Gonzales Cannon Dec 8 Issue

Gonzales Police are on the hunt for a man in con-nection with the armed robbery of Guerra’s Grill Tuesday evening.

Chief Tim Crow sent an alert out to citizens via GPD’s Facebook page that Guerra’s was robbed at gun-point at about 5:47 p.m. Tuesday while the restau-rant’s management was at the Gonzales City Council meeting.

Witnesses told police the gunman pointed a revolver

at the counter person and demanded money.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic male around 5’8” tall with a stocky build, with curly dark hair, a 3-4 days’ growth of beard, with medium-complexion skin. He was reported wearing a green camouflage Army jacket, blue jeans, and a turquoise bandana and was reportedly a smoker.

GPD Captain Alan Tay-lor said Tuesday the inves-tigation is continuing and police are still rounding up clues in the case, but said it

The Gonzales City Council must’ve felt like Santa Tuesday, since they got the chance to spread joy and happiness to launch the Christmas season.

The council satisfied the ob-jections of a citizens’ group by amending the city’s garage-sale

ordinance, awarded a contract for operating the concessions stand at the J.B. Wells Rodeo Arena and en-thusiastically approved the sale of bonds to upgrade water-treatment facilities on terms which will save the city a substantial sum of money.

“I’m so glad that something could get worked out on that,” Mayor Bobby O’Neal said for the council after members approved

an amended garage-sale ordinance which still requires permits to con-duct a sale, but removes the per-mitting fee for up to four such sales a year.

The changes met the approval of a citizens’ group which had sought to have the council repeal the or-dinance, which had been intended to prevent certain property own-ers from running a resale business

without a license.“We’d rather have no permits

at all, but I think this is fair,” said Mike Hanson, who had led a pe-tition drive to have the ordinance repealed. Under terms of the new ordinance, citizens can hold up to four free garage sales per year, and can obtain permits at $25 each to hold two others. “This just goes to

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Citizens wantto shut downWaelder PD

The City of Gonzales’ small fleet of lawnmowers didn’t get much of a workout this year with the drought, but as always were one of the popular features of the city’s annual Lighted Christmas Parade Friday night. For a complete rundown of Winterfest activities, see Page D1. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

By CEDRIC IGLEHARTand DAVE [email protected]

Gonzales Council plays SantaCity repeals garage-sale ordinance, gets good rate on bond sale

STABBINGS, Page A3

The man accused of two stabbings during a quin-cinera party in Gonzales Nov. 26 has been released after posting $50,000 bail — and has now been charged with the same offense three times after being paroled for a 1985 stabbing murder.

Gregory Fonseca, 41, of Gonzales, was released af-ter posting $25,000 bond on each of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connec-tion with the stabbings at the Hermann Sons Hall which left two men injured.

Fonseca was sentenced to 60 years confinement in the Texas Department of Cor-

WAELDER — The Waelder Police Depart-ment came under fire dur-ing Tuesday night’s regular meeting of the Waelder City Council.

The scrutiny came right

off the bat when Waelder citizen Darcie Thompson addressed the council dur-ing Open Forum, express-ing her desire to see the en-tire department eliminated.

“Y’all are going to have to get rid of them because they’re not worth having,”

By CEDRIC IGLEHART

[email protected]

WAELDER, Page A3

By DAVE MUNDY

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ROBBERY, Page A3

Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office Calls for Service from Nov. 28-Dec. 4

November 28Deputy Chris Rosales was

dispatched to a location on CR 392 in reference to a suspicious vehicle.

Deputy Jim Jakubek arrested a subject for an outstanding war-rant.

November 29Deputy Chris Rosales was dis-

patched to a location on Hwy. 90A West in reference to an ac-cident in which a vehicle struck a deer.

Deputy Chris Rosales spoke to a complainant on CR 122 in refer-ence to property damage.

Deputy Mike Buchanek was dispatched to a location on CR 142 in reference to illegal dump-ing.

Deputy Jim Jakubek arrested a subject for an outstanding war-rant.

November 30Deputy Noe Miranda was dis-

patched to the Yoakum Commu-nity Hospital emergency room in reference to a patient who had a severe dog bite.

December 1Deputy Noe Miranda was

dispatched to a location on CR 355A in reference to an animal complaint.

December 2Deputy Allen Rutledge was

dispatched to a location on Hwy. 90A East in reference to a bur-glary. The incident is being inves-tigated.

December 3Deputy Chris Rosales spoke

to a complainant on CR 450 in reference to theft of money. The money was recovered but the complainant was arrested for an outstanding warrant.

Deputy Chris Rosales was dis-patched to a location on FM 531 to assist at the scene of a one ve-hicle accident.

Deputy Allen Rutledge was dispatched to a location on FM 340 to assist at the scene of an accident in which a cattle trailer

overturned.Deputy Allen Rutledge spoke

to a complainant on FM 530 in reference to property damage.

December 4Deputy Allen Rutledge was

dispatched to a location on Hwy. 77A in reference to a theft.

Deputy Allen Rutledge spoke to a complainant on Hwy. 77 North in reference to a theft. The incident is being investigated.

Deputy Chris Rosales was dis-patched to a location on CR 165 in reference to suspicious activ-ity.

Caldwell County Sheriff’s Of-fice Report from Nov. 25-Dec. 1:

November 25A burglary of a habitation

complaint in the 100 block of County Line Road, in Lytton Springs.

An assist DPS with a traffic accident on Hwy 183, between Lockhart and Luling.

A criminal mischief complaint involving a damaged vehicle in the 100 block of Norwood Cove, in Lytton Springs.

A discharge of a firearm com-plaint on Tree Top Lane at Hwy 80, near Luling.

An assist DPS with a traffic accident on FM 713, four miles from Hwy 304, near Delhi.

November 26An assist EMS in the 5800

block of Hwy 304, near Delhi.A suspicious circumstances

complaint involving mudding on Young Lane at Sea Willow Road, south of Lockhart.

November 27An animal complaint involv-

ing donkeys in the 900 block of Graham Road, between Lockhart and Luling.

A civil standby involving a horse repossession in the 1600 block of Oak Grove Road, near Luling.

An assist DPS with a public assist from FM 1185 at the Tiger Tote convenience store on Hwy 183 to Crane Lane, near Lockhart.

Deputies arrested one suspect for Outstanding Warrants.

November 28An animal complaint involv-

ing an injured dog in the 400 block of County Line Road, in Lytton Springs.

A motorist assist on FM 1854 at Lytton Lane, in Lytton Springs.

A motorist assist on FM 1854 at Lytton Lane, in Lytton Springs.

A 911 hang up complaint in the 100 block of Delhi Loop, near Delhi.

Deputies arrested three sus-pects for Outstanding Warrants.

November 29A motorist assist on FM 1854,

½ mile from Hwy 21, near Lytton Springs.

An assist Lockhart PD at the Chisholm Trail RV Park, south of Lockhart.

An assist EMS in the 9200 block of FM 1854, in Lytton Springs.

An assist EMS at the Buccee’s parking lot, near Luling.’

An assist EMS in the 100 block of Branding Iron Trail, near Lock-hart.

Deputies arrested three sus-pects for Outstanding Warrants.

November 30An assist EMS in the 800 block

of Old Lytton Springs Road, near Lytton Springs.

A suspicious vehicle com-plaint on Powell Road at IH 10, near Luling.

A suspicious circumstances complaint involving an intruder in the 100 block of Verbena Trail, near Harwood.

An assist EMS in the 500 block of Lytton Lane, in Lytton Springs.

A missing person/runaway complaint at Pegasus School, south of Lockhart.

Deputies arrested two sus-pects for Outstanding Warrants.

December 1A civil matter involving child

custody in the 100 block of Ha-

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Gonzales Co. Sheriff’s Office Report

Gonzales Police Report

Thought for the Day

“If you serve a child a rotten hamburger in America, federal, state and local agencies will investigate you, sum-mon you, close you down, whatever. But if you provide a child with a rotten educa-tion, nothing happens, except that you’re li-able to be given more money to do it with.”

Ronald Reagan

December 08, 1914On this day in 1914, the Southwest Intercollegiate Athletic

Conference, the future Southwest Conference, officially came into existence when the original eight member schools agreed on a constitution. The eight schools were Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State), Southwestern, and Rice, which was admitted provision-ally. The new conference was the idea of L. Theo Bellmont, ath-letic director at Texas, who saw the need for the larger colleges of the area to organize to engage in intercollegiate athletics. Throughout its 80-year history the Southwest Conference pro-vided high-level competition in numerous sports for its mem-ber schools. In 1996, when the conference was broken up, the member schools were the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, Rice, SMU, and the University of Houston.

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Yoakum Police Report

Lavaca Co. Sheriff’s Office Report

GPD investigates thefts at H-E-B site, Norma’s House

Caldwell Co. Sheriff’s Office Report

GONZALES — The Gonzales Police De-partment is investigating two high-profile thefts that occurred within the past week.

The first one occurred at the new H.E.B. construction site, located at Church Street and Highway 90-A in Gonzales. It is be-lieved that sometime between Friday, Dec. 2 and Monday, Dec. 5, a suspect or suspects forced their way into storage buildings and took several thousand dollars’ worth of tools and copper pipe in different diameter sizes.

According to the GPD’s Facebook page, witnesses stated they saw a gray extended cab truck parked adjacent to the site on

Dunning Street during the time the robbery was thought to have occurred.

Police are also looking into a recent bur-glary that took place at the Gonzales Re-gional Children’s Advocacy Center, also known as Norma’s House.

“An unknown subject or subjects made entry into the building on Monday, Dec. 5 during the evening hours and stole a laptop computer,” said Gonzales Police Captain Al-len Taylor.

The burglary is believed to have taken place between the hours of 7 p.m. and 1 a.m.

If anyone has any information on any of these thefts or believes they may have wit-nessed anything, contact Taylor at the Gon-zales Police Department at 830-672-8686.

By CEDRIC IGLEHART

[email protected]

Gonzales Police Department Report from Nov. 29-Dec. 5

November 29Reported theft at 1800 blk St. Joseph St.November 30Reported assault at 1100 blk Sarah DeWitt Dr.Reported criminal mischief at 900 blk St. Peter St.December 1Reported theft at 1000 blk St. Lawrence St.Reported assault at 600 blk St. Paul St.Reported burglary habitation at 1500 blk College

St.Reported hit and run accident at 400 blk St. Mat-

thew St.

Reported assault at 500 blk Hopkins st.December 2Reported theft at 100 blk Darst St.December 3Jonathan Natividad, 19 of Jacksonville, arrested

and charged with possession of marijuana at 1700 blk St. Joseph St.

Reported assault at 100 blk St. Paul St.Jonathan Eugene Hunt, 34 of Gonzales, arrested

and charged with possession of marijuana at 900 blk Kleine St.

Reported theft at 300 blk St. Lawrence St.Reported theft at 1100 blk St. Joseph St.December 5Reported criminal mischief at 100 blk St. Louis St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Of-fice

Sheriff’s Report11/27/11 – 12/03/1111/27/11Fonseca, Gregory, 01/1970,

Gonzales. Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon Count 1. Released on $25,000 Bond. Ag-gravated Assault with Deadly Weapon Count 2. Released on $25,000 Bond.

11/29/11Martin, Dred W., III, 06/1956,

Gonzales. Assault causes Bodily Injury. Released on $1,500 Bond. Interfere with Emergency Call. Released on $1,500 Bond.

Hernandez, Rudolfo, 01/1973, Round Rock. Local Warrant – Driving while Intoxicated. Re-leased on $2,000 Bond. Immigra-tion Detainer. Picked up by ICE.

Craven, John Colwell Sr, 01/1939, Gonzales. Local Warrant – Driving while Intoxicated 3rd or More. Released on $25,000 Bond.

Martinez, David Edward, 02/1972, Stockdale. Local War-rant – Assault Family/Household Member with Previous Convic-tion. Released on $25,000 Bond.

Almaguer, Manuel Jr., 08/1982, Gonzales. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$50 <$500. Released on $2,500 Bond.

11/30/11Molina, Michele Rene,

08/1964, Gonzales. Local Warrant – Theft Stolen Property >$1,500 <$20K. Remains in Custody.

Navarro, Damion Michael, 06/1991, Gonzales. Commit/Sen-tence – Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon. Commitment/Sentence – Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon. Remains in Custody.

Almanza, Jayvan, Martin, 08/1989, Center. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$20 <$500 by Check. Requires $2,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

12/01/11

Currie, Erik Wray, 01/1991, Gonzales. Commitment/Sen-tence – Possession of a Con-trolled Substance >1G <4G. Re-mains in Custody.

12/02/11Brisbane, Shayne Jeremy,

12/1989, Spring. Theft or Prop-erty >$1,500 <$20K. Released on $25,000 Bond.

Dempsey, Darrick Dwayne, 05/1967, Houston. Theft of Prop-erty >$1,500 <$20K. Released on $25,000 Bond.

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

GCSO 12DPS 01GPD 06WPD 00NPD 00Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00

Yoakum Police DepartmentWeekly Incident ReportNov. 28, 2011 thru Dec. 4, 201111/28/11Case #11-461, Criminal Mischief-B, 411 W. Grand;

Disposition, Investigation.11/29/11Case #11-462, Assault-Fel. 3/FV, 307 E. Hugo; Dis-

position, Investigation.Case #07-186, Warrant Arrest, Rosales, Jennifer,

25, Yoakum, 105 Ellen May; Offense, W#07-186-Criminal Mischief-B; Disposition, Bond/$800/Trans/DCSO.

Case #170919, Warrant Arrest (4), Ibarra, Evodio, 33, Yoakum, 400 Blk. Hopkins; Offense, (1st), W#11-060-No Drivers License, (2nd) W#11-060-F-FTA-No Drivers License, (3rd) W#11-061-Failed to Signal Turn, (4th) W#11-061F-FTA-Failed to Signal Turn; Disposition, (1st, 2nd, 3rd), Fine/$214/Rel., (4th)

Fine/$197/Rel.11/30/11Case #170922, Warrant Arrest (6), Washington,

Karla, 30, 705 Lavaca; Offense, (1st) CPF#11-216-Disroderly Conduct, (2nd) CPF#11-267 Disorderly Conduct, (3rd) W#11-337-D.W.L.I., (4th) W#337F-FTA-D.W.L.I., (5th) W#11-338-No Insurance, (6th) W#11-338F-FTA-No Insurance; Disposition, (1st) Fine/$414/YPD Custody, (2nd) Fine/ $514/YPD Custody, (3rd & 4th) Fine/$214/YPD Custody, (5th) Fine/$288/YPD Custody, (6th) Fine/$214/YPD Cus-tody.

12/03/11Case #11-464, Disorderly Conduct, 115 Hamil;

Disposition, Court Citation.12/04/11Case #11-465, Burglary-Building, 601 W. Hickey;

Disposition, Investigation.

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The Gonzales County Grand Jury met on Dec. 1 and issued the following indict-ments:

Victor Alaniz, cruelty to animals

Christopher Allred, cruelty to animals

Doris Beauregard, aggra-vated assault

Martin Bernal, cruelty to animals

LaJuane Clark, assault against public servant

James Evans, cruelty to animals

Henry Fonseca Jr., aggra-vated assault

Baltasar Garza, cruelty to animals

Jose Garza, cruelty to ani-mals

Margarita Goehring, cru-elty to animals

Francisco Hernandez, evading arrest with vehicle

Katy Hunt, forgeryHenry Johnson, aggra-

vated assault with a deadly weapon

Cierra Jones, credit card abuse (2 counts), fraudulent possession of identifying in-formation

Antonio Luna, cruelty to animals

Luis Medel, aggravated as-

saultMaria Medina, cruelty to

animalsNoel Medina, cruelty to

animalsMonseis Mendiola, assault

bodily injury, family violence enhanced

Darrell Pape, cruelty to ani-mals

Daylon Pape, cruelty to animals

Stanley Whittington, cru-elty to animals

Michael Williams, cruelty to animals

Dennis Wilson, cruelty to animals

Grand Jury Indictment List

show you how difficult it is to get your rights back once you give them away.”

Hanson’s group had object-ed to the previous ordinance’s requirements for a $25 fee for a permit to hold a garage sale, a provision similar to other cities around Texas. City Manager Alan Barnes said the new ordinance will be enforced by having police conduct spot-checks of sales on weekends, turning over any findings to the city’s code enforcement officers.

It was the city’s conduct of fiscal matters, however, that won comments of approval from citizens attending the meeting.

The council gave approval to the sale of some $6.3 mil-lion in bonds to cover the cost of upgrades to the city’s wa-ter-treatment facilities after getting word from financial consultant Bob Henderson of RBC Capital Markets that Gonzales has an excellent credit rating.

“We had anticipated a 5-percent interest rate, or around $500,000 (in pay-ments) yearly,” Henderson told the council. “The bottom line is, we were able to have a very good ratings call. We were able to negotiate a 3.48

percent interest rate that will have the city paying about $50,000 a year less than pre-viously anticipated.”

The council also have its approval to a slight hike in trash-collection rates based on a contract provision with Allied Waste which factors in a cost increase based on the Consumer Price Index. Barnes told councilmen that in the past, the rate increases had been approved admin-istratively without council action, but said “It’s my phi-losophy, every time you im-pact the bottom line of the citizens of Gonzales, it should be done by ordinance.”

The rate increase would be a little more than $1 a month to most residential customers within the city limits.

Council also gave approval to the city’s budget develop-ment calendar, and Barnes noted the city is addressing concerns voiced by citizens during the public-comment portion of the meeting on increasing accountability, particularly at the J.B. Wells Rodeo Arena.

Gonzales resident Roger Eberle asked the city during the public-comment portion of the meeting to make the operation of the arena a sepa-rate budget entity apart from the Parks Dept., and Barnes

later noted that “not only will we be breaking out J.B. Wells, we are breaking the adminis-tration into separate depart-ments, too.”

Council members also vot-ed to award the concessions contract at the arena to Guer-ra’s Catering. Barnes said the city had reviewed three pro-posals and that “Guerra’s and Sweet Irene Catering came out in a tie both times we ran the criteria.”

The council also had the chance to meet new city parks director Kelly Penewitt, who took over the post Mon-day. She takes over from the interim director, Police Chief Tim Crow, who had run the department since an inves-tigation into finances within the department began last summer.

The council also voted to buy a property long con-sidered an eyesore by many residents — the old Chevrolet auto dealership on the corner of St. Paul St. and Sarah De-Witt Dr. O’Neal noted that City Attorney Jackie Wil-liamson had spearheaded the city’s negotiating efforts to take the price of the 3.717 acres down from over $1 mil-lion to a purchase price of $575,000.

Council members also voted to award a contract of $491,000 to Smith Con-struction for the demolition, reconstruction and improve-ments project in the 300 block of St. George St.

The council tabled action on raising water rates under the Gonzlaes Water Supply Corp. contract pending on-going negotiations.

The concept of storing excess water underground for later use is typically referred to as aquifer recharge enhancement. Aquifer recharge enhancement can in-clude recharge structures for infil-tration enhancement or injection of water into aquifers. The use of artificial recharge to store surplus surface water underground can be expected to increase as growing populations demand more water, and as the number of good surface water reservoir sites still available for construction become fewer.

Texas ProjectsThere are numerous examples

of aquifer recharge enhancement in Texas.

Dell City – uses injection wells downstream of flood control dams to divert stormwater into the Dia-

blo Plateau Aquifer system.El Paso – uses injection wells to

store highly treated wastewaters in the Hueco Bolson Aquifer.

Edwards Underground Water District – uses rainwater diver-sion structures to divert excess rainwater into caverns and sink-holes in the Edwards Aquifer.

San Antonio Water System – uses injection wells to store ex-cess Edwards Aquifer water in the Carrizo Aquifer.

Kerrville – uses injection wells to store excess Guadalupe River water in the lower Trinity Aqui-fer.

San Antonio Water System’s Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project

The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) began assessing alterna-tive supplies to meet their de-mands in the 1990’s due to legis-lation limiting use of the Edwards

Aquifer. A feasibility study com-pleted in 1998 found that Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) was a viable strategy and that the Car-rizo Aquifer in southern Bexar County was suitable for long term storage. Based on the feasibil-ity study, a plan was developed to inject excess water from the Edwards Aquifer into the Car-rizo Aquifer during rainy seasons or times of excess for storage and later use during dry, hot summer months or drought periods.

The SAWS ASR project, which has been in operation since 2004, encompasses 3,200 acres in south Bexar, Atascosa, and Wilson counties and consists of a system of pump stations, pipelines, wells, and treatment facilities. Edwards Aquifer water is transported to the facility via pipelines and injected into the Carrizo Aquifer through twenty-nine injection wells. As of September 2011 approximately

84,000 acre feet of water has been stored in the Carrizo.

SAWS uses a series of observa-tion wells to keep track of the in-jected water which has different water chemistry from the native groundwater and creates a storage bubble (raises the water level) in the aquifer around the injection wells. Because the Carrizo is a sand aquifer water tends to stay in place or move very slowly.

When demand increases and water from the aquifer is required the injection wells are converted to pumping wells and used for re-covering the groundwater. The re-covered groundwater is processed through the facility’s treatment plant to make the native Carrizo water compatible with the Ed-wards Aquifer water supplies. The SAWS ASR project, with a com-bined storage and recovery rate of 64 mgd, is currently the third larg-est system in the nation behind

Las Vegas, Nevada (157 mgd) and Callegus Municipal Water District in California (68 mgd).

Advantages of Aquifer Recharge Enhancement

There are several key advantages to aquifer recharge enhancement over surface water reservoirs:

• Minimal Evaporation• Reduced Environmental Im-

pacts• Competitive Costs• Flexible Implementation• Broad Range of Applications

For more information on aquifer recharge enhancement contact the Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District at (830) 672-1047.

References: Jeff Haby, P.E., Direc-tor Production, SAWS’ Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery Proj-ect Presentation, October 2011.

The CannonThursday, December 8, 2011 Page A3

By GREG SENGELMANN

Special to The Cannon

Aquifier recharging: storing underground water for later use

GONZALES: City gets good rate on $6.3M bond sale

Continued from page A1

ROBBERY: Man soughtContinued from page A1

is “too early to tell” if Mon-day’s robber is possibly the same person involved with the Nov. 1 armed robbery of D&D Liquor Store in Gonzales.

“We’re looking at the vid-eos of both of these, but I couldn’t really comment right now,” Taylor said.

If you have any informa-tion regarding this or any other case please contact 830-672-8686 immediately.

she told the council. “You teach your chil-dren to trust the police and to go them when something is not right. So when the police tell nothing but lies to you, then something is wrong with the police force.”

Thompson claimed WPD failed her after Thompson was attacked by a known fe-male assailant last week while sitting in her car. Police arrived on the scene and broke up the scuffle, and Thompson said one of the three responding officers informed her that her alleged attacker would be immedi-ately going to jail.

Thompson said she later found out that instead of taking the woman into custody, the police took her to the city limits, where they released her altogether and allowed her to go home.

“She had a rap sheet a mile long and they just let her go,” Thompson said. “She could have come back and done something else to me.”

The situation became more frustrating when Thompson explained that she has been unable to obtain a police report of the incident to use against her attacker in court.

“I’ve been going up there (to the police department) ever since it happened and every day I get a different lie about why they don’t have one,” said Thompson. “If I have another problem, I will never ever go back to them (WPD) as long as this group is there. You need to shut them down if they’re not going to serve the citizens with honesty.”

After Thompson spoke, Sidonia Miller recalled to the council how the police “didn’t do anything” after she reported be-ing robbed by someone she knew.

“I told the police chief about it,” Miller said. “He told me he couldn’t do anything about it because I did not have a witness. This particular individual is still riding

around town.”Miller said not only is the person in

question operating a vehicle without a val-id driver’s license, which she said she told the police about, but he is also trying to sell a firearm.

“I know of at least two people he ap-proached about buying a rifle from him,” said Miller. “I also reported that to the po-lice chief and nothing was done. He told me he couldn’t put a man in jail just be-cause he has a rifle in his truck.”

The Cannon spoke to Waelder Police Chief Jim Taylor about the incidents, who said he couldn’t go into detail about either case because they are “both still open in-vestigations.”

In what was likely a response to two re-cent late-night local burglaries, the coun-cil came out of Executive Session and ap-proved the requiring of the Waelder Police Department to check on all businesses after hours and file a log of those checks, which will be done with a time-and-date stamped video, with the Gonzales County Sheriff ’s Office.

In another agenda item, Waelder native Alonzo Melchor discussed with the coun-cil the potential of having the City add san-itary sewer and water meter service to his property at 1452 Highway 90 East.

“I envision developing that property into some type of housing,” said Melchor. “I’m just trying to see what the city can provide for me if I put multiple units in there.”

In other business, the council:• Agreed to freeze longevity pay for all

City employees and instead issue them a one-time payment of $100. The motion, which also prohibited longevity pay for council members and the mayor, passed unanimously.

• Adopted a resolution casting all of the City’s votes for Gonzales County Appraisal District Director to Lauren Clampit.


WAELDER: Woman claimspolice not making arrests

rections on Oct. 18, 1985 for the murder of 16-year old Jesse Hastings Jr.

Since being paroled, Fonseca has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by Gonzales Police on March 4, 2010 and was later arrested by GPD on outstanding warrants on May 2, 2010.

Fonseca is now facing two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, as well as a likely parole violation, after two men were stabbed during an alterca-tion that erupted at a quincinera at the Hermann Sons Hall on Nov. 26.

The two men, 19-year-old Jose Banda and 19-year-old Damien Ramirez, were transported to University Hospital by Life Flight. Banda suffered a stab wound to the abdomen and Ramirez was stabbed in the neck.

Chief Deputy Dennis Richter of the Gonzales County Sheriff ’s Office said deputies responded to a call for assistance from deputies who were working security at the party after a fight broke out among some of the adults in attendance.

The deputies at the event reported they were attempting to break up another alter-cation involving juveniles when the fight among the adults broke out, but Richter said it was unclear if the two fights were related.

The 1985 murder of which Fonseca was convicted led to the closing of the Lynn

Theatre.Fonseca, who was only 15 at the time,

killed Hastings after the two engaged in a brief dispute inside the Lynn on June 25, 1985.

“The two apparently bumped togeth-er as they were leaving and some words were said and the 15-year old youth just stabbed him,” said then-Gonzales Police Investigator Duane Rust in the June 26, 1985 issue of the Gonzales Daily Inquirer. “No other blows were struck as far as we know.”

Fonseca fled the scene of the crime and was picked up by police at his residence around 7:15 the next morning after man-aging to evade them all night. Hastings died that same day at Memorial Hospital from his injury because the knife’s blade went directly into part of his heart.

Fonseca was indicted for murder and certified to stand trial as an adult, largely because of his previous criminal record. He had been incarcerated at the Texas Youth Council (TYC) on burglary charges at age 12. He was released, but later re-turned to TYC after violating his parole.

Fonseca’s murder trial began on Oct. 17, 1985 with testimony lasting for five hours. The state called nine witnesses and the defense just four.

Although the murder weapon was never recovered, the jury convicted Fonseca af-ter only 25 minutes of deliberation. Three hours later, following an hour-long delib-eration, they handed down his sentence.


Local teen injured in accidentA Gonzales teen was injured Tuesday

night when the vehicle he was driving rolled over off the road.

Colton Dreyer, 17 of Gonzales, was air-lifted to University Hospital in San Anto-nio after the 2000 white Ford pickup he was operating crashed at approximately 9:25 p.m. on FM 466, about 40 feet from

mile marker 148.According to preliminary reports from

the Texas Department of Public Safety, Dreyer’s truck was traveling south when it flipped over three times before crashing through a fence.

The extent of Dreyer’s injuries were un-known as of press time.

STABBINGS: Man posts bond

Odd Fellows Gift DonationThe Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38 I.O.O.F. went shopping for four foster chil-dren of Gonzales and filled their Christmas wish list. Noble Grand Derek Grah-mann (left) presents the gifts to Pat Heinemeyer and Sharon Tenberg with Gon-zales County Child Services Board. (Courtesy Photo)

Newt Gingrich racked up between $1.6 and $1.8 million in payments from Freddie Mac through the years for, the former speaker maintains, essen-tially doing nothing.

It’s not inconceivable that he’s right. Such was the incredible largesse available to the govern-ment-sponsored mortgage giant that one or two mil-lion dollars over the course of a decade was practically chump change. Gingrich says he didn’t lobby for Freddie, and in response to a question about his pay-ments at one of the Repub-lican debates, said he only offered advice to Freddie “as a historian” that its lending practices were in-sane.

Surely, though, there must have been historians available who were cheap-er and had more expertise in the history of foolishly loaning money to poor credit risks. At the very least, Freddie wanted to keep Gingrich on a leash in order to prevent him from blasting it in public. Contra Gingrich, former Freddie officials say they paid him for his advice on its policy initiatives and his insight on how to reach out to conservatives. If Gingrich did chastise his benefactors, Frederick the Great’s line about the hesi-tant Austrian empress at the partitioning of Poland in the late-18th century applies: “She wept but she took.”

Gingrich profited from one of the greatest and most damaging Wash-ington scandals of our time. The whole sorry tale is recounted in detail in Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner’s madden-

ing book “Reckless En-dangerment.” Fannie Mae realized in the early 1990s that it was in the Washing-ton business as much as the mortgage business; it had to preserve at all costs its government backstop to keep its advantage over other financial institutions. It hired the Washington fixer James Johnson as its CEO, and he perfected the model that allowed Fannie and Freddie to run amok.

He hitched Fannie to the fashionable cause of af-fordable housing knowing that it provided a handy shield against criticism. When anyone pointed out its reckless profiteering, Fannie could reply that it was only bringing the American Dream to poor households, in keeping with the wishes of Con-gress. Fannie hired a pha-lanx of lobbyists and even paid lobbyists simply not to work against it. One bank lobbyist opposed to

Fannie is quoted by Mor-genson and Rosner com-plaining: “I tried to find academics that would do research on these issues, and Fannie had bought off all the academics in hous-ing. I had people say to me, ‘Are you going to give me stipends for the next 20 years like Fannie will?’”

As Fannie and Freddie kept their regulators and critics at bay, their risky lending practices rippled throughout the mortgage market. When the bust came, taxpayers ponied up more than a hundred bil-lion dollars, in exactly the bailout Fannie and Freddie denied would ever happen. After everything, the two firms still backstop almost nine in 10 new mortgages.

The entire noxious epi-sode explains why people are so desperate for Wash-ington outsiders. Newt Gingrich channels that impulse masterfully, but he knows too well whereof he speaks. When the more respectable 21st-century equivalent of the Water-gate burglars came to him with their black bags, Gin-grich took his cut.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

(c) 2011 by King Features Synd., Inc.


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Newt’s friend Freddie

Some stolen quotes that’ll make your hair stand on endDances withChihuahuas

Dave Mundy

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In the latest example of a civil rights tantrum, Latino groups and other minority groups in Texas have won redrawing the congressional districts. The state’s population growth added four new congressional seats. Since most of the growth was due to Hispanics, liberals feel that at least three of the new districts should go to “Hispanics,” as if it were a quota system.

The challenge seems to be more about segregat-ing Latinos for political purposes than about rep-resentation. The Demo-cratic Party is beneficiary of the challenge by His-panic groups who claim to be non-partisan. This is a continuation of play-ing race-based politics by liberals.

Several questions need to be asked such as when Latinos and other minori-ties will be integrated into the political process if the liberals continue to segre-gate them. Is the idea to give all people a voice in the representative politics or to create quotas assur-

ing that Hispanics are elected? Are liberal His-panics the only ones who can properly represent Hispanics?

The original intent of the law was to help elect-ed minorities, but not a givenpolitical party. Sta-tistics show that Hispan-ics have been elected in great numbers across the state at all levels, from both parties, so do we still need this law? Is the law’s goal is “to hasten the wan-ing of racism in American politics,” or “to entrench racial differences,” as Jus-tice Anthony M. Kennedy said.

We must also ask how this law and legal action

respects the “will of the people.”

Liberal judicial activ-ism has overturned the legal actions of a duly elected state legislature. Texas has a state legisla-ture that includes several Hispanics and African Americans. That the leg-islature happens to be majority Republican is an issue of political prefer-ence not discrimination. This conservative major-ity legislature was elected by a conservative majority electorate, which enacted some conservative legis-lation, like the Voter ID law and redistricting. All actions were carried out freely and legitimately. Yet liberals and judicial activists have stopped and overturned the actions of the will of the people.

Reverse discrimination is a reality and it is sup-ported by liberals for their personal political gain. It does not matter that America has elected an African American presi-dent. Liberal civil-rights advocates bristle at the assertion that Obama’s victory signals it is time to dismantle the Voting Rights Act and other laws. However, Ward Connerly, a leading anti-affirmative-action activist, asks “if we can’t get rid of these laws now with Obama, I don’t know what yardstick we’re going to use.”

The fact is the redis-tricting is more a case of civil revenge by liberals who a lost state elections than civil rights.

Texas redistricting: race-basedrevenge for the liberal Dems

El Conservador

George Rodriguez is a San Anto-nio resident and the first Hispanic in the nation to lead a Tea Party or-ganization. He is a former official in the U.S. Justice Dept. during the Reagan Administration.

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Observations, snippets, quotes and meanderings:

+++I took up playing chess against

the computer. Admittedly, I’m not a great chess player. I couldn’t beat the computer in chess. On the oth-er hand, it was no match for me in kick boxing.

+++“Suppose you were an idiot.

Then suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” — Mark Twain.

+++Rude bumper stickers we all

wish we had the guts to put on our cars:

• “If You Can Read This Bumper Sticker, You’re In Range!”

• “Very funny, Scotty. Now beam up my clothes.”

• “Sometimes I wake up grumpy; other times I let her sleep.”

• “Forget about World Peace....visualize using your turn signal.”

• “Be nice to your kids. They’ll choose your nursing home.”

• “If at first you don’t succeed

... blame someone else and seek counseling.”

• “Failure is not an option; it comes bundled with the software.”

+++Like many of you, I, too, am

praying that Madonna does not suffer a wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl.

+++Having ticked off a few folks re-

cently in this space, I think maybe a few quotes about my profession would be in order.

“I believe in equality for every-one, except reporters and photog-raphers.” —Gandhi

“Dealing with the media is more

difficult that bathing a leper.” — Mother Theresa

“The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.” —Alexander Cockburn

“If journalism is good, it is con-troversial, by its nature.” — Julian Assange

And thank you, Walter Cronkite: “Objective journalism and an

opinion column are about as simi-lar as the Bible and Playboy maga-zine.”

+++Freely stolen status updates from

social media:• Dancing is the art of getting

your feet out of the way faster than your partner can step on them.

• Admit It: the first thing you do when you add a new friend on Facebook is check out their pic-tures.

• Missed going to the gym today, that’s a new record for me: 20 years in a row!

• Bad Pun Time: If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a

“hearing?”+++And for my online fan who

decided that I’d feel real bad if he made fun of how I dress, here’s one of Dave’s Tips for Achieving the “Rumpled Journalist” Look: Socks get dirty. Shirts Get dirty. Under-wear gets dirty. Blue jeans never, ever get dirty.

+++I hate weddings. I used to go to

them and old people would poke me saying “You’re next.” They stopped when I started going up to them at funerals and poking them, saying, “You’re next.”

+++Like many men, when I was 18 I

poked fun at those “old guys” who’d lost their hair.

Then at age 19, my hairline start-ed receding. Over the next decade or so, I fought it tooth and nail — every product on the shelf, every weird diet, you name it.

Finally came acceptance. I joined the Marines, where I got used to not having long, flowing locks.

Statistically, 25 percent of men begin growing bald by the time they’re 30. Two-thirds of men ex-perience some pattern of baldness by the time they’re 50.

Nowadays, when some kid wants to rag on my thinned hair, I just grin. You’re next.

+++Of course, being bald, I’m in

good company:“A man can be short and dumpy

and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.” —Mae West

“God, I’m just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the blues, you know?” —Joe Cocker

“I’m an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30’s. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled.” —Jack Nicholson

“I don’t consider myself bald, I’m just taller than my hair.” — Lu-cius Annaeus Seneca

“We’re all born bald, baby.” — Telly Savalas

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Views expressed in letters are those of the writers and do not reflect the views and opinions of the publisher, editor, or staff of The Gonzales Can-non.

Submission of a letter does not guarantee publication. All letters are subject to editing for grammar, style, length (250 words), and legal stan-dards. Letter-writters may criticize sitting office-holders for specific policies, but active electioneering is prohibited. The Gonzales Cannon does not publish unsigned letters. All letters must be signed and include the address and telephone number of the author for verification purposes. Addresses and phone numbers are not published.

Our online edition at gonzalescannon.com also welcomes reader com-ments on stories appearing in the paper, but posts by anonymous users or users registered under an alias will not be published.

When I took the assign-ment here in Afghanistan, it was to search for hidden explosives, IEDs, and cargo bombs hidden in the trucks that enter our bases every day. While here, several explosive finds have been made stop-ping what could have been unimaginable destruction.

I was proud of the job here and enjoyed it greatly. Liv-ing conditions vary widely

depending on where you are stationed. At first I was locat-ed in Kandahar, the main hub in the southern region or RC South. Heat, dust, more dust and pretty constant rocket attacks mark the days there. Very seldom did a night go by without the rocket attack alarm.

I lived in a large tent with my dog and 20 other handlers and dogs. To say it got noisy is an understatement. I was reassigned and pushed out to Bagram AFB. This is the hub for the east region, RC East.

RC East is responsible for the Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) as well as the small Combat Operating Bases (COBs) closest to the Paki-stani border. After a couple months here, my partner reached the end of his bomb-sniffing days and was retired to the Wounded Warrior pro-gram in Kandahar to become

their newest therapy dog tak-ing the place of a fallen dog lost in a suicide attack in Ka-bul. There is a picture of us in the last Dispatch last month.

After he was retired, I was assigned a new partner. His name is Jack. He is a three year old, dark colored, Ger-man Shepherd.

The big difference here is not only do I have a new dog, but I also have a new as-signment. Jack is a narcotics detection dog. Because of my drug interdiction back-ground back in Gonzales, I was selected as one of the few narcotics dog handlers. We are only about 15 percent of the dog/handler teams here.

As you know, Afghani-stan is on the forefront as the world’s largest supplier of opium, as well as marijuana. The proceeds are directly linked to the Taliban and ter-rorist networks worldwide. This makes fighting the drug problem a priority.

Back home I worked as the K-9 officer for the Constable’s department. All agencies in

Gonzales County called on me when they needed a nar-cotic K-9 to assist them. I re-ceived many calls and found lots of contraband. I was do-ing my part to fight the drug trade. Well this is an entirely different matter.

Talk about being thrown into the middle of the fight. This is the International drug trade at its core. A trend we are seeing here is the same folks that are smuggling drugs are also transport-ing weapons and explosives. Many are the same people and groups.

Jack and I will be moving once again. This time to a lo-cation close to the Pakistani border (OPSEC requires me to leave just where out of the article) searching vehicles and cargo just like before except our target is narcotics. The bomb dogs are right there with us so if it is there, you can bet Jack and I will find it.

From somewhere in east-ern Afghanistan, this has been another Dispatch from Downrange.


In Your ViewLetters to the editor

Texas Conservative Coalitiongives Hegar its endorsement

Store should feature local products

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Dear Editor:The steel is going up on the new

HEB, and construction can’t move quickly enough.

We out grew the existing store years ago (and especially the parking lot)! It will be amazing to shop in a modern and spacious store.

But I am wondering if anyone is as curious as I am about HEB not patron-izing local companies. Why is it that when you shop in the produce sec-tion that you don’t see Kitchen Pride Mushrooms? HEB carries another brand, and I can’t believe that we have fresh mushrooms just down the road and yet they are not in our local HEB. I have always believed that companies should support local companies. It just makes sense.

I think everybody who shops at HEB should plead with the general manager and produce manager to stock Kitchen Pride Mushrooms. BUY LOCAL!

Patsy DeVries Gonzales

Thanks for promotingLuling ‘Cocoa Carols’Dear Editor:

On behalf of the Luling Main Street Program I thank you for your efforts in promoting our “Cocoa and Carols,” Friday, Dec. 9, 5-8 p.m. in downtown Luling. We, the Luling Main Street Board and volunteers are excited about coordinating this festive event and an-ticipate a wonderful turnout of local citizens and area visitors. What a per-fect opportunity to sample some hot cocoa, do some Christmas shopping in Luling’s Main Street District, and enjoy the lights of our Yule Trail consisting of approximately 130 lighted Christ-mas signs. Santa Claus will be strolling through downtown also sampling cocoa so be sure to tell him what you want for Christmas. Guests, don’t forget to get your Cocoa Ballots stamped at each participating business, vote for your favorite cocoa, and turn the ballots in to the Luling Visitor’s Center (The Oil Museum) by 7:45 p.m. to be entered in a drawing for a wonderful gift basket. At that time the “People’s Choice Winner” will be announced and presented with the coveted “Cocoa Cup” trophy.

I would also like to remind Luling businesses that the publicity and mar-keting of all Luling Main Street events is arranged for them by the Main Street Manager. The advertising of all Luling

Main Street events is at no cost to Luling businesses. If any publication or other form of media service solicits a Luling business for advertising for the purpose of promoting a Luling Main Street event, please contact me at (830) 875-3214 or [email protected]. This is to ensure that a unified, cohesive and co-operative sponsorship plan can be ar-ranged, at no cost to the businesses.

The Texas Main Street Program is part of the Community Heritage Devel-opment Division of the Texas Historical Commission. The purpose of the Main Street Program is to help businesses and whole communities revitalize their downtown districts through organiza-tion, promotion, design and economic restructuring -- all services provided at no cost to them. To learn more about the program, visit: http://www.thc.state.tx.us/mainstreet/msabout.shtml.

Again, thank you for supporting the City of Luling and Main Street Pro-grams nationwide. Together we can preserve community pride and revital-ize our historic downtown structures, which benefits everyone. So visit down-town Luling Friday night for an evening of free family fun.

Nikki MaxwellLuling Main Street ManagerLuling

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Jon Harris

Jon Harris is an Army retiree, re-serve City of Gonzales policeman and former deputy constable who is currently serving as a civilian mili-tary dog handler in Afghanistan.

Dispatches fromDownrange

New partner, new mission

New PartnerJon Harris and his new partner. (Courtesy Photo)

AUSTIN — The Texas Conservative Coali-tion (TCC) has announced that Texas State Senator Glenn Hegar (R-Katy) has been named as a recipient of the organization’s “Courageous Conservative” award, which is given in recognition of legislators’ efforts to advance, support, and vote for conservative policy positions in the 82nd Texas Legislature.

John Colyandro, Executive Director of TCC, stated: “Conservative leaders like Senator Glenn Hegar were extremely suc-cessful in defending and advancing con-servative principles in the 82nd Texas Legislature. This group of ‘Courageous Conservative’ State Senators earned this special recognition by consistently apply-ing conservative principles to help keep Texas on the path toward growth and pros-perity.”

The Texas Conservative Coalition, the con-servative caucus of the Texas Legislature, op-erates under four guiding principles: Limited Government, Individual Liberty, Free Enter-prise, and Traditional Values.

To receive the “Courageous Conservative” award a member must have an average score of 85 percent on the TCC Senate scorecard. Based on 95 votes, the TCC Senate scorecard for the 82nd Legislature is perhaps the most comprehensive snapshot of members’ voting records.

Hegar was also graded at 72 percent con-servative by the Texas Eagle Forum on its an-nual legislative scorecard.

In the 82nd Legislature, conservative state legislators achieved significant accomplish-ments, including:

• Balancing the budget without raising taxes• Limiting federal intrusion by requesting

an interstate healthcare compact to free the state from costly and intrusive federal man-dates

• Securing elections against vote fraud by requiring photo ID of voters

• Continuing border security appropria-tions, and requiring proof of citizenship or legal residency to obtain a driver’s license

• Encouraging the free market by continu-ing the small business franchise tax exemp-tion, and by limiting lawsuit abuse through groundbreaking “loser pay” reforms

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Christie’s Collections is located at 505 St. Joseph Street and is holding holi-day hours Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. From Dec. 19-23, she will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Christmas Eve, you may shop from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. They offer clothing,

jewelry, accessories and more.

Main Drug. Co. & Gifts in Nixon is a one-stop shopping center. Aside from being a drug store, there are so many delightful gift ideas. There is pottery, stained glass, cookbooks, lots of kitchen goodies, candles, jewelry, college logo glasses, mugs, etc., more than you can imagine for a relatively small store. They also have wedding selections and more things of that type for the home. Your gift items are beauti-fully wrapped while you

wait, too.Newly lit buildings in

town include the Lutheran Church and the Old Jail Museum, which was out-lined in lights again by vote of the chamber direc-tors with the work actually done by the chamber’s new-est member, - Hackney/Torres Tree Service, who volunteered their time and equipment to install the lights.

Don’t forget the sales tax exemption for opera-tors of farms and ranches. After Jan. 1 you will have to have an exemption cer-tificate when claiming your exemption. It takes only about 10 minutes to do on-line at getreadytexas.org. I filled in the blanks and if you do something wrong, it’s glad to tell you.

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Lighting UpHackney/Torres Tree Service, the Chamber’s newest members, volunteered their time and equipment to in-stall new Christmas lights at the Old Jail. (Courtesy Photo)

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

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First FridaySeveral community members, business and civic leaders attended the First Fri-day Coffee that was hosted at Victoria College’s Gonzales campus on Dec. 2. The next First Friday Coffee is scheduled to be held on Jan. 6 at the Cannon offices, located at 618 St. Paul Street in Gonzales. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Gonzales LivestockMarket Report

The Gonzales Livestock Market Report for Saturday, December 3, 2011 had on hand: 973 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $4-$10 higher. Packer cows sold steady to $1 higher.

Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $165-$175; 300-400 lbs, $173-$205; 400-500 lbs, $154-$161; 500-600 lbs, $142-$152; 600-700 lbs., $136-$139; 700-800 lbs., $127-$131.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $92-$111.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $155-$168; 300-400 lbs, $151-$161; 400-500 lbs, $140-$148; 500-600 lbs., $124-$134; 600-700 lbs., $116-$122.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $43-$52; Cutters, $58-$69; Canners, $34-$39; Low yielding fat cows, $53-$64.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $71-$79; light weights and medium quality bulls, $61-$68.

Stocker Cows: $425-$800.Pairs: $725-$950.Thank you for your business!!View our sale live at cattleusa.

com!Christmas Holiday Schedule:Last Sale for Year 2011 will be

December 17th.No Sale on December 24th

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Sale of the New Year.

Hallettsville LivestockCommission Report

The Hallettsville Livestock Commission Co., Inc. had on hand on November 29, 2011, 1,799; Week ago, 1,527.

Better quality classes of calves and yearlings sold $6 to $10 higher on classes 500# and up. Lighter weights sold $8 to $15 Higher. Demand extremely good in all areas.

Packer cows and bulls sold $3 Higher on approx. 400 hd. total.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $55-$72; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $43-$55; light weight canner cows, $30-$43.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $69-$79; utility & cutter bulls, $62-$69; lightweight canner bulls, $55-$62.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200 lbs, $135-$182.50; 200-300 lbs, $135-$187.50; 300-400 lbs, $140-$195; 400-500 lbs, $130-$190; 500-600lbs, $124-$153; 600-700 lbs, $118-$136; 700-800 lbs, $112-$133. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $130-$172; 200-300 lbs, $125-$155; 300-400 lbs, $124-$154; 400-500 lbs, $120-$145; 500-600 lbs, $116-$136; 600-700 lbs, $112-$126; 700-800 lbs, $98-$110. No. 2 & 3 Steer & Bull Calves: under 200 lbs, $98-$135; 200-300 lbs, $96-$138; 300-400 lbs, $92-$130; 400-500 lbs, $90-$125; 500-600 lbs, $88-$120. No. 2 & 3 Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $95-$128; 200-

300 lbs, $93-$125; 300-400 lbs, $90-$122; 400-500 lbs, $87-$117; 500-600 lbs, $82-$112.

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

Cuero LivestockMarket Report

Cuero Livestock Market Report on December 2, 2011 had 2,614 head.

493 cows and 47 bulls. Bulls and cows were about $1 higher.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $71-$76; lower grades, $60.50-$68.50; one stocker, $98.

Packer cows: boning cows, $61-$68.50; one at, $83; cutters mainly, $40-$67.50; few, $32-$35; canners, $30-$44.50; few, $20-$28.

Dry cows, $50-$90; palpated, $40-$58.50.

Cow and calf pairs, $700-$885.The calf market was very active

with TOPS in some classes as muchas $20/cwt higher. This was evident in the middle weights up to 500 pounds. All classes were dramatically higher over last week’s increase in all prices.

Steer Calves: 250-300 lbs, $129-$175; 300-350 lbs, $122-$202; 350-400 lbs, $116-$185; 400-450 lbs, $116-$182; 450-500 lbs, $120-$171; 500-600 lbs, $121-$149; 600-700 lbs, $121-$146. Heifers: 200-250 lbs, $120-$160; 250-300 lbs, $120-$172; 300-350 lbs, $120-$203; 350-400 lbs, $116-$187; 400-450 lbs, $121-$167; 450-500 lbs, $122-$145; 500-600 lbs, $115-$136; 600-700 lbs, $108-$128.

Gonzales County Courthouse Deeds

November 1-30Worthey, Wayne Charles to

Forest Oil Corporation, o/l, 1.00 Acre, Robert S. Armstead Svy, A-87.

Ploeger, Leslie and Ploeger, Bernadine to McClung John and McClung, Kimberly, w/d, 67.86 Acres, Simeon Bateman & Benjamin Fulcher Svys, Gonzales & DeWitt Counties.

Arnett, Betty Ruth to Land, Natalie Ann and Gothard, Kari, w/d, 30.270 Acres, Jose De La Baume, Svy, A-34.

Continental Produce, Inc. and DuBose, Jack Mark (Pres) to DuBose, Jack Mark, w/d, Mineral Int. in 2.990 Acres (Pt. Lt. 2, Blk. 5, RG 1 West) Orig. Outer Town

Gonzales.December 1-31Newman, Linda D. to Parker,

Edwin F., w/d, Lts. 7-8, Blk. 64, Nixon’s Extension, Nixon.

Kellas, Wilfred W. and Kellas Jr., Wilfred W. (AKA) to Revival Management, LLC, w/d, Pt. Lts. 2-3, Tier 2, Orig. Outer Town Gonzales.

Gindler, Bruce and Gindler, Lisa to Edwards, Larry and Edwards, Johnnie, w/d, Pt. Lts. 1-B, Blk. 6, 3rd Subdvn, LaFayette Place Addn, Gonzales.

Mills, Jeffrey B. and Mills, Regina L. to Hinton, Peggy, w/d, Lt. 7 & Pt. Lt. 8, Park Place Subdvn, Gonzales.

Miller, Mike and Miller, Lucy to Alvarez, Maria Elena, w/d, 0.36 of an Acre, William Small Svy, A-425.

Boothe Brothers Paving Co., Inc. to Boothe Brothers Paving Company II, Inc., w/d, 195.124 Acres, John McCoy Sr A-45 & Jesse McCoy A-44 Svys.

Boothe Brothers Paving Co., Inc. to Boothe Brothers Paving Company II, Inc, w/d, 367.798 Acres, Jesse McCoy A-44 & John McCoy A-44 Svys.

Robert Boothe Investment GP, LLC, Boothe Investments GP LLC, Robert, Boothe, Robert (Indiv & Trustee), Boothe Trust of 2009, Neil, Neil Boothe Trust of 2009, Boothe Trust of 2009, Russell and Russell Boothe Trust of 2009 to Robert Boothe Investments, L.P., Boothe Investments L.P., Robert, Robert Boothe Investments GP, LLC (Partner) and Boothe Investments GP LLC, Robert (Partner), w/d, 594.910 Acres, D Burkett, F Berry, J Oliver, G DeWitt, C Braches, A Zumwalt & Pt. Lts. 20-21, Tier 1, Gonzales.

Robert Boothe Investments II, L.P., Boothe Investments II L.P., Robert, Robert Boothe Investments GP, LLC and Boothe Investments GP LLC, Robert to Robert Boothe Investments GP, LLC, Boothe Investments GP LLC, Robert, Boothe, Robert, Boothe, Robert (Trustee), Neil Boothe Trust of 2009, Boothe Trust of 2009, Neil, Russell Boothe Trust of 2009 and Boothe Trust of 2009, Russell, w/d, 594.910 Acres, D Burkett, F Berry, J Oliver, G DeWitt, C Braches, A Zumwalt & Pt. Lts. 20-21, Tier 1, Gonzales.

Marriage LicenseGonzales Jr., Noe and

Villanueva, Ashley Elizabeth.Hurt, Darryl N. and Magee,

Kathy R.Schacherl, James Paul and

Holt, Catherine Ann.Nollola, Manuel and Gallegos,

Maria Christina.Mansel Jr., Robert and Douthit,

Cheyenne Kristine.Crumley, Kenneth W. and

Vickers, Leah M.Assumed NamesGibson, Kelly – City Cleaners,

Gonzales.

Gonzales County Deeds

HOUSTON — Lucas En-ergy, Inc. has provided further information on the reported purchase and sale agreement with Nordic Oil USA 1.

The transaction between Lucas and Nordic 1 included approximately 6,000 gross acres in Wilson, Gonzales, and Karnes Counties, in the Eagle Ford/Austin Chalk trend. Of this, approximately 2,100 gross acres included the Eagle Ford formation.

All of the acreage includes Austin Chalk interests and sev-eral producing Austin Chalk wells. Nordic 1’s working in-terests in the properties varies from as low as 10% up to as high as 80%. Proved developed properties were evaluated at approximately $6.6 million by the Company.

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Lucas announcesnew acquisition

Gonzales ICAto meetThe Gonzales Indepen-

dent Cattlemen’s Association will meet at the Gonzales V.F.W. Hall, Thursday, Dec. 8, at 5:30 p.m. for a social and 6:30 p.m. for meal & meeting. Paul Yura with the National Weather Service will be the guest speaker. Special thanks to Lone Star Bank, Prosperity Bank and Sage Capital Bank for sponsoring the meal.

Christmas lights contestThe City of Gonzales and

the Spade and Trowel Garden Club are once again sponsor-ing the City Christmas Light-ing Contest. Entry forms may be picked up at the City Of-fice, the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce or download-ed from the City of Gonzales website. Rules for the contest appear on the entry forms. Entries must be turned in no later than noon, December 15th to be judged. Judging by out of town judges will be December 15th from 6 pm – 10 pm.

Elks Ladies ThanksThe Gonzales Elks Ladies

would like to extend their thanks to all of the individu-als and businesses who con-tributed to the Elks Ladies Champagen Luncheon and Style Show recently. Because of your contributions the event was a great success.

Possible scam alert in YoakumThe Yoakum Area Cham-

ber of commerce is warning area residents of a potential scam. A woman from San An-tonio posing as a Mary Kay representative is approach-ing businesses asking for a

$20 donation to be used to buy foot and hand cream for Steven’s Health Care patients. The chamber reports that this appears to be a scam, so be cautious when asked to make donations.

Delhi VFD fundraiserDelhi Volunteer Fire De-

partment’s biggest fund-raiser ever is on Dec. 17 at the Delhi Community Center, 6108 State Hwy 304. from 4-6pm Please come out to join us for an evening of home cooked chili, gun raffle drawing, silent auction and a ton of fun!

Holiday bake saleNixon 4-H will hold its

holiday bake sale starting at noon Dec. 20 in front of Su-per S foods.

Free HIV testingFree HIV Testing will be

held on Dec. 13 from 5 -7pm at the Conference Room at 228 St. George Street, Gon-zales, Texas 78629. For infor-mation contact Ann Wade at (830) 672-4325, Ext. 320. “Very Confidential”. Look for yellow arrows to indicate test location! What you don’t know may get you killed!

LULAC toy driveGonzales County LULAC

Council #4393 is sponsor-ing a toy and food drive to Santa’s Helpers & GCAM for the many needy children and families in Gonzales County for Christmas now thru Friday, Dec. 16. ! Items such as new toys, warm clothing, blankets, and heat-ers are being requested by the families. Monetary do-nations are also accepted. Donation boxes are located

at: R&E Recycling (1204 St. Louis) & Guerra’s Grill 1303 St. Lawrence). Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m-1 p.m. Let’s help make this Christmas the best one yet for all the children and their families. Remember the season for the season! Please contact Bonnie Mar-tinez @ 830-263-0837 or Ed-die Reyes @ 830-445-9419 or any LULAC member. LULAC and Santa’s Helpers are both non-profit organizations. All donations are tax deductible.

Christmas danceGonzales LULAC Council

#4693 having a Sponsored Christmas Dance, Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Her-mann Sons Hall, Gonzales, Texas. For Toy Drive to aid Santa’s Helpers. Dance starts at 8:30 pm to 1:00 a.m. Do-nation will be accepted of a New Unwrapped Toy in the amount of $5.00 or more!!! Or $5.00 at the door. Let’s make this Christmas the best one yet for all the children and their families. Remember the reason for the season!

Pilgrim OpryThe Pilgrim Country Opry

will be held Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Pilgrim Commu-nity Center, 12809 FM 116, Pilgrim, Texas. Door Prizes. Music by The Pilgrim Heirs Band. Performances by: Ver-

non Whitehead, Winston O’Neal, Jim McWhorter. Spe-cial Guest appearances by Arnold Parker, 2 ½ Angels, Diane Forley and Roy Forley. Menu is Turkey and Dress-ing. Serving from 5:00pm-6:30pm, $6.00. Music Starts at 7 p.m. - $4.00. Show infor-mation: Cal Taylor (830) 534-8499. Hall Rental: Plowman

Whiddon, (830) 437-2316.

Violence shelterThe Guadalupe Valley

Family Violence Shelter, Inc. (GVFVS) is a non-profit orga-nization providing services to both residents and non-residents that are victims of domestic violence and sexu-al assault in the counties of Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and Wilson.

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

Gonzales Senior Citizens CenterThe Gonzales Senior Citi-

zens Center would like to invite anyone over 60 years of age to come and eat with them at 604 St. Michael St., Monday thru Friday. The center is open from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

We serve a hot delicious 1/3 RDA delicious meal noon each day. The cost of the meal is a $2.00 volun-tary donation that is ap-plied to the total cost of the meal.

We would like some sug-gestions for activities that you would like to see at the Gonzales Center.

I would also like to re-mind you that we have Senior Citizen Centers in Waelder, Smiley and Nixon. For more information about our activities, please call me, Helen Richter at 672-2613.

For general public trans-portation call 672-7014 or 672-6469, and talk to Kari or Bobby. Please make your reservations as soon as you know you need transporta-tion because it is on a first come first serve basis.

New church opensTrue Vine Community

Church & Activity Center in-vites you to come and wor-ship with us in our new lo-cation at 310 St. Andrew St., Gonzales, Texas 78629. Rev. M.L. Calvin, pastor. Worship Services are Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and prayer meetings are Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. If you need special prayer please come. If you need special help, please come out. To God Be The Glory.

Piano LessonsGonzales Library. Piano

Lessons: FREE. Students: Age 8-18. Lessons: once a week. Registration at Li-brary by Parent/Guardian. Library Membership Re-quired. Telephone Registra-tion NOT Accepted.


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Thanksgiving winnersSt. Joseph Food Mart (Texaco) on St. Joseph street was once again the place to be on Thanksgiving Day. Amir, owner of the store, held a second chance lottery giveaway. During the months of October and November customers that did not win on their scratch offs entered their non-winning tickets in a box for a chance to win the big giveaway at Thanksgiving. Lucky winners were Dorothy Gossett - $500.00 and Frank Ball - $250.00, pictured with Gossett and Ball is Amir, owner of St. Joseph Food Mart. (Photo by Debbie Toliver)

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Help our Gonzales Sonic help our Gonzales community! Support “Keep Christ in Christmas” By

Santa’s Helpers.Donate a new pajama AND RECEIVE A FREE 44 oz drink!!! All the donations will help “children in

need”Where: Sonic, 1803 North St. Joseph, Gonzales

When: Thursday, December 8, 2011 and Monday December 12, 2011. Time: 4pm-6pm

Here are several other ways you or your organiza-tion get involved:

Pick up chidren’s wish list tags from a Christmas tree from one of our trees at Wal-Mart, Bealls, on Santa’s Sleigh at Mohrmann’s Drug Score, South-

ern Clay & Sage Capital Bank.Make a tax-deductible donation to Santa’s Helper’s.

Help wrap gifts at Two Rivers Bible Church will wrap thru December 16, 2011.

Volunteer! We would love to have new members come on board. You can contact us at 672-2877.

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Legal forms helpavailable at event

A come-and-go event will be held for individuals need-ing help with legal forms concerning certain medical conditions.

Vista Care Hospice repre-sentative Ronda Levin will be present on Dec. 13, from 4-6 p.m., to Directives to the Physician, Medical Power of Attorney and Out-of-Hospi-tal Do Not Resuscitate forms.

The event, which is spon-sored by Texan Nursing and Rehab of Gonzales and Vista

Care Hospice, is free to the public.

Levin can help you fill out some or all of these pa-pers, depending on what your decisions are for your care. Carefully planning and doing the right paperwork ahead of time can save your loved ones from having to make hard decisions in an emergency.

For more information, contact Melanie Wright at 830-672-2867.

On Nov. 12, the Gonzales Young Farmers traveled to Fort Sam Houston to pre-pare a barbecue meal for the veterans and their fami-lies who are currently stay-ing at the Fisher Houses.

The Fisher Houses are there to allow family mem-bers of wounded military to stay with them at no cost to the families. The Fisher Houses have a wish list that consists of laundry soap for front-loaders, regular laundry soap, 13-gal kitch-en trash bags, gallon Zip-loc (or similar) food bags, Limeaway, Fabuloso clean-er, Softscrub, plastic food wrap, furniture polish and Endust, Murphy’s oil soap,

liquid soap for electric car-pet cleaners, waxed paper, and parchment paper.

Local Young Farmers at-tending were Kathy Baker, Robert Bland, Kenneth Fink, Clay Gacke, Butch Gandre, Elgin Heinemeyer, John Hill, Joann Hedrick, and Ken Hedrick. Others from the community that assisted in the prepara-tion and serving were Doc Darilek, Leslie Gordon, Jo Sachtleben, Laura Schro-eder, Gary J. Schroeder, and Kitty Wagner.

Anyone wishing to help support this worthy cause in any way should contact Ken Hedrick at 830-857-5332.

Young Farmers delivercheer to Fisher House

GJH Artist of the WeekJose Matamoros was the Gonzales Junior High School Artist of the Week for Nov. 28-Dec 1. Matam-oros is in the 7th grade and has been drawing for two years. His favorite type of art is animated. Matam-oros is a member of the GJH Art Club, which meets each Friday during lunch in the art room, inspired and led by the GJH Art Teacher, Mrs. Barta. (Courtesy Photo)

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The Gonzales County 4-H Banquet was held recently at the First Lutheran Church.

During the banquet, Mike Brzozowski was recognized as this year’s Friend of 4-H. The Gonzales County 4-H hon-ored Brzozowski for his years of work to gather donations for the Friends of the Livestock Show. These donations are used to purchase projects at the Gonzales Livestock Show.

This year’s Adult Leader Scholarship Award winners are: Hannah Kincaid, Katelyn Kuck and Dustin Catchings.

During the evening mem-bers were recognized for their participation in Record Book. In the Junior Division, Cul-len Eppright placed 1st in the District Horse Division, Brady Oakes placed 4th in the Dis-trict Beef Division and Kath-leen Knesek placed 1st in the District Food and Nutrition Division. In the Intermedi-ate Division, Cody Oakes placed 6th in the District Beef Division, Kristopher Knesek placed 6th in the District Food and Nutrition Division, and Haley Clampit placed 1st in the District Goat Division. In

the Senior Division, Hannah Kincaid participated in Multi County Rabbit Division, Lind-sey Kuck participated in the Multi County Beef Division, Kourtney Knesek placed 7th in the District Beef Division, Kymberlie Malatek placed 6th in the District Rabbit Division, and Lauren Campion placed 1st in The District Lamb Divi-sion, and qualified for the state competition.

Participants in this year’s food show were: County- Tay-

lor Mobbs, Isabell Clay, Mary San Miguel, Christi Swiful. County and District- Parker Clay, Ashlynn Tatsch, Cullen Eppright, Kathleen Knesek, Kristofer Knesek and Skylea Tatsch.

Participants in this year’s Food Challenge were: County and District Scarlett Crawford, Daniela Hinojosa Rivera, Pilar Romero, Kameron Knesek, Audry Green and Johanna

Green.This year, Haley Clampit,

Sadie Morgan, and Cullen Ep-pright all competed in district junior photography and each one received a blue ribbon for their entries.

The I Dare You award was presented to Hannah Kincaid, and the Gold Star Award was awarded to Lauren Campion and Lindsey Kuck.


Thank You! Thank You!

To everyone who participated in this years Silent Santa Chili/Bean Cook Off during Winterfest. The weather

was not the greatest but you still came out and supported a great cause.

A special thank you to Shirley Simmons, Brittany Harkey, Randy Harkey, Nikki Maxwell,

Cedric Iglehart, Dave Mundy & Kristen Matias-Meeh.

Thank you to the following businesses and individuals who donated items and prizes to be given away during

the cook off.Adams Extract St. Joseph Food Mart (Texaco)Kathy Hunt Snip, Snails & Puppy Dog TailsTiffany McCauley A-Line AutoCountry Collectables Jewelry by NikkiThe Gonzales Cannon Debbie & Kristen

Thank you to Barbara Fredrich, Director of Main Street, Robert McCauley and everyone of Silent Santa

for everything, Michael Furrh for announcing the winners.

Each year Silent Santa with your help makes a child’s Christmas a little brighter.

Merry Christmas and Thank YouDebbie Toliver, Sanya Harkey & Dorothy Voigt

A Very Special Thank You!I would like to say a very special thank you to

everybody who helped on my benefit. If I leave anything or anyone out I’m sorry. I got sick the night before the benefit and had to be rushed by

ambulance to Memorial Hospital and then to San Antonio, to Memorial Specialty and Trans-plant Hospital. They said if I didn’t go I prob-

ably would not make it through the night.To the EMS men that transported me that

night to Gonzales Hospital and then to San An-tonio. I don’t remember their names, but thank you, all 3 of you. Ya’ll were very caring towards me. Gonzales is

very lucky to have you 3 guys on our EMS. God Bless You!To all my family and friends, my mom Lupe Torres, Josie Guer-

ra and Sandra, Mary Jane Guerra, Jennifer & Kimmy, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Torres, Jenna & Phillip DeLeon, Maddie David,

Aley Allison, Ellie Rodriguez, Rose Ann and Lupe Martinez, my brother Jessie Torres, Angie, to all the church ladies of Gonzales Family Church, Vicente, Linda Ramos, Lori Ortiz, Aunt Becky

from Victoria, Alvin and Missy Torres, Minnie Espinosa, Becky and Mike Castillo, Alicia Ramos, Amanda Sepulveda, Miranda Riojas and Austin Miles Rios and most of all Domingo Gomez,

who cooked the meat at the last minute. We lost our cook at the last minute. We found out about 11:00 a.m. and the benefit was suppose to start at 11:30. It was frozen when he picked up the meat and everybody said he wasn’t gonna be able to do it, but he did and whoever got a plate said it was very good. So a special thank you to him and on Dec. 17 we are having another one. Whoever didn’t get their plate and donated their money

anyway. At this next benefit you will get the plates you paid for free. Mingo more or less remembers who you are, so please feel

free to come get your plates.Sara and Bert Rivera, the Ynclans, Anna and Chad, Tony

Espinosa, Chris Espinosa, Maggie & Jorege, Marcy and Tony Gonzales. If I leave anyone out I’m sorry, just let me

know, to The Gonzales Cannon and Debbie and her staff, you are great, keep up the good work.

I wish everybody, Hope, Peace and Thank You. God Bless!

Cindy Garcia

This week I am going to simply compile a list of things we can and should be thankful for. I will add a corresponding scripture and leave the rest to the Holy Spirit to speak to your spirit.

First, we should thank God for salvation - John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”

We should be thankful for, God’s everlasting lovingkindness - “Give thanks to the Lord, for His loving-kindness is everlasting.” 2 Chroni-cles 20:21b.

We should be thankful for God’s deliverance - “Your vows are bind-ing upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You for You have delivered my soul from death.In-deed my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living.” Psalms 56:12-13.

We should be thankful for God’s wonders - “Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness, and for His wonders to the sons of men!” Psalms 107:8.

We should be thankful for God’s goodness - “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkind-ness is everlasting.” Psalms 118:1.

We should be thankful for an-swered prayer - “I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me, And You have become my salva-tion.” Psalms 118:21.

We should be thankful for food - “If I eat what is served to me, grate-ful to God for what is on the table,

how can I worry about what some-one will say? I thanked God for it and He blessed it!” 1 Corinthians 10:30 (The Message).

We should be thankful for heal-ing - “Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.” Luke 17:15-16.

We should be thankful for vic-tory over sin through Christ - “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Cor 15:57.

We should be thankful for divine grace given to believers - “I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Corinthi-ans1:4.

We should be thankful for victo-ry in Christian living - “But thanks

be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.” 2 Corinthians 2:14.

We should be thankful for the spreading of God’s grace - “For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:15.

We should be thankful for all men - “First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on be-half of all men.” 1 Timothy 2:1.

We should be thankful for God’s reign - “We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.” Revelation 11:17.

This list contains just a few of

the things for which we should be thankful. Let’s be thankful for fam-ily, friends and our children.

Let’s be thankful for provision. If you eat one meal a day, drink clean water whenever you want, and sleep in a place with a roof on it, you are more fortunate than 75% of the population of this planet.

Thankfully think about that the next time you see someone in need. That tug at your heart is the Holy Spirit telling you to help them. We are blessed to be a blessing, sow a smile, a kind word, a bag of grocer-ies, a tank of gas, or whatever may be needed in the situations you en-counter.

Finally beloved, let’s live a life of thanksgiving, not just during the holidays, but each and every day. Then we can call it Thanks Living.

Have a blessed week, Amen and Hallelujah!

We all have so many things to be thankful forUnder His WingsPatrick

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Outstanding Club members pictured with County Agent Dwight Sexton are Haley Clampit, Sundown-ers Club; and Katelyn Kuck, Rising Star Club. (Cour-tesy Photo)

From left) Gonzales County Agent Dwight Sexton is pictured with Mike Brzo-zowski, who was awarded this year’s Friend of 4-H award, and Chuck Pavliska, who received the Outstanding Club Leader Award.

Record Book Participants were (front row from left): Cody Oakes, Cullen Eppright, Brady Oakes, and Kris-topher Knesek, (back row) Haley Clampit, Lauren Campion, Lindsey Kuck and Kathleen Knesek.

Gonzales County Agent Dwight Sexton is pictured with (from left) Hannah Kincaid, winner of this year’s I Dare You Award, and Lauren Campion and Lindsey Kuck, winners of this year’s Gold Star Award.

Pictured are 2011-2012 4-H County Council Officers-(front row) Kristopher Knesek, District Council Rep; Cullen Eppright, Treasurer; Derrick Davis, Vice Presi-dent; Zac Singleton, Parliamentarian and District Council Rep; (back row) Skylea Tatsch, Reporter; Hal-ey Clampit, Secretary; and Lauren Campion, Presi-dent.


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History-making production at the CrystalIn a first-ever collaboration of the Gaslight/Baker Theatre of Lockhart and the Gonzales Crystal Theatre, the Christmas classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” will come to life on the Crystal stage this Saturday at 2 p.m. The tal-ented troupe of players from the Lockhart Gaslight and the Crystal Theatre have joined forces to bring more live theatre to both communities and this wonderful collaboration is the first traveling production of that effort. Entertainment history will be made at the Crystal Theatre in Gonzales this Saturday when the lights come up on the live radio performance of “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Good tickets are still available so whatever else you thought you might be doing this Saturday afternoon, the Crystal is the place to be. It really is a won-derful life, not just in Bedford Falls, but in small towns in Central Texas. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

Tasty ConstructionA Gingerbread House Workshop will be held at the Gonzales Youth Center on Dec. 14 & 15 at 4:15 p.m. Participants, who must be on time to complete the house, will design and decorate the completely edible struc-ture to take home. The cost is $1 and the work-shop is open to 6th-8th grade students. Parents and teachers are also welcome. For more infor-mation, call the center at 830-672-7664. (Courtesy Photo)

Member of the MonthGilberto Carmona, an 8th grader at Gonzales Junior High School, is the school’s first Book Club Member of the Month. His favorite book is “The Fall of Reach” by Eric Nylund, his favorite author is Rick Riordan and his favorite series is “Halo.” The club, led and in-spired by Library Aide Ms. Stephens, meets on Tues-day mornings at 7:30 in the library. (Courtesy Photo)

TxDOT to begin US 183 project

YOAKUM — The Texas Department of Transporta-tion announces road con-struction on US 183 from FM 3282 to one mile south of FM 2067, beginning Tues-day, Dec. 20.

The project will improve the roadway by extend-ing passing lanes and add-ing turning lanes for public safety.

“We’re making turn lanes to improve safety where there is more traffic,” said Area En-

gineer Brian Schoenemann. “We’re also extending pass-ing lanes in sections, com-parable to US 183 north of Gonzales, to make passing easier for motorists.”

The contract amount of $7,905.107.21 was awarded to Hunter Industries.

The project is anticipated to be complete in early spring 2013, weather permitting.

For more information, contact Schoenemann at 361-293-4378.

AUSTIN — Seguin attor-ney Bill Old filed paperwork with officials of the Republi-can Party of Texas Thursday afternoon, officially joining the race for Judge of the 25th Judicial District.

In March, Old became the first person to announce his intention to seek the office that has been held since 1992 by retiring Judge Dwight Peschel.

“Since my announce-ment in March, I have criss-crossed our district visiting with fellow Republicans and countless concerned citi-zens,” he said. “I have heard loud and clear that people want their judges to have the broad experience neces-sary to fairly interpret the law and the judicial temper-ament to protect the integ-rity of our justice system.”

Old said his 24 years of experience includes a num-ber criminal jury trials — the most common trial at the District Court level —

in addition to civil District Court cases.

“I can put that experi-ence to work right away for the citizens of the 25th Dis-trict,” he said.

In addition to his jury trial experience, Old be-lieves that judges must not only be impartial, but must avoid even the appearance of bias. Old contends that he is continuing to garner widespread praise for his promise to reject campaign funds from attorneys that

might come before him as a judge, leaving him as the only candidate to date in the race to make this pledge.

“Our conservative mes-sage of impartial, fair and principled justice is reso-nating with the voters of the 25th Judicial District,” Old said. “I am humbled by the support of so many Republicans who have told me how proud they are to have a judicial candidate willing to stand on prin-ciple and experience rather than stale political talking points.”

“I will continue to run a vigorous campaign and fight for every vote. I am more confident than ever that our timeless, conserva-tive message will carry the day on March 6, 2012.”

The 25th Judicial Dis-trict covers the counties of Colorado, Guadalupe, Gonzales, and Lavaca, which includes the cities of Seguin, Schertz, Cibolo, Columbus, Gonzales and Hallettsville.

SEGUIN — District At-torney Heather McMinn announced today she is seeking re-election to the office of District Attorney for the 25th Judicial Dis-trict.

First elected to the post in 2008, McMinn succeed-ed in overhauling the office of District Attorney in her first three years. She said brought in skilled pros-ecutorial staff attorneys and a new commitment to aggressively prosecuting criminals.

“Four years ago, the peo-ple of Guadalupe, Gonzales and Lavaca Counties en-trusted me with the duty to bring justice home as their new District Attorney,” Mc-Minn said. “I am proud of the work we have done to overhaul the DA’s office and put it back to work for the citizens of our district.”

In the first three years under McMinn’s leader-ship the District Attorney’s

Office has already tried 47 jury trials obtaining, con-victions in 39 for a convic-tion rate of 83% and a total of 4,543 years of jail time (compared to 11 jury tri-als, a 54% conviction rate and about 1,000 years of jail time under the previous DA).

McMinn said she elimi-nated an inherited back-log of 450 cases that were awaiting review and dis-posed of 3,600 cases, yield-ing increased state jail and prison time.

According to a press re-lease from the DA’s office, McMinn partnered with law enforcement and ag-gressively prosecuted gang members and drug dealers, obtaining a state grant for prosecutors dedicated to prosecuting drug crimes, which is especially impor-tant considering the dis-trict’s proximity to the US-Mexico border.

Further, McMinn imple-mented and maintains a “no probation” policy for drug dealers. She professes

to have fundamentally re-formed and modernized the District Attorney’s of-fice, adding new technol-ogy, replacing outdated computers, software, and scanners by utilizing funds seized from drug dealers, and obtaining grants while working hard to reduce un-necessary expenses.

McMinn maintains her attention to fiscal respon-sibility and efficiency has resulted in the District At-torney’s office consistently running under budget.

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Heather McMinnFayette jail inspectionFayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that the Fayette County Jail passed inspection. On Nov. 16 the jail was inspected by Gerorge Johnson an Inspector with The Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Korenek received a letter Dec. 2 from the Jail Commission stating the Commission wanted to acknowledge the excellent work of the Fayette County Sheriff’s office with a Certificate of Com-pliance for the Fayette County Jail. The letter stated the jail facility is respon-sible and accountable for over 600 standards of responsibility under Texas mini-mum jail standard, and the diligent work by the jail staff is highly recognized and acknowledged under the leadership of Sheriff Korenek with a Certificate of Compliance. The certificate of compliance is a direct result of the department’s commitment to excellence and further attests, signifies, and demonstrates the department’s dedication and professionalism in maintaining a safe, secure, and sanitary facility. The letter also recognized the Fayette County Commissioners’ Court and The Fayette County Judge for providing the necessary budgetary sup-port for jail operations which is tantamount to achieve compliance and so let their support of jail operations. (Courtesy Photo)

Zavesky seeks to retainDeWitt Sheriff ’s post

CUERO — DeWitt County Sheriff Jode Za-vesky has announced his intention to seek re-elec-tion for his office.

“It has been my plea-sure to serve the citizens of DeWitt County for the last six years as Sheriff and the previous four years as Constable,” he said through a press release.

Prior to being elect-ed Constable, Zavesky worked as a Reserve Dep-

uty for DeWitt County while serving the citizens of Victoria as a Captain in the Victoria Fire Depart-ment.

“I have dedicated my entire adult life to public service either as a fire-fighter for over 20 years or a licensed peace offi-cer since 1981,” Zavesky said. “Having served in both the fire service and law enforcement, I have obtained the skills needed to serve the citizens of De-Witt County.”

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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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I believe that winter like weather has finally decided to arrive in this part of Texas. It was so nice to hear rain drops on the roof. People and ani-mals did not know what to do. After a bit the drips started adding up to water standing in puddles. We got way over two inches here. I know that it did rain pretty hard at times, but I think that every drop is soak-ing in the ground. When that rather ignorant Squeaky dog decided that she wanted out the door this morning, she took two steps forward and two steps backward. I am afraid

that I took them right along with her. The wind for some reason was whipping around from the South and blew wind and water right in my face. I wasn’t expecting that. It is time for bundling up and keeping warm in South Texas. We are having a hard freeze like at least in the mid-twenties on Wednesday morning.

Live nativity scene at the Belmont United Methodist Church on December 18th, (weather permitting):

I think that this in one of the most wonderful things that has happened in a long

time in Belmont. If you have driven through Belmont in the last week, I hope that you have noticed the beautiful striking lights on the church, the com-munity center, the firehouse, Oliver Pecan House, and the Belmont Social Club. They are so bright and beautiful. It took a lot of work on the combina-tion of firemen, church people, and the rest of the community along with a truck lift from Johnson Oil and VES Com-pany that loaned us the lifts to get those lights up there. It took bringing the wires from the inside to the outside and it is such regal beautiful lighting.

Now guess what else has been going on and is fixing to happen. On December 18, if all goes well we will have church outside with the Christmas story being read as the live Na-tivity scene is being read from the Bible. I have seen this hap-pen only a couple of time, but when it happens and Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus are sur-rounded by real animals that stomp their feet and BAA—and you have a Donkey that doesn’t want to behave, and have those beautiful HAND-MADE costumes by Joannie Garcia and Connie Bond and real people inside them. Jackie Kidd and Gail Schauer ordered the lawn art. They could only afford three pieces this year. Hopefully by next year we can afford more pieces. Shari Lee, Sharon Bettis, Connie Bond, and Gail Schauer worked hard and made new Chrismons for the Christmas tree. Randy Meyers got the program to-gether. Mike Bond built the stable and the manger.

This will end with a candle-light service and refreshments in the community center. Please try to attend. Think of how many people have put so much hard work into this

project for all of these months. It will only take up a couple hours of your time. If you need a ride because you cannot drive at night, call someone and ask them to bring you. Let your neighbors know. Christ, our Savior, was born and we all need to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We need to rejoice about the birth of Jesus. This world has become a very troubled place and Jesus is about the only true and table thing that we can count on.

Come and celebrate with us, join us in reading about the birth of Jesus, sing hallelujah he is the new born king!!!

It is time to remember those in our community who should be placed on our “shut-n” list. Please let Jackie Kidd (437-2810) or Gail Schaurer (437-2899) know the names and ad-dresses of those who need to be remembered this year as well if the person is a diabetic. Items for the gift bags and monetary donations for this outreach ministry are greatly appreci-ated

December 24th, “Come and Go” Communion Service 5-6 PM at the Monthalia United Methodist Church. It is hard for me to get into my head that Christmas Eve is on a Saturday this year.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Joe Kotwig, Kenneth Crumley, Rudolpho and Edna Garza, El-son Schreiber, Kathryn, Dena Black, Karen Roecker Mahan, Sabrina Flores, Bill and Marie Lott, Doris and Alvin Hewell; Debbie Soefje, Lisa Rodriguez, Hester Behlen, Aunt Georgie; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, Pete Kallies, Mildred O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Selma Vickers, Gene Robinson, Blaine Welker, Susie Dolezal, Bo Shows, Te-resa Wilke, Melissa Munoz and family, Sandi Gandre, Carl and Vida Tindle; Rev A. C. and Evelyn Newman, Aunt Betty Gandre, Anna Lindemann, Ann and Bubba Bond; Shir-ley Dozier, the family of Tom Dolezal, The Family of Joyce (Sis) Thurmond Whitworth, The family of Patty Benton, The family of Lillian Balado, All of our troops, their fami-lies, and friends all over the world; and RAIN and we give thanks so much for the rain that we have received.

Karen Smith was out cel-ebrating her birthday Satur-day night over at the Belmont Social Club. She and husband, Pastor Paul Smith, enjoyed the company of Scottie Beth and Mike Baker, and Diane and Eddie Westmoreland, and an-other couple. We had not seen Diane and Eddie in a long time Diane is still her bubbly self. If she gets to giggling, then she can’t stop giggling. Karen was

feted with a delicious lemon cake. I hope she made it home with that cake. She left with it swirling around in her hand like she was a waitress. We wish Karen many more Happy Birthday’s. Tommy Schlein led us in singing her Happy Birth-day.

This next weekend Best Friends is playing on Friday and Sally has promised me that she will have some Christmas songs ready to sing. Brushy Creek will be playing on Sat-urday night. We haven’t heard them in a long time. I like the fella that plays harmonica in that band. There is also to be a special New Year’s ‘Eve party where the front part will be opened up for dancing from 9 PM to1AM with Jef-frey Charles playing. Go to the Belmont Social Club for more information.

Sean Allen has a birthday on December 7th. If you haven’t noticed, Sean is taller than is Uncle Terry Allen, and is fix-ing to give his Godfather John Raeke a run for this money. We can no longer call him “short stuff”. Karen Glover has a birthday also on the 7th, and my sweet husband, has man-aged to make it another year on December 10th along with Rosemary Hindman, who is ten years younger on the same day. Then we have Brian Schauer filling out the dates with a December 9th birthday and Kenneth Schauer last but not least on December 11th. Happy Birthday everyone.

JoAnn and Don Liefeste had friends Robbie and Christabell West from New Braunfels vis-iting them this weekend. He is a contractor and had ended up building a house for a Soefje cousin of mine in the Gruene area of Comal County. After we got to talking, we had to educate each other on how that little Comal River separated the City of New Braunfels from Gruene because the people were sick on one side of the river and the people did not want to cross the Comal River because they were afraid of becoming ill. They were being treated to supper and enter-tainment over at the Belmont Social Club on Saturday Night.

Wow, I heard that the light-ed and Jingle Bell parade was rather grand last Friday in and around the Square in Gonza-les. I don’t know why a person just can’t just split themselves into two pieces. Kathleen Allen and I had to make a special trip to Hobby Lobby in San Marcos to find all of these lights and twinkles and jingles and jangles for Sean to wear in the band for that pa-rade. I came home with some to decorate the inside of my house with and the dogs have

decided I lost my mind. On the other hand the cats, now they think that is a wonder-ful new play gadget. Itsy espe-cially thinks that the big jingle bell that I hung from the loft on their two by six bridge is a very neat thing.

I got something awesome from the fabric department. They had fleece on sale and I got two lengths of so very soft pink fleece that is long enough to cover my whole body. I am just about finished tying it and putting a few extra ties in the middle. Now dogs and cats alike think that this is an okay deal. It is so sleek, and it is so warm, and “No, you can-not have it.” But it would make someone you know a very perfect and unique Christmas gift and it is not that hard to do. You just cut little strips all around it and hand tie it.They would really think that you made them a smart and snaz-zy Christmas gift. They do have some fleece at Walmarts that do have fabric.

Whew, I don’t know who, but someone sure messed up their vehicle by hitting about three hogs in one whack. There were two hogs smeared in pieces on one side of FM 466 and one scattered on the other side. The buzzards were having a glad happy time pick-ing up the pieces out from be-tween pieces of what looked like pieces of the bumper or maybe parts of chrome. The deer are jumping around try-ing to stay warm too. These hogs can turn your vehicle over and are dangerous. BE Careful.

Shirley Dozier is in Room 210 at the Heights and would delight in your company. The Belmont Ladies Club had their December Christmas Dinner with the usual good food and little gift exchange and lots of chatter and laughter. We also discussed our roof and other possible ways to raise money for that expenditure. We all left wishing each other a very Merry Christmas.

Samson has found a new fa-vorite place. It is in front of the space heater in the bathroom. He didn’t want to get out of the way in the first place. So now he has decided that he should just lie down in front of it and sprawl out totally. I think you need to realize that Samson takes up a lot of space when he sprawls because that cat has the longest tail and the longest legs of any cat I have seen in a long time. I think that it would be nice to sprawl down there with him, but the problem is that I don’t think that I would ever make it back in an up-right position.

Have a good week. God Bless.

The CannonThursday, December 8, 2011 Page B3

Sandi’s Country Fried News

Sandi Gandre

To be presented by the:Music Ministries of

First Baptist Church422 St. Paul St., Gonzales, Tx.Friday and Saturday nights,

Dec. 9th & 10th

7:00 p.m. performancesAlso:

Sunday morning, December 11th

11:00 a.m.

Come see this moving story about the actual birth of Jesus Christ and OUR journey to Bethlehem.

Complete with costumes, drama and pageantry, you’ll

be moved as you witness the unfolding story of the birth of our Savior in a lowly stable in

the little village Bethlehem.

The Holiday Seasons Is Here!Don’t have time to do everything?

Let me help.Back by popular demand I’ll be doing Pies, cakes, candy,

cookies and party trays again this year.Order early so you don’t miss out.

Mary Ann Pullin830-857-0897

It looks like winter has decided to pay Texas a visit

Annual Lighting Contest

Thurs., Dec. 15, 6-10 p.m.

Deadline to enter Thurs., Dec. 15 Noon.

Entry forms & rules can be picked up at

Gonzales City Hall, Gonzales Chamber of Commerce or online at

www.cityofgonzales.org*All entries will be

judged by out of town judges

Thank You & Good Luck!

Spade & Trowel Garden Club


Found: Wedding Ring left at Wal-Mart. Call (830) 445-6597 and describe.--------------------------Lost - 5 Donkeys. 1 Black, 4 white. I-10, 304, Hensling Lane area. 830-437-2952.

The Heights of Gon-zales Activity De-partment is looking for a fridge/freezer to hold supplies for event refreshments. If you would like to donate or know of one that is reason-ably priced, contact Gwen Koncaba, 830-672-4530. --------------------------Gonzales Learning Center seeking do-

nations of caps and gowns. Call 830-672-8291 for infor-mation.--------------------------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

Waelder Housing Authority is accept-ing applications for full-time and part-time Main-tenance Position.

Only qualified ap-plicants need apply. MUST have work-ing knowledge of Electrical repairs, Plumbing repairs, Sewer lines and Lift Station, ability to maintain apart-ment units in clean, decent and safe condition. Operate lawn equipment, floor equipment, receive and docu-ment service re-quest. Good people skills a plus. Must be able to pass both criminal and drug history. Apply at WHA Office lo-cated at 220 North Avenue A, Waelder, Texas. Call 830-203-0009 for additional

information.--------------------------Part-time position available for Activ-ity Assistant. Expe-rience in long term care preferred. If in-terested, please ap-ply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gon-zales, Texas or email resume to adminis-trator@theheights-gonzales.com--------------------------Full-time position with benefits avail-able for Laundry Aide. Experience preferred. If inter-ested, please apply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gon-zales, Texas.

Full-time position available for Medi-cal Records Direc-tor/Staffing Coor-dinator. Must be Licensed Vocational Nurse. long term care experience preferred. Must be able to take 24 hr. call for staff-ing. Includes ben-efits. If interested, please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------Full-time posi-tion available for Wound/Skin Care Nurse. Must be Li-censed Vocational Nurse. Long term care experience

preferred. Must be able to take 24 hr. call for staff-ing. Includes ben-efits. If interested, please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------Medical Billing Clerk needed at The Vaz Clinic, 1103 N. Sarah DeWitt. Wages negotiable. Two years experi-ence. Looking for experience in com-munication with in-surance companies. Stop by for applica-tion or can email resume to THE VAZCLINICPA@ stx.rr.com. 672-2424.--------------------------W. B. Farm and Ranch Supply is taking applications for a Full time Truck Driver.Local Delivery Zone

Class A or B CDL required

Forklift experience required

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Gonzales Tx 78629 --------------------------WRITERS NEEDEDThe Cannon, your regional weekly for

Gonzales and sur-rounding counties, is taking applica-tions for regional c o r r e s p o n d e n t s in Luling, Waelder, Moulton, Shiner, Flatonia, Halletts-ville, Yoakum, Cu-ero, Smiley and Nixon to cover everything from meetings to feature stories to sports. Pay is on a per-assignment basis. Please contact Gen-eral Manager Dave Mundy at [email protected]

Plant OpeningsPlant Palletizers,

PackersBenefits Include:

Vacation, Sick Leave, Hosp. Ins.,

Dental, Vision, 401K, ESOP. Apply

in person at:Cal-Maine Foods,

Inc.1680 CR 431 or 748

CR 422Waelder, Texas

78959Mon.-Friday 7-4

p.m.Tele: 830-540-

4105/830-540-4684--------------------------Full-time position available for MDS Coordinator. Must be Licensed Voca-tional Nurse with knowledge of MDS in Long Term Care.

Please apply in per-son at The Heights of Gonzales Nurs-ing and Rehabilita-tion Center, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt Drive, Gonzales, TX.--------------------------Automotive & Die-sel Repair Business looking for Service Writer/Clerical Help M o n d a y - F r i d a y, 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Please send resume to: P.O. Box E, Gon-zales, Texas 78629.--------------------------

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.

3 family sale. Sat-urday, 9-4, Hwy 97 in Cost. 8 ft. Christ-mas tree, Christmas decorations, coats, warm bedding, col-lared shirts, furni-ture, appliances & lots more.--------------------------Estate Sale by ap-pointment, email: d k n o s h o e s 4 @gmail.com to schedule. Antiques, cedar chest, paint-ings, teak bar, vic-torola, glassware, paintings, table with iron chairs, one iron bedframe, two sewing ma-chine topped with marble, coffee table with two match-ing barnwood end tables, hall table, antique tools, barn-wood desk,old teacher’s desk, knick-knacks, de-cons bench, bronze fountain and many other items.

LOST & FOUND

LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICES

NOTICES HELP WANTED

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HELP WANTED

Call 672-7100 to place your free Garage Sale Ad!

-BID NOTICE-The Gonzales Independent School District is requesting competitive sealed propos-als from qualified contractors for the GONZALES ISD – CAFETERIA RENOVATION & MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. Proposals will be received until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at the Gonzales ISD Administration Office, 926 Saint Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas 78629, (830) 672-9551. Proposals shall be clearly marked “Gonzales ISD Bid Proposal – Cafeteria Renovation & Miscellaneous Construction Project”. Proposals will be publically opened and read at the time and date mentioned. No proposal may be changed, amended or modified after the same has been submitted or filed in response to this notice. A proposal may be withdrawn, however, and resubmit-ted any time prior to the time set for receipt of proposals. Gonzales ISD has the right to accept or reject any bid or to waive any technicality which may be in the best interest of the school district.

Gonzales ISD will also be enforcing any and all applicable laws and regulations regarding criminal background checks required by the school district and/or State of Texas. Such re-quirements including company employee finger printing, will be enforced prior to access-ing school campus related to construction or otherwise during entire construction period.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at the East Avenue Campus. All interested bidding contractors must attend or have a qualified representative present.

Included in the construction but not limited to will be:

Demolition Aluminum WindowsMisc Site Work Flush Laminated Wood DoorsSite Utilities Glazed TileAsphalt Paving DrywallConcrete Sidewalks Wall and Floor TileMetal Canopies Wall CoveringConcrete Foundations Glass & GlazingDrilled Concrete Piers Toilet PartitionsStructural Steel Framing MillworkMetal Roof Retrofit System Display BoardsPre-Finished Metal Wall Panels FlooringStanding Seam Metal Roofing Suspended Ceiling SystemMetal Studs PaintingMasonry Veneer SignageInsulation Food Service EquipmentAluminum Curtain Wall Systems HVACAluminum Storefronts ElectricalHollow Metal Doors & Frames Plumbing

The work will be awarded to under a single lump sum contract for all general construction work.

For plans and specifications contact the Architect, TSG Architects AIA, 427 Saint George, Suite 300, Gonzales, Texas 78629, (830) 672-7801. A current, completed AIA A305 will be required upon receiving plans and specs. General Contractors may obtain two (2) refund-able sets and MEP Sub-Contractors may obtain one (1) refundable set after receipt of $200.00 per set, plus postage and handling if applicable. A CD of the construction docu-ment set is available for a nonrefundable deposit of $50, which includes shipping. Plans may also be available for review at the Gonzales Independent School District’s office in Gonzales.

HELP WANTED

GARAGE SALES

LEGAL NOTICES

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

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 • James @ ext. 107

HELP WANTED

LEGAL NOTICES

HELP WANTED

Gonzales Manufacturing Company (GMC)

is seeking a Maintenance Technician.

Must have Mechanical/Electrical background.

PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON ATGONZALES MANUFACTURING

COMPANY2900 JOHNSON STREET, GONZALES, TX.GONZALES MANUFACTURING OFFERS

AN EXCELLENT BENEFIT PACKAGE, PAID HOLIDAYS, BONUS PROGRAMS, PAID

VACATION, MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND 401K RETIREMENT PROGRAM

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

1 axle trailer, wide ramp, 12’x61/2’ for sale. Call 857-4993.--------------------------New natural gas space heater. Ex-cellent condition. $65.00. Call any-time, 361-208-3565, Yoakum.--------------------------1990 Sears Model refrigerator. Good for RV or travel trail-er. 23x59. $50.00. Call 830-857-4286.--------------------------Acer Laptop. Has 2GB memory. 2 years old. Very good condition. $200. Also has T-Mobile Pre-Paid Web Card. $50.00. Call 830-857-4286.--------------------------Heavy Duty Super Capacity Roper Washing Machine $50 GE Dryer Com-mercial Style, $35. Must sell by Dec. 13th, Moving. 830-424-3818 or Cell 830-263-3096 after Friday, 12/2.--------------------------For Sale: Whirlpool Washing Machine, like new. Large ca-pacity. $200. 361-208-3565.--------------------------Westein Running Boards. $140. For pictures or any questions, please email [email protected] Windberg - Winters Velvet Mantle - $250.00. Signed Affidavit of Limited Edition 12x36 in frame. Email [email protected] for pictures or any questions.--------------------------Baby and Womens Clothes for sale. Cheap. Call 361-772-5566.--------------------------25” Color TV & en-tertainment center. Excellent condition. 830-672-6414.--------------------------For Sale: Hydrau-lic Motor Lift, Hy-draulic Transmis-sion Jack, 2 motor stands, Large Air Compressor, Fridgedair, double door ice box, Elec-tric stove (range), 9 months old, Shop Grinder & vice w/table and numer-ous other tools etc... Prices are negotia-ble. Call for prices. 830-857-4997--------------------------1979 International 5 ton Ramsy winch, rolling tailboard, Hydraulic Crane (detached), down riggers. Like new tires. Runs good. $6,000 obo. Individ-ual, 830-660-2813.--------------------------

MUST TAKE IT ALL! Barbie Dolls, some still in packages, purses, games, kitchen items, VHS tapes (new & used), more! All for only $100! Call 713-449-8861.--------------------------Power Box Asphalt Paving Machine and Roller. Good Condition. $9,900. Call after 5 p.m. 361-594-3668.--------------------------Small computer desk, wood, $40.00 obo. Large play-pen, $25.00. Both in great condition. 830-203-9159.--------------------------Deer Hunters: For sale; feeder and feeder parts; cam-eras etc. 830-857-5720 --------------------------

ATTENTIONTRUCKERS.

Cobra 25, NW Ltd, Classic CB, Igloo Ref. Cooler, Wave Box, Portable Mi-crowave. $50.00 each. 361-596-4502 or 361-401-0556.--------------------------Like new, 26” Men’s 21 spd., $50 obo. Call Theresa at 830-203-5212.--------------------------2 Teenagers For-mals-Party Dresses. 1 White w/spaghet-ti Strap, with rhine-stones. 1 Beige/golden color, spa-ghetti straps, gold rhinestones. Call 672-8034 or come by 1822 St. Louis.--------------------------Heavy, vinyl tarps. 15’x50’. UV proof, tuff boogers. $50 each. 830-660-2813.--------------------------6 oak restaurant booths w/copper inlaid tops. Large round folding ta-bles w/6 armchairs. Contact Tommy, 830-351-1263.--------------------------For sale: Float tube for fishing, like new. $50 obo. Also elec-tric trolling motor-make offer. 857-5720.--------------------------Baby bed for sale. $60. Call 254-931-5712.--------------------------Electric Hospital Bed, $300. 12 func-tion exercise bi-cycle, $65. Prices Negotiable. 830-582-1120, Nixon.--------------------------Insulated 6x8 stor-age building. Like new. Used as a pro-duce cooler. $1,000.

Call 512-227-6950.--------------------------Proform Treadmill. Model 380CS. Pro-grammable, in-cludes built-in fan, speaker for IPOD radio. Like new con-dition. $350/obo. Contact Liz, 830-263-2103.--------------------------Whirlpool Heavy Duty Gas Dryer. Good condition. $75. Can be seen at 511 Church St. 830-857-4993.--------------------------For Sale: Thomas Playmate with Col-or Glo Chord Organ. Good condition. All instruction books included. Call Sue, 672-2192.--------------------------Utility trailer. All wired for lights. Current tag. $575. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Commercial, Martin Luther King, Desk and many other calendars with your chosen informa-tion. Personal ser-vice at your busi-ness. Spread your website or business information all over South Texas. 830-437-5142 or cell, 830-857-0876.--------------------------Prayer Shawl, 38x72, handmade, $75.00. Animal or bird cage, utility wire, 14x18, $60.00. 512-917-4078.--------------------------FREE 3 haul Fiber-glass boat, 16 ft. Needs work & no leaks. Call for infor-mation. 830-540-3574.--------------------------Fullsize Mattress & Box Springs, $100. Queensize Mattress and Box Springs, $175. Both in ex-cellent condition & sanitized. 830-672-3728.

2 young ladies black jackets size 14. One is leather. 672-8034.--------------------------Old Readers Digests for Sale. Call 830-672-3362.--------------------------Autograph picture of Muhammad Ali/Cassius Clay (60’s), Certificate of Au-thenticity (11x16), $1,400. Yellow Lab Stud Service. (806) 577-3962.--------------------------Beautiful hand-made “orange poin-settia” pottery bowl. Large. Great gift. $35. Call (512) 917-4078.--------------------------Culligan Water Softner and Rust Remover, old cars, elect. water heater, 2001 Fiber Truck bed w/key, Hay Bal-ers, Bar B Q pipe. 830-437-5759.--------------------------128 used letter-size hanging file folders, most have colored tabs, excellent con-dition. $30 cash for all or $7 per 25. 830-672-1106.--------------------------Computer, printer & desk, all $400. Stamina #4755 ex-ercise machine. Like new condition. $100/obo. 672-2267.--------------------------4 tires. LT2457QR17 in good condition. $100 obo. 830-672-2075.--------------------------Metal Bench, $150; Organ, $50; School desk & books of all kinds. Just out of Moulton on 532. Call 361-596-4403.--------------------------Tanning Bed for Sale. 1996, 24SF. $300. Children’s wardrobe, good condition. $300. 672-7127.

Beautiful Vintage water color paint-ing, landscape & water. 12x19. $375. Antique very or-nate picture frame. 16x20, $295. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Dalhart Winberg original oil painting, landscape, $3800 (512)917-4078.--------------------------For Sale: Picnic ta-bles built with treat-ed 2x6 lumber with bolts and screws. No nails. 4, 6, and 8 foot sizes available. For more details call 830-540-4776 or 830-857-3273. De-livery Available.

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.

Heavily fertilized, horse quality, coast-al square & round bales. Bebe, Tx. 210-326-6053.

Fuel Transfer tank. Older, good working condition. Used for gas or diesel. 15 gal. $30.00. Call 830-857-4286--------------------------John Deere 350 C Dozer. 90% Condi-tion Overall and 1988 Wrangler, new mo-tor. Sahara special Make offer on Jeep and Tractor. Call 857-1781.--------------------------For Sale: Cat D6C Dozer, power shift, hydraulic single blade, Hyster Winch w/cable, brush cab, extra set tracks pads. 830-437-5759.

Ford 3000 Tractor. Diesel. $4,800. Call 830-203-9385.--------------------------1977 WW 2-horse straight load bum-per pull. Good con-dition - ready to haul. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------Old western saddle, needs repair $150 (512) 917-4078.--------------------------2 wheel trailer. Call Robert at 830-203-0540.

6 pc. Solid Oak Bed-room Set. $500/OBO. Call 361-772-5566.--------------------------Solid wood double bookcase head-board, $50. 36x62 solid wood table, $40. 672-8390.--------------------------Bar Stools, 2-24” dark w/rattan cane, swivel seats, nice. $35.00 each. 2-24” V-finish ladder back w/woven seats. $15.00 each. 830-263-1702.--------------------------Cargo style sofa. $100.00. Call 361-772-5859.--------------------------Custom Designed Western motif 3 panel decorative screen, 54”x78 1/2’, horses, brands & leather look, $395. 512-917-4078.--------------------------For sale 3 piece an-tique loveseat, lamp’s new and used mo-bile chair with bat-teries. 1827 St. Louis 830-672-8034.--------------------------Late 1970’s Mobile for sale. 2BR-1BA. Great remodel-ing project. 12x48. Plumbing good. No electric. Livable condition. Some material included. Ready to be moved.

$2,000 obo. 830-857-4286.--------------------------’07 Doublewide, sits on 10 ac. Homesteaded, AG exempt, chain-link fence in yard and around 10 ac. Large deck on front, small one in back. Covered dog pen, outside night light. Different types of sheds. Water Softener tanks at-tached to back of house, for inside water only. 4BR/1 Bath, LR, carpeted, rest have linoleum. Master bedroom has walk-in closet, very roomy, high ceilings all through house. Ceiling fans in all 4 bedrooms and Living room, also White block Fireplace never used, Island kitchen between kitchen & dining room w/bar-stools. Silver cabi-nets. Belmont area, Gonzales School Route. Call Candy, LREB at 210-365-2803. --------------------------2002 Fleetwood Festival Ltd. 76x16 in excellent condi-tion. 3 bedrooms and 2 bath. I am selling it for the pay off, est. $24,000. The payments with Wilson County tax-es are about $250 a month. It is located in La Vernia and needs to be moved. Call Megan, 830-477-9792.--------------------------3/2, Singlewide Mo-bile Home. All elec-tric, excellent con-dition. Also, Zenith 25 in. console TV and 25 inch color TV. All in excellent condition. Call 830-672-6414.--------------------------For Sale: 3br/2ba Fleetwood Mobile

Home. 1,728 sq. ft. New roof, lami-nated wood floors, new windows, new furnace and door. Antique bath tub. 85% completely new remodeling throughout house. Must sell fast and be moved. Reduced $18,000/obo. Call 830-445-9889.--------------------------For Sale: 7.3070 Acres w/1973 Dou-blewide Mobile Home. 14 mi. South, FM 1117 in Seguin, TX. Mobile home is in need of repair. New water well. There are two sep-tic tanks on proper-ty. Asking $56,000. Call 830-401-0147.

Chevrolet Cavalier for sale. $999 or best offer. Can be seen at 916 Qualls St.--------------------------1977 Chevy 1/2 ton, 2 wd, 4 spd, special ordered. Orinal own-er. $3,000 obo. 830-857-1506.--------------------------1995 Z71 Ext. Cab, 4x4, 350 engine, auto, tilt wheel, cruise, receiver hitch, bedliner, bed rails, toolbox. $1,600. 830-460-0995.--------------------------2006 Corvette, 16,000 miles. Very Clean. $33,000. Call 830-672-7040.--------------------------1997 Chevrolet 1500, short bed, V6, 128,000 miles. $2,600. Call 830-672-7040.

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4 20” XD Series wheels from a 2008 Toyota Truck. Asking $800/obo. Call 830-857-6434.--------------------------For Sale: ‘94 Cadillac DeVille. $500/obo. Call Luis, 830-339-0645.--------------------------Mercury Grand Marquis LS. Load-ed, 146,284 miles. $3,000. 830-437-2961.--------------------------For Sale: Bully Brand Sidesteps stainless steel for a Crew Cab Silverado. New body style. Asking $200/obo. Like new. 830-857-5598.--------------------------Grill Guard and Run-ning Boards for 2002 Durango. Westin Brand, excellent con-dition. $300. Call 830-560-0238.--------------------------For Sale. Older Buick Regal Sport Car. En-gine is gone. Body, tires are almost new. Air condition system is new. Make me an offer. 361-594-2129. Shiner, County Rd. 299, Box 577.--------------------------1988 Wrangler, new motor. Sahara special and John Deere 350 C Dozer. 90% Condi-tion Overall. Make of-fer on Jeep and Trac-tor. Call 857-1781.

“SIMPLY THE BEST deals on new Chev-rolets and GMCs AND 3 over 100 used vehicles with financ-ing to fit most credit situations. Grafe Chevrolet GMC - Hal-lettsville, TX - 800 798-3225 or 361-798-3281.”--------------------------1989 Ford Conver-sion Van. Super clean interior, good motor & A/C, transmissions slips, $1,900 firm. 830-437-5659 or 857-6565.--------------------------2000 Jeep Wrangler SE Sport 2D, New Tires and New Sony Stereo. 107,000 miles. Great Condi-tion. Asking $7,000 obo. Call 361-865-3353.--------------------------For Sale: 2001 Crown Victoria Ford, price $3,250. Call 830-587-6230 or 830-857-5559.--------------------------1998 Chevrolet, heavy 1/2 ton 4WD, 350CC engine. New AC. $5,000. Call 830-203-0147.--------------------------Van for Sale. $3,800 OBO. 2001 Oldsmo-bile Silhouette. Well-maintained, very clean. 181,000 miles. Great for family or hauling van. Call 512-905-8226.

2,000 F-250, Power-stroke, Ford Diesel truck, Hunter Green, Tow Ball, Bedliner, CLEAN, 182K Miles. Power windows, locks. $6,500 cash. (512) 917-4078.--------------------------2005 Yamaha V-Star Classic with Silvera-do Package. Lots of extras. 1995 F-250 4x4 Supercab Diesel 5-speed. 281-330-9417.--------------------------2009 Honda Trail-wagon, w/dump bed, headlights, re-ceiver hitch & seat belts. 2wd w/rear dif-ferential. $2,500. For more information, 672-8580.--------------------------2007 Saturn Ion, 56,000 Miles $5000 worth of perfor-mance parts. $9000 OBO 830-203-0282.--------------------------For sale: 1998 GMC P/U, V8 automatic, 2D Extended Cab, 181K miles, bed liner, tow-package, $3,800. 830-203-0287.

Travel Trailers for rent. Ready for move-in. Equipped with everything you need. All you need to bring is your personal items. Call 512-963-0000 or 512-508-6221.

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.

2BR/2BA house for rent, w/covered patio, w/electric-ity. Lots of trees, quiet. No pets, no smoking. $650/mo + dep. 1st and last months. Appliances available. Luling area. 210-386-1399.--------------------------Home in Seguin for Rent. Two bedroom, one bath. Com-pletely updated with all new appli-ances. $750.00 per month and $750.00 deposit. Call Deb-bie at 830-445-9583 for details.--------------------------House in country for rent. 3/2, nice yard. 361-594-3233 or 830-857-4364.

I’m looking for a home to rent in the Gonzales area. If you have a prop-erty or something available to look at, please give me a call, 361-571-3466. Egon Barthels.--------------------------Needed: I need to rent a 2 bed or 3 bedroom apart-ment or house in Gonzales or Luling area. Please call 830-822-5076.

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.

HEY LOOK HERE!Are you looking for a job to help you supplement your income? A reward-ing job caring for someone in their home who has Al-zheimers Disease. Do you have refer-ences and experi-ence and do you have a big heart? Then call me, it’s a rewarding job and it will make you feel awesome to know you’ve helped someone else. Call 830-391-4837.--------------------------You Vacation, I’ll take care of the place. Includes pets, yard, grand-ma. References. Ma-ture lady. Gonzales, 512-296-4845.--------------------------Do you need your house cleaned? No job is too small or too big. $10-$15/hr. Available M-S. Call Brittany Balderas at 445-0703. --------------------------House cleaning services available. Reasonable rates. Servicing Gonzales and surrounding areas. References available. Call Bar-bara at 979-777-8710 or email [email protected] Care Giver excellent ref-erences available for private setting in home hospital and nursing home. Day and night. 361-865-0286 or 832-655-9195.--------------------------Dennis Fojtek (Me-chanic), Moulton, Tx. 713-408-9388. Repairs the follow-ing: tractors, lawn mowers, tillers,

chain saws, trucks etc.--------------------------Private Caregiver. 20+ years experi-ence. Hospice certi-fied. Looking to do private duty, cook, clean, drive. 361-772-2011.--------------------------Ironing done, in my home can pick up & deliver. References if needed. Call Lou-ise (830) 582-1120.--------------------------Will clean your house. I’m depend-able and have refer-ences. Call Mary at 830-672-4691.--------------------------All-around handy-man available. I also build sheds, 16x8 tool shed. Call 830-857-1959.--------------------------Building Demoli-tion – House, barns, etc. 830-263-0663 or 830-203-0540.--------------------------Hand for Hire, Odd Jobs Done, FREE estimates. Anything you don’t want to do, Junk hauling, Tree Removal, Lot clearing, House pressure washing, office help, ranch, farm, lawn & Flower beds, Barbed wire fence repair, gutter cleaning, I do win-dows. One call does it all. Call Terry (830) 203-1503 or (830) 857-5927.

Need help with lawn or pool? Please call Gene Kridler at 830-857-1576.--------------------------Lawn care & shred-ding. Call for free estimates. 830-203-9385.

Lawn mowing ser-vice, residential & commercial. Li-ability ins., free esti-mates and low cost. No job too large or too small. 830-263-4181.--------------------------Will mow yards - reasonable rates. Call for free esti-mate, 830-857-5147.

Willing to do baby-sitting at my house. 8-5 M-F. 511 Church St., 830-857-4993.

Ford Motorhome. 44,000 orig. miles. All working. $2,995. 830-857-6565.--------------------------Deer Hunter Spe-cial. Travel Trailer, $1,500. No AC or Fridge. 830-857-6565.--------------------------

GREAT DEAL!1997 Kountry Star 34 ft., 5th Wheel. 2 slideouts, upgrad-ed kitchen, ducted A/H, 11 storage c o m p a r t m e n t s , ceiling fans. NADA.com/RV appraised RV at $15,900. Ask-ing $10,000. Great home for oilfield. Located in Rock-port, TX. 361-645-1009.--------------------------2004 Wildcat 5th Wheel RV. 28 ft., equipped to sleep 5, w/lrg. slide con-taining sofa & di-nette. Lots of stor-age. Adapted to pull as gooseneck. Excellent condition. Call 361-218-1880.--------------------------2004 Fleetwood RV Pecos pop-up. Like new, only pulled from dealer. $4,000. Both units located near Old Moulton. Call 857-0734 or 361-596-7317.

1976 Ford Eldorado Motorhome. V-8, super clean, good motor & A/C. New refrigerator. $3,700/obo. 830-437-5659 or 857-6565.--------------------------24 ft. 2006 bought in 2007. Zeppelin Travel Trailer w/slide out; Lg. corner shower, qn. bed, m/w, stove, refrig-erator, sat./cable prep, tires 2-yrs-old. $9,800; located near Gonzales. Call 936-203-4378 or 936-594-9809.--------------------------FOR SALE: 25 ft. 5th wheel travel trailer with 5th wheel hitch. Good condi-tion. Microwave, stove, refrigera-tor, sleeper couch, queen bed. Asking $4,000. Call 830-437-2359.--------------------------1996 Pace Arrow. Ready to travel. Good condition. Runs well. 830-660-3883.

5 RV Spots for rent. $350/mo. Electric, sewer hookups, wa-ter all included in price. Off 90A and Kelly Loop. For in-formation call 830-857-3112.--------------------------RV Sites Available in Nixon. $350/mo. in-cludes utilities. Call 830-857-6921.--------------------------FOR RENT: 2-RV Parking Sites, shade trees, all hook ups. 5 miles East Gon-zales. $350/mo. Call 263-0292.

For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.--------------------------2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. In-dependent Suspen-sion. Windshield and Roof. 4x4. Ask-ing - $4,950.00 in very good condi-tion. Call 830-857-4670.--------------------------2008 Honda Four-trax with only 250 miles $3,500 o.b.o. 830-857-5236.--------------------------2 80CC Kawasaki 4-wheelers for sale. $900/each. Call 830-534-4996.--------------------------Enduro 55 lb. Thrust Minn Kota used 1 hour. $150. 916 Qualls St., Gonzales.--------------------------Boat Fender and life vests. $5 to $10 each. 916 Qualls St., Gonzales.

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Dobermans. AKC Registered, Black/Tan, Born 7-2-11, 4 females. Warlock Breeding. Shots & Wormed, tails and dewclaws, $150. 830-857-3232.--------------------------AKC German Short-hair pointer pup-pies for sale. Great hunters & family companions. Male - $200; female - $250. 830-203-0470.--------------------------Pups For Sale. Great Pyrenees, (1/8 Ana-tolian). Call Sam-mie Gibson at (830) 203-8666.--------------------------Very cute Rat Terrier puppies. 6 wks old. $75. 830-203-0470.--------------------------Tiny Chihuahua puppies. 8 wks. Registered. S/W, ti-ger striped, Apple Head. $150-$175. 210-379-0771.--------------------------Cocker Spaniels AKC, 3 males, shots & wormed. $250.00. 830-540-4368 or 830-203-8511.--------------------------2 Great Dane pup-pies. Asking $225. 857-5147.--------------------------Turn your favorite pet photo into a work of art! Artist Brenda Shannon, Pastel or Acrylic. Great gift idea. (512) 917-4078.--------------------------5 Cockatiels. 2 years old. Yellow and gray. $50 each. Call 830-534-5930.

Free Donkeys. 3 full grown females, 1 - 1 yr. old female, 1 - 1yr. old male, 1 full grown male. 830-263-0378, leave message.--------------------------Looking for a Jack & a Jenny. Call 830-460-0995.

Laying Hens, 2 yrs. old. $10.00 each, Boiler Birds, $5.00 each. 1 female Hampshire, 6 mos. old. $100. 830-857-4286.--------------------------For Sale: Two Reg-istered Hereford Bulls. One 5-year old herd bull and one 18-month old. Call 830-857-0560.--------------------------Banty’s For Sale. 3 roosters, 7 hens. $5.00 each. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Polish crested Blue Legged Bantam Chickens. 512-272-5147.--------------------------HACCP Trained per-son need to help write HACCP plan for poultry. 830-339-0419.--------------------------Boer Goats for Sale: 1 Billy, 6 mths. 1 Nannie, 6 mth & 5 Adult Nannies. Sell as package deal or individual. 830-560-0238.--------------------------For Sale: Sorrel Gelding, 10 yrs. old. Big, strong, sound ranch horse. Very good looking. Needs a strong rid-er. Gentle, calm dis-position. $850/firm. Call 361-596-4954.--------------------------Black Limousin & Black Angus Bulls. Also Heifers. Gen-tle. Increase your weaning waits. Delivery available. 979-263-5829.--------------------------Reg. Polled Her-eford Bulls. One year to 3 1/2 years, $1,100-$1,500. Also Reg. Heifers, 1 yr. olds. $650-$850. Call 830-540-4430.--------------------------For Sale. 3 black Brangus Bulls, 1 red Brangus Bull. 2 yrs. old. No papers. $1,200/each. 830-437-5772.

For Sale. Female mare, 6 yrs. old. $500. Please call if interested. 713-203-2814.--------------------------Riding lessons in Gonzales. My horses or yours. For more information please call, 830-203-0470. --------------------------APHA flashy mare for sale. Broke to ride. FMI please call 830-203-0470. $1750.00. Used in Playdays/trailride.--------------------------Pretty Reg. A.Q.H.A. Cremello Colt, 6 months old. Great c o n f o r m a t i o n . Good bloodline - Hollywood Gold & King. $500.00. 830-437-5671 or 830-857-4591.--------------------------Longhorn young bulls and heifers for sale. Foundation genetics. Yard art or breeders. Gold Star Longhorns, Bob Tinstman, 830-540-4591.--------------------------For Sale: Black An-gus Bulls. 1 1/2 yrs. old. $1200-$1500. 830-437-5772.--------------------------Yearling smoky grulla dun filly (solid). Has halter on and has been trailered. Asking $600 OBO. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------17 year sorrel paint with blue eye. Originally trained in western pleasure - used for trail rides. Asking $1,200. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------7 year dun paint. Well trained, ready to finish your way. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------White Leghorn chickens, $7.00 each. 830-857-4580.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.--------------------------M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians) 18” to 24” tall. Good weed eaters. Fun to have around. Beautiful silver and white herd sire. (7 left) 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.

FOR SALE: Seven (7) Buildings, 20 Units Multi-Family Apart-ment Complex, lo-cated at 929 Water St, on 1.595 acres in Gonzales, TX, front-age along US Hwy 183. 1, 2, 3&4 Bed-rooms. All buildings built on concrete slabs, brick veneer siding, metal roof, central heat, Paved Parking Lots and Public Utilities. For information contact: Gonzales Housing Author-ity, 830-672-3419 or [email protected]/1 home. 714 Sey-dler St. Owner Fi-nance. $75,000 or best cash offer. Call Martha, 830-556-2280. Habla Espa-nol.--------------------------511 Williams, Up-dated, 2BR/1BA, central A/C & Heat. Insulated. Wood floors throughout, kitchen & shower hard tile. Nancy, Stobaugh, Realtor, 512-297-8500, Sale or Lease.--------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.--------------------------53.35 Improved Pasture with 3/2 older home, CA/H, on FM 1116. 5 miles from downtown Gonzales. Live Oaks, lots of new fence. After 5 p.m. call 830-437-2955 or 830-857-4242.--------------------------Home For Sale; New Construction; 2 bed/1 bath; 1504 Weimar Street; $74,900; 100% fi-nancing for quali-fied buyers; 830-203-5065.--------------------------House for Sale. 3BR/1 bath or 2 BR and dining room, carport & storage building in back. Phone, 830-203-5181, good bargain.--------------------------3BR/2BA at 1609 Gardien St. 1,400 sq. ft, 2 living areas, lg. fenced yard. $94K. 830-203-1874.

4BR/1BA, privacy fenced-in yard. 1000 Cuero St., Gonzales. Open lot in front of house, carport. Good con-dition. About 20 yrs. old. $75,000. Call 830-203-0389 for information.

5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equip-ment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for informa-tion.--------------------------6+ Acres at end of Oil Patch Lane. Zoned Commercial for $180,000. Can divide into smaller tracts. Call 210-416-0041.--------------------------Small acreage for sale or lease on US 183 just North of US 90A in Gonzales. Great for oilfield, etc. 830-203-0470.--------------------------Approximately 10 acres for lease in Gonzales. Great for commercial busi-ness. For more info please call 830-203-0470.--------------------------For Sale: 7.3070 Acres w/1973 Doublewide Mo-bile Home. 14 mi. South, FM 1117 in Seguin, TX. Mobile home is in need of repair. New water well. There are two septic tanks on property. Asking $56,000. Call 830-401-0147.--------------------------Lot for Rent. $100/month. 70’x130’ on Church St. Call 830-423-2103.--------------------------25 acres for sale. I-10 & 304 area. Abundant wild-life, great hunting, pond, nice home-site. $4,500/acre. Call 713-203-2814 for information.

Local Ranch hand looking for work. Experienced with cattle, goats, sheep & exotics. Also ex-perienced in fenc-ing, heavy ma-chinery operator, tractors. Call Cow-boy Ryan, 830-857-4286.

Looking for Leroy Matocha 33 Vinyl Records. “Time to Dance” and “All Aboard”. Call 979-532-3117.--------------------------Want to buy used tractors, running or not. Call 361-293-1633.

Looking for a good, used 3 wheel bike for adult. Call Paula at 672-3747.--------------------------The Heights of Gon-zales Activity De-partment is looking for a fridge/freezer to hold supplies for event refreshments. If you would like to donate or know of one that is reason-ably priced, contact Gwen Koncaba, 830-672-4530.--------------------------Professional Art-ist needs coastal round bales of hay. Will barter for art-work. Brenda Shan-non, 512-917-4078.--------------------------I want to buy a used shower stall & kitchen cabinets. 830-437-5659--------------------------WANTED: Old, bro-ken and unwanted costume and vin-tage jewelry, chain necklaces/belts and loose beads. I am a crafter who loves beading and mak-ing jewelry, and can’t afford new, full price beads. I will make an offer. I am in Gonzales. Please help me with my hobby. YOUR TRASH IS MY TREA-SURE! Call (512) 227-4040 today.--------------------------Wanted: Heavy duty metal shelv-ing, 6-7 ft. tall, 3-5 ft. long, 12-24 inch-es deep. 832-419-5275.--------------------------Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.--------------------------Small family owned trucking company looking to lease or purchase 5-15 acres in Gonzales or surrounding area. Prefer w/shop or building. Call 501-589-5097.--------------------------Wanted: Looking for Deer Lease to pay by the day. 361-596-7792.

K&S Storage Units922 St. Peter, Gon-zales, Texas. Units are available for rent with specials. First Month $10.00 - Move in special for month of August and September!!! Call 830-445-9583 or 830-857-3505 for details.--------------------------APACHE STORAGE - The Store All Place is located at 2502 Harwood Rd. Gon-zales, TX. 830-203-5115.

Buy loose gem-stones and allow us to custom design your upcoming gift. Over 1,000 cts. to choose from. Call 979-743-5840.--------------------------A/C & Electrical side jobs: New installs, A/C maintenance, Condenser change-outs, Residential & Commercial at affordable prices. Please call David anytime at 830-263-1747.--------------------------Ranch Hand Work. Rounding up cattle, fence work. Willing to learn. Call Steven & Gerald, 512-538-8950.--------------------------Need help with lawn or pool? Please call Gene Kridler at 830-857-1576.--------------------------Mobile Massage is now serving Gonzales & Luling. Specializing in Therapeutic Mas-sage for pain in lower back, neck, knees etc. Also corporate chair massage. 13 years experience. LMT Steve Turner, Lic. # MT021213. Call 8 3 0 - 8 5 7 - 0 2 7 0 . “Let me help get-ting you mobile.”--------------------------

Brush Busters.Bobcat, w/tree cut-ter attachment, land clearing, mesquite spray-ing, fence building, misc. odd end jobs. Reasonable Rates. Call James at 512-738-0848.

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SAN ANTONIO – Pub-lic school parent and col-lege professor Michael Soto (D-San Antonio) today an-nounced his candidacy for re-election to the State Board of Education in District 3, which spans San Antonio and deep South Texas. With his wife and two sons at his side, Soto made the an-nouncement before a crowd of supporters gathered at the San Antonio Children’s Mu-seum.

“In recent years, the State Board routinely generated negative headlines for its short-sighted ways, for de-cisions that placed narrow-minded politics ahead of what’s best for our state,” Soto said. “Texas kids and Texas schools deserve better.”

He continued: “That’s why I’m proud of what we’ve ac-complished since I took office in early 2011. We’ve made im-portant gains in how the State Board conducts its business. We’ve adopted academically rigorous science instructional

materials that have won the praise of scientists through-out the United States. We’ve brought much-needed atten-tion to how the Permanent School Fund is managed and to charter school oversight. And we’ve raised the profile of important public educa-tion issues.”

Joining Soto for his an-nouncement were State Rep-resentative Mike Villarreal; local public school teacher and (Soto’s former college student) Domale Dube; and biology professor Dr. Sara Volk. The kickoff reception was hosted by former State Senator Dr. Joe Bernal and Mary Esther Bernal, Charles Butt, Dr. Antonia Castañeda, former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros and for-mer San Antonio Council-member Mary Alice Cisne-ros, Alamo Colleges Board Member Blakely Fernandez, Jorge Herrera and Victoria

Moreno-Herrera, Dr. Arturo Madrid, Debra Salge, Susan Smith and Tommy Smith, and José Villarreal and Ma-ria Villarreal.

Also on hand in the audi-ence were current and for-mer state and local officials, community leaders, numer-ous public school parents and advocates, and several children.

“There are too many char-acters on the State Board,”

said Villarreal, “and not enough people with true character. That’s why we need to keep Michael there, working on behalf of Texas schools.”

After attending public schools in Brownsville ISD throughout his childhood, Soto received a B.A. degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. degree from Harvard University. He is presently associate professor of English and director of the McNair Scholars Program at Trinity University. He is married to Celina Peña; their sons are Alejo, a third grade student in San Antonio ISD, and Américo, SAISD class of 2028.

The counties in the newly-redrawn SBOE District 3 are Bee, Bexar, Brooks, Duval, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Lavaca, Live Oak, McMullen, Starr, and Wilson.

The District Attorney said she has also delivered on her promise to work with law en-forcement. McMinn imple-mented a legal training pro-gram across the district for officers and deputies includ-ing “on-call” access to the DA’s office for law enforce-ment. This was designed to insure law enforcement of-ficers have immediate access to the DA herself or an attor-ney — 24 hours a day, seven days a week — to advise the officers on questions of law or matters of procedure.

In addition, the District Attorney’s office also has two investigators who are avail-

able to assist law enforce-ment. McMinn’s dedication and commitment to law enforcement was recently recognized in the City of Schertz Magazine article, “From Cops to the Court-room.”

McMinn contends her dedication to making our community a better place reaches well beyond the courthouse. She volunteers at the Cops and Kids annual picnic, serves as a Board Member for the Children’s Advocacy Center, and serves as a Director for Buck Fever.

McMinn has also worked to educate parents and teach-ers about bullying, provid-ing presentations about the

warning signs and statistics of bullying.

“I am proud of the work we have done in the past three years and am grateful for the support of the com-munity and law enforcement as we have reformed the Dis-trict Attorney’s office and put it back to work protecting the citizens of the district,” she said. “But we have much more work to do.”

“We must continue to im-prove on the services we pro-vide to victims of crime, par-ticularly violent crimes. And we will continue our efforts to reduce operating costs, and find efficiencies in the way the DA’s office handles the ever increasing caseload.”


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St. Paul Blood DriveThe St. Paul Chapter of the National Honor Society recently sponsored a blood drive at Shiner Catholic School. Seventeen junior and senior members of NHS donated, many for the first time. Several par-ents, faculty and members of the community also do-nated last Tuesday, helping the NHS to exceed their goal of 24 units. (Courtesy photo)

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…that the Nixon-Smiley Community Choir is presenting its sixth annual Christ-mas musical? It will be performed this Sunday, December 11, at Smiley United Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m. and at Nix-on First United Methodist Church at 7:00 p.m. You are invited.

…that family members of Jim Parsons, star of the television show, The Big Bang Theory, were in Nixon this weekend vis-iting other relatives, Sidney and Virginia Wynne? The degreed-physicist-turned-ac-tor-with-Emmy-awards will soon be mak-ing an appearance as himself on The Mup-pets Show and will be doing a Broadway show this summer. Isn’t it exciting to know brilliant, talented, famous people?

…that a community youth drama will be presented at Nixon First United Method-ist Church on Friday, December 23? Con-tact persons are Travis Hanson and David Dunn.

…that the veteran administrator of the San Antonio unit of Fellowship of Chris-tian Athletes was at Nixon-Smiley High School to renew the local chapter. Fifty-five students choosing to attend the meet-ing were challenged by Jim Faulk to recog-nize the part God plays in their lives, on and off the field.

…that the Nixon Fire Department is having its Santa visits throughout town starting at 6:30 on Tuesday and Wednes-day, December 13 and 14? Santa will be transported by fire truck, then he’ll return on Friday, the 16th for picture taking with the children at the fire station.

…that Encouraging Word Church in Leesville will present a Christmas drama at 5:00 this Sunday, December 11? Tracy Newman is the contact person.

…that serious prayer is requested for Case Martin, the seven-month-old son of Clint and Lindsay? He has been diagnosed with no immune system and is in critical condition at Santa Rosa Children’s Hospi-tal in San Antonio fighting pneumonia.

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TEMPLE — Winning the state title for Sacred Heart was likely the main course. The fact that it came against archrival St. Paul was the dessert for the hungry In-dians.

The Indians had their gourmet meal, Saturday evening at Wildcat Stadium in Temple, 21-7.

“It was awesome beat-ing St. Paul our rival,” said Indian quarterback Jared Krischke. “Beating them 21-7 is crazy. Best feeling ever! We had a great season, 14 wins and topped if off with a state championship.”

The championship gives Sacred Heart the first one since taking home the 2007 crown and also the eighth championship for long-ten-ured head coach Pat Henke.

“It will never get old. It was a great win for our kids,” he said. “They wanted it so bad after they lost to St. Paul (in the regular season)

Sacred Heart knew they would have a great shot to win the state title by stick-ing to their ball control of-fense.

“The kids came out and executed our game plan to-night to perfection,” Henke said. “We wanted to run the football and we did.”

Sacred Heart did not stick to its bread-and-butter in the regular season matchup but stuck to its guns in this game.

“I thought last time we tried to be fancy,” Henke said. “This time, we simply ran the ball at St. Paul.”

Sacred Heart finishes 2011 at 14-1.

“How can you beat that?” Henke queried about their record. “We had a little hic-cup against St. Paul but the good Lord gave us a second chance and we took advan-tage of it. It feels great.”

The state runner-ups Cardinals still have rea-son to keep their heads up – they played in the state title game for the second straight season, especially after losing a lot of players from last year’s undefeated team and also had to get ac-quainted with a new coach and a new system of play.

Head coach Paul John-ston was quick to praise the Cardinal players on their determination and work ef-fort.

“These guys have come so far. They had a really differ-ent team this year,” he said. “We went a lot further than most people thought we were going to. It still hurts when you come up short in the big game.”

St. Paul came out with its usual game plans, but was not as aggressive on de-fense, Johnston said.

“On offense, we did not execute very well,” he said.

Sacred Heart took the opening kickoff and marched 70 yards in just over five minutes with fullback Matt Holub going up the middle most of the time, save for some Sterling Hrncir runs to the outside.

Hrncir capped the drive with a 9-yard run and Colton Brown added the point after with 6:40 to play in the first period.

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CelebrationThe Sacred Heart Indians hoist the state championship trophy while basking in the lights after taking a 21-7 win over archrival St. Paul to claim the TAPPS Division IV crown Saturday. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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GEORGETOWN — Shiner football coach Steven Cerny hopes adversity in football games will prepare his players for adversity in real life and how to deal with it.

Shiner (8-6) got football and life les-sons Friday night at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown in the Class 1A Division 1 state quarterfinals, falling to Mason 55-7 after turning the ball over nine times.

“This is just a game and real life is what you have to deal with,” Cerny said. “I told them, things are going to go bad in real life, just like in football games. It is how you deal with it and how you fight back.”

“Nobody likes to end like this but our guys fought hard and practiced hard this week. I could not ask for a better bunch.”

Mason scored on three of their first five possessions and led 34-7 at halftime.

“We just got off to a bad start tonight,” Cerny said. “Fumbles, penalties. We dug ourselves a hole right way and that sucked out all of our momentum.”

The Punchers scored 38 points off of the Shiner turnovers.

Mason went three and out on their open-ing drive, but Shiner lost the ball on just its second play to give the Punchers a first down at the 38. Running back David Mora carried four straight times for 21 yards. After an incomplete pass by quarterback Austin Trip, Mora picked up two to the 15 and Trip scored after keeping the ball on an option zone read play for a 7-0 Mason lead.

Comanche quarterback Jacob Stafford found Leo Baray for a 12-yard gain to the Shiner 34. The Comanches turned the ball over on the next play at their own 45.

Mason took six plays to drive the 45 yards, overcoming a 5-yard false-start pen-alty. Trip went to his tight end Kramer Wat-son for a 28-yard gain to the 18. A modest Mora gain complemented by a Shiner face-mask, moved the ball to the 7 to set up first and goal. Two plays later, it was Mora from the 3 and Mason now led 14-0.

Stafford was picked off by Chance Stock-bridge on the next drive. Mason stalled out near midfield and punted, pinning the Co-

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It is understandable to not have too much success when shooting from out-side the circle, but when you are shooting relatively close to the basket, you just have to make those shots.

The Gonzales Runnin’ Apaches played its first game in its tournament Thursday evening in a 55-43 loss to Wimberley at GHS Special Events Center.

The Apaches missed a number of layups and close buckets in the game.

“We have to make our shots that are within five feet of the basket,” GHS head coach Jason Tucker said. “We missed enough of those to win the game.”

“We missed at least six close shots.”

Gonzales is still working on getting the players who competed in football until the third week of Novem-ber in basketball shape.

“We still have to get into shape and we had some

goofy fouls early,” Tucker said. “There were a lot of mental mistakes in the sec-ond half because we were tired.”

He said with the multi-sport football players only taking part in three games and a couple of practices, the coaches are still having to coach on the fly.

“It will get better. They just have to get their legs underneath themselves. I am hoping that is why some of those layups did not go down,” Tucker said.

The teams made it a game in the first quarter with no leads bigger than two points.

The Apaches opened with the first bucket, as An-thony Sullivan set up Cam-eron Smith.

Don Cartwright turned a steal into a layup and a 6-5 Apache advantage.

The Texans then went ahead 11-6 on 6-of-10 from the charity stripe.

Smith assisted on a Vic-tor Melgar layup to keep Gonzales within 11-8 at the

end of the frame.In the second stanza, a

basket by Smith and two free throws by Melgar al-lowed Gonzales to tie the game at 14-14.

Wimberley then bagged seven straight points, and Gonzales got back in the game quickly as Jon Antho-ny Casares drained a three to close the gap to 21-17.

The Texans answered with a duce and tres to lead 26-17.

Casares made another long-range shot, getting help from Cecil Johnson, and Casares then assisted Smith on a bucket to close down to 26-22.

The Texans ended the period with a 5-2 run.

Early in the third box, Wimberley started knock-ing down threes —Ian Hooper connected and was followed by Zach Tierney to boost the Texans ahead 37-26.

A triple by Casares later knocked down Wimber-ley’s lead to 38-30. The Tex-ans socred five of the last

nine to end the quarter, up 43-34 despite another long-range bucket by Casares.

Wimberley outscored the Apaches 12-9 in the fi-nal eight minutes.

The Tribe got five points from Tanner Davis and a pair each from Casares and Cartwright.

Wimberley 55, Gonzales 43Wimberley: Zach Tierney 5 4-8 16,

Ian Hooper 4 4-11 14, Tyler Naner 3 1-3 9, Jacob Weldon 2 2-4 6, Christian Bilgor 0 4-4 4, Cameron Swisher 1 2-4 2. Totals 16 17-34 55.

Gonzales: Jon Anthony Casares 5 2-4 16, Tanner Davis 4 1-2 9, Cameron Smith 4 0-0 8, Victor Melgar 1 2-2 4, Don Cartwright 1 2-3 4, Darnell Arnic 1 0-0 2, Anthony Sullivan 0 0-2 0. To-tals 16 7-13 43.Wimberley 11 20 12 12-55Gonzales 8 16 10 9-43

Rebounds: Wimberley 38 (Naner 15, Tierney 7, Hooper 6, Zac Caldwell 3, Bilgor 2, Carson Albert 1, Seth Link-er 1, Weldon 1), Gonzales 26 (Davis 9, Sullivan 4, Casares 3, Cartwright 3, Smith 3, Arnic 1). Assists: Wimberley 11 (Naner 4, Hooper 2, Bilgor 1, Wel-don 1), Gonzales 14 (Casares 3, Sulli-van 2, Cartwright 2, Smith 2, Melgar 1, Jared Smit 1, Cecil Johnson 1, Chris Garcia 1, Arnic 1). Steals: Wimber-ley 10 (Tierney 3, Hooper 2, Bilgor 2, Linker 1, Swisher 1, Naner 1), Gonzales 12 (Casares 4, Cartwright 4, Smith 2, Johnson 1, Davis 1). Blocks: Wimber-ley 2 (Bilgor 1, Tierney 1), Gonzales 2 (Johnson 1, Davis 1). Three-point bas-kets: Wimberley 6 (Hooper 2, Tierney 2, Naner 2), Gonzales 4 (Casares 4)

The Gonzales Lady Apaches have developed some nasty habits that head coach Andre D’Aversa wants them to kick. They stop get-ting enough rebounds and do not protect the ball well enough to close out a game.

“We stop rebounding and start turning the ball over too much. It is that simple,” he said. “We refuse to box out.”

The Lady Apaches (3-11) led Columbus for a little over three quarters until and 10-0 run that ended early in the fourth frame gave the Lady Cardinals a 32-28 advantage.

“We should have put that team away in the second or third quarter, but we stopped rebounding and started turning the ball over. That has been the death of us all year-long so far,” D’Aversa said. “If we can figure it (rebounding, box-ing out and protecting the

ball) we will be okay.”He said part of the prob-

lem was that the last couple of seasons, the team would have one or two players that played physical enough to rebound the ball.

The teams traded a free throw and Gonzales got a bucket by Bre’Ana Stafford, from the dish by Brittany Pakebusch, to cut the Co-lumbus lead down to 33-31.

A Rebecca Allison basket and Shea Marbough free throw upped the cushion to 36-31.

A Pakebusch score, from the feed of Mariah Hast-ings, brought Gonzales to within 36-33 and Vanches-ka Russell sank a pair of free throws to bring Gonzales to within 36-35.

Molly Ballard, on the feed from Holly Melvin, put Co-lumbus ahead 38-35 with just a little over a minute to play.

Gonzales did not score on its next offensive posses-sion, but Hastings nabbed a steal; Gonzales passed

the ball around a little until Taylor West got the ball on the arc, dribbled inside and then dished out to Don-niqua Sanders at the top of the key. Sanders rose and drained the three-point bucket with about five sec-onds left to tie the game at 38-38.

The Lady Apaches then tried to force a turnover but were whistled for a foul, and Allison made the game-winning free throws with 1.07 seconds left.

“We should have not been that close to her,” D’Aversa said. “It was a hustle play so I cannot be upset at it. It was just frustrating; we tied the game and then invented ways to lose.”

The Lady Apaches opened with an 8-0 lead as Pakebusch and Russell made free throws, Hastings drained a three and Russell made a two-point basket.

The Lady Apaches con-tinued with a 7-4 run to end the first frame.

The Lady Cardinals scored two straight baskets to open the second period to close down to 15-8, and ended the stanza with six of the next 10 points.

In the third, Gonzales got up to a 23-14 lead on Rus-sell free throws and a Pak-

ebusch basket.Columbus responded

with a 6-0 run on two bas-kets by Ballard and one by Marbough, chopping the lead to 23-20.

A West tres put Gonza-les up 26-20 and Hastings made bucket to keep the margin at six points, 28-22.

The Lady Cardinals opened the fourth quarter with a 6-0 run to force a tie game before battling for the lead.

•The Lady Apache junior varsity won 40-38 against the Lady Cardinals.

Columbus 40, Gonzales 38Columbus: Shea Marbough 6 3-4

15, Molly Ballard 4 0-0 8, Rebecca Al-lison 2 2-2 6, Abigail Baugh 2 1-2 5, Jo-ske Jenkins 2 0-0 4, Holly Melvin 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 6-8 40.

Gonzales:Brittany Pakebusch 4 3-4 11, Vancheska Russell 2 6-8 10, Mariah Hastings 3 2-5 9, Taylor West 1 0-0 3, Donniqua Sanders 1 0-0 3, Bre’Ana Stafford 1 0-2 2. Totals 12 11-19 38.

Columbus 4 10 8 18-40Gpnzales 15 4 9 10-38Rebounds: Columbus 40 (Baugh

12, Melvin 6, Ballard 6, Marbough 4, Allison 3, Holly Pflughauot 3, Jenkins 1, Abbigail Weido 1), Gonzales 33 (Pakebusch 8, Hastings 8, Russell 7, Jessica Cantu 4, Loni Lester 2, West 2, Alejandra Hernandez 1, Sanders 1). As-sists: Columbus 12 (Allison 4, Melvin 3, Baugh 3, Weido 1, Kelsey McGrath 1), Gonzales 9 (Hastings 4, West 3, Sand-ers 1, Pakebusch 1). Steals: Columbus 14 (Marbough 5, Allison 3, Ballard 2, Melvin 1, Baugh 1, Pflughauot 1), Gonzales 9 (Hastings 3, Sanders 3, Pak-ebusch 2, Lester 2). Blocks: Columbus 1 (Marbough 1). Three-point baskets: Gonzales 3 (Hastings 1, West 1, Sand-ers 1)

The Waelder boys bas-ketball team defeated Faith Academy, 42-40, on Tuesday. Clay Orona scored 21 points and Cody Orona sank 10 points. Jeremy Gonzales scored six points; Caleb Ibarra and Deondrae Fields scored two points each, and Joseph Mc-Cook finished with one point.

• The Nixon-Smiley Lady Mustangs downed Runge, 53-37. Savan-nah Martinez bagged 10 points; Jennifer Flores and Kelby Henderson sank nine points; Hai-ley Boatright bucket-ed six points; Abigail Scarbrough chipped in five points; Jasmin Er-skin had four points and Alena Alvarez, D’Laine Palacio, Megan Guerra, Lauren Trigo and Brooke Hester finished with two points each.

• The Nixon-Smiley Mustangs beat Three Riv-ers. 73-23, on Tuesday. Seth Barrow and Matt Finch scored 12 points for Nixon; Damian Perez bagged 11 points; Robbie Mejia sank eight points; Ian Brian bucketed seven points; Jaime Moreno and Alex Hernandez de-posited six points each; Victor Evans scored four points Jared Van Auken contributed three points, and Ricky Hernandez chipped in two points. Nixon won the JV game, 42-17.

• The Yoakum Lady Bulldogs beat Victo-ria West 50-49. Jaccarri Hights led Yoakum with 14 points with Ally-son Blakeney bagging 11 points and Rae Rae Samuel contributed 10 points.

• The Sacred Heart In-dianettes defeated Aus-tin Concordia, 51-17, on Tuesday.

Adrienne Klimitchek led Sacred Heart with 23

points in the game.•The Hallettsville

Brahmas defeated Go-liad, 69-53, on Monday. Trevor McGee produced 23 points, Dazavn Sil-gero scored 16 points and Dalton Herrington bagged 13 points to lead the Brahmas.

Hallettsville won the junior varsity contest, 42-39, led by 17 points from Cayldal Massey.

Goliad won the fresh-men game, 43-38, as Reid Leopold scored 12 points for Hallettsville.

•The Hallettsville Sa-cred Heart Indians beat Austin Concordia, 55-48, in its first game of the season Tuesday.

Cole Wick led Sacred Heart with 14 points and Scott Stoner bucketed 11 points.

The Hallettsville girls fell to Schulenburg, 49-26, Tuesday. Danishia Silgero scored nine points for the Lady Brah-mas. Schulenburg JV won 45-14 and Halletts-ville won the freshmen gam 38-28.

• The Yoakum Bulldogs slammed Bloomington, 72-49, with 18 points from T. Hights.

• The Flatonia Bulldogs were edged by 53-52 by East Bernard.

• The Waelder Lady Wildcats fell to Faith Academy, 60-27. Alex Benitez bagged eight points; Chelsa Nichols had six points; Vonya Warfield bucketed five points; Courtney Orona had four points; Tatia-na Garcia and Marissa Ramirez had two points each.

• The Moulton Kittens were edged by Austin St. Michael 47-35.

Brandi Dolezal had 18 points for Moulton; Megan Mitchon had an-other five points; Jennifer Crumley and Casey Zim-merman sank four points apiece, and Chelsea Ga-bler and Tasha Dezek had two points each.

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ball back to their 14.Running back Adam

Hollenbach took a 15-yard pass from quarterback Da-kota Kresta on St. Paul’s first play.

A couple of more passes and a facemask call on the Indians allowed the Cardi-nals to move the ball to the Sacred Heart 23.

The Indian defense dropped Hollenbach for a loss on fourth down, back to the 27.

Sacred Heart once again ate up the yards, a little at a time, with Hrncir getting a lot of the work. He broke a 20-yard rush to the Car-dinal 33.

Sacred Heart eventually faced fourth down at the 31. The Indians attempted the fourth-down conver-sion, Krischke found Scott

Stoner, for his only pass attempt and completion of the game, for 14 yards to the 17.

Hrncir punched it in on the next play for his second score and a 14-0 Indian lead with 9:18 to play in the first half.

St. Paul responded with a 72-yard march, using their offensive finesse out of the spread formation.

They converted an early fourth-down with a 2-yard run by Hollenbach. A play or two later, Martin Kenne-dy hauled in a 36-yard pass to the 24 and Justin Natal gained 5 more on an end-around to the 19.

The drive appeared close to hitting a brick wall as Kresta was sacked for 7 yards back to the 26.

A pass from Kresta to Brett Hodges gained 18 to

the 8 and two plays later, Kresta hit Natal on a screen pass, and Natal followed the blocks into the end zone.

Cole Hybner added the point after and Sacred Heart led just 14-7.

The Indians went three and out on the next drive, and the Cardinals had a good return to the Sacred Heart 33.

The Indian defense held St. Paul in check and the Cardinals went for the con-version on fourth and 7. Kresta was flushed out of the pocket and scrambled, stopped well short of the first down.

Sacred Heart then ran out the remaining 51 sec-onds of the first half.

The Indians put what would turn out to be the finishing touch on the

game with an 80-yard, 5:51 drive in the third frame.

Holub scored from 10 yards out on fourth down.

St. Paul continued to battle – missing on two straight fourth-down con-versions to keep their drives alive, one on a failed fake punt and another on an incomplete pass.

Late in the game, St. Paul started out at its 24, with Kennedy catching a 9-yard pass and then Natal mak-ing a 17-yard catch to mid-field where the Cardinals ended the game with three straight shots by Kresta for the end zone.

St. Paul will be in a good shot for playoff success next year as they will lose

just three seniors – Hodges, Natal and Jacob Coul.

Johnston said even he though he loses just three seniors, it will be hard to fill the places vacated by them.

Sacred Heart will lose 13 seniors from the team –Nick Patalik, Krischke, Hrncir, Brown, Cole Blu-dau, Ross Rother, Holub, Cole Wick, Casey Mueller, Andrew Shimek, Regan Hall, Cody Greer and Na-than Hollas.

“They are a great group of guys. Great people. They blended together during the season. They were not that close at the start and they are a special bunch of kids,” Henke said.

TAPPS Division IV ChampionshipHallettsville Sacred Heart 21, Shiner

St. Paul 7Sacred Heart 7 7 7 0—21St. Paul 0 7 0 0—7

Scoring SummarySH-Sterling Hrncir 9 run (Colton Brown

kick)SH-Hrncir 17 run (Brown kick)SP-Justin Natal 7 pass from Dakota

Kresta (Cole Hybner kick)SH-Matt Holub 10 run (Brown kick)

Team stats SH SPFirst downs 18 16Rushes-yards 54-279 24-37Passing 1-1-0 19-30-0Passing yards 14 187Punts-yards 2-62 1-43Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0Penalties-yards 7-70 5-51

Individual statsRushing – Sacred Heart: Matt Holub

25-146, Sterling Hrncir 20-118, Leightin Pi-lat 3-16, Jared Krischke 6-(-1). St. Paul:Justin Natal 5-19, Adam Hollenbach 5-15, Dakota Kresta 9-2, Martin Kennedy 5-1.

Passing – Sacred Heart” Krischke 1-1-0-14, St. Paul: Kresta 19-30-0-187.

Receiving – Sacred Heart:Scott Stoner 1-14. St. Paul: Natal 5-46, Kennedy 4-58, Hollenbach 4-15, Cole Hybner 3-41, Brett Hodges 3-27.

Hallettsville Sacred Heart and Shiner St. Paul played each other in the recent TAPPS Division IV State title game, so both teams, members of District III, got a lot of the ac-colades for All-District honors.

The Indians’ Casey Mueller, Nathan Hol-las and Regan Hall were named as First Team Offense Linemen; St. Paul’s Dakota Kresta was chosen as First Team Offense Quarterback.

With the Indians tendency to run the ball on offense, they have two backs se-lected to the First Team Offense Running Backs — Sterling Hrncir and Matt Holub.

The Cardinals, with their spread offense, nabbed all four spots on the First Team Of-fense Receivers: Justin Natal, Adam Hol-lenbach, Martin Kennedy and Cole Hyb-ner.

Cole Wick of Sacred Heart won the First Team Offense Tight End/Athlete award, and Hybner was named First Team Offense Kicker.

For the Second Team Offense Linemen, Andrew Shimek (Sacred Heart) and Lad-die Patek (St. Paul) were selected.

Jared Krischke of Sacred Heart was named Second Team Offense Quarterback and St. Paul’s Brett Hodges was chosen as Second Team Offense Running Back.

Receiving Honorable Mentions were : Cody Greer (Sacred Heart linesman), Justin Siegel (St. Paul lineman), Jonathan Vanek (Sacred Heart running back), Scott Stoner (Sacred Heart wide receiver), Dylan Barton (St. Paul wide receiver), Ross Roth-er (Sacred Heart tight end/athlete) and Colton Brown (Sacred Heart kicker).

Wick, Hodges and Casey Mueller (Sa-cred Heart) were named First Team De-fense Linemen. Named as First Team De-fense Linebacker are Shimek, Kennedy and Barton.

Chosen for the First Team Defense Sec-ondary were Hybner, Natal and Leightin Pilat (Sacred Heart).

Making the Second Team Defense Line-man were Brier Shimek (Sacred Heart) and Hall.

Hollenbach, Mitchell McElroy (St. Paul) and Casey Jirkovsky (Sacred Heart) were named to the Second Team Defense Line-backer.

Cole Bludau (Sacred Heart) and Kresta were named to the Second Team Defense Secondary. Hybner was named Second Team Defense Punter.

Defensive Honorable Mentions were Siegal ( lineman), Brown (linebacker) and Hrncir (secondary).

Corralling a CardinalCasey Mueller (52) puts a stop on St. Paul quarterback Dakota Kresta (7). (Photo by Mark Lube)

Job well doneSacred Heart’s Casey Mueller (52) and St. Paul’s Adam Hollenbach (21) exchange congratulations after the Indians’ 21-7 win Saturday. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Pulling awaySacred Heart running back Matt Holub (44) bulls past St. Paul defender Cole Hybner for a sizeable gain dur-ing Saturday’s state finals. (Photo by Mark Lube)

manches deep.Stafford was intercepted

on the play’s third drive by Trip, who returned the ball from the 20 down to the 4. Mora scored from the 3 two plays later and the Punch-ers were ahead 21-0.

On the next drive, Shiner again coughed up the ball and Mason had it at the 21. Stockbridge gained 18 yards on a reverse on the second play and Mora scored from the 2 on the fifth play for a 28-0 advantage.

Shiner returned the kick-off to its 37 and on third down, fumbled the ball but managed to recover for a first down at the 47. Trev-ion Flowers then scooted 42 yards on a reverse to the Puncher 11, followed by Marlon Wallace taking a toss play for six yards to the 5. Stafford gained a couple to the 3, Evel Jones finished things up with a 3-yard touchdown run and Lucian Blaschke’s extra point was good, bringing the Coman-ches within 28-7.

Mason then put together a sustained drive, using Mora on the ground for the most part although Trip did have an 18-yard comple-tion to Rio Schmidt. Later, a false start penalty backed Mason up , after they had gotten the down to the 3. The Punchers ended up settling for a Schmidt field goal of 30 yards.

Mason had another chance to score a touch-down as the Comanches had another turnover with 12 seconds left. Trip threw incomplete and Schmidt trotted on for a 32-yard kick as time expired in the first half.

Mason forced Shiner into three and out on the third period’s first drive. The Punchers then drove 58 yards in 11 plays as Mora handled the running with Schmidt picking up a cou-ple of carries. Mora scored from the 4 and Mason went ahead 41-7.

The next Comanche pos-session looked like it could have some promise as Jones converted a third down with a 10-yard run, but a holding call took the wind out of Shiner’s sails. The Comanches then had to deal with a 12-yard punt to their 32.

The Punchers then drove

the short field in four plays with backup running back Raul Silguero gaining 18 yards on a counter and trip scoring from the 1.

Mason recovered an-other turnover deep inside Shiner territory at the 14, but needed seven plays to march down for the game’s final score, a 1-yard run by reserve quarterback Elliot Bibb.

The Comanches started at their 13 and drove inside the Mason 10 as Caleb Cur-tis produced some yards and Stafford hit Baray for a 25-yard gain from near the 50 to the Mason 28. The Comanches fumbled again, losing the ball close to the Mason goal line.

The Punchers drove to the Shiner 43, but ended up punting into the end zone. Shiner had a good run to midfield but lost the handle on the ball again and Ma-son recovered, running out the final 14 seconds of the contest.

The Comanches went 2-4 in non-district but rallied for a 3-1 mark in district to make the playoffs.

“I am proud of this team,” he said. “We started off struggling then we really picked things up.”

Shiner will lose around 11 seniors.

“They came to work early and stayed late almost ev-ery day,” Cerny said. “They practiced hard and dis-played great leadership.”

Class 1A Division I State Quarter-finals

Mason 55, Shiner 7Mason 14 20 14 7-55Shiner 0 7 0 0-7

Scoring SummaryM-Austin Trip 15 run (Rio Schmidt

kick)M-David Mora 3 run (Schmidt kick)M-Mora 3 run (Schmidt kick)M-Mora 2 run (Schmidt kick)S-Evel Jones 3 run (Lucian Blashke

kick)M-Schmidt 30 FGM-Schmidt 32 FGM-Mora 4 run (Schmidt kick)M-Trip 1 run (Schmidt kick)M-Elliot Bibb 1 run (Schmidt kick)

Team stats M SFirst downs 19 9Rushes-yards 56-286 28-171Passing 2-9-0 4-11-2Passing yards 46 31Punts-yards 3-128 2-34Fumbles-lost 2-0 8-7Penalalties-yards 8-50 5-52

Individual statsRushing – Mason: David Mora 28-

120, Raul Silguero 7-66, Austin Trip 6-40, Rio Schmidt 6-39, Chance Stock-bridge 1-18, No. 27 2-6, Forrest Lingle 2-4, Elliot Bibb 4-(-7). Shiner:Caleb Curtis 9-61, Evel Jones 4-42, Trevion Flowers 1-42, Jacob Stafford 9-15, Marlon Wallace 5-11.

Passing – Mason: Trip 2-9-0-46. Shiner: Stafford 4-11-2-31.

Receiving – Mason:Kramer Wat-son 1-28, Schimdt 1-18. Shiner: Leo Baray 2-27, Jones 1-2, Wallace 1-2.


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The Shiner Comanches advanced into the state quarterfinals for the first time since going to state in 2004. The Comanches ended the regular season at 5-5.

A small factor in the run was the play of quarterback Jacob Stafford.

Stafford headlines the Shiner Co-manches All-District Honors with a unanimous choice for 15-1A Offen-sive Player of the year.

Selected as First Team Offense Running Backs were Shiner’s Caleb Curtis and Flatonia’s Mitchel Mica.

Leo Baray and Trevion Flowers of the Comanches, and Zane Ponder of Flatonia were all selected as First Team Offense Wide Receivers.

Shiner’s Evel Jones was selected as First Team Offense Utility.

First Team Offense Linemen were Flatonia’s Jose Cedillo, and Shiner’s Derek Duke and Jake Jalufka.

Lucian Blaschke of Shiner was cho-sen for First Team Offense Kicker.

Second Team Offense Running Backs were Marlon Wallace of Shiner and Flatonia’s Dalton Griffin.

Blaschke was named Second Team Offense Wide Receiver.

Flatonia’s Cole Robbins was select-ed as the Second Team Offense Util-ity.

Will Bruns (Flatonia) and Caleb Kalich (Shiner) made the Second Team Offense Tight End.

Cole Strauss of Shiner and Miguel Grifaldo were Second Team Offense Center

Donovan Mardis and Sabrino Ro-driguez of Shiner and Flatonia’s Mar-cus Grifaldo were named Second Team Offense Linemen.

Rodriguez was chose for the First Team Defense Tackle. Nick Nevlud and Derek Duke, both of Shiner, were named to the First Team Defense Ends list.

Shiner’s Zach Lawrence and Max Huth were selected for the First Team Defense Outside Linebacker and Staf-ford was chosen for First Team De-fense Inside Linebacker.

Ponder was selected for First Team Defense Defensive Back along with Flowers, Blaschke and Brady Cejka (Shiner).

Shiner’s Nick Nevlud was chosen as First Team Defense Punter.

Marlon Greathouse of Shiner and

Miguel Griflado were selected for Second Team Defense Tackle, and Mica made the Second Team Defense End list.

Bruns was chosen as Second Team Defense Outside Linebacker.

Baray and teammate Blaine Caka were selected as Second Team De-fense Backs along with Flatonia’s Reed Rightmer.

Robbins was chosen as Second Team Defense Punter.

Shiner head coach Steven Cerny was selected as Co-Coach of the Year.

Receiving Honorable Mentions were: Robbins (defensive back), Evan Butcher (Flatonia defensive back), Dalton Griffin (Flatonia defensive back), Aaron Manzano (Flatonia de-fensive end), Christihan Rodriguez (Flatonia Linebacker), Aaron French (Flatonia tight end), Clay Branecky (Flatonia offensive lineman) and Au-gustine Aguillon (Flatonia offensive lineman).

Academic All-District selections were Branecky, Bruns, Marcus Gri-faldo and Nathan Kozelsky, all of Fla-tonia.

Billy Medford did it all on offense for the Luling Eagles.

He threw the ball (689 yards). He ran the ball (935 yards. And he caught the ball (133 yards).

Medford was named Offensive Most Valuable Player for 13-2A Division I All-District.

Brendon Cubit was named Offensive Newcom-er of the Year.

Wide receiver Ty Ander-son, guard Zach Olguin and tackle Porfirio Reyna were named to the First Team Offense while chosen for the Second Team Offense were quarterback Trayden Slaton, wide receivers Jorge Munoz and Vince Garcia, and tackle Will Young.

Honorable Mention for Offense went to wide re-ceiver Keeton Coe, kicker Brett Eckles and guard Or-lando Ordonez.

Selected for First Team

Defense were linebacker Zach Lawton, end Chess Elley and tackle Aaron Ber-mudez.

Second Team Defense honors went to corner Josh Alvarez, end A.J. Burks and tackle Tyler Gibson.

Eagles receiving Honor-able Mentions for Defense were linebacker Adam Palomo, outside linebacker Tony Brown and end Aaron Werlein.

BILLY MEDFORD

Shiner, Flatonia land all-league nods

Looking for a seamShiner running back Caleb Curtis (22 turns upfield looking for running room during Friday’s quarterfinal game against Mason. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Shiner Area Big Buck Contest unofficial results

Week 5 - As Of December 5, 2011

Gonzales County1. Eugene M. Potter of Dale,

12-pointer, 17 3/4-inch spread, 10 1/8-inch R1 tine, 9 5/8-inch R2 tine, 8 1/4-inch L1 tine, 9 5/8-inch L2 tine, 67 3/8 total points; 2. Jana P. Tomlinson of Sealy, 12-pointer, 16 1/8-inch spread, 9 7/8-inch R1 tine, 9 1/4-inch R2 tine, 10 1/8-inch L1 tine, 9 7/8-inch L2 tine, 67 1/4 total points; 3. Ronald Binz of Cuero, 9-pointer, 16 3/4-inch spread, 11 1/8-inch R1 tine, 8 3/8-inch R2 tine, 11 1/8-inch L1 tine, 8 5/8-inch L2 tine, 65 total points; 4. Henry Kalich of Shiner, 8-point-er, 15 1/4-inch spread, 9 3/4-inch R1 tine, 10 1/4-inch R2 tine, 9 1/4-inch L1 tine, 9 3/4-inch L2 tine, 62 1/4 total points.

Colorado County1. Shane Pesak of Weimar,

10-pointer, 17 5/8-inch spread, 10 1/4-inch R1 tine, 9 1/2-inch R2 tine, 11 1/4-inch L1 tine, 9 1/8-inch L2 tine, 67 3/4 total points; 2. Kevin Hinze of Weimar, 10-point-er, 16 1/4-inch spread, 8 1/2-inch R1 tine, 8 3/4-inch R2 tine, 8 -inch L1 tine, 9-inch L2 tine, 60 1/2 total points; 3. Edward Friedrich of Hockley, 11-pointer, 18-inch spread, 7 1/2-inch R1 tine,8 1/4-inch R2 tine, 6 3/4-inch L1 tine, 8 1/2-inch L2 tine, 60 total points. 4. Justin Schneider of Garwood, 10-pointer, 14 1/4-inch spread, 9 1/2-inch R1 tine,8 3/4-inch R2 tine, 8-inch L1 tine, 7 1/2-inch L2 tine, 58 total points.

Dewitt County1. *Paul Gaida* of Yorktown,

10-pointer, 17 1/8-inch spread, 11 3/4-inch R1 tine, 10 3/8-inch R2 tine, 11 1/2-inch L1 tine, 10

7/8-inch L2 tine, 71 5/8 total points; 2. Virgil Brown of Cuero, 10-pointer, 16 3/8-inch spread, 10 7/8-inch R1 tine, 9 1/4-inch R2 tine, 11 1/2-inch L1 tine, 8 3/4-inch L2 tine, 66 3/4 total points; 3. Travis Voskamp of Hallettsville, 9-pointer, 19 1/8-inch spread, 12 3/8-inch R1 tine, 6-inch R2 tine, 9 1/4-inch L1 tine, 9 -inch L2 tine, 64 3/4 total points; 4. Marty Blu-dau of Hallettsville, 10-pointer, 16-inch spread, 9 1/2-inch R1 tine, 8 1/2-inch R2 tine, 10 3/8-inch L1 tine, 9 3/4-inch L2 tine, 64 1/8 total points.

Lavaca County1. Paul Hanslik of Hallettsville,

14-pointer, 14 7/8-inch spread, 10 1/4-inch R1 tine, 9-inch R2 tine, 10 1/8-inch L1 tine, 9 1/4-inch L2 tine, 67 1/2 total points; 2. Herschel Schulte of Hallettsville, 13-pointer, 11 3/8-inch spread, 7 7/8-inch R1 tine, 8 3/4-inch R2 tine, 14 3/4-inch L1 tine, 9 1/8-inch L2 tine, 64 7/8 total points; 3. Richard Stavinoha of Moulton, 11-pointer, 16 1/8-inch spread, 10 1/4-inch R1 tine, 8 -inch R2 tine, 8 1/2-inch L1 tine, 8 3/8-inch L2 tine, 62 1/4 total points; 4. Clarence S. Brown of Hallettsville, 10-pointer, 19 3/4-inch spread, 9-inch R1 tine, 5 5/8-inch R2 tine, 9 -inch L1 tine, 8 1/8-inch L2 tine, 61 1/2 total points.

Fayette County1. Joey Krnavek of West Point,

12-pointer, 16 7/8-inch spread, 9 3/4-inch R1 tine,8-inch R2 tine, 5 3/4-inch L1 tine, 17 3/4-inch L2 tine, 70 1/8 total points; 2. Andrew Bockholt of Richmond, 12-pointer, 16 1/2-inch spread, 10 5/8-inch R1 tine, 8 5/8-inch R2 tine, 9 7/8-inch L1 tine, 9 -inch L2 tine, 66 5/8 total points; 3. Patrick Machala Jr. of La Grange, 9-pointer, 18 7/8-inch spread, 7

5/8-inch R1 tine, 9 1/8-inch R2 tine, 10 1/2-inch L1 tine, 8 5/8-inch L2 tine, 63 3/4 total points;4. Brett Janecka of Engle, 10-point-er, 16 1/4-inch spread, 8 3/4-inch R1 tine, 9 1/8-inch R2 tine, 8 5/8-inch L1 tine, 9-inch L2 tine, 61 3/4 total points.

Texas Open - North Zone1. Brock Moody of Victoria,

13-pointer, 20 3/4-inch spread, 9-inch R1 tine, 7

1/2-inch R2 tine, 9 1/4-inch L1 tine, 6 7/8-inch L2 tine, 66 3/8 total points; 2. Frank Bludau Jr. of Hallettsville, 8-pointer, 16 7/8-inch spread, 10 3/8-inch R1 tine, 8 7/8-inch R2 tine, 10 7/8-inch L1 tine, 9 1/4-inch L2 tine, 64 1/4 total points; 3. Gary Mcbride of Schulenburg, 10-pointer, 21 3/4-inch spread, 6 3/4-inch R1 tine, 6 3/4-inch R2 tine, 7 3/4-inch L1 tine, 7 3/8-inch L2 tine, 60 3/8 to-tal points.

Texas Open - South Zone1. Frank A. Wojtek of Rich-

mond, 18-pointer, 26 3/8-inch spread, 11-inch R1 tine, 10 5/8-inch R2 tine, 10 3/4-inch L1 tine, 11 1/4-inch L2 tine, 88 total points; 2. Travis L. Orsak of Bul-verde, 15-pointer, 19 3/8-inch spread, 12 7/8-inch R1 tine, 11 1/2-inch R2 tine, 10 1/4-inch L1 tine, 9-inch L2 tine, 78 total points; 3. Leon Grones of Hal-lettsville, 12-pointer, 18 1/2-inch spread, 11 3/4-inch R1 tine, 12 3/8-inch R2 tine, 10 3/4-inch L1 tine, 11 5/8-inch L2 tine, 77 total points.

17 & Under Youth Division1. Ben Mercer of Gonzales,

9-pointer, 19 1/4-inch spread, 10 1/8-inch R1 tine, 9 7/8-inch R2 tine, 9 1/2-inch L1 tine, 12 5/8-inch L2 tine, 70 3/8 total points; 2. Jerod Moeller of Shiner, 11-pointer, 16 3/4-inch spread, 11 3/8-inch R1 tine, 9 1/4-inch R2 tine, 10 7/8-inch L1 tine, 10 1/4-inch L2 tine, 69 1/2 total points; 3. Brice Bernshausen of Shiner, 9-pointer, 14 5/8-inch spread, 10 1/8-inch R1 tine, 9 1/8-inch R2 tine, 9 1/4-inch L1 tine, 9 3/4-inch L2 tine, 61 7/8 total points; 4. Kellen S. Opela of Hallettsville, 11-pointer, 14 7/8-inch spread, 9-inch R1 tine, 8 1/8-inch R2 tine, 9 1/4-inch L1 tine, 8-inch L2 tine, 60 1/4 total points.

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Shiner Big Buck Contest Standings Restrictions imposed on Lake Dunlap for safety

SEGUIN — The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) General Manager William “Bill” E. West, Jr., has imposed re-strictions on portions of Lake Dunlap in Comal and Guadalupe counties prohibit-ing the use of motorized and non-motor-ized watercraft.

Specifically, the restrictions apply on Lake Dunlap from the north end of Camp Porter Road to Lake Dunlap Dam. The emergency action went into effect on Fri-day, Dec. 2.

A copy of the General Manager’s Ac-tion may be viewed in its entirety online at http://www.gbra.org/documents/resolu-tions/11120201.pdf.

Lake Dunlap had been lowered to fa-cilitate repairs on Lake Dunlap Dam and while those repairs were occurring, a coor-dinated and balanced effort began with en-forcement and fisheries officers with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).

The effort was established for the remov-al and marking of identified tree stumps and other hazards/obstructions within Lake Dunlap.

On Thursday, Dec. 1, individuals acting independently of the coordinated effort began the unauthorized partial removal of about 80 stumps resulting in creating

potentially more hazardous conditions in Lake Dunlap. In essence, many of the par-tially cut stumps are at water level.

GBRA officials have determined that it is in the interest of public safety to issue the restrictions on a portion of Lake Dunlap for a period of time to allow inspection and removal and marking of designated tree stumps and to address additional hazard-ous conditions caused by the unauthorized stump cutting.

GBRA is authorized under Section 31.092 of the Parks and Wildlife Code to establish restrictions lakes operated by GBRA.

“As the steward of the Guadalupe River, including Lake Dunlap, GBRA has to con-sider safety, recreational, and conservation issues affecting all lake and river users,” West explained. “It is unfortunate that a se-lect few fail to consider the bigger picture and acted in their own interests and poten-tially exacerbated the hazardous conditions on the lake.”

“Our staff will work expeditiously to get buoys in place and resolve these safety is-sues.”

The restriction is in place and effective through noon Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. TPWD game wardens and sheriff ’s deputies will ticket violators of the restrictions.

AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Tuesday hosted news conferences at 11 different locations across the state, appealing to the public to visit state parks and make donations to help offset a revenue loss caused by heat, drought, wildfires and a resulting drop in park visitor revenue.

“A ‘triple whammy’ of record heat and drought, devastating wildfires and a corresponding decline in visitation and revenue has created a critical need for Texas State Parks,” said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. “So, we are reaching out for help.”

TPWD held news conferences at the following state parks or other locations in cities across Texas: McKinney Falls/Austin, Government Canyon/San Antonio, Sheldon Lake/Houston, Cedar Hill/Dallas-Fort Worth, Abilene SP/Abilene, Amarillo Convention and Visitors Council office/Amarillo, Mustang Island/Corpus Christi, State Parks Office/El Paso, Estero Llano Grande/Rio Grande Valley, Tyler SP/Tyler, and Mother Neff/Waco.

Visitor fees fund about half the $69 million operating budget for the state park system, subject to legislative appropriations.


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Live Nativity event setBELMONT — Prepara-

tions are underway for a memorable Christmas in Bel-mont.

Community members have banned together to make this year a very special one with the first ever presentation of a Live Nativity Event and by adding Christmas lights on local businesses, the Commu-nity Center and the historic Belmont United Methodist Church, which was estab-lished in 1859.

People from surrounding communities are being en-couraged to bring their fami-lies and friends to the inaugu-

ral Live Nativity Event that will be held at the Belmont United Methodist Church on Sunday, December 18 at 6:00 pm.

The church is located at the intersection of Alternate 90 and Highway 80 in Belmont.

Local members of the Bel-mont community will be dressed in biblical costumes and will portray the manger scene. As the program evolves, the audience will have the op-portunity to participate in the Christmas Story by joining the cast in the singing of traditional Christmas carols.

“Everyone is welcome to come to Belmont to experience

this live Nativity Christmas ex-perience,” said Randy Meyer, event director. “By adding the Christmas lights around our town and creating the live Na-tivity, we hope to fill peoples’ hearts with the true meaning and spirit of Christmas.”

The evening will conclude with a candlelight service and singing of “Silent Night.” Homemade refreshments will be provided following the pro-gram.

Weather permitting, the nativity program will be held outside. If inclement weath-er, it will be held inside the Church.

Delhi Quilt RaffleMike Abbott came up with the winning ticket for this “Angel Love” quilt in the an-nual Delhi Ladies Club annual bazaar recently. Also winning a handmade afghan made by Virginia Gilmore was Barbara Spence of Rosanky. The funds raised dur-ing the annual event help support area scholarships and numerous other club projects. (Courtesy Photo)

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2011 Lighted Christmas Parade

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Silent Santa Chili & Bean Cookoff Winners

D&G Automotive & DieselWrecker Service830-672-6278 Business

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Glenn Glass, Owner

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Lockout Services includes Light, Medium and Heavy Duty Towing and

Service Calls, Light, Medium and Heavy Duty Mechanic DOT &

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The 2011 Lighted Christ-mas Parade Winners are:

Organization:1st - Catholic Commu-

nity of Gonzales & Waelder Youth

2nd - Pioneer Village3rd - Norma’s House

Business:1st - Johnson Oil Com-

pany/Tiger Tote Stores2nd - Wells Fargo Bank3rd - Sage Capital Bank

Individual1st - Clarence & Debbie

Opiela2nd - 1915 Fire Truck3rd - Tim Crow

First Place ChiliThree Guys From Belmont

Dale DeCola, Tommy Click, Dick Bednarczyk

Second Pl. Beans, Second Pl. ChiliSmoke Eatin’ Barbecue Boys

Mike Zella, Wade Zella, Travis Linebrink

First Place BeansChix-N-Camo Cookers

Lynette King, Donna Allen

Third Place Chili,Home Alone Again

Floyd Toliver

For more than 12 years, Buster Jiggs has been one of the hardest working, inno-vative bands stuck between the Texas Music Scene and Rock N’ Roll.

Local fans will get the chance to see the band in action Friday at Yoakum Gin & Feed in Yoakum. Show time is 9 p.m.

Buster Jiggs has a unique sound, fusing traditional country with hard-core rock, and Kristin Muen-nink makes that sound even more unique with her stormy-voiced lead vocals.

Numerous times the band has been asked to describe their music, even more, where they got their name. There has never been a catchy cliché or nifty catch phrase to label what they do. The best portrayal was coined by Coby Wier, friend and former band mate, as “Organic Texas Rock.” A fusion of vintage rock n’ roll, country burn and haunting melody lines that combines into a roll-ercoaster of sound that is Buster Jiggs.

The band name comes from a character in an old cowboy poem, “The Sierry

Petes (or Tying the Knots in the Devil’s Tail)” written in 1917 by Gail Gardner. Hence the group’s logo of a boot wearing, guitar bran-dishing devil, with a few knots in his tail.

Buster Jiggs was con-ceived by husband and wife Scott (drums) and Kristin Muennink (vocals/guitar) in the summer of 1999, in a garage in Taft. Being the songwriters of the group there never was and will never be a “formula” for their music; each song has its own life and soul. Now going into their 13th year together, Buster Jiggs has

had various, incredible musicians funnel through, each one leaving their mark on Scott and Kristin, which in turn has aided them to create the music they are playing today.

Buster Jiggs is round-ed out by Daniel Rhodes (bass/harmony vocals), and Schley Barrack (lead gui-tar)

Daniel and Schley bring a unique combination and now mixed with Scott and Kristin’s distinctive style, Buster Jiggs is entering 2012 with a determination and a vision for a very pro-ductive year.

While the Texas drought has played havoc with tree farming across much of the state this year, thanks to ir-rigation a selection of qual-ity Christmas remains avail-able for area residents at one producer.

The Abrameit Tree Farm, located south of Luling on Highway 183, about a quar-ter-mile south of Interstate 10, used careful care to res-cue this year’s crop of Vir-ginia Pine Christmas trees, owner Virginia Abrameit said. She noted that she and her staff began with seed-lings less than a foot tall, and thanks to prudent irri-gation and weed/insect con-trol, shaping and trimming, her crop is available for se-lections for this Christmas season.

Also available are pre-cut Fraser Firs from North Carolina.

The farm will be available for tree shoppers one final weekend on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10-11, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For more infor-mation, call 512-468-2116.

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Fusing Texas Country and Rock ‘N Roll, Buster Jiggs will play Yoakum Gin & Feed on Friday. (Courtesy Photo)

Buster Jiggs brings unique sound to Yoakum Gin & Feed Friday

The Cannon’s Live Music Calendar

Upcoming Events!December 10December 9

9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.Doors open at 6 p.m.

Yoakum Gin & Feed117 West Street

Yoakum, TX 77994

361-293-3515

Lunch onSundays

11-2

9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.Doors open at 6 p.m.

Buster Jiggs

The BlackMatches

MATAMOROS TACO HUT

Weekly Specials Dec. 12-Dec. 18BreakfastPotato &

Chorizo Taco$115

LunchMexican

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Business Delivery Only ends at 11 a.m.201 St. Joseph • Gonzales

672-6615OPEN SUN.-TUES 6:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.

WED.-SAT. 6:00 A.M.-8:OO P.M.

Howard’sA C-Store with (More)

1701 N. Ave. EShiner

361-594-4200

LiveMusic

DraftBeer

Beer - Bait - Ammo

Thursday, Dec. 8Thursday Night Acoustic Jam at Ole

Moulton Bank, 6:30 p.m. No cover.

Friday, Dec. 9Buster Jiggs at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoa-

kum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.Slim Bawb at Howard’s, Shiner, 8 p.m.Texxas at The Tavern, Weimar, 8-12 p.m.Best Friends, Debbie and Sally, at Bel-

mont Social Club.

Saturday, Dec. 10Black Matches (formerly Texas Renegade)

at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoakum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.The Rankin Twins with Dolly Shine at

Port San Antonio, San Antonio.Clint Martin Band at Billy’s Ice House,

New Braunfels, 9 p.m.The Pilgrim Heir Band with special guests

Arnold Parker, Diane Forley, 2 1/2 Angels and Roy Forley at the Pilgrim Country Opry, Pilgrim Community Center (12809 FM 1116 in Pilgrim), 7 p.m. $4 cover, and $6 turkey & dressing meal available form 5-6 p.m.

Texxas at Decasta Dance Club, SPJST Hall, Decasta, 8-12 p.m.

Brushy Creek Boys at Belmont Social Club.

Sunday, Dec. 11Dolly Shine at Fat Daddy’s Sports and

Spirits Cafe, Mansfield.



Friday, Dec. 16Doug Stone at Scooter’s Dancehall,

Moulton. Tickets $15.Chad McBride and the Drifters at Yoa-

kum Gin & Feed, Yoakum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 17Broke 60 at Scooter’s Dancehall, Moulton.

Tickets $8.Rich O’Toole with special guest Clint

Martin at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoakum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Andrea Marie and the Magnolia Band at Howard’s, Shiner, 8 p.m.

Texxas at Watterston Hall, Watterston, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 20Dolly Shine at Legend’s Sports Bar & Grill,

Austin, 8 p.m.



Friday, Dec. 23Pale Horses at Scooter’s Dancehall, Moult-

on. $8 cover.Scott Taylor Band at Yoakum Gin & Feed,

Yoakum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.



Friday, Dec. 30Cloverside at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoa-

kum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 31New Year’s Eve Party feat. Texxas at

American Legion Hall, Flatonia, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.New Year’s Eve Party feat. Jarrod Bir-

mingham at Scooter’s Dancehall, Moulton. $15 cover.

New Year’s Eve Party feat. The Washers at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoakum.

Friday, Jan. 6John David Kent at Yoakum Gin & Feed,

Yoakum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 7Granger Smith at Yoakum Gin & Feed,

Yoakum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.Clint Martin Band at Watterson Hall, Red

Rock, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 21Phil Hamilton at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoa-

kum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 27Bri Bagwell at Yoakum Gin & Feed, Yoa-

kum, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Musicians and Venues: To add or update events, contact us via e-mail to [email protected].

Thanks to irrigation, Christmas tree cropsucceeded

Thanks to careful tending, the Abrameit Tree Farm has plenty of trees available this year. (Courtesy Photo)

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CANNON KID’S CORNER

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, this week you’ll need to operate under the “use-it-or-lose-it” way of thinking. Don’t sit on any resources, in-cluding your time. Get active and be productive.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21You may need to call in a few favors from friends, Taurus. There is a hurdle you need to get over and it likely will not get done alone. Pisces could be the person you seek.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, sometimes others simply don’t understand you, and deep down inside you may just like it that way. You continue to bring an air of mystery to the week.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, it will take some time, but you will finally be able to convince someone to heed your advice. It will take all of your persuasive power to do so.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, avoid letting your guard down after something falls in your favor. You will need to redouble your efforts to make sure things keep going swim-mingly.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, it’s wise to open your eyes a little wider and see where things are going right or wrong for you. Making the same choices over and over won’t lead to progress.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, a change of scenery

could help bring a new per-spective to something that has been on your mind. Get out of town for a few days and enjoy the respite.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, it’s time to put that creative energy to good use. Now could be the time to spearhead a project that has your name written all over it. Start drawing up ideas.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, there are plenty of ways to enjoy a wonder-ful birthday celebration, but the most ideal could simply be surrounding yourself with family and friends this week.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Take a cue from someone close that less is more when you’re caught in the middle of a squabble, Capricorn. Keep your opinions to yourself for the time being.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, there may be a few bumps along the way, but this week figures to be peaceful and relaxing. Plus, your fi-nancial situation is steadily improving.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, use your cache of en-ergy to plow through projects at work and free up some time for fun for the weekend into next week.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYSDECEMBER 11Jermaine Jackson, Singer (57)

DECEMBER 12Mayim Bialik, Actress (36)

DECEMBER 13Steve Buscemi, Actor (54)

DECEMBER 14Vanessa Hudgens, Singer (23)

DECEMBER 15Don Johnson, Actor (62)

DECEMBER 16Benjamin Bratt, Actor (48)

DECEMBER 17Duff Goldman, Chef (37)

Puzzle Answers

It was megalomaniacal French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte who made the following sage observation: “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.”

Orchids are lovely flowers, and many people dedicate years to growing them and finding rare specimens. If you’re like most people, though, you probably don’t realize that the word orchid comes from the Greek word “orchis,” which means “testicle.”

Records show that the town of Helena, Montana, had more millionaires per capita than any other city in the world -- way back in 1888.

In the early 1970s, a British plumber named John Hancock replaced an antique toilet in the home of John Lennon, then kept the old toilet for the rest of his life. In 2010, after Hancock’s death, his heirs put it up for auction. Even the auction house was surprised when the former Beatle’s throne fetched a whopping $14,740.

When you’re in an

unpopulated area and gaze up at the night sky, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the profusion of stars. But what’s truly overwhelming is this: All the stars that are visible from Earth represent only 0.000000000000001 percent of all the stars in the known universe.

You may not be aware of this, but there is a new fad that is catching on among some groups across the country: tall biking. Hobbyists construct bicycles with normal-sized front and

rear wheels, but with frames and seats that extend anywhere from 6 to 10 feet off the ground. Some riders actually use these bikes to joust, using lances made out of PVC pipe and foam rubber. It’s unclear, however, exactly how the riders mount their steeds.

***Thought for the Day: “If

you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.” -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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