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Firefighters from several agen-cies spent more than six hours bat-tling a stubborn fire Sunday which consumed one of Gonzales’ his-toric homes.

The initial call came around 10:30 a.m. on a fire which appar-ently started in the attic area of the home at 605 St. Peter St. belonging to Roger and Dot Eberle.

The house was built in 1907 by ranchers Mike and Dora Koch and was one of the city’s showcase “bungalow” style homes of the pe-

riod.Roger Eberle told firefighters

he heard a loud “pop” in the at-tic and received a phone call from the alarm company moments later saying the fire alarm had been acti-vated. He said the couple followed protocol.

“They tell you to get out, so we got out,” he told neighbors and well-wishers as the couple sat in the far corner of their yard watch-ing the battle Sunday afternoon.

SHINER — Reaching the state title game is the ultimate goal for any private or public high school football team in the state of Texas.

Shiner was set to play Stamford at 10 a.m. Thursday at AT&T Sta-dium in Arlington. The Coman-ches advanced to Arlington after routing Mart 49-22 last week in

the state semifinal game at Round Rock Kelly Reeves Athletic Com-plex.

It’s the first trip to the state title game since 2004, and the fourth overall time Shiner has made it to the big one. The program has two state championships, 1986 and 2004, with a runner up finish in

2003.“It would be great if we could

add another title to our tradition. That is our goal right now,” Shiner

head coach Steven Cerny said at practice on Monday. “We do not want to be satisfied just by making it to state and saying good enough. We want to win it.”

“This group has worked hard all year and I expect them to do the same this week.”

Cerny described the season as a miracle.

“We were not picked to do

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Ribbon-cutting is held for Edwards Association Senior Apartments. See Page A14.

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Our annual Christmas Salute edition including Letters to Santa. See Sections C and D.

Blaze destroys historic house

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Penn Virginia announces major acreage purchase in Gonzales and :Lavaca counties. See Page A8.

The timing of Thursday’s state championship game and press deadlines meant that the Comanches would be playing even as this week’s paper hit the newsstands. Check our website at gonzalescannon.com Thursday evening for full game coverage!

Firefighters battle in vain bid to save home

At one point Gonzales firefighters used a City of Gonzales electric department bucket truck in an attempt to get water down on the fire, with Gary Schroeder going aloft to attack the blaze. A bucket truck from the Seguin Fire Department (right) came on-scene and helped get the fire under control intially around 3:30 p.m.

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Neoma Georgia Colwell,1929-2013

COLWELLNeoma Georgia Colwell,

84, of Harwood, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013. She was born February 26, 1929 to Lon-nie W. and Georgia Savan-nah Latham Edwards at her family home in Gon-zales County. She attended school in Harwood and would teach her younger sister Nell the alphabet and multiplication tables at night to prepare her for when she became of age to attend school. Neoma was a member of Harwood Baptist Church, the Wom-en’s Missionary Union, the Gonzales Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 403, the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

Growing up in her family required dedication to long hours of hard work, even though she was a daddy’s girl and he was very pro-tective of her, no one could evade the work in the fields. She went to work in San Antonio in the cafeteria of the Terrell Wells Jr. High School. She worked in Luling at the Wilson Model Market as a store clerk and then as a clerk at the Har-wood Store before going to work potting plants at the Cactus Corral for nearly twenty years.

Neoma was a disciplinar-ian with her children; each carried their own weight and towed the line. She was always very clear with her opinion of a matter; just the same her opinions were always constructive and mindful of a higher purpose. She was an excel-lent cook and baker; how-ever she did enjoy going out to eat on occasion. She was popularly known to bake an Italian Crème cake that was unrivaled for its magnificence in taste. The disciplinarian mentioned earlier, stopped altogether when it came to her grand-children. She loved tak-ing them in her home, she would cook with them and dote on them and protect them from parental correc-tion, which in her eyes was unnecessary as they were all perfect little angels, es-pecially her eldest grand-daughter Tammy.

She is survived by her

loving children: Peggy Blackmon and her husband Tommy of Waelder, Janell Craven and her husband Todd of Gonzales, Billy Colwell and his wife Eliza-beth of Harwood, Mike Colwell and his wife Candy of Pasadena, Terry Col-well and his wife Tina of Harwood, sister, Dorothy Nell Gilkey of Harwood, brother, Alvis Edwards of Campwood, grand-children, Kelley McNabb, Tammy Grabarkievtz, Danny Wofford, Angel Clay, Jennifer Schaef-fer, B.C. Colwell, Chad Colwell, Lonnie Colwell, James Colwell, Chris Col-well, Ken Colwell, Adam Colwell, Kenny LaGrange, Lucas Barnard, and Alexis Barnard, great-grand chil-dren, Mallory Grabarki-evtz, Sydney Grabarkievtz, Macy Grabarkievtz, Cody Wofford, Megan Wofford, Elizabeth Wofford, Kayla Wofford, John Patrick Re-sendez, Zachary Resendez, Garrett Clay, Taylor Clay, Michael Schaeffer, Tavin Colwell, Jax Colwell, Ra-ven Colwell and 4 great-great grandchildren along with numerous nieces and nephews. She was preced-ed in death by her parents and a son-in-law, Donnie McNabb.

Funeral services were-held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013 in Har-wood Baptist Church with Pastor Todd Craven offici-ating. Interment followed in Harwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Glenn Boenisch, Charles Harlow, Dustin Gilkey, Donald Rihn, Ronnie Gilkey and Cody Gilky. Honorary pallbearer was Pat Gilkey. Memorials may be made to the Harwood Baptist Church, P.O. Box 93, Har-wood, TX 78632 or the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th fl., New York, NY 10001. The family will re-ceived friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Services are under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Home.

Harold Otto Pape, 1932-2013

PAPEHarold Otto Pape, 80,

passed away Tuesday, De-cember 10, 2013. He came into this life on the same

land that he left this earth, on his family’s home place in Monthalia. Harold was born December 22, 1932 to Robert E. and Irma Af-flerbach Pape. He attended school in Monthalia before graduating from Gonzales High School. He honor-ably served his country in the U.S. Army where he was a radar operator in Greenland during the war. Harold went on to study engineering in Port Ar-thur College before com-ing home to manage the family farm and begin a 50 year career with Pape Pecan in Seguin. He was a life member of the Mon-thalia Methodist Church, a member of the Guadalupe County Masonic Lodge #109 A.F. & A.M. He had been a member of the Farm Bureau since 1966, he was president of the Gonzales County Farm Bureau in 1968 and he received the Outstanding Citizen Award from the Gonzales Inde-pendent School District for the 1971-72 school year. He was a charter member of the Gonzales County Young Farmers Association in which he was honored as the 1966 Star Young Farm-er, and in 1971-72 he was bestowed Associate Mem-ber Award for the Gonza-les County Young Farmers and had been the recipient of Honorary Member rec-ognition. He was a lifetime member of the Texas Pecan Growers Association and had served on its board of directors from 1991-1993, “he contributed much more to TPGA than just a term of official service. Harold coordinated equip-ment demonstrations at the annual TPGA confer-ence for many years and was a frequent speaker on educational programs. He was an essential source of information and advice for anything related to Texas pecan,” said Cindy Wise of the TPGA. He was a life-time member of the West-ern Pecan Growers Associ-ation and he was awarded a citation for 43 years of ser-vice to this association. He was a member of the gov-erning board of the Guada-lupe County Pecan Grow-ers Association and Harold had been recognized for 50 years of service to the Texas pecan industry by Gover-nor Rick Perry in 2013. Dr. George Ray McEachern, Professor of Horticulture at Texas A&M University in College Station docu-mented several facts re-garding Harold Otto Pape, personally noting that Har-old Pape, knew more pecan growers, scientists, and or-chards than any man in the world, he had traveled to more pecan orchards and helped pecan growers eval-uate their needs more than

any man in the world, he was a brilliant man with an unmatched memory and was able to recall details of past production, personali-ties, history, problems and good times better than any man in the industry, he has understood and marketed pecan chemicals, fertiliz-ers and equipment as well as any college professor or orchard manager and always for the good of the grower, just to name but a few of the accolades re-corded. To say that Harold Pape played an enormous role in the success of pecan growers across Texas and the western states would be a huge understatement, but understated is exactly the way he wanted things, Harold was a humble man whose personal reward was merely to see others in this field succeed, he sought no reward, accolades or rec-ognition, for he knew that “He who humbles him-self, shall be exalted,” Luke 14:11. Most certainly this humble man, who on this earthen soil has so toiled for the benefit of many, has been exalted by his peers and his Lord’s face is shin-ing upon him.

Harold Pape, having grown up in Monthalia in the midst of the depression, with no electricity in his home in the early days, recognized the value of life’s simple pleasures, hunting, fishing, the hush of the outdoors at dawn and the awakening of life as morn-ing broke. He loved to play baseball and football and he remained a sports enthusiast. He had a tremendous love of history and loved to travel our great nation and revel in its history and majesty. He imparted many of his gifts to his son Jason and they shared many wonderful moments traveling by train across the country. Harold was an en-couraging father who shared his love of life and fairness to others with his son. He was an honorable man whose word was gold and a hand-shake was more binding

than a contract. He loved his daughter-in-law and enjoyed baiting a rivalry of sorts as they shared the love of watch-ing football while certainly not always cheering for the same team. Just the same, there was always love.

Harold is survived by his loving son and daughter-in-law, Jason and Jennifer Pape of Monthalia. He was preceded in death by his par-ents.

Funeral services for Har-old Otto Pape were held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 13, 2013 in the Monthalia Methodist Church with Pas-tor Paul Smith officiating. Interment followed in the Monthalia Methodist Cem-etery. Pallbearers were: Jim

Wundt, Kyle Wundt, Jeff Mc-Intosh, Bub Blundell, Wayne Pape and Tom Lindemann. Honorary Pallbearers were: Kenneth Pape, Noel “Buster” Lindemann and Dr. George Ray McEachern. The fam-ily received friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Seydler-Hill Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Phoenix Oncology of Texas/ Patients Donation Fund 1304 Wonderland World Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666 or the Gonzales County Veterans Memo-rials Association, 562 CR 238, Gonzales, Texas 78629. Services are under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home, Gonzales, Texas.

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Vietnam VeteransVietnam Veterans meet the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Hotel Texas

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US Congressman Blake Farenthold paid a visit to Shiner High School on Tuesday to honor the state champion Shiner band. Farenthold will introduce legislation at the start of the next ses-sion of Congress to rec-ognize the band for their achievements. (Photos by Mark Lube)

Congratulations to the new officers for 2014. We appreciate your stepping up to provide leadership for the new year. From left are Jackie Prince, President, Fran-ces Pohl, 1st VP and Program Chair, Carol Buchhorn, 2nd VP and Membership Chair, Becky Berger, TFRW Representative. Other new officers not pictured are Pat Brown, Treasurer, and Julie Tanner, Secretary.

Among the candidates present to address members were Senatorial candidate Dwayne Stovall, District 34 Congressional candidate Larry Smith and District 3 State Board of Education candidate Dave Mundy, who said he asked Santa for “200,000 votes.”

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LULING — The City Council formally appointed an Airport Committee dur-ing its Dec. 12 meeting.

Carter Memorial Airport Committee members Jim Calamon, John Westbrook, Trey Bailey, and John Wells now have the authorization to develop airport policies and procedures, insurance requirements, and amend lease agreements. There is currently only one active lease agreement, as all oth-ers have expired.

When it was time for the board to discuss approval of the purchase of a police ve-hicle to replace the one that was totaled in an October incident, Chief of Police Bill Sala light-heartedly offered, “We only lost one [vehicle], the county lost three. The plus side is it was the oldest vehicle in the fleet.”

The matter was approved without contest.

The board also approved the following agenda items:

• Assignment and trans-fer of the franchise previ-ously granted to ONEOK, Inc. to ONEGAS, Inc. ONEOK provides distribu-

tion of natural gas for seven cities in the area.

• Administrative service agreement between the Precision Administrators and the City of Luling.

• Consulting agreement between Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc. and the City of Luling.

• The FY 2014 PSAP In-terlocal agreement between Capital Area Emergency Communications District and City of Luling.

• The budget amendment for Budget Fiscal Year 2013-2014 for radio contract with Police Department, HVAC unit for Fire Chief ’s office, and other unexpect-ed maintenance. This also includes the GBRA refund.

• Appointment/reap-pointment of the Planning and Zoning Commission for a two-year term.

• Appointment/reap-pointment of the Zoning Board of Adjustments.

• Appointment/reap-pointment of the Library advisory board for a two-year term.

The next City Council meeting will be held Thurs-day, January 9th.

By JULIANA MATHEWS

Cannon CorrespondentLuling

Well, after last week’s news from the Houston ISD, you knew it would only be a matter of time.

Houston school trustees, facing multiple scandals over school staff not reporting child abuse, a school principal shoplifting and perpetu-ally-low student performance, took decisive action Dec. 5 — to change the name of several school mascots so that they won’t offend “Native American history or culture.”

Superintendent Terry Grier in-troduced a resolution to change the names of several school mascots, including the Lamar High School Redskins and Westbury Rebels, to “to show respect and cultural sen-sitivity in nicknames and mascots.” It received unanimous approval from the HISD Board of Trustees, although alumni, students and par-ents from all the affected schools spoke out against the policy.

Interestingly enough, the district made no move to address an issue raised in this week’s very-very lib-eral Houston Press newsmagazine. An article headlined “Amid All the Good Things Going On in HISD, Why Is It So Many of Our Kids Still

Can’t Read?” by Margaret Down-ing interviews a number of current and former Houston ISD students — some of them “honor students” who are headed to college — who can’t read.

Yet HISD agreed to spend thou-sands of taxpayer dollars to change the mascot names, because that’s important.

But fans of the Redskins and the Rebels aren’t nearly as shocked and upset as those in Central Texas are about to be.

You think “Apaches” and “Co-manches” are sacrosanct? Think again, compadres.

“We’ve heard several com-plaints,” Shiner ISD superintendent

Trey Lawrence never said. “They’re upset that using the ‘Comanche’ name with our school fight song (The Shiner Beer Song) might cast a disparaging image of Native Americans drinking beer and act-ing like drunken Czechoslovaki-ans. We’re working to find some-thing satisfactory to both parties.”

Likewise, the Gonzales Apaches have been visited by Native Ameri-can representatives worried that their heritage is being made fun of.

“We take all such complaints very seriously,” GISD Superinten-dent Dr. Kim Strozier did not say. “We’re continuing to negotiate with them to find a name that is not of-fensive. So far, they’ve rejected sev-eral suggestions, including ‘Ren-egades,’ ‘Scalp-Hunters,’ ‘Cannibals’ and ‘Blood-Thirsty Savages.’ We’re hopeful we can find a name that both respects their heritage and re-flects the spirit of this community.”

Hallettsville Catholic Schools are already hard at work replacing all caricatures of their school’s eagle-fathered mascot, the “Indian,” with that of a turban-wearing, olive-skinned convenience store clerk.

But it’s not just the Indian mas-cots that are having problems.

Nixon-Smiley CISD superin-tendent Cathy Booth declined to state that her district has been ap-proached by representatives of the Respect for Equine Americans or-ganization upset with the school’s “Mustangs” mascot. Similar re-ports are coming in that Avian Americans are unhappy with the mascots of the Luling Eagles, Cue-ro Gobblers and St. Paul Cardinals.

The American Feline Heritage Association is also putting pressure on Waelder and Moulton over the mascots at those schools.

“All too often, the nobility of the feline species is cast into doubt by names like ‘Wildcats’ and ‘Bobkatz’ because they im-ply uncontolled violence,” a news release from the group reads. “Our feline friends are, by nature, peace-loving animals.”

That’s nothing compared to the grief the school administra-tors in Flatonia and Yoakum are getting. An anti-dogfighting group not led by Michael Vick is organizing picketers to insist

the schools drop their “Bull-dog” monikers in favor of breeds which are not used in dog-fight-ing.

“We hope by this campaign to raise awareness that fighting dogs on football fields is cruel and senseless,” Vick never said. “We’re hoping they will consid-er adopting mascots which are more people-friendly, such as ‘Poodles’ or ‘Chihuahuas.’”

There’s no telling where the latest round of Political Correct-ness will end. Perhaps some day we’ll mature enough as a soci-ety to realize that none of these mascot names are “offensive” and making a big deal out of the matter is merely a way for limit-ed-interest groups to grab some quick publicity.

Admittedly, there’s a tempta-tion to line up my fellow redneck Texans to put some pressure on Bob McNair and Jerry Jones to change their teams’ nicknames.

Given the kind of seasons those clubs are having, “Texans” and “Cowboys” are humiliating our heritage.

Regardless of how one feels about Obam-aCare, the federal deficit, Benghazi, and/or any other national issue, we should remem-ber the now famous and recent comment by Chief Justice John Roberts.

When ruling on the issue of ObamaCare, Roberts said “it is not the role of the Court to protect people from the consequences of their political choices. We can vote in a Presi-dent and Congress who will repeal the law. It’s up to us, not the court to change laws.”

The Chief Justice’s comment clearly showed the citizens that “we the people” must act whether it is on the national level, or state level, or local level to defend their freedom from any laws or law-makers they dislike. Participation in the elections, i.e. vot-ing is essential.

More important, conservatives must re-member that the defense of liberty and free-dom begins in your backyard. If conserva-tives want to defeat liberals at the national level to repeal Obama Care, they must start at that local level by defeating their supporters.

In Texas, there are many conservative grassroots groups across that have been or-ganized to speak out against national liberal policies, but how many are organized to de-feat local liberals? We should remember that young, local liberals but will mature into state and national liberals who will in turn influ-ence national policy.

Texas Democrats have developed a pipe-

line of young liberals that they groom and prepare at the local level and then promote through their ranks into the national scene. Witness the rise of San Antonio’s mayor Ju-lian Castro and state senator Leticia Van de Putte. Both have been pushed along by their party and the liberal media because of their gender and race, more than by anything else. Their tax and spend liberal policies are rarely discussed or analyzed.

Van de Putte and Julian’s twin brother, then state representative and now U.S. Congress-man Joaquin Castro, have fought against the state voter identification, controlling the state budget, and keeping education under local control. Like them, there are many other lo-cal liberals who have not been challenged, and who may come back to haunt conserva-tive Texans later.

To fight back, conservatives need to or-ganize themselves so they can educate and inform local voters about local issues from a conservative point. Only then will local conservative candidates have a chance to be elected. For example, last year in 2012, the voter turnout in San Antonio was in the sin-gle digits for the mayor’s re-election, for city-wide Pre-K program, and for a recent half-billion dollar bond. That type of voter turn out was mostly seen again throughout Texas in the recent November 2013 elections. An uninformed and apathetic electorate cannot protect their personal liberties and freedoms, or their money the federal or local govern-ments.

We are the masters of our own destiny. As Chief Justice Roberts said, “it is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.” The road map is laid out to change the status quo of the national, state, and local liberal political agenda. Citi-zens should remember Roberts’ statement and prepare for 2014.

Political Correctness on mascots: Where are our priorities?


In Our View

We can’t depend on courtsto correct voters’ mistakes

RichLowry

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review and a syndicated columnist for King Fea-tures Syndicate.

The war on inequality

El Conservador

George Rodriguez is a San Antonio resident. He is the former President of the San Antonio Tea Party, and is now Executive Director of the South Texas Politi-cal Alliance.

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President Barack Obama has his answer to Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty.” It is a war on inequality.

The president’s formal declaration of hostilities came in a speech this month at the Center for American Progress, predictably praised as brilliant by his journalistic cheerleaders and touted by the White House as setting out the cause that will define the rest of his presidency.

While LBJ’s war on poverty is nothing to emulate -- it costs $900 billion a year, yet has manifestly failed in the stated goal of uplifting the poor -- at least it had a clear, compelling rationale. Who can disagree that it would be better if fewer Americans were poor? Obama’s implicit argument is that it would be better if fewer Americans were rich, or at least if they weren’t quite so offensively rich.

He relied on dubious research and tendentious analysis to make his case, without ever admitting what, for him, must be the crux of the matter. Surely, income inequality offends his egalitarian sense of justice and aesthetics, and even if he didn’t believe it had harmful real-word effects, he would wish the top 1 percent weren’t so wealthy as a social good in and of itself.

There is no doubt that we long ago exited the economic Golden Age of the mid-20th century, and we aren’t going to return to it. President Obama could give a speech about that and never need to make a questionable claim. But he wants to make a case for war.

In his speech, the president said that inequality is bad for the economy and cited “one study” showing that greater income inequality means more fragile growth and more frequent recessions. Of course, “one study” can show almost anything. The study in question analyzed developing economies.

He could just as easily have said that “one study” by a Harvard economist showed a correlation between increasing inequality and higher economic growth in the U.S. and other developed countries between 1960 and 2000.

To maintain that rising inequality is a threat to the American Dream, the president insists that it is reducing income mobility. Here the evidence is just as weak. According to Scott Winship of the Manhattan Institute, the gap between the middle class and the poor hasn’t grown much during the past few decades. It has been the very top of the income distribution that has gained the most.

America does indeed have a serious mobility problem, especially in getting people out of poverty. But it has nothing to do with a small fraction of people being spectacularly rich. Mark Zuckerberg could be stripped of all his wealth tomorrow, and it wouldn’t help anyone further down the income ladder. It wouldn’t increase wages, or reduce out-of-wedlock child rearing, or lead to less incarceration, or revive the work ethic, all of which would enhance mobility and lift more people into the middle class. It would just make Mark Zuckerberg poor.

Which is why Obama’s war on inequality is so misconceived. We aren’t beset by a wealthy 1 percent destroying opportunity and immiserating the rest of the country. The president needs to reconsider his casus belli.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

(c) 2013 by King Features Synd., Inc.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

Chili Davis

I suspect I’d throw a hissy fit if some pulpy and tacky idjit cautioned me: “Oh grow up, act your age!”

Whoa. Now such a declarative string of words such as those would have my nose out of joint and set me to hoppin’ mad. Yep. That’d put me in one heck of a pucker.

It’s not that I fail to recognize that at present, in human years, I’ve flipped the calendar some 836 months while waltzing through this life that is gauged by time. And should I be lucky enough to keep drawing breath into the future for another four months I will have enjoyed 70 years of being blessed among the Good Lord’s presence.

Of my past, I’ve had my share of bliss and blame. Joy and shame. I’ve experi-enced adventure and adversity.

Today, I am what some call retired. Some sage once said that once one retires if they rest, they rust. I agree. Fiercely. An-other observer opined that retirement is when you quit working just before your heart does. Unfortunately, there is truth to that too. Too often.

Last week it was announced that coun-try-western legend Ray Price was going home to receive hospice care. He accepted the outcome and placed his faith in God, it was reported. He died Monday.

One of his greatest hits was “For the Good Times.” He enjoyed the good times.

But a song in one of his last albums was a beautiful yet malignant song called “Time.”

The opening verse goes:Time is a monster that lives in our clocksIt’s heartless and shows no remorseConsuming our future as we fight That hundred year war.The third and final chorus:Time is a weapon, its cold and its cruelIt knows no religion and plays by no rulesTime has no conscience, when its all said

and doneLike a beast in the jungle that devours its

young.The fourth verse sums it all up when it

comes to TIME:But we’re all in the same boat so just hold

onAnd ride to the end of the line.Time waits for no oneEveryone runs out of timeThe song was released in 2007 and that’s

the year I allegedly went idle. To no longer check in at the workplace. To forsake ten-sion and embrace pension.

But you know what. Probably not. But for going on seven years this young fella has been busier than someone with a sev-en-year itch and an eight-day clock. When I ain’t scratchin’, I’m windin’ the clock.

In self-analysis I’d say my persona is not woven from a benign mediocrity. I will not accept a lackadaisical luster of living. Nor nod sympathically to ennui.

I made up my mind that I would not be a lickspittle of a fella kowtowing to age and aches and pains. Nosirree.

Despite hurtin’ for certain from atrial fibrillation and advanced emphysema. Surgery scars are merely reminders of my mortality.

Nosirree. Now I do not possess a macho mental-

ity. Like a blowhard that dabs beef jerky or goose liver behind his ears to prove his manhood to the ladies.

Nope. I am partial to simpler ideas. Good books (and yes, I read from a Kindle and Nook) when lazing. Others’ thoughts are seeds to continue building a muscle memory and not coming down with a case of brain bubbles.

So as I continue to grow up I cotton to toys. Despite being run over by a tractor pulling a load of hogs when I three years old. Today, I play with a restored 1942 Farmall B tractor.

In my collection also is a 1976 MG Midget. Dr. Deb and I exchanged mutual I-dos in ’76 and last year thought it would be an ideal anniversary present. To each other.

In motivating I rely on a collection of motorcycles. A retro Royal Enfield single-cylinder and a BMW adventure motorcy-cle (I am averse to calling such machines ‘bikes’). My two-wheel travels amount to 12,000 to 18,000 miles annually. Yes, they are man toys, but serious ones.

To keep me company is my menagerie: two border collies, a one-eyed Lhasa apso, a Boston terrier, and three cats and two miniature donkeys and a small herd of Brangus cattle. I allot quite a lot of imagi-nation in my company also. Not to boast, but I possess a sixth sense. I see living people.

I take daily walks (well, six to five days of trekking a week) of two miles. Last year I weaned myself off an addiction to milk (gallon daily) with gobs of choco-late Ovaltine in it. As a result I shed 63 pounds. Going from 213 on the scales to 150 in five months and by golly I take pride in that achievement.

An additional pastime of mine is to talk and smile to myself at the oddest of times. And not bothering to reason why.

So I am approaching my seventh de-cade of two-stepping along in this won-drous world. Such a grand playground. Still active and not quite to the stage or phase that I have to do a Donald Trump comb-over.

In popping one of those brain bubbles many will acknowledge that you don’t get smarter as you get older. There just aren’t any stupid things left to do that you haven’t already done.

Well, sister, in my case don’t bet any buffalo nickels on it. I’ll opt to tackle whatever develops. Be it a new carnival ride or a hike to wherever.

I reason how can I be old when I haven’t grown up. Yet. Nor do I plan to … down the road.

When I was younger, I could remem-ber anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot re-member any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.

Mark Twain


In Your ViewGrowing old doesn’t meanthat I also have to grow up

In the tradition of Christ-mas Tales from the Lost Rider of Yaupon Creek:

The small camp glowed. Besides the illuminating campfire there were also garlands and strings of silver lights draped along the sides of the sky buggy. Then the lights circled a group of trees and fash-ioned a corral for the team. More than a half dozen of the trees were wrapped with more garlands and lights; and the effect made the camp seem larger. Meanwhile, numerous folks hustled about the fire and attended to the team.

Bum nickered to the old soul trudging to meet us.

“Hey cowboy, step down and rest your bones,” he said.

Bum nickered again and rested his head against the man’s chest.

“Dadgum… you set up a homestead this year?” I asked, and swung to the ground. My left knee buckled and I limped to meet my friend. He strode across the snow and grasped my hand to shake. His eyes sparkled and he smiled. His teeth glinted through his gray whiskers and he began to speak, but then he was silent – peer-ing at me.

“Are you okay?” he asked. “There’s something different.” And he gazed straight into me. “I’m fine. It’s been – a different year – but, everything that’s transpired is for the best – I have nothing but good news. So tell me – who all is here?” And I was grin-ning because the Missus was shuffling up behind him, and the smell of the wood smoke gave way to the scent of fresh baked cookies.

“Oh – Mama!” he said. And as he turned he bumped into her. “Yeah, there you are…”

“Hey Herman Willie, it’s wonderful to see you again,” she said. And her voice sounded like my grandma’s. “Here’s some cookies for your horse,” and she hugged my neck. “I never expected to see you last year. You know Papa left me at home. It was such a nice surprise when you showed up with your cow-ponies hitched into Papa’s team.” And she broke a cookie in half and offered it to Bum. The horse reached with inquis-itive lips, took the offering, chomped for a couple of seconds, and then chewed with his mouth open sa-voring the new taste. “Oh he likes it!” she said. “What’s his name? And who were those ponies last year?”

“This is Bum,” I said. “He’s a half-brother to the

two you’ve met.”“He’s bigger.”“Yes mam. He’s out of

running blood. The two you saw, I call, Moe and Jocko. They’re out of a cutting horse stud named Count Hickory.”

“Do you own the stal-lion?”

“No mam. I own the mare, and the mare is a dumpling-ass gray called Fatty.” The woman cut her eyes at me, and I quickly continued. “The mare gets called that because she’s an easy keeper.” She furrowed her brow and pouted. So I said, “Well, being an easy keeper means she’s not high maintenance. She has a butt,” and I held my hands the appropri-ate distance apart, “axe handle wide and stays fat and shiny without much feed.” At this juncture my buddy’s wife gasped and stomped one foot.

“Well that’s awful. No animal should be named so poorly. You should call her Gray Beauty, or Lily, or – or Paloma,” she said.

“No mam!” I said. “That pony gets special treat-ment. She’s the mama to all the horses you’ve met.” Then I hesitated and said, “and I don’t think you’re going to hear a western man using them kind of sissy names.”

The old lady ducked her head and slowly raised it again. This time giving me a sly smirk and saying, “I know – I was just messing with you. Why don’t you and Papa go to the fire? I’ll give Bum more cookies.”

“Yes mam,” I said, and we ambled to the blaze.

“Mama was teasing you,” my friend said. “But tell me how’s your daughter, Sam?”

“She’s too much like me. She’s going on her own – left her corporate job to start her own business.”

“Hmmm… you reckon that’s a good thing?”

“Yep, in my estimation if you ain’t doing it for you – you’re putting money in somebody else’s pocket. And no man can guarantee security. That’s something you must supply for your-self.”

Then a familiar figure tip-toed towards us.

“Well look-a-here, it’s little Ms. Jingles.”

The pretty female elf gig-gled. She held two mugs in one hand and the stained coffee pot in the other.

“Here son – got some spice for our coffee,” said my pard and he dug for a flask. “Your other favorite elf is here too. But I ex-pect he’ll stay out of your reach.”

“Yeah, keep that spying runt away from me. He spooked my pack string a couple of days ago – tore the whole rigging out of one saddle. I don’t need that squirt shadowing me to see if I’m naughty or nice. Through the years… got a busted collar bone and broke hand on ac-count of him.”

“He’s hiding. But hey – Rusty is in the mountains with you!”

“Yep, first time in 30-odd years we’ve been in the hills hunting together,” I said. A long moment passed. “I know why you thought I’m different.” Another moment stretched. “I’ve got a fiancée.”

“Well, Glory Be! She must be quite a gal!”

“Yes sir – my wandering days are numbered.”

After that we sipped cof-fee, time passed, and conver-sation degenerated towards politics. When it was time to leave I mounted Bum and asked, “Ya’ll figure we can meet some place warmer next time?”

And everyone laughed. Six weeks later:The cruise ship rocked

and the rustle of tiny run-ning feet and giggles awoke me. I arose and followed the sound to the top deck. There were my North Pole compa-dres lounging on pool chairs; the gentleman in trunks, his wife in a robe, Jingles in not much at all, and the runt staring and wishing to hide.

“This warm enough for you cowboy?” Santa asked.

Herman Brune

Herman Brune is a freelance writer, radio personality and author based in Colorado County.

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Jim Cunningham is a former longtime Gonzales news-man and the former interim publisher of the Gonzales Cannon. He now lives in the Moulton area.

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Gonzales LivestockMarket Report

The Gonzales Livestock Market Report for Saturday, December 14, 2013 had on hand: 1,377 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $2.00 to $3.00 higher. Packer cows sold steady.

Stocker-feeder steers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $245-$255; 300-400 lbs, $205-$235; 400-500 lbs, $175-$190; 500-600 lbs, $160-$170; 600-700 lbs., $149-$157; 700-800 lbs, $143-$145.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $91-$105.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $195-$210; 300-400 lbs, $175-$195; 400-500 lbs, $155-$170; 500-600 lbs., $141-$151; 600-700 lbs., $134-$139.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $75-$79; Cutters, $79-$85; Can-ners, $61-$69; Low yielding fat cows, $70-$76.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $93-$101; light weights and medi-um quality bulls, $85-$94.

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The Nixon Livestock Com-mission Inc. Report had on hand, December 16, 2013, Volume, 1,454, Cows, 307,

bulls 78.Steers: 200-300 lbs, $180

to $190 to $235; 300-400 lbs., $186 to $196 to $245; 400-500 lbs, $167 to $177 to $225; 500-600 lbs, $153 to $163 to $200; 600-700 lbs, $137 to $147 to $166; 700-800 lbs, $132 to $142 to $158.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $166 to $176 to $215; 300-400 lbs, $163 to $173 to $230; 400-500 lbs, $152 to $162 to $210; 500-600 lbs, $142 to $152 to $195; 600-700 lbs, $135 to $145 to $185.

Slaughter cows: $45 to $96; Slaughter bulls: $85 to $107; Stocker cows: $900 to $2,200; Pairs, $970-$2,600.

Notices: Our Next Sale will be on January 6, 2014.

Hallettsville LivestockCommission Report

The Hallettsville Livestock Commission Co., Inc. had on hand on December 10, 2013, 1,162, week ago, 2,652; year ago, 1,459.

The market this week was a little weaker with weather still an issue. Most heavier weight classes sold near steady but lighter weights were weaker. Demand remains very good on all classes. A very active sale in all areas. Demand con-tinues to be best on the No. 1 classes.

Packer cows and bulls sold $2 to $3 higher on approx. 140 hd. Total.

Last sale of the year Tuesday Dec. 17th. No sales Dec. 24th or Dec. 31st.

Packer Cows: higher dress-ing utility & cutter cows, $77-$91; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $65-$77; light weight canner cows, $52-$65.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $97-$102.50; utility & cutter bulls, $89-$97; light-weight canner bulls, $81-$89.

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and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200; None; 200-300 lbs, $215-$245; 300-400 lbs, $200-$245; 400-500 lbs, $180-$212; 500-600 lbs, $160-$195; 600-700 lbs, $148-$172.50; 700-800 lbs, $138-$151. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, None; 200-300 lbs, $180-$220; 300-400 lbs, $174-$195; 400-500 lbs, $150-$182; 500-600 lbs, $140-$164; 600-700 lbs, $135-$150; 700-800 lbs, $118-$138.

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Cuero Livestock Market Report

Cuero Livestock Market Report on December 13, 2013, had 1,926 head.

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Had 134 cows and 18 bulls. The packer market was stron-ger again for second week in a row…Supplies are small and demand good. Another $2/cwt better market. Replace-ment cows are at a premium but very few coming to mar-ket.

The calf market last week ended up a little higher and this week it is even stronger as the momentum has carried over across the market. Most classes were $2-4/cwt higher. A lot of activity at the end of the year with only one sale here to go.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $88-$104; lower grades, $70-$90.

Packer cows: breakers, $65-$78; boning, $65-$83; canners & cutters, $82-$92; one indi-vidual high yielder, $99; light & weak, $38-$53.

Palpated, 8 bred cows, $117-$144.

Pairs: 1 pair, $1,100.Steer calves: under 200 lbs,

None; 200-250 lbs, $200-$223; 250-300 lbs, $197-$224; 300-350 lbs, $198-$222; 350-400 lbs, $195-$230; 400-450 lbs, $185-$222; 450-500 lbs, $179-$214; 500-550 lbs, $173-$202; 550-600 lbs, $160-$188; 600-700 lbs, $151-$176; 700-800 lbs, $148-$158.

Bull Calves: under 250 lbs, None; 250-300 lbs, $189-$228; 300-350 lbs, $181-$225; 350-400 lbs, $198-$230; 400-450 lbs, $186-$218; 450-500 lbs, $175-$206; 500-550 lbs, $164-$190; 550-600 lbs, $155-$177; 600-700 lbs, $140-$161.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $134-$152.

Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs., None; 200-250 lbs., None; 250-300 lbs, $164-$200; 300-350 lbs, $166-$206; 350-400 lbs, $171-$230; 400-450 lbs, $171-$214; 450-500 lbs, $163-$250; 500-550 lbs, $157-$250; 550-600 lbs, $152-$230; 600-700 lbs., $144-$220; over 700 lbs, $135-$144.


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December 1-31Commissioner of the Gen-

eral Land Office State of Texas, Texas, State of to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 8.91 Acres, Wade Horton Svy, A-257.

Streets, Jody and Streets, Mary to Caraway, Kris An-drew and Caraway, Janice Yvonne, w/d, Property in Juan Rose Tejada Svy, A-448.

Butler, Gary W. and But-ler, Charlene A to AEP Texas Central Company, w/d, 4.869 Acres, Baldwin Hudnall Svy, A-276.

Jiral, Frank J. (Indiv. & Atty-in-Fact) and Williams-Jiral, Billie to Herndon Jr, James Bryan, Herndon, James B. (AKA), Herndon, Mary Lyn and Herndon, Marcy L. (AKA), w/d, 19.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-39.

Hutchings, Edgar I. to White, Brent Allen and White, Robin Doreen, w/d, (Lt. 19, Country Village, Sec. 3) & (Pt. Lt. 2, RG 8, East of Water Street) Gonzales.

Fuson, Dewey and Fuson, Rita to Oliver, Ward and Oli-ver, Laura M. w/d, 4.26 Acres, Jose De La Baume Svy, A-34.

Parker, Edwin F. to Juntes, Juan, w/d, Lt. 6, Blk. 85, Baker’s Addn, Nixon.

Parker, Edwin F. to Gonza-

les, Catarina, w/d, Lt. 3, Blk. 2, Tom & Thrift Addn, Nixon.

Seger, Alphonse William and Seger, Mary Bouldin to Seger Family Investments, LP, w/d, Undiv. Int. in 190.00 Acres, James Gibson Svy, A-31.

Seger, Mary Bouldin to Seger Family Investments, LP, w/d, Undiv. Int. in 190.00 Acres, James Gibson Svy, A-31.

Rosas, Steven and Rosas, Jo-sephine to Hutton Growth One LLC, w/d, 1.07 Acres (Lts. 8-20, Blk. 45), Waelder.

Law, Paul F. and Law, Yvonne L. to Law, Paul F. (Trustee), Paul F. Law Revocable Trust, Law Revocable Trust, Paul F., w/d, 95.086 Acres, Ira Nash Svy, A-51.

Minyard, Ruth L. (Indiv. & Trustee), Minyard Residuary Trust, Ernest Louis to Metzler, Mark, w/d, 2.00 Acres, Jose Ma-ria Salinas Svy, A-59.

Bouldin, Jeff to Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 188.987 Acres, S R Coplinger Svy, A-153.

Nationwide DG Investment Corporation to Nationwide Mer-Car DG, LLC, w/d, 1.45 Acres, Juan Jose Tejada Svy, A-448.

Britt, Charles and Britt, Laura To Bullard, Bryon and Bullard, Symantha, w/d, 50.235 Acres, Juan Jose Tejada A-448 & Clement Hinds A-369 Svys.

Gonzales County RecordsCity/County Rate This Period 2012 Payment Change 2013 Total 2012 Total ChangeLuling 1.500% 124,646.77 105,178.35 18.50% 1,543,614.18 1,459,118.38 5.79%Caldwell Co. 283,605.63 259,333.53 9.35% 3,549,365.31 3,448,114.35 2.93%

Cuero 2.000% 254,233.72 209,682.84 21.24% 2,989,078.68 2,616,373.28 14.24%DeWitt Co. 288,969.89 247,277.02 16.86% 3,601,366.06 3,045,080.30 18.26%

Flatonia 1.500% 28,235.92 27,943.22 1.04% 342,914.46 264,825.44 29.48%Fayette co. 293,747.34 251,541.16 16.77% 3,330,220.05 2,919,347.69 14.07%

Gonzales 1.500% 206,826.10 189,956.82 8.88% 2,477,145.78 2,301,905.13 7.61%Nixon 1.500% 42,145.80 30,770.69 36.96% 455,354.94 322,353.53 41.25%Smiley 1.000% 2,390.20 3,963.72 -39.69% 38,102.56 34,633.91 10.01%Waelder 1.000% 2,263.19 1,762.03 28.44% 30,714.54 23,525.34 30.55%Gonzales Co. 253,625.29 226,453.26 11.99% 3,001,317.82 2,682,417.91 11.88%

Hallettsville 2.000% 83,791.95 78,015.02 7.40% 1,099,114.21 1,038,419.12 5.84%Moulton 1.750% 11,760.90 11,316.21 3.92% 156,145.44 144,951.43 7.72%Shiner 1.000% 28,345.43 26,722.77 6.07% 322,491.43 306,581.80 5.18%Yoakum 2.000% 92,411.02 113,080.92 -18.27% 1,170,373.70 1,200,129.75 -2.47%Lavaca Co. 216,309.30 229,134.92 -5.59% 2,748,124.78 2,690,082.10 2.15%

LULING — Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital in Luling has been named a Health-Strong Award winner for Excellence in Patient Sat-isfaction and Excellence in Patient Quality by iVantage Health Analytics, ranking the hospital as one of the top acute care hospitals in the nation.

The Healthstrong Awards are based on The Hospital Strength Index, a national

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“The HealthStrong awards reflect Seton’s com-mitment to providing holis-tic, patient-centric care for every Central Texan,” said Apryl Haynes, Seton Edgar B. Davis’ vice president and

chief operating officer. “To meet the health care needs of Central Texas’ rapidly growing population, it’s essential that Seton’s rural hospitals provide the same access to high-quality care as its urban counterparts.”

The Hospital Strength Index measures hospital performance across 56 key metrics in eight categories and are based on publicly available data sources, in-cluding Medicare cost re-ports, Medicare claims data and hospital comparison

quality reporting.Seton Edgar B. Davis

Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient services for residents of Caldwell County and surrounding counties, including 24-hour emergency services, comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services, health education services and wellness programs. The hospital was also named a Top Rural Critical Access Hospital by the National Rural Health Association in 2012.

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NEW YORK — Mara-thon Oil Corporation, at its Analyst Day in New York, is providing investors with a comprehensive report on the Company’s global op-erations, including a review of strategic plans to achieve profitable growth and com-petitive returns for share-holders.

The Company’s plans include: accelerating Eagle Ford and Bakken rig activ-ity 20% each; 100% rig ac-tivity increase planned for Oklahoma Woodford.

“When you look at the three priorities for our 2014 business plan - accelerating our rig activity in three of the highest-value domes-tic resource plays, market-ing our North Sea assets and increasing our share repurchase authorization - we believe they definitively reinforce our stated strat-egy of creating long-term shareholder value and a commitment to rigorous portfolio management in-tegrated with robust capital allocation,” said Marathon

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“Our continued focus on operations and execu-tion excellence across all our assets will help drive approximately 10 percent production growth in 2013, excluding Alaska and Libya. We believe this standard of performance, coupled with continued resource growth, fully supports an accelerat-ed investment in our three high-quality resource plays -- the Eagle Ford, Bakken and Oklahoma Woodford. This increased activity un-

derpins our confidence in delivering approximately 4 percent year-on-year growth in overall 2014 vol-umes, excluding Alaska, Angola and Libya.

“Additionally, the mar-keting of our North Sea assets represents another example of our ongoing commitment to portfolio management. In the past three years, we have closed or agreed upon nearly $3.5 billion in non-core asset divestitures, surpassing the upper end of our stated $1.5 to $3 billion target.

Penn Virginia (PVA) has reached an agreement with Magnum Hunter Resourc-es to acquire the company’s Eagle Ford properties in Gonzales and Lavaca coun-ties for $401 million. Magnum Hunter will retain 7,000 net acres in Atascosa, Fayette, and Lee counties.

The deal consist of approximately 40,600 gross (19,000 net) acres, with 46 gross (22.1 net) wells producing approximately 3,000 boe/d net in March of 2013. Seven wells are waiting to be completed and four wells are in some stage of drilling. Proved reserves of 12 million boe (37% PDP) were attributed to the assets at year-end 2012.

H. Baird Whitehead, President and Chief Executive Officer said, “This is a transformational acquisition which will

add significantly to our leasehold and drill-ing inventory in the Eagle Ford Shale play and is highly complementary to our exist-ing operating areas where we and MHR have had very successful drilling results.

If we assume PVA paid an average of $60,000 per flowing boe/d, that accounts for $180 million of the acquisition price. That leaves $221 million for the 19,000 net acres or a little less than $12,000/acre. That’s a rough estimate.

Penn Virginia now has 83,000 gross (54,000 net) contiguous acres in the area with an inventory of 640 gross (420 net) drilling locations. PVA now has 117 gross (82 net) wells producing an average of 10,900 boe/d. Drilling for the year in the Eagle Ford will now increase from 38 (28.8 net) wells to 62 (39.3 net) wells. Penn Vir-ginia’s capital budget will increase by $72-82 million as a result.


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Marathon’s Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford development (Courtesy eaglefordshalenews.com)

Recent Oil & Gas Permit Approvals As Reported By The Texas Railroad Commission For Dec. 1-17:

Api No. District Lease Well Number Permitted Operator County Status Date Status Number Wellbore Profiles Filing Purpose Amend Total Depth StatusCaldwell County05535061 01 J. J. Davis Estate 1Sw O.G.O. Refining(617058) Caldwell Submitted: 11/20/2013 Approved: 12/05/2013 774216 Vertical New Drill N 3600 Approved05535029 01 Hal Brown 58Sw Eagle Ford Oil Co., Inc.(238351) Caldwell Submitted: 11/27/2013 Approved: 12/10/2013 752621 Vertical New Drill Y 3500 Approved

DeWitt County12332938 02 Metting Neutzler 01 03H Pioneer Natural Res. Usa, Inc.(665748) De Witt Submitted: 10/24/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 750458 Horizontal New Drill Y 21000 Approved12332937 02 Metting Neutzler 01 04H Pioneer Natural Res. Usa, Inc.(665748) De Witt Submitted: 10/24/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 750462 Horizontal New Drill Y 21000 Approved12333371 02 Blackwell Gas Unit 2 C 3H Statoil Texas Onshore Prop Llc(816437) De Witt Submitted: 10/28/2013 Approved: 12/09/2013 772668 Horizontal New Drill N 14000 Approved12333410 02 Justiss Unit 13H Eog Resources, Inc.(253162) De Witt Submitted: 11/11/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 773503 Horizontal New Drill N 13200 Approved12333395 02 Westhoff A Unit 6H Geosouthern Energy Corporation(301287) De Witt Submitted: 11/12/2013 Approved: 12/09/2013 773690 Horizontal New Drill N 14000 Approved12333402 02 Hansen A 4H Bhp Billiton Pet(Txla Op) Co(068596) De Witt Submitted: 11/14/2013 Approved: 12/05/2013 773830 Horizontal New Drill N 14000 Approved12333399 02 Dio Unit 4H Eog Resources, Inc.(253162) De Witt Submitted: 11/13/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 773772 Horizontal New Drill N 12800 Approved12333408 02 Braswell Unit A 3 Burlington Resources O & G Co Lp(109333) De Witt Submitted: 11/19/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 774016 Horizontal New Drill N 17000 Approved12333409 02 Braswell Unit A 4 Burlington Resources O & G Co Lp(109333) De Witt Submitted: 11/19/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 774018 Horizontal New Drill N 17000 Approved12333404 02 Braswell Unit B 2 Burlington Resources O & G Co Lp(109333) De Witt Submitted: 11/18/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 773989 Horizontal New Drill N 17000 Approved Fayette County14933328 03 Kolar-Labatt Unit 4H Oak Valley Operating, Llc(617112) Fayette Submitted: 11/20/2013 Approved: 12/05/2013 774184 Horizontal New Drill N 11000 Approved14933329 03 Kolar-Labatt Unit 5H Oak Valley Operating, Llc(617112) Fayette Submitted: 11/20/2013 Approved: 12/05/2013 774199 Horizontal New Drill N 11000 Approved14933330 03 Ez Farm 1 Cypress E & P Corporation(195903) Fayette Submitted: 12/05/2013 Approved: 12/16/2013 775077 Vertical New Drill N 8000 Approved

Gonzales County17733213 01 Stock Unit 1H Eog Resources, Inc.(253162) Gonzales Submitted: 11/11/2013 Approved: 12/04/2013 772331 Horizontal New Drill Y 12200 Approved17732549 01 Adele Dubose (15914) 6 Rosetta Resources Operating Lp(728883) Gonzales Submitted: 11/11/2013 Approved: 12/05/2013 738157 Horizontal New Drill Y 11850 Approved17732550 01 Adele Dubose 7 Rosetta Resources Operating Lp(728883) Gonzales Submitted: 11/11/2013 Approved: 12/13/2013 738158 Horizontal New Drill Y 11850 Approved17733232 01 Dollarhide Unit 1H Eog Resources, Inc.(253162) Gonzales Submitted: 11/13/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 773752 Horizontal New Drill N 11300 Approved17733231 01 Landgrebe Unit 4H Eog Resources, Inc.(253162) Gonzales Submitted: 11/13/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 773747 Horizontal New Drill N 11200 Approved17733238 01 Tinsley-Barnett 1 H Forest Oil Corporation(275740) Gonzales Submitted: 11/13/2013 Approved: 12/12/2013 773745 Horizontal New Drill N 14500 Approved17733228 01 Tinsley-Barnett 2 H Forest Oil Corporation(275740) Gonzales Submitted: 11/13/2013 Approved: 12/12/2013 773760 Horizontal New Drill N 14500 Approved17733002 01 Mcclure Unit 11H Eog Resources, Inc.(253162) Gonzales Submitted: 11/13/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 763153 Horizontal New Drill Y 12000 Approved17732729 01 Mcclure Unit 9H Eog Resources, Inc.(253162) Gonzales Submitted: 11/13/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 747857 Horizontal New Drill Y 11000 Approved17733235 01 Mahan 1Sw Forest Oil Corporation(275740) Gonzales Submitted: 11/19/2013 Approved: 12/06/2013 774045 Vertical New Drill N 7995 Approved Lavaca County28533752 02 Machicek Unit 1H Sabine Oil & Gas Llc(742142) Lavaca Submitted: 12/04/2013 Approved: 12/16/2013 774952 Horizontal New Drill N 14000 Approved28530691 02 Borchers, William 27 Sabco Operating Company, Llc(741926) Lavaca Submitted: 11/13/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 773742 Vertical Recompletion N 4310 Approved28531805 02 Borchers, William 30 Sabco Operating Company, Llc(741926) Lavaca Submitted: 11/13/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 773798 Vertical Recompletion N 4300 Approved28533048 02 W.B. Fitzhenry Heirs Gas Unit 1 Cantera Operating, Llc(129692) Lavaca Submitted: 11/19/2013 Approved: 12/02/2013 774089 Vertical Recompletion N 12875 Approved28532623 02 Sibley Estate 4 Xto Energy Inc.(945936) Lavaca Submitted: 11/27/2013 Approved: 12/10/2013 774647 Directional Recompletion N 14700 Approved28533750 02 Rio Lavaca Farm 1H Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P.(651780) Lavaca Submitted: 12/03/2013 Approved: 12/13/2013 774889 Horizontal New Drill N 14500 Approved28533751 02 Rio Lavaca Farm 2H Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P.(651780) Lavaca Submitted: 12/03/2013 Approved: 12/13/2013 774890 Horizontal New Drill N 14500 Approved

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The Eagle Ford Shale rig count increased two rigs to 267 running over the past week.

Marathon Oil held its analyst day earlier in the week and released an up-dated resource estimate for the company’s Eagle Ford properties.

Initially, the company thought it would recover 469 million boe in the re-gion and now expects that number is greater than 1 billion boe.

Marathon also plans to co-develop the Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford from pads where viable.

The U.S. rig count in-creased 7 rigs from 1,775 to

1,782 running over the past week. A total of 369 rigs are targeting natural gas (6 less than last week) and 1,411 (14 more than last week) are targeting oil in the U.S. The remainder are drilling service wells (e.g. disposal wells, injection wells, etc.). 848 or 48% of rigs active in the U.S. are running in Texas.

Baker Hughes rig count is quoted here. Baker Hughes also releases its own Eagle Ford Rig Count that covers the 14 core counties (229 rigs). The rig count published on Eagl-eFordShale.com includes a 30 county area impacted by Eagle Ford development. A full list of the counties included can be found in the table near the bottom of

this article.

Eagle Ford Oil & Gas Rigs

The natural gas rig count increased one rig to 27 run-ning this past week. At this time in 2012, there were more than 60 rigs and in 2011 there were more than 90 rigs targeting natural gas in the area. Don’t be sur-prised if this is the bottom and we see more natural gas rigs in 2014. Natural gas traded up $0.30 this week to ~$4.40/mmbtu on Friday afternoon.

The oil rig count in-creased one rig to 239 rigs running. WTI oil prices held basically flat on the week at $97/bbl. Eagle Ford light crude traded at $94/bbl on Dec. 11th.

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very much. We struggled through the district, get-ting second. You could see the improvement each and every week,” he said. “If you stay with the system, you get the opportunity to have lots of success. This group worked hard from this be-ginning and we did get some breaks. You have to have a couple of those to have a chance at winning it all.”

Cerny said his team defi-nitely peaked at the right time.

For every Shiner player, reaching the state title game is what they strive for when they starting putting on the pads during youth or junior high football, especially for the seniors.

“It is turning out to be-come our dream,” senior tight end-linebacker Brian Kloesel said.”It is what all of us have wanted throughout our high school career. It is almost a surreal feeling.”

“At the start of the season, we knew we were really go-ing to have to work at it. Coach (Cerny) said to come together as a team and work hard. Now, at the end of the season, everything is coming together and we are starting to click at the right time.”

“It has been a dream come true to make it this far,” se-nior quarterback-linebacker Jacob Stafford said. “We have worked really hard and hit our stride in the playoffs. Could not be prouder of ev-eryone. Just glad to be here. We have had a lot of highs

and lows in this season.”The players recognize how

precious having the chance to play for the state title is.

“Most guys do not get to play in state. I am glad we get the chance in our high school career,” said running back-defensive back senior Marcus Coleman. “We need to work hard, play as a team and make sure we have fun.”

“We will never forget this,” Stafford said. “It is far as you can get and I hope everyone remembers this for the rest of their life.

Cerny said the team needs to remember the journey they went on to get this far.

Stafford said it is honor to play in an NFL stadium.

While the fans are very excited to having the team at state, the players will focus solely on winning the game.

“The enjoyment will hopefully be after the game with celebration of a state championship. Everyone else can enjoy it and we are the ones who have to take a business-like approach,” Cerny said.


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The limo made its first stop at the Gonzales PD where “elves”Whitney Weathersby and Kevin Kettelin were pictured with Gonzales Mayor Bobby Logan, City Manager Allen Barnes, Police Chief Tim Crow and Gonzales County Sheriff Glen Sachtleben. (Photo by Mark Lube)

The Texas Department of Transportation Sober Sleigh Ride limo made a stop in Gonzales on Mon-day morning. The limo is part of an sober driving awareness program put on by TXDOT. According to TXDOT Public Informa-tion Officer Helena Wright, the limo will travel to towns and cities in Texas, make stops at public places and engage the community on the dangers of drunk driv-ing and having a sober per-son as the driver. People can sign a pledge to be the designated driver or find a designated driver. Those

signing a pledge are entered into a drawing where the grand prize winner will get a New Year’s trip to New York City and the runner up will get a ride in the limo on New Year’s Eve.

The limo made its first stop at the Gonzales PD where “elves”Whitney Weathersby and Kevin Kettelin were pictured with Gonzales Mayor Bobby Lo-gan, City Manager Allen Barnes, Police Chief Tim Crow and Gonzales Coun-ty Sheriff Glen Sachtle-ben. The limo made stops at the Gonzales HEB and Wal-Mart Supercenter be-fore traveling to other area towns, Cuero, Yoakum, Hallettsville and Victoria.

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man Andrew Greathouse graduated from basic mili-tary training at Joint Base

San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week pro-gram that included train-ing in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

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SHINER — Principals Greg Murrile and Brad Oden presented the re-sults of the TEA Final Accountability Report at the December 11 regular Board Meeting of Shiner ISD.

Elementary School Principal Murrile ex-plained, “Most of the schools in Texas received the rating of ‘Met Stan-dard’. There are only two categories, ‘Met Stan-dard’ and ‘Improvement Required’. It’s not that hard to meet that stan-

dard with 53% of stu-dents.

“We received distinc-tion in reading/ELA, barely missed in math. Because our numbers are really good, we don’t have a lot of gaps to close,” continued Mur-rile.

The accountability rat-ings are based year to year, rather than an av-erage of years. Students have to improve on an individual level annually.

High School Principal Oden reported, “There were no changes to where we were previously. We did very well, and scored

88. Distinction earned in ELA and math. With the accountability system, we have to improve year after year.”

Tim Kalich joked, “We shouldn’t go from 90 to 98 all in one year, but grow incrementally, 1% at a time,” producing a round of laughter from the board.

In the Superintendent’s Report, Trey Lawrence announced U.S. Repre-sentative Blake Faren-thold will present the Shiner High School Band with a Congressional Reading commemorat-ing the State Champion-

ship in Marching Band on Tuesday, December 17 at 3:00 p.m.

In other business: • Shiner ISD enroll-

ment is down slightly to 568.

• From the Superinten-dent’s Report: 68.8% of budget realized.

• The Wellness Plan was presented and approved.

• The Special Educa-tion Services Performance Based Monitoring Plan was presented and ap-proved.

• The Board voted to move next scheduled meeting of Jan. 8 to Jan. 15.

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Driver’s EdParent taught driver ed study group, M and W

5 30 - 7 30, Jan 13 - Feb 5, at the Learning Center, 1135 St. Paul near downtown Gonzales. Please call 830 672 8291 for more info.

Nativity programThe Belmont United Methodist Church will

present its annual Nativity Program on Sunday, December 22, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The man-ager scene will be reenacted by youth and vol-unteers dressed in beautiful period garments. A candlelight service will conclude the program followed by fellowship and refreshments inside the Community Center. In case of inclement weather, the nativity program will be held inside the church which is located at the intersection of Alternate 90 and Highway 80 in Belmont.

Helping HandsIf you are in need of a meal, Helping Hands,

a non-profit, multi-church ministry would like to bless you with a free lunch. Meals will be dis-tributed Saturday, December 21st, beginning at 11 a.m. at (New Location) Emmanuel Christian School located at 1214 St. Louis Street. Volun-teers and donations are welcome. Contact Linda at 361-275-1216.

American LegionGonzales American Legion Post #40 will hold

its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Jan. 2 at the Legion Hall. All members and prospective members are urged to attend.

New Year’s Lock-InThe 12th annual New Year’s Eve Lock-In for

teens 13 and up is scheduled from 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 31 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1 at Emmanuel Fellowship, 1817 St. Lawrence in Gonzales. The event is for teens ages 13 and up; attendees must have a signed consent form, which will be available at the door. There will be a free gift to the first 30 attendees, door prizes given away all night long. Attendees are asked to bring snacks to share. For more information call 830-672-7331 or text or call Diane at 361-772-4825.

Community BingoThe Heights of Gonzales will host community

bingo starting at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 27. The event is free to play; must be 55 or older or a resident of a care facility to win blackouts. The event is hosted by Excel Home Health, Gonzales Me-morial Healthcare Systems and The Heights of Gonzales.

Christmas musicalThe annual Christmas Musical is scheduled

at Saint James Baptist Church in Belmont at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21. The event is open to the public.

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 income, proof of address and a current immunization record.

The first responding unit from the Gonzales Volun-teer Fire Dept. immediately called for a second alarm after seeing smoke boiling

out of the attic, and eventu-ally units from the Waelder, Belmont and Seguin fire departments joined GFD battling the blaze.

The height of the home proved problematic for

firefighters as they attempt-ed to attack the blaze, at one point adding a city lift truck from the electric de-partment in an attempt to rain water down on the at-tic inferno.

Firemen made several attempts to attack the blaze from the interior of the house, but were forced back by thick smoke and flames.

The arrival of a bucket truck from Seguin initially proved decisive and en-abled officials to declare the fire under control around 3:30 p.m., but it flared up again and kept Gonzales firefighters busy until after 6 p.m.

Some quick thinking by one Gonzales police officer enabled responders to re-move the couple’s two cars from the garage undam-aged. Officer Travis Sowell and Gonzales Mayor Bob-by Logan later provided the scene’s most poignant mo-ment when they retrieved the couple’s two Dachsunds from a fenced-in area be-

tween the house and garage and returned them to their grateful owners.

The State Fire Marshall’s office was on the scene Monday to investigate the cause of the fire.


During the Holiday Season more than ever, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our progress possible. And in this spirit we say, simply but sincerely

Thank You and Best Wishes forA Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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A day of tragic loss for Roger and Dot Eberle saw a couple of smiling moments, one of them when Officer Travis Sowell and Mayor Bobby Logan (top) retrieved the couple’s terrified Dachsunds and got them to safety.

The Christmas season has become frenzied ac-tivity revolving around gift-giving, parties and self gratification. There is more attention paid to decorat-ing our homes, entertain-ment and purchasing stuff than on what the day is sup-posed to be about. God is too often a second thought and in many cases no thought at all. Christ has been replaced by a man in a red suit who knows who

has been naughty or nice, reads every ones letters and fulfills every child’s desires. He knows where everyone lives and makes it to every child’s house in one night. Santa is omniscient and omnipotent. Then we tell our kids that he isn’t real. At the same time we tell them that Jesus sees every-thing they do, that Jesus an-swers their prayer, and that Jesus knows them. I can’t help but wonder whether

this had anything to do with my confusion in be-lieving the truth about God and Jesus, and why it took half a lifetime for me to ac-cept Christ into my life. Just a thought.

There are many Chris-tians who question wheth-er they should or should not celebrate Christmas. Their argument is this: “Christmas is obviously pa-gan because:

• There is neither Bibli-cal command or precedent for it;

• Christians did not ob-serve it until the time of Constantine (after 313 AD); only then did the Church of Rome introduce it;

• The Date of Christmas and its many customs all come from pagan sources;

• When Christians ob-serve Christmas in any way they are participating in paganism.”

I don’t agree. Celebrating Christ’s birth does not con-tradict a commandment of God or violate an essential teaching of the Bible. To observe Christmas because you choose to, not because

you have to, is completely permitted before God. This is a dedicated time throughout the world to re-member how God showed His love for us and keep in mind that the season is all about love. Our gift-giving is meant to be an expres-sion of our love for one another. Getting caught up in the materialism as-pect of the season defeats the real reason this day is to be celebrated. With-out involving Christ in our Christmas celebration the day is meaningless.

What other birth has impacted the world in such dramatic ways? A.D. (Anno Domini, meaning the year of the Lord) and B.C.(before Christ) are ep-ochs used in dating years according to His estimat-ed birth. The entire bible revolves around Christ. More than 300 fulfilled prophesies were about Him. Hundreds of years before His birth, the proph-ets spoke of the “light” that would come into this dark world to show us the way to salvation, becoming our lifeline back to God.

To experience the true spirit of Christmas we must come to know Christ—not just know about Him. Knowing Jesus means hav-ing a personal relationship with Him. The emptiness

we feel is not a physical need. It is a spiritual hole that only He can fill. The Bible tells us that believing and accepting Him as our personal Savior produces changes in our lives. So if you are struggling with feelings of anxiety, worry, anger, frustration, loneli-ness and depression then you need to ask Jesus into your life and let Him be your best friend.

God desires that all peo-ple be saved through belief in His Son Jesus. The gift of salvation comes only through belief in what the bible says about Him. But, a gift left unopened can’t be enjoyed. To receive the benefit from anything that is good for us we must be willing to do our part to re-ceive it. We eat when we are hungry, drink when we are thirsty and take medication that is prescribed, because we accept the fact that do-ing these things will keep us in good health. But what if, in our ignorance, we don’t? We would die. Food, water and medica-tions that sit on a shelf, outside of our bodies, do not do us any good. These vital elements must be in-gested and become a part of our makeup. When we allow them to do their work as intended, these necessary elements began

to slowly become a part of our chemistry and make a noticeable difference in us.

Christ is called the bread of life because He is the sustenance we need to be spiritually alive. Just like food, water and medi-cine Jesus also works from within. When we take Him off the shelf and into our hearts He becomes an active ingredient that pro-duces revitalizing changes in us. If we need our bod-ies cured, if we want peace in the midst of crisis and joy through the worst of circumstances Jesus is the missing ingredient. He is able to free us from addic-tions, mental anguish and physical sickness when we let Him in. This is the as-surance we have when we believe. To receive some-thing we’ve never had, we must do something we’ve never done.

Christ is the love, the peace and the joy we cel-ebrate this season. No other gift can compare to the gift of Jesus.

Let’s invite Him to be our guest of honor.

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I don’t normally get bent out of shape about these blasted Dallas Cow-boys, but what they did on Sunday was just totally uncalled for. I looked at that score when they had a pretty good lead and forgot about them until I heard that they had lost the game. I just can’t believe that they did that.

The Monthalia United Methodist Church will have a Christmas Eve Can-dlelight Service on Decem-ber 24th at 5:30PM

On December 29th at regular church service time is Witnessing and Singing Sunday followed by a soup and stew lunch

December 31st at 7pm is midnight Watch night.

The Belmont United Methodist Church will present a live Nativity scene

on December 22 at 6:00 pm made up of volunteers and youth and a few reluctant animals. In case of inclem-ent weather it will be moved inward to the sanctuary of the church. They will be wearing beautiful period costumes made by several ladies of the church. It will conclude with a meaning-ful candlelight service and refreshments being served in the Community Center.

PRAYER TIME: Judy Wilson, Rhonda Pruett, Keith Glass, Linda Denker, Case Martin, Landis Kern,

Joe Kotwig, L. A. Linde-mann Jr., Sandy Ingram, Glenn Mikesh, Mr. Bill, Jesse Esparza, Louise Jones, Aunt Georgie Gandre, Bill Lott, Rosie, Danny & Joyce Schellenberg, “Sarge” Dunkin, Aunt Frances Gandre, Bubba and Sarah Roecker, Lillie Lay, Joy and Bill Carson, Sandi Gandre, Aunt Betty Gandre, Teresa Wilke, Marguerite Wil-liams, Marie Schauer, Di-ana x2, Lanny Baker, Ma-ria Castillo, Pat’s Bill, Bob Young, Bill Bassett, Esther Lindemann, Anna Lin-demann, Shirley Dozier, Marilyn Qualls, Clarence Bahlman, Gloria Mirales, Dorothy Svoboda, Bob Brown, Margie Menking, Phyllis Oncken, all of our military people and their families all over the world.

They had a good Christ-

mas program at Monthalia United Methodist Church last Sunday. As is the tradi-tion, Santa had Christmas bags for the young ones. We have had a really good Santa for the last couple of years. The suit fits him just fine. Leleigh Lindemann just didn’t know what to make of that Santa. She was not quite sure that the Christmas bag was worth getting close to Santa or not.

After the services they had a luncheon in the par-ish hall. All kinds of dishes were there for the delecta-ble eating.

We want to wish Wade Wilson a belated birthday. His birthday was on De-cember 16th. Lola fixed a delicious meal on Sunday and invited Michael, Jaime, and Josh up to eat dinner

with them. Seems like she forgot the baking powder in the biscuits, threw it in later, and nobody would have been the wiser. Lola can make biscuits so well that she can do it in her sleep, throws them in that cast iron frying pan, and they come out delicious. He got a few birthday pres-ents, a birthday call from his brother Pat and a call from Laddie. Then Lola fixed him rice and chicken the next day.

I think that Twerpt has declared war on Samson. I am sure glad that this big cat has decided not to hurt him by sitting on him. That is all it would take. Pepe just puts out his paw and pushes Twerpt away from the food bowl. Oh little Twerpt gets mad. That little sputtering dog is hilari-

ous to watch. She gets so mad and cannot do a thing about it. She gets out of breath and starts coughing and that is the end of her. They are all looking for-ward to Christmas because they might get some more turkey or ham.

Have a good week, be careful and God Bless.

Samson says it is time to go to bed. He doesn’t like the cold weather outside any better than I do. He said that the birds don’t sing on key. They don’t even fly a straight line. When I asked Samson about this straight line business, that big old cat smarted off to me and told me “that it was some-thing only cats knew about”. I guess I just will have to let it go this time. Ha!

Have a good week, and God Bless.

Christmas Eve Services – Tri-County Cooperative Ministries

Tuesday, December 24Inviting the public to gather and

celebrate the great gift of God to the world—Jesus Christ.

St. Peter Lutheran Church, Prai-rieValley – Candlelight & Commu-nion Service – 5:00 p.m.

Pr. John Hunsicker, presiding

Zion Evangelical LutheranChurch, Sublime – Candlelight & Commu-nion Service – 6:00 p.m.

Pr. Herb Beyer, presiding

Zion LutheranChurch, Moulton – Candlelight & Communion Service – 7:00 p.m.

Pr. John Hunsicker, presiding

Faith LutheranChurch, Weimar - Candlelight & Communion Service – 8:00 p.m. with visit from St. Nicho-las for children before and after ser-vices.

Pr. Herb Beyer, presiding

For further information regarding services, please contact Pr. Beyer at 361-798-0155.


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Dear Gonzales ISD School and Community Family,

It is the Christmas season once again. What a wonder-ful time of year! I hope that you are all doing well, staying warm and enjoying holiday time with family and friends. Our campuses have been very busy finishing projects, mid-year exams and sharing wonderful programs.

All of our Christmas and holiday programs have been exceptional. We love to see the joy in our students as they perform. We are reminded of the reason that we are here. We are looking forward to holiday time with family and friends. When we return we will begin our second se-mester of classes. We look forward to anticipating new challenges of the New Year 2014, planning and preparing for higher expectations as we continue to strive for excel-lence in all that we do.

A caption of our Gonzales ISD Mission statement high-lights a commitment to foster, “compassionate and dynamic citizenship in an ever chang-ing world”. Our teachers, staff and parents work to promote opportunities for students to apply academic and social knowledge by engaging in service learning projects. We are so blessed to work with your children. We are contin-ually proud of such a special and caring student body. I would like to take this oppor-tunity to brag on a few of our students’ kind efforts to give back to the community.

All of our schools have as-sisted GCAM with canned food items. Gonzales El-ementary alone collected over 2200 canned food items. Elementary students are tak-ing leadership roles as well. The GE food drive was led up by 4th grader, Jacob Bak-ken. Gonzales JH reported over 1318 canned food items were contributed. GJH stu-dents walked and delivered food items last week. North Avenue completes their food drive this week.

Youngsters at East Av-enue Primary helped with the Gonzales ISD Education Foundation dinner by deco-rating placemats with their own designs. East Avenue Primary school also helped with safe practice for other youngsters by hosting a Car Seat Check for the Texas A & M AgriLife Extension office.

Gonzales Elementary stu-dents have also worked to support needy children in other ways. GE student Leslie Wiliamson, 3rd grader, start-ed a fundraiser for Norma’s House to help buy toys for kids. The Stop Bullying Club started by Brooklyn Sim-per and Grace Morgan last year still meets weekly and had 80 students participate at the most recent meeting. The club is performing pup-pet skits to demonstrate role modelling against bullying.

North Avenue students also assisted with faculty fundraising for students who are involved with CPS to buy them things for Christmas. Additionally, the fine arts classes will also be making Christmas cards for the Tex-an nursing home and ReHab Center.

Gonzales Junior High stu-dents will be gearing up for participation in Relay for Life this spring. Last year students participated in a campus based fundraiser for this event. GHS Leo Club students supported Relay for Life with a game booth. North Avenue holds a fund-raiser booth each spring as well.

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students participating in Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society) are making Christ-mas cards for every resident of the Heights and Texan Nursing Homes. Addition-ally, they will also be shar-ing warm throws and fuzzy socks with grippers to the nursing home residents.

The gift of time and en-couragement is also often seen through the efforts of our students. The Gonzales High School band and GHS Cheerleaders Team helped welcome Walmart at the grand opening and worked to raise funds to make a $6000.00 contribution to Gonzales Memorial Hospital to assist others in receiving annual exams for unfunded women in the fight against breast cancer. The Art stu-dents and cheerleaders did face painting for the East Avenue Fall Festival. The GHS Flames Dance Team contributed food items for a local benefit and worked the benefit by handing out food plates. The girls basketball team honors local veterans at each home game. The An-chor Club hosts Senior Citi-zen Bingo and serves a meal on the third Tuesday of every month at Country Village Square for any senior citizen. The Anchor Club also assist-ed the Pilot Club and worked easels for the Camera Club at Come and Take It, served refreshments for Veterans at Veterans’ Day Celebration, served as docents for the historical homes tour, and delivered meals to Gonzales County residents on Thanks-giving Day. The Future Sci-entists help save lives by sponsoring blood drives and have sponsored two blood drives this semester. The football team and Film Crew from GHS also assisted with the Veterans’ Day Celebra-tion. The agriculture classes held a chili cook off to assist with the food drive for the local community. Students from all campuses also as-sist in the promotion of the Gonzales Clean Up days and clean up efforts.

To work with your chil-dren is a gift. We commend their good work as they grow and learn to become car-ing citizens by giving back to their community. I know there are many more efforts that are not reported. For those who I have missed know that we are very proud of you as well. We also ex-tend a big thanks to the many teachers and sponsors who support students to pro-mote humanitarian efforts and good citizenship. We also thank the partners who work with us to extend and promote learning and high standards.

As always, I thank you for taking an active role in your child’s education. Please don’t hesitate to call with questions or concerns. As we support each other in learn-ing during this busy and joy-ous time, remember to read each day. It is the best thing you can do at home to rein-force your child’s academic progress.

Here’s wishing each and every one of you a wonderful Christmas holiday! Happy New 2014!

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Dr. Kimberly Strozier is superin-tendent of Gonzales ISD.

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Gonzales East Avenue Elementary pre-k chil-dren were entertained Monday with the Polar Express Movie with the room being decorated in the movie scene. Pictured are the conductress - Mrs. Braeuer (decorated this room) Ms. Lavender, Ms. Hernandez, Ms. Sanders & Ms. Adame. (Photos by Debbie Toliver)

St. Paul ‘Apaches’ for a dayThe St. Paul High School Physics and Pre-calculus classes recently traveled to Houston for a field trip. They visited Ellington Airfield and the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at Johnson Space Center. The highlight of the day was the tour given by First Lieutenant Justin Hagel and CW2 Nathan Herrera on the Apache Helicopters. Pictured above are the St. Paul High School students with their tour guides aboard a Boeing AH-64 Apache. (Courtesy photo)

Ms. Tomas and her class from Grace Christian Academy came by recently to tour the KCTI radio station. The class is, from left to right, Daniel Parks, Michael Macy, Zoey Barfield, Kyleigh Ramos, and Kate Morrow.

This year at GJHS, we honor those with perfect attendance! As an incen-tive for attending school every day, all 7th and 8th Grade Students have the opportunity to win $15.00 dollars each Fri-day of the year. Denisse Perez, a 7th Grader, won $15.00 for attending school during the week of December 9-13, 2013.


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Three charged in capitalmurder of Alabama man

On this day in 1835, the Red Rov-ers, a volunteer military company, left their camp in Alabama to join the Texas Revolution. The company was orga-nized by its captain, Jack Shackelford, at Courtland, Alabama, in November 1835 and named for the fact that its members were uniformed in red jeans. The seventy members of the company were equipped with rifles and military supplies from the Alabama state arse-nal. After being inspected by Stephen F. Austin and Nicholas Adolphus Sterne in New Orleans, the company reached

Texas on January 19, 1836. They were sent on to Goliad, where

they were assigned to the Lafayette Battalion under the command of James Fannin. During the Goliad Campaign of 1836 they were sent on several local ex-peditions.

At the battle of Coleto the Red Rovers occupied the extreme right of the front side of the square and acquitted them-selves like veterans. The unit was sur-rendered with Fannin’s command, and most of the men sustained a common fate in the Goliad Massacre.

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Barbara Friedrich is the admin-istrator of Gonzales Main Street.

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Thank you to all the par-ticipants and citizens who braved the cold weather to join Main Street for the Lighted Christmas Parade. A special thank you to the Main Street Board Mem-bers, Volunteers, and City Employees for decorating downtown and helping with our annual Christmas Parade event. Gonzales Odd Fellows, Michael Mer-cer Welding, Silent Santa, and enclosure.com donated the tent for the event on Confederate Square and made sure we there were heaters to keep everyone warm. Mark your calen-dar for December 5, 6 and 7, 2014 to join us for next year’s Winterfest Activities and Christmas Parade;

Main Street’s next event will be our annual Main Street Concert Series on June 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2014

and Star Spangled Spec-tacular on July 4, 2013. The Main Street Board and Committee members will start meeting to plan this event in January. They are looking to provide a big-ger and better event. It has grown every year and we hope it will continue to do so. If you are interested in becoming involved with this event, please contact Barbara at 830-672-2815.

Lexington Investments have completed the façade renovation on their build-

ing at 335 Saint George Street and it looks great. The Beall’s building has just received an updated façade with a new awning and stucco on the build-ing. Both of these building owners received the Main Street Business Develop-ment grant in the amount of $10,000. If you are a building owner in the Main Street area and considering renovating your building, please contact the Main Street office at [email protected] or call Barbara at 830-672-2815 to discuss the Small Business Development Grant and other incentives that are available.

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Gonzales County Com-missioners gave approval to a $200,000 loan to the de-veloper of the Alcalde Ho-tel renovation.

Commssioners had dis-cussed Rick Green’s request for a $440,000 loan dur-ing their previous meeting but had expressed reserva-tions about investing that amount of money from the county’s Revolving Loan Fund but being the third lien holder on the property.

They asked County Judge

David Bird to ask the appli-cant to re-submit for about half his original request.

Bird said Wednesday the loan request had been re-submitted for the smaller amount and the approal passed without dissent.

In other action Wednes-day, the court approved the qualifications of Jaster Quintanilla for engineering services for the re-roofing of the Old Jail. The court will meet Jan. 2 to entertain costs of the project.

The court also approved the purchase of two ve-hicles: a half-ton pickup

for Precinct 3 at a cost of $29,145.23 from Caraway Ford-Gonzales and a three quarter-ton pickup for Precinct 4 for the cost of $22,225.32.

Commissioners also approved bids on two tax resale properties. County Tax Assessor Crystal Ce-dillo told the court the properties, located at 907 Pecan and 912 Ai-nsworth, had originally gone on the auction block in 1998. Sale of the prop-erties is now pending ap-proval from other taxing entities.

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LOCKHART — Three Caldwell County men have been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of an Alabama man durring a robbery earlier this month.

Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law said that on Dec. 7, Caldwell County Sheriff ’s Deputies were dis-patched to the 100 block of J. McHugh Dr. in Dale on a Welfare Concern. Depu-ties arrived and located a deceased male who had been shot and made con-tact with their Criminal Investigation Division due to suspected foul play

Criminal Investigators then made contact with the Texas Department of Public Safety and request-ed their assistance in the case.

Investigators with the assistance of the Texas Rangers gathered evidence and found that the tenant of the house was Mr. Virgil Dobbins who later in an interview with investiga-tors advised that Mr. Rus-sell Marten had recently come from Moundville, Ala., to care for his prop-erty while he was in the Hospital.

In the course of ques-tioning Dobbins investiga-tors received information indicating that robbey may also have been commit-ted at the time Martin was killed.

Investigators found that on Dec. 7 The Lockhart Police Department had re-sponded to a Shots Fired Call which through their investigation revealed it had been a drive by shoot-ing in which a Pedro Lu-cio, 23, was charged for Assault on a Peace Officer, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Resisting ar-rest, Deadly Conduct, and Criminal Mischief.

Louis Holt, 35, and a Trey Hopes, 20, who were seen by witnesses in the car with Lucio during the offense, were not located. Investigators found that some of the items in the vehicle involved in the drive by shooting matched some of the items taken from Mr. Dobbins house.

Investigators found probable cause to se-cure Evidentiary War-rant which led to locating property at the residence of Pedro Lucio’s which be-longed to Mr. Dobbins.

They then interviewed Pedro Lucio, who admitted to shooting Mr. Martens.

Warrants were secured for the arrest of Pedro Lucio, Louis Holt and Trey Hopes for the Offense of Capital Murder which was com-mitted while in the com-mission of a Burglary/Robbery

Investigation believe that on Dec. 6 the three suspects entered the resi-dence located at 126 J. McHugh Drive in Dale, and while in the commis-sion of a Burglary/Rob-bery Pedro Lucio shot and killed Marten.

Warrants for the Of-fense of Capitol Murder were served on suspects Lucio and Holt, who was also found to be in the Caldwell County Jail for arrest made by Lock-hart Police Department on an unrelated offense. Caldwell County Court at Law Judge Edward Jar-ett set $500,000 Bonds on both Lucio and Holt for the Offense of Capi-tal Murder, a First Degree Felony.

Hopes surrendered him-self at the Lockhart Police Department on Friday. He also faces a $500,000 bond.

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Gonzales Police Department report for the week of Dec. 16:

12/07/2013 Reported Hit And Run Acci-dent At 1300 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

12/08/2013 Concepion Shawn Deleon 20 Of Gonzales Arrested And Charged With As-sault Family Violence And Cruelty To Animals At 900 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

12/10/2013 Reported Theft At 1500 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

12/10/2013 Reported Criminal Mischief At 1500 Blk Martin St.

12/10/2013 Reported Burglary Habitation At 2100 Blk St. Joseph St.

12/10/2013 Reported Hit And Run Acci-dent At 1500 Blk Martin St.

12/11/2013 Reported Criminal Trespass At 1000 Blk Church St.

12/11/2013 Joseph Alejandro Delagarza 27 Of Gonzales Arrested And Charged With Injury To A Child.

12/12/2013 Angle Alfredo Contreras 28 Of Gonzales Arrested And Charged With No Driv-ers License At Sarah Dewitt And College St.

12/12/2013 Jake Cobey Bolton 35 Of Gon-zales Arrested And Charged With Criminal

Trespass At 3300 Blk Hwy 90-A.12/13/2013 Reported Theft At 1100 Blk

Sarah Dewitt Dr.12/13/2013 Kenneth Eugene Smith Jr 33 Of

Gonzales Arrested And Charged With Harass-ment Of Public Servant,Resisting Arrest, Driv-ing While License Invalid, And Public Intoxica-tion At Mook And Carrol St.

12/13/2013 Reported Theft At 1300 Blk Di-vision St.

12/14/2013 Reported Hit And Run Acci-dent At St. Joseph And St. George St.

12/15/2013 Sandy Perez 31 Of Gonzales Ar-rested And Charged With Public Intoxication And Disorderly Conduct At Church And Cuero St.

12/15/2013 Reported Deadly Conduct At 900 Blk Pecan St.

12/16/2013 Reported Burglary Habitation At 1300 Blk Rivercrest Dr.

12/16/2013 Reported Criminal Trespass At 1700 Blk Waco St.

12/17/2013 Jonathan Paul East 20 Of Gon-zales Arrested And Charged With Reckless Driving At 90-A And St. Joseph St.

12/17/2013 Reported Theft At 600 Blk St. Paul St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office report for Dec. 8-14:

12/09/13Rocha, Emilio Jr., 02/1975,

Poth. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$20K <$500 by Check. Released on Time Served.

Walleck, Cody Lane, 10/1992, Gonzales. Theft of Property >$50 <$500. Re-quires $1,000 Bond. Theft of Firearm. Requires $5,000 Bond. Local Warrant – Bur-glary of a Building. Requires $50,000 bond. Local Warrant – Theft of Firearm. Local War-rant – Credit Card or Debit Card Abuse. Requires $3,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

12/11/13Hellums, Tommy Deane,

03/1972, Luling. Midland County Warrant – Theft Stolen Property >$1,500 <$20K. Released on $10,000

Bond. Midland County War-rant – Theft Stolen Property >$1,500 <$20K. Released on $10,000 Bond.

12/12/13Villegas, Justin Jesus,

03/1992, Nixon. Local War-rant – Burglary of Building. Requires $100,000 Bond. Local Warrant – Possession Controlled Substance PG 1 >1G <4G. Requires $100,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.

Ramon, Deanna, 03/1994, Waelder. Local Warrant – As-sault causes Bodily Injury. Re-leased on $1,000 Bond. Local Warrant – Criminal Mischief >$50 <$500. Released on $500 Bond.

12/13/13Mercier, Houston Alan,

05/1988, East Bernard. Com-mitment/Sentence – Im-proper Relationship between Educator/Student. Commit-

ment/Sentence – Sexual As-sault Child. Commitment/Sentence – Indecency with a Child Sexual Contact. Com-mitment/Sentence – Inde-cency with a Child Sexual Contact. Remains in Custody.

Macias, Katherine Lauren, 04/1987, Luling. Commit-ment/Sentence – Possession of Marijuana >4 oz <5 lbs. Re-mains in Custody.

Total Arrest, Court Com-mitments, other agency ar-rest and processing’s:

GCSO 07DPS 03GPD 07WPD 04NPD 00Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 21

AUSTIN — As part of an ongoing effort to keep pace with a booming popula-tion and the ever-growing demand on statewide road-ways, the Texas Depart-ment of Transportation welcomes U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony

Foxx along with transpor-tation experts, govern-ment leaders and others to the 9th Annual Texas Transportation Forum in San Antonio, Jan. 6-8. The forum addresses infra-structure strategies, traffic management solutions and other transportation chal-lenges.

“Our growing population

coupled with the sheer size of Texas requires innovative thinking to find the most eco-nomic and efficient solutions to complex transportation challenges,” said Phil Wilson, TxDOT executive director. “Those solutions also must place the highest priority on public safety and long-term reliability. The Texas Trans-portation Forum is the pre-mier venue for merging the present and future needs of Texas drivers with the tech-nology and engineering that can support and enhance those demands.”

Topics being discussed at the 2014 Texas Transporta-tion Forum include:

• Responding to emer-gency events in the after-math of disasters

• How new transporta-tion technologies are mak-ing our lives easier

• Increasing Texas tour-ism

To register for the Texas Transportation Forum, visit www.TexasTranspor-tationForum.com. For up-dates and more informa-tion, follow us on Twitter using hashtag #TxTransFo-rum.

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Labor of love comes to fruitionBarbara Hawkins explained things

simply.“We did this with a lot of love,” she

said during Saturday’s ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the Edwards Asso-ciation Senior Housing Apartments, “because our seniors deserve a lot of love.”

Saturday’s ceremonies marked the grand opening of the eight-apartment complex on the corner of Robertson and Huisache streets, and the end of

a little more than two years’ worth of work. Ground-breaking was held in November, 2011.

The apartments are specifically de-signed for senior living, with broad hallways, spacious rooms and a very nice hardwood floor finish. The entire complex is ADA-compliant.

Mayor Bobby Logan and Council-man Tommy Schurig congratulated Hawkins, who wrote the HUD grant for funding, and Edwards Association leaders Lawrence Fryar and Wray Hood, who spearheaded the effort to develop community support for the

effort to create nice living spaces for some of the community’s most de-serving residents.

“Mr. Fryar, you are a man of your word,” Logan said.

“We’ve got one persistent man and some persistent ladies here,” Schurig said. “You have turned what was a horse pasture into an immaculate liv-ing space.”

The property will be open to quali-fying residents age 62 and older, under the management of property manager Shari Tate. Porter Diller served as the architect.

Members of the Edwards Association, city and project leaders and the Chamber of Commerce flank Lawrence Fryar as he cuts the ribbon during Saturday’s ceremony.

Mayor Bobby Logan salutes project leaders Wray Hood, Barbara Hawkins and Lawrence Fryar. Below, Hawkins speaks to the gathering before leading tours of the apartments.

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Two teams that have played in state title games but have never played each other faced off in the championship game Thursday.

Shiner was set to play Stamford at 10 a.m. Thursday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington in the Class 1A Division I state championship game.

The Comanches defeated Mart, 49-22, in the semifinal round last week in Round Rock.

The Bulldogs were 34-26 winners over Hico in their semifinal game, played Saturday in San Angelo.

Shiner was in the title game for the fourth time in its history, winning in 1986 and 2004, and finishing runner up in 2003.

Stamford made its third straight trip to the state title game. In 2012, they fell to Mason and last year, defeated Mart.

“I would say they have the advantage there (recent state championship game experience) but they are at a disad-

vantage because they played Monday (Dec. 9) because of the weather and then had to come back and play again on Saturday, and now have to play on Thursday,” Shiner head coach Steven Cerny said on Monday.

The Bulldogs average 42 points a ball game and give up under 19 points a game.

While Stamford as a team may be a little unfamiliar to Shiner,, their offensive style will be very familiar to the Comanches.

“They run a spread offense, no huddle, with one-back and no-back formations,” Cerny said. “We have seen spread three playoff games (Mason, Thorndale, Mart).”

Like most spread offenses Shiner has faced, The Bull-dogs’ quarterback is the trigger man.

Senior Bo Wimberly has completed 137-of-214 passes for 1,981 yards, 28 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

Wimberly leads Stamford’s ground game with 1,532 yards on 201 carries and 27 touchdowns.

“He is tall, has a good arm and runs the ball well,” Cerny said.

Running back Eric Sanchez has 69 carries for 511 yards and five touchdowns.

Oklahoma State-bound receiver James Washington has caught 73 passes for 1,331 yards and 24 touchdowns.

“Washington is a real explosive receiver,” he said.Stamford will run jet sweeps and lead quarterback

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Four Apaches earn spotson AP 3A All-State team

The Shiner Comanches react to their 49-22 semifinal win over Mart on Friday (left) and coach Steven Cerny delivers his post-game talk (right). (Photos by Mark Lube)

Several Gonzales football players were chosen to the AP 2013 All-State and All-District 26-3A teams.

Alyas Ramirez was chosen for the Second Team Running Back while Jor-dan Johnson received Honorable Men-tion Offensive Tackle, Darrance James received Honorable Mention Defensive Back and J.T. Miller received Honorable Mention as Offensive Guard and Line-backer.

Miller was named 26-3A All-District MVP, and First Team selections were Miller (offensive guard), Ramirez (quar-

terback), Johnson (offensive tackle, defen-sive tackle), Damian Airhart (linebacker), Zac Perez-Clack (defensive tackle, cen-ter), James (cornerback, receiver) and DJ Gonzales (outside linebacker).

Chosen for the Second Team were Wade Miller (defensive end), Airhart (offensive guard), Gonzales(running back), Trent Schauer (fullback) and Joe Ryan Carriza-les (tight end)

Winning Honorable Mentions were Schauer (defensive end), Blake Cox (out-side linebacker), Jaime Tellez (outside linebacker), Brant Philippus (corner-back), Ramirez (free safety), Cameron Horton (receiver) and Clayton Wilker-son (offensive tackle).

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Thorndale’s Riley Schaefer gets a piece of the ball during a Jaydon Nieto shot Friday against Thorndale in the Moulton Tournament. (Photo by Mark Lube)

MOULTON — When the going got tough, the tough got going.

The Moulton Bob Katz basketball teams found themselves in a little bind in the Katz Klassic Tour-nament on Friday against Thorndale in the fourth quarter but got out of it to win 35-34.

The Bulldogs took a 30-29 lead late in the quar-ter, on the triple from Eric Hinistroza. Moulton came

right back as Dennis Lopez rebounded a missed shot and scored with around 1:20 left and Thordale went ahead 32-31 at 1:13 with two free throws from Jor-dan Hafley.

The jumper by Jaydon Nieto allowed the Bob Katz back into the driver’s seat, 33-32 with 52 seconds left.

Hafley’s basket at the 0:45 mark returned the lead to the ‘Dogs and Mario Pine-do answered for Moulton for a 35-34 lead with just 11 seconds left and Thorndale committed a turnover with

four seconds left.Nieto went to the line

with 1.07 seconds left but missed both and Thorndale had the ball with less than full second left. They were unable to score and the game concluded.

“Thorndale is well coached and their kids play hard,” Moulton head coach Kevin Fishbeck said. “Our kids executed and stepped up when we needed them to.”

Moulton opened the contest with an 8-2 lead

MOULTON — The Moulton Bob Kittens defense stepped up as the offensive struggled a little in a 38-24 win

over Thorndale Friday morning in the Moulton Kittens Klassic Tourna-ment.

The Kittens held the Lady Bulldogs to just a single point in the first period and no more than

nine points in any of the other quarters.

“Defense played re-ally good and we played the full-court trap well,” Kittens head coach John Meisetschleager said. “We missed some easy shots but once we got going, we were okay.”

Thorndale took the first lead of the game in the first frame on a free throw by Emily Garza.

Moulton shot back on buckets by Graisyn Nie-to, a triple by Malori Mi-tchon and a score from Kendall Kristynik, from the feed of Mitchon, to lead 9-1 at the end of the first.

Two more baskets from Nieto in the sec-ond frame helped put the Kittens ahead 13-2.

Thorndale stepped up and went on a 6-0 run, getting baskets from Garza and Skyler Sum-ner to cut down Moult-on’s lead to 14-8 at half-time.

The Kittens started the third frame with a bucket from Kristynik and Thorndale answered with a three-point shot by Kali Carter. Kristynik scored after an offen-sive board and later as-

on baskets from Matthew Orsak, Pinedo, Nieto and Nicholas Perez.

The Bob Katz later went ahead 13-4 on free throws from Orsak and Pinedo. Perez put back a missed shot and Orsak scored again. Thorndale got a bucket from Lorenzo Lla-na and a free throw from Americo Vazquez helped Thorndale pull within 17-7 at the end of the frame.

The Bulldogs opened the second quarter with baskets from Vazquez and Hinis-troza to come within 17-11. The ‘Dogs later ended the period on a 5-0 run to trail just 19-16 at halftime.

Moulton slightly in-creased their lead to 21-16 early in the second quarter on a basket from Pinedo af-ter a pass from Nieto.

Thorndale then went on a 7-1 run, with points from Hinistroza, Hafley and Vazquez. The Bob Katz recovered as Lopez scored after a feed from Juan Her-nandez and Tanner Nich-ols-Ranton made a three pointer to give Moulton

a 27-23 lead at the end of third.

The ‘Dogs opened action in the fourth quarter with two quick baskets to tie the game at 27-27.

Moulton 35, Thorndale 34T 7 9 7 11-34M 17 2 8 8-35

Thorndale: Eric Hinistroza 5 2-2 14, Americo Vazquez 2 4-6 8, Jordan Halfey 2 2-2 6, Riley Schaefer 2 0-2 4, Lorenzo Llana 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 8-12 34.

Moulton:Matthew Orsak 4 1-2 9, Mario Pinedo 3 2-2 8, Nicholas Perez 3 0-0 6, Jaydon Nieto 2 1-2 5, Dennis Lopez 2 0-0 4, Tanner Nichols-Ranton 1 0-0 3. Totals 15 4-6 35.

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Kitten defense steps upfor tournament triumph

MOULTON: Katzhang on for victory

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Having just finished with football over a week ago, the Gonzales varsity bas-ketball team was not in the best basketball shape and suffered from fatigue in a 54-47 loss to Wimberley Tuesday night at GHS Spe-cial Events Center.

“We were real tired and had lots of fouls because of it,” Gonzales head coach Raymond Lopez said. “The effort from the players was great.”

“We played good as a group.”

Lopez said the Apaches will improve as they get more in basketball condi-tion.

The Texans opened the first quarter with a 5-0 lead and Gonzales got on the board with a steal-and-score by Jared Smit.

He later repeated the feat to bring the Apaches to within 9-4, to counter two Texan baskets.

A layup by Christian

Bilger helped give Wimber-ley a 12-6 lead.

Starting with a three-point basket by Aaron Hunt, the Apaches scored seven straight points. Alyas Ramirez made a basket and Tyshawn Erskin scored af-ter getting a turnover.

The Texans reclaimed the lead, 14-13, on a basket by Hudson Doty to conclude the first quarter.

Wimberley scored five of the first seven points of the second quarter to improve their lead to 19-16.

The Apaches eventu-ally went ahead 22-21 af-ter a Jordan Johnson steal turned into an Erskin pass to Darrance James for a basket and James then as-sisted Ramirez on a field goal.

The Texans scored nine straight points to lead 30-22 at halftime.

Gonzales made a late third-quarter run to trail just 37-35 and the Texans managed a 5-2 run to hold a 42-37 lead go go into the final eight minutes.

In the fourth quarter, points from James and Johnson allowed Gon-zales to tie the game at 42-42. It was as close as Gonzales would come to taking the lead for the rest of the game as Wimberley went on a 12-5 run to close out the contest.

The Gonzales junior varsity team lost to Wimberley 71-46, with Devin Hunt scoring 24 points and Chris Cantu adding 18 more. The Apaches freshman team lost 33-18 and was led by Wayne Fowler, who had six points.

Wimberley 54, Gonzales 47Wimberley 14 16 12 12-54Gonzales 13 9 15 10-47

Wimberley:Brock Medorman 3 9-12 15, Will Simpson 5 1-2 11, Chris-tian Bilger 4 1-2 9, Zach Johnson 3 1-2 8, JJ Weeks 2 1-8 5, Hudson Doty 1 1-2 3, Jacob Madison 1 0-0 2, Alex Mire-les 0 1-3 1, JD Anderson 0 0-1 0, Jake O’Connor 0 0-1 0, Michael Longoria 0 0-2 0. Totals 19 15-35 54.

Gonzales:Darrance James 6 5-10 17, Tyshawn Erskin 4 2-4 10, Alyas Ramirez 3 0-0 6, Jared Smit 2 1-2 5, Jordan Johnson 2 0-1 4, Aaron Hunt 1 0-0 3, Joe Ryan Carrizales 1 0-0 2. To-tals 19 8-21 47.

Jared Smit (above) makes a pass during the first half of the Apaches’ 54-47 loss to Wimberley on Tuesday. At left, Jordan Johnson dribbles inside the paint on a drive to the basket. (Photos by Mark Lube)

Bob Kitten Kendall Kristynik makes a field-goal at-tempt in the second half Friday against Thorndale in the Kitten Klassic. (Photo by Mark Lube)

sisted a Mitchon bucket. Bethany Brauer scored after a steal and later got another field goal to put Moulton ahead 24-11.

Both teams bagged four points each from that point, and the Kit-tens held a 28-15 lead to start the final period.

Nieto led Moulton with half-a-dozen points in the fourth quarter as the Kitten scored 10 of 19.

Moulton 38, Thorndale 24Thorndale 1 7 7 9-24Moulton 9 5 14 10-38

Thorndale: Emily Garza 2 2-5 6, Shelbi Schneider 2 2-6 6, Skyler Sumner 2 1-2 5, Kali Carter 1 0-0 3, Kamyrn Holder 1 0-0 2, Cheyenne McWilliams 1 0-0 2. Totals 9 5-13 24

Moulton: Graison Nieto 7 0-0 14, Malori Mitchon 2 2-7 7, Kendall Kristynik 3 0-2 6, Bethany Brauer 3 0-0 6, Paige Bartos 1 0-0 2, Julie Fo-jtik 1 0-0 2, Taylor Bohuslav 0 1-4 1. Totals 19 3-8 38.

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FREDERICKSBURG — Long a hotbed for cycling and considered the cycling capital of Texas, the Texas Hill Country will get its first taste of a Gran Fondo cycling event with the inau-gural Texas Gran Fondo on April 5, 2014 in Fredericks-burg.

“The Texas Hill Country has phenomenal features that make it ideal for road cycling. The panoramic views of the area, winding roads and the Texas hos-pitality will certainly make the Texas Gran Fondo one of the most popular events of the season” said Humber-to Olivo, Texas Gran Fondo organizer, “there is a reason why the Texas Hill Coun-try is known as the cycling capital of Texas”.

The inaugural Texas Gran Fondo will start and finish in downtown Fredericks-burg, with routes through-out scenic Gillespie County. The cycling event will offer three course options- the Gran Fondo, a fast-paced, challenging 95 mile route including a special King and Queen of the Mountain

timed segment; the Medio Fondo, a challenging 56 mile route; and the Piccolo Fondo, a friendly but fast 35 mile route.

“The Texas Gran Fondo will bring together cyclists and teams from across Texas and beyond. We have already confirmed riders from the Dallas Fort Worth area, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and other major cycling hubs in New York, New Jersey, California, Florida, Canada and Mexico” said Jennifer Bloomberg, Texas Gran Fondo Coordinator.

Different from tradition-al century rides, the Texas Gran Fondo provides indi-vidual timing for all partic-

ipants as well as awards for each racing category. The Texas Gran Fondo is set to be a premier cycling event, complete with a mass start and post party for all Gran Fondo finishers.

Registration and ad-ditional information for the Texas Gran Fondo in Fredericksburg, Texas visit www.TexasGranFondo.com. Early bird registra-tion ends December 31.

For additional informa-tion on Fredericksburg and Gillespie County, or to book lodging in Fred-ericksburg and Gillespie County for the Texas Gran Fondo, please visit www.VisitFredericksburgTX.com.

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Marcus Coleman (right) follows the lead of Chad Neubauer. (Photo by Mark Lube)

ROUND ROCK — For the first two Mart drives, it seemed nothing went right for the Shiner defense.

After that, it seemed nothing went right for the Mart offense.

The Comanches found themselves down by seven after Mart moved quickly to score on its first two pos-session and Shiner settled down, holding Mart to just one score afterwards in a 49-22 win in the state semi-finals at Kelly Reeves Ath-letic Complex in Round Rock.

Shiner got a little pay-back against the Panthers, having lost to Mart last year in the semifinals, 42-7, also played at Reeves Ath-letic Complex.

“I am so proud of these guys,” Shiner head coach Steven Cerny said. “They really stepped up. We got down early again and Mart looked faster than us.”

Shiner completely domi-nated on offense with 500 total yards of offense and scored every time they had the ball, not counting the possessions where Shiner had the ball when the half ended.

“Our offense answered every time,” Cerny said. “They did not hold us (out of the end zone) once and our offensive line did a heck of a job.”

Quarterback Jacob Staf-ford had another mon-strous offensive game with

205 yards on 31 carries and five touchdowns. He com-pleted both passes he threw for another 56 yards and a touchdown.

Running back Marcus Coleman added 117 yards on 16 carries and a touch-down while Chad Neu-bauer ran 20 times for 128 yards.

All three backs benefited from the stout play of the Shiner offensive line, who was so crisp that Shiner had just one rush for nega-tive yards.

“We are all brothers,” Coleman said. “We play like brothers and we live like brothers. I love my team for all of my brothers alike.”

“We owe our rushing yards to our offensive line. They were good blockers for us tonight. They did the job.”

Shiner was very success-ful running on the inside against Mart.

“We knew that Mart was small inside and that no one they played that just went straight at them. Their opponents were just spread teams,” Cerny said. “We had a good practice run at Thorndale and took the same game plan into this game.”

Mart used its speed to score on its first two drives, in the first quarter. The Panthers drove 70 yards in just two plays, getting a 52-yard run by running back D’Marcus Cosby and used a five-play, 91-yard march, capping it with a

25-yard run by quarterback D’Nerian Thomas.

After those scores, Thomas and Co. found themselves with consider-ably less room to run.

They had two turnovers on downs, the game’s lone punt and had two turn-overs, losing a fumble and throwing an interception late in the game.

“Instead of being aggres-sive, we had to slow play things and string them out,” Cerny said. “You at-tack Mart and they find a seam, and hurt you. We made an adjustment to play technique and stay on the line of scrimmage. It helped us.”

“Mart has not seen a de-fense like us this year.”

Instead of scoring in a hurry, Shiner drove the field on its first drive, 74 yards in 11 plays and six minutes. The Comanches ate up the turf a few yards at a time and Stafford com-pleted a 29-yard strike to Tyler Patek on fourth down to tie the game at 7-7

Shiner forced the 14-14 score after 10-play, 67-yard march. Chad Neubauer had an 11-yard rush to the Panther 34 about halfway through the drive, Cole-man had a 21-yard gain and Stafford capped the drive with a 1-yard sneak.

Thomas had a 49-yard run from his 28 to the Shiner 23 on the first place of the next drive. Mart was slowed down and Thomas

was dropped for an 11-yard loss to the 30 on third down. His pass fellow in-complete on fourth down and 17.

Shiner then copied Mart and drove 70 yards in five plays. Neubauer had a 24-yard run on the second play to get into Mart terri-tory and Stafford later fin-ished things with a 38-yard run.

After forcing Mart to punt, Shiner went 70 yards again but took more time. Coleman had a 15 yard run late in the drive to set up the Stafford 2-yard touch-down run to give Shiner a 28-14 halftime lead.

To open the third quar-ter, Shiner drove 72 yards for another touchdown. Stafford had an inside run of 47 yards that nearly went for a touchdown. He scored on a 1-yard run.

The Panthers looked poised to score on their next drive. Thomas ran 28 yards from his 45 to the Shiner 27 and then had a gain down to the 2. Thom-as got near to the goal line when he fumbled into the end zone and Shiner recov-ered.

The Comanches then added 80 more yards to their total. Stafford had a 4-yard run on fourth and 1 to keep things going. He hit Caleb Kalich for a 27-yard pass to set up another touchdown run.

Mart finally got some points on a 55-yard drive that saw Thomas have to throw some passes.

Crosby had a 6-yard touchdown run called back

on holding. Thomas went to Austin Rawls for a 10-yard pass and Shiner was called for a personal foul to move the ball closer to the end zone, at the 4. Thomas scored on the next play and Crosby got the two-point run ro bring Mart within 42-22with 10:29 left in the game.

The Comanches got the onsides attempt by the Pan-thers at the Panthers 49.

Coleman had a 37-yard run to finish the drive and cap scoring in the contest.

Patek later picked off Thomas at the Shiner 3 and the Comanches ran out the last four minutes.

Class 1A Division I state semifinalRound Rock ISD Kelly Reeves

Athletic ComplexShiner 49, Mart 22

Mart 14 0 0 8-22Shiner 14 14 14 7-49

Scoring SummaryM-D’Marcus Crosby 52 run (Bryson

Nail kick)S-Tyler Patek 29 pass from Jacob

Stafford (Hunter Mraz kick)M-De’Nerian Thomas 25 run (Nail

kick)S-Stafford 1 run (Mraz kick)S-Stafford 38 run (Mraz kick)S-Stafford 2 run (Mraz kick)S-Stafford 1 run (Mraz kick)S-Stafford 1 run (Mraz kick)M-Thomas 4 run (Crosby run)S-Marcus Coleman 37 run (Mraz

kick)

Team stats M SFirst downs 18 27Rushes-yards 27-325 67-450Passing yards 94 56Passes 8-15-1 2-2Penalties-yards 3-25 5-24Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0Punts-average 1-33.0 0-0.0

Individual statsRushing — Mart:De’Nerian Thom-

as 19-207, Walker Love 5-62, D’Marcus Crosby 3-56. Shiner: Jacob Stafford 31-205, Chad Neubauer 20-128, Mar-cus Coleman 16-117.

Passing — Mart: Thomas 8-15-94-1. Shiner: Stafford 2-2-56-0.

Receiving —Austin Rawls 4-49, Love 3-34, Bryan Scott 1-11. Shiner: Tyler Patek 1-29, Caleb Kalich 1-27.

Jacob Stafford fol-lows his offensive line towards the end zone.Stafford had five rushing touch-downs and threw for a score. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Bryan Kloesel stops Mart receiver Austin Rawls from getting any further downfield. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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draws for its running plays and does just about any-thing in the passing game.

“They throw short screens, deep passes. They just throw the ball all over the place,” Cerny said. “It is a wide-open spread of-fense.”

Stamford averages nearly 400 yards a game on offense and The Bulldogs average around 220 on their offen-sive line.

“We cannot give up a big play. We have to make Stamford earn every yard,” Cerny said.

Team-wise, Stamford is not as fast as Mart but still has some speedsters and Washington has that honor.

Washington will also re-turn punts and kickoffs, and is the Dogs’ place kick-er.

Cerny said Shiner will have to play sound tech-nique, and guard Wimberly and Washington carefully.

“The key will be contain-ing their spread offense,” senior quarterback-line-backer Jacob Stafford said. “Stamford is not as speedy as Mart but it still will be a great challenge.”

The Stamford defense is

very multiple.“Their base is a 3-5-3

and will come out in the 5-3 when we line up in our double-tight formations,” Cerny said. “Stamford has also shown the 4-3. They just like to attack.”

Linebacker Craig Oliver leads the team with 150 to-tal tackles and second on the list in Joey Aguilar (146 tackles). Linebacker Zai Zai Smith is credited with five of Stamford’s 18 sacks on the year.

Washington plays in the defensive backfield and has seven interceptions on the season.

Playing in a state cham-pionship game, Shiner must score.

“We have to put points on the board,” Cerny said.

The Comanche backs and offensive line had a great performance against Mart with three 100-yard rushers. Quarterback Staf-ford led the pack with a 200-yard game and five touchdowns on the ground. Running backs Marcus Coleman and Chad Neu-bauer provided the perfect complement on the ground with 117 and 128 yards, re-spectively.

“We will have to take

advantage of our offensive opportunities and win the battle of field position,” Cerny said.

“We just have to pound the ball on the ground,” Coleman said.

“We do best when we grind out the clock with long drives and score,” Staf-ford said. “It really works out for us. We have the speed and enough strength to go up the gut.”

The time between games is not so bad for Shiner as they played last Friday would have six days be-tween the semifinal and the final.

Cerny said adjusting rou-tine was a more of a chal-lenge for the coaching staff.

“We did not get film on them until Sunday and we are also planning the en-tire trip to Arlington, from chartering buses to getting

The Nixon-Smiley Lady Mustangs won their second district game with a 52-13 rout of the Luling Lady Eagles on Friday.

Nixon raced to a 19-2 lead in the first quarter and outscored Luling just 1-0 in the second frame. The Lady Mustangs scored 20-5 in the third quarter and put the game away with a 12-6 run in the fourth period.

Alena Alvarez sank 17 points for the Lady Mustangs while Tyhanna Mejia bagged 10 points. Savannah Martinez scored eight points, Brooke Hester re-corded six points, Celeste Arriaga and Lexi Trammell chipped in four points, with Natalie Trammell contributing three points.

Luling’s Gonzales finished with eight points.

On Tuesday, the Lady Mustangs dropped their first district game, a 53-46 loss to Karnes City.

The Lady Badgers outscored Nixon-Smiley 16-12 in the first quarter and both teams bagged nine points in the second quarter.

The Lady Mustangs scored 14 of 25 points in the third quarter and Karnes City held a 17-11 advantage in the fourth period.

Martinez sank 17 points to lead the Lady Mustangs (9-7), Alvarez contributed 11 points, Mejia and Hester recorded six points, Megan Guerra dropped in three points, Lexi Trammell had two points and Natalie Trammell had one point.

•On Dec. 9, the Flatonia boys basket-ball team defeated Fayetteville 61-48.

Flatonia led 18-13 after one quarter and 30-28 at halftime.

The Bulldogs scored 14 of 22 points in the third period and outscored the Lions 17-12 in the fourth box.

Jacob Barta and Casen Novak each bagged 15 points, Matthew Kozelsky and Kaddin Mikulik dropped in eight points each, Will Bruns recorded seven points, Gus Venegas chipped in four points, and Matt Rowell and Wyatt Wehmeyer had two points each.

On Thursday, Flatonia opened play in its tournament with a 44-40 loss to Victo-ria Faith Academy.

The ‘Dogs trailed 28-16 at halftime but outscored Faith Academy 15-9 in the third quarter and 9-7 in the fourth pe-riod.

Novak sank 12 points, Bruns had seven points, Barta scored six points, Kozelsky dropped in five points, Barta contributed six points and Wehmeyer finished with four points.

Flatonia bounced back on Friday with a 81-26 win over Nordheim. Flatonia led 20-7 after the first quarter and held a 19-4 advantage in the second frame. Flatonia scored 27 of 34 third-quarter points and bagged 16 points to Nordheim’s seven in the fourth.

Novak finished with 24 points, Venegas and Kozelsky each had 15 points, Weh-meyer and Mikulik scored eight points, Barta scored six points, Bruns finished with three points and Jigar Patel booked two points.

Flatonia made it two of three wins in the tournament when they defeated Hal-lettsville Sacred Heart 52-39 later on Fri-day.

The ‘Dogs led 14-12 after one quarter and outscored the Indians 20-10 in the second box. Sacred Heart scored nine of 14 in third quarter and Flatonia came back with a 13-8 run in the fourth.

Venegas sank 15 points, Novak de-posited 11 points, Bruns netted seven points, Barta scored six points, Mikulik and Rowell had five points, Wehmeyer had two points and Kozelsky sank one points. Scott Stoner led Sacred Heart with 12 points.

On Saturday, Flatonia defeated Burton 27-12. The ‘Dogs led 11-2 after the first quarter and scored six of 10 points in the second frame. Flatonia went on a 10-2 run in the third quarter and Burton out-scored the ‘Dogs 4-0 in the fourth period.

Bruns, Wehmeyer and Venegas each had five points, Novak scored four points, Rowell and Barta finished with three points each, and Kozelsky scored two points.

Novak was named All-Tournament MVP Venegas was named to the All-Tournament team along with Stoner of Sacred Heart.

• The Hallettsville Sacred Heart India-nettes defeated Shiner St. Paul 47-23 on Thursday. Sacred Heart led 14-6 after the first period and 29-17 at halftime. Sacred Heart outscored the Lady Cardinals 4-2 in the third quarter and held a 13-4 ad-vantage in the fourth frame.

For St. Paul, Natalie Jackson and Jacy Pawelek each bagged six points, Abby Ir-vin sank three points, and Jordan Pawelek, Christina Sqyrnes, Shaelynn Malatek and Morgan Mason had two points each.

• The Gonzales junior high girls’ bas-ketball teams took on Smithville in road

action on Monday. The 7th B lost their game with Chelsiey Hasting scoring four points, and Jordan Cosper and Ashlynn Tatasch sinking two points. The 7th A team fell to the Lady Tigers 23-21 and Destiny Hunt led Gonzales with 10 points in the book. Other scorers were Jordan Maldanado and Kayley Martinez with four points, Yazlin Mayberry dropped in two points and Jolie Moreno scored one point.

The 8th B team fell to Smithville and was led on the scoreboard by Jayden Eck-ols, who had eight points. Paige Cantu and Taegan Thiwing bagged two points. The 8th A team lost to Smithville 34-27. Haley Garza led Gonzales with 12 points, Cameron Kluting bagged six points, Isa-bel Martinez contributed five points and Justice Musick dropped three points.

On Saturday, the 7th and 8th A teams hosted a tournament. The 7th A came in third place in the tournament. The Lady Apaches fell to Cuero in their first game and rebounded against Yoakum with a 30-22. Alexis Ramirez led the team in scoring at the tournament with 16 points, Hunt bagged 14 points, Maldanado fin-ished with four points, Martinez and Moreno scored three points each, and Mayberry and Raven Flores finished with two points each.

The 8th grade team opened with a 24-22 loss to Waelder and lost in its second game to Cuero. Garza bagged 16 points to lead scoring for Gonzales and Desaray Rodriguez sank nine points. Karla Mire-les, Fernanda Velaquez and Martinez de-posited four points with Musick, Isabel Vela and Kluting scoring two points each.

The Cannon Thursday, December 19, 2013Page b4

Lady Mustangs top Luling for second district winArea Basketball Roundup

STATE: Shiner hunts 1A crownContinued from page B1

Baseball showcase camp scheduled Jan. 10

From Coaches’ [email protected]

First big buckCorben Wolff, 8 years old, shot his first buck Saturday, November 30. The 4 point had a 13 inch spread and was shot with a 22-250 at his homeplace in Gonzales County. Corben is the son of Matt and Le Ann Wolff.

Regional Fishing Report

There will be a College Baseball Showcase Camp Jan. 10 5 -7:30 p.m. and Jan. 11 8 a.m.-noon at the Hal-lettsville High School baseball field.

Incarnate Word assistant coach will be the camp coordinator and

several baseball coaches will be at the events from Division 1 and 2 programs and some junior college coaches.

Cost is $100 per camper and checks need to be made out ot HB

Teenage League. Camp is limited to the first 50 participants to register.

To register or for more informa-tion contact Russell Kowalik at 361-205-2296 or Calvin “Shorty” Cook at 361-293-4902.

BRAUNIG: Water clear. Black bass are fair on char-treuse Rat–L–Traps and soft plastics. Striped bass are fair on live shad and silver jigging spoons. Redfish are slow. Channel catfish are fair on liver, frozen shrimp, and cut shad. Blue catfish are fair on cut bait and shad.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Black bass are fair on small crankbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are slow. Red-fish are fair on live perch and shad. Channel and blue cat-fish are fair on liver, frozen shrimp, and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are slow.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 67–71 degrees; 22.80’ low. Black bass are good on firetiger soft plastic worms with chartreuse tails and shad colored Rat–L–Traps.

White bass are fair on min-nows and Charlie slabs. Crappie are slow. Drum are slow. Channel and blue cat-fish are good on punchbait in 2–7 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.

COLETO CREEK: Water clear; 79 degrees at hot wa-ter discharge; 4.56’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse soft plastics in 6–10 feet. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines and droplines baited with live perch in 8–10 feet. Yel-low catfish are slow.

FALCON: Water stained; 66–70 degrees; 26.75’ low. Black bass are fair slow roll-ing spinnerbaits and on large worms with light weights in 12–18 feet. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on frozen shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on soft plastics over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good in the Colo-rado River on glow plastics. Redfish are fair to good on the south shoreline in the guts and bayous.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are fair on Cork-ies over soft mud in waist–deep water in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working reefs on live shrimp. Redfish are good at the mouths of drains.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair on the edge of the ICW on glow DOA Shrimp. Redfish are fair to good in the holes on the Estes Flats on mullet

and shrimp.PORT ARANSAS: Redfish

are fair to good on the East Flats on Gulps and mul-let. Sand trout are good on shrimp in the channel. Tuna are good offshore.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Redfish are good in the Humble Channel on crabs and table shrimp. Trout are fair to good on the edge of the flats on live shrimp and Gulps.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair to good in mud and grass on Corkies, MirrOlures and Catch 2000s. Trout are fair to good in the guts along the King Ranch shoreline on Corkies.

PORT MANSFIELD: Red-fish are fair to good on DOA Shrimp and Gulps under a popping cork around grass holes. Trout are fair to good on mud along the edge of the ICW and around the spoils on Corkies and Mir-rOlures.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on DOA Shrimp and Gulps. Redfish, black drum and mangrove snapper are fair to good in the channel on shrimp.

PORT ISABEL: Trout are fair on the edge of the flats on soft plastics and Gulps under popping corks. Redfish are fair to good in South Bay on the edge of the channel on shrimp.

BASTROP: Water clear; 60–64 degrees. Black bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.

BONHAM: Water stained,

48–51 degrees; 2.37’ low. Black bass are slow on chrome/blue Rat–L–Traps and suspending jerkbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs along the main creek channel. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and trotlines.

CEDAR CREEK: Water clear; 48–52 degrees; 4.49’ low. Black bass are good on spin-nerbaits and Rat–L–Traps. White bass are slow on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on trot-lines and cut shad.

FAYETTE: Water stained. Black bass are fair on water-melon Rat–L–Traps, crank-baits, and spinnerbaits. Chan-nel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and live bait over baited holes.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Black bass are fair on tequila sunrise soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on shrimp and nightcrawlers.

PROCTOR: Water stained; 56–60 degrees; 7.78’ low. Black bass are fair on water-melon Rat–L–Traps, crank-baits, and soft plastic worms. Striped bass are fair on white striper jigs. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on min-nows. Channel and blue cat-fish are good on frozen shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 59–63 degrees; 2.91’ low. Black bass are good on silver spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs. White bass are fair on Li’l Fishies. Crappie are fair on minnows. Chan-nel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

On the Square

520 St. Paul, Gonzales • 830-672-3647 - Bar

Lunch served Monday-Friday, 11am-2pmDinner - 6pm-9:30pm - Saturday Dinner only 6pm-9:30pm

830-857-5194 - Marlene, owner

Dec. 20 Ransom Rhoades

Dec. 21 Jarred Birmingham

(Cover Charge)

Karaoke Every Wednesday

Found: Male, Jack Rus-sell & Terrier mix dog on 11/27/13 off Hwy. 80 & 466. Has not

been fixed. Call 830-556--4051.

Busco por una pareja de baile. Busco por una mujer que qui-ere bailer.Una que

sabe como bailar o que quiere aprender bailes. Yo bailo swing, hustle, tango , waltz, 2

step, salsa, meringue, cha cha, y unos oltros bailes. Llamame a 832 235 9662 Soy Ameri-

cano y hablo Espanol. me llamo John.-----------------------------Female dance part-ner wanted. Must be someone that wants to dance. May know how to dance or may not. All kinds of dance. Willing to train. Con-tact John at 832-235-9662.-----------------------------Gonzales Master Gar-deners need Black Walnut seeds for 3rd grade planting proj-ect. Need 2013 seeds. Call Nancy Fostes at 512-431-4444.-----------------------------FREE GED classes, day (M T W and Th, 8 30 to noon) and night (M and W 6 30 to 9), Gonzales Learning Center, 1135 St. Paul, 672-8291. -----------------------------Job Corps is currently enrolling students aged 16-24 in over 20 vocational trades at no-cost! Will help students get drivers license GED or High School diploma and college training if qualified. For more info call 512-665-7327.

Now Hiring: Driver with Class B CDL , HazMat Endorsement, local. Can pickup ap-plication at 3D Weld-ing & Industrial, 131 W. Alt. 90, Gonzales.-----------------------------Turnaround Trucking now hiring Vacuum Truck Drivers for yard in Smiley. Call 361-219-2234 or 361-348-2468.-----------------------------Seeking live-in Care-giver & Handyman couple to stay with elderly gentleman in Waelder area. Must have references. If in-terested please call, 832-563-8992.-----------------------------Help Wanted: Cooks & Dishwashers. Apply at Edna’s Diner in Luling, 175 E. Hwy. 90, Luling, besides Love’s Truck Stop.-----------------------------CDL Driver, Class B with Clean Driving Record. Now hiring for our Cuero Plant - Largest concrete provider in the Eagle

Ford. 2 years experi-ence, safety training a plus. Local deliv-eries, home every night. Guaranteed 40 hrs/week but will routinely get 50-60 hours with overtime, paid weekly. Great benefit package, paid time off, and opportu-nity for growth. Paid on the job training. Please call 361-275-8444.-----------------------------Mr. Taco is now hiring for all positions. Apply in person at 726 Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales.-----------------------------

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

J.M. Oilfield Service, a family oriented com-pany is seeking pro-fessional & reliable Class A CDL employ-ees. Requirements: 2 years experience tanker and must be willing to get HazMat endorsement ASAP. Call 830-672-8000.-----------------------------AVON Representa-tives Wanted! Great earning opportuni-ties! Buy or Sell! Call 830-672-2271, Inde-pendent Sales Rep.

For Sale: Lincoln 225 Amp Arc Welder. $175. Call 830-263-1511.-----------------------------For Sale: Modern Coke Vending Machine. Cans, Bottles, adjust-able bin. Bill changer. Runs great. $425/obo. 830-339-9087.-----------------------------Juicer - Jack Lalane. Used 5 times. $60. Perfect condition. 830-263-2482.-----------------------------2 propane heaters. Good condition. 2 burner, $45; 3 burner, $60. Fairly new. 4 years old. One owner. 361-594-8426.-----------------------------Food Lovers Diet Kit as seen on TV. Meals, $120, will sell for $60. 830-263-2482.-----------------------------Beautiful size 5, Girls dresses, jeans, tops, leggings, etc. for sale. Name Brands. Like new. Very Reasonable. 830-540-3382.-----------------------------New Crop Papershell Pecans available.

In-shell, $2.50 lbs or Cracked, $3.00 lb. Contact Jason Pape, 830-203-0084 or Jen-nifer Pape, 830-203-0602.-----------------------------Craftsman leaf blower. 200 mph air blower. $65. 361-293-3565.-----------------------------Antique claw foot tub. Pretty good shape. $200 firm. 512-656-0521.-----------------------------Antique front door w/oval shaped win-dow in front. $100. Came off old Gonzales house. 512-656-0521.-----------------------------Whirlpool Electric Dryer. Super capacity. $150. Mary, 361-293-3571, anytime.-----------------------------For Sale: Dometic Retractable Awning for Travel Trailer. New arms. 20 ft. long, 20 ft. wide. $575/obo. 830-857-5720.-----------------------------Longwheel base shell, for pickup, like new. $500. 361-865-3727.-----------------------------Ladder rack for truck. Made out of stainless steel. $500.00. Clothes line poles, $100. 830-660-2526 or 830-540-4063.-----------------------------PTO Irrigation Pump - New $3,500, will sell for $1,500. 2000 Hon-da Rancher - Needs battery & seat cover. Estimated 400 hrs on it. No less than $1,200. 14’ Aluminum Lowe Boat, been in water 2x, galvanized trailer, 25 hp Johnson motor, 15 hrs. on it. $2,000 firm. Call 830-263-4126.-----------------------------Good used 2 - 17” tires. 2 - 16 1/2 wheels with tires. Truck tube-less - fits Ford, Dodge or Chevrolet -8 hole. Two bolt on bumper hitches with balls. One steel plate with ball for gooseneck hook-up. Parking space for travel trailer. Electric & water. Call 672-2335 or 478-607-1178.-----------------------------16” Rim, 8 holes, 2 new 14” tires, 2 used 14” tire & rim, 1 used 15” tire and rim. Oak Dining Table. 361-594-4307.


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City of Gonzales, TexasRequest for Proposals

Real Estate Broker Services to sell real Property Owned by the City of Gonzales

OVERVIEW

The City of Gonzales is seeking proposals from real estate brokers/firms to sell real property owned by the City of Gonzales and deemed to be surplus. It is the intent of this Request for Proposal (RFP) to have the successful broker/firm, enter into a Professional Services Contract with the City to supply real estate services as outlined herein.

BACKGROUND

Gonzales was the site of the first battle of the Texas Revolution on October 2, 1835. The internationally recognized sign of freedom, the Come and Take IT flag was born from that battle. The City operates under the Mayor-Council form of government with an elected Mayor and City Council appointing a full-time City Manager.

PROPOSAL OVERVIEW:The following information must accompany your proposal:

Provide a cover letter indicating your interest in serving as the City’s real estate agent/firm to sell land the City deems to be surplus. Back-up information should be provided including: 1. List years in business with a description of your firm including size of firm, location, number and nature of the professional staff to be assigned to the City’s Surplus Property; with a brief resume for each key person listed. 2. Describe experience your firm or organization has in pertinent real estate experience. 3. Describe the methods of identifying target user groups and a description of the marketing materials and the strategy for presenting the site to a national and global marketplace. 4. Gross annual sales for each of the last three years for commercial properties. 5. Additional services offered through your firm. 6. Fee schedule:a. State your commission rate for listing and selling of properties.b. State your proposed method of compensation for representing the City in negotiations for purchas-ing properties. c. State any other costs the City may anticipate relating to the real estate services to be provided. d. The quoted fees shall be valid for a minimum of 60 days.7. References: Provide a list of three applicable references. Include name, title, and contact informa-tion for each reference as well as a brief description of the specific services provided.

SCORING OF RESPONSES

The responses will be scored in the following manner:1. 25% Experience of Broker and Key Personnel2. 25% Gross Annual Sales3. 25% Marketing Strategy4. 25% Commission and Cost to the City

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. The Proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Real Estate Broker Services” to the City Secretary’s office, 820 St Joseph St., Gonzales, Texas 78629 on or before 2:00 p.m. on Friday De-cember 20, 2013, at which time they will be publically opened and read. 2. To be considered, firms must submit a complete response to the RFP in the form requested. Firms not responding to items requested in the RFP or indicating exceptions to such items may have their submit-tals rejected.3. The City of Gonzales reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, or any parts thereof, or to waive any informality or defect in any bid if it is in the best interest of the City of Gonzales. All proposals, plans, and other documents submitted shall become the property of the City of Gonzales. Reponses to this RFP are considered public information and are subject to discovery under the Freedom of Information Act.4. Respondents are responsible for their own expense in preparing, delivering or presenting a pro-posal, and for subsequent negotiations with the City of Gonzales, if any. 5. All questions may be directed to the following contact person: Angela Kessler, Administrative As-sistant to the City Manager, Phone (830) 672-2815, Email [email protected]

SCOPE OF SERVICES

The Successful firm shall agree to contract with the City to provide the following:• Develop strategies for sale of designated City-owned properties (such as conducting a study of comparable properties); • Develop marketing materials (electronic and/or hard copy) to advertise sites for sale, distribute the materials to potential buyers via the appropriate form(s) of media and report results to the City on an agreed upon frequency;• Provide advice to the City related to strategies to promote and sell sites as the City has deemed to be surplus. • Participate in site tours of City-owned property that is for sale for potential buyers;• Analyze offers from potential buyers and advise the City with respect to negotiations;• Represent the City in negotiations with a prospective buyer from the time of offer until closing;• Coordinate real estate transaction closings; and• Handle all other customary activities and services associated with real estate transactions.

Presentations at public meeting may be required.

REQUIREMENTS

Respondents to the RFP shall have the following qualifications:1. Must be licensed and in good standing with the State of Texas to sell real estate. 2. Must have an excellent reputation in the real estate community.3. Must be knowledgeable in the regional real estate market and should have experience with similar properties.

TERM OF CONTRACT

The contract period for the successful agent/firm will be one year from date of award. The contract may be re-newed for additional terms upon satisfactory performance by the broker/firm and at a negotiated rate agreed to in writing by both the agent/firm and the City of Gonzales. Alternate contract periods may be considered.

EVALUATIN AND AWARD PROCESS

Issuance of this RFP and receipt of proposals does not commit the City to award a contract. The City reserves the right to postpone receipt date, accepting or rejecting any or all proposals received in response to this RFP, or to negotiate with any of the brokers/firms submitting an RFP, or to cancel all or part of this RFP.

SELECTION CRITERIASelection of a broker/firm will be made based on the following criteria:

1. Ability of the contractor(s) to meet or exceed the requirements defined in the RFP;2. Experience, qualifications and references;3. Knowledge of regional real estate market and ability to market to prospects beyond the region;4. Regional reputation;5. Fee schedule; and6. Willingness to think “outside the box” and present innovative ideas for marketing the specific City-owned properties designated for sale.

ORAL PRESENTATION/INTERVIEWS

Firms submitting a proposal in response to this RFP may be required to give an oral presentation of their proposal. Additional technical and/or cost information may be requested for clarification purposes, but in no way change the original proposal submitted. Interviews are optional and may or may not be conducted.

If an interview is conducted, it is essential that the consultant’s personnel to be assigned to the work, as well as key representatives, be present at and participates in the interview. A recommendation of the se-lected consultant will be made to the Gonzales City Council. The selected consultant and City of Gonzales representatives will negotiate a mutually acceptable contract. The negotiated contract shall be approved by the Gonzales City Council.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

CITY OF GONZALESCITY COUNCIL

The City Council of the City of Gonzales, by this instru-ment, notifies the public of a PUBLIC HEARING on the following projects being presented to the City Council for their consideration:

The below listed property is currently zoned as Residen-tial District(R-1) and is requested to be re-zoned to Heavy Commercial District(C-2).

PROPERTY OWNER: Sara Perryman/Helen StocktonPHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: #7 D.D. Jones Addition @ Luling & Dunning StreetsPARCEL: 12941

PROPERTY OWNER: Sara Perryman/ Helen Stockton LEGAL DESCRIPTION: #14 Caramel Hts., Dunning St., .154 AC.; #15 Caramel Hts., 118 Dunning St. , .193 AC. , 119 Qualls St, #5 Caramel Hts., .193 AC PARCEL: 11354, 23689, 23690

The City Council will hold a Public Hearing January 7, 2013 at the Gonzales City Hall, 820 St. Joseph St. at 6:00p.m., to allow for public comment on this project. Af-ter the Public Hearing, the projects will be voted on by the City Council.

The City Council encourages citizens to participate in the public comment and public hearing stages of all Re-Zon-ing cases. Citizens unable to attend meetings may submit their views to Kristina Vega, City Secretary for the City of Gonzales, by mailing them to P.O. Drawer 547, Gonza-les, TX 78629. For additional information, contact the City Secretary office at (830)-672-2815.

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Deadline for the December 26th edition for the Classified Line

ads and Display ads will be Friday, December

20th at 5:00 p.m.

Greenhouses for Sale, 30ftx100ft, as is where, you pick up, at Harwood, intersec-tion of 90 & 304. Con-tact: 281-788-7500.-----------------------------GE Washer. Extra Large Capacity. Just like new. $250. 361-208-3565.-----------------------------National Geographics in leather bound slip cases. 1982-2000 & maps. Make an offer. Call 437-2046.-----------------------------Kenmore Washing Machine, full size, $150. Excellent con-dition. 361-293-3571, anytime.-----------------------------Toro Weedeater, 4 string. $75. 361-208-

3565.-----------------------------Restaurant Tables. Formica. 2 seats & 4 seats. $75 each. 875-3028.-----------------------------Men’s used jeans - great condition. $5/pair. 32x29, 32x30, 32x32, 35x30, 35x32, 36x30. One pair 32” waist shorts. Call 830-672-1106.-----------------------------22” Lawn Mower. Self propelled. Asking $100. Excellent condi-tion. 361-208-3565.-----------------------------Crocheted Afghans, baby blankets, single bed spreads for sale. Can choose own col-ors. Can come by or call, 203-1270. Green

DeWitt Apt. #138.-----------------------------Assembled Dora 20” bicycle with training wheels, helmet, el-bow and knee pads. Used very little. $60. Call 830-672-1106.-----------------------------Nordic Track. Great condition. $60. Shiner, 361-594-2318.-----------------------------HP 2500 CM Printer. Professional Series color printer. $25 obo. 672-7546. Arlene or Linda.-----------------------------Electrolux Carpet Shampooer and 1 gallon Shampoo. $125.00. 830-857-6705.-----------------------------55 Gallon metal or

Plastic Drums. Volume Discounts. $5.00 each. 830-857-4321.-----------------------------For Sale: Custom made picnic tables; made with treated lumber, with bolts and screws - will make the conventional table with seats at-tached to table; will also make tables with seat benches separate from table: 4-6 or 8 foot made for your specific needs. Call 830-540-4776 or 830-857-3273 for pricing and availability infor-mation.-----------------------------7 bags of shredded paper & various box-es. Great for packing. Call 830-519-4176

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The County of Gonzales

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONSENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

NOTICE TO VENDORS

Request for Qualifications addressed to the County of Gonzales, 414 St. Joseph, Ste. 200, Gonzales, Tx. 78629 will be received until 2:00 P.M., 12/26/2013.

In Accordance with the provisions of Texas Local Government Code 272 and Texas Government Code Chapter 2254, The County of Gonzales is requesting responses to this solicitation to provide professional services to perform civil engineering services for projects involving SB1747 (County Road Grants) and to otherwise assist the County in completing selected engineering and capital improvements projected related thereto..

The Respondent shall have the following minimum experience: (firms which fail to provide written detailed project experience as required shall be considered nonresponsive).

1. Five (5) years experience with in delivering successful projects for a local government entity.2. A minimum of three (3) projects successfully delivered to local govern-ment entities that exceed $500,000 in overall project value, which includes the construction.3. The Proposing Firm must be registered by the State of Texas to pro-vide any services which are required to complete this project, and the Firm must have all professional licensure required by the State to provide any ser-vices required to complete this project. Proof of this registration must be in-cluded as part of the submittal.

RFQs will be received at the County Judge’s Office, Gonzales County Court-house, Suite 200, until 2:00 P.M., 12/26/2013. There will be no formal bid opening. Negotiations may be held with the highest ranked offeror(s). The sub-mitted response shall not be altered, withdrawn, or resubmitted with sixty (60) days from and after the date of the opening. Responses received later than the specified time (2:00 P.M.) and dates will be returned to the offeror unopened.

Date: 13 Dec., 13

County Judge, Gonzales County, Texas

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Comisión de Calidad Ambiental del Estado de Texas

AVISO DE RECIBO DE LA SOLICITUD E INTENCION DE OBTENER UN PERMISO PARA USO BENEFICIOSO DEL SUELO

RENOVACIÓN

PERMISO [PROPUESTO] NO.WQ0004467000

SOLICITUD. Cuidad de Gonzales, 820 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas 78629, ha solicitado a la Comisión de Calidad Ambiental de Texas (TCEQ)para renovar el Permiso No.WQ00044667000 pare uso beneficioso del suelo de lodos de la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales, en aproximadamente 158.8 acres. El sitio de ter-reno beneficiado está ubicado en aproximadamente 0.2 km al norte de la interseccíon County Road 488 y Farm-to-Market 532 y aproximadamente 2.5 millas al noreste de la cuidad de Gonzales en el Condado de Gonzales, Texas. La TCEQ recibió la solicitud el día 04 de Septiembre 2014. La fecha anticipada de la aplicación de lodo, sujeto a la emisión del permiso es 06 de Septiembre 2013 . La solicitud para el permiso está disponible para leer y copiar en Municipio de la Cuidad de Gonzales, Secretario de Cuidad, 820 St. Joseph St., Gonzales, Texas. Este enlace a un mapa electrónico de la ubicación general del sitio o de la instalación es proporcionado como una cortesía y no es parte de la solicitud o del aviso. Para la ubicación exacta, consulte la solicitud.http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=29.522777&lng=-97.412222&zoom=13&type=r

AVISO ADICIONAL. El Director Ejecutivo de la TCEQ ha determinado que la solici-tud es administrativamente completa y conducirá una revisión técnica de la solicitud. Después de completar la revisión técnica, el Director Ejecutivo puede preparar un bor-rador del permiso y emitirá una Decisión Preliminar sobre la solicitud. El aviso de la solicitud y la decisión preliminar serán publicados y enviado a los que están en la lista de correo de las personas a lo largo del condado que desean recibir los avisos y los que están en la lista de correo que desean recibir avisos de esta so-licitud. El aviso dará la fecha límite para someter comentarios públicos.

COMENTARIO PUBLICO / REUNION PUBLICA. Usted puede presentar comen-tarios públicos o pedir una reunión pública sobre esta solicitud. El propósito de una reunión pública es dar la oportunidad de presentar comentarios o hacer preguntas acerca de la solicitud. La TCEQ realiza una reunión pública si el Director Ejecutivo de-termina que hay un grado de interés público suficiente en la solicitud o si un legislador local lo pide. Una reunión pública no es una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso.

OPORTUNIDAD DE UNA AUDIENCIA ADMINISTRATIVA DE LO CONTENCIOSO. Después del plazo para presentar comentarios públicos, el Director Ejecutivo consid-erará todos los comentarios apropiados y preparará una respuesta a todo los comen-tarios públicos esenciales, pertinentes, o significativos. A menos que la solicitud haya sido referida directamente a una audiencia administrativa de lo contencio-so, la respuesta a los comentarios y la decisión del Director Ejecutivo sobre la solicitud serán enviados por correo a todos los que presentaron un comentario público y a las personas que están en la lista para recibir avisos sobre esta so-licitud. Si se reciben comentarios, el aviso también proveerá instrucciones para pedir una reconsideración de la decisión del Director Ejecutivo y para pedir una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso. Una persona que puede ser afectada por la solicitud puede pedir un juicio administrativo. Una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso es un procedimiento legal similar a un procedimiento legal civil en un tribunal de distrito del estado.

PARA PEDIR UNA AUDIENCIA ADMINISTRATIVA DE LO CONTENCIOSO, USTED DEBE INCLUIR EN SU PEDIDO LOS SIGUIENTES DATOS: su nombre; dirección; teléfono; nombre del solicitante y número del permiso; la ubicación y la distancia de su propiedad/actividad con respecto a la instalación; una descripción espe-cífica de la forma cómo usted sería afectado adversamente por el sitio de una manera no común al público en general; y la declaración “[Yo/nosotros] solicito/solicitamos un/a audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso”. Si presenta por parte de un grupo o asociación el pedido para una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso, debe identificar el nombre y la dirección de una persona que representa al grupo para recibir correspondencia en el futuro; debe identificar un miembro del grupo que sería afectado adversamente por la planta o la actividad propuesta; debe proveer la información ya indicada anteriormente con respecto a la ubicación del miembro afectado y la distancia de la planta o actividad propu-esta; debe explicar como y porqué el miembro sería afectado y como los intere-ses que el grupo desea proteger son pertinentes al propósito del grupo.

Después del cierre de los períodos para los pedidos y comentarios, el Director Ejecu-tivo enviará la solicitud y los pedidos para reconsideración o por una audiencia admin-istrativa de lo contenciosos a los Comisionados de la TCEQ para su consideración en una reunión programada de la Comisión.

La Comisión otorgará solamente un audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso sobre los hechos reales disputados del caso que son pertinentes y esenciales para la de-cisión de la Comisión sobre la solicitud. Además, la Comisión sólo otorgará una audi-encia administrativa de lo contencioso sobre los asuntos que fueron presentados antes del plazo de vencimiento y que no fueron retirados posteriormente. Si ciertos criterios se cumplen, la TCEQ puede actuar sobre una solicitud para renovar un permiso sin proveer una oportunidad de una audiencia administrativa de lo contencioso.

LISTA DE CORREO. Si somete comentarios públicos, un pedido para una audien-cia administrativa de lo contencioso o una reconsideración de la decisión del Director Ejecutivo, la Oficina del Secretario Principal enviará por correo los avisos públicos en relación con la solicitud. Ademas, puede pedir que la TCEQ ponga su nombre en una or mas de las listas correos siguientes (1) la lista de correo permanente para recibir los avisos de el solicitante indicado por nombre y número del permiso específico y/o (2) la lista de correo de todas las solicitudes en un condado especifico. Si desea que se agrega su nombre en una de las listas designe cual lista(s) y envia por correo su pedido a la Oficina del Secretario Principal de la TCEQ.

CONTACTOS E INFORMACIÓN DE LA TCEQ. Todos los comentarios escritos del público y los pedidos para una reunión deben ser presentados a la Oficina del Secretario Principal, MC 105, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 o por el internet at www.tceq.state.tx.us/about/comments.html. Si necesita más información en Español sobre esta solicitud para un permiso o el proceso del permiso, por favor llame a El Programa de Educación Pública de la TCEQ, sin cobro, al 1-800-687-4040. La información general sobre la TCEQ puede ser encontrada en nuestro sitio de la red: www.tceq.state.tx.us.

También se puede obtener información adicional del la Cuidad de Gonzales en la direc-ción indicada arriba o llamando a Gary Shock al 830-672-2815.

Fecha de emisión 18 de Noviembre, de 2013

W. B. Farm and Ranch Supply

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5.0 Chest type freezer, 2 TV’s, 1 - 19”, 1 - 25”, 3 infant car seats. Excel-lent Condition. Call 830-203-8633.

Party dresses for sale: 4 short, 2 long. Purple, yellow, gold, blue green. Also jackets, men’s jackets, over-coat, etc. Call 672-

8034.-----------------------------For sale: Singer Sew-ing Machine with pedal, table w/6 chairs, almost new, hand crocheted table cloth, large, white, antique 3 pc. Love-seat and other yarn crocheted items. Call 672-8034.-----------------------------For Sale: Concrete parking curbs 6’ long 6” tall plain or painted, 16’ + 20’ long concrete cattle guard bases. Call Vic for pricing, 672-6383 or 857-3827.-----------------------------1800’S Double Barrell Shotgun, Remington $1,500. Call 512-917-4078.-----------------------------Antique Straight Razor display case, 18x24 (Memorabilia). $695. Call 512-917-4078.

Troybilt Trimmer with attachments (edger, tiller). 4 cycle, uses straight gasoline. $250. 361-293-3571.-----------------------------For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonza-les weekly. 830-540-3536.-----------------------------Large shower chair. 19” color TV w/stand, stand has rollers. 857-8090.-----------------------------2 Lounge Chairs, 6 ft. tall headboard, bed frame, oak dining ta-ble, antique egg incu-bator, entertainment center, lamp stand w/drawers, booth dining table, planter boxes. 361-594-4307.

Large amount qual-ity items. Everything $85.00; worth about $300. Health prob-

lems prevent garage sale. In Lockhart. Mel, 512-376-9396.-----------------------------Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.-----------------------------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 Conque-stat 830-672-3419.-----------------------------Unique BBQ Pit, Stagecoach. Includes Electric Rotisserie $275. Call 512-917-4078.

MESQUITE BBQ WOOD FOR SALE in Gonzales County. All sizes and shapes, ready to use. (830)

672-6265.-----------------------------Firewood: Pickup load is $60.00. If you haul. Delivered is $85. Call: 830-540-4430.

For Sale: Hay, 40 round bales. Coastal Mix - $40 per bale. 830-437-2277.-----------------------------We deliver good coastal round bales: $75-$100. Coastal mix cow hay, 1278 lb bales - $70. John Bankston, Milano, 512-445-6331.

Grain Order, 16 ft., brand new, $169. Call 830-481-4707.-----------------------------Ford 8N Tractor w/disk, plow, buster. $3,500.00. 361-293-3571.-----------------------------Single round bale trailer, hand crank.

$175. 437-2046.-----------------------------Round bale carrier for 3 pt. hitch. $125. Call 437-2046.-----------------------------2009 Kuhn Knight model 1130 manure spreader for sale. Used for only 3 cleanouts. Very good condition. $12,000. 857-5446.-----------------------------Want to Buy: Oliver 60 Tractor. V.A.C. Case Tractor. Run or Not. 361-293-1633.

For Sale: Sofa & Lo-veseat. Great condi-tion. No smokers, no holes, no stains. $300. Very nice corner china cabinet, $130. Small roll top desk w/draw-ers, $40. Patio sliding glass doors, $45. Call Liz: 830-263-2103.-----------------------------Big solid oak lawyer’s desk. $50. 830-672-3089.-----------------------------Beds & furniture for sale. 512-656-0521.-----------------------------For Sale. Antique beds. Come out of old Alcalde Hotel. Pretty good shape for age. Still looks good. $100 a piece. 512-292-0070. -----------------------------Piano small upright. Excellent condition. $500. Shiner, 361-594-2318.-----------------------------Southwestern King-size bed w/complete boxsprings & mat-tresses. Good condi-tion, washer/dryer, never been used, Whirlpool, High table, ceramic, w/4 chairs. Loveseat, cloth, 3 tv’s, 19”, 25” and 32”, color, white microwave cart with 2 drawers on bottom, recliner, cloth new conventional toaster, broiler, white day bed w/trundle bed, both mattresses, white childs desk, chair, leather with foot rest. 830-203-8977, text or call.-----------------------------3” latex mattress top-

per. Queen size. Like new, paid $300, ask-ing $150. 512-921-2792.-----------------------------Hospital electric bed, extra long mattress, excellent shape, all works. $125. Most come move it. Jimmy, 830-263-4126.-----------------------------Dresser, $50. Couch, $75, good shape. 1725 Seydler St. #26. Betty, 830-857-4125.-----------------------------Large Oak desk w/glass topper and large wooded desk. 830-672-3626.-----------------------------New Sofa for Sale. $250. Call 830-875-9422, Luling.-----------------------------Couch, dresser, buffet. $50 each. Call 830-263-1181.

2001 Buick Regal. 4 dr. 109,000 miles. Very good condition. $4,000. 830-857-3705.-----------------------------2013 Ford Fusion. All factory warranties. $18,000. Let’s Talk! 830-437-2046.-----------------------------2007 Chevy Equinox, 45,000 miles. $12,000. 2005 PT Cruiser, Con-vertible, 100,000 miles, $6,000. Call 830-203-0502.-----------------------------SIMPLY THE BEST deals on new Chevro-lets & GMCs AND over 100 used vehicles with financing to fit most credit situations. Grave Chevrolet-GMC, Hallettsville, TX. 361-798-3281, 800-798-3225. grafechevygmc.om.-----------------------------Suzuki Japanese mini truck. 35,450 miles, spray lined bed, lifted, 4x4. Needs some at-tention to fuel intake, but should be easy fix. Great for ranch or hunting. $2,000. 361-771-5483.-----------------------------‘98 GMC 3/4 ton, 4x4, auto., pickup truck, with extended cab. 830-857-4242.-----------------------------2004 Nissan Altima, 3.5, 6 cyl, AC, Auto trans., power, cruise, gray metallic w/gray interior. One owner. $6,500. 830-540-3382.-----------------------------2004 Infinity G35, 95,000 miles. Leather seats, sunroof, great condition, new tires. 512-775-4399.-----------------------------2005 CTS Cadillac, 4-door, V-6. Brand new tires and chrome wheels. $8,800 firm. Call 830-672-1106, leave message if no an-swer.-----------------------------For sale: Merucry Grand Marquis. Metallic Jade Green Effect. 22 inch rims. C.D. Player. Runs great. $4,000. 830-203-8841. Thomas. Serious calls only.-----------------------------1990 Chevrolet Cor-vette ZR1. Special Per-formance Coop. The LT5 engine is a 32 valve engine with a 16 fuel injections and twin double over head cams. Call: 830-540-4430.-----------------------------Car and truck rims for sale. 15” and 14” rims. Can be used on trailers, trucks or older cars up to 1980. 437-2232.-----------------------------2006 Chevrolet Impala for sale. 4-door, V6 en-gine, a little over 17,000 miles. Silver. One owner. Asking $13,000. 830-672-3147.-----------------------------1988 Saab 900 Turbo Coup Convertible. Top work but rebuilt clutch. Good buy. $800. 830-857-5927.-----------------------------For Sale: 2001 Chev-rolet Silverado 1500 - $7,500. 2nd owner pickup with low miles, cold A/C, spray-in bed liner, grill guard, tow-ing package and more! Call Lauren at (361) 648-5049 for more info.

For Sale. 2BR/1BA, par-tially furnished. Set up in Finch Park. $13,800. Call 672-2955.-----------------------------Winter Special - New for 2014 - 4 Bed, 2 Bath - Over 1,900 Sq. Ft. 2 living areas, Island Kitchen, Huge Walk Ins, Thermal Pane Windows - with Max Energy pack-age - Save Thousands. Custom Order Today. Available in 3 bedrooms also. Fayette Country Homes, 800-369-6888. Open till 6pm 7 days a week. (RBI 32896).

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Golf Course Cashier-Part-timeGolf Course

Summary: Under general direction of the Golf Course Su-perintendent and as established by City Council, cashiers will be responsible for handling all transactions and dealing

with the public. Good Customer Service is a significant portion of this posi-tion requiring a positive and friendly attitude towards patrons.Essential Job Functions:• Setup/close register, which includes counting and recording all transactions.• Responsible for keeping track of concession inventory, attendance records and cash reports.• Responsible for informing patrons and enforcement of all golf course rules and regulations.• Answer phone and communicate with public in a courteous manner.• Participate in all required staff development trainings and staff meetings.• Responsible for maintaining office/concession area throughout the work-day.• Report any problems or concerns to Golf Course Superintendent.• Any other duty as assigned.Required Knowledge and Skills:• Must be able to work effectively and cooperatively with patrons, co-work-ers and Supervisor.• Must have mature attitude, and be able to make sound judgment in emer-gency situations.• Must have good customer service skills.Required Education, Experience and Certification:• Must be a minimum of 16 years of age.• Prior customer service and/or cashier experience a plus.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:• Work is performed in an office setting.• May be subject to standing, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling and lifting (up to 50 lbs.).

Equipment and Tools Utilized:• Equipment utilized may include cash register, phone, copier

Applications for employment may be found at www.cityofgonzales.org or at the City of Gonzales-City Hall 820 St Joseph. Please submit applications- Attn: Laura Zella at 820 St. Joseph or PO Box 547, Gonzales, TX 78629 by December 23, 2013 to be considered for this position.

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NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION ANDINTENT TO OBTAIN A BENEFICIAL LAND USE PERMIT RENEWAL

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APPLICATION. City of Gonzales, 820 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas 78629, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to renew ben-eficial land use Permit No. WQ0004467000 to authorize the land application of waste-water treatment plant sludge for beneficial use on approximately 158.8 acres. The beneficial land use site is located on the north side of County Road 488, approximately 0.2 miles north of intersection County Road 488 and Farm-to-Market Road 532, and approximately 2.5 miles northeast of the City of Gonzales, in Gonzales County, Texas 78629. TCEQ received this application on September 6, 2013. The anticipated date of the first application of sludge, subject to issuance of the permit is September 4, 2014. The permit application is available for viewing and copying at the Gonzales City Hall, City Secretary, 820 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application.http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=29.522777&lng=-97.412222&zoom=13&type=r

ADDITIONAL NOTICE. TCEQ’s Executive Director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. After technical review of the application is complete, the Executive Director may prepare a draft permit and will issue a preliminary decision on the application. Notice of the Application and Preliminary Decision will be published and mailed to those who are on the county-wide mailing list and to those who are on the mailing list for this application. That notice will contain the deadline for submitting public com-ments.

PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting on this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ will hold a public meeting if the Executive Director determines that there is a sig-nificant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for sub-mitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments, and the Executive Director’s decision on the application, will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision and for requesting a contested case hearing. A person who may be affected by the application may request a hearing. A contested case hear-ing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court.

TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOL-LOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name, address, phone number; ap-plicant’s name and proposed permit number; the location and distance of your property/activities relative to the proposed facility; a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the facility in a way not common to the gen-eral public; and, the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing.” If the request for contested case hearing is filed on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the group’s representative for receiving future corre-spondence; identify an individual member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or activity; provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member’s location and distance from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member would be affected; and explain how the interests the group seeks to protect are germane to the group’s purpose.

Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Di-rector will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a con-tested case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

The Commission will only grant a contested case hearing on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission’s decision on the application. Fur-ther, the Commission will only grant a hearing on issues that were raised in timely filed comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. TCEQ may act on an application to renew a permit without providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the mail-ing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mail-ing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. All written public comments and re-quests must be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or electronically at www.tceq.state.tx.us/about/comments.html. If you need more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1 800 687 4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. General information about TCEQ can be found at our web site at www.tceq.state.tx.us.

Further information may also be obtained from City of Gonzales at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Gary Shock at (830) 672-2815. Issuance Date: November 18, 2013


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Repo’s - Trade-ins - Save Thousands. Large Se-lection, Completely Refurbished Singles and Doubles. Visit our web-site at Tierraver-dehomes.com. Fayette Country Homes of Schulenburg. 979-743-6192. Open to 6pm daily. (RBI 32896).-----------------------------The Bunk House - 2 bedrooms, 1 bath - kitchen, Common area, Residential Exterior 480 Sq. Ft., Great Fun for Camping, Hunting and men Camps, starting @ $21,995.00. Fayette Country Homes. 800-369-6888. Open 7 days a week. (RBI 32896)-----------------------------Belmont RV Park. We have FEMA trailers for sale. From $2,500 & up or rent to own. Please call 830-424-3600.

In Gonzales. Four bed-room, two bathroom doublewide, four miles West on 90A. Fenced-in backyard. Washer and dryer connections. Central air and heat. Deposit $700. Rent $725 a month. Contact 830-385-2058.-----------------------------Mobile Homes for rent - 3 bedroom/1bath, stove, refrigerator and microwave, fully furnished, ac/heat, $695 a month, plus $675 deposit. 900 Old Shiner Rd., Yoakum, 361-582-6593/361-798-0816 for more in-formation.-----------------------------3bedroom/1 bath, Mobile Home for Rent - stove, refrigerator, microwave, washer & dryer. Fully furnished, ac/heat. Large front porch and small stor-age building. $975 a month, plus $675 de-posit, 900 Old Shiner Rd., Yoakum, 361-582-6593/361-798-0816 for more information.

Attn: Oil Field Workers. Wyman’s Rooming House has 4 large fur-nished bedrooms for rent. Fully equipped kitchen, covered patio w/BBQ pits & much more. $375/wk. 713-501-3416.

Home for rent. 507 St. Michael. 1,700 Sq. ft, 3/2. $1,050/mo., $600/dep. 830-832-3163.-----------------------------2BR/1bath, central air/heat, newly re-modeled furnished country home home located 8 miles East of Gonzales. $1,200/mo. utilities included. No smokers & no pets. 830-263-0910.-----------------------------House for rent, like new. Available De-cember 1. Three bedrooms, two bath-rooms. Central heat and central air. Nixon area $1,200 a month with $1,000 deposit. One-year lease. 830-857-6921.-----------------------------House in the country for rent. Three bed-rooms and two bath-rooms. See to appreci-ate. Security deposit and one month’s rent. One-year lease. Call 361-594-3233.-----------------------------

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Furnished 4br house, sleeps 5. Ready for move-in. Fully equipmmed kitchen, covered patio, fenced, lighted parking, in-dividual air & heat, 32” flat screen TV’s & Refrigerators in each room. Must see. 713-501-3416.-----------------------------2BR houses for rent. No Pets. Month to Month. Call 830-672-3089.-----------------------------2BR/1BA country

home. Fully furnished, non-smoker. Hwy. 97W. $1,200/mo., $800/dep. 361-772-7655, after 6 p.m.-----------------------------3 bedroom, 2 bath house in Gonzales for rent. Washer, Dryer, Fridge, Microwave, Stove and can be fully furnished. Remodeled last year with new hardwood floors, Cen-tral Air, bathroom tile, 2 car carport. $1,000/mo., $600/deposit. 830-542-9743.-----------------------------Office Space w/Living area to rent in the cen-ter of town (On the Main Hwy). Call (830) 672-5738.-----------------------------HOUSE FOR RENT: Must see!!! Charm-ing 2BD/1BA remod-eled house located in country setting at 7102 FM 2091 North (Gonzales, Texas); Ap-prox. 10 miles from Gonzales. Spacious yard, shade trees, s t o v e / m i c r o w a v e , glass-tiled backs-plash, new laminate wood floors. Call (830) 672-3771 or (512) 938-9131.-----------------------------

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4/3, 2 Living areas around Waelder Area. $800/deposit, $1,300/month. Big yard, front & back. 830-399-5313.(05-30-13)-----------------------------Cottages for Lease. Fully furnished cot-tages for rent in Gon-zales, TX. Includes all furniture, flat screen TV, linens, kitchen items & appliances (full-size refrigerator, range, microwave, washer & dryer). Utilities paid. Weekly Housekeeping Includ-ed. Month-to-Month Lease. $500 Security Deposit. Application Required. 1 Bedroom, $1,300/month, 2 bed-room, $1,600/month. Call 830-351-1195. Shown by appoint-ment.-----------------------------House for Rent. 3BR/2 1/2 BA. 1536 Sq. Ft., w/2 master suites. Perfect for oilfield ex-ecutive or families. In Marion. $1,100/per month. 830-914-4044.-----------------------------2BR/1BA house. 765 Sq. Ft. Large deck on back. $875/mo. Mari-on, TX. 830-914-4044.-----------------------------

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3/2’s from $595/month. Several homes available. www.silent-v a l l e y h o m e s. c o m . Lockhart, 512-376-5874.-----------------------------Cabin for Rent. 1BR/1BA. Secluded, in country. $100/nightly, Mon.-Fri. or $350/weekly. Weekend rates vary. No smok-ers. Call 830-857-0986 or 830-857-1418.-----------------------------Completely remod-eled inside and out. 2 & 3 bedroom homes. Fully furnished. Rent by night, week or month. Fantas-tic neighborhood. Cheaper by night than hotel room. 672-5169.-----------------------------3BR/2BA large house. Fully furnished, beds, linens, washer/dryer, cable T.V., stove, re-frigerator. CA/CH. Great for crew. Month-ly or lease available. Home in town, plenty of parking. 512-820-5461.-----------------------------Charming 1/1 home on 2 wooded acs, w/lrg. deck in country, 77 North, paved road. $775/mo. No pets/smokers. 512-415-6483.-----------------------------For Rent: 2BR/2BA/2CG home

on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for informa-tion.-----------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews welcome. Call Mike, 512-292-0070, 512-656-0521.-----------------------------House for Rent. 302 Lancaster, Moulton, TX. Nice spacious 1BR home w/appliances & a large yard. Call for info. 832-633-3950.-----------------------------Single Suite. Perfect for Supervisor for Oil Company. Full kitch-en, washer/dryer, TV/Full cable, wireless internet. No smoking inside. No Pets. Fully furnished and all bills paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070-----------------------------Home For Rent. Coun-try Home. completely remodeled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hardwood floors, roof for AG Project. Navarro ISD between Seguin & New Braun-fels. $1,000 month, $1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.-----------------------------ATTENTION OIL AND

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NIGHTLY RATESSingle nightly rates starting at $35.00 per night. Which include A/C, Microwave, Re-frigerator, TV/Cable and furnished with all bills paid. Please call Mike at (512) 292-0070 or (830) 672-3089.

Looking for a 2 or 3BR nice house in Nixon and Leesville area. Call 830-857-1658.

Busy Restaurant with large customer base for sale in Smiley, Tex-as. Equipment includ-ed. Contact Nick or Doris, 830-587-6262, 210-373-6869 or 210-883-4271.

Office space for rent. 10’x10’ space in Nixon. Furniture included. 830-857-6921.-----------------------------Office Space for rent. 1500 sq. ft., with one acre for truck parking, located at 314 West Cone Street, Gonza-les, Texas. If interested please call (830) 672-4433.-----------------------------For Rent: Office space or store front, 960 sq. ft., 1/2 block off square. Kitchenette, 1 ba, newly refurbished. For more information, call 830-672-6265.-----------------------------For Rent: Industrial Property for rent. M1 Ind. Storage Yard, 70x130. Church Street. 830-423-2103.-----------------------------For sale or lease. 10,000 sq. ft. Bldg. with multi-level load-ing docks - Prime loca-tion - with offices and separate garage. Call 830-857-5448.

5.5 Acres for Lease/Sale. Cleared, wa-ter well, 3-200 amp loops, and 100 yds off Hwy. 80 w/good county road front-

age. In Leesville be-tween Belmont & Nixon. Will subdivide. Would make a per-fect oil field yard or residence. Call David, 713-252-1130 ; Pey-ton, 512-948-5306.-----------------------------Land for lease for oil field service equip-ment. Prime location. 4 miles N. on 183. 2 1/2 acres. Electric, wa-ter, parking, storage. Call 203-0585 or 672-6922. (TFN)

Efficiency Apartment. Lake Gonzales. Week-ly and monthly rates. Utilities. TV provided. No pets. non-smok-ing. Dr. Bob. 830-203-9790. Have pictures.-----------------------------2BR Fully furnished. Covered parking, Wi-Fi, cable. 830-672-6265 or 830-857-4251.-----------------------------BLUEBIRD LOFTS - Three units available, 2 bed/1 bath, $1,125 to $1,185/mo., $1,000 deposit. Granite coun-tertops, stainless steel appliances, custom cabinetry, hardwood floor, fully-tiled bath-rooms, central air/heat, washer/dryer hookups. No pets. No smoking. ALL NEW! (512) 576-5868.-----------------------------One bedroom, one bath furnished apart-ment. $800 and two bedroom, two bath, $1,200. Short term ok. Gym, wahser/dryer, internet, all bills paid in Seguin. Call Keith, 512-757-0280.-----------------------------60 hotel rooms for rent in Seguin. Laun-dry and meal plans available. Call Keith, 512-757-0280.

Lady looking for work taking care of elderly. Can do homecooking, cleaning, run errands. Have own transporta-tion, References. 361-212-8731.-----------------------------

DBK AdvertisingLocal advertising pre-pared for you to mail. No payment till you see results (You mail). $25-$50. Call 830-437-5142 or email [email protected]. Also National Businesses.-----------------------------Looking for sitting job for a sweet lady in her home. Includes cook-ing and will drive for her if she needs me to. Can stay Friday night, Saturday night but must be home by Sunday at 3:00. Call 830-519-3044.-----------------------------Sitting at night taking care of elderly in their home. References, transportation. Call 361-212-8731.-----------------------------In Home Appliance Repair. Washer, Dry-ers, all major appli-ances, 30 years ex-perience. Haul Scrap Metal & appliances. Call Larry at 361-596-4391.-----------------------------Hand for Hire, Odd Jobs Done, FREE esti-mates. Anything you don’t want to do, Junk hauling, Tree Remov-al, Lot clearing, House pressure washing, of-fice help, ranch, farm, lawn & Flower beds, Barbed wire fence re-pair, gutter cleaning, I do windows. One call does it all. Call Terry (830) 203-1503 or (830) 857-5927.-----------------------------I am looking for a private setting job around Gonzales, Cost or on 1116 (Pilgrim Road). I have 20 years experience. Please call Emily, 830-437-2727; Cell, 820-263-2768.-----------------------------Will do house clean-

ing Monday thru Friday. Call 830-203-0735.-----------------------------Sewing & Alterations. Jo West. 830-203-5160. Call between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.

Lawn mowing service, residential & com-mercial. Will also mow oilfield yards or large oil related businesses. Liability ins., free es-timates and low cost. No job too large or too small. 830-263-4181.(TFN)

Will do child care in my home. Includes meals. Any age (In-fants onup). Have two openings available. Call 830-519-3044.-----------------------------Child care in home. I have 2 openings, Cur-riculum and meals in-cluded. Please call for details. 830-263-0058.

For Sale: 2010 RV. Keystone Springdale. 291RK-SSR Travel Trail-er. All electric. Fully Furnished. TV, Micro-wave, Cook Stove, Re-frigerator, Oven. Used very little. Just like new. $15,000. Can see at 820 Oil Patch Lane. 830-672-6383.-----------------------------For Sale: Dometic Retractable Awning for Travel Trailer. New arms. 20 ft. long, 20 ft. wide. $575/obo. 830-857-5720.-----------------------------04’ Coachmen, 26’. 1 slide-out. Goose hitch-ball, excellent shape, new awning. Call 830-857-3677.

RV Space and RV trail-er for rent. All bills in-cluded with Dish Net-work. 830-203-9255.-----------------------------RV for Rent. $300/wk. Call 512-667-4356.-----------------------------Travel Trailer for rent or sale. Rent is $300.00 per week with all bills paid. Will relocate to RV park of your choice and I pay the RV Rental. Or $1,000.00 per month with all bills paid. Will sell travel trailer for $55,000. Call 830-351-0943 for details.-----------------------------RV Space for rent. $300 month. All bills included. If interested please call 820-203-9255-----------------------------Fully furnished Travel Trailers for rent. Will rent weekly or month-ly. Pets Allowed. $50.00 Deposit. $300 per week or $1,000 per month. Call Terry for details, 830-351-0943. Will relocate to RV Park of your choice. All utilities paid. -----------------------------Travel Trailer for rent for RV space in Smiley. All utilities included, good healthy environ-ment. 830-203-9255 or 361-790-6305.-----------------------------Office or Living Trail-ers for lease or buy. Peyton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.-----------------------------RV Rentals available at Belmont RV Park Estates. Call Richard, 830-556-6095.

Private RV or Travel Trailer Parking Spot. All hookups are in place and ready to call your home. Fencing on three sides. Locat-ed on corner lot with shade trees. Has pad for home to be parked on. $300 per month with $100 Deposit. All bills paid. Located at Luling. This is a private lot, no RV park. Call 830-263-4356 or 830-560-6963 for showing

and details.-----------------------------Six RV Hookups for long term lease at Harwood. Intersec-tion of Hwy. 90 and TX 304. Contact: 281-788-7500.

For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.

Harley Davidson - 2007 Dyna Lowrider with pulled baffles. Blue/Grey 7700 miles. Blue Book Price - $9,440. Harley David-son - 2009 883L Sport-ster 700 miles - Burnt Orange. Blue Book - $5,190. Will negoti-ate. Call 830-875-9126 for more information, 8-5pm.

2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. Independent Sus-pension. Windshield and Roof. 4x4. Ask-ing - $4,950.00 in very good condition. Call 830-857-4670.

Chihuahua’s for sale. 1 male, 3 female. 830-491-1856 or 830-263-2094.

Free Female Donkey. Call 830-540-4850.-----------------------------Horse for Sale. 7 year old mare. Not ridden in 2 years. $200.00. Call 203-1104 or 437-2370.-----------------------------2006 Blue Roan hand-cock mare. 14 hands. Stocky built. Has worked cows, arena roping. Pastured for 1 year. Needs to go to work. $1,200. 361-771-5483.-----------------------------For Sale: Black & Red Brangus Bulls. 2 & 3 yrs. old. Good selec-tion. No papers. 830-437-5772. (9-19-13)-----------------------------Rabbits for Sale. With cages, with feeders & waterers. all for $300. 361-741-2604.-----------------------------Bulls for Sale. Black Angus and Black Lim-ousin. Breeding ages. Gentle. Delivery avail-able. 979-263-5829.-----------------------------FOR SALE: Beauti-ful Bay Mare ( brood mare) 14 yrs. Excel-lent bloodline (Three Bars & Leo). All offers considered. Pics avail-able upon request: [email protected]. Ph: #. 830-560-0238.-----------------------------For Sale: 2 & 3 year old red & black Brangus Bulls. No Papers. Good selection. Call 830-437-5772.-----------------------------Black Limousin and Angus Heifers and Bulls, Gentle In-crease your weaning weights. Established breeder since 1971. Delivery available 979 561- 6148 .-----------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heif-ers also, 8 months to 2 years. 830-540-4430.-----------------------------DISPERSAL SALE. Min-iature donkeys (28” to 36”), male and female, solid and tricolored, 6 mos. to 4 years. Four year olds may be reg-istered with vet exam/affidavit. Excellent pets, loves people. Priced according to gender, age and color. 830-672-6265 or 857-4251.-----------------------------Dwarf Nigerian goats (miniature), multi-colored, male and female, 3 mos. to 2-3 years. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251.

Property for sale in Leesville. 2 mobile homes, 1 mobile home, 3Br/1Ba & 2Br/2Ba and 2 full RV Spaces on 1.9 Ac. Asking price $65,000. Back lot fenced in on 4 sides. Rebecca Hodge, 830-263-0603.-----------------------------BRAND NEW HOME, 2br/1bath, central air/heat, shingle roof, laundry room with window, front/back porch, nature view surrounds back yard, excellent location within walking dis-tance to HEB, restau-rants and shopping, located in Yoakum, Texas. MUST SEE! $99,000. 361-293-8172, Cali.-----------------------------House for Sale. Beau-tiful Historic home for sale. 713 St. John. Give me a call if interested. 713-425-9345.-----------------------------Wonderful Spanish style house on 20.59 acres with 2 ponds, 7 horse stalls, 2 stor-age barns and other outbuildings. Can be viewed at www.little-fieldproperties.com id #79040. Call Tanya (broker) at 361-865-2563.-----------------------------Individual would like to buy a 3/2, minimum of 2,000 sq. ft or more house in Gonzales area. Possibly in country. Someone interested in owner financing w/substantial down payment. 830-203-8492.-----------------------------3 Bedroom, 2 bath brick home 3 miles from Gonzales on an acre. $129,000. Robin Baker, 830-305-2959. Remax Professional Realty.-----------------------------Home for sale by own-er. 2BDR, can be made into a 3 BDR/1BA, corner lot, storage building. 1404 Ca-vett St., Gonzales, TX. Contact Jen at 830-401-9763 after 6 p.m. $65,000.00. Needs minor repairs. Good starter home.-----------------------------4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New appliances, re-modeled, new master bath. 830-857-6488.

5.5 Acres for Sale or Lease. Cleared, wa-ter well, 3-200 amp loops, and 100 yds off Hwy. 80 w/good county road front-age. In Leesville be-tween Belmont & Nixon. Will subdivide. Would make a per-fect oil field yard or residence. Call David, 713-252-1130 ; Pey-ton, 512-948-5306.-----------------------------170 Acres - For Sale by owner. FM 443. Outside of Hochheim/Dryer area. 210-867-8851.-----------------------------17+ acres of cleared land with good fence. Perfect for homesite. 830-857-4242.----------------------------

Wanted to lease land for cattle grazing. Must have water and fences. Contact Mitch-ell Hardcastle, 830-857-4544.

Electrical Wiring, Troubleshooting & Re-pairs. Licensed and In-sured. 830-437-5747.-----------------------------Belmont RV Park. Bel-mont Texas Propane Services available. Call 830-424-3600.-----------------------------Pampered Chef Demonstrator. Host a Show! It’s Easy! Choose from a Cook-ing Show, Catalog Show, Facebook Show or if you need an item, here is my site, https://www.pamperedchef.biz/zavadil. Dee Za-vadil, 830-857-1495.-----------------------------Lucky Shots by Dee.Need Family Portraits, Family Reunions, Birthdays, School Pic-tures, Weddings, Etc. 830-857-1495 -----------------------------

Plumbing Repairs.All Types of Plumbing.

Master Plumber.Reasonable Rates.

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License #M18337------------------------------No Limit AccessoriesDavid Matias, Owner

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GonzalesWindow Tinting,

Commercial.Call for appointment.

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250 Acres. South Goliad. Good oaks, brush, and graz-ing. Well fenced and watered. Paved road just off US 183. $3,975/ac. with 1/8 minerals. Not leased.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~160 Acres. Goliad. Creek, Cabin, Nice doublewide. Barn. Good hunting. Minerals. $4,625/Ac.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~114 Acres. Smiley. Good oaks, brush, tanks. Nice week-end home. Cabin. New Barn. $595,000.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~91 or 188 Acres North Smiley. Good brush, a few oaks, This is a really good combo cattle/hunting ranch. No miner-als available. $3,350/acre.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~70 Acres. Yorktown/Goliad. Great building sites. Live oaks, brush, hay field. Water wells. Some minerals. $5,500/acres.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~106 Acres. Rockport. Minutes to water, fine dining. Good oaks, coastal bermuda. Nice home plus modular home. Some minerals. $1,400,000.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4 1/2 acres fronting US 183 just north of Gonzales. Barns, pens, water available. $225,000. Will divide - one acre minimum, at $55,000/ac.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~67 acres. NW Goliad. Doublewide. 3/2 with covered porch-es. Good barn. John Deere tractor w/implements. Mostly Mesquite. $250,000.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~62 Acres. South Cuero. Oaks, brush, hay field. Pens, well. Cross-fenced. $5,300/ac.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~198 Acres, Atascosa County, West of Floresville. Huge Creek Bottom, 2 tanks, water meter, shallow well, electric-ity, oaks, elms, persimmon, mesquite, black brush. Could this be your new hunting spot? $2,895 per acre. Might di-vide into two tracts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~260 to 861 Acres. NW Corpus Christi. Lake, Barn, Pens, 2 water wells. Great cattle place. Paved corner. Excellent for Subdividing. Price $2,750 to $3,500 per acre.

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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

ChristianFirst 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 Messiah721 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 Methodist1113 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 Fellowship1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian Fel-lowshipHwy. 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 Fellowship207 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 Gonzales3.3 miles north on 183, Right on CR 235, Right on CR 236

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gonzales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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Imagine you’re 14. You’re awakened by your grandfa-ther one morning when he experiences the first of five heart attacks. Your parents aren’t home, and it’s up to you to get him help. At the same time, you need to re-assure your 8-year-old sis-ter who is scared and has no one else to ask, “what’s happening to Papa?”.

This was no hypotheti-cal question for Tyler Va-lis of Boy Scout Troop 262 in Gonzales. He faced this

life-threatening situation on the morning of Septem-ber 7, 2012.

Tyler stayed calm, re-membered training he’d received in Scouting and took action. He quickly helped his grandfather to a seat and tried to call his mother who was already at work. He left a message for his mom to call imme-diately and then called 911 when he saw his grandfa-ther wasn’t doing any bet-ter. All the while, he reas-sured his grandfather that help was on the way and comforted his younger sis-ter.

When the paramedics ar-rived, Tyler was able to give them all the information they needed to immediately start lifesaving measures. For his actions, our council presented Tyler with a Cer-tificate of Merit.

Many people make the mistake of assuming Scouting is just a club that takes kids camping. While we love the outdoors, one of Scouting’s main goals is to develop young people’s courage to lead and self-confidence to act in tough situations. We’re proud to hold up Tyler as a shining example of what we teach in Scouting.

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Local Scout cited for lifesaving actions

Gonzales student earns piano medal

Odd Fellows donationsThe Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38 I.O.O.F. recent-ly made donations for Christmas Joy. (Above) Larry Mercer secretary Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38 I.O.O.F. presenting check to Marco Alva Executive Dir. GCAM food bank. (Above right) Robert McCauley with Silent Santa receives check from Larry Mercer secretary Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38 I.O.O.F. (At right) Becky Kidd receives presents for four fos-ter children from Larry Mercer. Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38 I.O.O.F wishes a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. (Courtesy photos)

Tyler Valis

Hannah Keck has been awarded the Paderewski Gold Medal given by the Na-tional Piano Guild. She is the daughter of Bill and Willa Keck of Gonzales. Each year she has played a ten piece program in the National Pi-ano Auditions sponsored by the National Guild of Piano Teachers. The program con-sists of memorized pieces and musician ship phases such as scales, chords, ear training, or sight reading. This is a prestigious award which requires many hours of practice and attention to musical details.

She has also participated

in the District and State Ju-nior Festivals sponsored by the Texas Federation of Mu-sic Clubs. She has earned her third Gold Cup for Piano Solos and for Hymn playing and her second Gold Cup for Duets. She plays flute in the Gonzales High School Band and has participated in her Church music program.

Hannah began her stud-ies with the late Kay Karnau and has continued with Vida Abrameit Burnett of Shiner. Mrs. Burnett has a degree in music from Texas Lutheran University and has done ad-ditional study.


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CANNON KID’S CORNER

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, handle some unfin-

ished business and establish clear priorities. Otherwise, you may turn what could be a productive week into some-thing frustrating.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, when you wear

your heart on your sleeve for everyone to see, you cannot be shy about expressing your emotions. Friends may be skeptical of you though.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, don’t be shy about

sharing unique plans with your loved ones. The support of friends and family members will only restore your confi-dence in this new direction.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Expect your ideas to take shape over the next couple of days, Cancer. Concrete plans will materialize as you begin to pull thoughts from your imagination. The results will be unique.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23You probably are not in-

terested in inching along this week, Leo. Though it’s good to attack a project with gusto, don’t rush so much that you make mistakes.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, you are quite com-

fortable sharing your thoughts now that you have gotten some things worked out. It’s now much easier to talk about future possibilities.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Decoding all of the mixed

signals coming your way won’t be easy, Libra. The only thing you can do for the moment is to take each signal one at a time.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, you are not in the mood to play games, so you will want to push your roman-tic relationship to the next lev-el. You will have no problem leading the way.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Opportunities to address your physical well-being pres-ent themselves this week, Sagittarius. Make the most of these opportunities to make a significant change.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

Capricorn, you will ride a creative wave for the next several days. Inspiration will strike when you least expect it. You should have some time for play.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, expect some sup-

port from family members

and close friends. Receive their generosity as warmly as you can, even if you’re feeling a bit smothered.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, it can be easy to get

swept away by other people’s agendas when you attempt to lend a helping hand. Do your best to pitch in.

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It was beloved American pianist and comedian Jimmy Durante who made the following sage observation: “Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down.”

Famed markswoman and exhibition shooter Annie Oakley was born the daughter of Quakers, who gave her the name Phoebe Ann Moses.

It was in July 1911 when daredevil Bobby Leach became the second person (and the first man) to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. His daring came

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Dear Santa,Hi! I hope that you and

all of your elf friends at the North Pole are doing well. How is Rudolph and the other reindeer? They must be getting very excited that Christmas is coming up and they will be helping you to deliver presents to children all around the world. I am very excited because this is my 1st Christmas!

I am writing to let you know that I have been a very good boy, so I hope that you will have a Christ-mas present for me on your sleigh. This year I would really like a Henry 22 rifle so that when I get older I can go hunting with my Daddy! He and I watch hunting shows all of the time and I just can’t wait until I am old enough to go to the deer lease with him.

I will be listening for your sleigh bells and I will also leave you some milk and cookies! Have a great Christmas!

Love,TC Burnett, 7 weeks old

Dear Santa,How are Mrs. Claus and

the reindeer? I have been a good boy this year. I want a toy puppy and a big boun-cy ball. I like Paw Patrol, Team Umizoomi & Curi-ous George so any move of them would be great, too. Have a great year!

Love,Nick Villa – Age 3

Dear Santa,I want – 1. Monster High

School, 2. American Girls, 3. Monster High Dolls, 4. Rubber bands, 5. Mp 3, 6. P.J’s, 7. Polly Pocket on the wall..Village, 8. A big art set, 9. Duck tape, 10. Lego friends

Love, Samantha Villa – 4th

grade 9 yrs.

Emmanuel Christian SchoolMiss Lauren – Pre-K

Dear Santa, Hello my name is Gen-

esis Williams and for Christmas I would like you to bring me necklaces, lip-sticks, bracelets, toy dogs, bunny rabbits, a teddy bear, a shopping cart with food and candy, a butterfly toy, baby yellow chicks and the new Barbie movie! I would also like you to know that I’ve been very good this year.

Love,Genesis Williams

Dear Santa,My name is Marshall

Buford and for Christmas I would like you to bring me the lego Indiana Jones game with the shovel guy and the wrench guy and an Indiana Jones jump rope.

Love,Marshall Buford

Dear Santa,My name is Katya Zuni-

ga and for Christmas I

would like you to bring me a purple screwdriver, a snowman, clothes, a green watch, a pink ball and a purple ring.

Love,Katya Zuniga

Mrs. Suzie – Pre-KDear Santa,I would like a Kid’s

Barbie computer, a baby bouncer and a baby stroller.

Love,Miranda VinklarekDear Santa,I would like a beanie boo.Love,Layne

Dear Santa,I want a elevator Barbie

house and 5 barbies.Love,Mylea

Dear Santa,I’d like 2 trains and an

airplane for Christmas.Love,Timothy Massie

Dear Santa,I want an American doll

and a Barbie House.Love,Eloise

Immenhauser – 2nd grade

Dear Santa,How are you? For Christ-

mas, I wan anb I pad and I phone and a laptop and a 4 wheeler.

Love, Samantha B.

Dear Santa,How are your elves do-

ing? For Christmas I want a new bike and a new book. I wish for you santa to have a great Christmas.

Love,Shelby Borjon

Dear Santa,How are you doing? All I

want for Christmas is some legos.

Love,Baron DuBose

Dear Santa,I want a 4 wheeler and

xbox 360 and 1,000,000 dolalrs and an I pod.

Love,Aidan

Dear Santa,I want an Ipad a Barbie

toy with wings on the back a threads and a bike and binder for school.

Love,Yarel G.

Dear Santa,Can I have a bb gun? I

would like a play station. I would also like a bike. A dirt bike would be nice too. I wish people would be nice to each other.

Love,Quintavious Dilworth

Dear Santa,How are you? For Christ-

mas I want play staion 3. I want a dirt bike and a I pad and my brother can share.

Love Jamarcus

Dear Santa,How are you? Good how

are your elves? I would like a toy that’s a car. I am a good elf and I am a nice elf. I love to clean my room and all the stuff. I will clean my whole house

Love,Fabian Herrera

Dear Santa,I want legos and Barbie

dolls and also an Ipad and a phone. How are your elves? I wish that everyone is hap-py on Christmas.

Love,Karisma

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus? For

Christmas I want a com-puter, hot rollers, walkie talkie headsets, I wish ev-erybody will have a good Christmas.

Love,Ainsley H.

Dear Santa,How are you and your

elves? I want a Barbie, a monster high doll, a laptop and ipad.

Loves,Amuni Isaac call me Pig-

gie

Dear Santa,

How are your reindeer? For Christmas I want a gymnastic set, makeup, iphone 5 and iphone 5 case. I wish happiness for others. Merry Christmas Santa!

Love,Alyson J.

Dear Santa,How are you elves do-

ing? For Christmas I want a bike some new books I wish some new books, I wish the kids will have a good Christmas. I want more friends.

Love,Stacy L.

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want the

thing that spins while I’m writing and a swap force skylander.

Love,Payden Orme

Dear Santa,I want a 3ds, I want a dirt

bike. I want an xbox one. I want an xbox one. I want new hot wheel cars.

I love my family!Ulices Orduna

Dear Santa,I would like a major

lego toy and a lone ranger lego and scapy game and a hunter game.

Love,Kaleb


ing and Mrs. Claus? For Christmas I want a dog a huski and 1,000,000 dol-lars and a pet shark. Have a good Christmas!

Love,T.J. Tyler

Dear Santa,I want an ipad. I will give

you cookies and milk and a present a lot of them. I want a basketball.

Love,Lafayette Sample

Dear Santa,I want to know how old

are you? I want a skate board for Christmas and a Nintendo ds with 3d Mario wolds.

Love your friend,Bryce

Dear Santa,I would like an x box one

and a psp and a pst I want a 1,000 dollars.

Love,Jeffrey

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus?

What I want for Christmas is a phone, micro phone, blankiet and a robe with a doll and family. I love you Nana.

Love,Mikayla Vinklarek


ing? For Christmas I want a hooey rope and a pigging string and calf dummy and cal fropia dummy.

Love,

Beck

Dear Santa,I want an ipod for Christ-

mas and I want a 4wheeler for Christmas and I want a electrical scooter for Christmas and I want an xbox for Christmas and I want a doll and I want more toys.

Love,Aaliyah

Cox – 4th gradeDear Santa,For Christmas I would

want 3 pairs of Miss Me Jeans, brown corral boots, also 1 pair of black and red Jordans, 2 pairs of vans one cheeta and one orange, and pair of chevron bobs. How are you and Mrs. Claus also the raindeers? Also how are the elfs?

Love,My name is Alexis Ramon

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want

pairs of shoes like boots, bobs and sperrys. For my 2 sisters pelase ge them bar-bies with clothes and shoes for my brother get him cars. I also want 4 mini I pads. I also want to hang around with my family. Can you give the kids that don’t have gifts.

Love,Luz Olmedo

Dear Santa,I want to get money to

buy presents for other kids and to buy Ms. Cox some-thing because she is a great teacher. I also want a one direction.

Love,Sara Perez

Dear Santa,What I want for Christ-

mas is Jordans, 200 dollars, iphone 5c, a ipod, ipad and some boots. I want to see my dad, my gram and pop too well not just them but my whole family.

Love,Casaibry Cain

Dear Santa,I want the dogs, cats and

animals to be health. For the kids that don’t get much stuff for Christmas please make a special stop. For Christmas I want a computer and black ops ghost. I know that my brother wants a computer too. I want to get a present too, my special toy. I want to spend time with my friends, family and cousins after all of these presents. That’s all!

Love,Matthew Selcer

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want a

3ds, every to get a present and get clothes.

Love,Luis

Dear Santa,I want a 3ds for Christ-

mas and I want a 3 ds game. I want to be with all of my family and my sisters, my mom and dad, also my cous-ins and my aunts and uncles

is what I really want for Christmas.

Love,Alejandro Martinez


some shoes books and some toys. I want some Jordans, shirts, pants and a 3 ds. Santa I want you to give all the families a gift. I want to be with all my families and friends. Santa I want you to give my mom, aunts and dad a lots of presents. I want all the families in the world to be together. I want that all the families have a great Christmas. Is it really cold up in the North Pole?

Love,Karla Martinez

Dear Santa,I have been good and I

wish that I see all of my fami-ly, my aunts and my cousins. I want Christmas presents for everyone in my family and an iphone5.

Love,Ana Rodriguez

Dear Santa,For Christmas I would

like to get a glaxy note 3, some clothes some bows and new shoes. I wish all the boys and girls that are sick and have something wrong to get better and come cel-ebrate Christmas. I wish everybody get a present and wish everybody has a Merry Christmas.

Love,Jazmin Izaguire

Dear Santa,What I really want for

Christmas is a spurs hat. And some video games. How do your reindeers fly? I want a ipad too. How do you down the chimney?

Love,Ruben Contreras

Dear Santa,I have been good. All I

want for Christmas is an iphone 5, I want my won tv, bike, ipod, a popcorn ma-chine, and I want my broth-ers to be nice to me. I want a box for a computer and a keybord and a mouse, and a 30s with one game and I want you to give everyone a present and spend time with my family.

Love,Ignalis Izaguire

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want a

puppy the kind of puppy the Alaskan puppy and a xbox one and for ms. Cox a iphone 6 and a Samsung gal-axy touch because she is fan-tastic thank you and please.

Love,Jonathan Tejeda

Dear Santa,The only thing I want for

Christmas is a xox one and I want a iphone 5s. I want my family and the whole army to go to their family. I want workers to take a break.

Love,Eric Medina

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Cox – 4th gradeDear Santa,All I want for Christmas is

to be together with my fam-ily, my friends, my cousins, my drimos mytias, my step cousins, and my God par-ents and sister please get my mom a new oven, my broth-er a tv, my dad a sewing ma-chine, my grandma a new oven, my grandpa new tools, my friends new clothes. My cousins perfume, my pri-mos new diapers. My step cousins toys my g part and perfume and my sister a new dress. I want to love my family. Sincerely Jose Lunis to Santa p.s. xoxoxo oh nice suite by the way.

Love,Jose Lunis

Dear Santa,How are you. For Christ-

mas I would like clothes from Justice. I also would like germ x friom bath and body works. Would you also give the kids that don’t have any money a gift. I want a 3ds that’s blue. I phone 5 and a necklace that is a football from Storey Jewlers. I re-ally want a mum. By the way how are the elfs and mrs. Claus?

Love,Jennifer

Dear Santa,I want for Christmas is

some new clothes for me and my mom and my dad my brothers too because see I hope everybody get a presents too and ms. Cox too and I wonder how your raindeer fly to but I want a puppy, I love you ms. Cox.

Love,Naomi

Dear Santa,For Christmas the only

thing I want is money so I could buy a bunch of things. The first thing I am going to go to Walmart to buy some movies. I could enter cheer-leading and I will buy Mrs. Cox a big big present. And I would buy an iphone or a ipod for Christmas. And I could see my family.

Love,Elena

Kindergarten-JonesDear Santa,I would like a train,

clothes, and a guitar.Love, Caiden

Dear Santa,I would like a stuffed ani-

mal, a four wheeler, and a dirt bike.

Love, Cameron

Dear Santa, I would like a Sonic

watch, a four wheeler, a ro-bot with a controller, and a new basketball. I would re-ally like to meet you.

Love, Jon Wyatte

Dear Santa, I would like a truck for

my baby Carter, a train, some tools for me, and chalk. I like you Santa.

Love, Hilary

Dear Santa,I would like super he-

roes, a train track with a train, and a guitar. I love you Santa.

Love, Braelyn

Dear Santa,I would like a jeep, a Bar-

bie doll, a monster high doll, and some golden dol-lars. I am going to give you cookies on Christmas Eve with milk.

Love, Blakely

Dear Santa,I would like a remote

control airplane, a remote control helicopter, a remote control car and a remote control monster truck.

Love, Gabriel

Dear Santa,I would like a Barbie

Dream house, a princess castle with lots of princess-

es, and a baton. Thank you for the presents. I will give you a big hug.

Love, Jada

Dear Santa,I would like a tree to hold

my football, a bike, a bed, and a Alvin movie. I love Santa Claus.

Love, Alyas

Dear Santa,I would like barbies, a

dog, a cat, and a Christmas tree. Hello Santa! Ho Ho Ho!

Love, Grace

Dear Santa, I would like Doc Mc-

Stuffins, a Barbie doll, a bike, and a kids table.

Love, Ahubri

Dear Santa,I would like a bike, a Bar-

bie, candy, and a doll.Love, Alexia

Dear Santa,I would like candies, bal-

loons, a game, and a fishing game.

Love, Angel

Dear Santa,I would like a hot wheel,

gak, a marker and crayon maker for Christmas. I will leave you cookies and milk with cheese crackers because you love cheese crackers.

Love, Blake

Dear Santa,I would like a helicopter

with batteries, a bear, col-ors, and batman toys.

Love, Bryan

Dear Santa, I would like a motor-

cycle, a car, a scooter, and a guitar for Christmas. I love you Santa!

Love, Jaime

Dear Santa,I would like a bike, train,

boat, and a tiger for Christ-mas.

Love, Jonathan

Dear Santa,I would like an airplane,

a train with train tracks, and a dinosaur.

Love, Marcos

Dear Santa,I would like a Scooby

Doo toy, a Ninja Turtle toy, a tiger toy, and an Angry Bird toy. I like you Santa. I would also like a skate-board.

Love, Eric

Grace Christian AcademyPre-K: Mrs. Thomas

Dear Santa,I have been very good

this year for Christmas I would like a hamster and ball for him to run in. Ya I also want a iphone to play games.

Love, Michael Macy

Dear Santa,We miss you. Thank

you for the presents we got last year. Thank you for presents this year. We love you Santa. Thank you for Rudolph; how is he do-ing? Santa, how are you? I

want a robot that cleans for Christmas. I want a blonde American girl doll, I also want a toy doggie like my friend Lexie that follows me around. I hope you have a safe trip when you deliver presents.

Love, Kate Morrow

Dear Santa,Please, I want a toy that

says Peppa Pig and please can I have a Lalaloopsy toy and I love you Santa. I also want a Hello Kitty toy and a toy house. Can I have a new toaster and a teddy bear. Please can I have a little play trampoline and a heart. I want some dolls and a prayer book and a toy flag and teacher stuff. Can I have some Mickey Mouse stuff for Eli and a rattler. I love you Santa!

Love, Kyleigh Ramos

Dear Santa,I want turtle and boat.Love, Daniel Parks

Dear Santa,My name is David Blake

Noahubi and I would really like a train set to play with my mommy and daddy and cousins.

Love, Blake Noahubi

Dear Santa, I would like a cup for

Christmas. Also my ears pierced, and a zebra um-brella. A toy doll. I would like new ugg boots, and new clothes. Thank you for letting me get presents. I was good this year. I like your raindeer and snow. I would like some more cheerleading shorts.

Love, Zoey Barfield

1st Grade: VasquezQuerido Santa?Como estas esta

manàna? Yo me llamo Juan P. Y te quier much. Aqui te mando una carta para que sepas lo que te quiero pediren navidad por favor me puede traer unos carritos y unos aviones

con carin` Juan P.

Quierdo Papa NoelComo estas hoy para

Christmas yo quero una computudora rosa querida

Daniela

Que rido Santa clos Como es tas esta

mana`na yo me yamo En-rique yo tequiero mucho Santa Clos aqua temanbo una carta para cesequs loce te pidi xbox arion de con-trol 3 juegos

Enrique

Queriro Santa Claus Como estas manàna yo

me llamo Gilberto te qui-ero mucho aqua te molndo una carta para que sepos lo que te quiero pediren navi-dad por favor me pudes traer un jugetes un Marca-dor y un tablet Muchisimas Gracias

con carino, Gilberto Perez

Querido Santa ClausComo estas esta

Manàna me llamo Adri-ana aqua te mando una

carta que dice lo que quiero para navidad un I Pad y un perrito y un osito.

Con carino`, Adriana

Como estas estas ma-nana`? Papa Noel

Yo me llamo Domingo y te quiero mucho. Aqui te ,mando una carta para sepas lo que te quiero en navidad por favor me pe-des traer un osi, tablet, y un psp much is imam grasias.

Con carino` Domingo

Querido Santa ClausComo estas esta ma-

nana`? Yo me llamo Ste-phen tequiero mucho. Aqui` te mando una carta paraque sepa slo que te qui-ero pediren navidad. Por favor me puedes traer fouh y carode bamboo bi muchi cimas gracias.

Con Carino` Stephen

Querido Santa Clos?como estas esta ma-

nana` yo me llamo Jose-lyn y quiero mucho aqua te mando una carta para que sepas lo quizro para navidad por favor me pu-edes traller teddy bear y monècita y tablet muchi-mas grasias

Con Carino ` Joselyn

Querido papa Noel?como estas esta ma-

nana`? Yo me llamo Ricar-do y to quiero mucho. Aqui te mandoura carta yara que sepas yo que tequiero podir en navidad. Por favor, me puedos traer n telefono. Ta-bieta y unos pos muchimos gracias. Robots que es tan chicito ice teene controlles

Con Carino Ricardo

Querido Sanrta?como estas esta ma-

nana’? yo me llamo Juan P. Y te quier much. Aqua to mando una carta para que sepas lo que te quiero pe-diren navidad por favor me puede traer unos carritos y unos aviones.

Con Carin’ Juan P.

Quierdo Papa Noel,Como estas hoy para

Chrismas yo quero una computudora rosa Querida

Daniela

Queriro Santa Claus,Como estas manana’ yo

me llamo Gilberto te quiero mucho aqua te molndo una carta para que sepas lo que te quiero pediren navidad por favor me pudes traer un jugetes marcador y un tablet muchisimas gracias

Con Carino’, Gilberto Perez

Querido Santa Claus,Como esta manana’ me

llamo Adriana aqua te mon-do una carta que dice lo que quiero para navidad un Ipad y un perrito y un osito.

Con Carino’, Adriana

?Como estas estas ma-nana’? Papa Noel yo me llamo Domingo. Y te qui-ero mucho. Aqua te mando una carta para sepas lo que te quiero en navidad por fa-vor me pedes traer un Dsi, tablet, y un psp machismo grasias.

Con Carino’, Domingo

Querido Santa ClausComo estas esta manana’?

Yo me llamo Stephen tequi-ero mucho. Aqui te mando una carta paraque sepa slo que te quiero pediren navi-dad. Por favor me puedes traer fouh y carode bamboo bi machismos gracias.

Con Carino, Ricardo

Querido Santa Claus,?Como estas esta ma-

nana’ yo me llamol Joselyn y queiro mucho aqua te man-do una carta para que sepas lo quiero para navidad por favor me puedes traller ted-dy bear y Montecita y tablet muchimas grasias.

Con Carino, Joselyn

Querido papa Noel,Como esta estas ma-

nana’? yo me llamo Ricardo

ye te quiero mucho. Aqui te mandouna carta ara que sepas lo que puedes y traer n telefono. Tabieta y unos dos muchisimos gracias. Robots que es tan chicito ice teene controlled.

Con Carino, Ricardo.

1st Grade: Mrs. Bo-nilla

Dear Santa,How is Mis.Claus? How

are the randir? I wod like sooner. I wod liked blak belt. can I have a rll spi, bbgun? Can I have a rll high tek bb-gun?

Love, Draco

Dear Santa,Is it snoing in the nrspo

yes or no I want a orange dukes hement plez Santa. And a nrf or nthin plez San-ta an a hat like yrz on a beeb gun Santa an will like a prenz of a game.

Love, Emiliano

Dear Santa,I want a doll. How are

you? How is Mrs.Claus? I want a ipod, I phone. Is it snowing? How are the elfs? Be good elfs!

Love, Jacklynn

Dear Santa,How is Misis Klos? How

are you Santu Claus how is the els how is the dirz haow is rordof haw is the wethr haw is it snoeng haw is rhe norf pol haw is the dirs haw is rordof haw is misis klos haw are you santa claus good yes you are a good porsin.

Love, Barrie

Dear Santa,I love you Santa you are

the best! I am good in school I will like a stuf tedi for cris-mus how are you radyrs. Are they sad or happy how are you.

Love, Fabian

Dear Santa,How ur you. Fur crismis I

wut a touy santa claus and I wut a touy roder. And I wut a truz suv. Santa is the bes.

Love, Alex

Dear Santa,How is Mrs.Santa Cos. I

like a little home. I want a turtle. I will like a toiy ball. I want a toiy dog, will it be coad? I like a toily dolphin. I will like a little cat. Are you reyl.

Love, Marisol

Dear Santa,I love you. Can you giv a

toy for June. He is so sad if you giv him a dino toy for him. I love to get a toy but my mom said I cant get a toy from you. So I will get a toy. Yay we are going to the shop. Love me.

Love, LeilaniDear Santa, How are you. How is

Mrs. Claus. How are your rain deye. I would like a toy car. I would like a toy truck I would like a monster. I would like a santa claus toy. I would like a Mrs. Is Claus toy I would like a elf toy,

Love, Lane

Dear Santa,I want a toy of you pleas

bring Tristan a toy bring me a dis ipad give me the elvs I love you bring me a big box of chawcke.

Love, Gina

Dear Santa,How are you? How is Mrs.

Clus? How is the randears? I want a ipod. I rile need a bike. I want a ipad. I rile rile need a fon. I want gron up nal polish. I love you a lot and Mrs.Clus a lot too. I want Glaslis.

Love, Emily

Dear Santa,How are you. Do you are

Santa Claus. I want a toy t rex. I love Santa. I like chec-shk tree. I name cheske tree.

Love, Jose

Dear Santa,How are you deers. I will

like a toy teacher. How are you Santa. I love you I will get one dog. How are you Mrs. Clos. I want to see the elf Santa. I love Santa Close and elf.

Love, Skarlet

Dear Santa,How is Mrs.Claus. How

is rood of is it sowing. Can I have a DS a pont. I love San-ta he is the best. Can I have a baby that tock cris wocks clos it eye plees. A cpootr plees a ponee? A ipad and a toy muts like our you rill. I wut a doll hass I love Santa. I have bin a good gril. Plees get my sis sumthing. I love Santa and Mrs.Claus. I am 6.

Love, Adrianne

Dear Santa,How are all the ders. I

wood like a dade cat. I wood like a manex. I wood like a toy dinoso. I wood like a tok latop. I wood like a foh. I wood like a kpudr. I wood like a krehbox. I wood like a pet dog. I wood like nubrch. I wood like a hemstir. I wood like a pridit.

Love, Ian

Dear Santa,Haw are you Santa, I mis

you an Mrs. Sonto are you takn ker uv rudolf is it snow-ing. Can wist I love you rel eve is so skid to see you.

Love, Rianna

Dear Santa,Are you takeing care of the

raderse good cachin yes side santaes. How are you dooeg good how are the as som as dot doow wut I say but a lot to as do wut I say but a lot to as dow wut I say be good as yr not the rit as fon ham sum ur good but yoy out the rit as the at is not rit for you santa.

Love, J’zyah

Kinder., Mrs. MooreDear Santa,Thank you for giving me

presents. How are you do-ing? I am good. I learned my sight words. When are you coming? I would like a new red bike. I like bears. I want some cookies. I like to play. I like to count. I want a rein-deer toy. I want some dolls. I like to open presents. I like to eat snack. Please bring me a slide. Please bring me a play-ground.

Love, Kyndall

Dear Santa,I want a Barbie tent, a pup-

py because I like puppies, and a teddy bears because I am scared of the dark. Prob-ably a bunny toy too. I want a pretty bow because I like bows. I want a Barbie house and a Tinkerbell toy. I want a kitty toy with a bow that say meow. I love you, Santa.

Love, Jalee

Dear Santa,How do you get presents

for me? Give me a watch with a phone and games on it. I want paint and colors.

Love, Kaydeence

Dear Santa,I want a four wheeler and

a dirt bike. I want a monster truck and a race car.

Love, Alex

Dear Santa,I am good today. I want a

big castle, a lego train, and a lego plane. Merry Christ-mas!

Love, Ayden

Dear Santa,I love you. Thank you for

all the presents. I would like a Batman, a super hero, and a Batman car. I also want a Spiderman and a dinosaur toy. I want a Nintendo DS with games. I want a pool and paint and books. I want a computer and a movie and glue and colors. I want a phone to call my friends and a new backpack. I want a King’s crown. I want new boots and a new table for my house and a big chair.

Love, Cristian

Kinder., Mrs. MooreDear Santa,I want a guitar and a car. I

want a computer and paint. I want some new clothes and cars. I want some new shoes. I want a bed and a dog. I want a new backpack and a phone.

Love, John

Dear Santa,I want a motorcycle and

a four wheeler. I also want a dirt bike. I also want a trailer to carry all these things. I want a remote control car. I love you.

Love, Jadon

Dear Santa,How are you doing? Are

you sleeping and eating? I want a dress, some glass slip-pers and a Santa gift card. I want a dog and a cat for Christmas. I want a paint brush and a phone.

Love, Kinley

Dear Santa,I want Scooby Doo stuff

for Christmas. I want race cars and planes. I want painting stuff. I want side-walk chalk and some play dough. I want a puppy and one more thing. I want to learn how to draw.

Love, Ckristofer

Dear Santa,I want a computer. I want

a projector and a screen. I want legos with a helicopter. I want a clipboard you can open and paper inside of it. I want tie shoes.

Love, Connor

Dear Santa,I want a 3DS and a toy. I

want a movie and a com-puter. I want paper and an ipad. I want a Christmas hat and markers. I also want a marker board. I want a tis-sue box to blow my nose. I want a lego Batman toy. I want paint and lego ninja-gos. I want an elf costume, a watch, and crayons. I want an Ipod, a telescope, and some pencils. I want Star Wars legos and Angry Birds Star Wars.

Love, Juan

Dear Santa,Please bring me an Easy

Bake oven and a baby bal-lerina. I want some jewelry and a ballerina costume. I would like some ballerina shoes. I also want a toy gin-gerbread men. A toy castle, too. I would like toy prin-cesses.

Love, Jaylyn

Kinder: Mrs.MooreDear Santa,I want a police helicop-

ter for Christmas. I want a trampoline for Christmas. I want a police car and legos. I want a toy train and a toy flat bed truck. I want a phone.

Love, Jathan

Dear Santa,I love you, Santa. I want

some Barbies for Christ-mas and Barbie clothes. I want some ear buds for my mom’s phone to play games. I want some mag-nets for my refrigerator. I want some Hello Kitty cups for me and Elmo cups for my sister. I want some col-ors for Christmas and some cookies because my whole family likes cookies. More clothes for me too! I want paper to draw on. I want some socks for my sister and me.

Love, Alyanna

Dear Santa,I want a motorcycle and

hot wheels. I want a bike and scooter. I want a race car bed. I want some race cars and monster trucks. I want some toys. I want some sunglasses.

Love, Jesus

Dear Santa, I want a Hello Kitty bed

set. A dog called Zoomer

that does what you tell him to do. I want some ear muffs. Can you deliver them early? I want some new socks. I wish I had my own pink scooter. I9 wish I had my own bed. I would like a bunk bed that I can sleep on the top and bottom. I wish I had a new Hello Kitty lunch box. I wish I had my own little Christmas tree. I wish I had my own pointer because I love to play teacher. I want my own clock in my room. I want some paint brushes. I really want a journal that is pink. I really want sight word flash cards more than anything in the world.

Love, Yesi

Dear Santa,Thank you for bring-

ing the presents. Please bring me some blocks and a monster truck. I want a stuffed cat and some puz-zles. I need a new backpack and some waffle blocks. I want some legos. I want some fake dinosaurs. I want some fake food like in Mrs. Jones class. I want a toy bear. How are the rein-deer? I like Santa Claus.

Love, Gary

Pre-K: SnyderDear Santa,I love you Santa! I would

like an airplane and a tow truck. I love monster trucks!

Love, DarienDear Santa,I would like a horse and

a teddy bear. I also would like a deer. I love you Santa and I can’t wait for Christ-mas!

Love, Keiryah

Dear Santa,I want a tablet and a bike.

I would also like a com-puter. I love you Santa and I cant wait for Christmas!

Love, Chelsie

Dear Santa,I would like a power

ranger and a ninja turtle. I would also like a toy rat. I also like hamsters. I love you Santa and I cant wait for Christmas.

Love, Christopher

Dear Santa, I would like candy, a mo-

torcycle, a mickey mouse. I would also like a monkey. I love you Santa and I cant wait for Christmas!

Love, Analee

Dear Santa,My name is Gracie. I

am 4 years old. I’ve been a good girl this year. I want some Hello Kitty roller skates for Christmas. I also want a baby stroller for my baby doll. I love shoes, so I would like some shoes and clothes, a bracelet and a necklace. I want a dress and some little high heels so I can play dress-up. Hope you can get me everything I want.

Love, Gracie Mendez

Dear Santa,I have been a really good

boy. I help my mommy and daddy clean my room. This year Santa I wish it would snow. I want a spondge bob x-box game, toy, new sky-lander game, ninja turtle toy, and a play ground for my house. And my broth-ers have been a good boy can you bring him a truck and my mommy a necklace and daddy a watch. I will have you cookies and milk waiting for you Santa.

Love, Eric Rodriguez

Dear Santa,Luis Adan wants a little

training wheel bike and a little hot wheel car. He real-ly likes Santa Claus he says he’s fun so can you give him these things please thank you.

Love, Luis Adan Rubio

Dear Santa,I have been a good girl

this year. All I ask for Christmas this year is 1.) some high heels, 2.) Ariel & her princess, 3.) a play cell phone and 4.) some colors and coloring books. I promise to be a great little sister to my brother Emil-iano and an even better big sister to my baby brother Matthew. I love you.

Love, Abigail Lopez


mas I want a big dolly house I want a lot of dol-lys I want a kitty cat that talks I want a teddy bear and I also want dora dolly I want a Barbie bike a tan-gled toy and I want for my sis to play with the dollys and not fight with me and I want toy dishes I want a Justin Bieber back pack and I want some books I want earring and fake nails I want some books.

Love, Adalina Moreno

Dear Santa,This year I would like to

have a guitar and a drum set cause I love to sing and play music. I would also love to have the stuffy pil-low they show on tv they are so cool. Santa can I also please have big power ranger, green ninja and a real football. Thank you.

Love, Tyler Griffin

Dear Santa,I want for Christmas is

kitchen, Dora computer, play food for my kitchen Barbie house and barbies bike.

Love, Mackenzie Mat-amoras

Dear Santa,I want a monkey that can

talk and a stroller for my baby, I would also like a phone, an Ipad. Thank you.

Love, Jonalyn Hunt

Dear Santa,My name is Romeo, this

year for Christmas I would like a blue airplane, a zom-bie toy, legos and a pink car for my sister. Merry Christ-mas Santa, and my mom said you can come through the door, because I have no thing for you to come down in.

Love, Romeo

Dear Santa,I’ve been really good

this year, and I would like to tell you what I want for Christmas, I would like a mermaid Barbie doll, a “fur reall” puppy that’s re-ally fluffy. I would also like a reindeer for Christmas, and chocolate cookies. I love my momma and dada and I cleaned up when I was asked and I tried to get along with my sister. I love you Santa and I really want a reindeer for Christmas so if you can send me one.

Love, Kendall

Dear Santa,I Janelle wish for a Doll

house, Nickalodeon Nabi, Ipod, bike, portable dvd

player, movies, make-up, club house, little car, bar-bies, Barbie boat, Barbie clothes, Barbie car, and to go with my daddy for Christmas.

Love, Janelle

Dear Santa,I would like a ninja tur-

tle toy, a computer, a ninja turtle car, a unicorn toy, a turbo toy, a princess bed-room, a Doc McStuffins toy, a bracelet with Dora on it, a necklace, and a ninja turtle. Santa, I love you. I love your cart. I love your deers and your sleigh and your presents. I love Mrs. Snyder.

Love, Addison

Christian KidsDaycare:Mrs. Sylvia Cantu’sPre-K class

Dear Santa,Hello Santa my name

is Michael Meeh II I am 4 years old. I go to school at Christian Kids Pre-K. my teacher is Mrs. Sylvia A. Cantu. For Christmas I would like the Turbo mov-ie, Planes, the game Bed Bugs, a Lego set like in my class, a monkey a brown one, a kids table where you can eat real food, a cotton candy maker like in T.V, ink stamp so I can make more cards for the Soldiers, a blue bracelet, a house so I can paint brown and yel-low, ABC cards, toy skates, a treasure box with lots of fun things inside, candy canes, scissors, a phone with just angry birds. I will have milk and cookies for you. Love you bunches.

Love, Michael Meeh II

Dear Santa,My name is Cannon

Hernandez I am 4 yrs old. I go to Christian Kids Pre-K. Santa I have tried to be good this year. My list is 1) motorcycle 2) Dinosaurs real ones 3) Ninja turtles 4) skateboard 5) lots of Ma-rio games 6) a big candy cane 7) a penguin from the North Pole 8) a turkey for my sister 9) tools, blocks, paint and a hammer for my dad he likes to play with them. Thank you Santa. I love you.

Love, Cannon Hernan-dez

Dear Santa,My name is Addison

Pustka, I am 4 yrs old. I go to Christian Kids Pre-K my teacher is Mrs. Sylvia A. Cantu. Santa this year I have a long list. 1) mo-torcycle with a helmet 2) a purple and pink dump truck 3) jingle bell hat 4) pink flowers for my house 5) a dog 6) a rainbow uni-corn 7) my mommy sure needs a new coffee cup 8) and sunglasses for my dad-dy he cant see. I will leave some milk and cookies for you. I love you Santa.

Love, Addison Pustka

Dear Santa,My name is Sydney

Klein, I am 4 yrs old. I go to Christian Kids Pre-K

my teacher is Mrs. Sylvia A.Cantu. For Christmas I would like a 1)Flying Fairy Barbie 2) a pink Bar-bie house 3) a ring for my mommy 4) a game for my dad like chess, checkers, or something that’s fun for him. He works so hard he needs to have fun. I love you very much. PS: milk and cookies for a snack by the tree.

Love, Sydney Klein

Dear Santa,My name is Adrian Iza-

guirre, I am 4 yrs old. I go to school at Christian Kids Pre-K my teacher is Mrs. Sylvia A. Cantu. First thing on my list is to say I love you!! Here goes Santa 1) skateboard 2) roller skates 3) Ninja Turtle movie 4) batman video games 5) a chocolate bunny 6) a puppy for my sister Karla 7) a ring for my beautiful mom 8) a game for my dad. I guess thing is all Santa. Remem-ber I love you!! Drive save and thank you.

Love, Adrian Izaguirre

Dear Santa,My name is Antonio

Gallardo I am 5 yrs old. I go to Christian Kids Pre-K my teacher is Mrs. Sylvia A. Cantu. Santa for Christ-mas I would like 1) mo-torcycle with helmet that’s the law. 2) Mario games 3) a new house for my mom 4) a kitty for my Grandpa. And Santa thank you for all the gifts you give to all the children all over the world. Love you.

Love, Antonio Gallardo

Dear Santa,My name is Isaac Go-

mez I am 5 yrs old. I go to school at Christian Kids Pre-K. Santa for Christmas I would like 1) a basketball 2) skateboard 3) motor-cycle 4) skates 5) cell phone 6) water slide. And Santa could you also get some presents for my family? My big brother Juice would like a skateboard, my sister Destiny a white kitty name Charlie, my lil brother JJ just stuff he can put on the fridge. My dad would like a big monster jam truck and my mom a pink flower ring, and a billion dollars for my Grandma Alice & Grandpa Jesse. Thank you!

Love, Isaac Gomez

Dear Santa,My name is Jordyn Gon-

zales I am 4 yrs old. I go to school at Christian Kids

Pre-K, my teacher is Mrs. Sylvia A. Cantu my list Is pretty long so here goes. 1) a motorcycle with helmet so I can ride with my best friend Addison 2) a new pink bike 3) a folder with rainbows and unicorns 4) a Halloween coloring book 5) legos 6) a wooden table 7) green Christmas bells and sharpner like Mrs. Syl-via 8) a red purse and silver rings for my mom 9) my grandmother wants shoes but they have to be red boots and red curtains too. Santa you’re the best I love you! Don’t forget your milk and cookies.

Love, Jordyn Gonzales

Mrs.Connie’s Twos (1)

Dear Santa, I would like a truck, a

choo choo train and all the toys you can bring me. I have been a very good boy this year. Love you Santa. I’ll leave some milk and cookies for you.

Love, James Owen

Dear Santa,I would like 3 toy trucks,

two jars of blue play doh, 2 cool outfits to wear and shoes to go with it. Blocks so I can build towers with. I would like a cute fuzzy puppy. Thank you Santa, and I will be the best little boy ever. Of yeah and some toys for my big brother

Jacob or I can share with mine. Love you Santa.

Love, Aiden Reyes

Dear Santa,I want some sassy cute

clothes, and shoes, nail polish so I can paint my nails, pretty bows for my hair. Chapstick for my lips. Many typs of toys for me to play with, and lots and lots of stickers. I love stickers. Love you Santa.

Love, Delaynee Kalina

Dear Santa,I would love some cute

little dresses to wear, and shoes to go with them. Some pretty dolls to play with. I want a pink tea set so I can have tea par-ties, some blocks and play doh to. A truck for my big brother and some onsies for my new baby brother. I will leave you some milk and cookies.

Love, Karla Rosas

Dear Santa,I have been a very good

girl this year. I am two years old so im doing my best for Christmas I would like some baby dolls, baby stroller, and blocks. I love to play with blocks at day-care, and also some gifts for my big sister and big brother. Ill leave you some milk and cookies. Love you Santa.

Love, Ashlynn OrtizDear Santa,I am 2 yrs old and im

learning to share. I am do-ing my best but… some-times I find it hard to do, but I will keep on trying. For Christmas I would like a new train set, some little and big cars, and some blocks to. Also Santa my mommy is bringing me a little brother sometime next month so can you slip in a toy for him to. Thank you, ill leave you some milk and cookies.

Love, Mason Kessler

Dear Santa,I am 2 yrs old and I have

been a very good little girl. For Christmas I would like a baby doll and a stroller. Some puzzles and danc-ing music. I love to dance. Thank you Santa I will leave you some milk and cookies.

Love, Bella


boy this year. For Christ-mas I would like some cars, trucks, and ill take what-ever else you want to bring me. P.S also something for my big brother to.

Love, Bryceson James


boy this year. For Christ-mas I would like some blocks and play doh and maybe a couple toy cars, a real one would be cool too. Merry Christmas Santa!

Love, Frankie Venegas III

Miss Tina- Two year old class

Dear Santa,I would like a doll for

Christmas any doll will do just fine. I was a good girl this year. I would also like some games I can play with my best friend, who is my twin sister Kaylor.

Love, Kayden T.

Dear Santa,How are you? Its me, your

little buddy Haydren. I hope im not on the naughty list, ive been the best little boy I know how to be, which has been pretty good. I would really like new toy cars and maybe a new teddy bear. Does Rudolf like carrots? My teacher Miss Tina told me that’s what he eats. May-be my awesome mommy will leave carrots out with your milk and cookies, what is your favorite cookie?

Love, Haydren


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Dear Santa,Its me, your pal Joseph!

I cant wait for Christmas. Just so you know I’ve been a pretty good boy this year. I thought about what I would like and decided a bicycle and a train set would be the best presents ever! Im also a hug fan of hugs and kisses so can we add 100,000,000 times more hugs and kisses to get me through the next year?

Love, Joseph H.

Dear Santa,I have been a good girl.

For Christmas I would like a present, a green one. I also want a bike. Thank you very much. Lots of Love!

Love, Marley G.

Dear Santa,I have been a good boy. I

would like a motorcycle for Christmas, it’s a toy with a remote control. I cant wait to leave you some milk and cookies Christmas Eve!

Love, Dayton M.

Dear Santa,I would love some new

baby dolls for Christmas. I also want Christmas for Christmas. I have been a very good girl. Thank you!

Love, Kaylor T.

Dear Santa,I would like a bike and

some new baby dolls. I would also like a high chair for my new dolls. I am a good girl and I love everyone!

Love, Abrianna B.

Dear Santa,Merry Christmas! Its me

Lilah! I’ve been a good girl this year. I’ve had a bad day or two but I told Jesus about them and he forgives me. It took me a while to figure out what I want for Christmas but it came to me, I want animal crackers. I’d like some new toys as well. Cant wait for Christmas!

Love, Lilah C.

Christian Kids-Infants

Dear Santa,I go to Christian Kids day-

care & I’m in Ms. Christine & Mrs. Lillian’s baby room, I am 11 months old. And I have been a very good girl this year. I would like a baby alive doll, a build a bear and a new soft blankie.

Love, Logan Sample


care, I’m in Ms. Christine & Mrs. Lillian’s baby room, I am 8 ½ months old. I have been a very good boy this year, I would like a soft Tonka truck, some new blocks to play with and a Barbie doll for my big sister Parker.

Love, Case Petras


care, I’m in Ms. Christine & Mrs. Lillian’s baby room, I am

9 mos. Old and I have been a very good little boy this year, I would like a new toy tractor, a train set, & a musical toy for my crib.

Love, Braxton Pohler


care, I’m in Ms. Christine & Mrs. Lillian’s baby room, I am 6 mos. Old & I have been a very good boy this year. I would like a new toy truck, a train set & a new Barbie for my big sister Reagan.

Love, Easton Daniel


care, I’m in Ms. Christine & Mrs. Lillian’s baby room, I am 5 mos old, & I have been a very good boy this year, I would like a new soft toy truck, a new soft blankie, & a baby doll that cries for my sister.

Love, Jaxen Riojas


care, I’m in Ms. Christine & Mrs. Lillian’s baby room, I am 6 mos old & I have been a very good girl this year, I would like a new baby doll that cries, a new soft blanket & a remote control car for my big brother.

Love, Mia Casares


care, I’m in Ms. Christine & Mrs. Lillian’s baby room, I am 9 mos old & I have been a very good boy this year, I would like a new pacifier, some blocks to play with & a new toy truck.

Love, Jalen Canales


care, I’m in Ms. Christine & Mrs. Lillian’s baby room, I am 9 mos old & I have been a very good boy this year. I would like a new toy fire truck, a train set & a baby doll for my sister.

Love, Aacen Flores


care, I’m in Ms. Christine & Mrs. Lillian’s baby room, I

am 3 mos old & I have been a very good boy this year. I would like a new soft blankie, a new musical toy for my crib & a Tonka truck for my brother Lloyd.

Love, James Gacke


care, I’m in Ms. Christine & Mrs. Lillian’s baby room, I am 7 ½ mos old & I have been a very good girl this year, I would like a new musical toy for my crib, a soft baby doll & a teddy bear from Build a Bear workshop.

Love, Samantha Longoria

Ms. Delicia and Ms. Urshula Toddler 1 class

Dear Santa,I can’t wait to leave cook-

ies & milk out for you. I’ve been a good girl this year so I would like over the top bows and some blocks for Christ-mas.

Love, Janiyah

Dear Santa,I’ve been a good girl this

year so for Christmas I would like some new shoes and clothes.

Love, Yaretzy

Dear Santa,I cant wait to leave cookies

& milk out for you. I’ve been a good girl so far for Christ-mas I would like a pillow pet.

Love, Sah’ni


year so for Christmas I would like some bubbles & dolls.

Love, Briana


year so I would like a Barbie doll for Christmas.

Love, Renee

Dear Santa,I’ve been a good boy this

year, so for Christmas I would like a puzzle I can’t wait to leave you cookies & milk.

Love, Ryder


year, I can’t wait to leave

cookies and milk for you. I would like some fisher price toy cars.

Love, Luke


year, how are the reindeer? I cant wait to leave cookies and milk for you. I would like a toy truck for Christmas.

Love, Hudson****

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Dear Santa,Tractors, bubble guppies &

horses/cows.Love, Lane B.

Dear Santa,I can’t wait to see you soon.

Hope you like the milk and cookies I left for you!

Love, Chase B.

Dear Santa,I am 18 mos old I have

been a very good boy. I will leave you milk and cookies. Please bring me some toy trucks and cars.

Thank you, Lloyd Gacke


been a very good boy I would like a lots of toys for Christ-mas.

Love, Easton Dalzell


been a good boy this year I would like some trucks and cars for Christmas.

Thank you, Coda Boscamp****

Miss. Ashlee-3 yr oldsDear Santa,I have been a really good

boy this year, I think. And I would really love you to bring me a four wheeler, a hunting jacket, camo pants, and Spi-derman helmet. My brothers have been okay but I would still keep an eye on them. My Mom and Dad want new clothes and magazines. Ill see you on Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas.

Love, Will MillerDear Santa,I have tried to be a good

boy all year long, and that’s hard work. I really want an ipad with games, a ninja tur-tle sword and some race cars. My baby brother Luke has been good too so please bring him some cars so he doesn’t put mine in his mouth. Mer-ry Christmas Santa.

Love, J.C Massey

Dear Santa,I have been a good boy all

year long. Well most of the year, but my teacher said I am on the nice list. So I was wondering if you could bring me a Captain America toy, Avengers shirt and a hulk. I will try to stay up so I can say Hi! Stay warm and Merry Christmas.

Love, Scott Akapan

Dear Santa,I have been a really good

girl this year for you and my

mommy and daddy. All I want Christmas is a big doll house. I want one like the one at daycare. Please look for milk and cookies by the tree! Tell your elfs I said hello.

Love, Kaylea Gonzales

Dear Santa,I have been very good this

year and would like a prin-cess Sophia doll and dress. Also I want a Little Mermaid dress and toys. My baby sis-ter is good too so you can bring her some baby toys. I will leave you some cookies by the tree, if my baby sister doesn’t eat all them first.

Love, Kamrynn Zuniga

Dear Santa, Is it cold at the North Pole?

Well I been a good boy this year and I told my mom I really want a puppy. I don’t want any toys or games, just a tiny puppy. I think I saw you flying in the sky when I was at the rodeo. My brother wants some foot ball stuff so he can practice to be an Apache Football player. Hope you fly safetly!

Love, Weston Roach

Dear Santa,Merry Christmas! I hope

you and all the reindeer are ready to deliver all the gifts. I have been very good this year and would love for you to bring me some dress up clothes, dolls, and make up. My mommy and daddy have been good too so can you bring them some rings. I’ll leave you some yummy cookies and milk so you can have lots of energy!

Love, Carsyn Carrizales

Dear Santa,How are you and Mrs.

Claus? I hope you are drink-ing lots of milk to keep you strong. I have been trying really hard to be on the nice list, and my LuLu said I am definitely on it. So all I want for Christmas is a Doc Mc Stuffins doll, a Leggo set and puzzles. My brothers Mat-thew & Jason have been good so can you bring them new clothes. And can you bring my mom a new car, she works really hard. Well I’ll try and wait up and see you Santa!

Love, Bryanna Canales

Dear Santa,How are you and the rein-

deer? I hope they are eating lots of carrots. Santa I have tried really hard to be a very good girl. Miss Ashlee said im on the nice list, all I want for Christmas is princess dolls that can ride ponies, and dress up clothes. Case my baby brother doesn’t cry a lot so please bring him some balls to play with. I’ll have milk and cookies waiting if my Elf Miles doesn’t eat them first! Fly safely!

Love, Parker Petras

Dear Santa,All I want for Christmas

is some hunting goggles so I can see the hogs at night, a big horse, two new pair of

boots. I have tried to be good for my mom and dad. Have a safe flight on Christmas Eve.

Love, Deltin Pape

Ms.France’s 3yr classDear Santa,I would like a new mer-

maid, and a kitty cat, a dog a little dog. I really really would like a big girl bike.

Love, Jewel Law

Dear Santa,I would like angry birds, a

train set, a big fire truck that makes lots of sounds.

Love, Elijah Winton

Dear Santa,I would like goldfishes,

Nemo 2 movie, blue horse, deer and a treasure box, two new movies. And I would like a backpack for school, hamburger toy.

Love, Camila Borchers

Dear Santa,I would like a big football,

a fire truck and lots of toys to play with.

Love, Jesse Gomez

Dear Santa,I would like lots of princess

toys, pretty shoes, pretty bike and a Hello Kitty blanket & pillow.

Love, Brida Tovar

Dear Santa,I would like a watch, new

shirts, batman game, lots of toys, cowboy boots, cowboy shirt & hat, cowboy belt.

Love, Jermiah Mariscal

Dear Santa,I would like lots of toys, a

rocking horse, cowboy pants, puzzle, watch, announcer stand for my rodeo, new boots.

Love, Jaxon Beck

Dear Santa,I would like a mermaid

doll, a big princess bike, lots of toys.

Love, Ashlyn Haley

Dear Santa,I would like a rocking

horse, toy truck, big bike any cowboy boots.

Love, Jaykob Yingling

Dear Santa,I would like a football &

helmet, football pads, orange & black flag, a fighting game, a shirt, apaches shirt, a pair of shoes, a watch, and a blue & yellow football.

Love, Ayden Ramirez

Dear Santa,I would like a baby doll,

and a rocking horse and lots of toys.

Love, Reagan Daniel

Dear Santa,I would like pink shoes and

blue shoes and a pretty school backpack. And think I need lots of Hello Kitty shirts.

Love, Kaylin Ratliff

Dear Santa,I would like a big boy bike,

toys to play with and some superman hero toys.

Love, Alexander Mancilla

Kindergarten-PetrasDear Santa,How are you? I am ready

for Christmas! I want a toy. A monster truck with a con-troller is what I really want. I also would like a fire truck, markers, and a Christmas tree because I only have one Christmas tree. Thank you!

Love, Daniel

Dear Santa,How do you get here?

I hope your reindeer are good. This year I would like an Easy Bake Oven, a Cray-ola color maker, and I wish for a new puppy dog because mine ran away. I also want pom poms like the cheer-leaders have. Have a safe trip and see you soon!

Love, Ashlyn

Dear Santa,I would like to give you

one of my toys. Hope you are doing well! This year I really want a Play station4. I would also like a big dog. See you soon Santa!

Love, Ayden

Dear Santa,What have you been do-

ing? I want a robot, a galaxy, and a backpack. I would like a ninja backpack. Thank you!

Love, Nathan

Dear Santa,Hope you are doing great!

This year for Christmas I would like a doll house, a dog, puzzles, Barbies, sand toys, candy, and I really want an ipad. I have been a good girl.

Love, Adde

Dear Santa,How are you doing? Can

Rudolph fly? Will you please bring me hot wheels? How do you bring all the presents? I like presents and I want a lot of them. I would also like a hot wheels race track and wall because I broke my other one. I like cars! Have a safe flight!

Love, Daveien

Dear Santa,Will you bring me a lot

of presents? I think you are nice. I like race cars a lot. I would like toys, and I really want a princess doll. Thanks!

Love, Alona

Dear Santa,How have you been? I am

in Kindergarten and I like school. This year I would like a toy monster truck, a real computer, and a present for my friend Tenley. Thanks! Have a safe trip!

Love, Jonathan

Dear Santa,Hello! How have you been

doing? My Elf Cinderella is visiting my house right now. This year I would like for you to bring me presents. I really want a Barbie house and my baby sister would like a bear. I want my mom to have a new phone and for my dad to have new shoes. We will leave you some cookies and

milk. Thank you!Love, Tenley Matias

Dear Santa,I am a good girl. I have a

puppy and I take very good care of her. This year I would like a Barbie doll and I would like my sisters to have Barbies too.

Love, Nataly

Dear Santa,I love you Santa! I would

love for him to bring the toys. I would like a dino-saur, a race car, books, play phones, and that’s it. My baby sister would like a baby toy and my 3 year old sister would like a Barbie house. Thanks Santa!

Love, Lanom

Dear Santa,I love Christmas! This year

I would like a bike, a Ninten-do DS, a play phone, dolls, a doll house, and germ-x for my back pack. I have been a very sweet girl this year.

Love, Isabella

Dear Santa,I love you! I would like a

Nintendo DS, a Barbie doll, pom poms, a scooter, Mon-ster High stickers, some bows, a heart with decora-tions on it, and baby dolls. Thank you Santa!

Love, Reanna

Dear Santa,I’m excited about Christ-

mas! I want writing paper to write on, a toy rocket ship, and robots. I can’t find where those two toys are found. Thanks.

Love, Danilo

Dear Santa,I am very excited about

Christmas and hope you have a safe flight! I would like a house, a Christmas tree, Barbies and baby dolls. Thank you!

Love, AngelDear Santa,I hope you have a good

trip! Are the elves work-ing hard? This year I want a guitar, some earphones, a phone, and when you come we would like to see your reindeer. Please bring my sister Hello Kitty stuff and

a video game for my baby brother. I want a video game and a laptop too. Thank you Santa! Hope to see you soon!

Love, Johnny

Dear Santa,How will you get here

for Christmas? This year I would like the Crayola Marker maker, a real car (it’s a little one but kids get to drive in it), a swimming pool, a bunk bed, and a black Iphone 4. Thank yoyu.

Love, Jalon

Dear Santa,Will you be here soon? I

have been good this year and I am excited about Christ-mas. I would like a Power Ranger toy and that’s all. Thank you!

Love, Brayden

Dear Santa,I would like a toys for

Christmas. I would like a Star Wars toy, a Marine toy, a dog, an Army toy, a Russian toy, and a Chinese toy. One more thing…. A bad guy Marine. Hope you are do-ing good and hope you can fly! How are your reindeer? Do you like cookies? I will leave you some cookies. Bye Santa!

Love, William

Kindergarten- Mrs. Caldwell

Dear Santa,I would like a computer

tablet to help me learn. Thank you for my tablet.

Love, Ariana G.

Dear Santa,I hope you will bring me

some presents. I would love a remote car and a puzzle.

Love, Rolando G.

Dear Santa,I hope you have a nice

Christmas day. Here is my list Santa: 1. Tools in box 2.remote car 3. Kid scooter 4. Stuffie toy dog Thanks for working hard.

Love, Dallas N.

Dear Santa,How many reindeer live at

the North Pole? I am a smart reader. I made you a Christ-mas list. 1. Kid scooter 2. Big

doll house 3. New doll 4.pil-low pet.

Love, Caitlyn M.Dear Santa,Can I have a big Barbie

house with lots of Barbie dolls? I would also like a toy horse so I can play with my barbies. Please bring me presents so I can open them on Christmas Eve.

Love, Brandie S.

Dear Santa,I want an Octonaut Sea

Creature video to watch with my sister. I would like gold fish snacks in my stocking.

Love, Mason R.

Dear Santa,I would like a lego set to

build different kind of ve-hicles. Do they serve food at the North Pole? I hope you are doing well Santa.

Love, Emilio A.

Dear Santa,I want a Xbox for my fam-

ily. I would love to have a blue airplane.

Love, Jose P.

Dear Santa,Can you please make me

a lego train for my house? I would also like a trampoline to jump up and down on.

Love, Cristian G.

Dear Santa,I would like a Xbox for my

house. I would like a x-men action figure toy to play with over the holidays. My family and I have been really nice.

Love, Landon Z.

Dear Santa,I have been good at school.

I made a list for you…here is my list. 1.Nintendo DS blue 2. Race car and track 3. Toy monster truck 4. Captain America toy.

Love, Marcus L.

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph doing? I

hope you are doing great at the North Pole. Are the elf ’s real? I made a list for you: 1. Nintendo 3DS 2. Toy Uni-corn 3. Toy Roller Skates 4.Real ice skates.

Love, Ciara H.

Dear Santa,I hope you are having a

lovely Christmas. Here is my list Santa: 1. Doll house 2. Toy phone 3. Princess puzzle 4. Nintendo 3Ds. Thank you very much!

Love, Sophia L.

Dear Santa,I want a Unicorn “stuff-

ie” to put my toys inside. I would also like a white clip board to do my school work.

Love, Madison R.

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I

would like a boomerang in the color of blue. I would love an airplane with a re-mote controller for my fam-ily. I have been a good boy this year.

Love, Rafael L.

Dear Santa,

I always wanted a toy train for my house. I have been a good boy this year. I would like to have one more toy. Could I have a red toy car?

Love, Javier O.

Dear Santa,I like you Santa Claus. I

want a Ipad for Christmas, so I can play games. I love you very much!

Love, Brenda R.

Kindergarten- Pohler

Dear Santa,I sure hope I made it on

your nice list this year. There are a few things I would like this year for Christmas. The number one thing I would want most of all is for my cast on my leg to come off so I can walk and ride my pony again. Speaking of horses I would like a big horse for Christmas just like my mom and dad as well. A pretty purple saddle would be nice too. I’m also working on getting over being afraid of the dark in my room, so a light-up pillow would sure help. I hope all is going well with Rudolph and the other reindeer. I will make sure and have a special treat for you all on Christmas. Merry Christmas Santa!

Love, Makenna

Dear Santa, I want a phone, an airplane that has guns, 3ds, a turtle, a ipad ex-plorer, baby brother, control car.

Love, Cesar

Dear Santa,Can you please bring me

a laptop, a real phone like my moms, my own tv, a new dog, a silver car like Karli.

Love, Maddie

Dear Santa,I would like a Doc Mc-

Stuffins toy, a good luck Charlie bike, a play laptop and a pink tractor. Please bring my brother, Mason, a tractor and a play train set. I love you Santa and all your elf ’s!

Love,Hailey

Dear Santa,Este ano’ me port te bien

quiero que me traigas una tableta y regalo paramis sobrinos y para mis papas. Gracias Santa.

Love, Ximena

Dear Santa,Por favor Santa quiero un

DS morado Tambien qui-ero una Barbie. Mi hermano quiere un carro de jugueto. Tambien quiero una bufan-da. Gracias Santa.

Love, Alexandra

Dear Santa,I want a airplane, a 3ds, a

race car, sponge bob movie, angry bird book.

Love, Nicholas

Dear Santa,I would really like a real

dirt bike, movies, a sling shot, a nerf blaster, a Nin-tendo 3ds and Mario Cart 7. I have been a really good boy this year and so has my brother Colsen. He is not big enough to write but he likes trucks and baseball stuff. I’m gonna leave you some cookies and carrots for the reindeer. My mommy would like a new kitchen and daddy wants a big deer. I wish Christmas would come faster!

Love, Slayden

Dear Santa,My name is Christian, I

have been a good boy. For Christmas I would like a re-mote control helicopter and new basketball hoop. I will leave you some milk and cookies.

Love, Christian

Dear Santa,I have been a good girl. So

I would like a new Barbie, a puzzle, make-up, and lots of books. I will leave you cup-cakes and milk.

Love, Reigna

Dear Santa,I would like a new pair

of boots, Nintendo 3d ds, a bow & arrow, and a bbgun I would also like a remote control big truck and trac-tor. I want a toy biggest feed lot in the whole wide world with a big truck with all the animals. Have a safe trip Santa.

Love, Cason

Dear Santa, This year I have been

good. For Christmas I want Monster High Dolls, a real dog, a new I pod, and my own room. I also would like my own phone, my own make-up, dress-up set with dresses and crowns, a build-a-bear, my own fish, and a Christmas miracle.

Love, Sophia

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want Ma-

rio play station Nintendo 3ds with games, sonic cups, sonic game doe my wii, Ma-rio kart. I want to go to Sea World. I want to have won-derful Christmas with my mom and dad.

Love, Isaac

Dear Santa,This year I have been a

good little girl. I would like to ask you for a raptor truck, I would like to get it in the color red. I also would like a small toy blender that I saw at H.E.B. thank you.

Love, Marely

Dear Santa,Como estas hoy te quiero

pedir una tablet para navi-dad. Te quiero mucho siem-pre me porto bien. Grasias.

Love, Kevin

Dear Santa, I have been a good boy

this year. I would like a skateboard and a puppy.

Love, Seth

Dear Santa,I want a razor, scooter,

snacks, and football cos-tume and a Indian costume, phone.

Love, Brandon

Dear Santa,Este ano’ me e portado

muy bien y te pido de favor que me traigas una learning tablet pink y chocolates. Es-pero y me la traigas te quiero Santa Claus.\

Love, Yelena

Dear Santa, Este ano’ e sido buen nino

dues e avudada mucho ami mama I ami hermano tam-bien esido buen estud iante I por eso quiero que si por fa-vor puedes traerme una mo-torcicle e iuna guitarra eso es todo querido Santa Claus te quiero mucho bryn luna. Roceo una mui te moto.

Love, Bryan

Dear Santa,I would like a drum set.

I would also like a red barn with pens and some cows. Can you also bring me a bull wagon and a truck and trail-er & I have been really good this year!

Love, Hagen

Dear Santa,Querido Santa Claus este

ano’ me porte muy bien con mis papas’ espero me puedas traier muchos regalos esta navidad no te olvidos de mis amigitos ellos tanbien estard esperando tos regalos. I love you Santa Claus.

Love, Alejandra

Querido Santa,Santa hoy en esta navi-

dad quero una laptop, y un a muneca’ Barbie y mucita pazy felicidad para todos. Y tenitan una feliz navidad.

Love, Joselin


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Dear Santa,I want some shose in a

size 7 they are new Lebrons and I want some gray and black shose in a size 7 they are Jordans and I want a toy Paker Jerssy and a Spurs Hat and a I phone 5s.

Love, Jaekwon

Dear Santa,I will want two games for

my psp, a xbox one, paper, books, pencels, a clock for my hand, some paint, a movie, and a phone.

Love, Alfredo

Dear Santa Claws,I want a puppy for Cris-

tmus I want it to be a dal-mashan. And I whant books, so I can give some to the orfens. I whant a movie about puppy whant an ipod 5 coler pink or blue. I whant the movie the lightnig thef from Percy Jackson and the movie sea of monsters. I whant to have a grat time whith my family. I whant you to bless Justin I hope he has the best crismess he ever had. And I have ben a good gril. Your sweet lovable thoughtful.

Love, Breanna Baker

Dear Santa,I am sorry is it cost to

much but I would like a go kart a windows sur-face, plebble, paper,watch, hikiko, fold.

Love, Diego

Dear Santa,I what a phon Leberon

James jersey air max a Ea-gles hats Under Armour jackit and Lebron shoes and xbox 1 and close can neuton jersey deashon Jackson jersey.

Love, Fabian

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Calws do-

ing? I want a thousand dol-lars and an ipod I also want some armel radephones and a iphone, and some know roll blades. I was gking about the thousand dollars. Make shur you and youre elf make Mrs. Baker something.

Love, Destiny


Clos, the randers, and the elfs can you said hi to all of them I want a tablet, easy bake, shose, short, pants, shors, and I want to give a present to Mrs.Baker is new earwins because she is the awesome teacher but I wish every one the best Chrismas and even the ones that don’t see the dad I hope every one is happy about Chrismas.

Love, Leslie Veliz

Dear Santa,How are you doing San-

ta. How is Mrs. Claus do-ing? Are the elfs good any-way lets get to the presents. I want a Ryan Fammwhill jersey I also want a Maden 25 game and HBA 2K 14, I also want a Paul George jersey and some Lebron James shoes. With a Johnny football jersey with call of duty shorts.

Love, Brady

Dear Santa,What I want this Christ-

mas is 100,000,000,000 $ and if you can a Lambo-rghini car and a lego house that is real and xbox one and a Spurs Jersey and a Dallas Cowboys jersey.

Love, D. Alanis


Claws doing? For Christ-mas I would like a horse. I would also like a real mi-crophone and some stuff from Justice. I want a new Ipod 5 case. Merry Christ-mas!

Love, Genna

Dear Santa,

How are you doing? I got milk and cookies for you and I have that stuff for reindeer but I mite not I half to ask mom. How is Miss. Claws? How is rain-deer? I want a long sleeve under armor shirt for Chirismas. I want a fourty niners jersey for Chismas. I want a LSU basketball. If you have anuf time get me a LSU xbox comroller.

Love, Jace Ramos

Dear Santa,I would like some more

rubber bands so I can make more bracelets. I would also like some miss me jeans. I would like to have a few more easy bake oven food. I also want to have stuff from Justice. I want some fake glasses because I broke my other pair. I also would like a real microphone I also want some painted-toe cowgirl boots. My other pair doesn’t fit me. That’s all I want for Christmas how are you doing? I hope you, Mrs. Claus, and everyone else is doing great. Merry Christmas!!

Love, Ava Medellin

Dear Santa,I know you like cookies

so I will put some so you will be happy all I want for Christmas is to my family to be happy.

Love, Sonny

Dear Santa,I hope you can get enghf

time to come to my house. I hope you can make and bring me all my wishes for Cristmas. Look I know some people don’t bleave in you but I do! I want you to know that we will get you some cookies and milk, I promas.

Love, Sam Villa

Dear Santa, Don’t worry I have been

on my best behavior. Now I am making a list of what I want this year. I know its going to be a little short! How are you and the elfs. Christmas list, I pad mini, Just Dance 2014, purple I pad mini case, purple zebra twin size bed set, for my mom a new ring, I really want that ring for my mom and the Ipad mini. Thank you for all they other pres-ents.

Love, Kailey Deleon

Dear Santa,I know you love cook-

ies so I will try to put more cookies and maybe egg nog. I will give you car-rots to feed the reindeer on Christmas eve. I would like a xbox 360, Infinitey, and my family to have the best Christmas ever.

Love, Paul Deleon

Dear Santa,This Christmas I would

just like a puppy. A puppy is the only thing I would like for Christmas. I promise I would take good care of it. I would buy it all I need to take care of the puppy.

Love, Erika

Dear Santa,How are you? I hope

your doing good, I have been a good boy. I want a ipod. If you cant make that you can make me a Lebron James jersey.

Love, Landon Watson

Dear Santa,How have you been at

the Noth Pole? I hope you have a good Christmas. What I want for Christ-mas is a puppy and I thank that’s it.

Love, Reneyah Martinez

Dear Santa,How have you been do-

ing? How is your raindeer? I would like Size 12 sweater uninto and pouler bear. I hope all of the elfs are do-ing what you been telling them to do. I wish you a lovey Christmas.

Love, Brooklyn Simper

Pre-K, Mrs. SandersDear Santa,Do you like milk or hot

chocolate with your cook-ies? I have been extra good this year. I want a princess doll with a castle, a real kit-ty and a play kitchen.

Love, Rianna Martinez

Dear Santa,I like your big beard.

I have been good a lot. I would like a bike and some boots. I would also like some puzzles, an alphabet set, some sidewalk chalk, some stickers , a Christmas set, some books, a lunch box, a magna doodle, a play farm set, and some blocks.

Love, Malik LeBlanc

Dear Santa,How are you. I have been

good and listening to my teacher. I would like a Boba Fett lego set, a toy car, a di-nosaur toy, a bike, toy air-planes, animal friends toys with moving mouths, gin-gerbread man cookies (gin-ger bread is good for you). I would also like Ninja Turtle toys and a Ninja Turtle hat.

Love, Matthew Hull

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph? I have

been good all year. I would like a horsey a Barbie, a lala loopsy doll, a cow, a dog, a sheep, a play farm, a play kitchen and food and plates, a baby doll and some pretty clothes.

Love, Yennifer Hernan-dez

Dear Santa,Are you feeling jolly this

year? I have been working hard at school and always keeping a smile on my face. I would like a robot dog, a guitar a skateboard a Thomas the train a buzz light year, blocks, a puppet a live bunny a toy house with people and a race car.

Love, Jeremiah Garcia

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus? I

have been working hard at school. Can I please have a pair of brown boots, shirts, some shoes and some pants.

Love, Citlaly Gallegos

Dear Santa,How are you? I am fine. I

would like a ninja, an Iron Man toy, a dinosaur bal-loon, a football player with a football, a toy cop and a cop car, spiderman, super-man, a toy race car, a set of lego blocks so I can build houses and a game for my brother and me. I would like a toy Santa with elves.

Love, Noel Almaraz

Dear Santa,How is Blitzen? I have

been trying to be extra ex-tra good all year. I would like a real hippoptomus, dinosaur counters like we have at school from Lake-shore.com, a real horse, a real phone, a real cow, a real dog, a play kitchen, a lot of Barbie dolls and a play doh machine.

Love, Lola Wilkerson

Dear Santa,I hope you are staying

warm. I have been good this year. I would like a bike, a scooter, baby dolls and a stroller, some paints, a chalk board with chalk, some dress up clothes and a little chair like my teacher has.

Love, Jessica Mendez

Dear Santa,Are the elves making

toy? I would like a little coat like my mom has. Cars I can play with in my room. I want a skateboard, some gray army men set, the small toy skateboards, sponge bob square pants, a toy tree, some play tools, some legos, and some toy animal sets.

Love, Joshua Longoria

Dear Santa,I have been good all year.

How are the elves? I would like a wii u and a dinosaurs track toy. Can I please have a big race car and a big truck and some dinosaurs. Can you bring stuff for my sister too?

Love, Tommy Barnes

Dear Santa,How are you? I am fine.

I have been good all year. I would like some Bar-bie toys, a castle play set, some princess toys, some blocks, some colors, a toy doghouse for my stuffed puppy dog and some pretty clothes.

Love, Samarah Olmedo

Dear Santa,What kind of cookies do

you like? I am doing good at school. Can I please have a Lightning McQueen toy, a toy motorcycle, toy tools, a play house, some puzzles and some blocks.

Love, Brodi Ramos

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus? I have

been trying hard all year to be extra good. I would like a baby stroller and a baby doll, a play doh ice cream shop, a Barbie doll, a foot-ball, a basketball, a soccer ball and a moon to hang on my wall and a sun also. Can I please have some coloring books and colors, a leaf like my teacher has and a flower, a toy ship and a farm playset. My teacher says you can find the sun, moon, and leaf in the light-ing section and kids sec-tion on the Ikea website.

Love, Kayleigh Reyes

Dear Santa, Are you working hard?

I have been working hard at school. I would like a Sponge Bob toy, a trans-former toy, a skateboard for me and my brother, a t.v., a playset for my yard (slide, swings, ropes) a swimming pool, a Kazoo, I need a trampoline, a tool set and a farm set.

Love, Alex Rosas

Dear Santa,I hope you are feeling

well. I have been good so far. I would like a Barbie doll, and a China doll, a Barbie with a shower and a baby doll with a stroller.

Love, Samantha Stevens

East Avenue Pre-k: Mrs. Adame

Quierdo Santa,?Como estas’? Me he

ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener una tableta, una Bar-bie, y un carrito para la Barbie.

!Te quiero mucho! Valerie


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener una muneca, un ca-ballito, unas botas, y un gorro.

!Te quiero mucho!Meyli


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gus-taria tener una tableta, una muneca’ y un cabal-lito. Tambien un vestido. Para mami unos tacones y un vestido. Para papi y mi unas botas.

!Te quiero mucho!Yubali


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener una bicileta, unos jugetes. Tambien un vesti-do de princessa. Para mami unos zapatos, unos zapatos para papi.

!Te quiero mucho!Noelia


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener una un juego de co-cina, ima cama, y muchos jugetes.

!Te quiero mucho!Jazzlyn


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un Osito de penuche. Quiesiera una muneca con mucha ropa para vestirla.

!Te quierdo mucho!Rubi


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener una bicileta, un Osito, y una pelota.

!Te quierdo mucho!Jaelene


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un tren, legos y un carrito.

!Te quierdo mucho!Johnathan


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gus-taria tener una traila para el trabajo de papa Lencho. Quisiera una moto para pasear a mi hermanito.

!Te quierdo mucho!Santiago


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un carro que hable y en que me pueda pasear. Tambien quiero una moto y un Osito de panda para mi hermanito.

!Te quiero mucho!Sergio


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un cinto, ropa, un vesrido para mami, tam-bien unas tarjetas de letras para estudiarlas.

!Te quierdo mucho!Dillion


ported muy bien’ este ano.

Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un muneco’ del hom-bre arana’, una pistola de jugete. Y una mascara del hombre de arana’.

!Te quierdo mucho!Eduardo


ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un carrito.

!Te quiero mucho!Juan

Quierdo Santa,

?Como estas’? Me he ported muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un carrito. Para mami una flor. Para papi unas bo-tas. Para Beti unas botas nuevas..

!Te quierdo mucho!Rogelio

Kindergarten-OakesDear Santa,I want some Monster

High, Lala loopsy, and a DS.Love, Karmen

Dear Santa,Have a good Christmas!

I will leave you some milk. I’m gonna give you cookies too. I want a salon for nails and for my nephew a toy bear. The cookies I have for you are shaped like Christ-mas trees. I love you!

Love, Marianelly

Dear Santa,I want a toy Christmas

tree, a toy car, and a toy ro-bot. Thank you!

Love, Isaiah

Dear Santa,I love you! I will give you

some frosted cookies. I will give you a drink too. The cookies will be shaped like Christmas trees. I want an x-box. I will put out some apples for you too!

Love, Mikey

Dear Santa,I want a guitar, a Monster

High bike, and a Monster High book. I will leave you cookies with milk and ice cream.

Love, Alyanah

Dear Santa,Have a nice year! Have a

nice Christmas! I can make cookies for you. Thank you for the presents! I want a 4-wheeler. I like your rein-deer. I like your hat. Thank you for my presents.

Love, Joseph

Dear Santa,Have a nice trip! Can I

please have a lunchbox? Can I please have a Monster High doll? Can I have a col-oring book?

Love, Kyndall

Dear Santa,I want a car, two remote

controlled monster trucks, and an xbox 360 for Mine-craft. I want you to eat my cookies. I want you to look at our Christmas tree. See

our star up on the Christ-mas tree. You can drink some milk too.

Love, Carlos

Dear Santa,I want a violin, costume,

and a car.Love, Lilliana

Dear Santa,I want a remote control

airplane, a laptop, and a di-nosaur motorcycle. Thank you from me and my fam-ily.

Love, Martin


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Dear Santa,I want presents. I’d like

a remote control helicop-ter. I like you!

Love, Gustavo

Dear Santa,I want a slide, a com-

puter, and a car.Love, Alex

Dear Santa,I want a car, a toy and a

swimming pool.Love, David

Dear Santa,I want an xbox, a dump

truck, and a Grinch. I will give you some cookies.

Love, Demarkus

Dear Santa,I will give you some

ice cream. I will give you a sleigh. I will give you some snacks. I want an Easy Bake Oven, a new orange bike, and a wagon,

Love, Landon

Dear Santa,Merry Christmas!

I want a guitar, new clothes, and a whistle.

Love, Mariah

Dear Santa,Have a good weekend.

Have a good day! Have a good Holiday! I want an ipod, a pig, and a dog.

Love, Hailee

Dear Santa,You are the best! Your

reindeer are good. Could I see your reindeer? Could you take me for a ride in your sleigh? I want a new bike, an iphone, and an ipad. You’re the best!

Love, Jerardo

Dear Santa,I want a puppy, a bear

and a tree house.Love, Gabriella

East Avenue Pre-K: Mrs. Hernandez

Dear Santa, How are you? I have

been very good this year. For Christmas, I would like to have a tablet and a piano. I love you!

Delilah, age:5

Querido Santa,?Como estas’? me he

portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un race car y un dragon de jugete.

!Te quiero mucho!Jonathan Age:5

Dear Santa,How are you? I have

been very good this year. For Christmas, I would like to have a Spiderman bike and a trampoline. I love you!

Esai, age:4


been very good this year. For Christmas, I would like to have a Batman toy and an Iron man toy. I love you!

Ricky, age:4


been very good this year.

For Christmas, I would like to have a bicycle and a horse. I love you!

Natalia, age:5


portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un robot y carros.

!Te quiero mucho!Eduardo, age:5


portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener unas pati-netas y un telefono’.

!Te quiero mucho!Estrella, age:4


been very good this year. For Christmas, I would like to have a teddy bear and dress-up clothes. I love you!

Jazlin, age:5


portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gust aria tener un juego de Mario y Zapatos rojos.

!Te quiero mucho!Diego, age:5


portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener unos zapa-tos y una carriola para mi bebe.

!Te quiero mucho!Celeste, age:4


portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un oso de penuche y un leon de pe-nuche.

!Te quiero mucho!Leticia, age:4


been very good this year. For Christmas, I would like to have a car. I love you!

Marco, age:4


been very good this year. For Christmas, I would like to have hip clothes and an airplane. I love you!

Kamryn, age:4


portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un xbox y un juego de Harry Potter.

!Te quiero mucho!Juan, age :4


portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un tambor y una bandera.

!Te quiero mucho!Adrian, age:4


portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un tren y una pistola.

!Te quiero mucho!Andres, age:4


portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un tractor y juegos.

!Te quiero mucho!Carlos, age:5


portado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un perro y un Doc McStuffin.

!Te quiero mucho!Yaeli, age:4

Kindergarten- Mrs. Tieken

Dear Santa,I miss Mrs. Claus and

you Santa. I am going to give you some cook-ies and your reindeer. I want a battery operated car with keys and some clothes. I love you.

Love, Emma

Dear Santa,Thank you for my

presents last year. Merry Christmas Santa Claus. I will share my cook-ies with you. I hope you will bring me a Spider Man costume. I love you, Santa.

Love, Kevin

Dear Santa,Hi, Santa. Thank you

for coming last year. I heard you yelling as you were leaving my house. You said “ho, ho, ho, Mer-ry Christmas.” I would like some big rigs from Tractor Supply and some big rigs from Walmart. Have a good trip and be careful so your sleigh wont tip over!

Love, Rylan


Claus? Thank you for the presents last year, es-pecially my pinball ma-chine. I would like a “DS” game with the “robot game” and also a “racing game”. I will leave you carrots for your rein-deer and some cookies and one candy for you. P.S how cold is it at the North Pole?

Love, Nehemiah

Dear Santa,How have you been

doing? I’ve been doing a good job staying off the naughty list. If it is not too much trouble, I would like to ask for

a four wheeler for kids. I will leave you some “Power Ranger” cookies and some milk.

Love, Wyatt

Dear Santa,I have been nice this

year. I would like a big bike like my sister’s. Could you bring me a pink one? Please bring my sister some dress-up earrings. I will leave some cookies and milk for you and some chocolate chips for your reindeer.

Love, Cassidy

Dear Santa,I have been good this

year. I want a pink bat-tery operated car like my little cousin. Please bring me a princess Barbie, too. I love your reindeer. Have a safe trip to Gonzales and back home. Tell Mrs. Claus hello.

Love, Ava

Dear Santa,I have moved from Ar-

kansas. I now live in Gon-zales, Texas. I would like a big monkey and a big phone and a big dinosaur for Christmas. We have Gingerbread cookies for you, Santa. I love you.

Love, Tyler

Dear Santa,I love you, Santa. Please

look for me at my new house, we’re living with my grandma. I would like a baby doll and a Monster High doll Gina. I will leave you a present that looks like you. Have a safe trip back home to the North Pole.

Love, Nevaeh

Dear Santa,I have a new home this

year. Please look for me there. How is Rudolph the reindeer doing? Please bring me a “charge-up” car and a Barbie with long hair and comes with a horse. You can take a candy cane off our tree and my mom and me will make you some decorated Christmas cookies. I love you, Santa Claus.

Love, Karizma

Dear Santa,I have been good this

year. I would like some new clothes and surprise me with a game. My baby sister like toys and she wants a bear. For my big sister, she likes puzzles. For Mezzy please bring her a video game like me. We will leave some cook-

ies and juice for your long trip. P.S my dad wants a video game, too.

Love, Dezaray

Dear Santa,I have been learning

many things at school. I have been good. Please bring me a helicopter with a remote control and Bat-man and Superman toys. I will give you some cook-ies and milk for you, Santa Claus. P.S at school, I have been on purple and green. Purple and green are the best!

Love, Bill

Dear Santa,Is it snowing at the

North Pole? Please send some snow to Gonzales, I would like to play in it. I would like a toy robot di-nosaur, it’s a T-Rex. Have a safe trip. By the way, how are you?

Love, Jacob

Dear Santa,How are you doing?

How are the reindeer? I hope you had a restful summer. I understand you are busy during Christ-mas but I have been a very good girl this year and I would like to ask for a Barbie princess and a toy bird that is blue and can talk. It would make me so happy if you could get these for me. I will leave you milk and cookies out for you and carrots for the raindeer. I hope you have a safe flight during Christmas.

Love, Liana

Dear Santa,Is it snowing at the

North Pole? I want to tell you hi! I would like to have a Fireman, its my favorite toy in the whole world. It has magnets and people with it. It also, lights up in the dark. I will leave you some cookies and carrots for the reindeer. I would like to hug you Santa. I love you!

Love, Diego


Claus? I am trying to be good. Please bring me a computer and some games like Mario and Sonic? I will leave you milk and cookies. P.S I like your reindeer.

Love, Damion

Dear Santa,Thank for my presents

last year, especially for the clothes. I would like some new colors and a Crayola Rocks. I will leave some cookies for you Santa Claus. Thank you for thinking of me this Christmas.

Love, Derick

Dear Santa,I have been really good

this year. Can you please bring me some Barbies any kind will do. Also can you bring me a pair of shorts. Of course I wont wear them right now (sil-ly). I could also use some shirts too. I thank you for what all you do. Will al-ways treasure you.

Love, Angelina

Dear Santa,Thank you for the cow-

boy shirts and horses you

gave me last year. I would like a new truck and trail-er with some cowboys. My sister wants a new truck and trailer, too. My brother would like some new books about cowboys and some trucks and trail-ers, also. I will leave some gingerbread cookies and some white milk for you. P.S I would also like some books about cowboys and trucks and trailers.

Love, Ty

Kindergarten-Mrs. Lindemann

Dear Santa,I would like: fairies, a

cute little horse, a Barbie movie, princess puppy and a cat. I like Mr. Santa Claus.

Love, Bethani Spies

Dear Santa,I want to see you so

much! Please bring me an atmosphere toy and a whoopee cushion! Mer-ry Christmas! P.S please bring an owl for my mom.

Love, Mason Dane Martin

Dear Santa,Since I have been a good

girl this year could you please bring me a Disney cas register, a soomer, doc scruffiness dress-up, and a flying fairy. I will leave you milk and cookies so you will have a snack on Christmas night. I love you and have a Merry Christmas!

Love, Kylynn Ramirez

Dear Santa,I want a woch and a

xbox 360. I want a toy, and a game, and a Chrismas tree. I want for my sis-ter Jennifer a tablet and I want for my brother a rec car also I want a xbox for my sister Kaylynn.

Love, Erick

Dear Santa,7What I want for

Christmas is I want some barbies I want a new ted-dy bear and I also want a toy unicorn that talks and I also want a ginger bread man that has a bright red nose and please get me a new bike and a tinker bell blanket .a big pretty tangled doll that I can play with and a monster high doll house a dora doll too!! And I want it to snow.

Love, Abrial Reyna

Dear Santa,I would like a coloring

book with paint in it and a paint brush and a cup. I would like a toy Barbie house with a toy Barbie in it. I want a swing set with swings and slides and monkey bars. I would like a tablet with games to please. Thank you.

Love, Angelina

Dear Santa,I would like a digger,

tank truck hot wheels flat bed truck mator graden.

Love, Wyatt


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Love, Emmanuel


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The Cannon • Letters to SantaThursday, December 19, 2013 Page C11Kindergarten-Mrs. Lindemann

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph the reeinder

feeling I hope good. I want a little motorcyle, a bike, some monster trucks, and some Jordan slides, Jordan socks.

Thank you, Justin Rivera

Dear Santa,You are the best! I cant wait

for Christmas. I have tried to be a good girl even though it is hard. I would like an Itouch. I want a fun Christmas. I will leave you come m&m cookies and milk. Merry Christmas!

Love, Kenna

Dear Santa,I hope you and Mrs. Claus are

doing well and the reindeer too. I have been a good boy this year. This year I would like a bunny, a D.S, and a play car to ride in. I will have milk and cookies ready for you. Love you Santa and the elfs too!

Love, Nicholas Gonzales

Dear Santa,I was good at home. I want

an Ipod and a case. I want some make-up and a guitar. I want some clothes and shoes. I want some stuffed animals. I would love some new babies. I love you Santa.

Love, Joelee

Dear Santa,This year for Christmas all I

want is a pet snake like a baby python please! If you get this I will be good forever my mom said that you should be able to find one in the Amazon so if you fly by there before my house just pick one up from the wild its mom don’t need him. He will just be her lunch. Thank you so much in advance.

Love, Manuel Gallegos

Dear Santa,For Christmas I would like a

cat, a Barbie, tablet and a dress.Love, Layla

Dear Santa,How are you I want for you

to bring the rings for Christmas so me clothes high heels like my cousin Braulia. I want some nail polish.

Love, Juliana

1st grade: Mrs. Blundell

Dear Santa,Have I been good? I have

been rilie good this year. I’d re-ally like for you to bring me a easy bake oven and zoomer and a nerf for girls. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, Kylie Combs

Dear Santa,How are you? I have been

very good this year. I’d really like for you to bring me a snow cone machine and a telescope and scooter. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, Joslyn Hernandez

Dear Santa,Are you ready for Christmas?

I have been good this year. I’d really like for you to bring me a computer with orange. Merry Christmas.

Sincerely, Marlene Olmedo

Dear Santa,Am I on the nice list? I have

been good this year. Id really like for you to bring me a bike, goalie and a tablet. I will leave you cookies and milk!

Sincerely, Kassandra Matam-oros


very good this year. I’d really like for you to bring me a tablet, doll house and Barbie doll. Thanks Santa.

Sincerely, Abigail Reyna

Dear Santa,How are the elves? I have been

very good this year. I’d really like for you to bring me a tablet, a jump rope, and a trampoline. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, Aubrianna Ca-marillo


tried to be good. I’d really like for you to bring me dirt bike, tablet, and call of duty ghost. I love you santa!

Sincerely, Christian Cantu


been very good. I’d really like for you to bring me a kindle fire

H.D and 9i want some cars and Mario Kartz. Thank you!

Sincerely, Carlos Garcia

Dear Santa,Are you ready for Christmas?

I have been very good this year. I’d really like you to bring me a Nintendo DS, dogg (fake) toy dog, a new dress with pretty sparkles. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, Julianna Zuniga

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph? I have been

good this year. Id really like for you to bring me a xbox1, ipod touch, and wii u. I will leave you cookies and milk.

Sincerely, Eddie Perez


been very good this year. I’d re-ally like for you to bring me skiylander’s giaunts. Skiylander’s swap force and transformer. Thank you.

Sincerely, Lauro Arizpe

Dear Santa,How are the elves? I have tried

to be good. How are you? Id re-ally like for you to bring me Nabi tablet 2. I will leave you cookies and milk.

Sincerely, Michael Castillo


very good this year. I’d really like for you to bring me a diary and a new dog and ipod. Merry Christmas! Thank you!

Sincerely, Daniela Balderas


very good this year. I’d really like for you to bring me a tablet, and a DS and games. I love you!

Sincerely, Jaydon Lampkin


tried to be good. I’d really like for you to bring me a t.v, and a xbox 360 and a tablet. I love you Santa.

Sincerely, Jolie Heller

Dear Santa,How are you Santa? How is

Rudolph I have tried to be good. I really like for you to bring me a football game, tablet, a kido fire. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, Sebastian Gallegos

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph? I have been

good this year. I’d really like for you to bring me a bike, 8 second ck, and a big monster truck. I will leave you milk and cookies.

Sincerely, Beau HemmerDear Santa,How is Rudolph? Ive been

good this year. I’d really like for you to bring me cowboy stuff, a tablet, new bike.

Sincerely, Jose Gallegos

1st grade: Mrs. McCauley

Dear Santa,This year I have been good

and bad. I have been good at home and school. I have been help fule at home and school. I have been helping my grandma so far. And I help people too. I want a orenge DS with games this is what kind of games I want Supper Mario Bruds and tiple run2 and a rasing car game and tic tac tow and a Mario case and a tablit and that’s it!

Love, Germiah

Dear Santa,I love you, I want a DS game. I

want a batman, I love you. I will give you some cookies.

Love, JW

Dear Santa,This year I been doing good

with my friends and family. I want a video games, H.D game, and new super Mario. I will leave you some cookies and milk for you. Thank you, I love you Santa Claus.

Love, Joel

Dear Santa,I love you. I like you. So you

still live in the North Pole? Do you like Christmas musn? I want batman.

Love, Eli

Dear Santa,Do you still live in the north

Pole? So you still have reindeer? I want a shark that flos in the wotr. And I want I love you I will make you some cookies.

Love, Christopher

Dear Santa,Can I get a hot tub? For

Christmas can I get a ipod? Can I get a jetscee? So you still have reindeer? Do you live in the North Pole? Do you love Christ-mas? I love you.

Love, Brinley

Dear Santa,I love you, I have been good. I

want a DS, I want a Ipod, I want a toy santa, I will make you some cookies.

Love, Jackson

Dear Santa,I love you. I want a Barbie.

I want girl legos, I want a Ipad, do you like Christmas? Do you still have snow. I will give you a candy cane, I will give you some cookies, I will give you some milk.

Love, Kimberly

Dear Santa,I want a book and colors.Love, Cameron

Dear Santa,Are you making toys who is

on the nice list? I will give you some milk. I will make you some cookies. I love you, I like you. So you still live in the North Pole?

Love, Isaiah

Dear Santa,I have been good, I love you,

I like you, I want a I tab, I want a dolphin.

Love, Amber

Dear Santa,Are you building toys? I

would like to be an elf. A G.I Joe, I have been a good boy. Will you bring me a present? I love you.

Love, Ariyah

Dear Santa,I have been good, do you like

Christmas music? I will make you some cookies, I will make you some milk, I want a nurf guns, I want a ipad.

Love,Hector

Dear Santa,I will give you some milk. I

will make you some cookies. Who is on the naughty list? Area you making toys? I want a dog. Do you like Christmas music? I have been good. I want Justin Bever.

Love, Jasmine

Dear Santa,Do you still have reindeer? So

you still live in the North Pole? Are your elves working? I want legos toys, a shark, a army toy, I have been good. I will make you some milk and cookies. Do you like Christmas music?

Love, BellaDear Santa,Do you still have reindeer?

Can I have a dolhos, I want a ho-tutb, a dsi. I love you.

Love, Elizabeth

Dear Santa,You are nis, ples bring me

sum brbe dols. I wut a postr of Justin Bieber. I wat a play hors. I will lev you sum ces adb mik.

Love, Mariah

Dear Santa,I luv you. I wont a tank baby

gun. I wil giv you sum cuks.Love, PJ

Kindergarten:SampleDear Santa,I have been a really good boy

this year. I make sure to always sit criss-cross-applesauce and help others. For Christmas, please bring me a triceratops switch & go dinosaur, the imagine t-rex and all of his dinosaur friends. Also, please find a remote con-trolled submarine that actually goes under water. Thank you and please tell Rudolph hi!

Love, Connor Fogle

Dear Santa,I pod, new car, Barbie doll,

new clothes, boots, new phone, baby doll, I want Santa to come to my house.

Love, Ryan

Dear Santa,I wants toys for Christmas

and I want Hexbugs for Christ-mas”

Love, Decian

Dear Santa,I want a horse and a Barbie

and my brother wants a xbox 360 and the game he wants is wii.

Love, Danira

Dear Santa,My name is Aubree Tovar and

I have been a good girl. I would like a Barbie and horse, kindle fire, and a kitchen please. Thank you, I will leave out cookies and milk. Xoxo

Love, Aubree

Dear Santa,I have been good this year. I

want an Ipod, Doc McStuffins center and a new phone. Thank you. Please bring presents for my brothers too. I love you.

Love, Madison Sampleton

Dear Santa,I have been a good boy, can I

please have lots of toys please?Love, Anthony

Dear Santa,What I really want for Christ-

mas is Ninja Turtle toys, Spider-man, and a motorcycle, car toys, toy trucks a super Mario game and a DS a laptop a Angry bird game, shoes. Thank you very much.

Love, Fabian Contreras

Dear Santa,I have been a very good girl

this year. For Christmas this year I would like to get a wii u, a ninja turtle toy, an xbox with Call of Duty Ghost game a smurfs toy, a Nintendo ds2, a bike, a skate-board, a remote control car and a football. Thank you santa and I will leave milk and cookies our for you on Christmas Eve.

Love, Pedro

Dear Santa,My name is Adrian and i wish

for a box of chocolates for my momo and fiting robots for me my momo to play and for my momo not to be sick anymore.

Love,Adrian

Dear Santa,I would like a batman with a

cave included, a hot wheels car maker, wwe mini rubblers, and a giant batman, a play-dough ice-cream maker, a remote con-trolled car, and a cop car I can ride in!!

Love, Eden Lopez

Dear Santa,Thank you for giving presents

to all the kids. This is going to be the best Christmas. I hope it snows, take care. Santa hope you have a good Christmas. Ho Ho Ho.

Love, Fabian Ortiz

Dear Santa,Kindle fire hd, Barbie, easy

bake oven, shofia toys, doc Mc Stuffin toys, puppy, amarican doll, zebra bed speard, zebra curtains for the shower and pink zebra bow. P.S I have been a very good girl. I love you.

Love, Kloe Jean Polasek

Kindergarten: Mrs. Moore

Dear Santa,I want a 3DS and a toy. I

want a movie and a computer. I want paper and an Ipad. I want a Christmas hat and markers. I also want a marker board. I want a tissue box to blow my nose. I want a lego batman toy. I want paint and lego ninjagos. I want an elf costume, a watch, and crayons. I want an Ipod, a telescope, and some pencils. I want Star Wars legos and An-gry Birds star wars.

Love, Juan

3rd Grade: Ms. Nerada

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer? I

do not want much. Will you please give me a stuffed bul-basar? And the Toy Robo Rap-tor? Maby the lego casle drag-on set? Well that’s all.

Love, Joe

Dear Santa,How are you the reinder

and Mrs.Claus doing? So you ask what I want for Christmas! Well I want a ipad, computer, new dolls, and other stuff too. Can you ask the elves how they are and ask Rudolf too? So can you bring me surprise for Christmas? Im going to make you very very good cook-ies too. So I hope you and the reinder have a safe trip to every house and I hope you have a Merry Christmas.

Love, Kristyn

Dear Santa,How is your reindeer and

elves and Rudolph doing? Are they doing good? For Christ-mas I want a 2ds, ps4, xbox

one, and 3ds, Ipod, I phone, clothes and snow,shoes, a bell from the reindeers. How can you squeese down the chimmy with out loosing your boots? How can you get in my house? I do not have a chimny in my house.

Love, Daniel

Dear Santa,How are you? I hope it will

be snowing in Gonzales, Texas. I will be thinking about our program today and tomorrow. I will be doing on everything. I hope you and Mrs. Claus and your reindeer are okay at the North Pole. I want an ipad for me. I want a phone for my sis-ter. I hope you are okay. I hope my family is okay. I hope I am always okay. I hope that my class is always okay. I hope that everyone in the world is okay. Santa you are the best here. I hope everyone in the world has a Christmas party.

Love, Brenda

Dear Santa,How are your reindeers?

Dose rudolphs nose really light up? Santa what I really want for Christmas is a xbox 1, I phone 5s, ipod, I-pad, and a tablet. I really like lots of stuff and what I really want is a surprise from you and to see Rudolph, Com-et, Cupid and some snow! Oh and a phone. HoHoHo!

Love, Dashyla

Dear Santa,I’d like to know if rudolphs

nose really glows? Also if you really exist? Well for Christmas I’d like an Easy Bake oven, all the monster high dolls, a thing to make bracelets with rub-ber bands, and all the Bratzilla dolls. A new phone, also a new I-pad just for me. A di-ary to put secrets in p.s. with a lock. At last I’d like to ask a few more questions, if your so big how can you squeese down the chimney if its so small? What’s Mrs.Claus doing while your delivering gifts.

Love, Leslie

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer? This

year I want the new rapid strike the sneak attack. I realy want snow. I want a monster five hundred and call of duty gost. P.S. thank you for the elf on the shelf.

Love, Peyton

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer? Santa

could you give me presents? Could I have a zike? Santa I would like to have a girl Ama-racin huskie puppy, and a new 3ds with Mario Kartz. I would like to have a mp3 player and some new cloths. I would like to have snow!

Love, Ylaina

Dear Santa,How are you doing? For

Christmas I would like a L shaep coach that flods in a bed and its zeebur, a big play house that’s inside and for 8-year olds, and guitar with picks. I would like a small tv stan with 3 draws, a baton, and a swim-ming pool.

Love, Bethany

1st grade: Mrs. Lamprecht

Querido Santa,?como estan tus renos?

Gracias per los regalos del ano pasado. Esta navidad me gust aria tener una camisa de Ma-rio. Un helicoptero dr control. Un trailer de juegete.

Con amor, OmarQuerido Santa,Me he portado bien todo el

ano. ?como estan tus renos? Me gust aria que por favor si me puedes traer cosas para jugar a la doctora. Me puedes traer unas cosas para jugar a la casita.

Con amor, Vanessa Hernan-dez

Querido Santa,Me porte bienm esta navi-

dad me gusta tener un carro de policia.

Con amor, Victor

Querido Santa,?como estan tus renos? Me

he portado todo el ano bien. Esta navidad me gust aria ten-er un avion con control, una moto y un trailer.

Con amor, Uriel

Querido Santa,

?como estan tus a yudantes? Yo me he portado bien esta navidad me gust aria tener una bici y un ipad con muchos juegos y una casita.

Com amor, Jackelin

Querido Santa,Como estado tu renos y

como anestado tu duendes me e poertado bien. Prinsesas bar-bys marc adores.

Con amor, Zarely

Querido Santa,?como esta tu esposa? Esta

navidad me gusta tener un vestido y un ipad y telephone y unas botas y zapatos de futbol.

Con amor, Noelia

Querido Santa,Como as estado y como es-

tan tus duendes? Te sientes fe-liz porque ba asel navidad? Por favor me puedes trael 3 cosas como un ipad y una bisicleta y una bolsita y una bolsita. Me porto bien todo el ano.

Con amor, Mayrin

Querido Santa,Yo me porto bien todos los

anos. Yo quiero que me traigas una muneca’.

Con amor, Emely

J. Bouler - 2nd grade

Dear Santa, I am Baldomero. I am 7

years old. I want a bike and a 4 wheeler and a toy truck for Christmas because I am good. I word hard and I will try my best. I am creative when I am coloring.

Love, Baldomero

Dear Santa,My name is Javier. I am 8 yrs

old. I am kind to everybody. Can I have a play station 2. I am special I would like a xbox 360. I am good at school., Can I plese have a iphone 5?

Love,Javier

Dear Santa,My name is Andresc, I am

8 years old. I would like a scate board. I am nice to others. I would like a remote control monster treuck for Cristmas. I can help others. I want a rocit boostr. I am nice to others.

Love,Andresc

Dear Santa,My name is Aiden. I am sev-

en yrs old. Can I jplese have a for wheeler. I help people. Can I ples have a tablet? I am nice others can I have a fly helicoper with blue lits.

Love Aiden.

Dear Santa,I am Marcus and I am 7 yrs

old. I wunt a tv for Christmas and trnasformers robot man. I also wunt a truck and a skate board. I ben wanting black cops. I rily rily wunt skilenrs. I also play good with others.

Love,Marcus

Dear Santa,I want a Batro Boxer. I’ll

make a present for my fam-ily. I want a rocket ship. I will make my sister happy. I want a boxing toy. I’ll make my friends and my family and my grandparents happy. I reeeeeal reeeeely want a elf in a shelf.

Love,Alexis - age 8

Dear Santa,I am Tristan. I am 7 yrs old.

I want a tablet that way I can play with it. I want a xbox 360 and get my sister a doll house. I want a ipad that way I don’t have to share with my sisster. I will make others smile and smile and smile. I will make kids happy happy happy happy happy. I will make kids joyful.

Love, Tristan

Dear Santa,I’m Alaysia. I’m 8 yurs old.

I want an ipod for Christmas. I also want a Christmas Bar-bie. I really want a pink and green cover for the ipad. I am respectful to others. I’m thank-ful for school.. I am joyful to. I want an iphone 5 for Christ-mas. I want a crayola art stand for kids. And a big flat screen tv.

Love,Alaysia

3rd Grade: Ms. Nerada

Dear Santa,How are the elves and

Mrs. Claus? Santa I want new shoes, cloths and a computer. I want a ps4, a wii u, and a birthday party because I never had one. And a lot of present for my mom, sister, grandma, and grandpa. And the gift that I want the most is a good loveable family and money so I can by them presents instead of mak-ing them one.

Love, Chrisean

Dear Santa,How are you doing

with your elves and your reindeers find? And how is Mrs. Claws doing? Are you doing good ay the North Pole Santa? Are you ready for Cristmas Santa? I am ready for Christmas. Santa I want a ipod, and a ds. I want a soccer ball and some legos.

Love, Jose

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus?

Is she fine? Santa for Christmas I want cloths ,a I pod, a I pad, a mp3 player, and a guitar and a stuft animal. And a bike and a puppy and a pellet gun and lots of toys for Christmas.

Love, Maria

Dear Santa,How are the reindeers?

What is Mrs. Claus up to? I hope I can get snow. I hope the elves are okay. I hope that I get pres-ents. I hope that Santa comes. I whant to visit the North Pole. I hope that I get a dirt bike.

Love, Kael

Dear Santa,How are you do-

ing with the elfes and the reindeer? So you ask what do I want for Christmas? I want a game for my play sta-tion three which is ps3 in short. I want a game that is called Explor me Dunger becase I don’t now. I also want an I pad or I phone. I also want a bag of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. It has a do it your-self book and a red diary. Merry Christmas!

Love, Cristian

Dear Santa,I want to no had is

Mrs. Claus? Dear Santa, I wnt is a D.S and snow and game for my D.S and a dog and cookies and lots of gifts like I pad and some elves like you have? I like some dogs and cat and some new shoe like 7 new shoe and a computer like 8 new computer and some pu-pies and kittens and pup-pies and dad for puppies and mom for the kittens and biked and birds and reindeer and Santa have a gret Christmas and happy holiday to you.

Love, Marissa

Dear Santa,Does Rudolph really

have a red nose? And how is Mrs. Claus? Is she fine? And how are your elves? I allways wanted a telescope for Christmas, a glow in the dark foot-ball, the now airhak, a box Robot Arena, and I all saw want snow.

Love, Zamian

Dear Santa,I’d like an ipod, and

3ds. I also want one pair of Michal Jordon shoes. I also want some sneak-ers. I also want a basket-ball goal for Christmas. I also want a four wheeler for Christmas I also want a dallas cowboy hoody. I also want a piaar od dal-las cowboys pajamas. I

also want seven feet of snow! I also want some jeans for Christmas.

Love, Tyrann

Dear Santa,How is the reindeer?

Dear Santa I want a d3, and snow and games. I want a new tv and a bike. Santa claws will you buy six computer. I want a brid house. I wunt a lot of gifts and shoe. I want a play house and a tv. I wunt a telescope. I want a doll and a toy house. I want a xbox 360, and a swim pool. Have a great Christmas happy holi-day.

Love, DeAdrain

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus do-

ing? Is she fine? How are the reindeer’s fine. I can put some cookies for you come and eat them when ever you want. I will surprise you when you come inside my house. I will give you some cook-ies and milk and pres-ents. How is the North Pole doing? Is it fine? How are they good? Are the elves doing hard at there wrok? Santa chris-mas is my favit holiday. Snow is my favit season in the world. I have three gifts from you arody. Im going to give you a let-ter with the cookies and milk. Can you give me a ipad, computer, phone?

Love, Carla


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Dear Santa, How are you this year?

Can you please get my dog peanut back he ran away. And a cj spiller, football jersey and an ipad air and an xbox one with 4 games. And some snow lots of it.

Love,Jaydon BlackwellDear Santa,For Christmas I would

like a iphone and a new ds. I would also like a out-fit for my puppy and oh a apple.

Love,Ashlee JalufkaDear Santa,I like how jolly you are

it meas me so happy. I want a xbox one and call of duty ghoust pack and fall out 2.

Love,Joshua VegaDear Santa,Are you doing good? I

hope you are doing good? I’m 8 years old. What I want for Christmas is an ipod touch and a mini pad and a biger gun.

Love,HaydenDear Santa,How are you doing?

How are your raindeer? I will like a new gun a new football and a kazow and some snow. How is your Christmas so far? Gushers and 5 bags.

Love,Corben WolffDear Santa,How are you up at the

north pole. How are you up at the north pole? How are the raindeers? How is Miss Clause? How are the elfs? For Christmas this

year I will want a iphone 5, nabi, ipad, doll house, and wii 2. But what I re-ally want is snow.

Love,Leslie OrdunaDear Santa,Hi how are you? I have

been very good. I been cleaning up my room. How are your reindeer? How is it up there? How is Mrs. Clause? How is the weather up there? Are your elfs ok? For Christ-mas this year I want a iphone 5s. I would also like a nabi. The last thing I want is a laptop, I will also

leave you cookies.Love,Noraiyah GallegosDear Santa,Santa how are you do-

ing? Are you doing a lot of hard work and your elfs are packing a lot toys this Christmas. For Christmas I will like some new video games.

Love,CarlosDear Santa,What are you doing?

I am good I will get you some cookies and milk. How is Mrs. Claus I want a self present, I want a ps3

and a toy. I want a crow 1 like klats crow I want a iphone 5. And a bike and nike shorts and a peair of shoes and a 500 psn and an ipad.

Love,Michael B.Dear Santa,How is it up there how

are the raindeers are that are they being good or in trouble. Are the elves helping you out are they helping you. How is Miss claus doing? And Santa are you eating a lot of cookies and are they good chocolate chip and are

you wearing boots? Are you sleeping good. Santa I want a xbox, a kindle, a ipad a iphone 5. It will be great to have a phone I love you Santa you to Miss Claus I love both the raindeers the elfs I love yall have a nice Christmas I wish I can see you I will give you a big hug.

Love,JosephDear Santa,How are you this year? I

am good. I hope you make it safe. For Christmas this year I would like a football and a new remote control helicopter. What I really really want for Christmas is a playstation.

Love,JuanDear Santa,How are you? I’m try-

ing to behave and be good. Santa I want the headphones that have the songs in them. And tell the elves that I said hi! They are working very hard. You are very nice, I’m very happy your de-livering presents to kids. Merry Christmas.

Love,GregoryDear Santa,For Christmas I would

like transformers, star stream, been me up ship, swich and pines. Kit-ten, snow anything in transormers even if the dark of the moon.

Love,Devon ChavezDear Santa,How you been? I been

good for Christmas. I want a ds 3d and a kin-dle. If you can give me a phone? And Merry

Christmas.Love,Bryan CabreraDear Santa,How is tour elfs? How

is the raindeer? How are you and Mrs. Claus? For Christmas I want is walk-ing dead vole game for xbox 360. I want some shoes and clothes and socks. I want some books and a leap pad, also a kin-dle. Hello Kitty Doll and some hello kitty shoes.

Merry Christmas Love,Jazlynn Rodriguez--Dear Santa,How are you doing in

the north pole? I hpe that you will get me easy bake for Christmas and some clothes that has hello kitty dizin on it. And I would like to have lep pad and a Barbie house and a hello kitty doll and a hello kitty shoe and that’s all. Have a Merry Christmas.

Love,Alexis OntiverosDear Santa,How are you doing on

the North pole? I hope you get me a Barbie doll and a pink house that coms with the Barbie doll and it will come with a Barbie car that’s pink and really pretty.

Love,Jennifer GonzalesDear Santa,I like how jolly you are it

makes me so happy. This Christmas I would like a 3ds with lego city chase and call of duty ghost part 2 for a ninter or xbox, and chocolate. Thank you.

Love,Donovan Boljon

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Dear Santa,How have you bin Santa?

I have bin good Santa. I like sum game for Christmas Santa. I hop you have a nice trip home.

Love,Sebastian

Dear Santa,I hop you have a graet

trip. I want a socroet ball, football and a bike for Christmas. How have you been Santa Claus? I hop you have a Happy Christ-mas.

Love, Kris Reyna

Dear Santa,How had the raindeer

been? Can you please get me a compute? And a new Jacket? Santa can you please get me a bike? Santa I need some bg’s Please? Santa please get me some boots that are blue boots. Please the boot toe? Please get me some snow boots? Can you get me an I Pad and a MP3 please? Santa get me a Xbox 360? I would like some cloths to?

Love,Serenity

Dear Santa,How have you been this

year? I’m tryint to be a good girl so I can get Pres-ents. I relly want it to snow. For Christmas I want a Doll and a Dollhouse, some new shoes, some PJ’s and boots.

Love,Ashley

Dear Santa,I will like for Christmas

is a Justice card, some more pj and for by bed I’ll like new blanks. And for my dog pleas get him siek toy. My mom will like a new purse and a wach. My dad will like a new wolit and my sissy will lome some prfum and a wolt. My sis-sy dog will like a siek toy. Thank you.

Love, Samantha Alaniz

Dear Santa,How have you Bean?

Well I Bean good this year. This year I want toy playen set and a toy train set. Have a good time.

Love,Cason

Dear Santa,How are you this year?

How are the Reindeer? I’v been realy good this year! I am realy glad that Christ-

mas is comeing soon. I am trying to behave! What I want for Christmas are a pare of Roller Skates, a Bike, a horse and a puppy for hunting int the woods. I hope you can get here on time for the children of the world. Oh and one more thing I want snow lots of drifting snow. Mabie one foot, two feet or three feet of snow? I would also like a new Jaket. I want it to be a nice and big Jaket that fits me.I would like a I phone to. I wont it to be pink.

Love,Lana Dalton

Dear Santa,How is your year? I’v

been tring to be good. Can I have Heros of Middle earth and a Wiii, a Lugia toy from Pokemon, and a rain deer, a pokemon and a Lugia card pack.

Love,Jadon Medina

Dear Santa,I want a X Box for

Christmas and a IPad are the most I want is to go to the North Pole to see San Claus and I want a Iphone for Christmas.

Love,Daniel Ray Gonzalez

Dear Santa,I want a Xbox 360 for my

room. I want Infinity for Xbox 360. I would also like Black Ops 2, but the thing I want most of all is for my grandma to get better.

Love,Kobey Glass

Dear Santa,How are you? I am good

Santa. For Christmas I want clos from justes. I want a new bike please.I want games but the bord games pleas. I want some toy’s but girls cine please. I want some snow cones. How is misis clos? Santa tell misis clos tate the has the best Santa clos of all pleas.

Love,Yazmin

Dear Santa,For Christmas this year

I would love to have magic ballriena shoes because I am a ballriena. I would like to have a new bike that got Barbie pichturs. I would like to have a pink micker-phone. What I really want is snow! I been very good and I hope you have a good Christmas!

Love,Belinda Seng

Dear Santa,How have you bein do-

ing this time of year Santa? Santa can I have mincraft for Christmas? Can I even have some snow and a air hug for Christmas? Can I even have a game for my brother?

Love,Zaiten Carranza

Dear Santa,For Christmas I would

like a new video game. I would like some new cloths and some shoes. I want a labtop too and a bag of chips too. I always wished to have a Michle Jordan shoes. Thank you Santa!

Love,Rafael

Dear Santa,How have your raindeer

doing this past year? How long does it take to give kids there presents? Can I have a shirt for Christmas?

Love,Aaron Rivera

Dear Santa,How have you been

this year Santa Claus! For Christmas this year I like some clothes for me and some video games and I will some Hello Kitty socks.

Love,Nancy

Dear Santa,I’ve tried to be good thes

year’s? So for Chrismas I want a Easy Bake Oven, and a Cake Pop Maker? A Bar-bie doll house with dolls? A new doll car. A new phone? And be careful when you deliver the presents? Me and my mom might make cookies and get some milk. Marry Christmas?

Love,Mercedes

Dear Santa,I like a laptop and a Doll

to and a cat and a candy and candy and toy and a pie.

Love, Monica

Mrs. Belin2nd Grade

Dear Santa,I have been a good boy

this year. I helped my mom. For Christmas, I would like to have a call of Duty Ghost. Merry Christmas!

Love,San Juan


this year. I been a good friend to my class mate. For Christmas I would like to have a Xbox 306, A Call of Duty II and Call of Duty Ghost. My real gife is with my fam-ily. I will leave Mikl and Cookes.

Love,David Gonzalez


this year. I help to wash the dishes. For Christ-mas I would like to have a Iphone, a Ipad and cow girl stuff. I will leave you milk and cookes.

Love,Haley


this year. I been a good

boy to my brother. I will like a computer and a Ipad and a bike. I will gev you sum milk and cook-ies.

Love,Jesus Huerta


this year. I have helped my friend and been a good boy. For Christmas I would like to have a Ipod.

Love,Matthew


this year. I have been kind to my friends. I have been helping my mom. For Christmas I would like to have a phone and plelows and hermit crab, $12, stompeez, Pj’s, zoomers,

$21, Barbie, inten-dode5, and an elf. Merry Christmas.

Love,Kendra


this year. I would like to have an Iphone and an 3DS. And IPad and the think want my family to come together. Merry Christmas.

Love,Max


this year. I would like to have a ipad and a 3ds and a soft dog and a bike and a computer and 12 dollars and a loom wonders. And how are the raindeer do-ing? I will leve you cook-kies and milke. I want a iphone and a stuffed animals. Mary Christmas Santa.

Love,Madison


to my brother this year. I will give you milk and cookies for you Santa. Please give me a buzz light year toy. Please give me a ben ten wacth game. Please give me a 3 dis. Please give me a Ipad. Please give me a bicycle. Please give me a com-puter. Please give me a zoomer dog. Please give me a phone.

Love,Elias

Dear Santa,I have been a good

girl. I will be responsible. Santa I believe that you are real. What I want for Christmas is an Ipad and a computer. Santa is good to peple. I have been a good helper. Santa is so kind to peple.

Love,Courdas


this year. I want an ipod and shoes ad loop won-ders for making bracelet and pajams and phone and a hamster. Can I please have all these things?

Love,Dakota Navejar


this year. I have been good to my brothers. For

Christmas I would like to have a laptop and Call of Duty Ghost.

Love,Benjamin Seker


this year. I help my mom and dad. I would like a R.C Helicpoter and a zoomer and a PSP and a Iphones and some PJ’s.

Love,Cox


this year. I have been good to my mom and cousins. For Christmas, I would like to have a gaixy tab 3, Xbox, one hamster and a Xbox 360.

Love,Rocky

Dear Santa,I’ve been a good boy

this year. I’ve been good to my brother, mom, Mark. For Christmas I would like to have 20 transformers, Loom Wander, Hot Wheels, Shirts, books, shoes, pants, Xbox 360, Xbox 1, Xbox 3. I will leave you cookies.

Love,Tristan

Dear Santa,I have been a good gril

this year. I would like to have a doll house, some playdogs and cats too. I want a Ipod, a elf, a ta-blitt, a real dog and cat, a hamster and Barbie and a jeep and a cat too. I will give you some colitap cookie and milk.

Love,Denise Navarro

Dear Santa,I have been a good to

my mom and Dad. For Christmas I wold like to have a phone, Ipad, Manster High Boots, loop wonders for making bracelets and elf.

Love,Tanisha


this year. I have been nice to my friends. I have good or gards win I’m on the computer. I help my win she needs son-mthing. So could I have a 3DS XLs and a DSI Xl, and 4 Ds and a windo8 iphone and a Ipad and a mule and Wii and a Call of Duty Ghost and man of steel.

Love,Anthony Nesloney

Mrs. Janacek – 3rd grade

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus is she

ok? I want you to give me a computer and 2ds and a wii u.

Love,Michael Molina

Dear Santa,How is the reindeer? For

Christmas I want a Nin-tendo with Mario karts 8 and a wii u and with Mario brosuan ugie gras u and lego blue dimond, set and a lego rescure set an ipad 3, an lego board game dcity alarm and last but not least tech the robotic puppy.

Love,Justus

Dear Santa,How are your elves and

reindeer. Oh now I would like heelies, skylanders swap force and a big been bag chair. I would also like a tablet, 40 dollar itunes card and a tablet case. Also I’d like the book Santa comes to Texas and snow. I will leave you some cook-ies.

Love,Layne

Dear Santa,How is Miss Claus? I

would like a xbox one. I would like a chimney. I would like some games I would a computer I want a sleigh. I want a ps4, I would like some slipers. I would like a dog. I would want some books. I want a reindeer.

Love,Kaylynn Mendez

Dear Santa,I want a gifts plastion

4 one game want a xbox and some games and some snow.

Love,Aaron

Dear Santa,How has Mrs. Claus and

the reindeer been I bet the elves have been working very hard. Santa for Christ-mas I want some snow. I also want a new bike. I want a new 3ds. I want a ps4. I want a new phone. I want a new Ipod. I want a Ipad, I want some socks. I want some new ds games. I want a xbox one. I want a cat. I will make you some cookies.

Love, Chelsea


Claus doing? Well this what I want toys, clothes, shoes a swing set. I wish I can have a nuther dog. I know that you ahd a eye on me. Oh also I want snow. And when you go down the cheminy you will see cookies.

Love,Anahi

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I

want mind craft for xbox 360. I want the new grand theft auto for xbox 360. I want call of duty ghosts for xbox 360.

Love,Dalton

Dear Santa,How are the elves be-

ing Santa are they doing great. How have you been Santa you probly feeding the reindeers. I want for Christmas is a ipad a ta-blit and a puppy and boots pink and brown. I want a iphone five please. Santa I am nine years old. I will put some cookies for you. I want snow please.

Love,Aracely


good? Yes or no I abet she is good am. I rite. I hope she is good you to santa do to have someone to fly the sleigh I hope you have a good Christmas you to Mrs. Claus.

Love,Cole Boothe

Mrs. Janacek – 3rd grade

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph and

all the reindeer up at the north pole. Santa I would like a pink mat so I can do back hand springs. Santa I would like a lot fo stuff animals and the book Santa is coming to Texas. Santa I want a trampoline for Christmas. Santa I will have cookies and milk for you. Santa I want a iphone 5 please Santa. Santa I am 9 years old please and some snow.

Love,Morgan


reindeer. How are you. How is Mrs. Claus. For Christmas this year I would like an xbox one. P.s Did you know im an elf in my Christmas Program.

Love,Cooper

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer

and elves? I want a dog for Christamas. I want a computer. I want rainbow loom. I want a desk. I want a lamp. I want a phone. I want an ipad mini. I really want stuff to play school. I want new curten. I really want charter books.

Love,Kamrynn

Dear Santa,What do all the reindeer

do with all there time off? What do the elves do while you are away? How do you and Mrs. Claus feed the reindeer? For Christ-mas I want Zoomer, mega marble run, lego city fire boat, lego city mine set, marble run, iphone, ford f350 modle atm boots and some snow.

Love,Brendon

Dear Santa,For Christmas I wunt

a ds and a ipad and some new toys and some sock and a new book to read and some snow and some new pants and new shoe and a big white bear from Walmart and a computer.

Love,Mariana


the reindeer? For Christ-mas I want is a doll house for my toys. I would have is lots of snow for Christ-mas and a doll with a baby with a car. I want is a t-shirt that says my name on it. I wish I can see you with Mrs. Claus and the reindeer with the elves. Also, I want is a Iphone 5. Also a toy bed for the doll you are going to give me for Christmas. My baby sister could have a t-shirt that says her name. So for

my baby brother is some toys. P.s. I would leave you cookies.

Love,Maria

Dear Santa,How is the elves? Santa

how are you? Santa how are the reindeer? How is Mrs. Claus? Santa how does the reindeer fly? San-ta I want a controller for ps3. I want a Iphone 5c, Santa I want two control-lers for xbox 360.

Love,Dustin


good. I want you to give me a sew machine and a wonderloom. I want a knitting machine. I love you Santa Claus. You’re the best. I want my gifts to be a surprise.

Love,Trinity

Dear Santa,How are you and the

reindeer. I want like some maroon rainbow loom bracelets please. I want also like a book to teach me how to make animals please. I want also like a miny pad3, with the new update please. I would also like the animals to have big eyes please. I want also like a zebra and teckors cace for my Ipad3 please. I would also like a sic ace

for my phone please. I would also like school and teacher stuf please. I want also like a new bed for my dogs and stocking for my dogs please. I would also like a desk please. I would also like head bend that looks like Paris. I would also like some underareer stuf please. I would like a iphone 5 please. I would also like some new toys for my dogs please. P.s. and some snow.

Love,McKenzie


some toys and a xbox1 and a playstion 4 and a computer and I hope that Rudolph and all the other reindeer are ok and when you come I will make sure that I put cookies and milk out for you and a 3ds and a psp and everything thank you for what you can re-member what I wanted.

Love,Ryan

Dear Santa,How are you, whats your

favorite tipe of cookie. I want to know how is ev-eryone at the north pole? I want a 3ds, lavigis man-chen and a new bike a dog that will not grow and a new games.

Love,Adrian

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Dear Santa, How is Mrs. Claus and you.

May I have a ipod and a xbox 360 and a play house and skylanders swap force. I will leave cookies for you hope you have a good Christ-mas.

Love, Kilee Schwausch – age 6

Mrs. Braeuer Pre-KDear Santa,I would like a Barbie house with

8 barbies. Also 12 barbie jeeps. I want a scooter with a helmet. I want a cat and a doll and a dog doll. I love you, Santa. Thank you for my presents.

Love,Josh

Dear Santa,I would like a spiderman for

Christmas. I want a fire turck with a man. A halo man II and a bat-man x-box. I have been good and help my Grandma clean.

Love,Dalyn

Dear Santa,I want a doll and I want a robot.

My brother, prince, wants a spi-derman. I want a little box. Please bring my grandma a braclet and a butterfly, I would like the pup-pet “Ollie” like we have in class. A zebra would be nice. I would like an elephant and a gold fish. Thank you.

Love,Tacaira

Dear Santa,How are you? I want blue col-

ors, a basket ball, a football and a blue truck. Bring my brother a blue truck also. My mom wants a white jacket. Thank you Becareful!

Love,Braylen

Dear Santa,How are you doing? Are you

glad you have to go back to work? I have been working very hard to stay off the naughty list. Can you please bring me a train set. I love trains and can you please bring me a ladder my size so I can help my dad work outside? If it is not to much trouble can you bring me a house that I can play in outside please. I will leave cookies and milk for you. Please drive safely.

Love,Issac

Dear Santa,I hope you are doing well. Did

you get plenty of rest? I have been a really good girl this year. Can you please bring me a princess Barbie doll? Can she also come with a Barbie car please? Also can you bring me a lamp lease for my bedroom and a Barbie so I can read myself to sleep because I will be too excited to go to sleep. Don’t worry I will leave you cookies and milk.

Love,Khleo

Dear Santa,I want a Barbie and toys, I want

an elephant. I would like a Christ-mas tree for my mom and dad t.g. want a book, cars and my sister wants a baby toy her name is Mar-ea. I want a new jacket. Thank you.

Love,Malasiat

Dear Santa,I want a ball, an army man, a x-

box game, a cop car and a fire en-gine. Can you bring my mommy a flower. My brother would like a necklace. Hello Santa Claus.

Love,Mark

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I am doing

great. I hope you are getting plenty of rest for your big day coming up. If it is not to much trouble I would like you to bring me a sparkley scooter to ride also I would like a sofia the first castle for Christmas. My mom says I need clothes but hopefully my aunt will get me that. I hope you will be coming to see me soon. Please becareful on Christmas and I hope you and the reindeers will be safe.

Love,Camryn

Dear Santa,I love Santa Claus. I want a

motorcycle and a spider. I want a fire truck and a bracelet. Can you bring my dad some lights for the house? Can I have a ride on your sleigh?

Love,Valenn

Dear Santa,

How have you been? I have been a very good girl this year. I have been nice to my friends Can you bring me a doll house and some barbies with it please. Also if it is not to much trouble I would also like a baby doll so I can be as special as my mommy. Thank you for doing what you do. I promise to leave cookies for you and carrots for the reindeer. I hope you have a safe travel this Christmas.

Love,Shiloh

Dear Santa,How cold is it where you work?

How hot is it over here? I want a scooter for Christmas. I would like a kitchen set with food. Can you bring my mom a turtle braclet? My brother Davion wants a John Cena toy. I want a Barbie and a dora house. How are you? Hi and Bye! Thank you.

Love,Jayal

Dear Santa,Ho!Ho!Ho! Thank you for my

present. Thank you for my toy. I want an owl for Christmas I would also like some colors, a marker, and a book. A phone would be nice. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Love,D’Laine

Dear Santa,How have you been doing? I

have been doing a good job being good. Can you please bring me a lunch box for Christmas? I could really use one, also can you please bring me a puppy. I don’t think my parents will mind since it is from you.

Love,Maurico


deer doing? I am doing great. For Christmas can you bring me an xbox and a tv also can you please bring me a duck dynasty pillow and a duck dynasty blanket bed-ding. Can you bring me some nin-ja turtle action figures? Please be careful when you land your sleigh on my house because I’ll be sleep-ing. Thank you for what you do and I will leave cookies out for you.

Love,Tristan

Dear Santa,Hope you have gotten plenty

of rest. I have been working re-ally hard on being good this year. Could you please bring me a doll house for Christmas? I would also like a Dora the explorer doll please. Oh and one more thing I would like a purple watch. Thank you for all you and the elves do. I hope you like chocolate chip cookies and chocolate milk. I will also leave carrots out for the reindeers.

Love,Kinsley Voigt

Mrs. Gallardo - Second Grade Class

Dear Santa,How are you Santa? For

Christmas I want a Purse, Wallet, Concert Tickets and a Fathead. I wish for Peace on Earth!

Love,Maria Perkins

Dear Santa,How are your reindeer? For

Christmas I would like an I PadA, 3 DSXL, and an X Box 360. I wish for everyone to have a wonderful Christmas!

Love,Bryan Izaguirre


Christmas I would like a concert tickit for 1D, a 1D pillow and 1D Fathead. I wish everyone a good Christmas!

Love,Marina Camarillo

Dear Santa,How are your elves? How are

your reindeers? For Christmas, I would like a trampoline. I would wish happiness for everyone.

Love,Brieahna Muniz Dear Santa,Santa, how is your brother

Fred? Santa for Christmas I would like a cosmic pegasus. galazy pegasus, and Leon. I wish for a Happy Christmas for every-one.

Love,Aiden Noyola

Dear Santa,How are you doing? For Christ-

mas I want a motorized car, an I Pad, TV, Backpack, Trampoline,

Bike, Phone, Clothes, and Shoes. I wish happiness on earth! And I hope that they have a great time!

Love,Tyra Durst


mas, I would like some legos, an I tune card, and an Iphone. I wish for peace on earth for everyone!

Love,Lily Escobedo

Dear Santa,How are your elves doing? I

would like a water gun, a Blade Blade battle set, and a surprise gift. I wish for peace in the world!

Love,Elijah Martin

Dear Santa,How are your reindeer? For

Christmas I want a bike, necklace, and an American Girl doll. I wish everyone to be happy when they open up their presents.

Love,Briana Dalton


mas, I want to have new shoes, a new backpack and a new shirt. I wish for happiness for everyone.

Love,Alberto Torres

Dear Santa,Santa, I hope you are okay. San-

ta I want blade bade, I want a re-mote toy car, I want a scooter with Nerf gun, new Halo people and a computer. I wish for all children to have fun.

Love,Mauricio Lerma

Dear Santa,How are your reindeer and

you? For Christmas, I want an American Girl doll and a kareoke. I wish everyone a Merry Christ-mas!

Love,Lilleann Parsons

Dear Santa,Is it cold in the North Pole?

For Christmas, I want a nerf gun. I wish for everyone to have good luck.

Love,Robert Almaguer

Dear Santa,How are you? I am good. For

Christmas I would like a box of spirals, a box of wooden butterflies that you can paint on, and a box of markers. I would like to let the people be blessed.

Love,Abbie Villanueva

Dear Santa,How have you been? For

Christmas. I want a remote heli-copter and boat. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

Love,Hayden Lopez

Dear Santa,How are you? for Christmas I

want a bavy blade, a cosmic peg-sus, a galaxy pregasus, the movie Clash of the Titans, and Fane Leon. I wish for joy.

Love,Jace Rodriguez


Christmas, I would like cute shoes and art box. I wish for world peace and happiness for all people.

Love,Natalie Garcia

Mr. Molina’s - Fourth Grade Class

Dear Santa,How are you doing, and I

have some questions. How do you make the reindeers fly? How are things with Mrs. Claus, and the elves? Santa can you please get me a I phone 5, and a I pad if I am good this year. Santa can you please make sure that every child in the world gets a pres-ent, because some children don’t have any clothes, and please give them jackets. Santa can you please get me some pairs of shoes. Santa please just make sure that kids get their presents.

Love,Kassidy Leal

Dear Santa,On Christmas I want my

grandma and grandpa to come because I haven’t seen them in a long time. I also want a flutterby fairy, laptop, and a cellphone. I want all kids to get toys. I want my sister to get Princess, our cat back, she ran away. I also

want her to get a laptop. I want my mom to get high heels, and dresses (long one). I want my dad to get tools, cap, and cloth-ing. Santa do you have children? How do you fit in the chimney? How old are you? What’s your favorite type of cookie? Do the elfs have pointy ears? Do you have newspapers at the North Pole? I’ll have cookies on Christ-mas for you.

Love,Jacquiline Vazquez

Dear Santa,Does Mrs. Claus make you

cookies and milk? Has the Grin-ch eve stole Christmas before? For Christmas I would realy like a special gift for my mom. Please make sure every child that can’t get a present, and would you please give them a present. All I want for Christmas is the best Christmas ever.

Love,Nata;o Rangel

Dear Santa,How do reindeer fly? Do

the elfs ever get a break? Is Mrs. Claus ok? Did the Grinch ever stole Christmas? All I want for Christmas is my family to come to my house and have a merry christmas. I want a I Pad touch and a toy unicorn. We don’t have a chimney so please come by the door.

Love,Briana Puenez

Dear Santa,I would like to know how

do reindeer fly in the sky! For Christmas I would like an I pad! but what I really whant is for ev-erybody to have the best Christ-mas ever. Santa I whant a barbie house. Santa Cluase I would wish for a bike and a snowglow. Santa I would like the Just Dance 4 2014 the game. Santa a would like a photo of you and the rein-deer. Santa I want clothes and monster hight boll and a com-puter and wii.

Love,Belinda Almazan

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want the Dal-

las Cowboys retro gloves and the crazy cart. And I want other kids to get presents.

Love,Damian Longoria

Dear Santa,I wont to get a baby sister for

Christmas, my Mom says no more cheldren, but it is just me, and my brother. Santa have you every seen the grinch. Do you have kids if you do what their name? I wont a phone. I don’t carde whut phone. For my baby brother a batman house. He has been woting one of thouse seens it come out.

Love,Kaitlyn Valle

Dear Santa,I want a diamond for my

mom. I would also like the iphone 5 because I don’t have a phone. I also want a tablet. Please Santa, bring me these things.

Love,Rene Olivo

Dear Santa,I want some clothes and some

barbies so I can play with. And a toy car and please. I want some pants. And I want a shirt ahnd pants of the grinch. And some shoes of santa claus. And make sure you give everyone a gift.

Love,Maria V.

Dear Santa,Can I please have a I Pad

for Christmas and some sock please. So Santa how are you and Mrs. Claus doing? What does Mrs. Claus do and what do you do? How are the reindeer doing. Can I please have the beats.

Love,Trinity Barr

Dear Santa,How are the elves doing? Are

they making the presents? I want a ipad, a monster high doll, the house of monster high with the dolls celo, Abbly. claudeen, a journal that has a cat and dog on it, and a game for my wii. Merry Christmas Santa! Oh, and make sher they give all the presents to all the kids.

Love,Lisbet Alvarez

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus. For

Christmas I would like a Biani-

coi of Brian Attack Surge. For other people around the world would like presents. I would like another Bionicoi Brain Attack Mason Bolt and the game ussa-sin creepy black flag game and a assasin creek 4 action figure (Edward).

Love,Jose Gomez

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus, how are

the reindeers. Put in a good wors for me ok. I’ve been recognzing the presents you’ve been leav-ing us, hope you bring us more. Well I have a favor for you will you bring my mom some more prezents. I would aprishiate if you did, oh can you bring me some to just alittle bit more. If your answer is yes I would really like some legos if your awnser is no, no hard fellings ok.

Love,Juan Diego Martinez

Dear Santa,I wish you can give a present

to everyone in the earth. Then you will give me a go cart and a phone and a BB gun to Juan then my other brother Martin a PSP and my little brother Alejandro a trampoline and my mom a per-fume and my dad a truck.

Love,Jose Castaneda

Dear Santa,For Christmas I what pres-

ents. But first I am going to ask you some questions. How do the reindeer fly? Does Mrs. Claus make cocoa for you? For Christ-mas I want a DS, a new game for our wii of Mario, a remote toy car, a Nerf gun, a football, and the game Call of Duty Ghost. Say Hi to Mrs. Claus for me and Happy Christmas!!

Love,Luis Rodriguez

Dear Santa,How do you fit in a chimney?Love,Jaylen

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want a I

phone 5. I want a go cart. How do you get your reindeer to fly? I want the new Call of Duty Ghost for my xbox. Mr. Claus do you got a dog? I want a DS. I want a I pad. A nurf you lite mesh gun. I want a 4 weeler. I hope ether kids git presints.

Love,Weston Pape

Dear Santa,For Christmas I wont a puppy

because me and my sister are bord sometime, and I think a puppy is great. My cousin has a puppy and she never gets bored. I just don’t wont a puppy. I wont my brother too come for Christ-mas. But if you can’t it is ok to me. All I wont is eveyone to be together for Christmas.

Love,Evelyn Gonzalez

J. Bouler - 2nd grade

Dear Santa,I want a dirt bike. I want a toy

horse, I will try my best, I will be helpful to my family. At School I will be good. I will be helpful to my friends. I will do my best. I will not be bad. I am 7 yrs old. I want Tommy back he helpful. And angel to us all.

Love,Angel

Dear Santa,I want a ipad for Christmas. I

want a computer for Christmas too! I want a mustic telephone to. I’ll be nice to others. I’ll try my best. I’ll try to be kind to oth-ers. I’ll be nice to you Santa. I like you ho ho ho and your presents. You are good. You give us plenty of gifts and you have a lot of elfs. Tommy is a very good elf. He is quiet and nice. You and Mrs. Claus and the elfs.

Love,Hannah

Dear Santa,I am doing much better. I am

7 yrs old. School is fun! I got an elf on the shelf at the house tell Rudolph I said hi my friends are nice to me at school tell tomy elf Mrs. Boulers class said hi I love my elf lola elf. Also when can I have a new bike. I want a new dress. A pokadot one that is all kind of cloths.

Love,Bella

Dear Santa,

I will want a new ipad. At school I will pepet my teacher and my family. I wll make new friends. I try my best at school. I will be good at school. I will be helpful for my brother. I do what my mom and dad says. I will like a 3ds and a xbox for christams please. I love school. I hope I get the elf back at school I will be good at school. I will be the elf back in my class. I like the elf back he is a good elf. I Love Tommy so much Merry Chris-tams Santa and Tommy.

Love,Alex

Dear Santa,I am 8 years old. I want a big

car. I am responsible. I love you Santa and Mrs. Bouler. I love Christmas to. I like to work. I want a iphone and a new jap-plen. I like to color. I love you Santa and Mrs. Bouler.

Love,Haliey

Dear Santa,I am 7 yrs old my name is

Jamyia. I want a iphone 5 for Christmas. I behave good. I’m always on time to school. I am funny. I want a new back pack and clothes. Santa can I see Ru-dolph in Miss Claus please. I will have you some milk and cook-ies. Ho ho ho can Tommy come back please Santa he is so cute. Santa you come to please give me a cool bike, please Santa can you buy me a fake Santa please in the most thang of all is I lov eyou so much santa I love you to come to me and Alex, Macy and just come to every body in my class.

Love, Jamyia

Dear Santa,I am abby I am 8 yrs old. Can

I have a ipod plese? I will be good every day. I will be nice every day. I will make people happy I will like a scooter to please. I will look for Tommy every day. I will like a real dog one day. I will be good at home.

Love,Abby

Dear Santa,I’m Andres. I 7 yrs old. Some-

times I am nice and funny and smart. I want something for Christmas. I want a xbox one and a chapter book for Christ-mas. I would like a ds game. This si the letter for Santa you are cool Santa you are nice to people be-cause you give presents to kids. You are a good person.

Love,Andres

Dear Santa,I am Macey I am 7 rs old. I am

very kind. I am very thought-ful about you. I am very good. I want a ipad. I want elsas dress and her powers too. I want a zoomer I will be good at school I love you santa. Ho ho ho Merry Christmas Santa Claus say hi to all of your raindeer even Ru-dolph red nose raindeer. Ps I want a real horse for Christmas

Love,Macey

Dear Santa. I am Israel. I am 7 yrs olde. I

will be happy. I will be good. I will be nice. Santa I want a ipad and an xbox 360 the game I want for the xbox 360 is wwe I would like a elf on the shelf.

Love,Israel - ho ho ho

Dear Santa,I just want to say thank you for

everything you have given me and my sister Tenley and my mommy and daddy. We have so much to be thank ful for. My sister really really really wants jewelry and make up even though she is still little she wants to dress up like my mom-my. For my mommy please bring her a massage and a pedicure she is on her feet alot working and my daddy please bring him a new pair of boots so he doesn’t have to glue them together anymore he works soooo hard and I think he deserves them. For me I just want some music toys I love mu-sic - don’t worry about hair bows my mommy makes all mine and my sisters and they are big ones too. Please becareful and tell Mrs. Claus I said hi and all the reindeers and elves to. I will leave you some milk and cookies there will be alot since it will be from me and my sister. I love you Santa.

Love,Tessa Matias

Mr. Molina’s - Fourth Grade Class

Dear Santa,How dose your reindeer

fly jas the getch stoll christ-mas. I want a soccer ball, Legos, cars, and I want a special Christmas and my family not to fight, just have a good time and let the kids get toys. And let the grown ups talk and the kids play in the room. I want some ippines. I want a I phone 5. I want the kids to have a good time. I want me and my cousin and family and sisters to have a good time together.

Love,Devin Molina

Dear Santa,How did you get your

name. How do reindeers fly. I want a diamond for my mom. I want a watch for my dad. I want a Chicago Bulls watch, a dog tag that has Jordan in diamonds, a Michael Jordan jersey and shorts, headphone that has a Chicago Bull on it. Oh and Santa have a good Merry Christmas.

Love,Jalen Soto

Mrs. Tatsch’s ClassDear Santa,My name is Noah, I

would like for you to bring me a new I pad and a toy tow truck and a dancing doll for my sister Zoey. And I will save you some chocolate milk and cook-ies. See you Christmas.

Love,Noah

Dear Santa,I would like a new Iron-

man Toy. I would also like a new black widow toy and spiderman toy and a Cat-women toy also sky land-ers and last thing would be a new tablet my old one broke. Last I would like for it to snow.

Love,Isaiah NavejarFourth Grade

Dear Santa,I would like a wii and flat

screen TV, Go Krat, clothes and shoes. For everybody in the world to have a bless happy holiday.

Love,Jayran SampletonFourth Grade

Dear Santa,My name is Joey Garcia.

I’ve been a really good boy this year. What I want for Christmas is a wii V, legos and games for my DS.

Love,Joey GarciaSecond Grade

Dear Santa,I want Legos, Dinosaurs

and 1000 Thomas movies. IU want 50 Range army soldiers and more Juras-tic park toyos and clothes. Please. Thank you.

Love,Alex ZaviermThird Grade

Dear Santa,My name is J.R. Eldridge.

What I would like for Christmas is a Wii , and a PSP game and a Ipad and Ipod. And a nintendo 2 DS. Be sage comming.

Love,J.R. EldridgeThird Grade

Mrs. Fogle’s - Second Grade Class

Dear Santa,How are you? I am do-

ing great. I have been a very good girl this year. For Christmas, I would like my dog Howie back, I would like a pool, I would like a trampline.

Love,Makayla Henry

Dear Santa,How are you? I am doing

great. I have been a good boy. I know your real. Some people think that you aren’t real. This year I would like a new guitar. Thank you for your time.

Love,Mr. Luciano Sirilo

Dear Santa,How are you? I am doing

good. I have been a very good boy this year. For Christmas Pogo stick and a chapter book and a iPod. Thanks.

Love,Kennon Blain Harkey


ing great. I have been a very good girl this year. For Christmas I want like some boots and I want a new doll and a barbie house and Tenage Mutant Ninja turtle. Thank you and have a Merry Christmas.

Love,Brenda Perez

Dear Santa,How are you! I am doing

great, I have been a very good gril this year. And I hope you are real because I hope you bring me pres-ents. On Christmas Eve I want a doll, a scoter and a doctor’s kit and new shoes and DVD and a x-box 316 and one more thing a wii game. Thank you and have a merry Christmas.

Love,Jalisia Jackson

Dear Santa,How are your elfs do-

ing? I am doing great. I have been very good girl this year. For Christmas I would like a Karaoke ma-chine with karaoke cd’s, a teenage mutant ninja turtle building, a pink scooter. Thank you. Merry Christ-mas.

Love.Miss Jadyn Jones

Dear Santa,How are your elves? I

would like for Chrimiste is 100 toys and I would like a I Pad and a competer and new books alot Dora and

Diego toys, Power Ranger toys to and Legos I Pod and a Elves and Alvin and the Chipmuck, all of them and incredbel toys and nighe tuttle for my bruther and a Dolers git a key bord drum tuch screem ponie new boots ylurs pants, sherg shors, 100 dollers gutcres marker beauty shop, 105 dollers fresh beat toys jeep go car. I hope my mom will have more babys. Thake you Sante.

Love,Trey Cray


ing great. I have been a very good boy this year. For Christmas I would like a toy house, and a star war toys, and a valcano toy. Thank you.

Love,Giovanni Stair

Dear Santa,You are the best person

on Christmas Eve. How are your reindeer? I have been a good boy this year. Please bring me a Sneak Attack, Nintendo DS with games, and an Air Hawk. Have a Merry Christmas.

Love,Christopher Ramirez

Dear Santa,How are you? I’m Awe-

some. I have been a very good girl this year. For Christmas I wold like soomer puppy, one di-rection bike, and a pink icecream machine. Thanks and Merry Christmas.

Love,Christina Harkey


ing great. I have been a very good girl this year. For Christmas I would like swimening pool with a slide, markers and crayons, ice cream machine, kin-delfier, one direction shoes, a Barbie toys for girls. A dolphin book, and a doll in a temperature. A dog, Despicalde me 2 game, 3D SS. Thank you and have a Merry Christmas.

Love,

Mariana Lizana

Dear Santa,For Christmas I wolud

like a santa toy and a spng bob 2 the Chistmas party and a game called Call of Doty Gost and my tooth front teeth and a T-shirt that can glow that has a picter of a garila and a money and lago tenang Muton Ninja tuartluel and a The End.

Love,Leland Martines

Dear Santa,How are you? I am go-

ing great. I have been a very good boy this year. For Christmas I would like ninga turtle lewer play set, sky landers swap Force, Ninga turt;e Raph doll, and thank you for all the toys from last year.

Love,Matthew Deleon


ing great. I have been very good. I what a big chok board. I what a Piano. I what a dog. I what a drums. I what a book. I what a baby doll. I what a toy dog. I what a markers. I what a bord. I what a rele toy car Hallo Kite. Thaks you and have a merry Christmas.

Love,Malorie Navetar-Dear Santa,I want a PS3 with a game

and a playstashein with call of dote ghost. And a spy camir and a toy gear and a Boeindiroe and a I phone 5s and a robot cars an a spy bird and a Nith vishon camira and a spy helicoptir and a spy uleirm.

Love,Carlos Lopez


ing great. I have been a very good girl this year for Christmas I would like to have a Barbie house and a Amiricin doll and a make up collection. Thank you and have a merry Christ-mas!

Love,Alyana Grifaldo

Dear Santa,How are you I have ben

a very good kid this year. I want lots of minecraft toys then a spysiniscreed block, flag, spierobiot, a ext d I pad. Merry Christmas and Thank you.

Love,Jacob Garza


ing great. I have been a very good boy this year. For Christmas I would like a pads, and a helmet and a grolenu and a gruey.

Love,Jessiah Barr


ing great. I have been a very good girl this year. For Christmas I would like a Xbox 360, with a minecraft, and a spiye Bird. Have a Marry Christmas Santa.

Love,Clarissa Almaguer

Dear Santa,For Chistmas this year I

would love helth, match-ing outfits for me and my Amierican girl doll, build a bear stuff, nail polish and hair stuff. What I would really love for Chistmas is helth.

Love,Lauren J.

Mrs. Raley’s - Second Grade

Dear Santa,How are the Elves? All

year long I’ve been trying my best to be kind to my sister. So I think I should reveived some presents for Chirsmas. I would like some rubber bands to make some braclet for my friends. I would like a scooter so I can ride it in my neighborhood. I would like a bow and arrow so I can shoot with my sister. I would like a computer so I can play on my own and not my moms. I would also like teacher stuff so I can play teacher. I would like spanish stuff so I can prac-tice spanish. I would like flash cards so I can practice words. I would like a pretty day for Christmas so my family can have a good day.

Love,Emily Stamport-Dear Santa,How chilly is it there? I

hope its not to cold. I have been working very hard in school this year. I think I should receive a few gifts. I would like a cra-z-loom so I can make braclets for my friends. I would also like a blue mongoose bike. A mood lamp to see how I feel I would also be great! There are three more things that I would like. A i pod, a sketh portfolio the last thing is to have a great Christmas! I hope you have a jolly Christmas!

Love,Paisley Ploeger

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer?

All year long I have been getting good grades! I think I should get some presents. I want a bicycle. I want a Bow and arrow. I would also like a game chair. Merry Christmas.

Love,Kelly Breitschopf

Dear Santa,How do you make the

presents? Sometimes I play with my brother. How do you bring the presents so fast? Are you cold in your house? Is your house bult of ice? All I want is a Robot dog that named Zoomer. And I want the shell raser.

Love,Oswaldo


All year long I have been helping my mom. I would like a Barbie life in the Dreamhouse. To earn this, I have been working hard at school. I would like a mini i pad because I have been learning my lessons. I would like a iphone because I have been helping my Grandma Bunny. I would also like a team umizoomi action fig-ure for my little brother.

Love,Madison Harper


This year I hov been on blue 3 times so I thank I shood reveiv a few presentes this year I would like a Traxxos rock climber and a electric shooter.

Love,Vance Lucos


All year long I have kept my room clean. This year I would like a wii with Lego

Chy undrecover. Merry Christmas.

Love,Cree Stowers

Dear Santa,How are you? All year

long I have gotten five blues and lots of greens. I would like some Monster High Crazy, an ipod, an i pad and all the Monster High dolls even the boy dolls. Merry Christmas.

Love,Kloey Marlene

Dear Santa,How are you Santa? How

is Mrs. Clause? How are your eleves? Can I have a pecteor of youre eleves? Can I have a movie of the gordennes please a doll not dose big ones and I olewes wondet a fone. Please Pleas I promes I’m gont to be nice wheth avreone ioh! Please Santa and a Lolalopse doll and a lopetop and a com-peoter for my sister that gasto hiscool and a noder compeoter for my sister not the letoleones because I wook ckare of my sister.

Love,Cielo

Dear Santa,How is the raindeers?

All year I was Good at my house. In I thank that I want a few presents. Like a rodeo and a mushin gun that is a toy and a x box one and a book of italo that has olot of picuchrs in the book and a ipod and a fish and a dog.

Love,Alex

Dear Santa,How are the elves? All

year long I have been taking care of my sister. I have also been making good grades so I think I should get a few presents. I would like a 3DS and I Phone 5, a computer a TV and I think thats all. Also some shorts and an I Pad. Merry Christmas!

Love,Brandon

Dear Santa,How are the raindeer?

This year I have been taking care of my baby sister and my dog. This Christmas I would like a Lego City Fire Department, Crazy Car, a Blue Electric scooter, a Lego Friends scool, a house boat, a doll house, and fun loog, I hear that you are mak-ing me something. Merry Christmas.

Love,Kimberly Dolezal


year long I have been taking care of my sister. I would like an air guitar. I would like a bicycle. I would like to receive a Zick log. I would like an X Box 360.

Love,Duran

Dear Santa,How are you and the rain-

deer and Mrs. Claws and the elves? May I please get a quad, gas, scooter, guin-nypig, ramoot control quad, iphone 5S, air guitar, and a bebe gun? Why I should get these presents is because I have been vary good. But I have been alittle noty. But now I can fix fix it is I can work on my behaveyour for the rest of my year.

Love,Malachi Emmanuel

Amar


year long I have dowing my best on sharing with my brother. I would like to have a tablet because I have been sharing with my brother. I would like to have a rock board because I have been doing my chors. I would like a Nintendo Dsixl. I would like crazy loom so I could make som for my friends. I would like crazy strings.

Love,Yuleis Lucio


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Mrs. Raley’s - Second Grade

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer? All

year long I have taking care of my brother. For Christmas I will like a x box 360. I have been duen my chores at my house and I want a Lego pole set.

Love,Marcos

Dear Santa,How are the elves? All year

long I have been taking care of my brother. I would like a Ranger Razer. I would also like a xbox 360, an I phone, i pad, and an elf on the shelf. I would also like a pink air guitar and a Zoomer. Merry Christmas Santa!

Love,Dakota DuBose

Dear Santa,How are the elfs? All year I

have been good. I would like to get a guitar becuse I am good like taylar swift. The second thing I want is a Austin Moon tickets because I love him. The third thing I want is some rub-ber bands to make braclets for my friends. I hope you have a jolly Christmas. I hope you mite not get me all the things I want for Christmas. The Elf on the Shelf thing it is a great gift for me and I was just guna ask if you cood like get me a skirt for my elf I would apresheat it a lots.

Love,Tara Lester

Dear Santa,How hard is it to fly in the

sleigh and get to all the girls and boys? All year long I’ve been doing my best in school. So I thing I should receive some presents. I really want more fun loom to go in my kit. So I can make more braclets. I’ve been wanting an elecrik scooter since last Christmas! Have a Marry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love,Macy Sample


the year long I have been tak-ing care of my baby brother. I would like a car. I would like a bike.

Love,Jesus Vazquez


year long I took care of my cousins. How are the elves? I wawd some yellow shoes. I’ve been keeping my room clean. I would also like the XBox one a mini ipad, and a 3DS. I am tak-ing care of my dog and my cat.

Love,Ybet Alvarez

Ms. Aguilar Pre-KQuerido Santa,En esta navidad me gustaria

que me regalaras una muneca, un chino, y un mono.

Con amor,Ruby

Querido Santa,En esta navidad me gus-

taria que me regalars munchos jugetes, una muneca y carro de la barbie.

Con amor,Ximeha

Querido Santa,Yo quiero que on esta navi-

dad me regales un carro. Yuna casa y munchos jugetes.

Con amor,Christian

Querido Santa,quiero que en esta navidad

me regales un osito, un conejo y plastelina.

Con amor,Alyssa

Querido Santa,en esta navidad me gustaria

que me regalaras un reloj, un carrito y yna motocycleta.

Con armor,Nathan

Querido Santa,quiero que on esta navidad

me regales un cabolloy un perro.

Con amor,Juana Maria


que me rregalaras una tablet, jugetes, markers y libros.

Con amor,Alfonso

Querido Santa,yo quiero que me traigas

un transformer. y tambien un juego de angry birds.

Con amor,Carlos

Querido Santa,En esta navidad me gustaria

que me trajieras un judgete de Star Wars, carros y una troca del bombero.

Con amor,David

Querido Santa,Como estas? En esta navi-

dad me gustaria que me reg-alaras un unicornio, una co-cina, y unog bloques.

Con amor,Bella


que me regalaras una bicicle-ta, una muneca y munchos jugetes.

Con amor,Gabriella


que me regalaras muchos car-ros, una trampolin. y libros.

Con amor,Brandon


que me regalaras munchos jugetes.

Con amor,Mia

Querido Santa,yo quiero que me regales

carros, un motocicleta y una camara.

Con amor,Eduardo

Querido Santa,En esta navidad me. gustaria

que me regalaras una bicicleta, un pelota y munchos carros.

Con amor,Luis

Querido Santa,En esta navidad quiero luna

muneca pinturas, y un mun eco.

Con amor,Kimberly

Querido Santa,en esta navidad quiero que

me regarles munchos jugetes, y un tranpolin.

Con amor,Damior

Mrs. Fogle’s First Grade

Dear Santa,I love you. I will give you

some cookies with milk. Please bring me a toy car. I am a little boy. I am waiting for snow.

Sincerely,Marcus

Dear Santa,How are you. I am really

good today. I want a baby toy and a necklace toy and a little bed for my baby, popular high heels to wear to school. I want a ipad. And I want a doll.

Sincerely,Angelina

Dear Santa,Merry Christmas. I have

been really nice this year. Please bring me popular high heels that are my size and pop-ular skirts and popular shirts and popular drresses and I can be the most popular girl in the whole entire school. Pretty pretty please. And a Kindles and popular toys and a leap pad and a tablets and a I pod and DS.

Sincerely,Mari

Dear Santa,I was trying my best to be

good. How are you? Merry Christmas. I would like a Bar-bie movie and some makeup. Also can you bring me an I

pad. Two more things I would like a dress and some high heel shoes.

Sincerely,Marisa

Dear Santa,Merry Christmas Santa.

For Christmas please bring me a wii U and a Wii u game but only a E game. My second present is any hot wheels set. My last present is 1 or 2 or 3 lego ninjago set. Merry Christ-mas! And thank you for the presents!!!

Sincerely,Francisco

Dear Santa,Merry Christmas. I love

you. Can you have a 3DS and a IPad. Thank you.

Sincerely,Ryan

Dear Santa,How are you and your

reindeers? How is Mrs. Santa Claus? For Christmas I want a Disney Scooter. Merry Christ-mas. I love you. I’ll have you milk and cookies.

Sincerely,Ally

Dear Santa,Merry Christmas. I am re-

ally good today. And I have cookies and milk waiting for you. Please can I have a scooter and an IPad?

Sincerely,Maddison


really nice. Please bring me a gray Chicago bulls hat. Please bring me a xbox one and a playstation four and a ipad too! Please bring me a wii u. Please bring me a kindle.

Sincerely,Jorian

Dear Santa,How are your reindeer? I

want a toy shark and a four wheeler and a pet puppy and an ipad.

Sincerely,Isiah

Dear Santa,Merry Christmas. I was try-

ing hard to be nice and good. Please bring me a baby doll and a toy mermaid and a balle-rina suite and some shoes that will go with my ballerina suite. I will make you some cookies and milk.

Sincerely,Scarlett

Dear Santa,How are you? Santa I love

you! Santa can you bring me a toy and I will bring you some cookies with milk. I want a little mermaid and a cat and I will very like that.

Sincerely,Mariah

Dear Santa,Santa, please bring me a

robot with a controller. Merry Christmas Santa. Santa and bring me a car and a ipad.

Sincerely,Juan


How are the reindeer doing? I don’t know how I been please tell me how I have been. I will bring milk and cookes in the

living room. I love your rein-deer. How is Mrs. Claus doing?

Sincerely,Devyn

Dear Santa,How are you? I been very

good and nice too. I’ll leave you some cookies and milk. Can you please bring me some toys for my brother too.

Sincerely,Kaylie


How are you and your rein-deers? Can you give me a Wii U. A candy cane will be there for you.

Sincerely,Devin

Dear Santa,I love you Santa. Merry

Christmas Santa. How are you Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus? How is Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer? I would like milk and some Logos.

Sincerely,Vicente

Eilers Pre-kDear Satna,I want you to bring me a

tinkerbell toy for Christmas. I alaso want a tablet to play game son and a dora toy. Thank you for the presents Santa.

Love,Ailayah

Dear Santa,I would like you to bring

me a tinkerbell toy for Christ-mas. I would also like a dora toy and a red bag to carry my things in.

Love,Alinah

Dear Santa,I would like a hello kitty

truck and a new blanket. I also would like some new clothes for Christmas. I love you! I’m going to be your best friend forever and ever.

Love,Nina

Dear Santa,I would like a horse for

Christmas. I would also like a trampoline and some new blocks. I love you Santa and I love getting presents. I want to be your best friend.

Love,Jose

Dear Santa,I want Santa to bring me

a phone, shoes and a pretty dress for Christmas. I love getting presents and I think you’re nice. I like the presents you bring me. Your elves are nice!

Love,Anastasia

Dear Santa,I would like a robot toy

for Christmas. I like Mickey Mouse and I want a Mickey Mouse toy for Christmas. Santa likes candy and so do I!

Love,Larry

Dear Santa,I would like a real bunny

for Christmas this year. I also want a lightning Mcqueen toy. Thank you Santa! Thank you for my presents!

Love,Roland

Dear Santa,I want an Angry Bird toy

for Christmas this year. I also want a Mickey Mouse toy and a Frozen book. Thank you for my presents Santa.

Love,Andrew

Dear Santa,How are your reindeer San-

ta? I would like to get a new Barbie for Christmas. I want a new bike and a guitar too!!!

Love,Athena

Dear Santa,I would like Ninja Turtles

lego toy, a Ninja Turtle toy and a train. I have been good this year! I love Santa and he loves me!

Love,Pedro

Dear Santa,I would like you to bring

me a toy lock ness monster. I would also like a toy car with pretend passengers and a new dinosaur. Please bring me these presents – please!

Love,Dawson

Dear Santa,I want Santa to bring me

a Barbie for Christmas this year. I want a Barbie house for her to live in and lots and lots of barbies. I want to give Santa a hug.

Love,Hailey

Dear Santa,I want a playstation for

Christmas this year. I also want an ipad and a big tv. I am going to give you choco-late cookies and white milk for a snack at my house.

Love,William

Dear Santa,I want you to bring me

a spongebob kitchen and a lightning mcqueen toy. I also want a rescute toy. I have been good and I have been playing nice with my new

friends.Love,Julian

Dear Santa,I want a Barbie for Christ-

mas. I want you to bring me some candy and a toy farm with animals. Thank you Santa for my presents.

Love,Rose

Dear Santa,I want a ninja turtles toy

and a ninja turtles game for Christmas this year. I also want a football to lay with Hi Santa! I hope you have a Happy Christmas!

Love,Darian

Ms. Stewart 4th Grade Class

Dear Santa Claus,I wish I could go to the

north pole were you live so I can see your raindeers and your elfs and I wish you could come to Gonzales with your raindeers and elfs I will be so proud of you. If you come don’t give us presents give them to poor people that don’t have money to buy presents to people I wish you come to town and say Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas. And say hello to Mrs. Clause for me.

Sincerely,Ashley Hernandez

Dear Santa,All I want for Christmas is

a doll house for an 18in. Doll, hamster, Ipad mini, Easy Bake Oven, mixes, dry erase board, pony, sugar glider with the stuff it needs and for everyone in the world to be happy.

Sincerely,Jacklyn Gamez

Dear Santa, I will like a xbox one and

a play station 4 some cloths, and some shoes a ipton, a jacit app3 a go cart, a football, soccer ball, logos, 65 in tv a back pack a snap back ipad, hot wheels, ipad a bat moves clothes for the home loss pre-pal and shoes for them, kros bow in bow in area pants, shorts, nike socks, wock and one sock monkey, led pencils, nerf, robot romote control car.

Sincerely your friend,Jalen Miller

Dear Santa,I will what a xbox one,

a white plastion,4, wonder looms, legos, shoes, clothes, sunglasses, jacket, iphone, wii 2, mp3, dirt bike, go car, gootball, baseball, soccer ball, basket ball, 65 inch tv, backpack, snapback, ipod, hot wheels, ipad, bat, movie, clothes for the homeless people, diary of a wimpy kid series, nintendos, zds, bow and arrow, speries, cross bow, pants, shirts, under wear, nike socks, boxer dog, golden watch, money, hamister, sug-ar glider, bibi gun, led pencils, nerfun gun, skate board, ro-bot, remote control car.

Sincerely Your Friend,Luis Garcia,


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Ms. Stewart 4th Grade Class

Dear Santa,I want a nut cracker, a wii

and iphone 5, books, baseball, 30 games, a penny and coal in my sister stocking.

Sincerely,Jewel Short

Dear Santa,

How are you? I would really appreciate it if you could give me new clothes and new shoes. It would also make me happy if you would give me a new book to help me with read-ing. Thank you for helping me and also a diary of a wimpy kid book set and a origami yoda book set. Christmas is coming so hurry up.

Sincerely,Juan Cardoza

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I am re-

ally excited because Christmas is coming and I want a board games, coloring books and to spend time with my family and some book marks.; I want to go to the north pole and I want to hear you sing a Christmas song and I want a raindeer and a fish but what I want most is to spend time with my family.

Sincerely,Amy Izaguirre

Dear Santa,How are you feeling, I want

a remote helicopter, a new ac-tion figure and a bike that looks like a car.

Sincerely,Matthew Pullin,


How is Mrs. Claus and the elves? Santa all I want for Christmas is to have my dad home. That would be the best present anyone can give me. Thank you. Merry Christmas!

Love,Kaylin Ramirez

Dear Santa,Santa are you and your elves

and Mrs. Clause doing good? Santa for Christmas I want supplies for Christmas and a Mexican doll for Christmas. I hope you have a good Christ-mas. I just want my family happy I will leave cookies for you. I love you Santa a lot you were always my friend.

Love,Hillary Sepulveda

Dear Santa,I want a toy from Disney

and a play station one, 3 games that they are awesome to play when my family laughing and a despicable me 2 pillow from Disney Place.

Sincerely, Duan d Espinoza

Dear Santa,I really want the robot dog

zoomer. I also want a furby boom and crazy loom and I want the movie equestfeia girls. Iwant the Cinderella wedding dress from the Disney store. I also want marble run and the so cool Barbie of the year. The despicable me action figures.

Thank you for reading my let-ter.

Sincerely,Paige Null

Dear Santa,How are you? Are you excit-

ed for Christmas? If you read this letter can you tell raindeers Miss Clause, elves and frosty the snowman that I said hi. I first want you to know that I have Santa in my name. would I want for Christmas is orbies the spa, a piggy b ank that looks like sponge bob, foliar, ipad a whiteboard, firendship set, a marlie 2, clothes for my dog cookie and crayola marker set.

Love,Krisanta Esquivel Diaz

Dear Santa,How are you doing? Hpayy

because I want a bike I don’t have a bike. I want a control car I had one but it broke. I want a play station 4, I want it, I want a ipad-blue I broke mine. I want a back pine, I want a dirt bike, my lost one. I want a carbon car orange. I want a xbox, my first one. I want a ipad big my first one. I want a computer I want a tracker a big tracker my first time.

Sincerely,Jesus Rodriguez

Dear Santa,I would like a zumer, a new

car, girl doll, marker air brush, marker maker, fore wheeler, horse, ice skates, roller blades, clothes for kelly, tekno, drums, ipad, computer, mini house with a/c, dsi, cd’s, case, bike, scooter, glass case, mine craft logos, white board. How are you?

Sincerely,Cassidy Pitts

Dear Santa,I want new pair of boots

and different colored markers to draw on a board and a real flute for fun, also a new board to write on and draw.; I will leave you cookies and a glass of milk.

Sincerely,Dakota Villagran

Dear Santa,How are you? Are you glad

that Christmas is coming? I knew I am glad when you go to my house look at the lights. In-side my house and put some-thing in my stocking which can be found on the tree. For Christmas I want a new lego ninjo ago set, spiderman edge of time cx box 360, mine craft (xbox 360) Ipad, spiderman, shattered dimension.

Thank you, - SincerelyDaniel Garcia

Hilbig - 2nd grade

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want a xbox

one and a station 3 and a fly-ing car and love santa. I was a good boy and a lunchbox and a school house. Tell the elfs I love them Santa.

Love,Tyler Wilson

Dear Santa,Can I have a bike, dog, ipad,

ipad, How is your elfs? I’be been good this year. I heard your elfs have been working re-ally hard. It is very nice of you and your elfs bring us present.

Love,Keanna Hemmer

Dear Santa,Hello Santa, How are you

doing? I have been good grades in my report card, so I can get presents this year. I am going to have cookies when you get there. Can I get a camafloge watch? You do your job and if your tired you don’t have to come to my house. And be safe this Christmas,

Love,Kamren Leal

Dear Santa,Thank you for all my pres-

ents last year and can I have Halo Reach games because I want to play with my dad? Can I have Halo action figures because I want to play? Also I have a iphone to play on it?

Love,Jacob Gambrano

Dear Santa,I want a xbox 1, two ds and

ipad, ipod, toys, the game lego city shase for xbox, wii, and play station.

Love,Noah Orlsco

Dear Santa,Tahnk you for the presents

in December last year. You are the best Santa, Santa have a nice day.

Love,Alah Orduna

Dear Santa,Tahnk you Santa for my

presents last year. I have been a very, very good boy this year and I have cookies and milk ready for Christmas Eve. This year I have a present for you. Merry Christmas Santa Claus and I don’t want anything this year.

Love,Connor Vega

Dear Santa,I’ve been good all year. I

would like a pink pillows si-laver and black x bobs, huge pink tent, junie b. jones books, Katie won book, an ipad, an iphones, Christmas pajamas, earrings and a necklace.

Love,Aubrey Hernandez

Dear Santa,Tahnk you for the presents

last December. This year I want my family to have a fun December the 25. I want a doll, and Easy Bake oven, an x-box one and iphone. Hope you have a Merry Christmas.

Sincerely,Faith Holguin,

Dear Santa,How have you been? Santa,

I hope you have been good because I have. Santa, thank you for last years presents. This year I want two ipods, two ipads, two iphones, a blanket, one hundred necklaces, 10 real horses, a real puppy, a real cat, and a real dog.

Love,

Jaelyn Eldridge

Dear Santa,Thank you for the doll you

gave me last year. For Christ-mas I want a doll a computer and a ipod.

Love,Josslyn Longoria

Dear Santa,Thank you Santa for the

presents last year. I have been a very good girl in school. For Christmas I would like ipad, mini bracelet maker and a dry erase board. I hope you have a nice Christams.

Love,Christie Reyna

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want a xbox

with Halo 4, and a tv and a cool toy. Santa do you have deers? Where is the work shop where you elfs make toys?

Love,John Almaguer

Dear Santa,I want Juine B. Jones books

a kite and Katie woo books please I promise I will be good.

Love,Evalyn Castro


ents last year. I would like to tell you three things I would like for Christmas. Bobs, flat screen tv, four wheeler.

Love,Melody Pick


ents last year. I want a ipod, I want a ipad. I want some clotes, I want a Han Kite, I want a Kite, I want a bracelet maker. I want a baby doll. I want some pa-jamas. How are you Santa? I love, you Santa Claus. Be care-ful coming to my house. I hope I get lots of presents.

Love,Ravyn Paige Lookabill

Dear Satna,Thank you for my presents

last year. I have been a good girl Satna. I want a cup with Santa on it. I want an owl and a ds with games like Mario. I like Silver Bob’s. I want them. We are a special family santa.

Love,Diana Aracely Olmedo

Longoria ClassDear Santa,Hey Santa how are you? I

like Christmas because we all can get gifts. My family is very good. My family needs a beter heater it is cold in gonzales and we are freazing. I want a ds and the best Christmas.

Yours truly,Gabriela Gonzales

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I am

doing fine. My family needs a light bolb for our closet. Wold you like some cookies. How is the sleigh? I know we don’t have any decorations but it’s what’s inside a tree full of lights and ornaments. If we make cookies I will save you some.

Yours truly,Adan Cadrera

Dear Santa,I hope you are having a great

day. I will leave you some cook-ies and milk I hope I am on the good list and not the bad list. Say hi ho ho ho and come to my house for you. I would like a bmx bike for Christmas I would also like a football, socks and cleats, hopefully Santa so.

Yours truly,Santiango Almaguer

Dear Santa,Helo Santa how are you

and the elves. I have been wat-ing for you Santa we have ever thing ready for you. I want a phone and clothes. But my mom needs a brice and slipers. My dad needs new tools to fix the door. My bruther need a x-box one to play. And my baby sister need a shirt. I need a toy doll to fplay with my sisters. My sister want a toy doll.

Yours truly,Camilla Castilla

Dear Santa,

Hey Santa want are you up to? Im great are you? Are you ok? I ben good so I should be on your nice list! Can you bring a heter to our house? We need a bigger one! I will leave milk and cookies for you. You can leave gifts for everyone in the world and me under Christmas tree.

Yours truly,Anthony Jones

Dear Santa,How are you? I’m great hows

the crew I hope their great are you ready for Christmas we will have cookies out and milk my mom needs a vacation, my brother needs a xbox and my dad needs tools. I need crayons and a coloring book.

Riley

Dear Santa,How are you and the elves

doing? Tell rudolp and Mrs. Claus to take care. I want back rost easter bunny sand man tooth fairy and santa claus and lego ninda turtle and your su-per heros.

Yours truly,Donovan Cray

Dear Santa,Can you get my family new

Tvs and our hosue lites all I want to get is one of your raindeers, Rudolph for me a car and some games this time please give please everyone be-lieves.

Yours truly Talen Grant

Dear Santa,First I will like some shoes

how are your elfves doing and your elf I am good. I will have you some milk and cookies and Christmas list which are for snowflake.

Yours treuly,Taquarius Hastings

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I want

a ipod. I am doing every good can. I be on your good list? My family never good to can be my family good list. I cant wait for Christmas I got for your cookie and milk. And can you give me a present for my brother please presents for mom and dad. Thank you Santa Claus you are the best Santa, my brother like lots of games. I love you Santa Claus and I love my family to. I have a letter for you. Thank you Santa,

Yours truly,Marisol Olmedo

Hello Santa,How are you doing? Are

you ready for Christmas? I know I am. I just want you to know that my family needs a new snow globe. My little sister broke the other one and now we don’t have one. Could you please give us one and could you give us a new nutcraker because that is broken. Thank you.

Yours truly,Mezmariyah Martinez

How are you doing? Are the elfs doing today. I hope they are doing fine. How is rudolf the reindeer and his friends are doing. I hope they are do-ing fine. Santa we baked some cookies for you. Then we made some hot chocolate. Santa I put out my stocking so you can put gifts in it. I be fnice so I should be on your nice list. I need a heter for my house. Santa can you bring a xbox for my brother. I will have a star on our Christmas tree.

Yours truly,Ruby Granados

Dear Santa,Hello Santa how is the north

poll? For Christmas my fam-ily would like a heter for my brothers woold like a batman my dad a new par of boots. My mom wants a dress I want a batman house.

Yours truly,Xavier

Dear Santa,How are you and the elves.

O tell Rudolph he is my fa-vorite raindeer. Are you ready for Christmas. I am I want a balance beam and a gym-nastics bar. I would also like

masks and lots of compatisun leatards. What I want most for Christmas is a rill picture of Rudolph and the build a bear. that’s what I want for Christ-mas. I love you I also want a bunny.

Yours truly,Ashley Taylor

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I have

been good this year. My fam-ily needs a heater. I am sure I am on the good list. I am go-ing to put reindeer food out. I will leave out milkj and cook-ies for you. I need a lunch box for school. I want a good pres-ent for Christmas this year. I will leave hot coco out with the milk and cookies. I have a pretty ornament on my tree.

Yours truly,Vanessa Daniel

Dear Santa,Hello Santa how are you

doing? I am doing fine. Are you ready for Christmas? I am I can’t wait we need a new heater to keep us warm be-cause it is cold were we live. How are the elves and miss claus doing? Tell the reindeers I said hi to them. I want some new pajamos.

Yours truly,Gabby Medel

Dear Santa,Hello Santa are the elves

doing fine? I hope that Mrs. Claus and the elfs are fine. Are you hurt because I am worried about you? I want lots of Christmas gifts. I hope Rudolph the raindeer is ok. I want it to snow santa claus.

Love you,Janiel Rodriguez

Dear Santa,Hey Santa how are you do-

ing? Good Im glad o when you come to my house can you leave some money so we can buy a new house. How are your elves doing? How do you make a snowman.

Yours truly,Pearce Quinn

Dear Santa,How are you? I am very

excited for Christmas how is Ms Claus and tell comet and rudolp to ake a picture wit you santa claus. My family needs a new car and my dad needs a new tools for Christmas. I want a real plane and a big train.

Yours truly,Manuel Noyola

Mr. Gilliam 3rd grade

Dear Santa,What I want for Christmas

is easy bakie oven, markier maker, brownie maker, cookie maker, cupcake maker, orbezz spa, earings, necklace, clothes, one direction tickets, mon-ster high dolls, monster high shirts, money, from Justice - earings, from Justice, stuff from Justice, bracelets from justic, shoes from justic.

Love,Heidi Cleveland

Dear Santa,For Christmas I would like

Disney cars, 9-pack speed-wary set, Leroy traffic, mini and van, mack, sally, alex carvil mator, kari, rip slinger, ashoni, dusty. Have a safe trip.

Love,Caleb

Dear Santa,An xbox, and xbox 360 and

ipad new spurs, Mario for dsixl and a wii and a wii a ps2 and ps3.

Love Omar

Dear Santa,How are you doing. I’m do-

ing good. I would like Animal Crossing, new leaf. New super Mario bro. 2, Mario party is-land and donkey kongh coun-trey retrns 3d, Mario and don-key kong minis on the move, wii 2, crayola marker maker, pants and metroid other m. I hope you and your raindeer are ok this Christmas.

Love,Alan Zuniga


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Dear Santa,What I want for Christmas

is lps and monster high school. Easy bake oven, maker marker, buy boom, kechen sets, baire sister rv a lot of snow, sum more play school supplieds a pack it rafa moiv and a mon-ster unevsudy movie a rial kit-techen some new clopsthes a mini chock bord a miny mod-erscl.

Love,Teagan Faith

Dear Santa,How are you doing Santa

I’m good I want a ps vida xbox 360, dirt bike, 4 wheeler a psp, ipad Ipho0ne, phone go cart.

Love,Julio

Dear Santa,I want an xbox and a coun-

teroller, I want a new treee. I want a Christmas sweater. I want money. I want snow. I want a wii, I want a bike. I want a new spriel.

Love,Laly

Dear Santa,I want new game. A football

and a green bay pjs and a long-horn blankit. And a long horn pilowe and now please.

Love,Jorge Amador

Dear Santa,I been good all day and I

want a kindle fire, puppy, bike, iphone, I wish you can come to Gonzales Apaches. I wish I can see you and in real life and have some snow Santa Claus.

Love,’Gavilyn Morales

Dear Santa,I want a go car for Christ-

mas so I can drive it in y ranch and a bike so I can ride it fast and I want that bike to be red and blue.

Love,Edward

Dear Santa,I want to have a good car.

I want that the house to be clean. I want you to bring me toys. I want a xbox. I want a wii. I want candy. I would love some books. I will love a new vs. I would want a jump rope. I want a computer.

Love,Camila Rosas

Psenick 2nd gradeDear Santa,My name is Rene Moreno Jr.

I am 7 years old. I deserve pres-ents because I’m nice. I only get mad when my sisters make me mad. I’m helpful to others. Every time I hurt someone I’m sorry. I really love Christams too It’s my favorite holiday so please bring me these three things a xbox 360, a lego bat-man game for wii and last but not least a nerf gun. I am also leaving cookies for you.

Love, Rene-----Dear Santa,My name is Natalia and my

favorite holiday is Christmas. I really want zoomer for Christ-mas. It would be a nice present. O =h and a fake phone. I really want a bowling set. I deserve them because I am good. But I want forget to make you cook-ies.

Love,Natalia

Dear Santa,My name is Pablo. I am 8 yrs

old. I deserve presents because I have been so helpful to peo-ple. I used to be bad but now I am being good where ever I go. If people drop some thing I pik it up for them. I think I deserve an xbox 360 and a wii

and a wii I can’t wait to see you at Christmas.

Love,Pablo

Dear Santa,My name is Brea. I am 8

years old. I have been very good this year. Bexause I have been helping my mom with my little brother and my little sister. I have been pickfing up after myself and that’s why I want these things. A monster high doll a nabi jr. and some headphones for school because my schools headphones broke and my mom said that she didn’t have that much money. I will have some hot coco under the tree waiting for you.

Love,Brea

Dear Santa,My name is payton, Ive been

very good. I would a very fast for week. But I think it is best to safve raindeers. I save some food for the raindeers. I would like an xbox for Christmas. I love you Santa.

Love,Payton

Dear Santa,My name is Kaden James

Angel check if I have been bad or good. I helped put up the tree with my family. When other kids that do not have presents I will go to the store to make their family happy and have a good Christmas. Im not scared of heighsts, Christmas is my favoriet time of year. I would like a xbox one for Christmas I can’t wait to see you.

Love,Kaden

Dear Santa,My name is Krisalynn and

I’m 7 years old. Santa I have a present for you and mrs. Clause and for your elves too. Do you have a present for me? Santa please bring me a present. I want a phone for Christmas I have been a good girl this year. I’m excited about Christmas.

Love,Krisalynn

Dear Santa,My name is Damian I am

7 years old. I would like a 3ds xbox 360 or a playstion, Christ-mas is not just about toys. It is about spending times with your family. I deserve it be-cause I did my roomw it out my mom telling me to clean it. I can’t wait for Christmas.

Love,Damian

Dear Santa,I am 8 years old, and I

have been good. My sister and I want a four wheeler for Christmas and a speed boat for Christmas and a xbox 360 I love Christmas you and I am nice because I helped someone when I went to the dollar store I saw a lady that dropped her boxes and I helped her can’t wait to see you.

Love,Edgo

Dear Santa,My name is Brianna and I

am 8 years old. I have been a real good in school. My favor-ite holiday is Christmas. Santa when me and my mom went to the store I went to the toys. I saw toys in the floor. Then I piked up the toys for a lady. Santa I want a Easy Bake for Christmas. Santa have a very happy Christmas.

Love,Brianna

Dear Santa,My name is Kaiya and I am

7 yeas old. This Christmas I am going to ask my mom if I can

go to the mall and get an angle off the angle tree. I can get them a present for Christmas. I have been really good this year. San-ta please bring me a 3ds rudolf the rednose raindeer movie, frozen movie, because I think that I deserve all of these things that I would love to have so will for Christmas? I am very well behaved. I do chores for my mom like sweeping, cleaning my room and taking the trash to the road. I can’t wait to see you on Christmas Eve.

Love,Kaiya

Dear Santa,My name is Cristalina I am

8 years old. I always am nice every day Christmas is great to me. Well some times it is not Christmas yet byut it will be Christmas soon. Santa I am sure that you are great now. I hope you are nice to me every day and my teacher and friend to well be nice to you too. I want a Barbie a computer and a new set of markers. Santa have a Happy Christmas.

Love,Cristalina

Dear Santa,My name is Damaris and

my favorite holiday is Christ-mas, I am 8 years old for Chris-tams I want a ds and a psp please bring me there presents because a little boy really wants them.

Love,Damaris

Dear Santa,My name is Taelynn, I am 8

years old. I want a dirt bike for Christmas. Would you please get me a real phone for Christ-mas. I deserve thse things because I help my mom gets suger from the bottom shelf.

Love,Taelynn

Dear Santa,My name is Vanessa. I am 7

years old. I have been good at school and I make good choic-es at home I deserve an ipad because I have been good and I can’t wait to see you Santa. There will be cookies waiting for you.

Love,Vanessa

Dear Santa,My name is Joshua I am

7 yrs old want a trampoline for Christmas I also want a mini bike for Christmas. The last thing I want is a spy pen Christmas. Christmas is my fa-vorite holiday. I think I deserve these gifts because I helped a lady get a box that fell I have been good. I also want an Xbox Santa I am excited that it is al-most Christmas.

Love,Joshua

Dear Santa,My name is Eric, I am 7 yurs

old I have been good. I wonder if I have been good or bad. I want a Nintendo ds. I wonder if you like kids. I like Christmas you are a good man. I want a cookie machine. I love Santa.

Love,Eric

Dear Santa,I am good. I pay attention to

class. When my mom tells me to do something I do it. I think I deserve my presents fhtis year. I want a game xbox play station 4 and a wii. I cant wait to see you.

Love,Rudy

Dear Santa,My name I Payton. I’ve been

goode I want a wii and four wheeler but I think it is good to give to the reindeer. I would like an xbox and gave my car to

Jaiden. Have a Merry Christ-mas.

Love,Payton

Dear Santa,Can I have a spiderman

and iron man toy. I am good. I cant wait to see you and the presents.

Love,Landon

Dear Santa,I am 8 yrs old and I do not

just want toys. I want to spend tinme with my family because Christmas is not all about get-ting toys. Christmas is about spending time with your fam-ily. Family is important be-cause some kids do not think family is important. All I want for Christmas is a bike. I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Morgan

4th Grade: Mrs. Baker

Dear Santa,I want some shose in a size

7 they are new Lebrons and I want some gray and black shose in a size 7 they are Jor-dans and I want a toy Paker Jerssy and a Spurs Hat and a I phone 5s.

Love, Jaekwon

Dear Santa,I will want two games for

my psp, a xbox one, paper, books, pencels, a clock for my hand, some paint, a movie, and a phone.

Love, Alfredo

Dear Santa Claws,I want a puppy for Cristmus

I want it to be a dalmashan. And I whant books, so I can give some to the orfens. I whant a movie about puppy whant an ipod 5 coler pink or blue. I whant the movie the lightnig thef from Percy Jackson and the movie sea of monsters. I whant to have a grat time whith my family. I whant you to bless Justin I hope he has the best crismess he ever had. And I have ben a good gril. Your sweet lovable thoughtful.

Love, Breanna Baker

Dear Santa,I am sorry is it cost to much

but I would like a go kart a windows surface, plebble, paper,watch, hikiko, fold.

Love, Diego

Dear Santa,I what a phon Leberon

James jersey air max a Eagles hats Under Armour jackit and Lebron shoes and xbox 1 and close can neuton jersey dea-shon Jackson jersey.

Love, Fabian

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Calws doing?

I want a thousand dollars and an ipod I also want some armel radephones and a iphone, and some know roll blades. I was gking about the thousand dol-lars. Make shur you and youre elf make Mrs. Baker some-thing.

Love, Destiny

Dear Santa,How are you and Mrs.Clos,

the randers, and the elfs can you said hi to all of them I want a tablet, easy bake, shose, short, pants, shors, and I want to give a present to Mrs.Baker is new earwins because she is the awe-some teacher but I wish every one the best Chrismas and even the ones that don’t see the dad I hope every one is happy about Chrismas.

Love, Leslie Veliz

Dear Santa,How are you doing Santa.

How is Mrs. Claus doing? Are the elfs good anyway lets get

to the presents. I want a Ryan Fammwhill jersey I also want a Maden 25 game and HBA 2K 14, I also want a Paul George jersey and some Lebron James shoes. With a Johnny football jersey with call of duty shorts.

Love, Brady

Dear Santa,What I want this Christmas

is 100,000,000,000 $ and if you can a Lamborghini car and a lego house that is real and xbox one and a Spurs Jersey and a Dallas Cowboys jersey.

Love, D. Alanis


Claws doing? For Christmas I would like a horse. I would also like a real microphone and some stuff from Justice. I want a new Ipod 5 case. Merry Christmas!

Love, Genna

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I got

milk and cookies for you and I have that stuff for reindeer but I mite not I half to ask mom. How is Miss. Claws? How is raindeer? I want a long sleeve under armor shirt for Chir-ismas. I want a fourty niners jersey for Chismas. I want a LSU basketball. If you have anuf time get me a LSU xbox comroller.

Love, Jace Ramos

Dear Santa,I would like some more rub-

ber bands so I can make more bracelets. I would also like some miss me jeans. I would like to have a few more easy bake oven food. I also want to have stuff from Justice. I want some fake glasses because I broke my other pair. I also would like a real microphone I also want some painted-toe cowgirl boots. My other pair doesn’t fit me. That’s all I want for Christmas how are you do-ing? I hope you, Mrs. Claus, and everyone else is doing great. Merry Christmas!!

Love, Ava Medellin

Dear Santa,I know you like cookies so

I will put some so you will be happy all I want for Christmas is to my family to be happy.

Love, Sonny

Dear Santa,I hope you can get enghf

time to come to my house. I hope you can make and bring me all my wishes for Cristmas. Look I know some people don’t bleave in you but I do! I want you to know that we will get you some cookies and milk, I promas.

Love, Sam Villa

Dear Santa, Don’t worry I have been on

my best behavior. Now I am making a list of what I want this year. I know its going to be a little short! How are you and the elfs. Christmas list, I pad mini, Just Dance 2014, purple I pad mini case, purple zebra twin size bed set, for my mom a new ring, I really want that ring for my mom and the Ipad mini. Thank you for all they other presents.

Love, Kailey Deleon

Dear Santa,I know you love cookies so

I will try to put more cookies and maybe egg nog. I will give you carrots to feed the reindeer on Christmas eve. I would like a xbox 360, Infinitey, and my family to have the best Christ-mas ever.

Love, Paul Deleon

Dear Santa,This Christmas I would

just like a puppy. A puppy is the only thing I would like for

Christmas. I promise I would take good care of it. I would buy it all I need to take care of the puppy.

Love, Erika

Dear Santa,How are you? I hope your

doing good, I have been a good boy. I want a ipod. If you cant make that you can make me a Lebron James jersey.

Love, Landon Watson

Dear Santa,How have you been at the

Noth Pole? I hope you have a good Christmas. What I want for Christmas is a puppy and I thank that’s it.

Love, Reneyah Martinez

Dear Santa,How have you been doing?

How is your raindeer? I would like Size 12 sweater uninto and pouler bear. I hope all of the elfs are doing what you been telling them to do. I wish you a lovey Christmas.

Love, Brooklyn Simper

Pre-K, Mrs. SandersDear Santa,Do you like milk or hot

chocolate with your cookies? I have been extra good this year. I want a princess doll with a castle, a real kitty and a play kitchen.

Love, Rianna Martinez

Dear Santa,I like your big beard. I have

been good a lot. I would like a bike and some boots. I would also like some puzzles, an al-phabet set, some sidewalk chalk, some stickers , a Christ-mas set, some books, a lunch box, a magna doodle, a play farm set, and some blocks.

Love, Malik LeBlanc

Dear Santa,How are you. I have been

good and listening to my teacher. I would like a Boba Fett lego set, a toy car, a dino-saur toy, a bike, toy airplanes, animal friends toys with mov-ing mouths, gingerbread man cookies (ginger bread is good for you). I would also like Ninja Turtle toys and a Ninja Turtle hat.

Love, Matthew Hull

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph? I have

been good all year. I would like a horsey a Barbie, a lala loopsy doll, a cow, a dog, a sheep, a play farm, a play kitchen and food and plates, a baby doll and some pretty clothes.

Love, Yennifer Hernandez

Dear Santa,Are you feeling jolly this

year? I have been working hard at school and always keeping a smile on my face. I would like a robot dog, a guitar a skateboard a Thomas the train a buzz light year, blocks, a puppet a live bunny a toy house with people and a race car.

Love, Jeremiah Garcia


been working hard at school. Can I please have a pair of brown boots, shirts, some shoes and some pants.

Love, Citlaly Gallegos


I would like a ninja, an Iron Man toy, a dinosaur balloon, a football player with a foot-ball, a toy cop and a cop car, spiderman, superman, a toy race car, a set of lego blocks so I can build houses and a game for my brother and me. I would like a toy Santa with elves.

Love, Noel Almaraz


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Pre-K, Mrs. SandersDear Santa,How is Blitzen? I have been

trying to be extra extra good all year. I would like a real hippop-tomus, dinosaur counters like we have at school from Lake-shore.com, a real horse, a real phone, a real cow, a real dog, a play kitchen, a lot of Barbie dolls and a play doh machine.

Love, Lola Wilkerson

Dear Santa,I hope you are staying warm.

I have been good this year. I would like a bike, a scooter, baby dolls and a stroller, some paints, a chalk board with chalk, some dress up clothes and a little chair like my teacher has.

Love, Jessica Mendez

Dear Santa,Are the elves making toy? I

would like a little coat like my mom has. Cars I can play with in my room. I want a skate-board, some gray army men set, the small toy skateboards, sponge bob square pants, a toy tree, some play tools, some legos, and some toy animal sets.

Love, Joshua Longoria

Dear Santa,I have been good all year.

How are the elves? I would like a wii u and a dinosaurs track toy. Can I please have a big race car and a big truck and some dinosaurs. Can you bring stuff for my sister too?

Love, Tommy Barnes


I have been good all year. I would like some Barbie toys, a castle play set, some princess toys, some blocks, some colors, a toy doghouse for my stuffed puppy dog and some pretty clothes.

Love, Samarah Olmedo

Dear Santa,What kind of cookies do

you like? I am doing good at school. Can I please have a Lightning McQueen toy, a toy motorcycle, toy tools, a play house, some puzzles and some blocks.

Love, Brodi Ramos


been trying hard all year to be extra good. I would like a baby stroller and a baby doll, a play doh ice cream shop, a Barbie doll, a football, a basketball, a soccer ball and a moon to hang on my wall and a sun also. Can I please have some coloring books and colors, a leaf like my teacher has and a flower, a toy ship and a farm playset. My teacher says you can find the sun, moon, and leaf in the lighting section and kids sec-tion on the Ikea website.

Love, Kayleigh Reyes

Dear Santa, Are you working hard? I

have been working hard at school. I would like a Sponge Bob toy, a transformer toy, a skateboard for me and my brother, a t.v., a playset for my yard (slide, swings, ropes) a swimming pool, a Kazoo, I need a trampoline, a tool set and a farm set.

Love, Alex Rosas

Dear Santa,I hope you are feeling well. I

have been good so far. I would like a Barbie doll, and a China doll, a Barbie with a shower and a baby doll with a stroller.

Love, Samantha Stevens

East Avenue Pre-k: Mrs. Adame

Quierdo Santa,?Como estas’? Me he ported

muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener una tableta, una Barbie, y un carrito para la Barbie.

!Te quiero mucho! Valerie


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener una muneca, un caballito, unas bo-tas, y un gorro.

!Te quiero mucho!Meyli


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener una tableta, una muneca’ y un ca-ballito. Tambien un vestido. Para mami unos tacones y un vestido. Para papi y mi unas botas.

!Te quiero mucho!Yubali


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener una bi-cileta, unos jugetes. Tambien un vestido de princessa. Para mami unos zapatos, unos za-patos para papi.

!Te quiero mucho!Noelia


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener una un juego de cocina, ima cama, y muchos jugetes.

!Te quiero mucho!Jazzlyn

Quierdo Santa,?Como estas’? Me he port-

ed muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un Osito de penuche. Quiesiera una muneca con mucha ropa para vestirla.

!Te quierdo mucho!Rubi


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener una bicileta, un Osito, y una pelota.

!Te quierdo mucho!Jaelene


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener un tren, legos y un carrito.

!Te quierdo mucho!Johnathan


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener una traila para el trabajo de papa Lencho. Quisiera una moto para pasear a mi hermanito.

!Te quierdo mucho!Santiago


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener un carro que hable y en que me pueda pasear. Tambien quiero una moto y un Osito de panda para mi hermanito.

!Te quiero mucho!Sergio


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener un cin-to, ropa, un vesrido para mami, tambien unas tarjetas de letras

para estudiarlas.!Te quierdo mucho!Dillion

Quierdo Santa,?Como estas’? Me he port-

ed muy bien’ este ano. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un muneco’ del hombre arana’, una pistola de jugete. Y una mascara del hombre de arana’.

!Te quierdo mucho!Eduardo


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener un car-rito.

!Te quiero mucho!Juan


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener un car-rito. Para mami una flor. Para papi unas botas. Para Beti unas botas nuevas..

!Te quierdo mucho!Rogelio


muy bien’ este ano. Para Navi-dad, me gustaria tener ropa.

!Te quierdo mucho!Eileene

Kindergarten-Oakes

Dear Santa,I want some Monster High,

Lala loopsy, and a DS.Love, Karmen

Dear Santa,Have a good Christmas! I

will leave you some milk. I’m gonna give you cookies too. I want a salon for nails and for my nephew a toy bear. The cookies I have for you are shaped like Christmas trees. I love you!

Love, Marianelly

Dear Santa,I want a toy Christmas

tree, a toy car, and a toy robot. Thank you!

Love, Isaiah

Dear Santa,I love you! I will give you

some frosted cookies. I will give you a drink too. The cook-ies will be shaped like Christ-mas trees. I want an x-box. I will put out some apples for you too!

Love, Mikey

Dear Santa,I want a guitar, a Monster

High bike, and a Monster High book. I will leave you cookies with milk and ice cream.

Love, Alyanah

Dear Santa,Have a nice year! Have a

nice Christmas! I can make cookies for you. Thank you for the presents! I want a 4-wheel-er. I like your reindeer. I like your hat. Thank you for my presents.

Love, Joseph

Dear Santa,Have a nice trip! Can I please

have a lunchbox? Can I please have a Monster High doll? Can I have a coloring book?

Love, Kyndall

Dear Santa,I want a car, two remote

controlled monster trucks, and an xbox 360 for Minecraft. I want you to eat my cookies. I want you to look at our Christ-mas tree. See our star up on the Christmas tree. You can drink some milk too.

Love, Carlos

Dear Santa,I want a violin, costume, and

a car.Love, Lilliana

Dear Santa,I want a remote control air-

plane, a laptop, and a dinosaur motorcycle. Thank you from me and my family.

Love, Martin

Dear Santa,I want presents. I’d like a re-

mote control helicopter. I like you!

Love, Gustavo

Dear Santa,I want a slide, a computer,

and a car.Love, Alex

Dear Santa,I want a car, a toy and a

swimming pool.Love, David

Dear Santa,I want an xbox, a dump

truck, and a Grinch. I will give you some cookies.

Love, Demarkus

Dear Santa,I will give you some ice

cream. I will give you a sleigh. I will give you some snacks. I want an Easy Bake Oven, a new orange bike, and a wagon,

Love, Landon

Dear Santa,Merry Christmas! I want

a guitar, new clothes, and a whistle.

Love, Mariah

Dear Santa,Have a good weekend. Have

a good day! Have a good Holi-day! I want an ipod, a pig, and a dog.

Love, Hailee

Dear Santa,You are the best! Your rein-

deer are good. Could I see your reindeer? Could you take me for a ride in your sleigh? I want a new bike, an iphone, and an ipad. You’re the best!

Love, Jerardo

Dear Santa,I want a puppy, a bear and a

tree house.Love, Gabriella

East Avenue Pre-K: Mrs. Hernandez

Dear Santa, How are you? I have been

very good this year. For Christ-mas, I would like to have a tab-let and a piano. I love you!

Delilah, age:5

Querido Santa,?Como estas’? me he por-

tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un race car y un dragon de jugete.

!Te quiero mucho!Jonathan Age:5


very good this year. For Christ-mas, I would like to have a Spi-derman bike and a trampoline. I love you!

Esai, age:4


very good this year. For Christ-mas, I would like to have a Bat-man toy and an Iron man toy. I love you!

Ricky, age:4


very good this year. For Christ-mas, I would like to have a bi-

cycle and a horse. I love you!Natalia, age:5


tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un robot y carros.

!Te quiero mucho!Eduardo, age:5


tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener unas patinetas y un telefono’.

!Te quiero mucho!Estrella, age:4


very good this year. For Christ-mas, I would like to have a ted-dy bear and dress-up clothes. I love you!

Jazlin, age:5


tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gust aria tener un juego de Mario y Zapatos rojos.

!Te quiero mucho!Diego, age:5


tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener unos zapatos y una carriola para mi bebe.

!Te quiero mucho!Celeste, age:4


tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un oso de penuche y un leon de penuche.

!Te quiero mucho!Leticia, age:4


very good this year. For Christ-mas, I would like to have a car. I love you!

Marco, age:4


very good this year. For Christ-mas, I would like to have hip clothes and an airplane. I love you!

Kamryn, age:4


tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un xbox y un juego de Harry Pot-ter.

!Te quiero mucho!Juan, age :4


tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un tambor y una bandera.

!Te quiero mucho!Adrian, age:4


tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un tren y una pistola.

!Te quiero mucho!Andres, age:4


tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un tractor y juegos.

!Te quiero mucho!Carlos, age:5


tado muy bien este ano’. Para Navidad, me gustaria tener un perro y un Doc McStuffin.

!Te quiero mucho!Yaeli, age:4

Dual language - 2nd grade Mrs. Arellano & Mrs. Raley

Querido papa Noel,Me gust aria soorkerball.

Me gust aria biricletia de erha. Me gust aria perro y gato. Me gust aria uha pelo-tra. Me gust aria la pelicula. I ambien quiero un play stashjin 4. Yo e tratado a papa bien. Iambien es-cutcheon a mi maestm.

Se Sitah triente,By hunter hence

Querido papanoelMe gusaria una xbox 1 y

una foto de los venandos. Tambien una fdo la duen-des porque como mama noe?

Mucho amor,Sydney McCray

QueridopuparaelNe gystavia dos video

jyegos yno alzul y yno roza. Me gust aria lyigue y Mario dream. Team me gust aria el movie frozen. Por que yo leo. Yo egeme cana.

Quiero,John

Qerido papa,Noel, megustaria nua

foto del polo norte y de-los vendados ylos duen-des. Una cachor ito perra opaqueness a portado bien conmy hermara ie aayu-dado amy mama papa noel como estas y tu esposa como esta el poio nort es. Como estan los duende s yolos e=venados?

Conamor,Stephanie

Querido papa noelMe gust aria tener ropa

nueva. Ipara navidad qui-ero un I pad tambien una pellicle de frozen. Me pu-edes ttraer una fotot del polo norte? Me puetes traer un perrito y un gato? Porque me be portado bien el escuela. Le he traido una rosa mrs. are llano le ayude a mi papa a recor ar el ar-bor de navidad.

Con amor,Arayeli Zuniga

Quierdo papa noelMe gust aria una nueva

ropa ipara naf=vidad me gust aria una ipad. Tambi-en la pelicula de frozen. Y tambien un angel de jugete hola papa noel como estas y me puedes mondar una fotos de los duendes y de lost venados. Porque le e Escobedo a mi maestra que es muy Buena y tambien porque tiendo mi cama y tambien me porto bien y que mi mas=estra es muy bonifa.

Mucho Amor,Lizeth Martinez

Querido papa noel,Me gua=staria para navi-

dad un wii 1. Me gust aria para navidad una a com-potera. Me gu taria una maner a por favor. Porque yo era duen com my mama en todos los dias.

Mucho amorLuz Barjas

Queried papa noel,Me gutacia batman juego

y igody y iphone 5c yy rad case y 3d xds y elert scoode y kik box traker.

Much AmarJacob Jack

Dual language - 2nd grade Mrs. Arellano & Mrs. Raley

Qurido papa noelMe gust aria un 3ds xl y

quiero an psp a uh bicicleta tambgieh un wii u y un lego batman juego. Porque go le agude a micermano

Cah mucho amorChristopher

Querido papa noel’me q=gust aria una foto de tus duendes y otra foto de to

venado. Yo quiero un tele-fon y un xbox 2 y xbox 360 y un Nintendo 2 ds, y fifa 13 y sky landers soft farc y un power ranger sord y una bicleta y una shar finer y una camisa de spyrs y mimi heaty un wii u y una chace-ta y una goro de chrismis y un conejo y una chace at de papa noel.

Mucho AmarRafael

Querido papa noelYo quiero un muneca y

un munexca prisesa y un chicten albol de navidad con de coracionees. Porce yo estoy Buena en la es-cuela y yo juego con mi ermano y yo stay wena con mi mama.

Con MuchoAmar Julie

Querido papa noel,Megusttriaria a yerro

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Querido papa noelMe gust aria un vidio geme

me gust aria nua muneca de barbe me gust aria un I pad y un wii game y un tendo tez y una roto de los ventes y una capona. Mi casa numero es 203.

Con AmorMeliza

Querida papa noel,Yo quero una I pad y una lop-

top porque me porto bien en la escuela porque mi maestra es Buena y se llama ms. are llano y como estan los venados y me puedes mandar una foto de los duendes. Y como estas me pu-edes mandar una foto del polo norte.

Mucho Amor,Emily Castillo

Querido papa noel,Me gu sterile unbublah me

gu rt ariel 4n manster chruo me gustariel un ha weis. Me gustari-el un fleix threescore forup yo e trat miher mainbieh.

Mucha amorParker

Querdo papa noel,Ya quiero una tabletc qu tiene

juegos y movis de frozen y de carros y de mostrs dechocI y una movi de avatar de los monos grandes y czules y tr mien un ospe xds y una foto de to cosa y de tv casa y de tov novie y las venados y los duendes y uno y una ropa camo tuya el vict=otey el goro y el sinto los sapatos y un perrito un nino perrito y las xo-pitaq de mi perrito mi nomero de mi casa es 822 vivo en las traylos.

Mucho AmorJorge

Querido papa noel, me gust aria una mini ipad y can avian tambien una xbox football game. Yuna aggie helmit by camo s=esta la senora clos? Yo podia cara Sestos ogethis porague yo e tratado a mi hermana bien.

Mucho AmorWeston Ruddock

Querido papa noelMe gust aria dos rachoros yo

quiero papa el mundo paz para el mundo me gust aria el wii u. me gust aria el ninendo 2ds. Porque yo tratudao mi hermana y mi mama bien. Yo ayude a mi mama a lavoar lost tractres. Yo encontre mi hermanas jugete. Yo aya=ude a mi mama para cuidar a mi bebe hermana.

Con MuchoAmer Ruben

Querio papa noel,Como es tou y ture dundes

y mrs. Claws mi gusta toy mrs. Claws y toy duntes. Yo quiero un romote quad y un quad y un iphone 5s y un guin y pig y un scoter y gas. Porque yo debed-ede agarar lo es porque yo tango buen conformiento. Pero yo tan-go buen ompoceto malo. Pelo como yo pe=uedo glissando el yo puedo lab ajar en mi conpor-mento.

Sincermante’Mlachi Emmnuel Amaro

Querio papa noel’Me q=gust aria que me man-

daras una foto de and me man-dafas un reguio que yo quiero me gostaria we me manduras un I jpod pero id caja Chiq-uita y ami hermano poraue mi hermano te pose una nota y yo tumbien y yo que=ielo un Nin-tendo pero 2 nindos pero and sean azules y me gust aria tener una comport porawe eu tratdo mi mejoren la escueia y me gust aria una discieta porque yo ea compartido con mi hermano y yo quid=ero auna ty bieta]

Con amorYuleis Lucio

Aeribo papa noel’Clomrras y ju7getes y yo clima un min a pare un aybo una y una y unos libros. Me gust aria a untres min apars yo un telep=rono que lopibi porque traj=to bien a yuna combora=oda porque tratod=bien am hermana bien.l Porese porto buen bien con migo yo me porto dien comi-mama y mi papa y por misprime y mis tie=cs y las persones y los vesino ques= esta acro can nc-sotros.

Ydca amay bet’

Qurido papa noel’Me gust aria un rodeo tambien una pis-tola de musnin gun tambien and

ipad y un xbox one. Y un libro de halo que tengo todos de los juegos y que tenga lost= dibujos. Y que tenga muchos dibujos.

Alex Carmona Riojas

Queriodo papa noel,Hola papa noel como estas

me gust aria una pomputdora y una caritade mentira tambien una muneca tambien un cuar toy quiero un celular que es de-verdad y una muvi demeraposa y tv foto de loselfas y unos lidros.

DegieboPara Santa

Quevido papa noelHola come estas yo quiero

tuato navidad es lego city fire dparment blue electric cotza and craze car becus I ben nice.

Sincevamente’Kimberly Dolezal

Querido papa noel,Me gust aria una nokia tablet

y crazy loom, gaint teddy oso. Tab=mbein una nueva bicicleto y una= wii u yo estado tratando mio major en la escuela yo no me puedo contanar hasta navi-dad. Por favor mandome una foto de s duendes.

ConamorPaisley Ploeger

Querido papa noel,Como es la pole norte papa

noel yo quiero a una Barbie life in the draem house. Parque yo tamben yo estado Buena yo queinor una mini ipad. Tambien ya estado a undado mi mama y papa yo quiera una ipho9ne a para Christmas ke yo team umizoome ke yo tanbten yo es-tado dandoa mi hermano.

Sinceramente,Madison Harper

Querido papa noel’como esta los vendos? Megust wii u con lego city ulbercuvor ol un 3ds, con lego city undercover. Ol un xbox one. Me pinsa me tendid tenel los wii u cor lego city un-dercover porcal me nadiaeu bueno.

Mucho amorCree Stowers

Quero papa noelyo aurido a traxxas reck climdr. Yo quirde a electric scooter. Yo auirdea lego city reescoow boat. Perce ya es-tado estrede asael twes ves es.

Sincermaie vance’Lucas

Querido Papa noelYo quiero un telep=fono de

iphone. Yo quiero un aint elnet-net. Yo quiero un xbox360. Yo quiero un ipad, yo quiero un rangra=zr. Yo quiero un motc-chrod helocopter. Porque yo ne porke yo ben.

Mucho amorDakota DuBose

Querido papa noel,Me qustaria monster high me

gust aria ipod, ipad, me gusturia 3ds, porqueyo todo yes 5 a zoi yi amayo=do.

Mucho Amor,Kloey Salazar

Querido papa noelQiero un duenae y un venado

y do mi pd pd y mama un caro y tampien un ropot. Port=que soi pueno a loas personas y tom pien dyudo adds persons aser cosas.

Con amos,Jesus Valzque

Quida papa noelMe gust aria un telep=fo de

I phone 5s, me gust aria un x boxes 360. Me gust aria unc tevi-can. Yo quiro una trocade jugete yo quire una biscileta, hyo quiro una canto. Me gust aria tal de navida me gust aria tarn polin.

Mucho amorDuran Mendoza

Querido papa noel,Hola comez estas porfavor

mandame una foto de last du-endes. Me gustoria es 4 astin moon ticket. Yo quiero es es-pano cosos. Megustaria es zich. Yo quiero una computador. Me qustaria una scooter. Yo quino 4 wheeler. Porque yo ama astin moon. Porque yo amar porque yo amor comptadera porque yo amar scooter. Porque yo amar 4 wheeler.

Sinceramente’Emily lynn stamport

Qurido papa noelHa=ola como esta por for

mandame una foto los duendes yo quiero la iphone 5. Me qusta la anillo parami mama yo qui-ero una postol a para mi papa.

Yo quiero una bunkbed. Coma estaq la senora clause como es-tan los venados y roualf como es tado animlas porque yo ayudo m. mama en la heb y walmart.

SincerelyMacy Sample

Querido papa noelPa=uedo yo ver tus venotos

yo quiero un teiefono. Yo aqui-ero una comptadora yo quiero una computadora yo quiero un eletrit scoter azul. Yo quiero un robot. Yo estado Buena yo tengo bunos grados.

SiceramenteKelly Breitschope

Querido papa noel’me gus-toria un wii u con el jue go de super Mario 3d world pien so que to=u eres real. En la noche me gust aria verte cuande trraes los r ega los tambien me gust aria una computardora que tiene internet tam bien unes perros de robot ques= e=sellamon zom-mery tekna tamb=bin wo sular un x box un craxy car un 3ds y sonic lost w orld un shell raiser uno de lost ugles un razor unos de los s sky landers un robotr q el=se pe=uede mover.

Sinceramente oswalDa sanchez

Querido papa noel’Hola como estas por favor

madame una foto de lost duen-des me gust aria un 3ds ya lu-era una computador y papa mi mama quiero un anillo y para nai papa quiero Suntelephone ami me qustaria un I phone 5 y un ipad yo crea quella est ado ropa y chose y una television ypsd yun wii u.

SincermaneBrandon Izaguirre

Queri papa noelPor favor me aeda teruna cas

de batman. Iphones jporque ya ear buen

SinseramenMarcos Vazques

Querido santa,Quiero gusta 5 astin moon

ticetes quier gusta guitara quiera gusta behey porque me guitara es excelente porque me asking moon tickets es mi love astin porque me espanol sgforfo.

Mucho AmorTara Lester

Presly3rd grade

Dear Santa,How has your year been? I

have tried hard in school and lis-tening at home this year. I would like sckull giants, sackshun of a halow game and a alien verses predetator hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Zander


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like a kindle fire a puppy and a game of call of duty. I hope you have a safe trip. Please be careful. Have a good year Christ-mas is my favorite time of year. My mom and I will make cook-ies and milk for you for being so nice. Filled with jelly and full of happy spirit. Merry Christmas!

Love,Christian


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like a kindle fire, halo reach for ps3, call of duty black opps 2 for ps3, I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Jordan


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like iphone 5c, I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Kyndall

Dear Santa,How are you been? I have

tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like a tablet. I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Yoselin


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like a xbox one, mine craft and a pet bunny.

Love,Aidan


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like iphone 5, kindle fire and xbox one.

Love,Carlos

Dear Santa,How ahs your year been I

have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like hot hues, hot buns, iphone. I hope you have a safe trip why you are passing out presents.

Love,Christiny


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like xbox 360, mine craft, and a cute puppie. I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Miguel


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like a xbox, dirt bike and I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Colby


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like a galaxy 4, tablet and a computer. I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Juliana


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like video games for xbox one, xbox one and a new football visor. I hope you have a safe trip please Santa.

Love,Joe


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like a ipad, new bike, and some books. I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Brianna


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like a galaxy s4, hot hues and fake glasses.

Love,Paris


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like Iphone 5, tablet and bike. I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Kayla


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like a dolphen shark le-rten, a pretty fish and a glass chandeliar. I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Layden


have tried hard in school and lis-tening at home this year. I would like a ipad, animal like the movie frozen the snowman and maker maker.

Love,Maricla


have tried hard in school and listening at home. This year I would like a kindle fire, hdx, iphone 5, Lorna mini mates, I hope you have a safe trip.

Love,Blayne

Pearson - 3rd grade

Dear Santa,How have you been? What

kind of cookies do you like? How has Mrs. Claus doing? May I please have some lagos? And some nikes, socks, gloves, hats and clothes and some books, twin size beds and a new bike,

my bird bella back.Love,Haley B.

Dear Santa,I love Christmas. How are the

reindeer doing? Are you eating a lot of cookies? Can you please make me a tramplone and please a new remote for xbox 360 and that is it.

Love,Gage Cardenas

Dear Santa,Merry Christams! How are

the reindeer doing? I’ve been a little naughty will you forgive me? For Christmas can I please have a sewing machine, a robot dog called zoomer, a new stuffed animal and some books but most of all a big snow storm with tons and tons of snow. Happy Holidays.

Love,Karalyn Irving

Dear Santa,Are you eating a lot of cook-

ies? What is your favorite thing about Christmas? My favorite thing about Christmas is that you get to be with your fami-lys and you get presents. Santa are the reindeer eating a lot? Are the elves mad cuse they are working too much? Santa how can the reindeer fly if they don’t have wings? Santa what do you do when it si summer up at the North pole do you go to the beach? Mrs. Claus do you like to eat cookies? Santa for Christmas I want a kitten and a ipad, puppy, trampoline. Merry Christmas Santa and Mrs. Claus Santa you are very nice. Elves are you small or big?

Love,Yaquelin Cardoza

Dear Santa,How are you today? How

are your elves/ How are your reindeer? Have I been a nice or naughty? I would please like some books and I would please like some new hair bows and I would also like a sewing machif-ne. And I would like you to give both of my sisters a new bike. And I would please like a big rrampoline and I would please like a stuffed cat. Have a merry Christmas to you.

Love,Alyson

Dear Santa,Merry Christmas to you

Santa and Mrs. Claus I’m kind of spoiled. So can you give me a Johnny Manzel jersey and a hoodie. And a toy helicopter. Can you give me a Peyton Man-ning Jersey.

Love,Brody Borrer

Dear Santa,How are you doing? How is

Mrs. Claus feeling? What is your favorite kind of cookie? Because when Christmas comes I will make that6 kind for you. Now that is I have done a favor for you to come cand you do one for me> Can I please have a some new paint and aother art stuff. Merry Christmas Santa!!

Love,Dakota Mammarella

Dear Santa,How are you doing this

Christmas? I love you Santa. How are your reindeer? I will put what I will waqnt this Christmas. A Barbie house, I pad 2, and my family Ihpone 5s Santa and Mrs. Claus I love you so much.

I love you Santa,Letzy R.

Dear Santa,Hey Santa how are you.

Please get me a pet hamster. Please and 2 bike Santa. I’d like some games please and movies. Phone pretty please. I love you Santa, Merry Christmas.

Love,Christian Camarillo

Dear Santa,How are you and Miss Claus

doing this Christmas. How is your elves. I am sory or be-ing alittle bad and naughty.this Christmas. I want a phone, kindle fire, ipod, shoes, boots, books, iphone. I want to see your reindeers perform some time.

Love,Ashlee Walton

Dear Santa,Are you doing well and are

the elves doing good at mak-

ing toys and is Mrs. Claus do-ing well and is she getting you a lot of cookies and Santa I want a xbox one and a payton man-ning jersey.

Love,Mason Navejar

Dear Santa,How are you today? How

is Rudolph? Can I please have a wwe power slammer pool, snow game room, spurs jersey, cowboy jersey, plato a mexico soccer player jersey and go to a Dallas Cowboy game, xbox 360, xbox one, iphone, San Antonio Spurs game ticket, plus I would leave you milk and cookies.

Love,Ivan Gallegos

Dear Santa,How are you? How is Blit-

zen? Can I have please these toys please. I want a dirt bike, a auto graphed denver broncos football, super bowl dvd, snow, bob black land wwe wres-tler, Yokosuka wwe wr4estler Johnny Manziel football jersey, drew brees football jersey, au-tographed drew brees football, denver broncos hoodie, Robert Griffin Jersey.

Love,Ethan Crouch

Dear Santa,How are your elves doing?

How is Rudolph. I will like crazy bkae and cool bake and a doll, iphone.

Love,Daisy Meralo

Dear Santa,I want a crase got car for

Christmas and a dirt bike for Christmas. Reindeer for Christ-mas and a rabit. I want a hros. I want a iphone for Christmas.

Love,Steven

Dear Santa,Could I have a pogo stick?

Please could I have a ipod case? Santa could I have a longhorn jersey 6P dear Santa could I have a cowboys jersey.

Love,Aidan vernor

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus? Is she ill

or not? How about Rudolph is he doing a good job? Look I kow I’ve been naughty but I want to apologize. I would like a psp and a remote control car pretty please.

Love,Jose Zavala

Pearson - 3rd grade

Dear Santa,I love you Santa. You are the

best. I want a real phone I want a car Merry Christmas I want snow, You are nice I want to see you and I want to sit on your lap. I want a big ds, we love you so much what do you like?

Love,Kaylea Larsen

Dear Santa,Can you please bring me

a monster high doll. Make sure it is Jack lora or a name on the tv show. I will give you milk and cookies. How is Rudolph is he rocking at the north pole? Is Mrs. Claus ok. I saw you at the heb this week-end. CAn you please bring me new tenny shoes the ones you think you are in the air. I am sorry I been naughty last night. Love you ps you are the best Santa ever.

Love,Ainsley

Dear Santa,How are you doing are you

doing ok. Good at the North pole. How are the raindee do-ing. So good can sum snow because I want to make snow man and johonmonznader #2. Santa I want some books please Santa tim Duncan and texas longhorns #8. I am be-ing so good I want to visit you Santa.

Love,Logan Alva


Rudolph and the other rain-deers. What kind of cookies do you lie? For Christmas can Ij please have the dolls from frozen. And a doll from my little poney, stuffed animal. Merry Christmas.

Love, Erika Garcia

The Cannon • Letters to Santa Thursday, December 19,2013Page D12Mills 4th grade

Dear Santa,My name is Emmabelle Saldi-

na and all I want this Christmas is a phone, a computer, a cat, a basketball, basketball hoop. A parot and a maid. Santa thank you for your hard work and con-sideration.

Love,Emmabelle Saldina

Dear Santa,How are your elfs? Are they

doing well? Are your reindeer well fed? And Santa what I want for Christmas is a computer, play station 3, Nintendo 3ds xl, wii u all sonic plus toys and nurf guns. I forgot to say that I want Mind-craft 1.7.2 on the computer.

Love,Robbie Rodriguez

Dear Santa,I want niles, nile polesn a real

dog, taqblet seven a computer that has a touch screen and I wish Santa Claus a good Merry Christmas and I hope you have a great day.

Love,Mayia

Dear Santa,This is what I want for Christ-

mas a iphone, tablet, lap top, big action figtures, play station 3 with a mortal kum patvs, dc universal xbox 360 with mortal komboat complete action game kuratte punching bag, bow n arrow, real life horse, just dance 4, just dance 2 a motors=cycle to show Gonzales, a really big stuffed animals,, world peace for everyone to return home for Christmas.

Love,Jordan Riojas

Dear Santa,May I have a phone can I have

a nook and a electronic book. Do reindeer like cookies Santa. Can comet talk to you when he is sad? Is comet sick?

Love,Jazzmen Maddox

Dear Santa,I would like a xbox one for

free. I would like to have a rein-deer for Christmas. I want Ru-dolph and Prancer. I would nev-er be naughty. I like to have an elf to play football. I wish I could go to France and eat French food. I will like to give you a present. I will like to have a mini tablet.

Love,Jose Ortega

Dear Santa,How are you? Good I hope

so. I’ll make sure I will leave you a plate of cookies and a glass of milk. I hope youre all bundled up at the north pole. How are your reindeer and your elves. Thank you for everything can you say hi to the reindeer leves and Mrs. Claus to this year I don’t want anything but a bell from your reindeer. Merry Christmas Mr. Claus!

Love,Stefanie Gonzales

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want an ex-

plorer and I want bop-it, smash it and a blue 3ds.

Love,Alejandro Reyna

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want a four

wheeler and I want one of Santas reindeer I also want an elf and a bell from Santas reindeer I want a remote control car and some boots.

Love,Delin Contreras

Dear Santa,Me and my brother want

xbox 360 and I hope you can make it with a football game and super makes so we can play with us thank you.

Love,Carlos

Dear Santa,All I want for Christmas is

a computer and a new horse. Thank you!

Love,Colby Richter.

Dear Santa,I want a ipad for Christmas.

I love Christmas. I also want a new horse because I love horses. I got a question how are all of your reindeers. How can rein-deer fly? How can you get to house to house in one day>

Love,

Brittney Oillegas

Dear Santa,For this Christmas I would

like a four-wheeler/white ipad 4 and for every little children to have a wonderful Christmas Iphone. Can you answer these questions? How old are you? Which reindeer is your favorite? When did you get married?

Love,Makayla Sanchez

Dear Santa,I am Noelia Inocehcia I have

10 years old. I have been good and how have you been good? I want fror Christmas is a wiitaht is red. And I want a ds that it is pink abnd I want pony that is pink and big and I want a mp3 that is black and I want laptop that is pink. And I want a iphone that is black and I want a back pack that is hana Montana and I want a pair of boots that is black with a bow in walmart.

Love,Noelia Inocehcio

Dear Santa,I have a few questions for

you. I want to know if miss claus id doing good? How are all the raindeer? What I want for Christmas is an xbox 360, pup-py, ipad, four wheeler and a easy bake. Tell all of the elfs and miss claus merry Christmas. Thank you!!

Love,Ileysia Tucker

Dear Santa,I know how the boys and girls

been good or not but all I want is a wii u that would be really good if I got it. This is one thing I want is a xbox 360 that would really make me happy.

Love,Eduardo Careon

Stowers - 1st grade

Dear Santa,How are the elves? May you

have adoll. I love you Santa.Love,Yaritza

Dear Santa,How are the raindeer/ I want

zommer I want a xbox I want a game buck it with lol I want sky-landers swop cars I want a dog.

Love,Zane

Dear Santa,How are you doing? May I

please have a xbox 360 and a mine craft for xbox 360 with the new tv update I believe in you.

Love,River

Dear Santa,How are the raindeers? I

would like a scooter. I would like a nerf gun. I would like skyland-ers swat ford. I like Santa.

Love,John

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus? May I

have a ipod and xbox 360 and a play house. I will leave cook-ies and milk for you and Merry Christmas everyone.

Love,Kilee

Dear Santa,How are you doing Santa?

How is blisin? Can I have a xbox 360 santa how are you can I have a computer for Christmas I like you Santa.

Love,Peyton

Dear Santa,How are you today? May I

please have a game. May I please have a Barbie. May I please have a teddy bear.

Love,Montsera

Dear Santa,How are you? Could I have

a crazy kart. Could I have more mix for my easy bake oven could I have knee pads and elbow pads.

Love,Krissy

Dear Santa,How is mrs. Claus? May I

please have a infinity xbox game, skylanders xbox,= controller hot wheels lift truck.

Love,Jordan

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Claus? May I

have a easy bakeer? May I have a monster high doll jacket laura? I may I have a 2013 Christmas doll? May I have a sooter. May I have a sofia the first doll? I love you.

Love,Lehara

Dear Santa,How are you doing doday

and how is mrs. Claus doing and the raindeer and the elf too? Can I please have a reindeer and a Nintendo. Thank you.

Isabella

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I would

like a doll and dog I need clothes. I will love you.

Love,Midaya

Dear Santa,Howa are the elves. May I

have $100 and an ipad and pup-pys please santa. May I have a toy car please and I love you. Santa and I love you Mrs. Claus I love you all good bye Rudolph.

Love,Jolynn

Dear Santa,How is the elfs? How is mrs.

Clos? May I please have a xbox 360. May I please have a puppy. I want for everyone to have a good Christmas. I love you San-ta. May I have a ipad May I have a Houston Texan game.

Love,Jeslynn

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I want

baby alive. I want bath tub baby. I want dora microphone.; Thank you.

Love,Maggie

Dear Santa,How are you with Rudolph?

May I please have a Jackie laura doll and some ds games! And a flicka! Movies monster high ds games. And a scarf and a new bike I love you. Good buy!

Love,Cynthia

Dear Santa,How are you Santa? Are your

elfs and raindeers okay? I would like a wii and a toy tank and a dirt bike.

Love,Thomas

Mrs. Schacherl - 1st grade

Dear Santa,How are you? Please bgring

me a tea cup puppy, samsun gal-axy s4 phone, swimming jpool and a bird. A friend please bring a Barbie car fo me a plant and for mom a new mattress.

Love,Kayleigh

Dear Santa,How are you? Please bring me

a tablet and transormer toys, a dino toy, a basketball, x-box and a play staion, I am being good .

Love,Rene

Dear Santa,Please bring me a ipad and a

tablet htank you for everything I will leave you some cookies. Please bring me a phone and my mom a rose.

LoveAnglica

Dear Santa, how are your reindeers? Please bring me a 2013 Christmas doll a new back pack, some p=lipstick and a new ipad please give my mom and dad a safe day.

Love,Alex Rodriguez

Dear Santa,Howa re your raindeers. I

hope you are feeling well santa. Please bring me some colors some clothes and a book and please bring my mom a rose.

Love,Harley Rordriguez

Dear Santa,Howa are you? Can you

please bring me a baby doll, a book a new bed and a tablet. Pleae bring mom a new phone.

Love,Sarahynn

Dear Santa,I hope you are well. Please

bring me a toy and please bring me a dino toy. My mom wants a new jacket my dad wants a ham-

mer.Love,Daniel

Dear Santa,Please bgring me a game

bring me a sled and a jump rope.= and a dog and a cat and a play station and football game. Please bring my brother a car.

Love,Isaac

Dear Santa,Howa re you? Can you please

bring me a doll and a bike and a monster high doll and a doll house. I am very good please bring my mom some flowers.

Love,Tayloa


a xbox a football jersey and some apaches flags. I been good I have been nice and for my family I hop0e my family don’t get sick.

Love,Caleb

Dear Santa,How are you? Please bvring

me a bike a doll some books and an ipad please bring my mom flowers please bring my dad baseballs please bring me a new bed. I been good.

Love,Kierstin

Dear Santa,How are you and the elfs?

Please bring me a skylanders swap force some more skyland-ers and please bring me xbox and also please bring me lots of legos also a wii u, also please bring my mom shoes.

Love,Adrian

Dear Santa,Please bring me an ipad and

a football and please bring my friend caleb an ipad and a foot-ball.

Love,David

Dear Santa,Howa re you? I hope you are

well. Please bring me a live fox and a book and a black dog.

Love,Jaden F.

Dear Santa,How are you doing? Please

bring me a calendar. I am good please give my dad a new car and give my mom a flower.

Love,Alaya

Dear Santa,How are you doing? Please

bring me a ipad with a football game a basketball game with a placation and bring my mom a flower.

Love,Jayden

Dear Santa,How are you? Please bring

me a play station and wrestling games please bring me a robot please bring des bren please bring my grandpa more medi-cine.

Love,Xavier


a game and a bebe and a horse and a rel puppy.

Love,Eric

Mrs. Bouler - 3rd grade

Dear Santa,How are the elves and the

reinder? I hurd that santa got a phone number I want a iphone 5 and easy bake oven I want some beats and some close I want some shoes and some snow I want some more flepeez the dogs.

Love Jayden Serna

Dear Santa,Howa re the reindeer doing? I

hope everything is going great! I would like a ipad and some run-ning shoes and please a puppy. Have a Merry Christmas Santa.

Love,Joshua Esparza

Dear Santa,How are the elves? Howa re

you? This year I would like a ipad and trucks and cars. Merry Christmas.

Love Edward Herrera

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer doing?

I hope the reindeer are doing fine. This year I would like an xbox one, computer and a ipad. I would be really happy if every-one got a toy. Merry Christmas.

Love,Matthew Navejar

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph? This year I

would like a wiiu, a phone, and a mp3 player. Thank you Merry Christmas to Santa Claus.

Love,Jacob Guerrera


Clause? I hope you are doing good. This year I would like a Ip0hone bats and a xbox one.

Love,Jarren Johnson

Dear Santa,How are you and the elves?

I hope the elves are doing great with the toys! This year I would like some snow elove and a phone.

\Love,Jalissa Sanchez

Dear Santa,How are things at the north

pole? How are elves doing and Mrs. Claus I would like a xbox and a pair of jeans and some blue pants. Merry Christmas.

Love,Angel Martinez

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph and the elves.

I hope that they are doing good. I would like a nabi and a I phone and a case for the ipad and a Jolly Christmas.

Love,Marisa Silva

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer? I hope

Mrs. Claus is doing good. For Christmas I would like a wii u. I would like if everyone gets a toy. Merry Christmas.

Love,Colbie William

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph the red nose

reindeer? I hope Mrs. Clause is she good. This year I want shoes, gambound car. I hope the elves don’t complain.

Love,Miguel Rodriguez

Dear Santa,How are you and the reindeer

doing? For Christmas I would like a xbox, big toy and some snow. Merry Christmas.

Love,John Rivera

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph? How are

the elves? This year I would like a kindle, guitar and a pet. I hope you have a Merry Merry Christ-mas.

Love,McKarian Filia

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I hope

you have a great Christmas! This year I would like a new pool and new shoes pink and black. I would like new clothes and new bike light green, pins black. Have a great Christmas. Merry Christ-mas!

Love,Yarley Leal

Dear Santa,How are all the reindeer?

How are yall doing? This year ZI would like shoes, clothes, dsi, I hope you will have a good Christmas.

Merry Christmas.Love,Riley Eckols

Dear Santa,How are you? I wish you have

a Merry Christmas. This year I would like a skateboard, snow and a tv in my room. You’re a great Santa.

Love,Jose Garcia

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I hope

you have a great Christmas. This year I would like a ipad, guitar and some books. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas.

Love,Andrea Borjon


And have a great Christmas.

This year I would like a ipad and xbox one Ipad and have a good Christmas.

Love,Christian Medina

Dear Santa,How is Rudolph? How are

the elves? This year I would like beats head phone, hats and a xbox one this year. I hope every-one get a toy. Merry Christmas.

Love,Carlos C.

Mrs. Bouler - 3rd grade

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer? How

are the elves/ I will like a phone, a game and a xbox 1. And I hope you have a nice Merry Christ-mas.

Love,Tony Ray Harkey

Mrs. Pyssen - kindergarden

Dear Santa,What is your favorite kind

of cookie? How is Mrs. Clause? I am wanting some make-up and an american doll for Christ-mas. I am six years old now. Can you bring me lots of toys on Christmas? My sisters want another american doll. A tv for their room and my biggest sister wants some new boots. Bring my dad some new work pants and my mom some new high heels. I will put some cookies and hot cocoa under the Christ-mas tree for you. Becareful! P.s. do your reindeer really fly?

Love,Karissa

Dear Santa,How are you? How do your

ra=eindeer fly? I am living in Gonzales. I am 5 years old. For Christmas can you bring me a new blue bike a scooter and some video games? My brother wants a video game and a little bike. My sister wants a dora the expolorer toy. Bring my mom some make up and my dad a new red car. I love you Santa Clause! I will eave you cookies.

Love,Javaris

Dear Santa,How are your reindeer? Is

it snowing in the north pole? I have been good. I am six years old. Can ou bring me a talking minoin that moves his head and he has 1 hair. I want a race car and a transformer game and a xbox too and a Leonardo ninja turtle toy. Can you give my brother a little car. My mom wants a golden ring. Be careful. P.s I also want a remote control for the x-box.

Love, Nathaniel

Dear Santa,How are you doing? Is it

snowing at the North Pole? I am 5 years old. Can you bring me a blue pwer ranger and a monster truck. My mom wants some new blue shoes. Bring my brother a monster truck like me. My dad needs some new shoes too. For Christmas I also want some video games. I will give you cookies and milk. I love you Santa.

Love,Bryson

Dear Santa,Can your reindeer really fly?

Do your elves build all the toys? I have new glasses. I am 6 years old. Can you bring me an opti-mus Prime Transformer truck? I also want a bumble bee Trans-former car and a wrestler toy with a wrestling ring. My mom and dad need a new computer. Bring my sister a Barbie toy and my brother a transformer toy and my baby brother a baby toy. I will wait up for you. Merry Christmas.

Love,Levi

Dear Santa,How are all of the reindeer?

Are you really magic? I just lsot my tooth. Do you know the tooth fairy? I want some play dough and 3 Barbie dolls for Christmas. I want a new puzzle and a minni =e mouse toy. Can ou bring my brothers 2 cars. My mom wants some Jewelry. Bring my grandma some new glasses. When you come I will have some chocolate chip cook-ies waiting for you. I love you! Ps. Please bring me a new bike.

Love,Kaleigh

The Cannon • Letters to SantaThursday, December 19, 2013 Page D13Mrs. Pyssen - kindergarden

Dear Santa,I love Christmas! How are

you? Thank you for the snow. I am 5 yeasr old. Can you bring me an awesome toy car for Christmas? I want you to come to my house on Christmas. I will wake up and see you. I also want a superman video game. I want you to bring my sister a Barbie. Bring my brother and avengers game. Can you bring my mom and dad a new shirt? I will leave you some cookies in your sleigh.

Love,Cain

Dear Santa,How are your reindeer? How

are your elves? I hope you have a safe trip. I have been good. I am 5 years old. For Christmas I want a soccer goal and a new soccer ball. I even want my very own Barbie doll. Can you bring my mom a pancake mixer? My dad needs some new nails. My dogs, could you bring them a new squeaker toy? You are special!

Love,Mia

Dear Santa,How are you? What do your

reindeer do all year? I have been good. I help others. Can you please bring me a Barbie doll and a unicorn toy. I would also like some dress-up clothes. My mom would like a flower neck-lace. Can you bring my dad a video game? My dogs today and roxy need a new dog toy. I will elave you some cookies and hot chocolate.

Love,Zoe


Rudolph the Red Nose Rein-deer? I am in Kindergarten. Can I have a baby doll and a scooter and a computer for Christmas? Bring my 3 sisters a Barbie doll, a sqwishy ball, some lipstick. My mom wants a new diamond ring. Can my grandma get a new cell phone? My aunt needs a new computer too. I will ride on your Christmas trin when it is Christ-mas.

Love,Makayla

Dear Santa,How have you been? What

kind of cookies and milk do you lie? I love playing with my sister. For Christmas can you bring me a puppy dog robot and a toy that colors. Can you please also bring my sister play dough ice cream? My mom would like you to bring her a computer she also has been very good. Oh please don’t forget my dad. He would like a toy robot. Please remem-ber to leave me a note on what kind of cookies you like.

Love,Jaelyn

Dear Santa,How are you? I miss you. I

am in kindergarten now! For Christmas can you bring me a Barbie computer and a ipad and some walkie-talkies can you bring my mom a new real computer? My grandma wants some pretty earrings, bracelets and a necklace to match. I will leave you some cookies under my Christmas tree.

See you soon.Love,Aubrey

Dear Santa,How do you feed your rein-

deer? Can you bring me some presents/ I will be a good listener. I would like a lot of toys. A toy kitchen, some dishes, a Bar-bie, some Barbie clothes, some Barbie high-heels, some Barbie necklaces and earrings. Can you give my sister some colorful rubbger bands to make brace-lets with? I want my mom to get some new furnitur4e and jy step dad some video games. Can you bring my puppies a squeaky toys? I will give you some choco-late chips cookies.

Love,Natalie C.

Dear Santa,How are you doing? Do you

ever get presents/ I have been good. I want candy and a heli-copter and a jjet and an airplane and a monster t4ruck for Christ-mas. Bring my sister a hello kitty and my brother wants a star wars book with stickers. Bring Devin a play station. My other berother wants a bear book. Please bring my grandma a Christmas tree.

Love,Jordan

Dear Santa,How are you? How are your

reindeer? I have been good. I am 5 years old. Can you get me a toy monster truck and I want a toy bull. I also want a puzzle. Please get my mom a brace3let. Get my dad a necklace. Be careful on your trip.

Love,Christian


Clause? I am 5 years old I am a good girl. For Christmas I want a unicorn and some candy. Can you bring me a big dog? For my brother he liesk superman and batman. My mom likes make-up. My cousin likes pretty stuff like flowers and diamonds. I am gonna give you some sugar cookies on Christmas Eve.

Love,Mina

Dear Santa,How many reindeer do you

have? Where do your elves live? I am 5 years old. I have a brother. Can you bring me some new red gloves for Christmas. I would like a superman toy and some markers and a book too. My brother wants a new game. Can you bring my mom some pink flowers and my dad some cologne. I will leave you some cookies and milk.

Love,Julian

Dear Santa,Where do you live? How do

your reindeer fly? I am listening at home. I have a sister. I want a new video game my sister broke my other one. Can you bring me a motorcycle and a big gun? My sister wants a Barbie can you bring my little baby brother some bottles. Bring my mom a new blue dress. Bring my dad a real gun. My grandma and grandpa wants a new car. I will wait for you on Christmas Eve.

Love,Noah

Dear Santa,How do you make your rein-

deer fly? How is Mrs. Clause? I have been good. I am in kinder-garten for Christmas can you bring me some make-up and some new pink boots? I want a doll and some doll clothes. My sisters want some dolls my brothers want games. Bring my dad some new tools and my mom wants some perfume. I will bring you cookies. Merry Christmas.

Love,Natalie M.

1st Grade: Abrameit

Dear Santa,My name is Albert, I want a

parrot, dog, bike, robot and a race.

Love, Albert

Dear Santa,How are you dowen I hop

you are dowen good! I hop you can sid this. Sum gus wic have I want cool cars.

Love, David

Dear Santa,How are you. I want a holiday

bribie and a 2ds, and a new game and a ipod and a ipoune and a toy candal and a bribie and a toy horuse. I want a puppy, a cat, a new bike please. Have a very good Christmas!

Love, Kayelynn

Dear Santa,How are you doing I want

a toy car and a doll and a doll house and a horse and a toy just like you. I want a new bike. New jordans, a desk to do my home-work, recycling box for my desk, and a klok for my new room. Merry Christmas.

Love, Brianna

Dear Santa,I want a race car track, a pup-

py, a new tv, a foodball.Love, Anthony

Dear Santa,How are you? I want a mon-

ster truck, football, fish in pole, dog, robot, horse, ifone.

Love, Jermare

Dear Santa,I wut a clor toys, I wut a toyz

robot.Love, Aaron

Dear Santa,

I like Santa, I want a toy truck.Love, Ty Petras

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I want a

truck, merry Christmas Santa. I want a cat, a horse, a jakit, I want a good Christmas.

Love, Mason (?)

Dear Santa, I want a truck for Christmas

and a dog, horse, and a perit, and a tiy shamu.

Love, Miguel

Dear Santa,How are you? I want a toy.

And a good Christmas. And I hope you have a good Christmas Santa, Merry Christmas.

Love, Martha

Dear Santa,I want a ipad and a ifone.Love, Justin

Dear Santa,How are you. I wanr a ipod,

and iphone, a ps and a game, I want a puppy.

Love, Tavion Hunt

Dear Santa,My name is Mateo Vasquez,

for Christmas I want a bike, Merry Christmas Santa.

Love, Mateo

Dear Santa,How are you, for Christmas I

wanr legos and a motorcycle.Love, Juan

1st Grade: Mrs. Carrizales

Dear Santa,How are your little elves? For

Christmas I would like a flipping dog, despicable me and ninja turtle couch. I will leave you cookies and milk.

Love, Damy

Dear Santa,How are you doing? How

is Mrs. Claus? For Christmas I would like a new red woody, a Buzz Light-year, and a super-man. Hope your elves are feeling good.

Love, Brandon

Dear Santa,How are you and Mrs. Claus?

For Christmas I would like a helicopter remote, car remote, x-box 360, I phone, wii u, table motorcicle, lego, 2ds, 3ds, play-station4. I will leave you cookies and milk Santa.

Love, Omar

Dear Santa,Does the North Pole have ice

crystals? For Christmas I would like a Ipad, books, Barbie with a shower. Have a safe trip Santa!

Love, Aubrey


crystals? For Christmas I would like Skylander Swap Force, Darth Vador light saber, and a DS. I will leave you cookies and milk.

Love, Tobias

Dear Santa,How do you rap presents in

a hurry? For Christmas I would like a purse, bows, and a lot of books. Have a safe trip Santa.

Love, Karyme


crystals? For Christmas I would like a race car, car, toy, soccar ball and a new bike. I will leave you cookies and milk Santa.

Love, Michael


deer? I want a electric car, Justin bieber tickets, and a ipod. I will leave some milk and cookies for you. And some carrots for the reindeer. I will see you soon.

Love, Jaylah


For Christmas I would like a phone, wrestling and a 3ds. I will leave you cookies and milk Santa.

Love, Christian


For Christmas I would like a toy kitchen and a baby carrier, and a Barbie. I will live you cookies and milk Santa.

Love, Sarah

Dear Santa,How are you? For Christmas

I would like remote control car, football, and remote control he-

licopter. How is Rudolph?Love, Carlos

Dear Santa,How are you? For Christmas

I would like a model titanic, and a toy polar express train. How is Rudolph?

Love, Aedan


Christmas I would like a lala loopsie, ds, and a I-pod. I love you santa!

Love, Kylee


Christmas I would like a flutter, motorcycle and helmet, gloves I hope the presents fall out!

Love, Hayllie


for Christmas I would like Hello Kitty stuff a lot of school stuff folder pens pencils etc, and clothes. Have a safe trip Santa.

Love, Makayla


crystals? For Christmas I would like orbezz spa, and make-up, Barbie doll house. Have a Merry Christmas Santa!

Love, Raven


For Christmas I would like a purse, a bike, and a trampoline, I will leave you cookies and milk Santa!

Love, Crislyn

Dear Santa,For Christmas I want a Halo,

x-box one, and kindle fire.Love, Jaydee Longoria

Dear Santa,I thank you should know that

I have been a great girl. I have been very great and nice. I would like a puppy for Christmas and I think you are a great guy. I have been kind to others. I like Christ-mas, for Christmas I want a pil-low pet. I always work hard. For Christmas I would like a tablet.

Love, GabbyMrs. Bouler, 2nd grade

Raley2-dual language

Dear Santa,How are you? Im really good

at school and home. For Christ-mas I would like a pretend dog and a pretend toy bear that has wings. I hope you have a Merry Chisimis.

Love, Julie

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Clause? I am

writing so you will know what I want for Christmas. This year I’ve been good and trying my best. I would really like an I-pad. I would also like a miny tablet.

Love, Emily Castillo

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer? I am

writing you so that you can have my Christmas wish list this year. I would like a baby reindeer, a toy from the North Pole, and a toy from Mrs. Clause you and the elfs. I want a reindeer lamp a hat of the reinder. A Barbie toy house a bard and a marke a can-dy land game and a wii. I have been good at school and tring my best at school. Ive been nice to my sister.

Love, Stephanie

Dear Santa,How are your elves doing? I

would like a phone. I would be happy with a craola marker, its wher you mak your own favaorit color I would like a gray, blue and green scarf for my mom. I tried to get her one last year but I had forgot to get her scarf. I would like a wii u. I would also like an xbox, even though I al-ready have one ive been sharing with my brother and I would like my own.

Love, Caleigh

Dear Santa,How are your elves? I am writ-

ing you so that you will have my Christmas wish list. I have been good all year. I want a crazy cart. I want a sih cara mask. I want a phone. Merry Christmas Santa.

Love, Rafael


I was good because I took very good care of my family. I helped my dad by caring tools, I helped my mom by taking care of my

baby sister, I found my sisters toy, I would like a wii u, a Nintendo 2ds, and piece to the world.

Love, Ruben

Dear Santa,How is the North Pole? I am

writing to tell you what I would like for Christmas. I would like a baby reindeer, a computer, a he-lecopter, and a hot wheels mak-er. I have been nice to my baby brother. Have a good holiday.

Love, Sydney McCray

Dear Santa,How is Mrs. Clause doing?

I want a picture of your elves at home. Ive been starting the washer. This is what I want for Christmas. I want an electric scooter, bay blades, a cartridge, and a computer. The reason I should get these is because I’ve been nice to my little sister.

Love, Jacob Clack

Dear Santa,How are your reindeer? I am

writing to let you kenod what I would lik for Christmas. I would wii and a computer. I have been good to my baby sistreer.

Love, Luz Barajas

Dear Santa,I want hot wheels, and a mon-

ster truck.Love, Parker

Dear Santa,How are you? I am writing

to let you know what I would like for Christmas. I would like a computer and an ipad to play on. I would also like a baby rein-deer and a crazy cart. I have been nice to my mom, my sister and my dad.

Love, Lizet Martinez

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer? I am

writing you so you will have my Christmas list. I want a 3ds xl and a psp. I also want an ipad and an electric scooter. I’ve been good to my brother.

Love, Christopher

Dear Santa,How is the North Pole? I am

telling you what I would like for Christmas. I want a hot wheels maker and I want a computer and I want a crazy cart and I want a babay reindeer and I want a ds and I want a tablet.

Love, Jorge Castillo

Dear Santa,Do the reindeer talk? I am

writing this so you know my Christmas list. I have been nice to my sister all year. I wold like a toy hellicopter. I would like a mini I pad.

Love, Weston Ruddock

Dear Santa,How are your raindeer? I am

writing this because I am telling you about my wish list. I want a bike for Christmas I should get this because I was nice to my dad. I would like a xbox 1 and a wii.

Love, Hunter

Dear Santa,How are the elves? I’m writ-

ing this because I am going to tell you my Christmas wish list. I would like a new back pack so I can put more things in it. I would like some new clothes so I can wear them. I want this be-cause I tried my best in math.

Love, Anayeli

1st grade: Mrs. Lamprecht

Dear Santa,Santa I hope you are feel-

ing good. This is my wish list. I love you Santa I cant wait for Christmas. I want a doll and a computer.

Love, Megan Tenberg

Dear Santa,I love you Santa, you’re the

best. I want a toy gun, a rill bike, legos, I pad, fone.

Love, Coby

Dear Santa,How are you feeling? I want a

monster truck, play station.Love, D’angelo

Dear Santa,I love you win you come to

my home and on the tabo it will be cookies and milk. You are the best, and to spend time with my family and this is my wish list.

Love, Irvin

Dear Santa,How are you doing I want a

soccer ball, ps4, we have cookies

and milk for you.Love, Jeremiah

Dear Santa,How are you flying to day

and I wish for a 3ds and I wish for a bic. And I wish for a happy Christmas and I wish for a new shos.

Love, Joselyn

Dear Santa,I want a ds.Love, Jacob

Dear Santa,How are you doing Santa?

I would like legos, and a lego starwars the clone wars captain, I love my family this is my wish list.

Love, Chet Gold

Dear Santa,I love you! I want a superman

for Christmas.Love, Kenyon

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I cant

wait to git presents. I got cook-ies and milk I want legos and I want a ril magic and a helicop-ter remote this is my wish list.

Love, Caliber

Dear Santa,I hop your filig good. I help

mom and dad! I want a stuffed zebra! And a stuffed puppe. I wunt a stuffed snopey. I have melk and cuces! I wunt a anmls. I wunt a toy sobedow. This is my wish list.

Love, Peyton

Dear Santa,You are the best. For Christ-

mas I want a wii u, air boozka, animatin studio, 3ds.

Love, Jase

Dear Santa,I love you so much. We are

wateg for crismes. I wont a now Hello Kitty toy and a ipad and a eres and necles and clows. And shos and pans I am happy for you. This is my wish list I wont a Ipod and a mrkr.

Love, Lauren

Dear Santa,I love you, I have milk and

cookies for you. Monkey, santa I miss you.

Love, Skylar

Dear Santa,Hi can for Christmas santa I

love you. I have milk and cook-ies for you. This is my wish list. Please bring me a xbox 4.

Love, Trqe

Dear SantamHi, I cant wait for xmas. I

hops you are feeling good. This is my wish list. I would like a xbox 360.

Love, Coy

Querido Santa,Yo me siento bien yo me

porto bien esta navidad me gus-tara tener una bicicileta y legos y Tortugas ninjas.

Con amor, Juan

Querido Santa,?como estan tus Remos? Yo

estoy muy bien. Todo el ano me he portado muy bien y metrays un xbox 360 y 4 cajas de colo-res y duck dynasty pilow y una cabija.

Con amor, John Izaguirre

Querido Santa, Como estan tus Renos? Yo

me he portado todo este no bien. Esta nvaidad me gust ia tener un carritay un ninja un dico para el psp.

Con amor, Manuel N.

Querido Santa,Yo te qero. Yo me portado

bien. Esta navidadme gust aria tener avion contol. Una camio-neta y un jugera de dora de con-tra para mi hermanita.

Con amor, Eduardo

Querido Santa,Como estas yo me porta do

bien. Esta navidad me gust aria tener teenag mutan ninja toy stony 6 transformers resue bots.

Con amor, Menuel

Querido Santa,Yo te quiero como estan tus

renosi esta navidad yo quisa un cano de juegete.

Con amor, Cristian

Querido Santa,Yo me porto bien esta navi-

dad me gusta tener un lachabrw y un carro.

Con amor, Kevin


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Christmas

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