against a run-heavy Nixon offense that just might mix in a couple of passes in the game.

“I feel our defense looked good in the scrim-mages,” Freytag said. “We need to make sure we fly to the football to stop Nixon’s Wing-T offense. It will be a challenge because they will run a lot of play fakes and play-action passes. We need a lot of three-and-outs and keep their offense off the field.”

Look for defensive end Mitchell Mica and line-backer Marcus Mica to be just two of the players on the Flatonia defense who will make contributions on stopping the Mustangs of-fense.

For the Mustangs, they will be looking to build on the progress made dur-ing their two pre-season scrimmages.

“Our goal for this first game is to make sure we continue improving,” Mus-tangs head coach Carl-ton McKinney said. “We have gotten better over the course of our first two scrimmages.”

The Mustangs have some inexperience on both sides of the ball. McKinney said the quarterback position will be manned by a soph-omore as will some of the running back positions, and several juniors on the defense do not have a lot of varsity-level experience.

Another area for Nixon to watch is how to deal with any adversity that pops up in the game.

“We need to make sure

our players do not get down on themselves if things do not go well,” McKinney said.

Flatonia will be a for-midable opponent for the Mustangs.

“I think they are solid with majority of the kids returning and the team is in the third year of Coach (Chris) Freytag’s offense,” McKinney said.

For the Mustangs of-fense, it will be about good execution.

“We have to do all of the little things correctly, and we must have no turnovers in the game,” said McKin-ney.

The Nixon running game should be paced by running back Miguel Hernandez, fullback Jared Van Auken and running back Tristan Newman. Van Auken will also start at middle linebacker and help with the defensive ef-fort.

The Nixon defense will have a challenge ahead with the tendency of Flato-nia to both run and throw the football, led by Zane Ponder who excels at re-ceiver but also can play running back with success.

“We cannot give up the big play,” McKinney said. “We must recognize when Flatonia makes adjust-ments on offense, when they go to multiple-receiv-er sets or line up with three in the backfield.”

GONZALES – Opti-mism springs eternal to start each new high-school football season — unless you happen to be the guy in charge of the team. For the head coach, it’s sound strategy to be something of a pessimist.

Ricky Lock knows Apache faithful have high hopes entering the 2012 campaign after posting an 18-4 record over the last two seasons and getting glowing pre-season predic-tions from various corners. But as the field boss, he tempers his optimism.

“We have some concerns entering the season,” said

Lock, whose Apaches open the season at 7:30 p.m. Fri-day at home against the Victoria East Titans. “We’re like everybody else, we have concerns about depth, we’re still looking for peo-ple to step up.

“We’re a work in prog-ress, we knew it was going to be like that,” he added. “There’s a lot of new blood in there.”

The Titans, a Class 4A club a year ago, are doing some rebuilding of their own under coach Roland Gonzales, who is replacing legendary 40-year veteran Mickey Finley. East went 7-5 last season and brings back 41 lettermen, nine of them starters.

“We get thrown to the

wolves pretty quick early in the schedule with Victoria and Bastrop,” Lock mused. “We watched (East) in the scrimmage last weekend. They’ve got tremendous amount of team speed, and they’re big up front. It will help us long run playing against better competition.”

For all that offenses usu-ally earn the headlines, Lock said his biggest area of concern in facing East is the defense.

“We did learn some

things about our secondary and a few things we need to work on coverage-wise (in scrimmages against Hal-lettsville and Columbus),” Lock said. “I thought our inside play was really good, nobody ran the ball effec-tively against us. Things are a lot different playing on Thursday night and play-ing on Friday night, things happen so much faster.”

He said he’s been pleased by the development of linebackers J.T. Miller, D.J.

Gonzales, Francisco Diaz and Morgan Martinez.

“We lost all four of our starters from last year, so it’s all new there,” he said. “Miller, he was a down lineman last year.”

The Titans’ biggest threat is wide receiver Deon-dric Lofton, who’s listed at 6-feet and 175 pounds but Lock says plays more like he’s “about 6-3 or 6-4” with speed.

“They like to get him by himself, try and hit the home run with him 4-5 times a game. He’ll be a challenge,” he said.

The slot men, David Boyd and sophomore Jona-than Ortega, also have con-siderable speed and will present a challenge for the

Apache secondary, Lock said.

“They like to do a lot of that jet sweep, throw little bubbles out to them,” he said. “They moved the ball real well against Cuero, they just fumbled.”

One positive for the Apaches in countering the speedy Titan receivers will be the return of free safety Zack Lopez, who was held out of both scrimmages this summer because of a minor injury.

“He gives us another di-mension,” Lock said. “In addition to his leadership back there, when he hits you, you know it.”

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The Cardinals squeeze past Gonzales, 3-2, in scrimmage

GONZALES – Gonzales football coach Ricky Lock saw some good things and some not so good things Thursday night.

The Gonzales football team scrimmaged the Columbus Cardinals at Apache Field in both teams’ final preseason scrimmages before the regular season opens tomorrow.

Columbus came away with 3-2 win, scoring once in the controlled scrim-mage and twice more in the live-quarter portion.

Lock said the Apaches had a couple of issues on defense, including not lin-ing up correctly.

“We had the wrong guy making the call on defense,” he said. “Our linebackers have to take charge. We did it right all week in practice and then got it wrong five times in a row, tonight.”

He said the defensive alignment mistakes are

fixable. The Apaches had some pleasant surprises on the offensive side of the ball. One of those was freshman running back Alyas Ramirez.

“Alyas did well for a freshman,” Lock said. “I did not run Cecil (Johnson) too much tonight but he showed his spark and we know what he has.”

Lock added the offensive line played well as a whole.

The defense was without the services of Zack Lopez, Coltin Russell and Chris Garcia.

“We got a few guys who are banged up,” Lock said. “We have to roll with that because every team gets in-juries.”

He said the team needs some of the seniors to step up and be leaders.

“We have 25 seniors, and I do not have to say a whole lot to them about gearing up. They will be ready to roll.”

Columbus brought a spread offense to the scrim-

mage, similar to what Gon-zales saw in its previous scrimmage against Hal-lettsville. Victoria East, Gonzales’ first opponent, also runs a spread offense.

Each school had their first, second and third-team offenses on 15, 10 and eight-play drives.

The Cardinals went of-fense first and Columbus scored on its first drive, a seven or eight-play by the first-team offense to go up 1-0 in the scrimmage. The Gonzales first-team de-fense held the Cardinals out of the end zone on the next drive which lasted around seven plays.

The second-team Co-lumbus offense was unable to score in 10 plays. The third-team Columbus of-fense was also prevented from crossing the goal line by the defense. The first possession by the Gonzales first-team offense ended in nine plays without a score.

Cecil Johnson got a

Cameron Smith tries to wiggle his way out of this tackle by a Cardinal defender during Gonzales’ scrimmage with Columbus last Thursday. The Apaches were outscored by the Cardinals 3-2. (Photo by Mark Lube)

By MARK [email protected]

GONZALES, Page C2

Bulldogs eager to set the tone for season in opener against Mustangs

Nixon-Smiley at Flatonia

Friday, 7:30 p.m.Bulldog Stadium in Flatonia


The regular season starts for local high school foot-ball teams this week and every opponent for the teams seem to be a tough or intriguing matchup.

Universal City-Randolph at Luling

The optimistic Eagles will start the season against the Ro-Hawks on Friday.

“I think our guys are ready to play for real,” Eagles head coach Colby Hensley said. “They have worked really hard and I think they are on the verge of doing something spe-cial.”

He said he is expecting Randolph to be a challenge for Luling.

“I think on offense, be-ing able to execute will be the big thing,” Hensley said. “If one guy does something wrong, it could result in a three-and-out for us.”

The Ro-Hawks will line up in a Wing-T offense and pound the football on the ground.

“Our defense will need to read the key and make good tackles,” Hensley said.

Randolph is loaded with running backs includ-ing Damani Phillips (First Team Alll-District with 703 yards and 10 touchdowns), Leo Blount, Alonzo Bar-clift, Josh Carrico and Bryan London along with quarterback Vincent Faust. Barclift is the leading tack-ler on defense with 103 last year, at linebacker.

Shiner at Industrial

Once again, the Shiner Comanches will lock horns with Industrial.

“Been a tough game for us the last couple of years,” Shiner head coach Steven Cerny said. “They have handled us. Hopefully, we can turn things around.”

Industrial has had a strong defensive line in the last several seasons.

“We will have to make sure we come off our blocks well,” Cerny said. “We need to be consistent, follow our assignments and take care of the ball.”

Cerny said he is also con-cerned about Industrial’s big offensive line versus the Comanche defensive line.

“We will see how well our defensive line can hold up against their offensive line,” he said. “Overall, on defense, we have to fly to the ball. I feel we have more speed but they have more strength.”

While Shiner does not know a lot about this year’s Industrial team, Cerny hopes the fact that the two teams have played each other in the recent past will help his club have an idea of what they are going up against.

Industrial’s offense will be led by fullback Will Knopp (310 rushing yards, four touchdowns) and run-ning back David Franz (429 yards, three touchdowns). Two players to watch on the defense are end Mason Da-vis (60 tackles) and defen-sive back A.J. Rosas (two interceptions).

As they near the first game, the Comanches are doing alright.

“I think we are a little ahead offensively even though we have a new quarterback and new offen-sive line,” Cerny said. “We are a little behind on condi-tioning so I am concerned

about how we will hold up over four quarters.”

Ganado at Hallettsville

The Brahmas welcome the regional finalists from 2011, the Ganado Indians. Brahmas head coach Tom-my Psencik said it will be a good matchup for Halletts-ville.

On offense, Hallettsville must be balanced.

“We have to be able to throw the ball well,” he said. “We must establish a running game to keep Ga-nado’s defense off balance a little.”

On defense, Hallettsville will have one major prior-ity – stop the run. That will prove to be difficult as the Indians have a couple of big lineman who can clear the way for the running backs.

“Tight end Thomas Parks (220) and tackle Roman Leal (around 300), when Ganado runs, they run right behind them,” Psce-nik said.

Other players on the of-fense for the Indians are running backs Clay Vesely, Kenny Kocian, Kaleb Leal and Benny Garcia. Key players on the defense are lineman Roman Leal, line-man Michael Garcia and Vesley at defensive back.

Pettus at Shiner St. Paul

St. Paul and Pettus have had some good battles the last several years.

“Obviously, we want to get off to a good start,” said Cardinal head coach Jake Wachsmuth. “We want to have a good week of prac-tice leading up to the game.”

The play of St. Paul’s of-fensive line will allow the team to control the football and get some yards for the running backs and other skilled positions.

Pettus brings a Wing-T offense to town.

“We have to learn what Pettus does in the course of this week and take away their best plays,” he said. “We will need to know where their best players are at all times,”

St. Paul faced Nixon-Smiley in the first scrim-mage and was scheduled to play Flatonia and Halletts-ville, but St. Paul withdrew because of injuries and oth-er health concerns.

Wachsmuth said every-one should be healthy for Friday’s game against Pet-tus.

“I thought we looked good against Nixon and we will build off of that,” he said.

Sacred Heart at Yorktown

The defending TAPPS 1A/2A state champions kick off their season at UIL Class 1A Yorktown.

Yorktown will look a little different this year.

“They are more of a pow-er team this year,” said Sa-cred Heart coach Pat Hen-ke. “They had a lot of speed last year and still have some speed this year.”

The Wildcats return 10 starters from a 5-6 team a year ago that were bi-dis-trict finalists. Yorktown’s main threat on offense is dual-threat signal caller Derek Franke (455 yards passing, five touchdowns, 610 yards rushing and eight scores).

Wildcat’s main defensive players are lineman Lane Strieber and end Dustin Metting.

“Their defense is going

to be very physical,” Henke said.

Sacred Heart had three turnovers on offense in their last scrimmage against Tidehaven.

“We cannot turn the ball over three times against Yorktown,” Henke said.

He said defensive disci-pline is imperative when defending a triple-option team like Yorktown.

“Someone has to cover the fullback, the quarter-back, the pitch man well. If you are not disciplined on defense, they can pop a long run on you,” Henke said.

He said the first game is always a fun one because the team can see where it is at after the first several weeks of practice and two scrimmages.

Sacred Heart is a little experienced with one of-fensive and four defensive starters back, but is not a young team with a lot of juniors and seniors on the team.

Yoakum at Columbus

The Yoakum Bulldogs open the 2012 campaign by heading up to Columbus to play the Cardinals.

Columbus is a famil-iar opponent as Yoakum played them last year to open the season. Yoakum got by the Cardinals ,19-16.

“I think they are a well-coached team and have got-ten better as they are learn-ing a new system,” Yoakum head coach Brent Kornegay said.

He said the key for the Bulldog offense will be to sustain drives and protect the football.

“I told the kids it will take all 11 offensive guys on the field playing well to be suc-cessful,” Kornegay said.

The Cardinals have switched their offense from a power-running game to a spread system.

“We will have to play as-signment football and run to the ball,” he said. “We have to be physical and do a better job of defending the screen pass.”

Key players for the Cardinal offense is run-ning back Royce Caldwell (1,257 running yards, 19 touchdowns), Darius Ste-vens (531 receiving yards, five touchdowns). Darion Shorter and running back Eugene Shorter also figure to provide some offensive yards.

On defense, defensive back Cameron Stovall will anchor the defense as he had 59 tackles and two in-terceptions in 2011.

The ‘Dogs are progress-ing nicely, according to Ko-rnegay.

“Our offense is further along right now than an-ticipated,” Kornegay said. “Our defense is learning some new things and they are coming around.”

Wharton at CueroThe Gobblers open the

season by hosting the Wharton Tigers, a regional semifinalist team from last season.

“They are a good football team,” Cuero head coach Travis Reeve said. “Whar-ton has a good quarterback and is returning several defensive players from last year. Wharton will be a good opponent for us.”

Key thing for the Cuero offense, as for every high school team this week, is to play crisp and error-free.

“Always, we need to ex-ecute well what we do,”

against the Gobblers, and got a third score during a timed two-quarters game simulation on an 18-yard run by quarterback Cam-eron Schultz.

“They run a two-quar-terback system, one’s a lit-tle better passer, the other (Schultz) is a better run-ner,” Lock said. “He’s a little bigger, around 200 pounds, he’s a load.”

The Apaches, mean-while, have fewer concerns offensively.

“We know we can run the ball, that’s our bread and butter,” said Lock. “During the scrimmages we did a lot of stuff, we tried to work the ball around and pass a little more, because if you can’t get it outside and down the

field, sooner or later every-one’s going to start packing it inside on you.”

The offensive line of Zach Perez-Clack, Da-mien Airhart and Miller, Jordan Johnson and Ty-ler Filla could be the best the school’s had, and with veterans Cecil Johnson and Lopez working out of the backfield, moving the chains seems unlikely to be an issue.

But the Apaches spent time in the scrimmages and summer workouts develop-ing a couple of additional weapons for quarterbacks Matt Hillman and Marti-nez: sophomore Darrance James and tight end Cam-eron Smith.

“Cameron’s turning into a pretty good tight end,” Lock said.

“He’s tall and he’s pretty fast, he’s got good hands and he’s tough to bring down.”

James is also developing rapidly, Lock said.

“He’s got some moves,” he said. “He’s shown pretty good hands so far.”

Lock said his staff has preached conditioning, es-pecially for the early part of the schedule, and Friday may be the test of how well they’ve succeeded.

“They’re (East) gonna be bringing 50-60 kids over here, and we’ll be suiting out 36,” Lock said. “We’ve got a lot of people working both sides of the ball. We’ve got a lot of young men who are gonna have to play roles they didn’t have to play last year as far as playing on both sides of the ball.”

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By MARK LUBE

[email protected]

Continued from page C1

APACHES: Open season with test against 4A Victoria East

couple of carries and quar-terback Matt Hillman had a couple of completions to tight end Cameron Smith and wide receiver Darnell Arnic. The drive ended with a Columbus intercep-tion of a Hillman pass.

The following Gonzales drive lasted about six plays. Arnic got the ball on an end-around and Johnson got a couple of carries. Hill-man threw complete to D.J. Gonzales and threw anoth-er interception on the next play.

The Apache second-team

offense drove down the field for a score. Gonzales had four straight carries to start things off. Quar-terback Morgan Martinez then completed a pass to Eddie Gonzales.

Ramirez got a carry, Gonzales ran the ball again and then Ramirez sliced through the Cardinal de-fense for the 32-yard touch-down run.

Ramirez and another freshman, Jaime Tejas, took turns running the football for the Tribe’s third-team offense.

In the two-quarter, running-clock part of the

scrimmage, the Columbus defense forced a three-and-out on the first possession for the Apaches. The Cardi-nals then drove 65 yards in eight plays, getting a short five-yard toss for the touch-down and went ahead, 2-1.

The Apaches answered immediately as John-son took the handoff and turned on the afterburners for a 70-yard score to tie the scrimmage at 2-2. The Cardinals scored the final touchdown with 9:43 left.

Gonzales will host 4A Victoria East while Colum-bus will welcome the Yoa-kum Bulldogs to town.


GONZALES: Turnovers lead to wasted scoring opportunities

Area Football PreviewEagles remain positive heading into opener

GONZALES – A couple of area cross country teams started their regular season with a relay.

The Gonzales cross country team hosted a relay event Saturday on the north side of Independence Park. Runners from Gonzales, Luling, Yoakum, Karnes City, Goliad, Pfluger-ville, Cedar Park, Bastrop Tribe Consolidated and La

Grange attended the meet.The varsity divisions

were formatted as a three-runner, six-mile relay. Each runner ran one mile twice.

“The cross country meet went extremely well with several of the girls and boys receiving medals,” Gon-zales coach Cully Doyle sald. “This was a great meet for us early in the sea-son. It built a lot of confi-dence in the kids when they won medals among some great teams.”

“The competi-tion was great as Class 4A power house Cedar Park and Class 5A school Pflugerville High School came down to run in the relay-style cross country meet held at Independence Park in Gonzales.”

Doyle said he was pleased by the performances of the Gonzales runners.

“The kids did amazing for their first cross coun-try meet of the season,” he

By MARK LUBE

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Ian Maxwell competes for the Gonzales Apaches during their season-opening cross country meet, held last Saturday morning at Independence Park. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Gonzales harriers open season by hosting relays

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PREVIEW, Page C5

SCHULENBURG — Al-ways strive to finish stron-ger than you started.

Hallettsville fell to An-derson-Shiro 2-0 (16-25, 20-25) Thursday morning in Pool 2 play of the Schul-enburg Tournament.

The Lady Brahmas were just a little slow at the start but worked hard to step up their efforts.

“We started flat and were poor on serve-receive in the opening game,” said Lady Brahmas head coach Karen Darilek.

Hallettsville had a better fight in the second set, but still came up short.

“We did not give up,” Darilek said. “We had some defensive lapses.”

The Lady Owls opened up the first set with a 10-3 advantage, including an ace by Ashton Washing-ton. Hallettsville pulled a couple of points back and later battled back to within 17-14 on service by Mor-gan Mitchon and a kill by Heather Henneke.

Anderson-Shiro then went on an 8-2 run to close out the first game, getting a kill from Kelsey Coronado and ace from Taylor Ma-son.

The Lady Brahmas got the second set off to a good start, going ahead 5-2 on serves from Mitchon. An-derson-Shiro rallied for a 6-5 lead on service from Washington.

Hallettsville came back with two kills from Cas-sidy Targac and serves from Henneke helped give the Lady Brahmas an 11-6 window.

The Lady Owls scored

seven straight, getting kills from Audrey Moody and Crystal Serres. Targac helped Hallettsville tie the game at 13-13 and Ander-son-Shiro went into the lead with eight of the next

11 points.Hallettsville broke the

run on the play by Emma Wick and eventually came within 22-19 before the Lady Owls’ 3-1 run to end the second set.

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Lady Apaches get first look at La Grange in tourney

SCHULENBURG – The Gonzales volleyball faith-ful got a little preview of district Thursday afternoon in the Schulenburg Tour-nament.

The Lady Apaches played a non-district contest against one of their new District 26-3A opponents in La Grange. The Lady Leopards swept Gonzales 25-17, 25-15, during Pool 1 action.

Later in district, the Lady Apaches will definitely know what to expect from La Grange and should have a little more fortune. La Grange will come to Gon-zales on Oct. 2 and the Lady Apaches will make the return trip on Oct. 12.

Gonzales went ahead 2-0 in the first set on the serves from libero Carly Bozka. The Lady Leopards man-aged to tie the match before Gonzales went up 3-2 on the play from Cassidy La Fleur.

After La Grange had gone back in the lead, the Lady Apaches tied the game at 5-5 with a kill from Allison Raley. The Lady Leopards went up 13-10, on a kill by Madison Kneseh, and ser-vice from Rebecca Proske and Hannah Gereche.

La Grange later went on top 16-12, but Gonzales continued to battle, get-ting a kill from Kendall Fougerat to close down to 16-13. The Lady Leopards then scored five of the next six points, and the Lady Apaches got two straight points, one on another play from Fougerat.

La Grange then used a

4-1 run to close out the set.Breanna Homer opened

the second set with two kills for La Grange to give them a 3-0 lead. The Lady Leopards hung on to the momentum to go ahead

10-4. A kill by Shayla Sim-per broke the La Grange run and Gonzales got two more points after that.

The Lady Apaches later closed the gap to 12-10 before the Lady Leopards

recorded seven of the next 10 points. La Grange then used 6-2 run to close out the second game.

Gonzales’ overall record fell to 4-6 following the loss to La Grange.

The Lady Apaches’ Kendall Fougerat (left) and Lindsey Akers rise up in a block attempt against a La Grange attack Thursday afternoon in the Schulenburg Tournament. Gonzales fell to the Lady Leopards in two sets during pool play. (Photo by Mark Lube)


Morgan Mitchon overhead passes a Anderson-Shiro serve while Alicia Grah-mann (6) looks on. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Hallettsville gets the better of Anderson-Shiro in pool play

Schulenburg Tournament


From coaches reports

The Yoakum Lady Bull-dogs fell to Edcouch-Elsa in the Sinton Tournament, 19-25, 20-25.

Callie Witte had 17 as-sists, two digs, one ace and five points; Lesley Se-idenberger had 11 kills, six digs, one assist, one ace, one block and two points; Jaccari Hights had three blocks and three points; Latrice Brown had six kills, four digs, one ace and three points; Faith Hagan had four digs, one assist and three points; Shelby Pesek had nine digs and one point; Lexi Williams had one dig and Danielle Pohl had seven kills, one assist and two blocks.

Yoakum rebounded with 25-16, 25-20 sweep of Refu-gio.

Pesek had eight digs, two aces and 10 points; Pohl had four kills, one dig and one block; Witte finished with 13 assists, three kills, two aces, eight digs, one block and 11 points;Hights had four kills, two digs and two blocks; Hagan had seven digs, two assists, one block and eight points; Brown had four kills, five digs and one assist, and Seidenberg-er had four kills, two digs, two blocks, one assist and one point.

On Saturday, Yoakum won 25-14, 25-14 against Sinton in Gold Bracket play. Witte had two kills, 16 as-sists, five aces, three digs, one block and eight points; Seidenberger had nine kills, one assist, four aces, one dig and eight points; Hights had one kill, two digs, one block, seven points; Brown had seven digs, four kills, one point; Hagan had three assists, two aces, four digs, one block, eight points; Pesek had four digs and Pohl had seven kills and one block.

Yoakum played Taft in the semifinals, winning 25-17, 25-10. Witte had 18 assists, four aces, three digs, one block, six point; Seidenberger had 11 kills, two aces, three digs, one block, nine points; Hights had two kills, one dig and four points; Brown had four kills, one assist, one ace, seven digs and five points; Pesek had one kill, one ace, one dig, two points, and Pohl had six kills and two blocks.

The Lady ‘Dogs squeezed by Corpus Christi Moody, 25-19, 25-22, in the Gold Bracket final. Witte chipped in two kills, 15 assists, three aces, 13 digs and seven points; Seidenberger had eight kills, seven digs, six points; Hights had three kills, one assist, two aces, one dig, two blocks and four points; Brown had eight kills,one assist, seven digs and one point; Hagan finished with one kill, three assists, one ace, eight digs, one block and five points; Pesek had one assist, 15 digs and two points; Pohl had three kills and four blocks.

Seidenberger was named All-Tournament Player. After winning the Gold Championship game, Yoa-kum improved to 8-6 on the year.

On Tuesday, the Lady ‘Dogs fell to Port Lavaca Calhoun in five sets (17-25, 25-22, 25-23, 18-25, 10-15).

Witte had 30 assists, 18 digs, 10 points, four kills, two aces; Seidenberger had 18 digs, 16 kills, 10 points, five assists, three blocks, two assists; Hights had

14 points, five kills, three digs, three blocks, one ace; Brown had 15 kills, 14 digs, seven points three aces, two assists, one block; Hagan finished with 11 digs, five assists, four points and one block; Pesek had 12 digs and one kill; Pohl had seven kills, six blocks, one assist.

After Tuesday’s match, Yoakum’s record is 8-7.

“We fought a hard match against a very successful volleyball program,” Yoa-kum coach Alisha Boysen said. “We overcame some things that we have been working on and still have a few things to tweek. We are making good progress to-wards achieving our goals for district.”

The Yoakum junior var-sity fell in three games, 23-25, 25-22, 22-25. The fresh-man Lady ‘Dogs fell in two sets, 11-25, 9-25.

• The Nixon-Smiley vol-leyball team defeated Uni-versal City-Randolph 3-2 (25-21. 25-18,15-25, 9-25, 15-7).

Devon Tristan had 14 kills, seven digs; Alena Al-varez had eight digs, six assists, one ace; Hailey Boatright had four blocks, three kills, three assists; Abigail Scarbrough had two kills, two assists, one dig; Treca DeLeon had 22 digs, one assist; Miranda Car-rillo had two digs; Kelby Henderson had seven digs, three kills, one ace; Savan-nah Martinez had four kills, one dig; Megan Guerra had 14 assists, three digs; Mea-gan Stone had three digs, two kills, one assist, and Jennifer Flores had 14 digs one ace.

The Flatonia Bulldogs were swept by Schulenburg, 17-25, 14-25, 17-25, on Aug. 21.

Savannah Flood had three aces; Abigail Schacherl had two aces, three kills, six as-sists and two digs; Kimber-lyn Michalec had one ace, two kills; Chandler Fike had three kills, two blocks, two digs; Meredith Pavlica had two kills, two blocks; Katie Steinhauser had one kill; Alanis Ribera had two assists, one dig; Crystal Ro-driguez had three digs and Elena Gomez had one dig.

• On Thursday, Flatonia started play in the Schulen-burg Tournament, playing Giddings in Pool 2 play.

The Lady ‘Dogs fell, 20-25, 13-25. Fike had one ace, atwo kills, two blocks and seven digs; Pavlica had two kills, three blocks; Stein-hauser had two kills, one dig; Schacherl had two kills, four assists, two blocks and two digs; Rodriguez had one kill, three digs; Ribera had four assists, two digs, and Flood finished with two digs.

Columbus swept Flato-nia 25-10, 25-5, in the Lady ‘Dogs’ next game.

Rodriguez had one ace, one dig; Schacherl had one ace, two assists, one kill; Fike had one kill; Stein-hauser had one kill; Ribera had two assists; Gomez had one dig and Brooke Migl had one dig.

In its third game, Flato-nia fell to Hallettsville, 14-25, 16-25.

Ribera had three aces, two assists; Flood had one ace, one block; Schacherl had one ace, two kills, one assist, one block and a dig; Steinhauser chipped in two kills; Fike had one kill, two digs; Pavlica had one kill; Michalec had one block and one dig; Migl had three digs.

Yoakum prevails in Sinton Tourney

Volleyball Roundup

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The story goes – there was a loving couple in Montana that enjoyed camping in the mountains. The husband was an avid hunter and the wife tended the kitchen, livestock, and camp chores during his forays afield. For numerous years this gentleman tried to draw a Rocky Mountain Goat tag to no avail. Then he finally hatched a plan that his wife should also apply for a license.

As luck normally dic-tates, low and behold the wife drew a goat tag with her first application. So the next year they both clam-bered into the peaks look-ing for goats. For four days they crawled across craggy ledges and glassed. Then on the eve of the fourth day they found a nice billy. The couple stalked into range, set up for the shot, and then the wife handed the rifle to her husband. The killing report barely stopped re-verberating when a voice from behind them spoke, “Mam’, I thought you were supposed to do the shoot-ing!”

Montana game warden John Babcock was known throughout the wilderness. Those who reject authority cussed him, but the folks who appreciate law and or-der respected him. It was

common knowledge that he was a Special Forces vet-eran from the Vietnam war. And he harbored a Lone Wolf persona that intimi-dated would be lawbreak-ers. To me, he was a good man that liked the moun-tain solitude but relished friendly company.

He was straightforward, had a ready smile, and clear watchful eyes. We also swapped informa-tion about game trails, the weather, and if anything noteworthy had occurred in civilization.

One interesting note concerned Babcock’s horse leaving tracks in unlikely places. Upon further in-spection I realized that while I was hunting afoot and sneaking into hidden locales; he was gaining vantage points to watch all the goings and com-

ings in the area. The situa-tion behooved him to stay horseback, then tie-up un-der a tree, and sit with his binoculars in hand. He was covering four miles in ev-ery direction.

Then one year the grape-vine whispered Babcock had acquired early retire-ment. Legend relates that a bureaucratic yard-dog, in the Hungry Horse District, deemed necessary to dress down the warden over a trivial matter. A commo-tion broke out and a secre-tary investigated. The Lone Wolf had snatched the yard-dog across his own desk and was astraddle the cur in the middle of the of-fice floor – now we were getting a new game war-den.

Early that next season, my hunters were scattered along Crystal Ridge. Each of them surveyed unique terrain and while they waited, my notion was to poke around elsewhere. Crystal Ridge runs north and south. At the north end, on the east side, is a pass that divides Gateway Creek from the East Fork of Strawberry Creek.

It was my idea to peer across the pass onto the opposing mountainside where I’d previously seen elk and mule deer. In typi-

cal fashion to changing seasons in the high country a cloud drifted across the ridge and pelted me with sleet.

A boulder the size of a small house offered shel-ter and I eased behind the granite wall. At the base of the rock was a dry ha-ven overlooking the trail through the pass.

Our camp was on Gate-way Creek, a mile or two to my right, and not far from camp was a Forest Service cabin named Sabado. It was an old sheepherders’ camp from days gone by. Now it is used periodically by the Forest Service Rangers and game wardens.

Within minutes of tak-ing my seat a lone rider approached from Gateway Creek. At the same time another group of our hunt-ers rode up the trail from the East Fork of Strawber-ry Creek headed back to Gateway. It was intriguing for me to watch all the rid-ers converge in the pass.

First the lone rider dis-mounted and then the hunters dismounted. Then the hunters began search-ing their pockets and be-gan displaying their hunt-ing licenses. The lone rider pulled a ledger from his saddlebags and copied the credentials. After a few

more minutes, the hunters remounted and continued down the trail to camp leaving the rider once more alone.

He put his ledger back in the saddlebags and then stood still. He remained at his horse’s hip and slowly turned around. His head moved back and forth, and the thought struck me, “he feels me watching him!”

I raised up, then walked from beneath the boul-der into open ground, and waved. With quick dexter-ity the rider stepped into the saddle and came up the slope. He didn’t seem amused, and it took his horse awhile to reach me.

“Who are you?” he asked.“Herman Brune, I guide

for the outfitter you just met and I’ve got two more hunters up here on the ridge.”

“You have your guide’s license?”

“Sure… are you the new warden?”

“Yep, my name’s Rod Duty and I’ve been sent to take over for Babcock.”

As he looked at my pa-perwork I asked another question, “Where were you headed?”

“There’s local camps at the head of Strawberry and another outfitter’s camp at Wapiti Park. I need to

check those camps and talk to the outfitter,” he said.

“Okay… C’mere!” and we walked to the northern tip of Crystal Ridge.

“You’ve never been here before?” He shook his head. “It’s already mid-after-noon!” Then pointing out the landmarks continued, “the head of Strawberry Creek is three hours north from here. And Wapiti Park is across Strawberry Creek and on the other side of Cap Mountain.

You can’t make that circle in what’s left of today. And I don’t trust this rain. Best thing to do is go back to the cabin, stoke up the fire, and start early tomorrow.”

Rod Duty smiled. His demeanor softened and he appreciated the advice. I’d made a new friend.

Years later a billboard be-side a highway near Austin, Texas, proclaims “The Eyes of Texas are Upon You.” And there’s a picture of a game warden with binocu-lars.

“Yeah, Big Brother is watching!”

And despite the nega-tive message, my own fond memories are of tough wilderness wardens that laughed, became our friends, and shared our camps.

Herman Brune

Herman Brune is a freelance writer, radio personality and author based in Colorado County.

Looking Downfrom the Saddle

Texas Weekly Fishing ReportNORTH SABINE – Trout are

fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfish are good under rafts of shad on topwaters. Redfish are good in the marsh on small top-waters.

SOUTH SABINE – Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Trout are good at the jetty on live bait and topwa-ters.

BOLIVAR – Trout are good on the outgoing tide at Rollover Pass on MirrOlures, live shrimp and soft plastics. Sand trout and croakers are good on fresh shrimp.

TRINITY BAY – Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet. Trout are good on the shell pads around the wells on soft plastics. Trout, redfish and flounder are good at the spillway on live bait.

EAST GALVESTON BAY – Trout are good for drifters work-ing deep shell on limetreuse and plum plastics. Trout are fair to good on the shell adjacent to the channel on live bait. Birds have worked on calm days.

WEST GALVESTON BAY – Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Offshore is good for kingfish, ling and dol-phin. Tarpon have been good along the beachfront.

TEXAS CITY – Trout are fair to good on the reefs and in the channel on live shrimp and croakers. Redfish and sand trout are fair to good in Moses Lake on shrimp.

FREEPORT – Trout are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp, Mir-rOlures and soft plastics. The surf has held trout on live bait and artificials when green water creeps along the beach. Trout, redfish, sand trout and sheeps-head are good on live shrimp on

the reefs in Christmas.EAST MATAGORDA BAY –

Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over mid–bay reefs. Red-fish are schooling in the middle of the bay and best around slicks.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY – Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and top-waters. Redfish and black drum are fair on live shrimp in Oyster Lake and around Shell Island.

PORT O’CONNOR – Trout and redfish are fair to good on topwaters and live bait over sand, grass and shell in San An-tonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp.

ROCKPORT – Trout are fair in the guts and channels on free–lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are good on piggy perch and shrimp around Mud Island.

PORT ARANSAS – Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Offshore is good for dolphin, ling, kingfish and tuna.

CORPUS CHRISTI – Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on croakers, piggy perch, Gulps and live shrimp. Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp and croakers.

BAFFIN BAY – Trout are good on topwaters, croakers and soft plastics around deep rocks and grass. Redfish are fair to good for sight–casters on the flats on small topwaters.

PORT MANSFIELD – Trout are good on topwaters on the edge of the channel and around sand and grass. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes on Gulps and plastics under popping corks. Offshore is good for kingfish, dolphin, ling and tuna.

SOUTH PADRE – Trout are good over sand and grass in South Bay on Gulps, DOA Shrimp and live shrimp. Tarpon are showing at the pass. Redfish are good on the flats on gold spoons, Gulps and small Super Spooks.

PORT ISABEL – Trout and redfish are fair to good on the flats on live shrimp and DOA Shrimp under a popping cork. Trout are good on the deeper edges and flats on topwaters and live shrimp.

BRAUNIG – Water clear. Black bass are good on crank-baits and Rat–L–Traps near the dam. Striped bass are fair down rigging silver and gold spoons near the jetty. Redfish are fair on perch and shad near the jet-ty. Channel catfish are good on shrimp and cut bait. Blue catfish are fair on cut bait.

CALAVERAS – Water clear. Black bass are good on char-treuse spinnerbaits and crank-baits over reed beds. Striped bass are fair on silver striper jigs near the dam. Redfish are fair on crawfish and tilapia along the shoreline. Channel and blue catfish are good on cheesebait, shrimp, and shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

CHOKE CANYON – Water clear; 86–89 degrees; 14.45’ low. Black bass are fair on watermel-on spinnerbaits and soft plastic worms. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers punch-bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLETO CREEK – Water fairly clear; 1.85’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse spinner-baits and soft plastic worms. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow

catfish are slow.FALCON – Water clear; 88–92

degrees; 39.74’ low. Black bass are good on white spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fish-ing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

BASTROP – Water stained; 87–91 degrees. Black bass are good on chartreuse spinnerbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

FAYETTE – Water stained. Black bass are fair on chartreuse Carolina rigged soft plastics and small spinnerbaits. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut shad.

BOB SANDLIN – Water lightly stained; 84–89 degrees; 4.39’ low. Black bass are fair on medium crankbaits in 6–8 feet. Deep water brush piles are best later in the day using football jigs or Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs over brush piles and mid– to deep–water stickups. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair to good on trotlines or juglines with Redneck’s Catfish Bait Soap.

CADDO – Water stained; 84–90 degrees; 0.90’ low. Black bass are fair on topwaters early, switching to Texas rig soft plas-tics in green pumpkin later in the day. White and yellow bass are good on slabs and jigs. Cat-fish are fair on prepared bait and nightcrawlers. All boaters and anglers need to be aware of and compliant with new TPWD regulations to prevent the spread of invasive species. See news re-lease for more information.

CONROE – Water fairly clear;

86–90 degrees; 2.63’ low. Black bass are fair on watermelon Carolina rigged soft plastics and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are good on min-nows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are fair on stinkbait and shrimp.

FORK – Water clear; 84–88 degrees; 3.2’ low. Black bass are slow on Carolina rigs and foot-ball jigs in deeper water. The shallow bite and fishing bridge columns with drop shot rigged Jackall Clone Frys is produc-ing good numbers. Yellow bass are fair on smaller spoons along creek channel bends in deeper water. Crappie are good on min-nows and jigs over brush piles and around bridge columns. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

HOUSTON COUNTY – Wa-ter clear; 88–92 degrees; 1.10’ low. Black bass to 5 pounds are good on blue wacky worms near Paradise Island in 5 feet. Crappie are good on minnows around brush in 10–14 feet. Bream are good on live worms off grass beds. Catfish are good on trot-lines baited with live perch in 20 feet.

LAKE O’ THE PINES – Water lightly stained; 84–89 degrees; 4.70’ low. Black bass are slow on Texas rigged soft plastics and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut shad. All boaters and anglers need to be aware of and compliant with new TPWD regulations to prevent the spread of invasive species. See news re-lease for more information.

LIVINGSTON – Water fairly clear; 86–90 degrees; 0.56’ low. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and soft plastics. Striped bass are good but small on pet spoons and troll tubes. White bass are good on troll tubes and pet spoons. Crappie are good.


said. “I am still very proud of the numbers that are out for the cross coun-try team. I do expect great things from this year’s team as we head into the season and are able to race each week.”

“The team will surprise themselves at the district cross country meet in late October as long as they stay on the same path with their training. Athletes are getting better each week and it is going to be fun to see the kids’ progress each week. The athletes are now attending 6:15 a.m. prac-tice before school. Again I am proud of the commit-ment level these kids are willing to give. “

Yoakum cross country coach Bobby Vick said the meet was a good way start the season for his runners.

“It was a good practice day,” he said. “I think our district is going to be com-petitive.”

Meet Results

Varsity Girls 6-mile relay(top 6 teams)

1. Cedar Park 36:172. Cedar Park 38:153. Cedar Park 38:314. Karnes City 40:325. Pflugerville 40:386. Gonzales 42:20

Varsity Boys 6-mile relay1.Luling 30:572.Cedar Park 31:303. Cedar Park 31:414. Pflugerville5. Luling 32:576. Goliad 33:59

Junior Varsity Girls 3-mile relay

1. Yoakum 23:082. Goliad 23:353. Gonzales 23:504. Gonzales 24:015. Bastrop Tribe Consoli-

dated 24:306. Gonzales 24:59

Junior Varsity Boys 3-mile relay

1. Pflugerville 17:382. Cedar Park 17:423. Karnes City 18:134. Pflugerville 18:265. Gonzales 19:256. Gonzales 19:26


XC MEET: Gonzales coach proud of the turnout for first meet

Reeve said. “We need to not turn the ball over.”

Quarterback Bartee Gris-som (1,200 rushing yards, 18 touchdowns; 650 pass-ing yards, five touchdowns) is the trigger man for the Tiger offense. He will share the load with running back Alfred Pinkney.

“Our defense will need to contain the skilled play-ers and that will start with Grissom,” Reeve said.

“We need to make sure we play good assignment football and play well in the secondary.”

Key players on Wharton’s defense are linebacker Ra-mon Frazier (116 tackles) and defensive back Antho-ny Ray.

The progression plan for Cuero has been on track.

“We are pleased with the progress of the team,” Reeve said. “Kids have worked hard and improved. We are not there yet but we just keep getting better.”

Victoria West at Lockhart

The Lockhart Lions start their 2012 campaign by hosting the Victoria West Warriors.

Lions second-year coach Paul Kilby is looking for-ward to the challenge.

“We have a good op-ponent in Victoria West,” he said. “Coach (Leonard) McAngus is in his third year at West and it will be a good game.”

Lockhart will look to maintain possession of

the ball for long periods of time.

“We are going to play keep away with our offense and score when we can,” Kilby said.

West’s playmaker on of-fense is quarterback Gar-rett Rother, who threw for 1,629 yards and 13 touch-downs while rushing for another 708 yards and five touchdowns. Running back Chris Franklin will also be a weapon for West.

“Our defense will have to contain their quarter-back because he will make plays,” Kilby said. “We have to take a bend-not-break approach.”

Lockhart has some youth on defense and only has two returning starters, one of which is injured.

“The defense will have to come along in a hurry,” Kilby said.

“It is a little hard to be able to know fully how your team is progressing from scrimmages.”

Prairie Lea at San Marcos Home School

The Prairie Lea Indians kick off their season at San Marcos Home School. The Indians have been moved down to Division II of six-man.

Prairie Lea’s offense will have to smooth execution and should be led by slot back Malik Hawkins.

Key players for the In-dian defense are defensive end Aaron Garcia, line-backer Dante Ruiz and safety Thomas McDonnel.


PREVIEW: Keeping turnovers down key to winning for Cuero

Flatonia lost to An-derson-Shiro in the next match, 21-25, 16-25.

Schacherl had two aces, four assists, three digs; Steinhauser had one ace, three kills, four digs; Fike had four kills; Flood had three kills, one block; Pav-lica had two kills; Ribera had 11 assists, one dig; Ro-driguez had three digs.

Flatonia closed out pool play on Saturday with a 22-25, 25-23, 25-16 win over Sacred Heart.

Flood had four aces, three kills, one block; Ro-driguez had two aces, one kill, one dig; Ribera had two aces, nine assists, two digs; Gomez had two aces; Schacherl had one ace, five kills, eight assists, three blocks and one dig; Pavlica had five kills, three

blocks; Steinhauser had five kills; Fike had three kills, two digs; Flood had three kills, one block; Michalec finished with one kill, one block; Hilary Koncaba had one dig.

The Lady ‘Dogs played Rice Consolidated in their first bracket game, in the Bronze Division. Flatonia won in two sets, 25-23, 25-18.

Gomez had two aces; Rodriguez had one ace, two digs; Flood had one ace, three kills, one block; Steinhauser had one ace, one kill; Schacherl had two aces, four kills, six assists, two digs; Pavlica had two kills, two blocks; and Fike had one kill, three blocks, one dig.

Michalec had one kill, one block; Ribera had five assists, one kill, two digs; and Migl had one dig.


ROUNDUP: Lady Bulldogs win in Bronze bracket game

Scramble WinnersThe first place team at the Wednesday Night Scramble held Aug. 22 at Independence Park Golf Course in Gonzales (pictured above) consisted of: Scott Moeller, William DeWitt, Randy Robinson, Shawn Swiful, Rowdy Rudd, and Landon Allen. The second place team (shown below) was comprised of: Johnny Pollack, Kyle Condel, Dale Holcomb, DeAnn Atkinson, Ryan Atkinson and Jason Condel. (Courtesy photo)

Wednesday Scramble Winners

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Show your team spirit by decorating your home or business. Fly your Apache flags, and wear your Or-ange and Black to support our athletes.

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The Gonzales Youth League is currently hold-ing signups for the 2012

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Gonzales Boosters asking locals to put their team spirit on display

fall season. The league is for players ages 4-15.

Registration forms are available online at www.gonzalesyouthsoccer.com. Registration deadline is Aug. 25; practices start Sept. 4 and the first game will be Sept. 22. For more information, call 830-433-5555.

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A Tuesday Night Mixed Bowling League is forming

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Tuesday Night Mixed League begins on Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. Teams will consist of four bowlers: men, women or any combination of both.

For more information about the Tuesday Night Mixed League, call the league secretary at 830-672-9020 or 830-263-4218.

SHINER — Shiner foot-ball coach Steven Cerny is pleased his football team is better than they were a week ago.

The Comanches blanked Luling 5-0 in a scrimmage Friday evening at Coman-che Stadium. Four of the five Shiner scores were dur-ing the controlled scrim-mage.

“We made a big step in this scrimmage,” Cerny said. “We were in better shape. In our last scrim-mage, we had some dead legs out there and could not see what we had be-cause people were moving so slow. We did a better job of knowing what our rules and assignments were.”

Cerny said in an actual game, the Luling two-min-ute offense probably would have posed some problems for the Shiner defense.

Shiner’s first-team of-fense scored twice in their allotted 20 plays, a 69-yard touchdown run on the op-tion by quarterback Trevion Flowers and 5-yard score by fullback Curtis Caleb. The Comanche second-team of-fense scored on a 49-yard run by Izador Cerny and on a two-yard plunge by Mar-cus Coleman.

In the live-quarter, Flow-ers rumbled about 72 yards for his second touchdown of the evening.

Jacob Stafford, who played quarterback last year for Shiner, lined up as one of the running backs.

“We got what we ex-

pected (from our running game),” Cerny said. “You got Caleb and Stafford with some power, running over people. They punish people when they run and I think for Flowers, there is noth-ing there and bam, there he goes. That what we were hoping for and hope that is what we will get.”

The Luling offense strug-gled against the Shiner de-fense, but had one highlight play — a 50-yard or so run by quarterback Trayden Staton — and made a cou-ple of first downs.

“Our defensive effort was a big improvement from last week,” Cerny said. “To-night, it seemed like we were attacking, and that is how we play football. Al-ways moving, being aggres-sive.”

“On offense, we were making mistakes. Penalties. False starts. Dropped foot-balls,” Luling head coach Colby Hensley said. “The nice thing is we were lining up correctly. We just have to be able to execute.”

Shiner’s offense made some big plays on the ground, which Hensley at-tributed to the Eagles not being aligned properly on defense.

“The kids were making great tackles and hustling and are intense,” he said. “If the kids can line up cor-rectly, we will be all right.”

Luling hosts Universal City-Randolph and Shiner travels to Vanderbilt Indus-trial tomorrow to open the regular season.

Both contests are set for 7:30 p.m. kickoffs.

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Comanches make great progress in scrimmage against Luling



SEGUIN – The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs take to Seguin’s Matador Stadium for a 7 p.m. Saturday scrim-mage with Monterrey Tech (Mexico).

The scrimmage is free and open to the public.

The scrimmage will be a game simulation. The Bull-dogs come into Saturday’s scrimmage with a roster of 114 student-athletes.

The Bulldogs open the regular season on Sept. 1 with a road game against Austin College. Kickoff at Austin College’s Apple Sta-

dium is set for 4 p.m.TLU will have live web-

casts of all Bulldogs foot-ball games in 2012. Seguin radio station KWED 1580 AM will provide the audio calls. TLU video webcasts can be found at tlubulldogs.com, and KWED audio-only webcasts can be found at seguintoday.com.

TLU was the fifth choice in the 2012 American Southwest Conference Pre-season Football Poll, and TLU’s senior place-kicker Allen Cain (San Antonio/Stevens) was named the conference’s Preseason Special Teams Player of the

Year.TLU goes into its final

season in the ASC. The Bulldogs and the entire TLU athletics program will transition into the South-ern Collegiate Athletic Conference following the 2012-13 athletics seasons.

Danny Padron starts his third year as the Bulldogs’ head coach. Padron and the Bulldogs have produced 4-6 and 5-5 records in their first two seasons together. Padron inherited an 0-10 team when he took the job in 2010.

Shiner Cross CountryThe 2012 Shiner High School cross country team. Team members include Whitney Williams, Kaci Jamison, Kristin Schacherl, Tabitha Blaschke, Shanah Pardy, Clarissa Boehm, Ethan Zissa, Daniel Hernandez, Keely McCarthy, Maggie Grosenbacher, Colby Jahn, Rose Egan, Meloni Berger, Ethan Berger, Blake Miraz, Chase Schroeder and coach Michelle Winkwenwerder. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Texas Lutheran to face Mexican college in football scrimmage

Making TracksYoakum’s Hannah Bordovsky makes her way through the course at the relay event held at Gonzales’ Independence Park Saturday morning. For story, see page C2. (Photo by Mark Lube)

By Nick Scurfieldhoustontexans.com

Texans quarterbacks John Beck and Case Kee-num will have a final chance to vie for a roster spot on Thursday night at Reliant Stadium.

Coach Gary Kubiak an-nounced Tuesday that backup quarterback T.J. Yates will not play against the Minnesota Vikings in the preseason finale. Beck, a sixth-year veteran, will start the game. Keenum, an undrafted rookie from the University of Houston, will play the entire second half.

It’s highly likely – al-though not a certainty – that the Texans will keep three quarterbacks when they reduce their roster from 75 to 53 players on Friday.

Either Beck or Keenum will be the odd man out.

“They’ve both done their job in camp,” Kubiak said on Monday. “Two totally different guys; I’m talking about a veteran that’s had some experience, some starting time, so do we go that direction or do we go with the young man that looks like he’s got a bright future ahead of him? That’s probably the toughest thing, but they both han-dle what we’ve done fine, and Case has come a long way. It’ll probably have a lot to do with the rest of the makeup of the football team, to be honest.”

A team’s third quarter-back normally isn’t a big deal, but the Texans didn’t have a normal season in 2011. They lost Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart to season-ending injuries. They had six different quar-terbacks on the active roster and three different starters. Yates, a rookie fifth-round

draft pick, was thrust into the lineup in Week 12 after being inactive for the first 10 games.

Kubiak left open the pos-sibility Tuesday that the Texans keep only two quar-terbacks, depending on what they do at positions like running back, tight end and wide receiver. But con-sidering the Texans have carried three quarterbacks in both of the last two sea-sons and what happened in 2011, it would be a major surprise if they changed course in 2012.

Beck, 31, has started seven games in his five-year NFL career. A sec-ond-round draft pick out of BYU in 2007, he signed with the Texans in May af-ter two seasons in a similar offense with the Washing-ton Redskins.

In his one preseason ap-pearance with the Texans, Beck was sharp against the Carolina Panthers on Aug. 11. He completed 4-of-6 passes for 46 yards (89.6 rating) and led an 11-play, 61-yard touchdown drive on his first series.

“I want to do the very best I can with every op-portunity I get so I can make this football team,” Beck said on Monday. “That’s my goal right now is to be a Houston Texan. From the day that Coach Kubiak called me and said, ‘I would like you to come out and practice with us,’ my goal has been to make this football team.

“So that’s what I’m fo-cused on is going out and playing the best that I can so they want to keep me around, they feel like I bring something to the ta-ble that can help this foot-ball team.”

“Be it if it’s just helping prepare the defense for the

opponent they play that week or whatever it may be, I just want my talents to help this football team.”

Beck is well aware of the situation he and Keenum are in, but he doesn’t feel any added pressure.

“You can’t think about what’s at stake,” he said. “You just got to go play ball. I’ve been in a lot of situa-tions, and I just try to take that experience and go play ball. You just say whatever happens, happens (and) hope for the best.”

Keenum, 24, is 3-of-6 for 53 yards (80.5 rating) this preseason. He has played in two games but only had a chance to throw three passes in both of them.

“I’m excited to about get-ting into a game and get-ting into a rhythm,” Kee-num said Monday. “A lot of those games were kind of like the four-minute drives where we’re handing the ball off, trying to run the time off, so hopefully we’ll get in there and be able to get some rhythm with some of the receivers and tight ends and run and pass.

“I’m excited to get into a rhythm with all those guys and really operate the of-fense for an extended pe-riod of time, not just short bursts here and there.”

Asked what he thinks he needs to show Kubiak on Thursday, the all-time leading passer in NCAA history said he just wants to “do my job and try to move the offense and create first downs, and first downs turn into touchdowns.”

“I’m excited,” Keenum said. “I think it’s a heck of an opportunity. There’s a lot of guys out there that don’t get something like this. I’ve jumped at every opportu-nity I’ve got, whether it’s small or big.

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Community HealthCenters

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830-672-6511 Fax: (830) 672-6430

228 St. George Street, Gonzales, Texas 78629

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Clinic Hours:Mon., Tues. & Wed.(appointments) - 8:30-11:45 am & 2:00 - 5:45 pm

Thurs.(appointments & late evenings) - 8:30 - 11:45 am & 2:00 - 7:45 pmFri. 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Walk-ins are always welcome.Accepting New Patients

“We offer great discounts on labotatory fees among other amazing values.” “You will like our fees!”

1103 N. Sarah DeWitt Dr., P.O. Box 562Gonzales, Texas 78629

830-672-242424 hrs. a day, 7 days a week - coverage by phone

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It was William E. Vaughan who made the following sage observation: “To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.”

Those who study such things say that your brain can store 100 times as much information as a typical desktop computer.

In 1930, United Airlines began using the aviation industry’s first stewardesses. To qualify for the position, applicants had to be registered nurses.

George Washington, Dolley Madison, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander

Hamilton helped to found this country, but that wasn’t all they had in common; they were also all big fans of eating ice cream.

If you ever hear an orangutan belch, you’d better watch out. That’s a warning sign that you’re encroaching on his territory.

When Andrew Jackson was running for president in 1828, an opponent called him a jackass. Instead of being offended, Jackson embraced the epithet, using the image of a donkey in campaign materials to represent his stubborn refusal to knuckle under to

big business. Later, Thomas Nash, a political cartoonist in New York, started using the donkey to represent the Democratic Party as a whole.

If you’re a well-traveled person, you might have noticed that the average woman in Scandinavia is taller than the average man in Asia.

Only 12 people have walked on the surface of the moon.

The framework for the Statue of Liberty was built by Gustave Eiffel, who later became famous for building Paris’ iconic tower.

If you’re stopping at a fast-food restaurant for lunch today, you might want to consider the following: It takes a whopping 1,500 gallons of water to produce an average fast-food meal.

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