Gonzales Cannon Dec. 6 Issue

The Gonzales Chamber of Com-merce and Agriculture has named Gonzales native Daisy Scheske as its new assistant executive director.

Scheske will be stepping in to re-place Bradley Avant, who has an-nounced her retirement.

“I’m very excited about working back in my hometown with the Gon-zales Chamber of Commerce,” she said.

Daisy was born and raised in Gon-zales and graduated from Gonzales High School in 2001. She attended

Texas A&M University-Kingsville on a twirling scholarship, then transferred to Southwest Texas State (which became Texas State Univer-sity). She graduated from Texas State in 2006 with a Bachelors degree in Family and Consumer Science with a minor in Business

She interned with a popular public relations firm Schmidt Relations out of Nashville, Tenn. and held several sales and management positions be-fore joining the Texas Dept. of State Health services working as a program

specialist/Quality Management in 2008.

Also gifted as a broadcaster, Daisy was a finalist in a casting call as a disc jockey with host Bob Cole at station KVET in February, 2011. She also worked with several music artists in Austin while working part-time with Logan Insurance in Gonzales.

The Scheske family has a long his-tory of involvement in Gonzales.

Daisy’s father, Robert, was the County Attorney from 1980-2006,

LA GRANGE — A Fay-ette County deputy mak-ing a routine traffic stop on Tuesday wound up seizing some 1,600 pounds of mar-ijuana.

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek said that around noon on Tuesday, Narcotics Deputy Randy Thumann and his canine partner, Lobos, made the recovery with an estimated

street value of $800,000.Deputy Thumann was

on traffic patrol on Inter-state 10 in Fayette County, and conducted a traffic stop on a 2005 Ford truck, for a traffic violation.

Thumann reported he immediately observed nu-merous suspicious bundles in the bed of the truck. Thumann then released Lobos, to conduct a fur-ther search of the vehicle. Lobos instantly “indicated”

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While the City of Gonza-les likely hosts more youth rodeo events than any other municipality in the nation, it’s not yet ready to go af-ter the largest events, City Council heard Tuesday.

Council declined action on a proposed resolution to make a bid on the 2016-17 National Junior High Ro-deo Association finals after hearing from City Manager Allen Barnes and a citizen that the city needs to have facilities in place first be-fore taking on an event that large.

“We could have it ready for 2016,” Barnes said. “I know the citizens of Gon-zales could make it happen. But there are some things in the contract that I and (City Attorney Jackie William-son) have issues with.”

Barnes said part of the contract would include the city’s guarantee of the gate for the event, something in the vicinity of $150,000.

“I just think, after exam-ining the bid package, I just don’t think we’ll be ready

for it,” he said.During public comment,

former councilman Steve Hendershot said he was leery that the proposed ex-pansion of JB Wells Park could be accomplished in time, and added concerns with traffic at the US Hwy 183-State Hwy 97 intersec-tion.

“All this is a great idea and something to look for-ward to, but the worst thing we could do is to put in a bid and get it, then not be able to deliver,” he said. “I would love to see the event come to Gonzales one of these days.”

Council offered no mo-tion to approve a resolution supporting the city’s bid for the event, effectively ending the process.

In other action Tuesday, the Council approved a resolution calrifying past action by the city to certify the Church Street Memo-rial Cemetery as “full.”

Barnes told Council that a resolution had been passed in 2003 stopping the sale of any more plots in the cemetery, but that some-

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The City of Gonzales needs to step up code enforcement and may want to consider incentives to turn some of the older buildings in the down-town areas into loft-style apartments to help address a housing shortage

which is expected to become more acute as nearby oilfields continue to development, City Council heard Tuesday.

Students in the Texas A&M De-partment of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning gave the Coun-cil a preliminary presentation on the “State of the Community” during

Tuesday’s meeting. faculty member Dr. Elise bright said that 26 students, most graduate students, have taken part so far in the study which will contribute to a redesign of the city’s master plan.

Student Mark Lopez told the Coun-cil that because of the nearby Eagle

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Yep — it’s that time of year again! Santa Claus made his seasonal debut (left) during Friday’s annual Gonza-les Lighted Christmas Parade, and the City of Gonzales Christmas Tree (right) lit up to highlight activities at Winterfest. For more Winterfest Parade pictures, see Page A14. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

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Fayette County Deputy Randy Thumann and “Lobos” with their haul, worth an estimated $800,000. (Fayette Co. Sheriff’s Office photo)

SCHESKE, Page A4Daisy Scheske

FLATONIA — No inju-ries were reported Thurs-day in a one-vehicle roll-over accident near Flatonia — but a load of milk was lost.

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reported his office had received a 9-1-1 call at about 7:41 a.m. Thursday reporting a one-vehicle rollover acci-dent. Sheriff ’s deputies and the Round Top-Warrenton Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, Fayette County EMS and Texas Department of

Public safety responded to the scene at State High-way 237 and FM 1291 near Warrenton.

Investigators arriving at thye scene found an Oak Farms Milk bobtail truck

loaded with milk off the roadway and fully engulfed in flames. The fire was quickly extinguished.

Authorities said the driv-er escaped with no injuries.

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Thought for the Day

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambi-tious. But it cannot survive treason from within. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents famil-iar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.”

—Marcus Tullius Cicero

December 6, 1851On this day in 1851, the contract to construct the Port

Isabel lighthouse was let by the United States govern-ment. The brick lighthouse stands near State Highway 100 in southeastern Cameron County. It is fifty-seven feet high, and projects eighty-two feet above sea level. The original light was visible for fifteen miles. The tower has been used mainly for observation, first during the Cortina War, then during the Civil War and both world wars. It received a state historic marker in 1936. The site is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. In the 1990s the tower with its mercury-vapor light was still marked on sea charts as an aid to navigation.

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Here is the Gonzales Police Department Report for the period of Nov. 27-Dec. 3:

Nov. 27Reported Theft At 1300 Blk St. Louis St.Nov. 28Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At 1700 Blk Sey-

dler St.Reported Disorderly Conduct At 1700 Blk Waco

St.Reported Theft At 100 Blk College St.Reported Theft At 1000 Blk St. Michael St.Nov. 29

Reported Theft At 3300 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.Dec. 1Reported Burglary Motor Vehicle At 1800 Blk Sey-

dler St.Dec. 2Reported Forgery At 700 Blk St. Paul St.Reported Criminal Mischief At 700 Blk St. Paul St.Dec. 3Blake Oneal Mathis, 29 Of Gonzales, Arrested And

Charged With Possession Of Marijuana, Tampering With Evidence, And Driving While License Invalid At 1700 Blk St. Andrew St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Of-fice report for Nov. 25-Dec. 1

11/25/12Nichols, Robert James,

02/1985, Waelder. Commitment/Sentence – Evading Arrest De-tention. Remains in Custody.

11/27/12Garcia, Gilbert Santos, Jr.,

06/1990, Gonzales. Local War-rant – Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Requires $100,000 Bond. Remains in Cus-tody.

11/28/12Kelsey, Tammy Jean, 08/1974,

Kingsbury. Guadalupe County Warrant – Theft of Property >$1,500 <$20K. Released on $10,000 Bond.

Martinez, Jeon Sepastian, 11/1982, Gonzales. Local War-rant – Prohibited Substance in

Correctional Facility – Alcohol/Drug/Phone/Tobacco. Remains in Custody.

11/30/12Vasquez, Alfredo Hernandez,

07/1967, Gonzales. Commit-ment/Sentence – Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon. Released – Weekender/Work Re-lease.

Rhodes, Michael Brandon, 10/1985, Gonzales. Commit-ment/Sentence – Theft Stolen Property >$1,500 <$20K. Re-leased – Weekender/Work Re-lease.

Total Arrest, Court Commit-ments, other agency arrest and processing’s:

GCSO 06DPS 05GPD 02WPD 02

NPD 02Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 17

Yoakum Police DepartmentWeekly Incident ReportNovember 26, 2012 thru De-

cember 2, 201211/28/12Case #12-477, Poss/Del. Drug

Paraph, 104 Poth; Disposition, In-vestigation.

Case #12-478, Poss./Del Drug Paraph., 104 Poth; Disposition, Investigation.

Case #12-479, Poss. Tobacco/By a Minor, 104 Poth; Disposition, Investigation.

Case #12-480, Poss. Tobacco/By a Minor, 104 Poth; Disposition, Investigation.

Case #12-481, Criminal Mis-chief-C, 105 Huck; Disposition, Investigation.

11/29/12Case #12-482, Orozco, Dan-

iel, 23, Yoakum, 409 Lott; Of-fense, Theft-C; Disposition, Fine/$274.48/Rel.

11/30/12Case #176359, Goode, Louis,

37, Yoakum, 900 Irvine; Of-fense, Theft-C; Disposition, Fine/$374.48/Rel.

Case #12-483, Dominguez, Frank, 31, Yoakum, 501 W. May; Offense, Disorderly Conduct; Dis-position, Bond/$500/Rel.

Case #12-484, Unbankes,

Robert, 37, Yoakum, 501 W. May; Offense, Assault-A (F/V); Trans/DCSO.

12/01/12Case #12-485, Bankead, James,

41, Yoakum, 300 US 77A; Offense, Possession Marijuana; Disposi-tion, Trans/DCSO. Case #11-247, Bankead, James, 41, Yoakum, 300 US 77A; Offense, CPF#11-392-Theft; Disposition, Fine/$314/Trans/DCSO.

Case #12-486, Poss./Alcohol By Minor, 101 E. Gonzales; Com-plainant, The State of Texas; Dis-position, Court Citation.

Case #176377, Warrant Ar-rest (2) Bankead, James, 41, Yoa-kum, 300 US 77A; Offense(s), 1. CPF#485-Disobey Stop Sign, 2. CPF#11-No DL (1st Offense); Disposition(s), 1. Fine/$197.10/Trans/DCSO; 2. Fine/$214.10/Trans/DCSO.

12/02/12Case #176384, Warrant Arrest

(3), Garza, Cecilia, 35, Yoakum, 105 Ellen May Road; Offense(s), 1. CPF#2005-0486-Assault-C, 2. CPF#2005-0484-Poss. Drug Paraph., 3. CPF#2005-637-FTA-Assault-C; Disposition(s), 1. Fine/$595/YPD Custody, 2. Fine/$595/YPD Custody, 3. Fine/$245/YPD Custody.

ROUND TOP — An 11-year-old girl died Sun-day as a result of injuries suffered in a go-karting ac-cident, Fayette County offi-cials say.

Sheriff Keith Korenek re-ports that at about 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, the Fayette County Sheriff ’s Office re-ceived a 911 call reporting a go kart accident on private property on Hackemack Rd near Oak Run Rd, in the Round Top area.

Upon arrival, it was dis-covered that an 11-year-old girl had been riding her go cart on the property and did not return to her parents in a timely manner. After searching the property the

parents found the girl, who had apparently wrecked her go kart, and suffered severe injuries. The parents im-mediately called 911 and all emergency services were dispatched to the location.

The child was transported to St. Marks Medical Center, where she was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace, Scott Parker.

Assisting in the accident were the Fayette County Sheriff ’s Office, Round-Top Carmine Fire Dept, Texas Department of Public Safe-ty, and Fayette County EMS.

The name of the victim was being witheld at press time pending family notifi-cations.

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Ford Shale oil fields, the city’s population is ex-pected to double over the next 10-20 years.

That influx of popula-tion will both reverse the current trend of the labor pool in Gonzales, student Walter Peacock said. Many younger workers who have grown up in Gonzales move elsewhere looking for work, but that trend should reverse as a flood of jobs —

some 6,000 over the next few years — becomes avail-able.

The students noted the city has a number of strengths: natural land-scape features conducive to parks and creareational facilities and the state’s only certified Historical District which includes more than 100 historic sites, a lower unemploy-ment rate (5.9 percent) than the statewide aver-age, and a higher per-

capita income growth over the last decade (134 percent compared to 118 percent statewide).

The students also said the city’s demograph-ics are also conducive to a positive economic cli-mate, while taxable sales are increasing at a rate greater than state average.

The student group’s initial findings indicate the city has several areas for potential opportu-nity, including a num-

ber of vacant buildings which could be converted to housing, a growth in total wealth as more oil workers and management move in to the area, a con-tinued growth of tourism because of the historical district, and the Roger M. Dreyer Airport could serve as a hub for poten-tial new business.

The students’ findings indicate the retail indus-try has a strong growth potential.

The findings also ad-dressed what the students found to be the city’s weaknesses. Among those are relatively low prop-erty values, a dependence on sales taxes rather than property taxes, a lack of public art or unique streetscapes, vacant land and buildings downtown and overall slow native population growth.

Low-income and dilapi-dated housing tends to be concentrated in the city, the students’ survey notes. The city’s most persistent threat, the students said, lies in the fact that many key points in the city as well as some sites where potentially hazardous ma-terials are stored lies in the flood plain.

The Texas A&M pro-gram emphasizes environ-mental issues, and the stu-dents’ initial report also indicates that while the oil fields may provide jobs and increased land values, “underground fracking” is considered a “threat” to the city. That view differs with last year’s findings in a study by the Dr. Charles Groat of the University of Texas Energy Institute that the hydraulic fractur-ing process itself presents no environmental threat.


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on the packages as being an illegal substance. Deputy Thumann and Lobos also found several more bundles of marijuana inside the oc-cupant area of the truck.

The driver of the truck was identified as Rafael Sa-linas, 41, of San Ygnacio.

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while her mother, Lynn Martin, worked with the city parks and recreation depart-ment and also was involved in writing a book about the History of Gonzales Vol-ume I with Genevieve Vollentine.

Her grandfather, Fred Scheske Jr, served on the city council from 1947-1961 and was also the Mayor of Gonzales in 1961-1976. Fred Senior, her great-grandfather was captain of the fire department. An un-cle, Eddie Scheske, also served on the city

council. Daisy has also assisted with the DRT

(Daughters of the Republic of Texas) on projects and archives at the Memorial Mu-seum (2006); the Come & Take It Com-mittee since Sept of 2011; Special Olym-pics; Chi Beta Delta Sorority Alumni and at many festivals such as the Watermelon Thump, Rajun’ Cajun, Sights and Sounds, Pet Fest, Come and Take It Festival, Lions club Carnival, and Freedom Festival. She’s also taken on a part-time role serving as a DJ for weddings since 2005.


SCHESKE: Joins Chamber staff

time afterward that policy changed. He said staff’s investigation had discovered some graves are unmarked and others may be dou-ble-stacked.

Recent changes in state law also conflicted with the prior resolution, he said, and the new wording “Will allow us to say we can no longer sell lots there.”

Council also authorized Barnes to enter into a contract with South Texas Steel Buildings to re-roof City Hall. The low bid of $47,508 from the locally-owned firm was the only one of four bids below the budgeted price of $50,000.

The Council also gave its approval to the sale of 3.025 acres of land in the city’s indus-trial park by the Gonzales Economic Develop-ment Corp. to Hebbronville Lone star Rentals for a price of $25,000 an acre.


COUNCIL: Closes cemetery sales

Swearing in newest officersDuring Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Bobby Logan (foreground) swore in four officers as members of the Gonzales Police Department. From left are officers Rhegan Davis, Tyler Wendland, Jon Harris and Mat-thew Moczygemba. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

WAELDER — Stay at home.

That was the resounding message sent to the Waelder Police Department dur-ing a regular meeting of the Waelder City Council Tues-day night.

This came after the council approved an amendment to the City’s police procedure policy, which will prohibit their police force from re-sponding to calls outside of their jurisdiction.

“Waelder PD is no longer allowed to go out into Gon-zales County,” said Waelder mayor Mike Harris. “TML (Texas Municipal League) won’t provide insurance cov-erage if an officer is injured during a county call because there is no interlocal agree-ment in place with Gonzales County concerning peace of-ficers.”

“This is effective immedi-ately. It won’t get incorporated into the police manual right away, but it takes effect now.”

Harris said the council re-ceived word from TML that they would unable to pay for any insurance claims that stem from a Waelder peace officer being injured in the line of duty while working on a call that originates outside of Waelder’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Waelder’s ETJ extends about a half a mile outside of the city limits.

When asked why no such interlocal agreement was in place, Harris’ response was quick and simple.

“The county doesn’t want to give us one,” he said. “We asked for one back in January and they denied us.”

“It’s fine with our council. I believe we’re better off and it’s a good thing for our officers.”

Waelder police chief Jimmy Taylor said his opinion of the new policy amendment mir-rors that of the council.

“In the absence of that agreement, this just means that we can’t help them (Sher-iff’s Office) out anymore,” he said. “That’s what it amounts to.”

“If we have a pursuit that originates within our terri-tory, we will continue on that pursuit as long as it doesn’t

become a safety issue for the general public or our officers. We will also help if there’s a situation where another peace officer’s life is in danger, but beyond that we will not respond to any county calls.”

Despite complaints to the council about his officers spending too much work-ing calls outside of Waelder, Taylor said his department had only been responding to county calls when they were dispatched to them.

“In the past, we had been called out to those calls by the Sheriff’s Office,” he explained. “It was a rare occurrence when we went out to assist.”

There has been speculation that the county’s refusal to enter into an interlocal agree-ment with the Waelder PD stems from a decision made during a meeting of the Gon-zales County Commissioners Court that took place in Au-gust 2011.

At that time, Taylor ap-peared before the commis-sioners and submitted a pro-posal that would have allowed Waelder police officers to pa-trol a section of Interstate 10 located approximately one mile from Waelder. Accord-ing to Taylor’s plan, Gonzales County would get 35 percent of the revenue received from tickets written in that area and that would result in an additional $100,000 annually for the county.

“More importantly it will increase public safety,” Tay-lor said. “We will not let pa-trol coverage of the City of Waelder slip.”

That plan was met with harsh criticism by county of-ficials including Constable Raleigh Meason, who point-ed out numerous cases when Waelder officers did not re-spond to local calls for assis-tance or emergency.

“Have you checked with the taxpayers to see what they think about this?” Measom asked Taylor.

Other concerns arose in re-gards to the amount of extra work that would be heaped onto the Waelder Justice of the Peace office and the coun-ty being negatively perceived as a “speed trap.”

Taylor’s plan was sub-sequently rejected by the court.

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Gonzales LivestockMarket ReportThe Gonzales Livestock Market

Report for Saturday, December 1, 2012 had on hand: 1,710 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold steady to $1.00-$2.00 lower. Packer cows sold steady.

Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $210-$225; 300-400 lbs, $175-$190; 400-500 lbs, $160-$170; 500-600 lbs, $132-$155; 600-700 lbs., $125-$129; 700-800 lbs, $124-$126.

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

Stocker-feeder heifers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $170-$195; 300-400 lbs, $155-$160; 400-500 lbs, $137-$145; 500-600 lbs., $122-$132; 600-700 lbs., $116-$121.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $69-$71; Cutters, $74-$83; Canners, $54-$66; Low yielding fat cows, $67-$71.50.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $89-$92; light weights and medium quality bulls, $83-$87.

Stocker Cows: $850-$1,100.Pairs: $1,050-$1,250.Thank you for your business!!View our sale live at cattleusa.

com!Our last Sale of 2012 will be

December 15th!

Nixon Livestock Commission ReportThe Nixon Livestock Com-

mission Inc. report had on hand, December 3, 2012, Volume, 1,555.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $166 to $176 to $220; 300-400 lbs., $149 to $159 to $215; 400-500 lbs, $130 to $140 to $178; 500-600 lbs, $120 to $130 to $150; 600-700 lbs, $112 to $122 to $134; 700-800 lbs, $108 to $118 to $129.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $146 to $156 to $213; 300-400 lbs, $131 to $141 to $180; 400-500 lbs, $122 to $132 to $210; 500-600 lbs, $114 to $124 to $160; 600-700 lbs, $107 to $117 to $140; 700-800 lbs, $96 to $106 to $125.

Slaughter cows: $50 to $80; Slaughter bulls: $76 to $95; Stock-er cows: $760 to $1,116.

Notices: Our last sale of 2012 will be on December 17, 2012. First Sale of 2013 is on January 7, 2013.

Cuero Livestock Marlet ReportCuero Livestock Market Report

on November 30, 2012, had 2,201 head.

Had 262 cows and 32 bulls. The packer market was a couple of dollars lower than our last sale 2 weeks ago. It is mostly a mat-ter of large numbers due to time of the year and on-going drough concerns.

The calf market lower overall. Bigger calves still selling strong and are least affected. A lot of

health problems this time of the year is making buyers critical. The demand for calves is strong de-spite all this. Under 500 lbs $3-5 lower while plainer types are off $5-6 as well as heavier bull calves. A good rain would help.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $87-$92; lower grades, $67-$80.

Packer cows: breakers, $63-$70; boning, $65-$75.50; canners & cutters, $65-$80.50; light & weak, $40-$55.

Palpated dry Cows 22 bred cows, $68-$97.

Pairs: Only 2, $1,000 & $1,290.Steer calves: under 200 lbs,

none; 200-250 lbs, None; 250-300 lbs, none; 300-350 lbs, $138-$180; 350-400 lbs, $127-$148; 400-450 lbs, $145-$180; 450-500 lbs, $131-$153; 500-550 lbs, $136-$150; 550-600 lbs, $132-$139; 600-700 lbs, $123-$132; 700-800 lbs, $124-$134.

Bull Calves: under 250 lbs, $180-$260; 250-300 lbs, $164-$170; 300-350 lbs, $145-$166; 350-400 lbs, $131-$184; 400-450 lbs, $155-$182; 450-500 lbs, $126-$149; 500-550 lbs, $135-$150; 550-600 lbs, $121-$130; 600-700 lbs, $109-$125.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $109-$125.Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs.,

$198-$275; 200-250 lbs, three, $131-$135; 250-300 lbs, $118-$170; 300-350 lbs, $120-$168; 350-400 lbs, $132-$158; 400-450 lbs, $133-$175; 450-500 lbs, $128-$145; 500-550 lbs, $120-$142; 550-600 lbs, $121-$140; 600-700 lbs., $120-$126; over 700 lbs, bulls

$123-$134.

Hallettsville LivestockCommission ReportThe Hallettsville Livestock

Commission Co., Inc. had on hand on November 27, 2012, 2,233; Week ago, 822; Year ago, 1,799.

Better quality classes of calves and yearlings sold fully steady to a little stronger in all areas. Plainer kinds continue slow.

Packer cows and bulls sold fully steady on approx. 200 hd. Total.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $72-$84.50; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $62-$72; light weight can-ner cows, $51-$62.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $92-$96; utility & cutter bulls, $87-$92; lightweight canner bulls, $78-$87.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200; None; 200-300 lbs, $195-$215; 300-400 lbs, $178-$207.50; 400-500 lbs, $158-$196; 500-600 lbs, $126-$172; 600-700 lbs, $123-$145; 700-800 lbs, $120-$134. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, None; 200-300 lbs, $175-$210; 300-400 lbs, $152-$182; 400-500 lbs, $136-$160; 500-600 lbs, $119-$137; 600-700 lbs, $118-$126; 700-800 lbs, $108-$121.

Last sale for the year will be De-cember 15th.

If we can help with marketing your livestock, please call 361-798-4336.

The LCRA calendars are here and GVEC has their calendar at their offices on Sarah DeWitt Drive.

The Chamber Board of Directors will give a ‘Lead-er of Tomorrow’ Scholar-ship, the first of which will be presented at the annual banquet on Jan. 25, 2013. Competition for this award will be open to graduating seniors of 2013 who live in the Gonzales Independent School District. Require-ments include composition of an essay of 500 words or less, sharing what the ban-quet’s theme “Preserving the past, Preparing for the Future” means to them. Ap-plication and essay must be turned in to the chamber of-fice by Jan. 11, 2013 and the three top applicants will be recognized during the eve-ning.

The First Friday Coffee will be held Dec. 7 at Vic-

toria College from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. Come join us for a chance to win the $50 draw-ing that will be held.

Craft Crossing has work-shops scheduled for making Christmas wreaths, elegant Christmas albums and much more.

Edwards Furniture is a long-time Gonzales busi-ness, offering a good variety of furniture, bedding, ap-pliances, home décor and other items for your home.

Green Acres Outdoors has their annual poinsettia

sale and a variety of gar-dening needs. Maybe you’ll want to put a pool under the tree!

Reese’s Print Shop offers printing and office supplies of all types, along with art work and design in house. If they don’t have it in stock, they can get it quickly in most cases.

Frames and Things does custom framing and en-graving, along with gift items and art work. Check them out for that special shadow box for your trea-sures from the past.

Be sure to shop these and others and “Spend Bucks to Win Bucks” this Christmas season.

South Texas Tour Team Roping will be at the J. B. Wells Park on Dec. 6; Lone Star Youth Rodeo Associa-tion and Lone Star Classic Steer and Heifer Show will be there on Dec. 8 and 9.

LULING — Luling businesses are in-vited to participate in a night of Cocoa and Carols, which will be hosted by Luling Main Street Friday, December 14, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Church groups and civic groups and individuals are also invited to participate in the festivities, by strolling along and singing carols, or hosting a living nativity scene, or providing other holiday events for guests who will be downtown that night.

Business will be competing for the cov-eted “Cocoa Cup” again this year, by pre-paring their special hot chocolate and making samples available for visitors.

Those visitors will vote on their favorite, and the winner will be named about 8 p.m.

Ballots will be available at participating businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, 421 E. Davis Street. Completed ballots must be turned in at the Visitors’ Center (in the Oil Museum). One of those ballots will be drawn at 8 p.m., and the winner will receive a gift basket.

Santa will be on hand, spreading the hol-iday cheer at each participating business.

Everyone is invited to attend this activ-ity and share in the holiday spirit that will abound.

For more information, or to sign up to participate, contact Luling Main Street Di-rector Derek Hall at the Visitors’ Center, 421 E. Davis, or by calling 875-3214 ext. 3

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SONORA — The Acade-my for Ranch Management has set the dates in 2013 for their annual Prescribed Burning School and Ad-vanced Prescribed Burning School at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research-Sonora Station located on State Highway 55 between So-nora and Rocksprings.

The basic prescribed burning workshop will provide information on the history of fire, weather, planning a burn, fuels and fuel moisture, and equip-ment. It will be held Feb. 21-23, according to Ray Hinnant, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research senior research associate in Col-

lege Station and a work-shop presenter. The fee for this school is $395.

The Advanced Pre-scribed Burning School is set for March 7-9, also with a fee of $395. This work-shop builds on the previous school, providing more in-formation on fire behavior, fire effects, and planning and conducting a pre-scribed burn, Hinnant said.

The academy’s primary goal is training ranch-ers for effective rangeland management, and the focus now is on prescribed burn-ing for rangelands, he said. Prescribed burning is a tool that can be used to manage rangeland vegetation for livestock and wildlife use, and also reduce the risk of

catastrophic wildfires by removing hazardous fuel loads.

These courses offer hands-on experience for ranch owners, as well as new landowners and ab-sentee landowners who may be several generations removed from the ranch, Hinnant said.

The Academy for Ranch Management is a program of AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M University.

The basic course is a pre-requisite for the advanced course. For more informa-tion, call Hinnant at 979-820-1778, and to register, call Cheryl Yeager at 979-845-5582, or visit http://www.ranchmanagement.org to download the regis-tration form.


This is an edited transcription from “The News from the Camp-house”, on KULM 98.3. Alfonzo Rachel is a black gentleman living in California. He’s a musician, a conservative, and can be found online at PJTV where he discusses issues.

Brune: Would you please elaborate on your ideas concern-ing affirmative action?

Rachel: I was flown to New York to be on a panel and dis-cuss this issue. There were four people on the panel and I was the only black man who was an opponent of affirmative action. My stance was that affirmative action perpetuates racism. It only causes more animosity be-tween the races. It doesn’t stimu-late diversity. As I always say, the words diversity and divide share the same root. So when liber-als push for diversity it actually has an adverse reaction. For me, when a person expresses their talents and give their creden-tials – they’re saying they worked hard to attain their goals. They’re also saying that they didn’t need affirmative action. If you ask any black person point blank if they needed affirmative action to get their job and hold it, they will not admit that they needed it. They’ll say “no I got my job be-cause I’m qualified”. Then I’ll say “well we don’t need affirmative action”. There was a time when the consensus opinion was that we needed these types of laws. But in actuality all we need is the Constitution. We don’t need to create a whole new set of laws saying that we shouldn’t discrim-inate due to ethnicity, sexual ori-entation, or gender. All we must do is enforce the original law.

Brune: What you’re mention-ing also relates to “hate crimes”.

Rachel: That’s exactly right. The law is the law and it’s for ev-erybody.

Brune: Isn’t it insulting to the black community when law-makers promote affirmative ac-tion?

Rachel: I think it is. It’s conde-scending to say blacks need this extra hand up. I think it’s unfair for any ethnicity to be treated differently. But if we don’t want to be treated different then we shouldn’t expect to be treated

like we’re special either. You can’t swing fairness one person’s di-rection by subtracting from the fairness with which you treat another person. That’s how our rights work.

Brune: Can you make the connection between reverse dis-crimination and the decline in family values?

Rachel: Oh sure. When you have the government that steps in and acts as the all-giving pro-vider, that indicates that women don’t need a man in the home - and if there is a man in the home government subsistence may not be provided. So, what follows is the separation of the family. There will be women raising children on their own, or, deciding to not raise the child at all. They will go to the abortion clinic. Now the message is that not only is a man not impor-tant in their lives but life itself is expendable. In the eyes of your own mother – you are expend-able. So when you have such dynamics at work in our culture then of course there will be es-teem issues, lazy attitudes, and cynical outlooks on life. These negative aspects manifest in our culture and there are unfavorable consequences to our society.

Brune: How is the issue of abortion viewed in the black community?

Rachel: There is a split per-spective. There are those that say blacks are more pro-life. I per-sonally don’t see that. If the black community is 12 to 14 percent of the national population and blacks have the highest abortion yield it’s hard to convince me that they are pro-life. The black com-munity has been led to believe that they’re enlightened because

they’re told it’s their “right” to have an abortion. They’re told it’s for the better good because you don’t want this child to grow up without a father, or end up in prison, so… Over the years it’s been accepted. On the same hand there are those that do not view it as acceptable. I’d like to believe that but I’m not seeing the proof. But, if the Republican Party wants to connect with the black and Spanish communities because of family values – it will be difficult because those com-munities have been conditioned to believe the Republican Party is racist. Until the GOP can take that stigma and put it back on the Democratic Party, which is the party of institutionalized racism, they’ll have a hard time connecting. It’s also hard because the Democratic Party is into ev-erything. They’re into Entertain-ment, they’re in media, they’re in the school system their leftist ideology is coming at us through everything. So, unless the GOP can find a way to impede this indoctrination they will not be able to make that connection of values.

Brune: How do you person-ally go to the black community and discuss conservative issues?

Rachel: In terms of getting the message to the black commu-nity it’s like going where angels fear to tread. The black com-munity thinks the GOP doesn’t do anything for them and I tell them that the GOP can’t because they don’t vote them into office. They must vote them into city councils, commissioners, and mayor positions. If the GOP is met with hostility and prejudice then whose fault is it that they didn’t do anything for the black community? If the GOP wants to connect they must do so cultur-ally. Look how liberals use music and culture to connect. Conser-vatives must do the same thing. We need more conservative teachers, actors, journalists, and in creative fields like music.

Brune: But what do you do?Rachel: I’m not afraid of re-

jection in the black community, but I must find the formula that makes conservatism irresistible to the black community. Other-wise, you must plant one seed at a time and it’s a slow process.

Listening to Democrats and the me-dia, you could be forgiven for thinking the point of a deal over the looming “fis-cal cliff ” wouldn’t be to reduce the defi-cit so much as to reduce the influence of one man, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform.

Known to one and all simply as Gro-ver, he is the keeper of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge signed by almost all Republicans committing themselves not to raise taxes. For this offense, Grover is deemed the enemy of all that is right and just.

The pollster and ABC News com-mentator Matthew Dowd said on “This Week” that “Grover Norquist is an im-pediment to good governing. The only good thing about Grover Norquist is that he was named after a character from Sesame Street.” Not everyone has been as juvenile as Dowd, but he captured the gleeful spirit of the anti-Norquist pile-on.

The idea that we’d have “good gov-erning” only if more tax increases were thrown on top of poorly designed, out-of-control entitlements, wasteful subsi-dies, rotten schools and an ever-growing mess of regulation is fanciful. Obam-acare increased taxes by more than $500 billion, and our governing did not no-ticeably become better as a result.

Grover has three insights that are absolutely correct: 1) Revenues from tax increases will almost invariably be spent. Does anyone believe that if George W. Bush had not cut taxes early in his first term that the Tom DeLay and Nancy Pelosi Congresses wouldn’t have, in their collective wisdom, found ways to spend the additional revenues? 2) The typical structure of the Washington budget deal is tax increases now in ex-change for promised spending cuts over time that don’t materialize. 3) The Re-publican brand is dependent on its sta-tus as the anti-tax party.

These aren’t alien beliefs foisted on the

Republican Party, but represent GOP or-thodoxy. Nonetheless, everyone acts as if Grover is the instrument of the party’s Babylonian captivity. If only the das-tardly Norquist didn’t make Republicans say they won’t raise taxes -- and put it in writing -- the party could fulfill its role in the “good governing” of Washington, namely joining Democrats to raise taxes.

The proof of the supposed perver-sity of Grover’s influence is the widely cited hypothetical example of a Demo-cratic offer to cut $10 in spending for every $1 in new tax dollars. Of course, it’s all academic because such a deal will never, ever be on offer. Hypotheticals work both ways, or they should. What would Democrats be willing to accept in exchange for signing off on a premium support plan for Medicare? Nothing.

What makes this time different than prior budget showdowns is that Repub-licans can remain technically compliant with the pledge by doing nothing, and taxes would still go up on everyone au-tomatically at the end of the year.

A deal, then, could make sense, de-pending on the parameters. As the cliff approaches, all the pressure within Washington and within the media will be for Republicans simply to cave to the president. Grover will make it as painful as possible for them to do it, and should wear the resulting elite obloquy as a badge of honor.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review. (c) 2012 by King Features Synd., Inc.

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In Our ViewIt’s not a ‘gun crime,’ it’s domestic violence

RichLowry

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

Discussing affirmative action

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To quote Bob Costas: well, you knew it was coming.

In the aftermath of Saturday’s horrible crime in Kansas City, a Fox News writer and the NBC television network demonstrated their commitment to tyranny by renewing the call for the dismem-berment of the U.S. Constitution.

NBC commentator Costas used halftime of Sunday’s game be-tween the Cowboys and Eagles to expound what most of us already realize: the national news media is hopelessly lost in left-wing poli-tics.

Costas quoted a piece written by Fox News writer Jason Whit-lock calling for stricter gun con-trol following Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher’s murder of his girlfriend and subsequent suicide.

“Our current gun culture,” Whitlock wrote, “ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy, and that more convenience store confrontations over loud music coming from a car will leave more teenage boys bloodied and dead. Handguns do not enhance our

safety. They exacerbate our flaws, tempt us to escalate arguments, and bait us into embracing con-frontation rather than avoiding it. … If Jovan Belcher didn’t possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would still be alive today.”

Like most of those who want to see the Second Amendment dismantled, Costas and Whit-lock try to transfer the guilt for a crime from the low-life indi-vidual who committed that crime onto society itself — contending that if we get rid of guns, we’d get rid of crime.

I beg to differ. The gun didn’t commit this

crime: Jovan Belcher did.The crime here isn’t gun vio-

lence; it’s domestic violence.

If Jovan Belcher didn’t possess a gun, Kasandra Perkins would very likely still be dead today. She’d have been beaten or stabbed to death — but she’d still be dead.

As seems to so often be the case, the liberals concentrate on the lesser, easily-understood is-sue — guns — while ignoring the larger, more complex issue: do-mestic violence.

If Costas and Whitlock want to get the legal wheels turning to stop senseless tragedies like this, they’d do better to promote man-datory relationships-skills coun-seling and anger management for all football players at every level of the game.

Belcher may very well have been a man of compassion in his community. Certainly the news clips showed a lot of that during Sunday’s NFL schedule.

But in that, he was a lot like so many other domestic abusers in our society: showing one face to the world and other, evil, face be-hind the closed doors of his home. The world views these men (and, yes, some women) as upstanding citizens, men of honor, even men

of gentle compassion — but the terror they inflict on their own families is unspeakable.

Whether it’s the physical vio-lence or even-more-evil sexual violence, they use violence to control those they claim to love the most. In that, they show their true emotional immaturity.

A man who feels he has to hit a woman to enforce his will isn’t a “man.” Would that we could get all parents to instill that belief in their children from the earliest age.

If Jovan Belcher had been raised with the belief that physically striking a woman was wrong, then we could say that Kasandra Per-kins would be alive today.

But the big media pundits don’t think that deeply — and besides, they have a different agenda to promote. Costas’ commentary and Whitlock’s column weren’t about a singular tragedy involv-ing a Kansas City Chiefs player, they were about promoting an agenda that time has already proven is a tragic failure.

Costas and NBC, in particu-lar, like the idea of gun control

— since it is a pet project of their ideological mentor, something that is necessary to establish a North American dictatorship. Get rid of the guns and there’s no way for the populace to resist when Congress is dismissed and the Constitution is suspended under the guise of some false-flag “national emergency.”

It has happened before — in Soviet Russia, in Nazi Germa-ny, in Fascist Spain and Italy, in Communist China. As soon as individual ownership of firearms was outlawed and dissent within the military was retired, executed or exiled, each of those states be-came a dictatorship.

How coincidental that this sud-den resurgence of calls to ban all guns — the Obama Administra-tion has endorsed the United Na-tions small-arms treaty outlawing the sale of almost all non-military firearms — comes at a time when more than 40 generals and admi-rals within the U.S. military have suddenly come under scrutiny for a litany of “crimes” and mis-behaviors just within the last few weeks?

Herman Brune

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

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Gardeners deeply appreci-ate the support we received from the community dur-ing our rummage sale last Saturday.

We held this sale to raise funds to buy furnishings for the Fair Street Exploratori-um. This building will be a

teaching facility to provide educational programming for the children and adults of Gonzales County and it would never have come to fruition without the re-markable support we have received from so many.

There is little that inspires a volunteer more than feel-ing that those we seek to

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Over the weeks ahead, the U.S. Con-gress will be wrestling with the budget, as well as trying to keep from going over the so called “fiscal cliff ”. Buried within all the confusion are important Medicare provisions that could have a profound impact on Gonzales Health-care Systems and make the difference in whether many rural hospitals (i.e. Weimar) in Texas can keep their doors open.

In the late 1980’s, hoping to save mon-ey, Congress changed how hospitals are paid by Medicare. They shifted the pay-ment system from the cost of services in individual hospitals to a more standard-ized and averaged payment methodol-ogy known as the prospective payment system. The problem with this urban, high volume hospital model was that it did not take into account the unique operating dynamics of rural hospitals. Rural hospitals are different. They often have a narrower financial margin than urban hospitals. Few rural hospitals provide more profitable advanced ser-vices and medical procedures to offset losses in other areas such as emergency care. It is not unusual for the operat-ing cost in a rural hospital to be slightly higher on a per-patient basis because of low patient volume, swings in patient numbers, and medical staff recruitment difficulties which can drive up payroll costs. The emergency room must be there 24 hours a day, seven days a week, even with low volume periods which are becoming less and less frequent in Gonzales.

The new payment system hit the rural hospitals hard. Almost 500 rural hospi-tals across the country were boarded up in late 1980s and early 1990s. More than 70 right here in Texas.

Reacting to the damage, Congress created a number of “fixes” or patches in the payment system to address the rural hospital issue. Congress decided it was worth spending a little more to make sure rural hospitals were open.

Programs like the Critical Access Hos-pital and Sole Community Hospital designations were born giving many small, low volume hospitals a bump in Medicare payments. Over time as more rural hospital problems developed, even more rural provisions were forged. It is important to note these provisions were enacted long before the country had such a debt problem and none can honestly be linked to creating the debt nightmare.

Moving the clock to the current time, Congress now finds itself searching for cuts. The situation is dangerous for Texas rural areas because most mem-bers of Congress were not around when many of the rural hospital provisions were created which is helping drive talk of eliminating some of the provisions. Texas rural hospitals could collective-ly lose $75 to $100 million annually if these provisions expire and Gonzales Healthcare Systems will lose a total pro-jected $6,170,800 over the next 10 years. Though Gonzales has been blessed over the past few years, we must be ever vigilant to maintaining our community health services.

Every citizen across rural Texas should immediately call their U.S. Con-gressional Representative and their two U.S. Senators, and tell them that our ru-ral hospital is critical to the community, it must stay open, and no cuts should be made that harm the hospital. Mean-while we in Gonzales will wait and pray that people in Washington, D.C. and Austin will put the health and welfare of our citizens ahead of partisan politics.

Dear Editor,Oh, the wild and wicked

ways of the earth seem to-day to turn good to dirt. It’s like a new wave spread-ing across the land (always has been) but nowadays it’s more prominent and pushed on man. Society as a whole is falling apart, less religion, less heart, no care for human life!When man’s deception

falls so deep below, there’s only one hope. You’ve got to

climb that rope to salvation. Yes! It won’t come to you. For God awaits in the heav-ens to hear a cry from you.One cries when he’s out of

dope or drink, whatever the addiction may be. Instead of walking for a fix WALK TO ME. I am your salvation. I’m the great I AM.The Devil only wants your

soul and for him to get it you must be dead don’t you know. So cry dear child, reach out to me, and I will

pull you out of the Dead Sea. No more to linger no more to roam alone, join the children of God and come home.Praise the Lord for the

Wisdom in me, that I am able to share these words as they come willingly. Per-haps to open thine eyes to see the Power of You that’s living in me.

Laura MaiorkaGonzales

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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

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

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

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

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

Christian

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

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

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

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

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

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

Henson Chapel United Method-ist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

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

Emmanuel Fellowship

1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

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

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

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

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

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

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Have you noticed? The big city of Belmont has turned on their Christmas lights. There are beautiful bright brilliant lights on the Belmont Social Club and lights all around the Belmont United Methodist Church and back around the Belmont Community Center and then it comes back around to the front side. The manger scene is in place on the front lawn of the church. You have to remember that we will have a live manger scene on December 23rd. This is when Belmont United Methodist Church has their Christmas program of Candle Lights. There will be refreshments fol-lowing the service in the center. Usually we have enough cookies for the next day.

You also need to get the names of people who are shut-ins to Jackie Kidd so that plans can be made for those also. Please indicate if they are diabetic or not. Her phone number is 830-437-2810.

Next week Tues., De-cember 11th, the Belmont Community Center group will meet around 11:30 at the center for their Christ-mas party. Each person is to bring a potluck dish. If you want to participate in a Chinese gift exchange, bring a gift worth around ten dollars. If you want to participate in our little gifts for each other, Shari counted maybe 20-24 peo-ple.

The Monthalia United Methodist Church will have their Christmas pro-gram on December 16th, Santa will give out Christ-mas bags to those under age 12, and a dinner will follow in the parish hall.

The following people need your prayers and encouragement: Joe Kot-wig, Paul Villareal, Glenn Malatek, Mr. Bill, Jesse Esparza; Bill and Marie Lott, “Sarge” Dunkin; Lou-ise Jones, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, Velma and Bobby Bullard; Mildred O’Neal, Pastor Lundy Hoo-ten, Aunt Frances Gandre,

Glenn Mikesh, Maria Cas-tillo, Selma Vickers, Lan-dis, Gene Robinson, Keith Glass, Timothy and Jack Black, Teresa Wilke, Linda Denker, Sandi Gandre, Aunt Betty Gandre, Linda Nesloney, Carol, Shirley Dozier, Marie Schauer, Esther Lindemann, Anna Lindemann, Mary and Pete Camarillo, Mandy and Wm. (Ressie) Brietschopf, Lanny Baker, Bob Young, Lucy Jones, Ann Bond; Case Martin, Marguerite Williams. The family of Noreen Soefje. The family of Scott Bence; The family of Barbara Mahavier, The family of Jeanette Gossage

I think that it is so nice that they spot light the troops on TV to say Hel-lo to their families. Time once spent can never be retrieved. So pray for our troops and their families.

December 7th is Pearl Harbor Day. This is a day that will never be forgot-ten in history as it drew the United States into the WWII conflict. So many lives were lost that day in that bombing as well as many of our fleet of de-stroyers and other fire power. It had been planned that way. Let us not forget to honor our Veterans.

Many years later Sean Allen was born. Sean is turning nineteen on De-cember 7th. I think that he is making Kathleen feel a little bit on the aged side. Karen Smith has a birth-day on December 5th. My dear husband, Will, has a birthday on December 10th. His sister, Hazel and husband, Bill Bassett, cel-ebrate an anniversary on the 10th.

It was good to see Lil-lie Lay and Vera Caraway over at the Belmont Social Club enjoying some cat-fish and visiting with a lot of people that kept telling them hello.

I just had an interest-ing call from Marilyn Bucholtz. She is Linda Denker’s sister. Linda is in M. D. Anderson Hos-pital where she received a stem cell transplant on the 29th. As you know this is a long process. She is do-

ing well, so far. She has to stay isolated in the hospi-tal for thirty days and then stay right there close by for one hundred days. Marilyn says that she needs your prayers and support and would love to have your greeting cards to cheer her onward. You can send them to: Linda Denker, 11991 S Main St., Houston, TX 77035.

Marilyn says that Joe Kot-wig has been a great help to Linda because he has been through it. We still have Joe on our prayer list and we keep him there. Now we will add Linda.

Oh my goodness, I did not think it would ever hap-pen. Urlet Miller is walking around in the clouds with stars in his eyes. He has met up with a very lovely lady from Toledo, Ohio. Her name is Tracy Hunt. Tracy and Urlet are getting mar-ried on December 22nd. I am glad that Urlet is get-ting married soon-- he is not paying attention to what he is doing—he just might walk into a tree or some-thing. Congratulations!

Ellen and James Wundt along with Kyle, Sarah, and their two little ones were at

the BSC on Friday night. We happened to look up and Kyle was profiled up beside Ellen. Since I have watched Kyle grow up since birth, it struck me that Kyle was not a very big baby. Do you know that I don’t think that Ellen came to Kyle’s waist? I remember when someone asked Kyle as a teenager if he was going to play football. A very wise Kyle replied, “ Heck no, I am not going to get my brains knocked out of my head. I’m keep-ing my brains.” And he did. Then we laughed as Jackson was trying to undress the Christmas tree and won-dered if he was going to get as big as his daddy.

Kathleen Allen has come over to our house quite a bit and made friends with our critters. Nicki D is the old-est cat on the place, prob-ably about 16 years old, and an outside cat. He wouldn’t let you pet him for a long time. Somehow she won him over and we found that he has the softest hair. She got some of that Fancy Feast in the mail as a sample. You should have seen him eat it. It was salmon. I first poured the juice off in his bowl. He smacked his lips and dug in. Then I got some more of it in there, and he gave me a very grateful thank you look and started gulping it be-cause Itsy Bitsy was closing in. He got most of it.

Have a good week. Be careful in your Christmas travels, and God Bless.


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Curious for ChristmasShe had on her most cheerful Santa outfit, but Pixie was more curious about all those dogs passing by as part of Gonzales Dog Adoptions’ parade entry while strolling with Savannah Heximer during Friday’s Lighted Christmas Pa-rade. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

The Sesame Study Club met recently at the home of Mrs. Joe Ince Jr. with Mrs. Simon Hendershot Jr. serv-ing as hostess.

Upon arriving the mem-bers were served refresh-ments consisting of poppy seed cake, fresh fruit, party sandwiches, nuts, tea or coffee from a beautifully Christmas Decorated table.

Mrs. Ronnie Menking re-viewed the third and fourth chapters of the book Outli-ers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.

Mrs. Simon Hendershot, Jr. presented the program “The Beautiful Paris”. Mrs. Hendershot and her grand-daughter enjoyed a trip to Paris in June.

Mrs. Ralph McGarity called the meeting to order with the club collect. Com-mittee reports were given & Mrs. Maurice Harrell re-ported on the library.

Mrs. Greg Griffin told of the Christmas luncheon to be held on Dec. 8.

The meeting adjourned.

Fr. Pete Roebucks Catholic Daughters Court 2140 met November 27, 2012 at St. James Parish Hall. A meal was en-joyed after the Blessing led by Regent Suzanne Benes.

The Regent began the meeting with a prayer from the United States Adult Cat-echism by Shirley Hodges and the Pledge of Allegiance. Dur-ing the meeting the Pro-Life Prayer and the prayer for the Armed Service Persons were said.

Fine new members were in-stated. There are now 93 mem-bers. Kennon Brunkenhoefer stated the Heights bingo had a good crowd and also at the birthday event at the Texan. Bingo will be held the first week of Dec.

The CDA Memorial Mass on Nov. 11th had a good crowd and all were thanked for being there.

The Telephone commit-tee was thanked for calling about the Christmas Party being held Dec. 4th and Patsy Darilek and Wendy Bivas were thanked for leading the 3rd Sunday Rosary. Lupe Mo-

lina, Connie Kridler, Lawren Kridler and Suzanne Benes provided cookies for the going away party for Sister Lupe and were thanked.

CDA State Convention committee will receive as our contribution favors for those attending, small crosses on which will be engraved with the words Unity and Charity. These crosses will be placed on cards with our Court name.

Shirley Hodges reported that only one name with an ad-dress was placed in the boxes in the Churches. She presented information from “Woman’s World” magazine about a care package project for service per-sonnel. Members voted to do the local person and to send $400 to the other project. A do-nation of $100 was voted on for the local Santa’s Helpers.

Pam Parker won the door prize.

The next meeting will be Jan. 22, 2013. Bonnie San Miguel will do the prayer. Meal pre-parers will be Bernice Knesek, Emmy Behring, Wendy Bivas, Jeanette Chumchal, Janice and Adeline Molnoskey.

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BSA Troop 262, collected 416 pounds of food for our Scouting for food collection! Thank you Gonzales for supporting Scouting and all this food will help restock the shelves at GCAM....Jacob Lockard, Tara Pettus, Tyler Valis, Dennis Nesser III are pictured with the collection — Posted by Jenny Nesser Pancho Clause — Posted by Joe Riojas

Tiffany Ramos (model) @ her first hair-show. With her sister Brittany Ramos — Posted by Maria Navejar

David Paulie Floyd, 4, having fun riding a Moose on the Merry-Go-Round in Santa’s Wonderland at Bass Pro Shop - San Antonio. — Posted by Jean Floyd

Members of the Lil Gators soccer team on awards day. Reigna, Miranda, Anthony, and Carlos. Coached by James Rhodes — Posted by Maria Navejar

Having fun at the park. Adrian and Hunter. — Post-ed by Tiffany Lynn Evans

Alejandro Campos “Baby Jandro” 1 1/2yrs old notice one of the vocalist had to much bass on there micro-phone so he’s do-ing some adjust-ment :) — Posted by AlexNSyria Campos

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Lily hitching a ride on daddy — Posted by Jen Johnson

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Obituaries

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Ida Nell Baker, 1923-2012

BAKERIda Nell Baker, born De-

cember 29, 1923, passed away peacefully at home with family at her side Mon-day, December 3. She was born in Gonzales County, the daughter of Delmar and Goldie Childers and gradu-ated from Waelder High School.

She married Virgil R. Baker in 1939, he preceded her in death in 1965. After she was widowed, she spent the rest of her life living in Central Texas. She worked with the Internal Revenue Service and later trans-ferred to civil service at Bergstrom Air Force Base.

Always the adventurer, she left civil service to be-come a nursing home ad-ministrator in Giddings, from which she retired af-ter 10 years to pursue an ac-tivity she’d always dreamed of – traveling around the country in a motor home. She and her sister traveled with the LOW’s organiza-tion for several years, never meeting a stranger and en-joying life to the fullest. She often said those years were “the best” and has many al-bums of beautiful photos to document.

She enjoyed the simple pleasures in life and lived by

the Golden Rule. Nell was a loving, Christian, hard-working mother whose en-tire life was dedicated to the family she loved so much. She leaves a legacy of love, kindness, affection, toler-ance and generosity. Espe-cially her generosity will be remembered by many. Her selflessness is her legacy. Her warm smile and giv-ing spirit will be missed by many.

Left to cherish her mem-ory are her five children: Virgil Baker, Donald Baker, Lennard Baker and wife Ju-lie, Phillip Baker and Bren-da DeWitt and husband Tommy. Also surviving are 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

She is now with those who went on before her, enjoying that glorious re-union. She was particularly close to her grandmother, Margaret Seitz and she was also preceded by her parents, Delmar & Goldie Childers; husband of 26 years, Virgil; sisters, Ileene Moore and Frances Corum; brother, Jack Childers; and granddaughter, Cherrie Baker.

Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, De-cember 8 at the Thompson-ville Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers include Brian Baker, James Baker, Clint Evans, Robert Baker, Jesse Baker and Lee DeWitt.

In lieu of flowers dona-tions may be made to the Thompsonville Cemetery Association c/o Carol Shea 6356 Hwy 90W, Harwood, TX 78632 or Crestview Methodist Church 1300 Morrow St., Austin, TX 78757 or to the charity of choice.

Arrangements under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home 906 St. Paul, Gonzales, TX 78629 (830)672-3232.

JOHNSONRoger Q. Johnson, Sr.

was born April 17, 1930 near Westoff, Texas to Laurence and Betty John-son. He was one of seven-teen children. He accepted Christ at an early age and

continued to be a man of faith all his life.

As a young man, he grew up working on farms and ranches and even traveled around South Texas as a cowboy for hire. In 1951 he married Olivia Clark and 13 years later they adopted a son, Roger Q. Johnson, Jr. They were married for over fifty years and they were never too far from one another until her death in 2002.

In his 20’s he was hired by Dr. Walter A. Sievers and was promoted to ranch foreman in 1985. Roger Johnson worked for Dr. Sievers for more than fifty years. During his employ-ment for Dr. Sievers, he discovered his true talent of budding and grafting pe-can trees. His pecans won numerous awards and his talents were highly sought after in Gonzales County and the surrounding ar-eas. Following his long and faithful tenure, he contin-ued to farm, ranch and grew pecans until his death.

He was preceded in death by his wife Olivia, his parents, 8 brothers and 3 sisters. He leaves to cherish his memory; one son, Rog-er Q. Johnson, Jr. and wife Krissy of Gonzales, one grandson; Kendall Bee of South Carolina, one grand-daughter, Raven Pettway (Ezekiel) of Arizona, one great grandson; Zaiden, 3 sisters, Annie Bell Eleby (Joe B.), Betty Jean John-son and Mattie Ruth Ford all of Gonzales, Texas. One brother; Cecil Johnson of Gonzales, Texas. And a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Saturday, December 1, 2012 at Mt. Pilgrim Bap-tist Church, Gonzales, with Reverend Charles Roaches officiating. Interment was held at Hoods Point Cem-etery, Gonzales, Texas.

Services entrusted to the Professional Care of Harris Funeral Home, 127 Hwy. 90A, Gonzales, 830-672-1075. George L. Harris – Funeral Director/Morti-cian.

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A two-vehicle accident left two people injured, one being a small child.

According to a spokes-man with the Texas De-partment of Public Safety, at approximately 6:45 p.m. on Friday, November 30, a 2004 Toyota Sequoia was traveling northbound on Highway 97. Without warning another vehicle, a 2000 Ford pickup exited a private driveway and en-tered into the roadway just in front of the other ve-hicle, which could not stop in time and collided with the truck on the left driver’s side.

The driver of the Toy-

ota, identified as Chris-tie Massey of Nixon, was transported to Gonzales Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries. The oth-er passengers of the vehicle were a six-month old and a two-month child, the latter of which was airlifted to a San Antonio hospital. The extent of his injuries were unknown as of press time.

The driver of the truck was identified as 23-year old Dustin Yaws of Smiley. He was not injured in the crash.

It is unclear at this time if any charges will be filed, but the incident is still un-der investigation.

NIXON — Nixon-Smi-ley FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) members are helping with a national project.

The project, Warm Hands Warm Hearts, is sponsored by the American Cleaning Institute and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sci-ences.

Nixon-Smiley FCCLA

will be accepting donations of winter gloves, mittens and bars of hand soap at the following basketball games: Dec. 4, HS Girls in HS Gym; Dec. 10 MS Girls in MS Gym; Dec. 11 HS Boys in HS Gym.

Donations will also be accepted any school day, beginning December 4 through December 13. Your donated items may be brought to the high school

office and dropped in the collection box. Our goal is collect 200 pair of gloves and mittens, and 100 bars of hand soap.

Nixon-Smiley FCCLA is a Career and Technical stu-dent organization for stu-dents who are enrolled in or have ever taken a Fam-ily and Consumer Sciences class. The organization is a national organization with a state association.

Nixon FCCLA launches drive

On December 4, the Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38, I.O.O.F. made donations to Santa’s Helpers and the Gon-zales Christian Assistance Ministry. Pictured at top left are Pat Compton; Derek Grahmann, Noble Grand; and Tena Roaches. At top right are Grahmann and Christine Chamness, director of GCAM. These gifts were made possible by the generous support of the Odd Fellows’ food booth during Winterfest 2012. (Courtesy photos)

AUSTIN — It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but one poor decision to drink and drive could bring a devastating end to holiday celebrations.

As Texans are planning to celebrate the holidays, the Texas Department of Transportation is launching a holiday campaign with a renewed focus on the im-portance of planning for a sober ride home. TxDOT’s Holiday P.A.S.S. (Person Ap-pointed to Stay Sober) cam-

paign encourages Texans to give the gift of a sober ride and make it easier for sober drivers to enjoy the festivities without drinking alcohol.

“Texans can help make the holidays joyful all season long by giving the gift of a so-ber ride home or by offering a non-alcoholic drink option at their holiday parties,” said John Barton, TxDOT deputy executive director. “Safety is a top priority for us at Tx-DOT and we’re asking Tex-ans to make a commitment

to safe, sober driving this holiday season.”

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Gov. Rick Perry announced a collaboration between the Governor’s Office, Texas Higher Education Coordinat-ing Board and Texas Work-force Commission (TWC) that will use competency-based learning to help Texans quickly receive certifications in high demand industries. The governor was joined by Texas Education Agency Commissioner Michael Wil-liams, Texas State Technical College Chancellor Mike Re-eser, and lawmakers in Harlin-gen to discuss this new effort to maintain a skilled work-force to meet our state’s grow-ing industry demands.

“Over the past decade, Texas has established a jobs-friendly environment that has powered our economic engine and attracted major employers in various grow-ing industries, leading to in-creased demand for certified, high-skilled workers,” Gov. Perry said. “The framework for technical training we’re putting in place will enable workers to earn their techni-

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“A skilled workforce is es-sential to our economy. When our business and industry leaders work together with our education institutions, it creates a direct path to em-ployment for Texans,” State Rep. Eddie Lucio, III said. “The new educational delivery model that Texas State Techni-cal College will develop will

aid to solidify Texas’ economic prosperity. I sincerely applaud the efforts of the Governor’s office, Texas Higher Educa-tion Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Com-mission.”

“Gov. Perry’s leadership on this initiative will help expe-dite the production of a skilled labor force to meet the needs of our growing state,” State Rep. J.M. Lozano said.

Businesses are also encour-aged to form partnerships with their local school districts to incorporate this workforce training into local career and technical education programs. The program will focus on ensuring job-preparedness for groups like veterans, cur-rent workers needing retrain-ing, and career-focused high school graduates among oth-ers.

“Texas State Technical College System is excited to be working with its fellow state agencies and with Texas industrial employers to de-velop this new framework for training Texans for crucial high-skilled jobs in our state,” Chancellor Mike Reeser said. “We are especially grateful for the Governor’s leadership in this vital effort.”

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Recent well location re-ports from the Texas Rail-road Commission

Gonzales County

API No.: 42-177-32780Classification: Fld. Dev. and

HorizontalOperator: Argent Energy

(US) Holdings Inc.Lease Name: BriscoeWell No.: 1H

Field Name: Eagleville (Ea-gle Ford-1)

Total Depth: 12,000 feetDirection and miles: 4 miles

southeast of WaelderSurvey Name: J. Gibson,

A-23Acres: 896.07


HorizontalOperator: Eagle Ford Hunt-

er Resources Inc.Lease Name: Gonzo South

Well No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Total Depth: 14,500 feetDirection and miles: 14.9

miles northeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: W. Strode,

A-69Acres: 486.74


HorizontalOperator: EOG Resources

Inc.

Lease Name: McCleese UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Total Depth: 13,000 feetDirection and miles: 1 mile

southeast of SampleSurvey Name: P. Pate, A-374Acres: 499.23


HorizontalOperator: Hunt Oil Com-

panyLease Name: JP RanchWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Total Depth: 18,000 feetDirection and miles: 8 miles

southeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: F. Taylor,

A-71Acres: 480


HorizontalOperator: Hunt Oil Com-

panyLease Name: GlassWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-1)Total Depth: 18,000 feetDirection and miles: 8 miles

southeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: F. Taylor,

A-71Acres: 285.90


HorizontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF

LLCLease Name: BrollWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles southeast of SmileySurvey Name: F. Gonzales,

A-233Acres: 169.99


HorizontalOperator: Southern Bay

Operating LLCLease Name: Newtonville

East UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles northeast of GonzalesSurvey Name: P. Hope,

A-252Acres: 714.09

Lavaca County


HorizontalOperator: Penn Virginia

Oil and Gas LP

Lease Name: Martinsen Unit

Well No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Ea-


miles northeast of ShinerSurvey Name: W.A. Aber-

crombie, A-68Acres: 704

Recent oil and gas comple-tions according to reports from the Texas Railroad Commission

DeWitt County


HorizontalOperator: Burlington Re-

sources O and G Co. LPLease Name: Tam Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Ea-

gle Ford-2)Survey Name: W.L. Lytte,

A-303Direction and miles: 4.5

miles southeast of EcletoOil: 700MCF: 1,181Choke Size: 10/64 of an

inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,544Total Depth: 18,780 feetPerforations: 13,404-18,560

feet

Eagle Ford Rig CountsFrom eaglefordshale.com

Eagle Ford Shale drilling dropped one rig to settle at 267 units running in the re-gion. La Salle County was the biggest mov-er during the week. Five rigs moved in to make it the most active county in the play with 41 rigs.

During the week, we highlighted Chesa-peake’s improving wells. In the third quar-ter of 2012, the company brought 124 wells to production, with 115 of those reaching peak production rates greater than 500 boe/d. The company had 43 wells produce more than 1,000 boe/d. In the first quarter of 2012, only 8 of 60 wells produced more than 1,000 boe/d. That’s a significant im-provement in just six months. The better news is Chesapeake won’t be alone. Com-panies will continue to improve well and completion designs.

The natural gas rig count fell two rigs to 53. Natural gas prices reached a 2012 high

last week, but fell to less than $3.60 on Fri-day. Natural gas storage numbers surprised the market on Thursday. An injection was reported when most expected withdrawal season to continue. Heating season is here, so injections are uncommon. Prices re-sponded by falling almost $0.30.

The oil rig count gained one rig to reach 214 running in the area. WTI crude fu-tures were almost unchanged for the fifth week in a row. Oil was trading at just over $88 per barrel on Friday. Eagle Ford crude priced at $100.50/bbl on the 30th of No-vember. Light crude and condensate in the area traded at $85.50 and $84.50, respec-tively.

There are 254 horizontal rigs running in the region. La Salle County leads develop-ment with 41 rigs running. Karnes with 35 rigs, McMullen (28), Gonzales (23), Webb (23), Dimmit (21), DeWitt (20), Live Oak (12), Fayette (9) and Lavaca (8) round out the top Eagle Ford counties.


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For the third time in as many years, the Shiner St. Paul football team will be playing for the TAPPS Di-vision III state title.

“The kids and everyone else are very excited about this,” St. Paul head coach Jake Wachsmuth said. “It is a fun time to be playing right now. I think we need to try and stay as focused as we can, and I feel the kids have been doing that.”

The Cardinals last took home the title in 2010 when they defeated Col-leyville Covenant 48-41 to cap a 14-0 campaign. Last season, St. Paul fell 21-7 to Hallettsville Sacred Heart. This year, the Cardinals (10-3) will be facing Frisco

Legacy Christian Academy (11-2).

“They are a really good football team,” Wachsmuth said. “It is going to be a challenge for us.”

Frisco Legacy runs a spread offense but pre-fers to run the football. They are averaging over 37 points a game. Running back Ovie Urevbu is the main weapon with 2,266 rushing yards on 265 car-ries and 29 touchdowns.

While the Eagles love the run game, they will also throw the football some. Quarterback Adam Beck is 88-of-161 passing with 1,329 yards, 19 touchdowns and six interceptions. Beck has also run the ball for 686 yards and 10 touchdowns. Receiver Hunter Wood has 25 catches for 553 yards

and six touchdowns.Wachsmuth said St.

Paul’s defense must slow or stop the Eagle running game.

“We have to make sure we lock in on Urevbu,” he said. “I like to figure out what people want to do best and then take that away from them. Frisco

Legacy likes to run Urevbu and that is who we must focus a lot of our attention on.”

The Eagles have a very stout defense.

“They do not ever let up on the defensive side of the ball,” Wachsmuth said. “Our offense must be ready for any defensive schemes

they throw at us.”Against Sacred Heart

last week, St. Paul rushed for 211 yards and threw for about 208.

“We were able to run and pass the football for about the same yardage,” Wachs-muth said. “But equal yard-age is not important as be-ing able to mix up the run and the pass. We also had few offensive penalties and no turnovers. We must do that this week.”

Shiner vs MasonThe fourth-ranked Shin-

er Comanches (11-1) will face the top-ranked Ma-son Punchers for the third straight year in the playoffs.

The two teams will con-verge tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Kelly Reeves Ath-letic Complex, located at 10211 West Palmer Lane

in the Round Rock/Austin area.

“Mason lost a lot, around 18 starters or so from last year,” Shiner head coach Steven Cerny said. “But they have reloaded from their solid 2011 junior var-sity team.”

Mason (12-0) is multiple on the offensive side of the ball.

“They run the I-forma-tion, and do a lot of bumps and shifts,” Cerny said. “They use their big offen-sive line to run some power plays. Mason executes well on offense.”

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Shiner’s Hannah Koenning attempts to get a shot past the hand of Nixon’s Savannah Martinez during the Lady Mustangs win Tuesday night. (Photo by Mark Lube)

NIXON —The seventh-ranked Lady Mustangs basketball team had a very good start to the game and used the momentum to carry them to a 45-24 win over 1A’s eighth-ranked Shiner Lady Comanches on Tuesday night.

“We came out and we had a great first quarter,” Nixon-Smiley head coach Jeff Van Auken said. “We came out with energy and I thought it was the best quarter of basketball we’ve

played this year.”“Our first-quarter defen-

sive effort was good and our transition game was good.”

He cited the Nixon de-fensive effort as being a huge factor in the outcome.

“Our kids played hard on defense and we preach how important defense is,” he said. “Our players are all committed to playing good defense.”

It just was not the night for the Lady Comanches (8-4).

“It was just not a good

night for us,” Shiner head coach John Hoelter said. “We did not handle the whole game well. We missed too many shots and had too many turnovers.”

The Lady Mustangs (9-1) do not have size so they have to compensate in oth-er areas of the game.

“We are always outsized so we have to hustle and go after every single ball,” Van Auken said.

Julianna Rankin opened the scoring for Shiner with an early basket. Nixon got


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Widely-respected his-torically for their efficien-cy in executing their sig-nature Veer offense, it was the Comanche defense that took center stage last Friday night.

Shiner (11-1) held Wei-mar to 215 yards of total offense and forced three turnovers en route to a convincing 27-6 win over the Wildcats in the Class 1A Division I Regional playoff game at Seguin’s Matador Stadium.

“I just give all of the credit to our guys,” said Shiner head coach Steven Cerny. “They sacrificed ev-erything tonight. I thought we played extremely well in the first half on offense and defense. We always preach about big plays and we got some tonight when

we needed them.”Shiner’s first big play

came early in the game when Chad Neubauer intercepted a Juwan Al-meida pass and returned it 62 yards for a touchdown. The conversion run failed and the Comanches held a 6-0 lead with 10:06 still left in the first quarter.

Weimar (7-5) could only garner a three and out, with Isidor Cerny stop-ping DeLexus Gordon on a third and short, and the ensuing punt set up Shiner at their own 21.

A reverse to Jacob Staf-ford took the ball into Weimar territory at the Wildcat 48, before Evel Jones picked up 10 yards off the right side. Back to back carries by Stafford and Jones gave Shiner a first and 10 at the Weimar 24, then Trevion Flowers gained nine yards on an option keep. Four plays

later, Jones trotted in from 11 yards out to give Shiner a 12-0 lead.

Weimar’s second pos-session proved as fruit-less as its first. Stafford slammed into Jakyle Har-ris after a modest gain and then Harris was blasted by Cerny on the next play for no gain. Caleb Ka-lich knocked away a third down pass and the ensuing punt gave the Comanches a new set of downs at their own 28.

Shiner opened the drive with three consecutive runs by Stafford, which pushed the ball out to the Weimar 46. Jones picked up 11 yards on a pitch and two plays later, Cole Strauss kept the drive alive by falling on a fumble at the Weimar 38 as the first quarter expired.

On third and 14, Ka-

Weimar’s Juwan Almeida tries to wriggle out of the grasp of Brian Kloesel during Shiner’s win last Friday night. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

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301 yards for two touch-downs and one intercep-tion. He has 138 yards rushing and three touch-downs on 13 carries.

“Bibb can throw the play action well,” Cerny said.

Schmidt has run the ball 39 times for 470 yards and eight touchdowns.

“Schmidt is 185-pound back who is a strong run-ner,” Cerny said.

The Shiner defense must be physical and play low.

“We cannot try to block them one-on-one. They are too big for that so we will need to double team their offensive line at times,” Cerny said. “Our second-ary will have to read the keys well, especially the tight end keys. If our sec-ondary spends too much time watching the back-field, Mason can burn us.”

Mason is also multiple on defense. Cerny said he expects to see the split, five-man fronts and the 4-3.

“They will try to mix it up and throw you off bal-ance,” he said.

Shiner will need solid ex-ecution on their offensive game plan to put points on the board against the Punchers.

“Because of their size, we will need to utilize our quickness,” Cerny said.

Mason has knocked the Comanches out of the play-offs the last two seasons. In 2010, Mason won 28-21 in the state quarterfinals.In last year’s contest, played again in the quarterfinals, the Punchers took advan-tage of Shiner giveaways, winning 55-7.

Mason went on to win the 1A DI state title by de-feating Stamford, 62-40.

Cerny said he stresses the importance of treating all the games the same.

“Whoever can go out and execute better wins,” he said.Hallettsville vs Cameron

YoeThe Brahmas (12-0) face

Cameron Yoe (13-0) in the state quarterfinals at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Bastrop Memorial Stadium.

The Brahmas got past Hempstead, 49-46, last week in the regional round. Hallettsville also won the regular-season game by a three-point margin, 22-19.

“It was lot like the first time we played them,” Brahmas head coach Tom-my Psencik said. “Our kids got down in a hole but fought back. Basically, we gave them 21 points with our turnovers, but we played very well on de-fense.”

Cameron Yoe is the top-ranked team in Class

2A Division I according to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine while the Brahmas are fourth.

“They are very deserving of their high rank,” Psencik said. “We will need to be on top of our game in this one.”

On offense, Yoe runs a spread formation and has a balanced offense.

“They throw better than they run but still run to keep you honest,” he said. “They have a big offensive line.”

Quarterback Jason Ko-privac has completed 195-of-315 passes for 2,524 yards, 31 touchdowns and six interceptions. His two leading receivers are Colton Shuffield (40-743, 12 TDs) and Zach Felts (32-466, 9 TDs) Running back Keaton Denio has 1,150 rushing yards on 190 carries and nine touchdowns.

“We will need to really disrupt their passing game,” Psencik said. “We need to tackle well.”

The Yoemen are mul-tiple on defense including three-man fronts and other formations similar to Hal-lettsville.

“They have pretty good speed on defense,” Psencik said. “We will need to run the football well. And have no turnovers.”

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lich made a brilliant slid-ing catch to gain 15 yards and Jones went for three on the first down carry. Jones ran in from the 21-yard line after a great ball fake by Flowers and he also got the two-point conversion run to make the score 20-0 in Shiner’s favor, where the score stood at halftime.

“When we got up early, it put them in a position where they would have to go to the pass to get a big play,” said Coach Cerny. “I think that was a big fac-tor. We spent a lot of time prepping for their speed because they scared us with last time.”

“We changed a few things to try to slow down their speed option and it worked. Our D-line did a really good job of control-ling the line game with their technique.”

The second half began with a pooch kick by Shiner that was recovered by Ty-ler Patek at the Comanche 44. Following a two-yard run by Jones, Caleb Cur-tis burst up the middle for a 14-yard gain. Two plays later, Flowers ripped off a 14-yard gain of his own before Jones went for 22 yards, aided by a great lead block from Stafford.

Flowers capped the drive by taking it in from the one on a quarterback sneak and Kris Patek’s kick staked Shiner to a 27-0 lead.

It wasn’t until the fourth quarter until Weimar mo-ounted another serious scoring threat. They scored on a seven-yard pass to Torre Johnson from Almei-da on the third play of the final frame and the conver-sion pass failed to account for the game’s final score.

Shiner punted away af-ter a short five-play drive the Wildcats put together a lengthy drive in response. Facing a second and 10 at their own 24, Harris got four on a carry and then Almeida connected with Johnson for a huge 17-yard pickup.

Two incomplete passes came next - with the latter getting tipped away by Ka-lich - and on fourth down, Kloesel snagged Almeida’s pass to give Shiner the ball at their own 41.

Brady Cejka was inserted at quarterback and his first carry resulted in a 35-yard gain. However, the promis-ing drive ended in a punt after Cejka sailed a pass over the head of Kalich.

Operating from a full-blown desperation mode, Weimar threw for succes-sive gains of four, 11 and 13 to set up a first and 10 from their 38. On the next play, Kloesel preserved the Shin-er win by picking off his second pass and Cejka iced the game by taking a knee from the victory formation.

“I know he doesn’t catch passes very well at tight end,” said Cerny jokingly in referring to Kloesel’s dual-interception performance. “Those might be his first two receptions of the year. We went with a quicker lineup and had him at line-backer late in the game and that’s when he made his big plays.”

Cerny’s jovail take on what Kloesel did in the fourth quarter was shared by the man himself when he was asked what was go-ing through his mind dur-ing those pivotal plays.

“Nothing because I don’t think,” Kloesel said with a big smile. “I just saw the passes coming at me and

I caught them. I knew ev-erybody else on defense had at least one intercep-tion already so I figured it was time for me to get one. When I caught it, it just felt amazing. I wanted to bounce off the walls, it just such a great high.”

“We had a great week of practice where we really came together and we’re getting good at the right time. We plan on making a run for state through our teamwork.”

Game SummaryW 0 0 0 6–6S 12 8 7 0–27Scoring SummarySHI -- Chad Neubauer 62-yard

interception return (run failed), 10:06, 1st.

SHI -- Evel Jones 11-yard run (run failed), 4:30, 1st.

SHI -- Jones 21-yard run (Jones run), 10:00, 2nd.

SHI -- Trevion Flowers 1-yard run (Kris Patek kick), 8:47, 3rd.

WEI -- Torre Johnson 7-yard pass from Juwan Almeida (pass failed), 10:52, 4th.

Team Stats Weimar ShinerFirst downs 13 18Rushes-yds 29-140 53-353Comp-att-int 7-19-3 1-4-1Pass Yds 75 15Punts-yds 4-156 2-83Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-0Penalties-yds 2-19 7-60Individual StatsRUSHING – Weimar: DeLexus

Gordon 3-4, Jakyle Harris 19-128, Juwan Almeida 7-8. Shiner: Evel Jones 18-159, Jacob Stafford 13-60, Trevion Flowers 11-41, Caleb Curtis 5-23, Brady Cejka 4-43, Justin Stovall 2-27.

PASSING – Weimar: Almeida 7-19-75-3. Shiner: Flowers 1-2-15, Stafford 0-1-0-1, Cejka 0-1-0.

RECEIVING – Weimar: Seth Helmcamp 1-5, Payton Wells 1-10, Torre Johnson 5-60. Shiner: Caleb Kalich 1-15.


two straight buckets from Savannah Martinez, a triple from Jennifer Flores and another bucket by Martinez for a 9-2 lead. Alena Alva-rez picked up two assists during the run.

Shiner stopped the splurge with a Meagan Chumchal offensive re-bound and bucket, and lat-er the Lady Comanches got to within 10-6 as LaNeisha Hunt scored after getting a steal.

The Lady Mustangs ended the box with a 12 straight points. Alvarez made a jumper, assisted on an Abby Scarbrough basket and hit another shot. Flores made a layup; Scarbrough made a jumper after an of-fensive rebound but did not convert the three-point play. Hailey Boatright con-

cluded first-quarter scoring with a jumper.

The Lady Comanches got the first five points of the second period as Kris-tin Schacherl made a layup, Rankin made one after getting a steal and Aman-ise Coleman made a free throw.

Shiner missed a good chance to cut into the lead as they missed four straight free throws. The Lady Mus-tangs converted a couple of free throws and Flores made a basket to give Nix-on a 28-13 halftime lead.

The Lady Mustangs scored seven of the first nine points of the third on a free throws by Boatright, and converted shots by Scarbrough and Alvarez. Rankin and Schacherl made jumpers to pull Shiner closer by a couple of points, but a Kelby Hender-

son triple gave Nixon the 38-18 margin to go into the fourth quarter.

Martinez led Nixon with five points in the final eight minutes as the home side closed out the game with a 7-6 scoring advantage.

Game SummaryNixon-Smiley 45, Shiner 24S 6 7 5 6-24NS 22 6 10 7-45 Shiner: Julianna Rankin 3 1-4 7,

Kristin Schacherl 2 0-1 4, Amanise Coleman 1 2-9 4, LaNeisha Hunt 1 0-0 2, Meagan Chumchal 1 0-0 2, Shamyra Coleman 0 2-2 2, Lauren Oden 0 2-2 2, Hannah Koening 0 1-2 1. Totals 8 8-20 24.

Nixon-Smiley: Savannah Mar-tinez 5 1-4 11, Jennifer Flores 4 0-0 9, Alena Alvarez 3 1-2 7, Abby Scarbrough 3 1-3 7, Kelby Hender-son 2 0-0 5, Hailey Boatright 1 3-6 5, Megan Guerra 0 1-2 1. Totals 18 7-17 45.


NIXON: 22-point first period paves way for win

Glass hits 1,000-point markSenior guard Carley Glass of Luling scored her 1,000th career point in a game at the Navarro ISD Event Center on Nov. 20. A four-year starter, she came into the game with 988 points and midway through the fourth quarter she hit a 12- foot jump shot from the elbow of the free throw line to give her the milestone. Glass (holding the ball) is surrounded in the photo by her teammates. (Courtesy photo)

Brahmas make quarterfinalsFrom coaches’ reports

ROSENBERG – The Hallettsville Brahmas ad-vanced to the Class 2A Di-vision I state quarterfinals with a 49-46 shootout win over the Hempstead Bob-cats Friday in the regional round at Rosenberg’s Tray-lor Stadium.

This is the Brahmas’ sec-ond straight win of this sea-son against Hempstead.

The Bobcats took a 12-0 lead in the first quarter as Tyler Kozel returned a fumble 36 yards and Bryan Knowles ran a punt back 76 yards. Hallettsville came back to take a 14-12 lead at the end of the quarter as Tim Sheppard scored on a 9-yard run and Quinton Wright scored on a fumble recovery.

Will Smith hit Deondre Lee with a 91-yard strike in the second box to give the Bobcats an 18-14 lead. Hal-lettsville came back with a 6-yard run by Carson Schindler.

Hempstead tied the game 21-21 on the 25-yard field goal. Hallettsville had the last laugh of the half as Dalton Herrington caught a 39-yard pass from Schindler to put the Brah-mas up 28-21.

Hempstead opened the third box with a Knowles 76-yard kickoff return but the point after failed, leav-ing the Brahmas with a 28-27 lead.

Tiedrick Smith scored on a 56-yard run but the two-point run fell short, leaving Hallettsville ahead 34-27. Desmond Jordan scored from the 1 for Hempstead and the extra point failed.

Smith then scored his second of the game with a 15-yard run and Sheppard scored the two-point con-version and the Brahmas led 42-27 late in the third.

Smith ran for a 58-yard score with no time left in the third and the two-point pass was short, Halletsville now leading 42-39.

Sheppard caught a 12-yard pass from Schindler with 2:01 left in the game and the PAT was good, and the Brahmas led 49-39.

Michael Wolfe scored on a 35-yard run and Raul Rodriguez added the extra point, bringing the Bobcats to within 49-46 with 34 seconds left to play.

Game SummaryHEM 12 9 18 7-46HAL 14 14 14 7-49Scoring SummaryHEM-Tyler Kozel 36 fumble

return (kick failed)

HEM-Bryan Knowles 76 punt return (run failed)

HAL-Tim Sheppard 9 run (Sam Barrera kick)

HAL-Quinton Wright fumble recovery (Barrera kick)

HEM-Deondre Lee 91 pass from Will Smith (run failed)

HAL-Carson Schindler 6 run (Barrera kick)

HEM-Mario Malagon 25 FGHAL-Dalton Herrington 39

pass from Schindler (Barrera kick)HEM-Knowles 76 kickoff re-

turn (kick failed)HAL-Tiedrick Smith 56 run

(run failed)HEM-Desmond Jordan 1 run

(kick failed)HAL- Smith 15 run (Sheppard

run)HEM-Smith 58 run (pass

failed)HAL-Sheppard 12 pass from

Schindler (Barrera kick)HEM-Michael Wolfe 35 run

(Raul Rodriguez kick)Team Stats HEM HALFirst downs 12 19Rushes-yards 36-156 39-225Passing 8-19-0 16-20-1Passing yards 211 200Punts-yards 2-19 2-89Fumbles-lost 5-2 5-4Penalties-yards 4-25 3-30Individual statsRUSHING — Hempstead: Will

Smith 19-100, Desmond Jordan 8-30, Michael Wolfe 7-29. Hal-lettsville: Tiedrick Smith 18-181, Tim Sheppard 4-23, Dalton Her-rington 3-17, Kaden Hardt 2-10, Carson Schindler 11-6.

PASSING — Hempstead: Smith 8-19-0-211. Hallettsville: Schindler 16-20-1-200.

RECEIVING — Hempstead: Deondre Lee 2-100, Brian Knowles 2-51. Hallettsville:Herrington 5-125, Sheppard 8-49, Smith 2-16, Jimario Grounds 1-0.

NIXON — The Nixon-Smiley Mustangs managed to stay in the game against Pleasanton for one half as they were down, 34-24.

Then a combination of fatigue and inexperience set in for Nixon-Smiley, allowing the Eagles to out-score them 38-17 in the second half.

“Our youth really hurt us tonight,” Nixon-Smiley head coach Carlton McK-inney said.

Nixon-Smiley was in a man-to-man defense but when their defensive focus waned a little, Pleasanton was able to take advantage.

“When you don’t run your man defense well, it allows a team like Pleasan-ton to do what they did to-night,” McKinney said. “We got tired and did not play our man defense solid so they got some opportuni-ties for some easy baskets.”

Nixon-Smiley is cur-rently 0-4 but McKinney is positive about the immedi-ate future

“Tonight was one of our worst performances of the

season so far,” McKinney said. “But it was mostly a matter of our team having a lot of inexperience at the varsity level. The kids will figure it out.”

Pleasanton opened the

game with a 5-2 lead with an early three from Nathan Harper. Nixon-Smiley got a basket from Garrett Early-wine and he made a couple of free throws to bring the

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St. Paul slows down Sacred Heart to advance to title game

GIDDINGS — St. Paul is usually known to run around, over, under and right through opponents.

But Friday night in the TAPPS Division III state semifinal game against Hallettsville Sacred Heart at Buffaloes Stadium, the Cardinals displayed their aerial capability as quar-terback Dakota Kresta hit 9-of-10 passes for 208 yards including two touch-downs to Dylan Barton of 64 and 60-yards in a 49-35 shootout with the Indians that will send St. Paul to the Division III title game for the third straight year.

Barton finished with six receptions for 173 yards while Kresta also ran for another score.

“We mix it up running and passing really well,” Kresta said. “It works so well because you get some-one flying up and my tight end (Barton) sneaks out and makes a big play. It was beautiful.”

St. Paul senior Adam Hollenbach rushed for 136 yards and four touchdowns to pace the 211-yard St. Paul rushing game.

Sacred Heart (9-4) had won two of the last three against St. Paul with the 21-7 win last year in the title game and the regular-season game, 28-21, back

on Nov. 9.“Biggest difference in

this game is we won,” St. Paul head coach Jake Wa-chsmuth said in the sim-plest of answers. “We made some mistakes and Sacred Heart made some. I am not sure it was a pretty game, but it is not usually a pretty game when our two schools meet. It was a very physical game and we end-ed up catching the breaks when we needed to.”

He said Kresta made some great throws in the game and Barton had two good touchdowns catches.

“I am very proud of both of them,” Wachsmuth said. “Our offensive line blocked well at times for our backs and sometimes we were able to make runs when the blocks were not there. The Indians played good defense.”

The Cardinals and Indi-ans appeared to be evenly-matched with both teams making big plays. The In-dians matched the two big plays by Barton with 65- and 78-yard runs by quar-terback Leightin Pilat and a 71-yard touchdown run by running back Jonathan Vanek.

“It was a good physical game and St. Paul is a good team,” said Indians head coach Pat Henke. “They had a good game plan and we did as well. They out-

scored us. It was a great football game.”

The Indians had a turn-over late in the third quar-ter while working to over-come a 35-28 deficit. St. Paul took advantage and drove 55 yards in 12 plays and over five minutes to go up, 41-28 on a 1-yard plunge by Hollenbach.

“That turnover really hurt us because we were going to tie it up,” Henke

said. “That turnover was a big play and it came back to haunt us.”

Sacred Heart also com-mitted a turnover late in the first half, negating a chance to tie or take the lead at halftime. Henke said turnovers cause more damage in a playoff game.

The Indians answered with a 72-yard drive to close down to 41-35. A fumble and a sack dropped

the Indians back to their 24 for third and 14. A Pilat pass was picked off by Hol-lenbach, but Sacred Heart received a break as St. Paul was flagged for pass inter-ference and the Indians maintained possession. A few plays later, a Scott Stoner pass was incomplete but St. Paul was whistled again for pass interference and Sacred Heart got first down at the Cardinal 43.

Pilat later had a 14-yard scramble which helped set up a 14-yard run by Vanek.

St. Paul then put the game away with 10-play, 75-yard drive. Hollenbach gained 8 on the first play and was aided by a person-al foul against Sacred Heart to move the ball to the mi-nus-48. Kennedy hauled in a 17-yard pass from Kresta

St. Paul’s Adam Hollenbach brings down Sacred Heart’s Jonathan Vanek before he can cross the goal line during the Cardinals state semifinal win Friday night. (Photo by Mark Lube)


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Pleasanton runs away from Mustangs in second halfBy MARK [email protected]

Mustangs within 5-4.Pleasanton later went

ahead 10-5 and both teams scored four points each from that point on, with Nixon-Smiley getting field goals from Sam Moore and Nick Pena.

Buckets from Dallas Owen and Billy Coronado sent the Eagles up to an 18-11 margin early in the second. Baskets from Early-wine and Jared Van Auken brought the Mustangs to within 20-15.

Ahead 24-17 later in the period, the Eagles scored eight of the next 14 for their 10-point halftime window. Earlywine bagged six points

for Nixon-Smiley in the third period but Pleasanton finished with 14 points, led by four points from Harper.

In the fourth period, Pleasanton overran a tired Nixon-Smiley squad with a 24-9 run.

Game SummaryPleasanton 72, Nixon-Smiley 41P 14 20 14 24-72NS 9 15 8 9-41Pleasanton: Rudy Calderon 5

0-0 14, Jason Mills 5 1-1 13 Nathan Harper 5 0-0 11, Billy Coronado 5 0-0 10, Dallas Owen 4 1-4 9, Philip Dillard 3 0-0 6, Walker Korus 2 0-0 4, Tyler Pophim 1 2-4 4. Totals 30 4-9 72.

Nixon-Smiley: Garrett Early-win 5 3-6 13, Devon Warzecha 4 0-0 8, Tristan Newman 1 4-8 6, Sam Moore 2 2-4 6, Jared Van Auken 2 0-0 4, Victor Evans 1 0-0 2, Nick Pena 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 9-18 41.



MUSTANGS: Big second half lifts Pleasanton

to move into Sacred Heart territory. St. Paul eventu-ally faced fourth down at the 20 and Kresta ended up scrambling into the end zone for the last score.

St. Paul forced the Indi-ans into a three-and-out on the game’s first drive. A short punt set up the Car-dinals inside Sacred Heart territory and it took St. Paul seven plays to march 44 yards.

A personal foul on the second play moved St. Paul back past the 50 into their side of the field, but Kresta hooked up with Barton for 33 yards to negate the dam-age by the penalty. Hollen-bach later scooted in from the 1 and St. Paul led 6-0.

The Indians responded fast, going 75 yards in three plays. Vanek had two car-ries of 5 yards each and Pi-lat ran a naked bootleg, got a couple of key blocks and was off to the races. Sacred Heart also missed the point after for a 6-6 tie.

After forcing St. Paul to punt, the Indians drove 80 yards in two plays — Pilat had an option keeper up the middle for a 78-yard score. He hit Cade Brewer for two and Sacred Heart led 14-6.

The Cardinals then took

their turn at a fast score. They went 86 yards in three plays and the Kresta-to-Barton pass for 64 yards was the touchdown. St. Paul missed the two-point conversion and Sacred Heart led 14-12 at the end of the first.

St. Paul had another length drive after stopping the Indians on fourth down at the Cardinal 36 in which as Pilat pass for a teammate in the end zone was over-thrown a little.

The Cardinals were aided by two personal-foul calls against the Indians totaling 24 yards. Hollenbach con-verted a third down with an 8-yard run on a toss play and later capped the drive with a 3-yard run. Martin Kennedy got the two-point play and it was 20-14 St. Paul.

The Indians opened the third frame by kicking a short kickoff that they were able to recover. They drove 40 yards in six plays for a score. Vanek gained 13 on the first play from the St. Paul 40 to the 27. He later had a 12-yard run to con-vert a fourth down from the 18 and he scored on the next play.

St. Paul took advantage of good field position at its 41 and capped a six-play drive with a 20-yard run by

Hollenbach.Sacred Heart struck fast

with a one-play, 71-yard drive, the long run by Vanek, in a mere 14 sec-onds, to tie the game at 28-28.

Kresta and Barton teamed up for a 60-yard bomb on the next drive and St. Paul led 35-28.

It was 41-28 following Hollenbach’s 1-yard run to cap the drive that started with St. Paul recovering a Sacred Heart fumble close to the 50.

St. Paul will face Frisco Legacy at 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 7 at Baylor Uni-versity’s Floyd Casey Sta-dium in Waco.

“It feels amazing to be in the title game for the third straight year,” Kresta said. “Being there as a senior is going to feel better than as a sophomore two years ago.”

The game was the final for Sacred Heart seniors Brady Sitka, Pilat, Alex De-LaRosa, Casey Jirkovsky, Cade Brewer, Lucas Al-len, Cole Easterling, Brier Shimek and Chris Kunz.

“Our seniors always played hard on Friday nights,” Henke said. “For us having no returning starters on offense and just three on defense , I thought our kids came a long way

this year.”

Game SummarySH 14 0 14 7-35SP 12 8 15 14-49Scoring SummarySP-Adam Hollenbach 1 run

(kick failed)SH-Leightin Pilat 65 run (kick

failed)SH-Pilat 78 run (Cade Brewer

pass from Pilat)SP-Dylan Barton 64 pass from

Dakota Kresta (run failed)SP-Hollenbach 3 run (Martin

Kennedy run)SH-Jonathan Vanek 6 run

(Casey Jirkovsky kick)SP-Hollebach 20 run (Kennedy

run)SH-Vanek 71 run (Jirkovsky

kick)SP-Barton 60 pass from Kresta

(Kresta kick)SP-Hollenbach 1 run (kick

failed)SH-Vanek 14 run (Jirkovsky

kick)SP-Kresta 20 run (Kennedy

run)Team stats SH SPFirst downs 18 22Rushes-yards 37-380 46-211Passing 4-10-1 9-10-0Passing yards 39 208Punts-yards 1-22 1-31Fumbles-lost 4-1 0-0Penalties-yards 6-64 7-75Individual statsRUSHING — Sacred Heart:

Leightin Pilat 16-199, Jonathan Vanek 20-180, Dylan Jahn 1-1. St. Paul: Adam Hollenbach 29-136, Dakota Kresta 8-36, Martin Ken-nedy 7-35, Mitchell McElroy 2-4.

PASSING — Sacred Heart: Pilat 4-10-1-39. St. Paul: Kresta 9-10-0-208.

RECEIVING — Sacred Heart:Casey Jirkovsky 2-30, Scott Stoner 1-6, Cade Brewer 1-3. St. Paul: Dylan Barton 6-173, Ken-nedy 2-33, Jared Markham 1-2.


ST. PAUL: Hollenbach’s four TDs help push Cards into state title game

Nixon-Smiley’s Victor Evans releases the ball over the defensive efforts of Xavier Cardenas and Felix Hernandez of Pleasanton Tuesday night. (Photo by Mark Lube)

BRIEFS

Hill succesfully defends Beat the Experts title

It is two titles in a row for Bret Hill of Caraway Ford for the ‘Beat the Experts’ contest.

Hill ended the season with a 114-36 record, four games better than Gonzales PD officer Matt Camarillo, who finished with an 110-40 mark. Third place went to Jimmy Harless of Gon-zales County Emergency Management Center, who tallied a season record of 104-46.

“It was a pretty tough sea-son,” Hill said. “The com-petition was well-educated and made it very interest-ing. My hat’s off to every-body that participated.”

Hill said it was a chal-lenge to be able to have a good win-loss record week in and week out.

“It’s extremely tough picking games several weeks in advance,” he said. “You have injuries that oc-cur throughout the season

and they play big part in coming up with the cor-rect prediction. I think ev-erybody will agree picking the first two games early in the season was a coin toss. It does take plenty of luck for contestants when they do their picks each and ev-ery week of the season.”

“I rely a lot on a team’s overall body of work. Also, what they have done against one another. I will say it takes a lot of luck and very little skill. Looking forward to defending my title again next season.”

Youth Basketball League Registration

The Johnny Ross Hunt Youth Basketball League will hold registration on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Ed-wards Community Center in Gonzales.

Fee is $35 per child or you can bring a library book and register for $30. Age divisions are: Peewee (4-6 years old), Juniors (7-9) and Seniors (10-12).

The league is open to both boys and girls. No child will be allowed on the court until the registration fee is paid. If a child quits within the first two weeks, half of the fee will be re-funded. For more informa-tion, call 830-857-3956.

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CYFL All-Stars Advance to State

Several Gonzales CYFL play-ers took part in All-Star teams that played in the South Tex-as Youth Football Champion-ships Saturday and Sunday in the Corpus Christi area, at Tu-loso Midway Warrior Stadium and Robstown Cottonpick-ers Stadium. CYFL All-Star U-8, U-10 and U-12 teams all won their games to win a first-place trophy and will play in the Texas State Youth Football Championships set for Saturday at University of Incarnate Word’s Tom Benson Stadium. The CYFL U8 will play at 11:30 a.m.; the U10 will play at 4 p.m. and the U12 team will play at 8 p.m. Pictured at top is the U10 All-Star Team which includes Gonzales players Christian Al-maguer, Christopher Camaril-lo, Caleb Camarillo, Heath Henke, David Ramirez and Brendon Rodriguez. Pictured top left are Gonzales U8 team members Jessie Vigil Jr., Sebastian San Miguel, Jarren Johnson and Jacob Bakken. Pictured at right are Gonzales U12 team members which include Tyler Andrews, Corey Anzaldua, Marvin Cardoza, Kieran Grant and Juan Licea. (Courtesy photos)

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The Shiner St. Paul girls cross country team placed third in the TAPPS State 2A race Oct. 27 in Waco. The Lady Cardinals recorded 81 team points and were paced by Natalie Jackson, who finished in third place overall with a time of 13:49.8. Juliette Siegal was No. 15 in 14:41.8; Katelynn Leist was No. 24 in 15:08.10, Victoria Kusak came in No. 27 in 15:16.6; Elizabeth Patek was No. 29 with a time of 15:21.2; Ashton Kutac was No. 31 in 15:32.8; and Alexa Schaefer was No. 53. (Courtesy photo)

LaNeisha Hunt and Kris-tin Schacherl were named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) Class 1A All-State team. Shiner was 27-15 and were region-al quarterfinalists under first-year head coach Me-gan Klimitchek.

Cuero’s Caylin Toot along with Gonzales play-ers Shayla Simper, Morgan Simper, Allison Raley, Kiley Braune, Carly Bokza and Lindsey Akers were named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) All-State Academic Team Class 3A

Flatonia’s Meredith Pav-lica and Abigail Schacher were selected to the Class 1A team.

Sacred Heart’s Jenna Brown and Adrienne Klim-itchek, and Alexa Schaefer, Kourtney Knesek,Madison Kurtz and Morgan Long were named to the TAPPS 2A Academic All-State

Named to the 26-1A All-District Academic team are Sara Lauer, Meagan Chum-chal, Tabitha Blaschke, Em-

malie Berkovsky, Tamara Hajek, LaNeisha Hunt, Kristin Schacherl, Julianna Rankin and Lauren Oden, all of Shiner. Flatonia play-ers named to the team are Meredith Pavlica, Abigail Schacherl, Chandler Fike, Brooke Migl, Kimberlyn Michalec and Katie Stein-hauser.

Gonzales players selected to the 26-3A All-District Academic team are Car-ly Bozka, Morgan Sim-per, Shayla Simper, Kiley Braune, Allison Raley, Ken-dall Fougerat and Molly Barnick. Cuero selections are Autumn Means, Mia Knetig, Jessica Odem, Tif-fani Shellenbarger, Ashley Grahmann, Brennan Sager, Abby Sheppard, Emery Johnson and Caylin Toot.

Lady Bulldog nominees are Jaccari Hights, Cal-lie Witte, Reagan Renken, Amy Malik, Shelby Pesek, Faith Hagan, Lexi Williams, Danielle Pohl, Latrice Brown, Celine Markert and Lesley Seidenberger.

All-academics named for district, state volleyball teams

The Gonzales varsity boys basketball had only had seven practices with the entire team going into Thursday’s opening match of the Gonzales Tourna-ment against Wimberley.

The 62-47 loss to the Texans was just the third game of the season for the Apaches (1-2).

“After football was done, I gave my football play-ers Thanksgiving off so we had not played in a game with our full varsity team in several days,” Gonzales head coach Raymond Lo-pez said.

The first-year coach is positive that better days are ahead for the Apaches.

“They are still learn-ing,” Lopez said. “They are learning a new coach, new techniques, a new system and a new offense and de-fense. We will get better and I told them to keep their heads up.”

Lopez’s goal for the team is to be a different team come January in district play.

“We are young right now with two seniors, two soph-omore and a junior as our starters. I want us to just be competitive at the start of the year so we are ready for district in January,” he said.

Lopez is a staunch be-liever in always playing very solid on defense.

“Defensive play has al-ways been my trademark,” he said. “I have never had a lot of size and if we play de-fense well, we will be okay.”

Gonzales did not play as well on defense against Wimberley as they should have. The Texans opened the game with an 8-2 lead as Seth Linker and Gabe

Dunlap converted three-point plays.

A little later, Wimber-ley went ahead 12-4 and Gonzales made a run. Tyshawn Erskin converted 1-of-3 free throws after be-ing fouled on a three-point shot. Chris Garcia got a de-fensive rebound, dribbled down the court and fed Jared Smit for a jumper to bring the Apaches to with-in 12-7.

Linker and J.J. Weeks then made two-point bas-kets for the Texans. Gon-zales then spurted to seven straight points.

Erskin drained a three after a pass from Smith and later hit another three. The Apaches came within 16-14 as Joe Ryan Carrizales made a free throw.

The Apaches trailed just

20-17 at the end of the quarter as Alyas Ramirez hit a three.

In the second quarter, Darrance James got an of-fensive board and jumper to keep Gonzales within three, 22-19. The Texans then made two quick shots for a 27-19 advantage, but Gonzales negated that se-quence of points as Erskin scored again from long range and Smit hit a pair of free throws.

Erskin hit his fourth triple of the game near the buzzer to bring Gonzales to within 33-27 at halftime.

In the third period, the Texans used a pair of Zach Tierney baskets and a shot from Dunlap to go up 44-31 and then outscored the Apaches a little, 6-5, at that point to lead 50-36 at the

end of the third. Gonzales got two points each from Smith, Smit and Carriza-les as well as Erskin’s fifth three-point bucket.

Smith led the Apaches with six points as Wimber-ley sealed the game with a 12-11 scoring advantage, including an 8-0 run in the middle part of the box to go up 60-42.

Wimberley 62, Gonzales 47W 20 13 17 12-62G 17 10 9 11-47Wimberley: Zach Tierney 7

1-4 16, Seth Linker 4 3-3 12, Jacob Weldon 4 3-5 11, Gabe Dunlap 3 1-3 7, Cameron Swisher 2 0-0 4, Hunter Towns 1 2-6 4, Chris Wren 1 1-1 3, J.J. Weeks 1 0-0 2, Carson Albert 1 0-0 2, Brock McDorman 0 1-2 1. Totals 24 12-24 62.

Gonzales: Tyshawn Erskin 5 1-3 16, Cameron Smith 4 4-5 12, Jared Smit 3 2-3 9, Darrance James 2 0-2 4, Joe Ryan Carrizales 1 1-2 3, Alyas Ramirez 1 0-0 3. Totals 16 8-15 47.

Inexperience shows in Apaches’ 62-47 loss to Wimberley in tournament play

Gonzales’ Chris Garcia takes off up the court after a steal while Zach Tierney (32) of Wimberley gives chase during the Apaches’ game last Thursday night. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Lady Mustangs win Marion Tournament

From coaches’ reports

Nixon-Smiley won the Marion Tournament last weekend.

The Lady Mustangs won two games on Thursday to open pool play.

Nixon held off La Vernia, 56-52, in its first game. The Lady Bears led 16-10 after one quarter and Nixon held a 17-13 run in the second frame to trail 29-27 at half-time.

Nixon took a 45-43 lead after the third box and out-scored La Vernia, 11-9, in the final eight minutes of the action.

Alena Alvarez led the Lady Mustangs with 16 points in the contest; Sa-vannah Martine scored 12 points and Hailey Boatright finished with 11 points. Kel-by Henderson added seven points, Megan Guerra net-ted five points, Jennifer Flores scored three points and Abigail Scarbrough dropped in two points.

In their next game, Nix-on pounded Devine, 73-54. The Lady Mustangs used an 18-9 run in the sec-ond frame to break a 15-15 deadlock after the first quarter.

Nixon expanded its lead

to 52-36 after a 19-12 ru in the third box and outscored Devine 21-18 in the fourth quarter.

Martinez scored 17 points; Henderson chipped in 16 points; Alvarez had 13 points and Boatright had 11 points. Scarbrough had six points with Guerra and Flores each bagging five points.

The Lady Mustangs faced the hosts Saturday in the title game, coming away with a 49-47 win. The Lady Bulldogs led 17-12 after one quarter and a 13-12 run by Nixon in the second box gave Marion a 29-25 half-time lead.

The Lady Mustangs used an 11-4 run in the third quarter to lead 36-33, and Marion outscored Nixon 14-13 in the fourth quarter.

Alvarez sank 14 points and Martinez threw down 13 points. Boatright scored eight points; Guerra bagged seven points; Flores had three points, with Scar-brough and Henderson scoring two points each.

Martinez was named Tournament MVP, with Alvarez and Flores being named to the All-Tourna-ment Team.


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Texas Open - North Zone

A-1. Greg Wagner of Shiner, in Edwards County: 11-pointer, 16 1/8-inch spread, 8 5/8-inch R1 tine, 9 5/8-inch R2 tine, 9 1/4-inch L1 tine, 9 3/4-inch L2 tine, 64 3/8 to-tal points;

A-2. Matthew Tuck-er of Shiner, in Goliad County: 8-pointer, 19 1/8-inch spread, 10 3/8-inch R1 tine, 7 3/8-inch R2 tine, 10 3/8-inch L1 tine, 7 1/8-inch L2 tine, 62 3/8 to-tal points;

A-3. Mike Darilek of Gonzales, in Guadal-upe County: 7-pointer, 21 3/8-inch spread, 10 -inch R1 tine, 6 1/2-inch R2 tine, 10 -inch L1 tine, 6 7/8-inch

L2 tine, 61 3/4 total points.

Texas Open - South Zone

A-1. Frank A. Wojtek of Richmond, in Mav-erick County: 9-point-er, 17 1/4-inch spread, 11 1/4-inch R1 tine, 8 3/8-inch R2 tine, 12 -inch L1 tine, 13 1/8-inch L2 tine, 71 total points;

A-2. Erwin J. Ckodre

of Gonzales, in Atasco-sa County: 12-pointer, 22 1/4-inch spread, 9 3/4-inch R1 tine, 9 5/8-inch R2 tine, 8 1/2-inch L1 tine, 8 7/8-inch L2 tine, 71 total points;

A-3. Ricky Meyer of Columbus, in Maver-ick County: 10-point-er, 21 1/4-inch spread, 10 -inch R1 tine, 9 1/4-inch R2 tine, 9 -inch L1 tine, 8 -inch L2 tine, 67 1/2 total points

Texas Weekly Fishing Report

NORTH SABINE - Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfish are good in the marsh with high tides. Recent rains have hurt the bite in the river.

SOUTH SABINE - Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Trout are good at the jetty on live bait and top-waters. Flounder are fair at the mouths of the bayous on a fall-ing tide.

BOLIVAR - Trout are good on the south shoreline on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Trout, black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.

TRINITY BAY - Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet around wells and on the shoreline. Trout are good under birds in the upper end of the bay. Redfish are good on live bait around the reefs.

EAST GALVESTON BAY - Trout and sand trout are good for drifters working deep shell on plastics and fresh shrimp Redfish are good in the marsh and out the mouths of drains on the falling tide.

WEST GALVESTON BAY - Trout are fair to good in the surf and around San Luis Pass on live shrimp and topwaters. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.

TEXAS CITY - Redfish are fair to good in Moses Lake on crabs and shrimp. Sand trout are good in the channel on fresh shrimp.

FREEPORT - Redfish are fair to good on the reefs in Bas-trop Bay. Bull redfish are fair to good around Surfside and at the Quintana jetty on crabs, shrimp and mullet.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY - Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scat-tered shell. Waders have taken better catches on the shorelines on small topwaters and dark plastics. Birds are beginning to work.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY - Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and top-waters. Redfish are fair on live shrimp in Oyster Lake, Crab Lake and at Shell Island. Redfish are beginning to school.

PORT O’CONNOR - Redfish are best in the back lakes on shrimp and mullet. Bull redfish are good at the jetty on crabs, mullet and shad. Trout are fair to good on the reefs in San An-tonio Bay.

ROCKPORT - Redfish are good on mullet on the Estes Flats and around Mud Island. Bull redfish have been found in the Lydia Ann Channel on mul-let.

PORT ARANSAS - Redfish are fair at East Flats on topwa-ters and Gulps. Bull redfish are good at the jetty and on the beachfront on natural baits.

CORPUS CHRISTI - Trout are fair to good in the guts in Oso Bay on topwaters. Redfish are good on the beachfront on mullet and shrimp. Trout are fair for waders working mud and grass on small topwaters and Corkies.

BAFFIN BAY - Trout are good on topwaters and plum plastics around rocks and grass. Redfish are fair to good in knee–deep water on small Super Spooks, She Pups and SkitterWalks.

PORT MANSFIELD - Red-fish are fair to good while drift-ing pot holes on topwaters and soft plastics under a popping cork. Trout are fair to good on the shorelines on small Super Spooks, She Pups and Corkies.

SOUTH PADRE - Trout, red-fish and snook are fair to good in South Bay and Mexiquita Flats. Tarpon and snook are fair on DOA Shrimp at the jetty. Bull redfish are good on the beachfront on mullet.

PORT ISABEL - Trout and redfish are fair to good while drifting sand and grass flats on live shrimp, DOA Shrimp and Gulps under popping corks. Trout and redfish are fair to good in protected coves on small topwaters and soft plastics under rattling corks.

ATHENS - Water clear, 73–78 degrees; 3.25’ low. Black bass are fair on Texas spinnerbaits and shallow crankbaits in bait-fish patterns. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

BASTROP - Water stained; 78–82 degrees. Black bass are good on black/blue soft plastics and small spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and char-treuse tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

BELTON - Water stained; 76–80 degrees; 4.49’ low. Black bass are good on chartreuse Rat–L–Traps and crankbaits early and late. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and white Li’l Fishies. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and nightcrawlers. Yellow cat-fish are fair on live perch and live shad.

BRIDGEPORT - Water clear; 73–78 degrees; 13.14’ low. Black bass are excellent on Texas rigged craw fished around any shallow wood cover. Shallow running Crush 50X crankbaits and Yellow Magic topwaters in shad patterns are good early in

the day. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs. Channel catfish no re-port.

CEDAR CREEK - Water clear; 74–79 degrees; 2.84’ low. Black bass are good on black and blue flipping jigs fished around docks with brush. Top-waters are good early in the same areas. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared bait.

COOPER - Water lightly stained; 74–78 degrees; 5.04’ low. Black bass are good on Texas rigged soft plastics, spin-nerbaits and shallow running crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are fair on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on small swimbaits and live shad over main lake humps. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut bait.

FAIRFIELD - Fishing has been slow since the fish kill in September of 2010. TPWD has discontinued stocking the lake after another kill in early Sep-tember 2011. Redfish and black bass survived the kill in limited numbers.

FAYETTE - Water stained. Black bass are fair on pumpkin-seed spinnerbaits and crank-baits. Red ear perch are good on worms. Channel and blue cat-fish are good on live bait.

GIBBONS CREEK - Wa-ter clear. Black bass are fair on watermelon crankbaits, spin-nerbaits, and soft plastics. Crap-pie are fair on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and liver.

GRANBURY - Water stained; 74–78 degrees; 4.50’ low. Black bass are good on perch col-ored spinnerbaits, soft plastics, and topwaters early and late. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on minnows and silver spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on stinkbait and shrimp.

GRAPEVINE - Water clear; 74–78 degrees; 5.64’ low. Black bass are fair on shakyheads around main lake points in 6–10 feet. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair on cut shad.

JOE POOL - Water clear; 74–79 degrees; 2.04’ low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits and small crankbaits around shal-low cover. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and jigs. Cat-fish are good on prepared baits.

LAVON - Water lightly stained; 74–79 degrees; 7.62’ low. Black bass are fair on Texas

rigged craws around shallow cover. White bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are good on min-nows. Catfish are fair on cut shad. .

COLETO CREEK - Water clear; 3.28’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse crankbaits and soft plastics in 8–12 feet. Striped bass are fair on white striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and white tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on live bait. Yellow cat-fish are slow.

NAVARRO MILLS - Water lightly stained; 77–81 degrees; 1.89’ low. Black bass are good on watermelon topwaters and shallow running crankbaits. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs. Channel and blue cat-fish are good on shad and min-nows. Yellow catfish are fair on perch.

PALESTINE - Water clear; 73–78 degrees; 1.33’ low. Black bass are good on Texas rigged soft plastics near shallow cover and around docks. Crappie are good on minnows. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Catfish are good on prepared bait and cut shad.

PROCTOR - Water lightly stained; 74–78 degrees; 4.24’ low. Black bass are fair on char-treuse crankbaits and small spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on silver striper jigs and white crankbaits. White bass are fair on pet spoons and min-nows. Crappie are slow. Chan-nel and blue catfish are good on goldfish, shrimp, and shad. Yel-low catfish are slow.

RAY HUBBARD - Water clear; 74–79 degrees; 2.83’ low. Black bass are good on topwa-ters early and then Texas rigged plastics later in day. . Crappie are good on minnows and Road Runners. White bass are good on humps with hybrids mixed in. Catfish are fair on prepared baits.

RAY ROBERTS - Water clear; 73–78 degrees; 2.88’ low. Black bass are good on Texas rig craw baits along creek channels. Crappie are good on minnows. No reports on white bass. Cat-fish are fair on prepared bait. Zebra mussels have been found in this reservoir. To comply with a new TPWD emergency order, anglers will need to drain all water from their boats before leaving the lake. See news re-lease for details.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS - Water clear; 74–79 degrees; 3.41’ low. Black bass are good on flipping jigs and shaky heads around docks. White bass are

good on slabs and live shad. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

SOMERVILLE - Water murky; 77–83 degrees; 1.90’ low. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are fair on white striper jigs. White bass are fair on min-nows and watermelon spinner-baits. Crappie are fair on min-nows and chartreuse tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

STILLHOUSE - Water stained; 76–80 degrees; 3.18’ low. Black bass are fair on wa-termelon soft plastic worms and chartreuse crankbaits. White bass are fair on minnows and watermelon soft plastic worms and lizards. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on liver and live bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

TAWAKONI - Water stained; 74–79 degrees; 3.54’ low. Black bass are slow on Texas rigged black/blue soft plastics and flip-ping jigs around docks. Crappie are good on minnows around bridge pilings. White bass are good on slabs. Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on white or shad pattern Sassy Shad in the deeper water when sus-pending during the day – drift-ing live bait is also producing. Catfish are slow on cut bait.

TEXOMA - Water clear; 73–79 degrees; 3.55’ low. Black bass are fair on medium div-ing crankbaits and topwaters. Striped bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on nightcrawl-ers and cut bait. All boaters and anglers need to be aware of and compliant with new TPWD reg-ulations to prevent the spread of invasive species. See news re-lease for more information.

WEATHERFORD - Water clear; 74–78 degrees; 5.72’ low. Black bass are fair on Bandit 200 crankbaits in white splat-terback. Finesse baits are also working around docks. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut shad. White bass are good on slabs and live minnows – some schooling noted later in the day.

WHITNEY - Water lightly stained; 75–79 degrees; 8.26’ low. Black bass are good on chartreuse crankbaits and soft plastic worms and lizards. Striped bass are fair on silver striper jigs. White bass are good on minnows and pet spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Catfish are fair on frozen shrimp, liver, and live bait.

FOUND: Stray calf found in Belmont area. 830-424-3685.

Job Corps is cur-rently enrolling stu-dents aged 16-24 in over 20 vocational trades at no-cost! Will help students get drivers license GED or High School diploma and col-lege training if qualified. For more info call 512-665-7327.

Oak Creek Nursing & Rehab in Luling is currently accepting applications for a Certified Nurses Aid (CNA) for the 10pm-6am position. We are looking for de-pendable staff who

enjoy working with the elderly. Please apply in person at 1105 N. Magnolia, Luling.--------------------------“National Lifestyle Centers, Inc. is look-ing for a Reception-ist/Administrative Assistant to join their office. In this position you would be the NLC front desk and the main administrative sup-port for all other team members. To succeed in this position you must possess Microsoft Office 2010 skills, be well organized, have a friendly per-sonality, have the drive to meet dead-lines. Email resume to [email protected].”

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

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

Yard Sale. Saturday, December 8, 9-1. 3 1/2 miles on 97 East on right toward Waelder. Scrubs,

clothes, chest of drawers, depres-sion glass, little boys cowboy chair, toys, odds & ends. Cancelled if raining.

For sale: Singer Sewing Machine with pedal, table w/6 chairs, almost new, hand cro-cheted table cloth, large, white, an-tique 3 pc. Loveseat and other yarn cro-cheted items. Call 672-8034.--------------------------A/C Lincoln welder 220V with welding leads. $150.00. Lit-tle boys red bicycle, good condition, $20.00. In Gonzales. 210-289-0238.--------------------------Ranch Hand grill guard for 2000-2006 Ford Pickup, 1/2 ton or 3/4 ton. Good condition. $250. Call 830-540-4277.--------------------------DynaVoxV series 5. Communication de-vice - has keyboard, m o u s e , c h a r g e r, case. Works great. new $8,000. Can go on internet, read

ebooks, play music, download pictures & programs. Ask-ing $1,000. Good for autistic children or speech impaired children or adults. kathy, 830-857-6646.--------------------------Radio Controlled Aircraft. There are 7 unopened kits, 5 radios, and several big boxes of acces-sories and parts. All for $200 obo. 512-308-9648.--------------------------Golf Clubs. 2 sets w/bag. $50 each. Great for aspiring Tigers. Call 437-2046.--------------------------Horse blanket great condition paid $70 asking $45 obo, treadmill, good condition, works, asking $125 obo. Call or text, (830) 857-6487.--------------------------Progressing Chron-ic Illness. Increasing Medical Bills. Must sell everything pos-sible. Used, good condition, Corning Ware Cookware, Bakeware, Dishes, H u m m i n g b i r d

Collection; Grape Table & kitchen items; New, never used appliances, make-up mirror; Paula Young wigs. Also used daybed, sofa & coffee table. 830-203-8529 M-F, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday anytime.--------------------------Dearborn Gas Heat-er. With 6 grates. $50. 830-203-8899.--------------------------For Sale: Concrete parking curbs 6’ long 6” tall plain or painted, 16’ + 20’ long concrete cattle guard bases, cattle feed troughs. Call Vic for pricing, 672-6383 or 857-3827.--------------------------MP3 Player. SanD-isk 8GB. Brand new. 437-2046.--------------------------For Sale: Brush Guard for 2004 1/2 ton Chev. Pickup $50 and 36” Whirl-pool used Gas Range, $50. 361-594-2507.--------------------------21” RCA TV, great for kids room or 2nd TV. $75. Call 437-2046.--------------------------

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Peavy Patriot Bass Guitar w/soft case, $150. Peavy Ba-sic 60 Bass Amp 150w, $125. Hoh-ner acoustic guitar w/case. Good for student, $75. Key-board, Casiotone, TT 360, $125. 437-2046.--------------------------

Unicorn Collection for Sale. Call Fran-ces between 9pm-10am, 830-857-6476.--------------------------5,000 lb. Mobile creek feeder for sale. 437-2927.--------------------------Wicker Screen Room divider, red poppy design. $45. Lg. rattlesnake skin, mounted on panel, $95. Camping travel pot, $20. 512-917-4078.--------------------------For Sale: Cage large, off the ground. By 2ft, cage size about 3 1/2 ft. front, 2 ft. deep. 2-3 ft. high. Tray slides out end on bottom for cleaning. Has top large opening & side opening. Clean can be put in house. $65.00 firm. 830-263-4608 anytime.--------------------------Medium size bird cage, slide out bot-tom to clean trays to feed & water & extras. Aqua Green. $25.00. 830-263-4608.--------------------------Baby walker, eating tray combo and it is a red race car, plays tunes and lights up. Ages 6 months-1 1/2 year baby. Cool must see! $40.00. 830-263-4608, day-time or evening.--------------------------Troybilt Trimmer with attachments (edger, tiller). 4 cycle, uses straight gasoline. $250. 361-741-2604.--------------------------For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonzales weekly. 830-540-3536.--------------------------Antique metal wood burning stove. $175. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Large shower chair. 19” color TV w/stand, stand has rollers. 857-8090.--------------------------2 Lounge Chairs, 6 ft. tall headboard, bed frame, oak din-ing table, antique egg incubator, en-tertainment cen-ter, lamp stand w/drawers, booth din-ing table, planter boxes. 361-594-4307.--------------------------

Large amount qual-ity items. Every-thing $85.00; worth about $300. Health problems prevent garage sale. In Lockhart. Mel, 512-376-9396.--------------------------Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.--------------------------Used Dell Com-puter. Keyboard & Monitor. $250 cash. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------FOR SALE Used cy-clone fencing and post. 1990 Dodge pick up with lift gate. Can be seen at GHA 410 Village Dr. Gonzales, Texas. For information call Jeanette Conques-tat 830-672-3419.--------------------------Upright piano for sale. Great for kids starting piano les-sons. All keys works. Needs to be tuned. $100. Call 830-832-5965.--------------------------Unique BBQ Pit, Stagecoach. In-cludes Electric Ro-tisserie $275. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Gasoline operated Hedger, $125; 5 HP Tiller, $200. Both in excellent condition. 361-208-3565. --------------------------Electric Hospital bed, $150. 582-1120. --------------------------Stain Glass Win-dow, white tail deer. $275. 512-917-4078.--------------------------For Sale: Headache Rack, Bumper Hitch, Aluminum Run-ning Boards, 5 office desks, Lift Chair, An-tique Bed, Leather Sofa Bed. 1109 FM 532 West, Shiner. 361-596-4403.--------------------------Air Framing Nailer. Contractor Series. $75.00. Call 361-741-2604.

Oak logs ranging from 6 ft. to 16 ft.in length. Diameters range from 8 in to 18 in. There are about 7 logs. ALL FREE in Bastrop area. 512-308-9648.

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Full-time position Equipment Operator, water distribution, wastewater collection department. This is a skilled service-main-

tenance position. Work involves maintaining, repairing and installing new water and sewer lines, meters, fire hydrants, pumps and plumbing systems at all city fa-cilities. Perform related duties as required and ability to operate equipment needed to perform these tasks. Class B-CDL required. Must be available for on call duty ev-ery fifth week.

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

EquipmEnt OpEratOr

WANTED:

CDL DRIVERS NEEDEDBobtail Truck Driver

Day & Night Positions AvailableRequirements:

Class A CDL with HazMat/Tanker EndorsementsMust be at least 25 years of age

Insurance, 401K and vacation included

Applications available at:Schmidt & Sons, Inc.

2510 Church St. • Gonzales, Texas 78629www.schmidtandsons.com

(830) 672-2018 • John Clark @ ext. 112

Probation OfficersThe 2nd 25th Judicial District is seeking to hire a full time

Probation Officer for Lavaca County and a full time

Probation Officer for Colorado County. All Applicants

must meet statutory requirements for this position and are required to submit a resume and transcript to the 2nd 25th Judicial District, P.O.

Box 330, Hallettsville, Texas 77964 by no later than December 14,

2012. For more information, please call (361) 798-3714.

ASSISTANT MANAGERAssistant Manager needed by the Gonzales Branch of World Finance. Valid driver license and auto re-quired. This is a Manager Trainee po-sition and a career opportunity that offers excellent salary and a complete fringe benefit package. Promotion to Manager possible within 15 months. No experience necessary.

Apply in person at623 N. St. Paul

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MUSEUM DIRECTOR

The intent of this position description is to provide a representa-tive summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbent(s) in this position. Incumbent(s) may not be required to per-

form all duties in this description and incumbent(s) may be required to perform position-related tasks other than those specifically listed in this description.

MUSEUM DIRECTORAbout Gonzales Memorial Museum:The Gonzales Memorial Museum was constructed in 1936 and 1937 and is dedicated to supporting, understanding, educating, teaching and preserving Texas history. The north wing of the museum houses the “Come and Take It” cannon and many artifacts of Texas Independence. It is one example of ten state sponsored large public memorials built to celebrate the Texas Centen-nial.

Description:Under general direction, directs, manages, and oversees the daily operations of the Gonzales Memorial Museum. The Museum Director is responsible for planning, directing, organizing, and coordinating the museum activities and displays. The Director will work with the Gonzales Memorial Museum Advisory Board but will report to the Parks and Recreation Director of the City of Gonzales.

Responsibilities Include:• Director will set goals and objectives ensuring the adequacy of all museum programs by directing, planning, developing, coordinating, and implementing policies and procedures related to all phases of the Museum.• Director will initiate the preparation of proposals for review and approval including current and long-range programs and facility plans.• Director will be responsible for the maintenance of high standards of professionalism in areas including, but not limited to, acquisition, preser-vation, research, interpretation, and exhibits. • Director is responsible for preservation and management of all ob-jects held by or loaned to the museum.• Director is responsible for identification, documentation and cata-loging of objects as well as records creation.• Director is responsible for content development and ensuring all objects are ready for display.• Director is responsible for financial development and interpreta-tion of museum budget, fundraising, and grant administration/applications.• Work with Council, Board, Staff, and Stakeholders to develop and achieve long range goals in order to fulfill the museum’s mission, ensure its financial stability, and guide its growth.• Director is responsible for all other duties that may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:• Required: B.A. in Museum Studies, History, Anthropology or re-lated field• Must have at least one year’s experience in a museum or historical organization.• Must have excellent organizational and research skills and the ability to work on projects with little or no supervision.• Must have strong computer skills, with a preferred basic knowl-edge of collections management database program, Past Perfect.• Must have strong communication skills and work well with the public, donors, researchers, staff and volunteers.

Preferred Qualifications:• M.A. in Museum Studies, History, Anthropology or related field with one year or more experience in the qualified field is preferred.

Compensation: Dependent upon Qualifications

How to apply:Resume may be mailed to:City of GonzalesAttn: Kristina Vega, City SecretaryP.O. Box 547Gonzales, Texas 78629Resume may be emailed to [email protected]: Successful candidate will be required to submit a completed City of Gonzales employment application.

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We are looking for some key individuals who have a great personality and an even greater work ethic to help us expand in this area. Call us at 830-672-9444 to set up an appointment for an interview. Please use the promo code: 1777 when you call and our Vice President of Sales will call you back to schedule your appointment.

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

Want to Buy: Oliver 60 Tractor. V.A.C. Case Tractor. Run or Not. 361-293-1633.--------------------------5 Bale Hay King Trailer & Bale Flip-per Loader. Load hay without getting out of truck. Video

on baleflipper.com. $13,500. 512-565-5927.

Couch, dresser, buf-fet. $50 each. Call 830-263-1181.--------------------------7 pc. dinette, $95; coffee and end table, $75; Rol-laway Bed, $35; 37” TV, $15; 2 office re-ceptionist chairs, couch, table, etc. 361-596-4096. --------------------------For Sale: Queensize mattress set, $200;

complete desk w/hutch, $30; Dining Room table with 4 high back chairs, solid wood, $300; Low back swivel re-cliner rocker, $150. Call 672-3728.--------------------------Small round dining table with leaf, ex-tends to oval. $50. Vintage pub table with extensions, $175. Black metal futon with mattress & cover. Like new. $75. 830-540-3382.

2001 Palm Har-bor 4/2. Call for details. Fayette Country Homes Schulenburg, 800-369-6888. Open Sundays 1-6. (RBI 32896)--------------------------In a HURRY... Lot model Clearances going on save Thousands. Fayette Country Homes, 8 0 0 - 3 6 9 - 6 8 8 8 . Open till 6pm, 7 day s a week. (RBI 32896) --------------------------Better Deals in the Country. Hardie Sid-ing, Plywood Floors, 25 year shingles and more. Fayette Country Homes, Schulenburg, 979-743-6192. Open Sundays 1-6. tier-raverdehomes.com. (RBI 32896)--------------------------Tell us about your Trade. We purchase used homes. Fayette Country Homes, Schulenburg, 979-743-6192, Open Sundays, 1-6. (RBI 32896).--------------------------Claytons, Fleet-wood, Tierra Verde. Large se-lection of Single and Doublewide homes. Fayette Country homes, Schulenburg, 979-743-6192. Open Sundays 1-6. tier-raverdehomes.com. (RBI 32896)--------------------------3bedroom/2 bath-room singlewide available. $27,900. Call if in need of housing. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------OILFIELD HOUS-ING - 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with washer and dryer, office spaces, must see to appreci-ate. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.--------------------------Between 4-5 Acres for Sale. Double-wide. Excellent con-

dition. Hwy. front-age. 3BR, all electric, all appliances. Call 830-857-1026.

2011 Jeep Wran-gler Sport. 10K plus miles, 3.8V6, w/6 speed transmission, sunroof, 17” wheels. Free oil changes for 3 years, hasn’t been off road, except beach. Good condition. Still under warranty. $1,000 down, as-sume payments. For more information, call 830-203-9408.--------------------------1988 S-10. Good body and transmis-sion. Needs engine. $200 negotiable. 830-857-5927. Needs engine.--------------------------1988 Saab 900 Turbo Coup Convertible. Top work but rebuilt clutch. Good buy. $800. 830-857-5927.--------------------------1972 Chevy Half Ton Pickup. Rebuilt drive train except rear end. All original. 29K En-gine, 50K Transmis-sion. 3/4 rear springs. $1K. 830-857-5927.--------------------------2008 Mustang GT with Shelby package and low miles (48K), 22” chrome wheels with performance tires, 5-speed manual transmission, leather interior, Shaker 500 sound system with 6 CD/MP3 changer, and auto windows. $25,000 OBO. Call or text 830-263-1212.--------------------------For Sale: 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - $7,500. 2nd owner pickup with low miles, cold A/C, spray-in bed liner, grill guard, towing package and more! Call Lauren at (361) 648-5049 for more info.--------------------------Tires for Sale. 4 brand new tires - 255-35-ZR20 Nitto Extreme ZR with Rims - Mar-tin Bros 20” universal rims. $500. 830-857-1340.

For Rent: 2004 Dou-ble wide home, 4 bedrooms, 2 bath. Paved driveway, nice yard. Call Joe at 830-445-9773 or 830-587-6616.--------------------------Mobile Homes for rent, 3 bedroom/1bath, fully furnished. 900 Old Shiner Rd, Yoa-kum. 361-582-6593.--------------------------Mobile Homes for rent: 3 bedroom/1bath, fully furnished, some homes have Wi-Fi. 900 Old Shiner Rd., Yoakum, 361-582-6593 or 361-798-0816.--------------------------3 mobile homes for rent in Leesville on Hwy. 80. Call 830-534-6525.--------------------------FOR RENT: 2bed, 1 bath trailer. New kitchen floor. For more information call Samantha at

830-857-5812.

House for Rent in Gonzales. 3BR/2BA, CA/H, W/D connec-tions. Rent, $965/mo., $500/dep. OPEN HOUSE, Saturday, Dec. 8, 10am-12pm. Con-tact Number, 830-385-2058.--------------------------2BR/2BA 1,750SF (+/-) home for lease to a family of four. Located on ranch 7 mi. north of Gon-zales. CA/H, full kitchen w/appli-ances. $1,050/mo + deposit. Email [email protected]/2BA large house. Fully fur-nished, beds, lin-ens, washer/dryer, cable T.V., stove, refrigerator. CA/CH. Great for crew. Monthly or lease available. Home in town, plenty of parking. 512-820-5461.--------------------------Newly renovated home in Shiner for rent. 3/1, CA/H, wood floors, lg. BR’s. $850/mo. Bro-ker/Owner, 512-217-3171.--------------------------Charming 1/1 home on 2 wooded acs, w/lrg. deck in country, 77 North, paved road. $775/mo. No pets/smok-ers. 512-415-6483.--------------------------3/2 Large home on nice lot. $1,250/mo. Stove, refrigerator, included. Families or Oil Field Workers welcome. 713-501-3416.--------------------------2 B R / 2 B A , 1,750SF(+/-) home for lease 7 mi. north of Gonzales on gravel road. Central A/C, full kitchen w/appliances. $1,300/mo. + deposit. Email [email protected] and 3 Bedroom houses for rent. $650 & up + de-posit. Current ref-erences a must. Furnished or un-furnished. Call 830-672-5169.--------------------------For Rent: 2 B R / 2 B A / 2 C G home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for infor-mation.--------------------------3BR/2BA Brick house for rent. 1 mile North of Yoa-kum. AC, washer, dryer. Large access driveway in & out for truck parking for large bobtails. Oak grove, great for BBQ’s and enter-

taining. Available Now. Call 361-293-6619, leave mes-sage.--------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call JR, 512-292-0070, 830-857-5727.--------------------------For Rent in Luling. 3 bed, 1 bath, Cen-tral Air & heat. $850/month, $600/deposit. 830-832-3163. Earl Landry.--------------------------House for Rent. 302 Lancaster, Moulton, TX. Nice spacious 1BR home w/ap-pliances & a large yard. Call for info. 832-633-3950.--------------------------Single Suite. Perfect for Supervisor for Oil Company. Full kitchen, washer/dryer, TV/Full cable, wireless internet. No smoking inside. No Pets. Fully fur-nished and all bills paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070--------------------------Home For Rent. Country Home. completely remod-eled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hardwood floors, roof for AG Proj-ect. Navarro ISD between Seguin & New Braunfels. $1,000 month, $1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.--------------------------

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NIGHTLY RATESSingle nightly rates starting at $35.00 per night. Which include A/C, Micro-wave, Refrigerator, TV/Cable and fur-nished with all bills paid. Please call JR at (512) 292-0070 or (830) 672-3089.--------------------------For Rent to oilfield or pipeline work-ers 2BR/1BA, CH/A, furnished kitchen in Yoakum. Call 361-293-6821.--------------------------3/2, like new 1,800 sq. ft. in Nixon. $1,000/mo. Call 830-857-6921.

Looking for a 2 or 3BR nice house in Nixon and Leesville area. Call 830-857-1658.--------------------------Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.

For Rent: Office space or store front, 960 sq. ft., 1/2 block off square. Kitchen-ette, 1 ba, newly re-furbished. For more information, call 830-672-6265.--------------------------Office space for rent. 1,500 sq. ft. Recently remod-eled. 314 W. Cone. If interested call 830-672-4433.--------------------------For Rent: Indus-trial Property for rent. M1 Ind. Stor-age Yard, 70x130. Church Street. 830-423-2103.--------------------------For sale or lease. 10,000 sq. ft. Bldg. with multi-level loading docks - Prime location - with offices and separate garage. Call 830-857-5448.--------------------------For Lease: Small of-fice space w/work-shop located at 339 St. George. Recently Renovated, $400/month. For more information please (830) 672-5580.

Secluded, wood-ed, and wildlife: 3BR/2Ba Double-wide, fireplace, lg. covered front porch, 2 decks, 12x16 storage, car-port, all appliances, livestock capa-bilities; on 5 acres with gravel base truck yard. 12 miles North of Gonzales on CR 284. $1,000. Taking App’s now. Available March 1st. 979-292-6154 or 979-292-9520.--------------------------12 acres/house/of-fice with Hwy. 80 frontage between B e l m o n t / N i x o n near Leesville. Will subdivide. For sale or lease. Would make a great oil field yard or resi-dence. Call Peyton, 512-948-5306; Da-vid, 713-252-1130.--------------------------Land for lease for oil field service equipment. Prime location. 4 miles N. on 183. 2 1/2 acres. Electric, water, parking, storage. Call 203-0585 or 672-6922. (TFN)

Apartment and travel trailer. Every-thing furnished. $700 for one per-son. $900 for two people. All bills paid. Loccated on 183 North. 830-875-3028.--------------------------3BR, 2BA 1670+Sq. Ft. Upstairs apart-ment on Residen-tial Lot in nice area of Cuero, $1,185/mo. includes all Util. with cable and WiFi, fully furnished - incl. linens. Hotel-style kitchenette (no sink or stove), but full-size fridge,

microwave & Keurig brewer. Hot plate ok, outdoor bbq w/propane & charcoal grill onsite. No pets. $750 deposit, 3 mo. lease. (361) 484-1922, leave mes-sage.

Looking for a pri-vate sitting job with an elderly person. Can cook and do light house keeping around Gonzales. Please call Emily, 830-437-2727; Cell, 820-263-2768.--------------------------Looking For Work

Not HiringNeed a job as a caregiver, as live-in or to help with clerical, customer service, telemar-keter or teachers aide. Have 30+ years experience. Great references & background check, dependable, caring and love children. If iterested call 830-391-4837.--------------------------Camera work for businesses, pro-motional uses, editing titles. 830-263-0909. [email protected] Your Specialty Cake Needs. Call Connie Komoll, 830-203-8178.--------------------------Will do house cleaning Monday thru Friday. Call 830-203-0735.--------------------------Sewing & Altera-tions. Jo West. 830-203-5160. Call between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.

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

Mom, let Jumping Jelly Beans be your drop in child care answer. Go shop-ping, run errands or have a great evening out while your mind is at ease knowing your child is safe and happy. Standard drop in hours apply: day, evening and night. Let’s talk! Refer-ences and resume’ available. 830-519-4012--------------------------Child care in home. I have 2 openings, Curriculum and meals included. Please call for de-tails. 830-263-0058.

203 Big Sky 38’ Fifth wheel Travel Trailer. 3 slideouts, very, very nice. 3 1/2 yrs. Bumper to bum-per warranty left. $17,900. Call 512-914-8347.

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Benefits include: Vacation, Sick Leave, Hosp. Ins.,

Dental, Vision, 401K, ESOP. Apply in person at:

Cal-Maine foods, Inc., 1680 CR431 or 748 CR 422,

Waelder, Texas 78959. Mon-Friday, 7-4 pm. Telephone number

830-540-4105/830-540-4684.

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Production/Poultry Processing: • Maintenance • Back Dock Hanger • Back Dock Driver w/ Class A CDL • 2nd Processing • Sanitation (Nights)

Mon.-Fri., 8-10 hr. days

Must have proof of identity and eligibility to work in the U.S. Drug screening as applicable to

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830-582-1619 for more information.Si Habla Espanol

Maintenance Position OpenGonzales Housing Authority is accepting applications for a full-time maintenance position. Only qualified applicants need apply. MUST be well organized, have

knowledge of Electrical, Plumbing, Sewer Lines and Lift Station, Inventory,

Carpentry skills, ability to maintain apartment units in clean, decent and safe condition. Operate lawn equipment, floor equipment, receive and document service request. Good people skills, a plus. Health Ins. and Retirement benefits. Salary based

on qualifications.

Must be able to pass criminal history. Apply at GHA Office located at:

410 Village Dr., Gonzales, TX. Call 830-203-0009 for additional information.

Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms has immediate full-time Night Grower Tech/Security

position available. Position is responsible for monitor-ing crops, mechanical equipment and general security.

Successful candidate will possess strong observation and follow through capabilities, have a stable work history

and the ability to learn mechanical systems.We offer 401k, Vacation, Medical, Dental, Vision and

Life Insurance.Apply at

Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms, Inc.,

County Road 348, Gonzales, TX.830.540.4516

KPMF is an EOE

Call Human Resources at 830-582-1619 for more information or email resume to: [email protected]

603 W. Central, Hwy. 87, Nixon, TexasSi Habla Espanol

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Sanitation Manager/Nights• Will direct all evening sanitation operations

• Responsible for coordinating and supervising SanitationStaff• Ensure that all processes are performed in compliance with standard operating procedures at all times

• Oversee internal/external standards of cleanliness• Participate in internal audits of sanitation

• Excellent communication skills• Must be able to set objectives and follow through

• Bi-lingual, Spanish/English a plus• Must be able to lift 50 lbs, climb stairs

Competitive pay/BOEExcellent benefits: Health, Medical, Vision, 401K

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Maintenance Position OpenWaelder Housing Authority is accepting applications for a full-time maintenance position. Only qualified applicants need apply. MUST be well organized, have

knowledge of Electrical, Plumbing, Sewer Lines and Lift Station, Inventory,

carpentry skills, ability to maintain apartment units in clean, decent and safe condition. Operate lawn equipment, floor equipment, receive and document service request. Good people skills, a plus. Health Ins. and Retirement benefits. Salary based

on qualifications.

Must be able to pass criminal history. Apply at WHA Office located at:

220 North Avenue A, Waelder, TX. Call 830-203-0009 for additional information.

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

Travel Trailer for rent 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 de-tails.--------------------------RV Space for rent. $300 month. All bills included. If in-terested please call 820-203-9255

Fully furnished Travel Trailers for rent. Will rent week-ly or monthly. 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 utili-ties included, good healthy environ-ment. 830-203-9255 or 361-790-6305.--------------------------30’ Travel Trailer w/2 slides for rent in RV Ranch in Gonzales. Swimming pool, laundry facilities, shower house and all bills paid. $300 a week. 830-305-6926.--------------------------28’ Travel Trailer for rent. Can be moved from job site. Call

830-305-6926.--------------------------Office or Living Trailers for lease or buy. Peyton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.--------------------------RV Rentals available at Belmont RV Park Estates. Call Rich-ard, 830-556-6095.---------------------------Travel Trailers for rent. Located at J.B. Wells, Gonza-les, Texas. Cheaper than motel. Clean, fully furnished, 32 ft. trailers. $300/ a week. Please call for more info & rates. Pug @ 512-963-0000 or Dawn @ 512-508-6221.

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

1996, 18.5’ Baymas-ter Center Console Boat, 120 Horse Force Mercury Mo-tor with Jack Plate, Lourence GPS Map-p i n g - S o n a r - Fi s h Finder, Marine Ra-dio. $7,000.00. Con-tact 830-263-2920.--------------------------For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.

2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. Inde-pendent Suspen-sion. Windshield and Roof. 4x4. Ask-ing - $4,950.00 in very good condi-tion. Call 830-857-4670.

2 female Chihua-hua’s for sale. 7 weeks old. One brown, one white. $50 each. Call 830-557-0622.--------------------------Free kittens. Call 361-594-4307.--------------------------Free dog to good home. Large female dog, brown, tame, gentle. Chip paper work with her. Call 830-481-4707.--------------------------Free Kittens. Call 672-7094.--------------------------

PuppiesHalf Lab, Half Pyr-enees. Free to good home. 830-203-1733 or 830-540-4485.---------------------------

We stock Sport-mix Dog and Cat Food, Demon WP for those ants and scorpions. Gonza-les Poultry Supply, 1006 St. Paul Street, 672-7954.(TFN)

For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonzales weekly. 830-540-3536.--------------------------For Sale: 2 & 3 year old red & black Brangus Bulls. No Papers. Good selec-tion. Call 830-437-5772.--------------------------Black Limousin and Angus Heifers and Bulls, Gentle In-crease your wean-ing weights. Es-tablished breeder since 1971. Delivery available 979 561- 6148 .--------------------------Nanny Boer Goats (adult). Ages: 1yr-4yr. Pkg. Deal (4). $320.00. 830-560-0238 to request photos..please send an email request to [email protected] or text me at above num-ber.--------------------------Muscovy ducks for sale. $10.00 each. 8 3 0 - 2 6 3 - 2 4 8 2 . (TFN)--------------------------Laying Hens, $10.00. 512-718-0482.--------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heifers also, 8 months to 2 years. 830-540-4430.--------------------------WANT TO BUY: Any or Unwanted Hors-es. Call Leejay at 830-857-3866.--------------------------For Sale: Baby & Young Adult Ducks. Mix Breeds. Cost $3.50-$20.00 each. Call 830-857-6844, ask for Tammy Ste-phens.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.--------------------------M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians) 18” to 24” tall. Good weed eaters. Fun to have around. Beautiful silver and white herd sire. (7 left) 830-672-6265,

830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.

House for sale by owner. 2BR/1Bath CA/H. $65,000. 830-234-3415 or 830-279-7900.--------------------------Home for Sale. Low down, 3/2/1,136 sq. ft. Only $79,600 w/$1,500 dn. 202 East Lee St. at Smi-ley. Call Mr. Smith, 855-847-6806. --------------------------3bd/1ba home on 0.985 acres for sale in Nixon. 1,048 sq. ft. with additional 400 sq. ft. attached deck. Recently re-modeled, CA/H, all appliances stay! Asking $79,000. Call 830-203-9383.--------------------------3BR/2Ba Double-wide, lg. covered porch, 2 decks, 12x16 storage, car-port, all appliances, on 5 acres with gravel based truck yard. On CR 284 past halliburton & Oil Tanker Rail Road. 830-445-9131.--------------------------3BED, 1 Bath House For Sale! 0.985 acres on Hwy. 80, 8 miles north of Nixon, TX. 78140. 1048 sq. ft with 400 sq. ft. deck attached. Recently remodeled. Central Air and Heat. Appli-ances stay! $89,999. Ph. 830-203-9383. No owner financing available.--------------------------FOR SALE BY OWN-ER: 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath, single story home in Gonza-les. Beautiful wet bar and gourmet kitchen with gran-ite counter tops. Large pantry utility room. 2 car garage with workshop, nice pool and spa, huge covered porches. All on or nearly 1/2 acre. $249,000. Call 210-844-4963.--------------------------Older couple down-sizing 15 acres (10 acres fenced), house, 3/1 1/2, Barn, ponds, trees. Wharton County. $137,000. 979-533-3262.--------------------------4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New appli-ances, remodeled, new master bath. 830-857-6488.--------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation,

central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commerc ia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.

Modern home on 165-acre ranch located between Gonzales and Shin-er on paved road FM 443. Highly im-proved with scat-tered oak trees, improved grasses, hay field, cross fenc-ing and stock tank. Recently updated 2,300 square foot home, 3BR, 2BA, two live-in areas. Property includes large hay barn, equipment build-ing shop and cattle pens. Shiner ISD. Possible owner fi-nancing available. 361-648-4090 or 361-935-1109.

Wanted to lease land for cattle graz-ing. Must have water and fences. Contact Mitchell Hardcastle, 830-857-4544.--------------------------90x60 lot for sale. For more info, call Jose at (936) 488-8115.--------------------------5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equipment etc. 1 1/2 mile from

city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for information.

Wanted: Old work western boots. 830-672-7384.--------------------------Want to Buy: Used Headgate for cattle. 361-798-0482.--------------------------WANTED: Acetylene Gas Regulator for welding torch. 437-2232.

Pampered Chef D e m o n s t r a t o r . Host a Show! It’s Easy! Choose from a Cooking Show, Catalog Show, Face-book Show or if you need an item, here is my site, https://w w w.pampered-chef.b iz/zavadi l . Dee Zavadil, 830-857-1495.--------------------------Lucky Shots by Dee.Need Family Por-traits, Family Re-unions, Birthdays, School Pictures, Weddings, Etc. 830-857-1495 --------------------------Plumbing Repairs.

All Types of Plumbing.

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Moviegoers’ long-awaited return to Middle-Earth takes place Dec. 14 with the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. And like every other filmmaker throughout history, producer/director Peter Jackson will be trying to one-up his previous effort with J.R.R. Tolkein.

The question is, will the movie-goers be as confused as the critics?

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey pre-mieres at The Lynn Theatre Dec. 14.

Jackson’s first venture following his award-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy earned some rave reviews from true Tolkein fans for his por-trayal of the first Bilbo Baggins story, but critics were not immediately convinced with some of the special effects the filmmaker tinkered with.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was filmed in New Zealand using 48 frames per second - double the usual filming rate of 24 frames per second.

“The movement feels more real,” Jackson told an audience at the annual cinema-owners’ conference in las Vegas, where 10 minutes of the film were previewed. “It’s much more gentle on the eyes.”

The 48fps speed was used to ease the transi-tion to digital and enable 3D presentation, but some of the critics were less than convinced.

“While 48fps may create a more realistic, ‘you are there’ picture quality, it actually works against The Hobbit from the 10 minutes of footage we saw.,” writes IGN reviewer Jim Ve-jvoda “This undeniable ‘reality’ kept pulling me out of the movie rather than immersing me

fully into its world as the Lord of the Rings films did; the very fantasy element, the artifice of it all (whether it’s the wigs, fake beards or CG mon-sters) was plainly, at times painfully, evident.”

Florence Waters of The Telegraph (London) had this to say:

““...Frankly, it was jarring to see Gandalf, Bil-bo or the dwarves in action against CG-created characters or even to move quickly down a rocky passage. The whipping of a camera pan or the blur of movement was unsettling.”

Nonetheless, the select reviewers who had the chance to see an advance screening say that fans of the genre won’t be at all disappointed.

“[T]he last two acts of The Hobbit are simply a non-stop action-adventure rollercoaster that is just as engaging and winning as anything in the director’s previous trilogy,” wrote Rodrigo Perez for The Playlist. “As epic, grandiose, and emotionally appealing as the previous pictures, The Hobbit doesn’t stray far from the mold, but it’s a thrilling ride that’s one of the most enjoy-able, exciting and engaging tentpoles of the year.”

Fans of the original trilogy, such as the tril-lions of Orlando Bloom (Legolas) and Elijah Woods (Frodo Baggins), will be delighted to know that the two are featured in bit roles in The Hobbit. Ian McKellen reprises his role as a younger Gandalf, while Gollum is once again played by Andy Serkis. Martin Freeman steps into the featured role as the adventuresome Bilbo Baggins.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follows Bilbo, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was

long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Ap-proached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a compa-ny of 13 dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield.

Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever: Gollum.

Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo

Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ... a simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.

As noted, this is the first film in Jackson’s second Tolkein trilogy. The second film, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” is set for release Dec. 13, 2013, and the third film, “The Hobbit: There and Back Again” is slated for July 18, 2014.


Gonzales Art Group continues seasonal projects

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Movie-goers ready to return to Middle-Earth Dec. 14

510 St. Paul St. Gonzales

The Lynn Theatre

Wreck-It RalphThur Dec. 6th 7 p.m.Fri Dec. 7th 7-9:15 p.m.Sat Dec. 8th 4-7-9:15 p.m.Sun Dec. 9th 4-7 p.m.Mon Dec. 10 - 7 p.m.Tues Dec. 11 - Closed

FlightThur Dec. 6th 7 p.m.Fri Dec. 7th 7-9:45 p.m.Sat Dec. 8th 4-7-9:45 p.m.Sun Dec. 9th 4-7 p.m.Mon Dec. 10 - 7 p.m.Tues Dec. 11 - Closed

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Martin Freeman (far left) takes on the role of Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” due for release Dec. 14 (MGM Pictures Photo)


The Gonzales Art group had a wonderful Come And Take It Art Show. There were quite a number of entries in both the student and adult divisions.

Some of the art work for the students was from Gonzales, Nixon, Wimberley, Hallettsville and Luling. The adult artwork was from the same areas and Austin. The entries from Austin were from a native of Gonzales.

Keith DuBose had some beautiful entries that won him Best of Show. Sophie Oliver took that prize for the students. The People’s Choice Awards were handed out for the students and adults. Many of the winners matched up with what the judge scored and some did not.

All that attended thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful art work. Many people got started early on their holiday shopping at the silent auction. The bidding con-tinued until the books closed. All the winners were happy they had

persisted. The raffle winners were an-

nounced. Barry Boothe won the main painting donated by Steve Lewis and the other paintings by Sarah Bailey and Janice William-son were raffled as well. This was a great way for the group to build back up their scholarship fund

after they handed out this year’s scholarship to Maria Ochoa from Nixon-Smiley ISD.

The group would also like to thank everyone that helped make the show a success, local banks, businesses and individu-als are just some of those help-ers.

The Art Group is continuing to offer hand-painted Christ-mas ornaments (globes) for $10 each. They are on display at Halamicek Auto and Frames and Things. Watch for them to be coming to The Hearty Gour-met. Special orders and requests are accepted. Please allow a lit-

tle time for them to be created. Many that are on display, or can be ordered, are to support your favorite team, honor a loved one or special occasion or event, display something that is near and dear to your heart.

The Christmas Luncheon for the art group will be held

on Saturday, December 8 at noon at The Gonzales Food Market. Members are encour-aged to bring art supplies, kits, crayons, coloring books and other art-related items to be donated to Norma’s House and Santa’s Helpers. Canned food items and other food for the food bank will also be collected. Some of the members are bring-ing small pieces of their art to exchange with other members. Prospective members are wel-comed and encouraged to at-tend.

Members will continue to have art displayed in the local banks with the artist chang-ing each month. The banks are wonderful to let the local art be displayed in their lobbies. Thanks for your support.

For additional informa-tion call Steve Lewis at 830-857-0914, Gina Alford at 830-672.6025, or Janice Williamson at 830-857-5694. Thank you and have a fabulous holiday season filled with treasured memories.

By JANICE WILLIAMSON

Special to The Cannon

Interfaith ScholarshipThe Gonzales Community

African American interfaith Church Scholarship Fund will hold its next monthly business meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6 at Union Lea Baptist Church in Gonzales. The public is invited.

Pilgrim OpryThe Pilgrim Country Opry

will be held Saturday, De-cember 8, 2012 at the Pilgrim Community Center, 12809 FM 116, Pilgrim, Texas. Real Coun-try Music by The Pilgrim Heirs Band. Special Guests by Nikki Vincent, Dr. Bob Williamson, Roland Parker. Menu is Turkey and Dressing. Serving 5:00pm-6:30pm, $6.00. Music Starts at 7 p.m. - $4.00. Show information: Cal Taylor (830) 534-8499. Hall Rental: Plowman Whiddon, (830) 437-2316.

ICA MeetingGonzales Independent Cat-

tlemen’s Association will meet at Gonzales V.F.W. Hall, Thurs-day, Dec. 13 at 5:30 p.m. Social, 6:30 p.m. meal and meeting. Special Thanks to Lone Star Bank, Prosperity Bank and Sage Capital Bank for sponsoring the meal. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

DeWitt Go-TexanThe DeWitt County Go

Texan Committee will be hav-ing a chili fundraising event on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at the Friar Ag Center in the Cuero City Park, between 5:00-8:00 p.m. The chili will be $10 per quart and will be “to go” only. Tickets can be bought from Go Texan members, but for convenience they can also be purchased at the DeWitt County Extension Office, or the Cuero High School Ag Building. This fundraising event is being held to help offset the costs of you and adults participating in the 2013 Houston Livestock show and Rodeo Go Texan contests, which in turn benefits the local scholarship program. If you have any questions you can call Anthony Netardus at 361.275.0816, or Greg Nemec at 361.275.1245.

Gingerbread HousesThe Gonzales Youth Center

is continuing its tradition of showing how to make your very own completely-edible Gingerbread House that you design, decorate and take home in one day.

The houses will be con-

structed on Monday, Dec. 17 and Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 4:15 p.m. You must be on time to complete the house.

This event is for students in grades 6-8, with parents and teachers welcome to attend. The cost is $1 per house to cover some of the expense for supplies.

Free HIV testingIn honor of World AIDS Day,

free HIV tests will be given on December 18 from 5-7 p.m. at 228 St. George in Gonzales.

The tests are very confi-dential and yellow arrows in the conference room will lead to test location. Remember, sometimes what you don’t know may get you killed.

For more information, con-tact Ann Wade at 830-672-4325.

Benefit Bake SaleA benefit bake sale is sched-

uled at the Gonzales Walmart on Saturday, Dec. 15, starting at 10 a.m. to raise funds for two local girls, Kaylauni Luedke and Elizabeth Williams, to attend auditions for the world-famous Julliard School of the Arts.

HLSR scholarshipThe 2013 HLSR Scholarship is

available online. The “due date” has been moved to March 1 to enable more time for students to apply. The 2013 scholarship is $18,000, up $2,000 from last year. It is recommended that students print the sample copy and use it as a practice run prior to entering the information online

Locating the scholarship on-line is very easy: www.HLSR.com then at the top right side of the

home page click on SCHOLAR-SHIPS, next you will click on AP-PLY for SCHOLARSHIPS, and fol-low the prompts for the Area Go Texan Scholarship.

Students are required to turn in their “hard copies” to their counselor for a Gonzales County Area Go Texan member to pick up. This is to insure they all get to HLSR offices on time and also automatically submits all eligible applicants for our local Gonzales County Scholarships.

Please have each student “print screen” on each page of their application prior to submit-ting. This along with the other re-quired documents will be turned

into their respective counselors on or before March 1, allowing time to deliver them to HLSR of-fices prior to March 6.

Star of Hope RevivalThe Forest Street Church

of God in Christ of Gonzales will host their annual Star of Hope Revival Dec. 3-7 start-ing at 7 p.m. nightly. The guest evangelist for the week will be Dr. G.H. Jones III, pastor of the First Church of God in Christ of Hearne. Noon prayer will be held each day during the week.

Come be healed, delivered and set free, Pastor Eld. Billy Washington Sr. For more infor-

mation, call 830-263-1003.

Santa PawsSanta Paws is coming to

town! Gonzales Dog Adoptions will host Santa Paws from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Dec. 8 and 15 at Tractor Supply in Gonzales. Visitors can have their picture made with Santa Paws for $10 for an 8x10 and $5 for a 5x8; package deals will also be avail-able.

All proceeds will benefit the homeless dogs of Gonzales County that are being cared for by Gonzales Dog Adoptions, a non-profit, no-kill organization staffed entirely by volunteers.


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December 6-12Thursday, Dec. 6: *Ladies Night* & Acoustic Jam Session w/”Neal’s Acoustic Journey”, 8p.m.-midnightFriday, Dec.: 7 DJ Shane & Renee, 8p.m.-midnightSaturday, Dec. 8: Southern Strangers 8p.m.-1a.m. Doors open @ 6p.m. ($8 Cover) EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT:

Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament (Starts @ 7 p.m.)EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Karaoke w/DJ Rocketman & Pool Tournament (8p.m.-midnight)

Upcoming shows: Dec. 15 - Philip Griffin Band; Dec. 22 - Clint Taff & The Buckwild

Band; Dec. 29 - Tim Hall Band; New Year’s Eve - Los Amigos“Don’t forget to call us to host your Christmas Party!”

*Doors open at 4 pm, Tuesday thru Friday***DRINK SPECIALS EVERY NIGHT**

Go-Texan Steak NightThe Gonzales Area Go-Texan Steak Night Fundraiser is scheduled Jan. 18. Tickets can

be purchased at 120 St Louis, Gonzales (public scale office next to E-Barr Feed). “Corporate” tables will be available; call for pricing.To reserve your tickets, call Poochy Kridler at 830-445-9424 or Lavonne at 713-560-

9764.Gonzales Area Go-Texan is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization.

Gonzales Book ClubThe Gonzales Book Club meets on the third Thursday of the month. This month’s meeting will be on December 21, from 10-11 a.m. at Liford’s Books and

Fine Art to discuss “The Christmas Box” by Richard Paul Evans. Everyone is welcome and invited to attend.

Free legal seminar“Know Your Rights At School,” a free legal informational seminar about Students’

Rights in School will be presented by Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid on Friday, December 7, from 6-8 p.m. at the Gonzales Learning & Career Center.

The center is located at 1135 St. Paul in Gonzales. For more information, call 512-374-2716.

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Robert McCauley, EMT-P with the Gonzales County EMS & Rescue Service, was the guest speaker at the Monday, November 19th meeting of the Noon Lions Club. McCauley spoke about the “Silent Santa” program, which will be in its fifth year of serving families and children during the upcoming Christmas season. He said the program raised approximately $15,000 last year and served about 29 families and 134 children with shoes, coats, pants and other needs. McCau-ley said the “Silent Santa” program is sponsored by the EMS, the Sheriff’s De-partment, the Police Department, the Fire Department and other agencies in Gonzales. Anyone wishing to make a donation to the “Silent Santa” program can contact McCauley at the Gonzales Station of the EMS at 830-672-7675. (Courtesy photo)

SAN ANTONIO — The holiday season is a difficult time for the blood supply. With many frequent donors on vacation, and colleges and high schools out on winter break, south Texas struggles to obtain sufficient donations for patients.

In the spirit of this season of goodwill and gifts, take the time to give blood, the ulti-mate gift of life. Remember there is a continuous need for blood. Emergencies, trans-plants, and cancer treatments will not stop during the holi-

day season. With your dona-tion you will be helping people in your community.

As an added incentive this December, all presenting do-nors at mobile drives will be entered to win one of four Apple iPads 2. Donors must show identification, before be-ginning the donation process.

Anyone 16 years old weigh-ing 120 pounds (with a paren-tal consent form), or at least 17 years of age or older, who weighs at least 110 pounds, and is in good general health may donate blood. For more information, call 800-292-5534 or visit www.southtexas-blood.org.

Blood drives will be held at the following locations in Gonzales County:

Gonzales• Southern Clay, Friday, Dec.

7; 9 am-noon, 1212 Church St.• Guadalupe Valley Electric

Co-op, Friday, Dec. 7; 2-6 pm, 825 W. Sara DeWitt

• Memorial Hospital, Tues-day, Dec. 18; 9:15 am-2:15 pm, 1110 Sara DeWitt Dr.

• Sage Capital Bank, Friday, Dec. 21; 9 am -noon, 1606 N. Sara Dewitt Dr.

• Tyson Foods, Friday, Dec. 21; 1:30-4 pm, 2504 Church St.

• H-E-B, Saturday, Dec. 29; 2:30-5:30 pm, 1841 Church St.

Nixon• Holmes Foods, Monday,

Dec. 10; 10 am-2 pm, 101 South Liberty Ave.

Blood drives slated

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Specialty Physician Outpatient ClinicAudiologyHelen Ross,Hearing Specialist(830) 372-2237

CardiologyWilliam Craig, M.D.(830) 672-3845

DermatologyVicente Quintero, M.D.(830) 626-5551

NeonatologyMarisol Ortiz, M.D.(361) 575-0681

NephrologyAzhar M. Malik, M.D.(361) 576-0011Haresh Kumar, MD/Khan(361) 576-9165

NeurologyPraveen Thangada, M.D.(830) 303-1819

NeurosurgeryByron D. Neely, M.D., P.A.(979) 968-6500

UrologyRobert Ryan, III, M.D.(830) 379-8491

OncologyRohit Kapoor, M.D., P.A.210-655-0075

OphthalmologyJoseph Kavanagh, M.D.(830) 379-3937

OrthopedicsG. Steven White, M.D.(830) 379-9492Trent Twitero, M.D.(830) 379-9492

PodiatryTerri Quebedeaux, D.P.M., P.A.(830) 672-7581

PulmonologyJohn Holcomb, M.D.(210) 692-9400

SurgeryKathleen Koerner, DO, MS(830) 672-8502Lino Oballo(830) 672-8502

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Ear, Nose, & Throat DisordersMichelle Cummins, M.D.(361) 551-2565Jennifer Hennessee, M.D.(830) 379-0299

GynecologyStephanie Kodack, M.D.(830) 672-8502

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It was a matter of teens inspiring teens Tuesday morning when the Texas Future Farmers of America (FFA) Travel Team made a presentation in the Gon-zales High School Special Events Center.

FFA State president Blake Vineyard and first vice pres-ident Tyler Reiley delivered an entertaining program de-signed to help high school students realize their poten-tial.

“What we do is try to mo-tivate other youth to become everything they possibly can be,” Vineyard said. “Al-though we’re state officers, we’re not here just to cater to FFA. We’re trying to give a positive image of Texas ag-riculture as a whole.”

“We want to help people determine what it is that they are passionate about and show them how to go about pursuing it.”

Reiley said the main theme of their program is to help student determine and develop a dream around what they care about most and try to build a career path based upon those be-liefs.

“I think it’s extremely important that we all find something that we’re pas-sionate about,” he said. “It’s hard to find someone who became a leader in any in-dustry that wasn’t passion-ate about what they were doing. I think this presenta-tion is something everyone can relate to because ev-eryone is passionate about something.”

For 111 days out of each

year, the FFA State Travel Team visits about three schools a day in attempt to reach all of its 350 chapters. Gonzales High School FFA advisor Robert Washing-ton said it was good to have them in Gonzales for the first time in nearly a decade.

“This was a neat oppor-tunity for the students to be able to experience what it means to hold that level of office in the FFA,” said Washington. “It allows them to see a different perspective from somebody else and what leadership qualities they bring to the table.”

Currently, there are 135 FFA members at GHS this year. The organization is in the process of selling raffle tickets as a fundraiser with the drawing to take place at next year’s Stock Show. Top prizes include a deer blind, Texas Bird Bath Firepit, and a deer corn feeder.

For more information, call 830-672-7535.

State officers from Future Farmers of America (FFA) made a presentation at Gonzales High School Tuesday morning. Pictured (clockwise from top) FFA state president Blake Vine-yard and 1st vice-president Tyler Reiley engage in some lively banter; GHS FFA officer Allison Raley attempts to fan a ball across the gym floor dur-ing a contest; and members of the crowd enjoy themselves as they participate in a mass ac-tivity. (Photos by Cedric Iglehart)

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NIXON — Christmas is right around the corner and there are some children whom are in need of our help.

As you may or may not be aware, every year our staff and some community members discreetly adopt a family or child for Christmas, others have donated money to go towards a toy, outfit etc for Christmas.

All donations are made to Nixon-Smiley CISD and then Mrs. Zepeda creates an ac-count specifically for that pur-pose. We then distribute the gifts the last week of school. Our staff and community members have always exceed-

ed my expectations year after year and for that we applaud you all!

FCA (Fellowship of Chris-tian Athletes) and FCCLA (Family, Career and Commu-nity Leaders of America) will be accepting donations of new unwrapped toys at the follow-ing home basketball games:

HS Gym Dec 4, Dec 11 and Dec 14

MS Gym Dec 10 and Dec 17

Collection boxes will also be placed at each campus office through Wednesday, December 19. Any person wanting to sponsor/adopt a child or family please feel free

to contact Maggie Gaytan at extension 135 or cell phone (830) 534-2429 text works great.

We have already referred 10 families to Silent Santa but there are still many more that could use the help. Ev-erything is kept confidential and the parent has given consent for referral to be processed.

Last year our district served 50 families approximately 250 gifts in addition to 10 families referred out to Silent Santa.

FFA leadersentertain,inspire GHS

GHS students Brando Juarez, left, and Sergio Garza work on the under-con-struction sidewalk at Gonzales Elementary Wednesday. Students from Eddie Salinas’s GHS Construction Technology class have been planning and working on the Gonzales Elementary sidewalk project since August. Salinas said the stu-dents engineered the sidewalk, designed plans using CAD (Computer-Aided Design), calculated the time and what materials to use through the use of Mi-crosoft Excel, receiving training on how to construct the sidewalk and built the sidewalk. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, you will have to work hard

at presenting a different image if you want to win over a few more fans. It might take a little time, but it is defi-nitely within the realm of possibility.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, take a break no matter

how busy you are this week. It is for your own good to recharge with some R&R and then get back on track at work.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Unexpected things can happen

when you explore new possibilities, Gemini. Get out there and immerse yourself in other social circles so that you can take advantage of opportu-

nities.CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, run your ideas by a few

people this week before you make a big presentation. This will help you to revise and tweak anything that needs a little work.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, you will be full of energy

this week and that energy helps you handle whatever is put on your plate. Take advantage of your pro-ductivity with a few days off next week.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, jump on an opportunity

to take a vacation. There won’t be many other opportunities this year to enjoy a vacation. So go along even if it’s related to work.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23There are too many happy

things going on in your life to let any of the negative things bring you down, Libra. Face challenges with a

smile, and you’ll sail through.SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, despite firm convic-

tions you cannot change others’ viewpoints all of the time. Don’t be hard on yourself if other people do not see things the same way as you do.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, sometimes you may believe there isn’t room for anyone else in the spotlight but you. Don’t let your ego get in the way of friend-ships. Share the glory.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, give an idea that

would require some significant changes its due consideration. This can impact both your career and personal life in a positive way.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18It may seem like too much

money is going out of your pocket and not enough coming in, Aquarius. But the budget will balance out this month. Rest easy when making purchases.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Start a creative project that can

be turned into something you keep for yourself, Pisces. It’s nice to enjoy the fruits of your creative labors.

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It was the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, who made the following observation: “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”

Those who study such things say that a rainbow can’t be seen at midday; the optical phenomena are visible only in the morning or in the late afternoon.

In 1982, a radio station in Allentown, Pa., thought its rating could use a bit of a boost, so it came

up with a contest: Three contestants, selected at random, would live on top of one of the station’s billboards (portable toilets and sleeping bags were provided). The last one to give up would be awarded a mobile home. The problem was, nobody wanted to give up. The three men who climbed to the top of the sign at the end of September were still there come March 1983. In that month, one of the contestants was arrested for dealing drugs, but the remaining two stayed aloft until May. Once the freezing winter was finally

over, the radio station decided to declare both of the men winners.

As the end of the year approaches, you might consider an old British tradition of fortune-telling. Light a candle, place it on the floor and jump over it. If the flame does not go out, you’re likely to enjoy good luck during the coming year.

If you’re like the average American, you use between 75 and 100 gallons of water every day.

The Sahara Desert is nearly as large as the continental United States.

***Thought for the Day: “If

at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” -- W.C. Fields

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