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Gonzales may have a new steak house by the end of the year. Local citizen Mar-lene Metzler recently pur-chased the Booth & Lewis Building in downtown Gonzales and plans to turn it into a restaurant called ‘Outback Bar & Grill.’

The building has been

vacant for nearly two years and is the former home of Roger’s Pizza. The plan is to have the restaurant and a bar separated by a partial wall.

“I want to clean up the front and back, and it needs a lot of work done on the property,” Metzler said. “I never expected to have so much support from the

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Today in Texas History August 25, 1886On this day in 1886, the second orga-

nization of black medical professionals in the nation was formed in Galveston. Doctors J. H. and L. M. Wilkins, phar-macist J. S. Cameron, and twelve other men established the Lone Star State Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association. The group formed its own organization after the Texas Medical Association had refused them admis-sion. The founders included Monroe Alpheus Majors of Waco, the first African-American physician to prac-tice medicine west of the Rockies, and Benjamin Jesse Covington, a founder of Houston Negro Hospital. After sporadic activity early in its existence, the asso-ciation grew to almost 300 members in 1928. A. E. Hughes became the first female president in 1934. In 1939 the group received official endorsement from the Texas Medical Association. Af-ter TMA opened membership to blacks in 1955, Lone Star State Medical As-sociation’s numbers declined, but the organization remained active into the twenty-first century.

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Waelder wantsto help patrolI-10 speeders

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Action begins FridayThe Gonzales Apaches return to the field Friday night when they travel to Corpus Christi to face the Miller Buccaneers in their 2011 season opener. For a photo feature of last week’s Meet the Apaches night, see Page A10. For a full preview of all the region’s games, see today’s Sports section; for a preview of all football, volleyball and cross country teams around the re-gion, see our Fall Sports 2011 edition in today’s paper. (Photo by Mark Lube)

The annual Texas Independence Relay, hosted in the City of Gonza-les every March since 2008, will be moving to Bastrop next year.

The relay race course is more than 200 miles from Gonzales to the finish line in San Jacinto. The first shot for Texas Independence was fired in Gonzales. Relay Pro-ducer Jay Hilscher said he believes the relay starting line belongs in Gonzales.

“Its hard not to start the Texas

Independence Relay in Gonzales next year,” Hilscher said. “It makes sense historically speaking that it begin there.”

He said some of the participants who are registered for the 2012 relay have commented and asked about why its not being hosted in Gonzales.

According to Hilscher, there are multiple reasons why the relay will be relocating. Former Gonza-les city manager David Huseman was dismissed by the city council in February 2011, and the last re-lay was a few weeks later. Hilscher

said the timing of the event dur-ing changes in city administra-tion created challenges for relay staff.

“The participants didn’t really notice some of the struggle be-hind the scenes,” Hilscher said. “It was communicated to me by some people that Gonzales want-ed to take a step back. Its not the community at large’s fault.”

“We have appreciated the sup-port from some of the people there in the past and thank them for everything they have done to help us,” Hilscher said.

In the past, approximately 2,000 people in teams of ten ran a one mile route through Gonza-les and 200 miles through Shiner, Moulton, Flatonia, Schulenburg, Weimar, Borden, Columbus, Al-tair, Eagle Lake, Wallis, Orchard, Simonton, Fulshear and Houston.

Some teams have traveled from Los Angeles and New York to Gonzales to participate.

“I know many people in Gon-zales, and I’m sorry about relocat-ing the next relay,” Hilsher said. “Who knows what will happen in the future.”

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A sure-fire cure for wild hogs

Waelder Police Chief Jim Taylor says he wants a piece of the Interstate-speeding ticket pie for the City of Waelder.

Taylor submitted a pro-posal to the Gonzales County Commissioners Court during their meeting Monday morning, explain-ing that 35 percent of the revenue from the tickets

written by Waelder officers would return to the county coffer.

“We would get 65 per-cent, which we think is pretty fair since we are the ones paying the salaries and the patrol cars and ev-erything else,” Taylor said. “We can go write tickets in other parts of the county, but we don’t get any of the funds for that.”

He estimated the addi-

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Gonzales Municipal Court Failed to Appear List for Aug. 17 court date:

Defendants who receive a citation(s) must appear on or before the date indicated on the citation(s). Their appearance must be in writing, in person or by an attorney, and any change of address must be given to the court.

Defendants listed below have recently missed their scheduled court date and their failure to respond will result in a warrant(s) being issued for their arrest. An additional charge of violate promise to appear being added to their fine.

In addition to the original charge, there will be a warrant fee for violate promise to appear. In addition, you may be denied the renewal of your driver license from the Department of Public Safety and collection of debt fees by attorneys at law.

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Oscar Cardoza-LeLaCruzLorenzo Reyes RobledoErnesto R. Quintanilla, Jr.Victoria FurnaceFrancisco Javier PerezJames Ward GillespieJasmine WrightRamon RiveraCharles DavisEduardo Luis Arellano Rogelio Serrato PeralezAlberta IzaguirreDimitri Diego VigilThomas Enriquez, Jr.Brian Joseph Martinez

Sophia Estelle SilbasAlonzo McKinneyIgnacio GutierrezMarrissa CastilloJennifer Vara Reyna GuadalupeJohnny CantuRobyn Garcia Ramon SolizThe above listed defendants

need to contact the court as soon as possible at 830-672-2815. If you have any outstand-ing fines your name may make the next list.

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Gonzales Police Department News Release Week Of Aug. 22:

08/15/2011 Francisco Javier Almazan 30 Of Gon-zales Arrested And Charged With Public Intoxication At 2000 Blk Hwy 90-A.

08/15/2011 Reported Phone Harassment At 3000 Blk Harwood Rd.

08/16/2011 Reported Burglary Habitation At 600 Blk Water St.

08/17/2011 Marcus John Hernandez 19 Of Gon-zales Arrested And Charged With Criminal Mischeif And Possession Dangerous Drug At 300 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

08/17/2011 Reported Theft At 100 Blk Sarah De-witt Dr.

08/16/2011 Reported Assault At 197 County Road.08/17/2011 Preston Leon Smith 25 Of Gonzales

Arrested And Charegd With Outstanding City War-rants And Failure To Id At 1100 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

08/17/2011 Reported Unauthorized Use Motor

Vehicle At 2000 Blk Hwy 183.08/17/2011 Reported Criminal Mischief At 900 Blk

Wells St.08/17/2011 Reported Forgery At 600 Blk St. Paul

St.08/19/2011 Reported Theft Of Service At 1300 Blk

St. Louis St.08/20/2011 Marvin Trejo 19 Of Gonzales Ar-

rested And Charged With Possession Of Controlled Substance,Tampering With Evidence And A Juan Iza-guirre 17 Of Gonzales Arrested And Charged With No Drivers License, Possession Of Controlled Substance, And Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia At 1200 Blk St. Andrew St.

08/20/2011 Reported Criminal Mischief At 400 Blk Sarah Dewitt Dr.

08/21/2011 Reported Harassment At 800 Blk St. Matthew St.

08/21/2011 Reported Assault At 700 Blk College St.

The Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Re-port for 08/14/11-08/20/11

08/14/11Monjaraz, Luis Enrique Grifaldo, 08/1992,

Waelder. No Drivers License Issued. Released on Order to Appear. Immigration Detainer. Picked up by ICE.

08/15/11Pitts, Jeffery Ryan, 06/1991, Gonzales. Local War-

rant - Minor in Consumption. Released on Order to Appear. Local Warrant - Minor in Consumption. Re-leased on Order to Appear.

08/17/11Pena, Jonathan Scott, 12/1985, Gonzales. Com-

mitment/Sentence - Aggravated Assault against Public Servant. Released - Weekender/Work Re-lease.

Newman, Justin Wayne, 07/1988, Gonzales. Local Warrant - No Seatbelt - Child Age 4-14. Released on $500 Bond.

08/19/11

Rodriguez, Thomas Dion, 11/1981, Gonzales. Commitment/Sentence - Driving while Intoxicated with Child under 15 yoa. Released - Weekender.

08/20/11Rivera, Ramon Rosendo, 10/1990, Nixon. Local

Warrant - Traffic Offense. Released on Order to Ap-pear. Local Warrant - Fail to Maintain Financial Re-sponsibility. Released on Order to Appear.

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

GCSO 06DPS 02GPD 08WPD 01NPD 01Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 18

DeWitt County Sheriff’s office Arrest Report for Week of Aug. 11-17:

Jail Average Daily Count- 77Inmates Housed for other Agencies- 5

August 11, 2011Joe Howell, 46, of Victoria, Violation of Probation

/ Driving While Intoxicated 3rd or More, No Bond, DCSO

Edward Perez, 42, of Cuero, Revocation of Proba-tion / Retaliation, Bond of $50,000, DCSO

Felix Villarreal, 29, of Kenedy, Evading Arrest De-tention w/Vehicle, Bond of $10,000, Parole Violation, No Bond, DCSO

Ryan Mueller, 31, of Cuero, Assault by Threat Fam-ily Violence, Fine of $314.00, Unlawful Possession Firearm by Felon, Bond of $5,000, Deadly Conduct, Bond of $10,000, DCSO

August 12, 2011Tyler Davis, 28, of Luling, Violation of Probation /

Assault Family Violence Enhanced, No Bond, DCSOCarol Walsdorf, 26, of Los Fresnos, Violation of Pro-

bation / Improper Relationship Between Educator and Student, Bond of $20,000, DCSO

Jeffery Mccord, 45, of Cuero, Violation of Proba-tion / Burglary of Habitation, Bond of $20,000, DCSO

Robert Beckham, 36, of Cuero, Violation of Proba-tion / Theft Stolen Property<$1,500.00 2/More Previ-ous, No Bond, DCSO

James Davis, 60, of Victoria, Driving While Intoxi-cated / Open Alcohol Container, Bond of $2,000, DPS

August 13, 2011Christopher Ybarra, 30, of Beeville, Driving While

License Invalid, Bond of $1,000, DPSSanford Trevino, 19, of Cuero, Disregarded Stop

Sign, Fine of $156.00, 30 Days to Pay, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia 30 days to pay, DCSO

August 14, 2011Shaun Floyd, 31, of Sibley, Louisiana, Posses-

sion Controlled Substance PG 1 GT=1GLT4G, Bond of $10,000, Possession Marijuana LT2OZ, Bond of $1,000, DPS

Jimmy Walker, 33, of Cuero, Criminal Nonsupport, No Bond, Cuero PD

Thomas Lopez, 41, of Seguin, Driving While Intoxi-cated 2nd, Bond of $2,500, DPS

August 15, 2011Danail Garcia, 32, of Victoria, Sexual Assault of a

Child Bond of 75,000, Cuero PDMelissa Salinas, 29, of Cuero, No Drivers License,

30 days to pay, Capias Pro Fine/Child Under8/ Less Than 4’9’’ Unsecured, Fine of $260.20, Capias Pro Fine/ Child Under 8/Less than 4’9’’ Unsecured, Fine of $222.65, Capias Pro Fine/ No Texas Drivers License, Fine of $313.30, Yorktown PD

Darlene Thompson, 39, of Cuero, Violation of Pro-bation / Possession of Controlled Substance/Drug Free Zone, Bond of $50,000.00, DCSO

August 16, 2011Blake Orosco, 19, of Yorktown, Resist Arrest Search

or Transport, Bond of $1,000, Yorktown PDAngel Mraz, 25, of Yoakum, Violation of Probation/

Criminal Mischief, Bond of $35,000, DCSOGarza, Albert, 34, of Yoakum, Criminal Nonsup-

port, No Bond, Bail Jumping and Failure to Appear Civil Issue, Bond of $2,500, DCSO

August 17, 2011Jacobo Castro Jr., 24, of San Antonio, Assault

Causes Bodily Injury, Bond of 14,000, DCSOCary Dueser, 36, of Yorktown, Violation of Proba-

tion / Possession Controlled Substance PG 1<1G, Bond of $30,000, DCSO

Rigoberto Salinas Jr., 21, of Mission, Driving While License Invalid - Subsequent, Bond of $1,000, DPS

Esteban Rodriguez, 43, of Victoria, Manufacture Delivery Controlled Substance PG 3/4 <28G, Bond of $25,000, Manufacture Delivery Controlled Substance PG 3/4 <28G, Bond of $75,000, DCSO

Yoakum Police Department Weekly Incident Re-port

August 15, 2011 thru August 21, 201108/15/11Case #11-338, Forgery, 611 US 77A S; Disposition,

Investigation.08/17/11Case #169231, Warrant Arrest, Konecny, Michael,

23 Hallettsville, 900 Irvine; Offenses, Failed To Regis-ter/Sex Offender; Disposition, Trans/Victoria.

Case #11-339, Arson, 1003 Dunn; Complainant, The State of Texas; Disposition, Investigation.

08/19/11Case #11-314, YPD Detention, Johnson, Kareem,

27, Yoakum, 900 Irvine; Offenses, Disorderly Con-duct; Disposition, Fine/$564/YPD Custody.

Case #11-340, Burglary-Building, 209 Herder; Dis-position, Investigation.

Case #11-341, Assault-C, 201 W. Gonzales; Com-plainant, Hodges, Rufus; Disposition, Court Citation.

08/21/11Case #169283, Warrant Arrest, Pargmann, Garrett,

22, Cuero, Waco@Davis; Offense, W#10CR28979-Violation Probation-Poss. Marijuana; Disposition, Trans/LCSO.

Case #11-342, Runaway (C.I.N.S.), 320 Mathew; Disposition, Investigation.

Case #11-115, Warrant Arrest, Livingtson, Kend-all, 21, Yoakum, 900 Irvine; Offense, W#11-249-As-sault; Disposition, YPD Custody.

Case #11-343, Poss. Marijuana Drug Free Zone, 1200 Carl Ramert Dr.; Complainant, The State of Texas; Disposition, Investigation.

Case #11-344, Disorderly Conduct, 300 Blk. S. South; Disposition, Court Citation.

Fayette Co. Sheriff honoredChief Deputy Randy Noviskie of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office reports that the Executive Director of the Texas Narcotics Officers’ Association from El Paso contacted Sheriff Keith Korenek on Tuesday, July 5. Lt. David Beyer said that the board of directors for each region of Texas unanimously elected Sheriff Korenek for “Supervisor of the Year”. This prestigious award is only given to one peace of-ficer for the entire State of Texas. “Out of 254 counties in Texas, Sheriff Korenek won this award based on his aggressive enforcement of narcotics violations over the course of the last year. Additionally, Sheriff Korenek also won “Supervisor of the Year” for the central region of TNOA. This is the first time that one person has won both awards in the same year”, stated Noviskie. The Texas Narcotics Of-ficers’ Association is comprised of five regions covering the entire State of Texas. The association has been in existence since 1970 by virtue of State charter and currently has approximately 3000 members. Korenek is the only Sheriff in Texas that has ever been given this award. Sheriff Korenek was given a plaque and an engraved Glock pistol at the state conference in South Padre Island Aug. 17 at the annual awards banquet. (Courtesy Photo)

Agents rescueillegal aliens

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Another 14 illegal aliens were rescued Sunday when agents were again, notified by the Brooks County Sheriff ’s Office about a 911 call from a man who said he was part of a group that was lost in the brush and needed help.

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tional revenue to be ap-proximately $100,000 an-nually for the county.

“More importantly it will increase public safe-ty,” Taylor said. “We will not let patrol coverage of the City of Waelder slip.”

But Constable Raliegh Measom questioned that statement, pointing out numerous cases when Waelder officers did not respond to local calls for assistance or emergency.

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

“Well, I know the aver-age taxpayer is happy with money coming in that isn’t out of their pocket,” Taylor said. “Things are going great in the police department. Crimes are actually investigated to the fullest now.”

Commissioner Kevin

LaFleur asked if the tick-ets were going through the county court, how could Taylor say the coun-ty doesn’t have an invest-ment in the process.

“Court costs will be sub-tracted from the amount before we split it up be-tween us,” Taylor said.

“We’ve got the Depart-ment of Public Safety out there (on I-10) and they’re doing pretty good,” said Commissioner Bud Weust.

“If the Waelder citizens really want you to do this why don’t they just an-nex that area and make it part of their jurisdiction?” asked Gonzales County Sheriff Glen Sachtleben.

Commissioner Donnie Brzozowski asked if the additional tickets would burden the Waelder Jus-tice of the Peace office.

“That depends on the volume, because I was just denied a request for

to hire someone,” JP Jesse Almaguer said. “We have a case load now, so I’m sure it will be increased. Will the City authorize me to hire someone to help?”

Waelder City Council-man Valentino Hernan-dez, who attended the court meeting, said he was sure the city could help him considering the amount of revenue in-volved.

“They’re already patrol-ling out there now, when-ever they are dispatched out there, but they aren’t getting any income out of it,” Hernandez said.

Measom reminded the court that there were sev-eral recent cases when ma-jor incidents occurred, and Waelder officers had issues responding.

The area of Interstate 10 being discussed is ap-proximately one mile from

Waelder city limits. Brzozowski asked Coun-

ty Attorney Paul Watkins if the county would be liable for the Waelder officers pa-trolling that area.

“The only way the coun-ty would be liable is if we did something or failed to do something that we already had a duty to do,” Watkins said. “So if they’re out there doing something, and we aren’t involved, it should be no liability to us.”

“We have some issues with it,” Sachtleben said. “And I don’t think we need Gonzales County to be known as a speed trap.”

Gonzales County Judge David Bird said the court will check with TAC and get some guidance on whether the arrangement would be authorized. There was no decision on the request.

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WAELDER: Commissioners cool to idea of police patrolling I-10

Passing the bootMembers of the Gonzales Volunteer Fire Dept. took time out of their busy schedule over the weekend to “pass the boot” at the corner of Sarah DeWitt Dr. and St. Joseph St. in their annual fund-raiser for the Mus-cular Dystrophy Association. (Photos by Debbie Toliver)

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Highs near 110 degreesexpected this weekend

ERCOT issues conservation appeal

Around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued an appeal to the public to conserve energy because of continued and expected to continue high tem-peratures.

Officials with the Guadal-upe Valley Electric Cooperative

(GVEC) and other electric utility companies throughout the state ask their customers to conserve electricity as much as possible during these extremely high tem-peratures.

The National; Weather Service forecast for the Gonzales area is predicting a blazingly-hot week-end, with highs temperatures of 108 degrees expected on Friday, 109 on Saturday and 107 Sunday.

This conservation effort should help prevent the need for ERCOT to require electric utili-ties to reduce load by creating momentary service interruptions in which circuits are taken out of power and brought back up on a rotating basis — also known as “rolling blackouts” — an ER-COT news release notes.

As a reminder, here are some immediate tips for conserving energy:

• Limit electricity usage to only that consumption that is ab-solutely necessary. Turn off all unnecessary lights, appliances

and electronic equipment.• Do not use your most energy-

demanding devices such as dish-washer, laundry equipment, hair dryers, coffee makers, pool pump or other home appliances unless absolutely necessary, especially between the hours of 3 to 7 p.m.

• Close blinds and drapes on windows that get direct sun, set air conditioning thermostats to 80 degrees and use fans to circu-late the air.

• Businesses should minimize the use of electric lighting and electricity-consuming equipment as much as possible.

• Larger consumers of elec-tricity should consider shutting down or reducing nonessential production processes.

Consumers can keep updated on the situation by following GVEC on Facebook or GVEC_Tweets on Twitter.

GVEC is an electric coopera-tive that serves over 68,000 me-ters across 13 Texas counties. The service area spans 3,500 square miles across South Central Tex-as. The headquarters is located in Gonzales, with four area offices in the cities of Schertz, Seguin, La Vernia and Cuero.

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CATI Bike Ride donates to Norma’s HouseChris Cornetto of Southern Clay Products and race organizer of the recent Come and Take It Bike Ride, pres-ents a donation check to Norma House President Connie Kacir. Also pictured is Norma House volunteer Brian Fees (far left), Carolyn Holt of Southern Clay Products (second from left), Jon Such of Southern Clay Products (second from right) and Clyde Bates Southern Clay Products volunteer (right). (Photo by Mark Lube)

people in the community.”Metzler submitted her

plan and application for a small business grant to the Gonzales Economic Devel-opment Corporation earlier this month, and asked the board to seriously consider her request.

“I have no doubt this (plan) will work,” Metzler said. “I really feel that its going to be good.”

She said the building is in need of some minor re-pairs, but the electrical and plumbing are her major concerns. She said most of her money is going toward repairs and equipment. The former pizza oven kitchen is being moved to allow more cooking and meal preparation space.

Metzler said she plans to hire 13-15 employees, and be open Monday through Sunday, but only in the eve-nings for dinner.

She said she has to buy all new equipment for the kitchen.

“Whether or not I get a grant from you will decide what equipment I purchase and how much we do to the building,” Metzler said. “There’s a lot of things that have been covered up over the years, and it seems ev-ery time I pull a board off the wall there’s another window with some bars across it, and its history.”

She added that the apart-ment on the property will also be rented out.

“I want to keep it a nice place, an I want people to feel comfortable bringing their children there to eat dinner as a family,” Metzler said. “People are already asking me when I will be open, and I tell them, ‘I’m trying, I’m trying.’”

Barbara Crozier of Lau-rel Ridge Antiques also ap-plied for the small business grant but was not present to speak to the board about her plans for the funds.

The directors tabled the grant decisions, and will consider the applications during a future meeting.

GHS graduate Owenswins UIL scholarship

Evan Michael Owens, a graduate of Gonzales High School, has been awarded a scholarship by the Texas In-terscholastic League Foun-dation.

Owens received the Spalding Sports Worldwide Scholarship in the amount of $1,000, payable for the first year of higher educa-tion. The Spalding Sports Worldwide Scholarship was awarded to students who have participated in the University Interscholas-tic League Academic State Meet and who have com-piled an outstanding record of academic and extracur-ricular achievement.

This year the TILF awarded 452 new scholar-ships and will renew ap-proximately 188 multi-year awards for a total of 640 scholarships being distrib-uted during the 2011-12 ac-ademic year, with value of approximately $1.2 million. Recipients must attend any approved college or univer-

sity in Texas.Owens competed in

computer science at the 2008 and 09 UIL Academic State Meets where his team placed first in 2008 and sec-ond in 2009. He also partic-ipated in UIL mathematics, science, calculator applica-tions, football and baseball throughout his high school career

Owens plans to attend University of Texas at Aus-tin and major in biology.

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Colorado author and former Gonzales resident Kathy Lynn Harris is enjoy-ing the release of her new novel, Blue Straggler, as a Kindle ebook via Amazon.com. The novel was pub-lished by MST Publishing the first week of August 2011.

The novel, which is set in small towns in South Texas and Southern Colorado, features a cast of memora-ble characters and is receiv-ing five-star reviews from readers. The publisher calls the novel, “a laugh-out-loud, yet poignant, story about good friends, bad

choices, quirky families and new beginnings — a Texas version of Helen Field-ing’s Bridget Jones’s Diary or Anna Maxted’s Getting Over It with the wit and hu-mor of a Melissa Banks (of The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing fame) story.

Priced at $8.99, Blue Straggler is available as an ebook download and can be viewed on the Kindle ebook reader, or on any computer (PC or Mac), or on an iPad, iPhone or any Android or Windows smart phone. Two chapters are available to read for free on Amazon prior to purchase.

Former local residentreleases newest novel

What is progress? Well, for me its getting up in time to drink a whole cup of coffee before driving to work in the morning (and sometimes even remem-bering to eat breakfast!) For my kids, progress is slowly cutting back on how many hours they spend on Facebook now that school is back in their daily lives.

I have seen a lot of progress in our com-munity lately — The ground breaking of the new HEB site, Walmart considering a new “Super” location, a new Holiday Inn & Suites planned for construction this year, and a new community health center for women and children recently opened — all in the City of Gonzales.

I have also seen a disappointing lack of progress in many areas locally — the pad-dling trails project which was scheduled for completion last year is frozen, the annual Texas Independence Relay which Gonzales has now lost to Bastrop because of lack of consistent support, the Come and Take It Bicycle Race which brought international athletes to our streets but lacked support from some groups, and the St. George Street project which has been in the works for nearly three years downtown. Yes, the city is working on finishing it, but its been a long wait.

In the meantime, our city has designated a historic district in town, which runs sev-eral blocks in length. While preserving the past is very important, we cannot sacrifice future business growth in the name of pos-terity.

While its important to research busi-ness proposals and be selective about what projects a community becomes involved in, a city and its citizens cannot control its growth. And it shouldn’t want to!

You can’t pick and choose what kind of progress a community makes. And if you think you can, or attempt to do so anyway, you are either naive or manipulative.

There is a difference between being cau-tious before investing money in a business, and just flat out turning it down because you don’t agree with the proposal.

And if you are against it because it doesn’t fit into your cookie cutter view of how things should be then shame on you. And its even worse if you are in a posi-tion to positively effect the outcome of the event or plan, and instead you choose to drive it away because it conflicts with your personal image of how things should be.

People are all very different, and so is what they care about. Oh the basics are the same — Home, family, friends — But where we choose to spend our money and how we choose to spend our recreation time can be very different from our neigh-bors.

That doesn’t make it wrong, just differ-ent.

Therefore, just because you or your child do not ride horses, doesn’t mean you should be against supporting J.B. Wells Show Barn.

And just because you want to support smaller “Mom and Pop” businesses, doesn’t mean you should be against a large chain department store coming to town.

Its all connected, and the sooner we stop butt-ing heads with each other about how much progress we want and where, and how...The better we all will be!

I recently learned we used to have a Golden Corral restaurant in Gon-zales, but unfortunately it was destroyed in a fire and

the company chose not to rebuild. That’s very sad to me. While I enjoy eating at the few restaurants we have in town, I really wish they had rebuilt after the fire. Some may think that would take money away from the smaller, family-run eateries, but you know what, ultimately it’s the consum-er’s choice where they want to spend their money. It’s none of the public’s business.

Gonzales is a wonderful town, and I en-joy living here with my family. There are many warm, generous people who want to see it prosper and shine. But if it is going to survive and thrive there must be some changes in our behavior to each other and those who want to expand here.

I know there are people in this town who want to control things who frankly have nothing to do with them, or make decisions that are not theirs to make. My message to them is simply back off and let the citizens we have elected to make those decisions do their duty, and give the busi-nesses who want to expand here as much support as possible.

Otherwise, one day you may wake up and wonder why the streets are empty. Or why all the stores are closed. And ask your-self, “Is there something I could have done, or not done, to prevent this from happen-ing?”

If you’re honest with yourself, and the an-swer in your head is already telling you, “yes,” then maybe its not too late to repair some of the damage and move on to a brighter future for our community.

With all of the oil and natural gas busi-ness happening here now, we have a unique opportunity to capitalize on it and apply the revenue toward immediate needs and future civic projects.

Also, we are sending visitors mixed signals. We say we want tourism and more weekend guests in town, but then most of our stores remain closed on weekends and new events that bring fresh faces are scoffed and ridi-culed for not conforming to the past.

Progress is being made in some high pro-file areas of our community — The shadow over city hall is clearing up thanks to an in-vestigation and the council hiring a new city manager. And the Gonzales Economic De-velopment Corporation is considering more small business grant applications.

Whether its a rodeo or race, grocery store or farmer’s market, let’s show those who are watching us (and believe me, they are watch-ing) that we are not afraid of progress and change.

Lose the negative, doubting and destruc-tive attitudes and replace them with positive, practical and progressive actions that benefit every citizen and visitor to the Lexington of Texas.

United, the community of Gonzales will have a successful future. Divided...well, hope-fully we won’t have to find out.


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Duncan has no standing to criticize TexasAdmittedly, there are some ed-

ucational administrators in this state who do not consider Yours Truly to be much of a friend to the Texas education system.

Perhaps it’s the fact that unlike the mainstream media, I don’t subscribe to the party line that we’re doing a great job, if only we could shift a little more funding their way. I question curriculum and methodology, expose “new ideas” as old ones that have failed over and over again, and on oc-casion explain to parents in plain English what some of that gob-bledygook “educationese” lingo means.

Nonetheless, I find myself de-fending our educators following last week’s criticism of the Texas school system by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

In an interview on the Bloom-berg TV network, Duncan launched a tirade against the Texas education system, and in particular the state’s record under Gov. Rick Perry. Duncan said, “Far too few of their high school

graduates are actually prepared to go on to college. I feel very, very badly for the children there. You have seen massive increases in class size. You’ve seen cutbacks in funding.”

In another interview with C-SPAN, Duncan said Texas’ prob-lems could be attributed to “low standards” and the state had a “high dropout rate.”

While many of those argu-ments are ones I’ve made myself, others are outright falsehoods — and there is little doubt that Duncan’s sole motivation was to attempt to paint Perry as an “en-emy of education” for partisan political purposes.

A few quick fact checks. Un-der Perry, Texas class sizes have decreased, not “massively in-creased.” Even the George-So-ros-funded left-wing propaganda machine Politifact.org said Dun-can’s statement was “false.”

During Perry’s tenure as gov-ernor, the amount of money ex-pended on education in Texas has more than DOUBLED. Although this year’s Legislature cut per-pu-pil spending slightly, overall, the amount of money raised for edu-cation in the state INCREASED, primarily because of increased student enrollment.

Duncan’s assertion that Texas has “low standards” is his most laughable falsehood. True, we on the conservative side of the fence have continuing concerns about some of the mush that passes for “education” these days, such as the continuing attempts to foist the hoax of man-made global warming on our kids.

If we’re going to call Texas’ standards “low,” Mr. Secretary, then what would we call the

Common Core Standards devel-oped unlawfully by the U.S. De-partment of Education?

Texas at one point stood alone with only Alaska in being the only states to have not adopted the Common Core Standards; that number has now grown to five states. Why the retreat from a national curriculum (aside from the fact that it is both unconsti-tutional and federal law prohibits the development of any such cur-riculum by the DoE)?

Perhaps because the Common Core Standards aren’t education. In math, for example, they do not delineate specific courses (such as algebra, geometry, etc.), but instead lump them all together in some kind of open-ended continuous-learning cycle. The CCS standards in English/Lan-guage Arts set no grade-specific achievement levels, and eliminate things like the study of spelling and grammar.

The study of history is down-graded save where it is used to teach “social justice” ... and you

can guess the ultimate purpose of teaching “social justice:” that a liberal government can cure all evils.

As noted at omaha.com: “The authors assert that American gov-ernment and institutions create advantages that ‘channel wealth and power to white people,’ that color-blindness will not end rac-ism and that educators should ‘take action for social justice. ‘“

But perhaps if the esteemed secretary of the unconstitutional federal department attempting to subvert the independence of the 50 states by subverting the educ-taion systems of those states really wants to run a comparison with Texas, he’d like to pit the “achieve-ments” of the school system he used to run — Chicago — against those of the Lone Star State.

Texas has problems with its education system; on that, Dun-can has a point. But Texas is still heads and shoulders above almost every other state in the Union, with or without the influ-ence of Rick Perry.

Cuellar owes us an apology On a recent Sean Hannity show,

Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) said that “blaming the Tea Party (for America’s credit downgrade) is sort of like blaming the fireman when he comes to put out the fire.” Nevertheless, Congressman Hen-ry Cuellar (D-TX) did just that on his latest news release, dated August 6. Cuellar is behaving like a typical liberal Democrat and like President Obama, who blames everyone but takes no responsibil-ity. His accusation isn’t even origi-nal, since he is repeating the party line of the Democratic leadership.

Cuellar’s accusation is false, be-cause the credit rating downgrade had nothing to do with how close the U.S. came to the August 2 “deadline” for raising the debt ceiling. The down-grade had everything to do with the medium- and long-term outlook for spending and debt. S&P stated in its rationale for the downgrade that “the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the administration agreed to this week falls short of the amount that we believe it necessary to sta-bilize the general government debt burden by the middle of the decade.” In other words – the debt ceiling compromise didn’t go far enough.

The road to the credit downgrade began in the 1930s when Roosevelt started using government projects to get people working. Ever since then Democrat and Republican administrations have increased the government spending (or invest-ing as Obama calls it) to the point that America is $14.5 trillion in debt.

Furthermore, the Tea Party has been arguing that the hand-wringing and catastrophic predic-

tions by liberals are little more than a tool by opponents of fis-cal responsibility to push for a watered-down compromise. Cuellar and his liberal friends only want to continue spending more, and not stop.

The Tea Party feels that now is the time to rein in out-of-control spending and get the government on a path toward long-term fiscal responsibility. We must address this problem immediately, and stop kicking the “debt can” further down the road. The Tea Party was vindicat-ed by the S&P rationale for the

downgrade which noted that waiting until after the 2012 elections to enact real change will mean facing an even higher government debt burden and greater “fiscal adjustment.”

And so Congressman Cuellar, the Tea Party is not responsible for the downgrade, but rather the Obama administration that has added $4.3 trillion to the national debt in less than three years, while politicians on both sides of the aisle that have balked at efforts to enact substantial reforms. Cuellar should stop playing the blame game and support a Balanced Budget Amend-ment.

The Tea Party is not at fault for the credit downgrade nor the rest of our financial mess. Local Tea Party leaders including the McAl-len Tea Party, Laredo Tea Party, Brush Country (Atascosa County) Tea Party, Wilson County Tea Party, San Antonio Tea Party, and the Seguin Tea Party are demanding that Cuellar apologize for his comment.

Selective support is road block for positive progress

In regards to the school supply issue, there is one point that I have not heard mentioned and that would be health.

My daughter is in second grade this year. When she was in kindergarten she came home one day not feeling well. By the next morning she was running a temperature of 104 degrees. I took her back and forth to the doctor over the course of two weeks.

During this time her mouth became infected, she stopped eating and lost ten pounds. By the time she was well she had lost a total of 20 pounds. All this time she was still running a high temperature. We tried antibiotics but nothing seemed to help.

One morning as she was brushing her teeth all the skin peeled off her tongue. When she woke up the next morning, her gums were so swollen you could no longer see her teeth. Now it was a dental problem. So that’s where we went.

Within moments of walking into the isolation room the dentist knew exactly what was wrong. My 5 year old had got-ten herpes! I asked how she could have gotten it and he said that most likely she got it at school from sharing supplies!

He added that she should not have an outbreak this bad ever again, only the small little cold sores. ONLY!!! I’m not saying that she might never have gotten this, but the fact that the kids have communal pots of pencils, crayons, etc. does not help the matter.

This is an illness that she will have for the rest of her life. We now have to make sure and tell the teachers, counsellor and anyone else who needs to know that under no circumstances is she to share any supplies with anyone.

Amy PettusGonzales

Fall Sports issuevery impressiveDear Editor,

I was just browsing your Fall Sports Preview (online, post-ed on Tuesday) while sitting in a horribly boring meeting.

Thanks for the welcome diversion Very impressive work, in-cluding the creative cover!

One very odd observation: every occurrence of the letter “f” is missing and replaced by a special block character in-stead. Grab an iPhone and have a look.

Nice work, Team Cannon!!

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EDITOR’S NOTE: You describe what appears to be a phe-nomenon unique to accessing our online edition via particular phone networks. Thanks for the kudos.

Independence Relay: Old Moneyin town scared of changeDear Editor.

This goes to show ya how the people in charge are scared of change. Old Money is running this town into the ground.

We need to replace ALL employees who are trying to put the brakes on our town growing in the right direction. If that means sending the top dogs in office packing that is what we need to do in order for growth to expand.

Wonder why we have so much money being stolen right before our eyes is due to people trying to cover up there friends and family’s misdeeds.

We need a complete AUDIT of this whole town — sick and tired of reading about more non-sense going on at the high-est levels of city govt. when I pick up the newspaper.

Just can’t believe how dumb this town is when trying to make some money. The people in charge just don’t want us to make any money when they are allegedly stealing it from

right under us. Just keep quite and shut your mouth then maybe people will go back to sleep.

Maybe we should get the big city’s media involved on how this town has too many alleged crooks running this town from city hall to the c o c office.

Paul WolfeGonzalesvia gonzalescannon.com

Independence Relay: Enjoy allthose empty buildings!Dear Editor,

(In reference to the story posted online about the Inde-pendence Relay moving to Bastrop) Scale Back? Growing too BIG? WHAT??? I’m sorry, but I go to the Chamber of Commerce meeting for Come-n-Take It and I hear Let’s keep it downtown, Let’s show off our City and the more vendors and entertainment the BETTER! Nothing needs to change ... Now this? What do we have, Jekyl and Hyde running stuff? Did the Tx Ind. Relay do something that someone isn’t say-ing? Or did Gonzales do something? This is getting almost comical to say the least. Gonzales isn’t growing....someone is trying to keep it stuck right where they want it. And Con-gratulations! You’re doing it! Enjoy the view of ALL those EMPTY bulidings...

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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver drops. Let the rain sing you a lul-laby.

— Langston Hughes

A sage once said anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.

It’s a saying that makes a devout believer out of any Texan these days. Due to the drought. Every farmer and rancher and merchant and other semi-normal being in the state would love to do a waltz through water or boogie-woogie to the beat of thunder and raindrops.

I’m one of ‘em.It’s a Tuesday in the a.m. A little

after 10 o’clock. The cattle are laz-ing. Bunched up and lollng in the shade of a grand old post oak. I’m loading up bags of cubes to put in the bunk feeders. A 100-pound bag of the bovine treats runs right at $18. Expensive feed to keep the fat on the beef.

I am going about this business as quietly as I possibly can. ‘Cause

once I hit the starter on the Kawa-saki Mule the little herd will come to its feet and stampede toward the sound of the engine and in a direct direction to the bunk feeders. The cattle will be doing so in 4/4 time and not sidling along at a two-step tempo. In the morning the cows will be mooing and bellowing once again for something to satisfy their four stomachs.

After leaving the cattle to tackle the treats I step back to take a gan-der at the land. Productive last year with plenty of coastal Bermuda, it is barren this year. And the bleak-

ness of the pasture is a positive metaphor for the state of the agri-culture industry in 2011.

Just about every newscast has a negative notation on what is going on in Texas agriculture. Dismal fig-ures are presented.

How the state’s economy has been hit. Hard. Mighty hard. As accounted by the record farm loss of $5.2 billion to date. And Texas, the biggest cattle-producing state, will take a direct hit. Agriculture accounted for $99.1 billion of the state’s $1.1 trillion economy, or 8.6%, in 2007, the most recent year data on food and fiber was avail-able from the extension service.

Those stats smart. Without pasture grass and water

ranchers have been culling cattle. Texas has long been the largest beef-producing state with over 5 million head. Sale barns and feed lots have been overloaded the past month.

And the die-hards will have to pay premium prices for feed if they keep their herds. Hay prices

have soared. Alfalfa that’s trucked in is going for $240 a ton. Wheat hay goes for $70 and more a round bale.

Outlook for any break is dour. Non-existent.

So the weather remains a con-stant for conversation. As it has been for ages. But as of late it has turned us all into pessimists. Whereas a pessimist expects ev-ery change in the weather to be a change for the worse.

Just this a.m., on the 23rd day of August, in the heat of the Dog Days of Summer, KTBC in Austin reported that today would be the 69th day of Triple Digit Tempera-tures. Unfortunately, the past 10 months has been the only time one could take a TV weatherman’s pre-diction as gospel. When he’s said, “No rain in the immediate fore-cast,” you could bet a buffalo nickel he was on the money.

The lack of rain has left nearly-normal folks on bended knee pray-ing for tropical storms and hur-ricanes and downpours of biblical

proportions. But the prayers have gone unanswered.

Leaving us on a daily basis to face days hotter than the hinges of Hades.

Just this past weekend, with the day being hotter than a hen layin’ eggs in a woolen basket, just as I got out of the shower, I said to the wife, “Honey, it’s too darned hot to wear clothes today, what do you think anyone would say if I wash the car naked?”

“That I married you for your money,” she snidely replied.

Well, maybe a little humor and optimism will get us through this current climate crisis.

But one thing is for sure, we need enough rain water to make the ground as tender as a fresh baked biscuit … down the road, we go.

FYI: The highest recorded tem-perature in Texas was 120 degrees on August 12, 1936 at Seminole. The state’s lowest temperature -23 degrees occurred on Feb. 8, 1933, also at Seminole.


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End of shuttle program doesn’t mean end of Texas’ role in space

Sharing school suppliescan spread diseases

On July 20th, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew marked an unprecedented jour-ney, inspiring human exploration for generations to come. Astronaut Neil Armstrong reported the landing of the first manned mission on the moon with the assuring words, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”

While the world held its breath watching Armstrong’s first steps live on television, engineers and scientists in Houston worked tirelessly from Mis-sion Control on the safety and success of the mission. Communicating con-stantly with Apollo 11’s crew, Hous-ton’s NASA facilities ensured that the giant leap for mankind brought pride for Texans and Americans around the world.

July 29th marked the 53rd year since

President Eisenhower signed legisla-tion establishing the National Aero-nautics and Space Administration, or NASA. With the goal of pioneering American space exploration and the impetus of the global space race, NASA sought to do as none had done before. It was in 1961 that NASA established the site that would make Texas integral to American spaceflight.

The Manned Spacecraft Center, re-named the Johnson Space Center in 1973 for Texas native President Lyn-don B. Johnson, has housed facilities crucial to the nation’s space program for five decades. Teams in the Mission Control Center have helped direct every human mission since 1965, in-cluding the Apollo missions as well as 135 shuttle flights. The International Space Station Flight Control Room communicates with the space station and coordinates shuttle missions. Var-ious scientific research facilities fos-ter space technology innovation and oversee experiments. The Training Flight Control Room prepares astro-nauts for the demands of space travel with simulations. Without a doubt, the Johnson Space Center has been vi-tal to NASA’s vision to “reach for new

heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.”

The Johnson Space Center has contributed intellectual and cultural vitality to Texas as well. With about 3,000 civilian employees, 110 astro-nauts, and thousands of contractors, the Space Center community has transformed Houston into a hub of aeronautical innovation and collabo-ration. United in this presence, space has become integrated into the cul-ture of Houston. Games, tours, and exhibits at the Space Center Houston attract visitors from around the world. Even the city’s Major League Baseball team, the Houston Astros, and their NBA team, the Houston Rockets, are named after the city’s unique contri-bution.

Last month, we were reminded yet again of Texas’ significant achieve-ment. Welcomed by cheers and sup-port, the four astronauts who flew space shuttle Atlantis’ final mission returned home to Houston on July 22nd. Though this was a bittersweet moment, Texans have much to be proud of in decades of remarkable service, innovation, and exploration for our country. The unprecedented accomplishments of the Johnson Space Center and the men and wom-en hard at work there pushed Texas to the forefront of spaceflight. In spite of the conclusion of the shuttle program, our great state will persist in leading the next generation of human explo-ration, and will no doubt continue to bring pride and success to Texans and our nation.

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The Victoria College Gonzales campus expan-sion plan has hit a financial speed bump due to higher than expected quotes for the million dollar project.

Last month the school told the Gonzales Econom-ic Development Corpora-tion they may have to delay

or reduce the project.Victoria College Presi-

dent Dr. Tom Butler, Gon-zales Campus Director Jackie Mikesh and project director Dr. Larry Garrett, spoke with GEDC in ex-ecutive session during the board’s meeting Monday, to explain the status of the project and discuss options for its completion.

“No decisions were

made (during the meet-ing), but there has been a big miscommunication,” Garrett told The Cannon. “We are not withdrawing our expansion plans, but we are considering contract modifications.”

The 13,000 square feet campus expansion plan (which was originally 9,000 square feet) includes a tech-nical trade school facility offering welding, electrical and HVAC courses, and a new science building to house additional medical classrooms and laboratory to train for careers in the healthcare field.

The school’s administra-tion is asking local busi-nesses for help, in hopes the project can avoid delay and stay on schedule.

“We need to raise more money. We’re looking for oil and gas companies who might want to invest in the school,” Garrett said, point-ing out part of the new

facility will include weld-ing training. “With all the pipeline work happening around here that will defi-nitely be a valuable skill for those companies.”

To date, the college has received more than $700,000 in private and cor-porate donations. GEDC pledged $400,000 earlier this year. Local business donations include $10,000 from Southern Clay Prod-ucts, $10,000 from Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms,

and $25,000 from Pioneer Natural Resources.

Garrett said increased cost of materials (Steel, copper and fuel) was the main contributing factor to a higher than expected bid.

“We are looking for more grants and other sources to help us complete this proj-ect,” Garrett said. “We need about $225,000 more to make it happen.”

GEDC’s current deadline for the project is August 2012.

“If we get the money within the next month we can probably keep it on our timeline,” Garrett said. “We won’t award the project (to be constructed) until all the funding in is place.”

There is a dedicated fund for the Gonzales Center Expansion project. For in-formation about how to donate toward the project, contact Jennifer Yancey of the Victoria College Foun-dation, (361) 920-3336.


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Thank You,Gonzales Friends!

I have practiced dentistry in Gonzales for over 40 years. I think of my patients as my friends. Each day for all these years I have looked forward to seeing all of you, not just to treat your dental needs, but to share the news of your lives. Thank you for those wonderful years. It has been my pleasure to have you in my life.

Now, it is time for me to retire and give more time to my family and outside interests. My wife, Coylene, and I are planning lots of “grandkids time”, a little travel time, lots of Aggie sports time, and relaxing while watching the sun rise and set.

There are a few special people I would like to thank for always helping me, keeping me organized, and being supportive. These people are my office “family”, Deana Bohuslav, Becky Bennett, Pat Heins, and Christy Kai-ser. Your smiles, hard work, and trust have enriched my days. We will always be friends. For all you have given me, thank you.

I wanted to turn my dental practice and office over to the perfect doctor who would be an asset to Gonzales, and Dr. Tom Orme has come to aptly fill that place. Dr. Orme received his BS degree from the University of Houston and his DDS degree from University of Texas Dental School, San Antonio. He is trained in all the lat-est dental medicine techniques and has practiced den-tistry for several years. He and his family have moved to Gonzales and embraced our community.

I will be having open house at the office, 833 St. Jo-seph St., Thursday, September 1st, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Please, come give me a few moments to see you, to per-sonally say thanks, and to introduce Dr. Orme and his family.

I am looking forward to seeing all of you.

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Main Street donationTara Kuntschik, owner of Hair It Is & Co., 1402 St. Louis St., presents a check to Main Street board members as being one of the acoustic sponsors for the Main Street Concert Series held in June on the confederate square. Pictured are Del De Los Santos, Peggy Barnett, Pam Parker, Tara Kuntschik and Debbie Toliver. (Photo courtesy Shelly Opiela)

VC needs more funds for campus expansion plans By NIKKI [email protected]

It’s Come & Take It time! We’re going to have some good food, some new stuff, some old fa-vorites, but we’re also going to have a couple of booths available if a club, group or organization wants to do this. If you’re interested, call me at the chamber office – 672-6532.

We have the brochures ready and waiting. If you want one or if you are going out of town and will take some with you, come to the office and get whatever you need. We’ll be getting them around to the business as soon as possible. It has the music schedule for all three

days, along with the eating-contest information. And it’s here early, so help us get them out. If you have someone to mail a brochure to, call and give us the ad-dress. There’s been so much trouble getting it down in people’s minds that it truly

IS the first weekend in Oc-tober – Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and 2. We don’t want people to miss it for that reason.

Ballots for the chamber election went out last week, so be sure you vote and get your ballot back into the office by Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. Those names on the ballot are Britney Jones, Abigail M. Casares, Elgin Heinemeyer, Teresa White Heximer, Crissy O’Neal, Regina Porras, Jimmie Lee Riverkamp, Debbie Tieken and Travis Tresner. Vote for the five of your choice and they will serve three-year terms each.

The Holiday Inn Ex-ecutive Inn and Suites will have a ground-breaking ceremony on Friday at 9 a.m. The new motel will add another 62 rooms to what we have now, so come and welcome them to Gonzales.

The chamber board met on Wednesday.

Central Texas Cutters will be at the J. B. Wells Park Thursday through Sunday.

Barbara Hand is the Executive Di-rector of the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce.

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Some last-minute CATI booths will be available for clubs, groups

AUSTIN — In the wake of Texas receiving national accolades as the top state for job growth and business development, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced the Texas De-partment of Agriculture has established Jobs For Texas, or J4T, a new and innovative program that fits the needs of Texas small businesses and enables investors and private entrepreneurs to make mar-ket-driven decisions to grow jobs.

The J4T program won a $46.5 million national award under the State Small Busi-ness Credit Initiative (SS-BCI). These funds will be used to enhance economic development and private investment in Texas by help-ing small businesses grow and create jobs through loan guarantees and a venture cap-ital program.

“It’s Texas’ business-friend-ly environment, fair regula-tions and low taxes that have helped our economy become the strongest in the nation,” Commissioner Staples said. “The only way to grow jobs is to put entrepreneurs and investors in the driver’s seat. The Jobs For Texas program will jump-start small busi-nesses and contribute to the overall economic health of Texas. We will leverage our state’s existing entrepreneur-

ial spirit and help Texas build upon an already promising economic future.”

Bill Hammond, President and CEO of the Texas As-sociation of Business said, “A new way to access capital for small businesses is a big gun in the already potent job cre-ation arsenal Texas has to of-fer. This kind of program will ensure that Texas will main-tain its lead in creating the kind of small business jobs that are the backbone of this state’s economy.”

“The Texas Bankers As-sociation is excited to work with Commissioner Staples

and his team on the J4T pro-gram,” said Eric Sandberg, Texas Bankers Association President and CEO. “This is a creative way to infuse much-needed dollars in Texas com-munities and provide an ad-ditional resource for banks to help their small business customers.”

“J4T is just right for Texas,” said Carlton Schwab, Presi-dent and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Council. “These funds will be directed toward the people of our state who are creating the most jobs -- our entrepre-neurs and small businesses.”

TEMPLE — As part of continued efforts to close the chapter on allegations that discrimination occurred at USDA in past decades, a process has been developed to resolve the claims of Hispanic and women farm-ers and ranchers who assert that they were discrimi-nated against when seeking USDA farm loans.

“The Obama Administra-tion has made it a priority to resolve all claims of past discrimination at USDA, and we are committed to closing this sad chapter in USDA’s history,” said Ag-riculture Secretary Tom Vil-sack. “Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who allege past discrimination can now come forward to participate in a claims pro-cess in which they have the opportunity to receive com-pensation.”

The claims process offers a streamlined alternative to litigation and provides at least $1.33 billion in com-pensation, plus up to $160 million in farm debt relief, to eligible Hispanic and women farmers and ranch-ers.

The program provides

up to $50,000 for each Hispanic or woman farmer who can show that USDA denied them a loan or loan servicing for discrimina-tory reasons for certain time periods between 1981 and 2000. Hispanic or female farmers who provide addi-tional proof and meet other requirements can receive a $50,000 reward. Successful claimants are also eligible for funds to pay the taxes on their awards and for for-giveness of certain existing USDA loans. There are no filing fees or other costs to claimants to participate in the program. Participation

is voluntary, and individu-als who opt not to partici-pate are not precluded by the program from filing a complaint in court.

Individuals interested in participating in the claims process may register to re-ceive a claims package, or may obtain more infor-mation, by visiting www.farmerclaims.gov or by call-ing the Farmer and Rancher Call Center at 1-888-508-4429. USDA cannot pro-vide legal advice to po-tential claimants. Persons seeking legal advice may contact a lawyer or other le-gal services provider.


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GonzalesThe Gonzales Livestock Market

Report for Saturday, August 20, 2011 had on hand: 1,996

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $1.00 to $3.00 higher. Packer cows sold steady.

Stocker-feeder steers: medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $165-$175; 300-400 lbs., $137-$156; 400-500 lbs., $12-$136; 500-600 lbs., $121-$125; 600-700 lbs., $116-$118; 700-800 lbs., $111-$114.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs., $98-$114.

Stocker-feeder heifers: medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $134-$170; 300-400 lbs., $123-$127; 400-500 lbs., $118-$122; 500-600 lbs., $116-$118; 600-700 lbs., $111-$113.

Packer cows: good lean utility and commercial, $49-$56; cutters, $57-$64; canners, $39-$47; low yielding fat cows, $56-$62.50.

Packer bulls: yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls, $69-$73.50; light weights and medium quality bulls, $66-$68.

Stocker cows: $650-$850.Pairs: $775-$900.Thank you for your business!!View our sale live at cattleusa.

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NixonThe Nixon Livestock Commis-

sion Inc. report had on hand, Aug. 22, 2011, 2,583.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $125 to $135 to $168; 300-400 lbs, $118 to $128 to $168; 400-500 lbs, $112 to $122 to $144; 500-600 lbs, $104 to $114 to $135; 600-700 lbs, $103 to $113 to $122; 700-800 lbs, $98 to $108 to $119.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $100 to $110 to $155; 300-400 lbs, $105 to $115 to $153; 400-500 lbs, $102 to $112 to $139; 500-600 lbs $100 to

$110 to $130; 600-700 lbs, $96 to $106 to $117; 700-800 lbs, $91 to $101 to $111.

Slaughter cows: $38 to $48 to $63; Slaughter bulls: $54 to $64 to $74. Stocker cows: $400 to $698. Pairs, $325-$840.

Notices: We will be closed on September 5, 2011 for Labor Day!

HallettsvilleThe Hallettsville Livestock

Commission Co., Inc had on hand on August 16, 2011, 2,789 week ago, 3,543, year ago, 1,088.

Compared to last week, better quality classes of calves and year-lings sold $2 to $4 higher. Plainer quality classes were weaker and getting harder to move.

Packer cows and bulls sold steady to $2 lower on approx. 410 hd. total.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $51-$66; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $41-

$51; light weight canner cows, $33-$41.

Packer Bulls: Heavyweight bulls, $70-$74.50; Utility & cutter bulls, $65-$70; light weight canner bulls, $57-$65.

Stocker and feeder calves and yearlings: No. 1 steer & bull calves: under 200 lbs, $135-$175; 200-300lbs, $130-$175; 300-400lbs, $126-$165; 400-500lbs, $120-$147; 500-600lbs, $114-$136; 600-700lbs, $111-125; 700-800lbs, $107-$120. No. 1 Heifer calves, under 200 lbs, $125-$165; 200-300lbs, $115-$152; 300-400lbs, $114-$128; 400-500lbs, $108-$126; 500-600lbs, $106-$122; 600-700lbs, $101-$116; 700-800lbs, $94-$108. No. 2 & 3 steer & bull calves, 200-300lbs, $100-$135; 300-400lbs, $98-$131; 400-500lbs, $95-$124; 500-600lbs, $90-$116; 600-700lbs, $87-$110. No. 2 & 3, heifer calves, 200-300lbs, $98-

$121; 300-400lbs, $94-$118; 400-500lbs, $90-$112; 500-600lbs, $85-$110; 600-700lbs, $83-$100.

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

CueroCuero Livestock Market Re-

port on August 18, 2011 had 2,995 head.

Had 410 cows and 16 bulls. Bulls were steady. Good cows higher. Steer calves lower. Heifers were a little lower.

Packer bulls: heavy weights, $65-$72.50; lower grades, $60-$71; canners, $50-$55.

Packer cows: boning cows, $62.50-$69, few, $58-$62;; cutters mainly, $42-$61; low yielding cut-ters , $35-$45; canners, $25-$40; fats, $61-$67.50.

Dry cows, $38-$62; young, $35-$85.

Palpated cows, $50-$70.Cow and calf pairs: $530-$765.Steer calves: under 200 lbs,

$133-$160; 200-250 lbs, $143-$159; 250-300 lbs, $120-$144; 300-350 lbs., $129-$152; 350-400 lbs., $127-$144; 400-450 lbs., $117-$141; 450-500 lbs, $115-$134; 500-600 lbs, $108-$135.

Bulls calves: 500-600 lbs, $98-$116.

No. 2 350-500 lbs., and lower grades, $95-$109.

Heifer calves: under 250 lbs, $110-$121; 250-300 lbs, $110-$128; 300-350 lbs, $110-$128; 350-400 lbs, $115-$120; 400-450 lbs, $109-$117; 450-500 lbs, $113 ind.-154; 500-600 lbs, $100-$118, ind., $150.

No. 2 and lower: 350-500 lbs, $981-$113.

Feeders 600-700 lbs: steers, $114-$117; bulls, $101-$113; heif-ers, $105-$110.

Feeders over 700 lbs: Bulls, $55-$68 Heifers, good, $91-$105.

State Ag Dept. launches newprogram to spur job growth

Gonzales NHSHigh School parents and students interested in getting more informa-tion on the NHS selection process can come to an informational meeting on Monday, Aug. 29 at 5:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.

N-SCISD afterschool program

The NSCISD After School Program, RISE, is taking applications for students in grades 1-5. If you are interested, please complete and print the PDF form below or com-plete and submit the on-line application below. You can also pick an ap-plication up at the middle school office or the cen-tral office. Turn in com-pleted applications to the middle school office or central office. Class sizes are limited.

This year’s after school program will begin on Monday, Aug. 22. We will provide snacks after-school, fun enrichment activities and homework time. Any homework not completed at RISE must be finished at home. RISE provides transportation home for students that live in Nixon, Smiley and Leesville.

If you are interested in working for the RISE pro-gram, applications must be completed online.

If you have any ques-tions about the program, please feel free to contact us at 582-1536 ext. 0165

or [email protected].

GISD Tax Rate Hearing

The Gonzales Indepen-dent School District will hold a public meeting at 5:30 PM, August 29, 2011 in the Jr. High Library, 400 N. College, Gonzales, Tx. 78629. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the school district’s budget that will determine the tax rate that will be adopted. Public participation in the discussion is invited.

Autism trainingGonzales Independent

School District will hold a parent autism training on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the District Staff Develop-ment Center located on

the Gonzales Junior High School Campus. The topic for this meeting will be the Play and Language for Autistic Youngsters Proj-ect, which involves coach-ing parents in play-based interventions for autis-tic children, particularly those ages 6 and below. A gate near the band hall on St. Louis Street will be open for entry to the train-ing. For additional infor-mation, please call James Alford or Erin Lindemann LaBuhn at 830-672-6441.

Excel BasicsExcel Basics will be of-

fered Tuesdays and Thurs-days from 2:30 - 4 p.m., Aug 23-Sept 1, at the Gon-zales Learning and Career Center, 1135 St. Paul, 830 672-8291. Scholarships available.


EducationArea School menus: Aug. 22-26

School Menus for August 29-September 2Gonzales ISDJuice and milk offered daily with breakfast and Lunch.East Avenue - Breakfast and Lunch Menu: Monday,

Breakfast: Waffle w/Cinnamon Sugar, String Cheese, Or-ange Juice. Lunch: Corndog, Wheat Dinner Roll, Mashed Potatoes, Country Gravy, Fresh Grapes. Tuesday, Breakfast: Egg Sandwich w/Cheese, Apricots w/Juice. Lunch: Ham-burger, Potato Puff, Green Beans, Fresh Oranges. Wednes-day, Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza, Raisins Pkg. Lunch: Nachos, Pinto Beans, Mexican Spiced Rice, Applesauce. Thursday, Breakfast: Apple Cinnamon Muffin, Fresh Oranges. Lunch: Beef Ravioli, Baked Pretzel, Sliced Carrots, Jello Cake. Fri-day, Breakfast: Cinnamon Biscuit, Fruit Yogurt. Lunch: Cheese Pizza, Romaine Lettuce, Baby Carrots, Fruit Cock-tail.

Gonzales Elementary & North Avenue - Breakfast and Lunch Menu: Monday, Breakfast: Waffle w/Cinnamon Sugar, String Cheese, Orange Juice. BBQ Chicken w/Wheat Roll, Corndog, Chicken Buffalo Wrap, Mashed Potatoes, Country Gravy, Tortilla Crisp. Tuesday, Breakfast: Egg Sandwich w/Cheese, Apricots w/Juice. Chicken Pot Pie, Hamburger, Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich, French Fries, Orange Glazed Cinnamon Stick. Wednesday, Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza, Raisins Pkg. Burrito, Sloppy Joes Sandwich, Ham and Cheese Sandwich, Pinto Beans, Mexican Spiced Rice, Chocolate Pudding. Thursday, Breakfast: Apple Cin-namon Muffin, Fresh Oranges. Lunch: Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, Max Snax Pizza w/Marinara Sauce, Nacho Salad, Honey Wheat Breadstick, Sweet Golden Corn, Jello Cake.

Friday, Breakfast, Cinnamon Biscuit, Fruit Yogurt. Lunch: Hotdog on Bun, Cheese Pizza, Turkey and Cheese Wrap, Charro Beans, Wheat Roll, Sugar Cookie.

Junior High & High School Breakfast and Lunch Menus: Monday, Breakfast: French Toast Sticks w/Syrup or Breakfast Pizza w/Cheese Sticks or Assorted Cereal w/Toast. Lunch: BBQ Chicken, Corn Dog, Wheat Dinner Roll, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Chocolate Pudding or Choice of Pepperoni Pizza, Hamburger, Crispy ?Chicken Burger, Ham & Cheese Sandwich, Beef and Bean Bur-rito w/Rice. Tuesday, Breakfast: Scrambled Egg, Sausage & Toast or Pancake on a Stick or Assorted Cereal w/Toast. Lunch: Meatloaf, BBQ Chicken Cheddar, Peas and Car-rots, Hash Brown Stars, Jello Cake or Choice of Specialty Pizza, Cheeseburger, Chicken Nuggets w/Roll, Turkey and Cheese Wrap, Veggie Burrito w/Cilantro Rice. Wednesday, Breakfast: Waffles w/Syrup or Chicken Biscuit or Assorted Cereal w/Toast. Lunch: Chicken Nachos, Sloppy Joes, Pinto Beans, Rice Krispy Treat or Choice of Cheese Pizza, Ham-burger, Crispy Chicken Burger, Chicken Buffalo Wrap, Chicken and Bean Burrito. Thursday, Breakfast: Egg Break-fast Sandwich or Blueberry Muffin or Assorted Cereal w/Toast. Lunch: Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce and Breadstick, Max Sticks with Marinara Sauce, Spinach, Sweet Golden Corn, Chocolate Chip Cookie or Choice of Specialty Piz-za, Cheeseburger, Chicken Nuggets w/Roll, Nacho Salad. Friday, Breakfast: Breakfast Burrito or Cinnamon Roll w/Glaze or Assorted Cereal w/Toast. Lunch: Loaded Baked Potato topped w/chili, w/Cornbread, Crunchy Fish Sand-wich, French Fries, Baked Pretzel, Brownies or Choice of Hamburger, Crispy Chicken Sandwich, Pepperoni Pizza, Peanut Butter & Jelly Sand, Poppin’ Chicken Burrito.

Nixon-Smiley CISDMonday, Breakfast: Pig-n-blanket, milk & juice. Lunch:

BBQ rib on bun, ranch style beans, coleslaw, sliced pickles,

sliced onions, fruit, & milk. Tuesday, Breakfast: Cheese filled pizza stick, milk and juice. Lunch: Tamales, w/chili & shredded cheese, pinto beans, rice, tossed salad, fresh fruit & milk. Wednesday, Breakfast: Breakfast on a stick, milk & juice. Lunch: Fish-sticks, baked beans, macaroni & cheese, coleslaw, fruit, ice cream & milk. Thursday, Breakfast: Breakfast sausage pizza, milk & juice. Lunch: BBQ chicken, pinto beans, potato salad, coleslaw, wheat bread, fresh fruit & milk. Friday, Breakfast: Beef patty biscuit sandwich, milk & juice. Lunch: Beef lasagna, green beans, tossed salad, garlic bread, apple crisp & milk.

Mustang Special: Monday, Mini-corndogs, baked fries, lettuce, tomato, sliced pickles, fruit & milk. Tues-day, Chicken burger, baked fries, lettuce, tomato, sliced pickles, fresh fruit & milk. Wednesday, Frito pie, shred-ded cheese, tossed salad, pinto beans, fruit, ice cream & milk. Thursday, Burrito w/chili & shredded cheese, rice, tossed salad, fresh fruit & milk. Friday, Hot wings, tator tots, lettuce, tomato, pickles, apple crisp & milk.

Rise: Thursday, Peanut Butter, graham crackers & juice. Friday, Vanilla wafers & juice.

Waelder ISDChoice of Milk, Fresh Fruit served with every meal. Monday, Breakfast: Cinnamon Rolls, Fruit. Lunch:

Pizza, Tator Tots, Broccoli w/dressing, Fruit. Tuesday, Breakfast: Donuts & Sausage, Fruit. Lunch: Chicken Fried Steak, White Rice & Gravy, Green Beans, Fruit. Wednesday, Breakfast: Waffles & Ham, Fruit. Lunch: Chicken Fajitas & Cheese, Pinto Beans, Lettuce & To-matoes, Fruit. Thursday, Breakfast: Pancakes & Sausage, Fruit. Lunch: Macaroni & Meat, Tossed Salad, Garlic Bread, Fruit. Friday, Breakfast: Donuts, Sausage, Fruit. Lunch: Hoagie Sandwich, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Baked Chips, Fruit.

Shiner ISDCereal and Toast offered daily at Breakfast.Monday, Breakfast: Biscuits, Sausage Patty, Juice,

Milk. Lunch: Ground Beef Stroganoff, Mixed Veggies, Fruit, Bread, Milk.

Tuesday, Breakfast: Peanut Butter Jamwich, Juice, Milk. Lunch: Hot Dogs/Chili & Cheese, Tots or Fries, Fruit, Milk.

Wednesday, Breakfast: Breakfast Taco, Juice, Milk; Lunch: Taco Salad, Refried Beans, Fruit, Milk.

Thursday, Breakfast: Yogurt, Juice, Milk. Lunch: Salisbury Steaks, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Fruit, Bread, Milk.

Friday, Breakfast: Waffles/Syrup, Juice, Milk. Lunch: Fish Sticks, Macaroni & Cheese, Green Peas, Fruit, Bread, Milk.

Shiner Catholic SchoolsAll Lunches Served with MilkMonday: Hamburgers, Lettuce, Tomato, Pickles, On-

ions, Cheese, Tater Tots, Fruit.Tuesday: Chicken Fried Steak, Rice w/White Gravy,

Sweet Peas, Rolls, Fruit. Wednesday: Chicken Fajitas, Lettuce, Tomato,

Cheese, Refried Beans, Spanish Rice, Fruit. Thursday: Corn Dogs, Pork & Beans, Sliced Pickles,

Tossed Salad, Fruit. Friday: Cheese Nachos, Refried Beans, Tossed Salad,

Fresh Veggies w/Dip, Fruit.

Area School news briefs

Gonzales Healthcare SystemsSeptember 2011

Specialty Physician Outpatient ClinicAudiologyHelen Ross, Hearing Specialist(830) 372-2237

CardiologyWilliam Craig, M.D.(830) 672-3845Dustin Agan, M.D.(830) 672-3845David Garza, M.D.(866) 493-5551

DentistryJeremy Wittich, D.D.S.(512) 268-4400

DermatologyVicente Quintero, M.D.(866) 624-8026

NeonatologyMarisol Ortiz, M.D.(361) 575-0681

NephrologyAzhar M. Malik, M.D.888-576-0011

NeurologyPraveen Thangada, M.D.(830) 303-1819

NeurosurgeryByron D. Neely, M.D., P.A.979-968-6500

UrologyRobert Ryan, III, M.D.(830) 379-8491

OphthalmologyJoseph Kavanagh, M.D.(830) 379-3937Shulman, M.D./Dudek, M.D.(800) 734-1693

OrthopedicsG. Steven White, M.D.(830) 379-9492Trent Twitero, M.D.(830) 379-9492

PodiatryTerri Quebedeaux, D.P.M., P.A.(830) 672-7581

PulmonologyJohn Holcomb, M.D.(210) 692-9400

Surgery Lino Oballo(830) 672-8502

Wound Clinic877-295-2273

Located at Sievers Medical Clinic:

Ear, Nose, & Throat DisordersMichelle Cummins, M.D.(361) 551-2565Jennifer Hennessee, M.D.(830) 379-0299GynecologyStephanie Kodack(830) 672-8502

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G.H.S. Cheer ClinicSaturday, August 27, 2011

The Gonzales High School Cheerleaders will be hosting a Cheer Clinic on Satur-day, August 27, 2011 from 8:30-12:00 at the Gonzales High School Special Events Center. The clinic is open to anyone from 3 years old and potty trained to 6th grade. Registration cost is $20.00 and will include a snack as well as a tee shirt. On Friday, September 2,2011, please have your child at the North end of the football stadium at 6:45 p.m.; they will perform the “Hello Yell” at the beginning of the game (7:00 p.m.). Please pick your child up after they perform at the North gate, so they can sit with you during the game. Please bring your child back to the North end 5 minutes before the half-time show, so they can perform again. The girls will be going on the field with the cheerleaders just before the band marches. When the performance is over, the girls will pick up your child. Please come and get your child immediately after the performance so that we can be off the field in a timely manner. All children will need to wear their clinic T-shirt, blackshorts/pants or skirt, white socks, and ten-nis shoes to the performance.

Please fill out the attached information sheet and submit the form and money to Anita Dement at the Gonzales High School field house from August 18th to August 26th between 8-12:00 and 1-4:00 daily, so we can register your child for the cheer clinic or mail the forms to P.O. Box 507, Gonzales, Texas, 78629.

Please note the form and money may also be submitted to your child’s teacher or front office of the school between August 18 and August 26.

NO LATE APPLICANTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER AUGUST 27th. Please do not ask us to make exceptions.

If you have any questions, please contact Elisa Hood-Waddle, 263-0261, Michele Dolezal at 857-1771 or Lena H. Hernandez at 203-0255.

This is a wonderful fundraiser for the cheerleaders. Thank you for your continued support.

Love,GHS High School Cheerleaders

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Band Parents!

Gonzales High School Mighty Apache Marching Band parents attended a band orientation night with their children last Thursday. Band Director Dennis Boucher took the opportunity to demonstrate what the students have been working on with their music, twirling and footwork. The brave parents were then ordered to take their child’s place on the field to march the routine taught to them by their children. Then the students stood on the sidelines enjoying the show.

Photos by Nikki Maxwell and Lorrell Wright

The Gonzales County Commissioners Court approved an order for a local option election for the City of Smiley during their meeting Monday.

“Hopefully we’re finally going to get this done,” said Gonzales County Judge David Bird. “They (the state) changed the law right in the middle of all this.”

County Clerk Lee Reidel said the election will be an extra expense for the county this

year. A petition for a local option election to sell

liquor by the drink in Smiley was submitted to the county last year, but there were some prob-lems with it.

“It was done the wrong way,” Reidel told The Cannon. “So the people who wanted it did a new petition earlier this year and now it has been approved.”

According to Reidel the date of the election is Nov. 8, 2011.

A local option election was held in Gonzales last year, and passed with a majority vote.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Gonzales cook Michelle London’s Belle Oaks Inn Pe-can Orange Bread has been awarded a blue ribbon at Just A Pinch Recipe Club, the new online social cnmmunity created for and by cooks in hometown America at www.iustapinch.com.

London’s Belle Oaks Inn Pecan Or-ange Bread was named a blue ribbon winner bv Just A Pinch Honorary Kitchen Crew member, Leah Stacy. To land the award, London served up a full-flavored, festive dish that was both tasty and easy to prepare.

“As the innkeeper at Belle Oaks Inn, this was one of the first things I was taught to make by the owners,” shares London. “Their signature breakfast bread, it is always a huge hit with guests and is deceptively simple!”

London’s recipe, along with thou-

sands of others, can be viewed, printed and shared at no charge through Just A Pinch. London is one of several area residents participating in the club, known as “America’s Great Recipe Swap”.

Members can post their own “family tested and approved” recipes, try reci-pes submitted by other club members, print hundreds of grocery coupons and enter recipe contests.

They also have the opportunity to utilize a personal online recipe box to save reci-pes, compile grocery lists and plan meals. In addition, members can create and loin discussion groups, to chat about recipes, share cooking tips and build relationships as if they are sitting around one big kitchen table.

“We continually add new features to the club based on the feedback of our members,” says Just A Pinch Food Editor lanetTharpe. “It’s because of people like

…that Sunday, Sep-tember 11 is a national day to show pride in our country, ten years after the assault on the twin towers? Let’s join in the recognition by covering our little town with flags for the weekend. A decade of children was not alive when it happened, and a decade of young people was children at that time. This is an op-portunity to discuss what America means to us and our families, and to give thanks for our blessings.

...that you can contribute to the governing of Nixon by attending the 2011-2012 budget planning workshop on Monday, August 29 at city hall? It starts at 5:00 with a called council meeting, then will move into the plan-ning session – aren’t you interested in how your money is spent?

…that the Don Finches and the Sammy Martins have just returned from a vacation trip to western Canada? They have some nice stories to tell about beautiful coun-try – the kind that comes from cool temperatures and r-a-i-n.

…Harris Chapel Methodist Church will be celebrating its annual anniversary week with services of music and worship? The recognition starts on Wednesday, August 24, culminating on Sunday with a complimentary barbe-cue meal and final service, featuring guest ministers and choirs. Laverne Fatheree is the contact person.

Region The Gonzales Cannon

Thursday, August 25, 2011

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Local woman’s recipe earnsblue ribbon in online contest

Michelle London’s Belle Oaks Pecan Orange Bread

Annual Fall Picnicset in Shiner Sept. 4

RECIPE, Page B4

Have You Heard?Key Garner

It is Picnic time again in Shiner. The 90th annual Fall Picnic of Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church will be held Sun-day, Sept. 4, at the Knights of Columbus Park (for-merly Shiner American Legion Hall). This event

continues to attract larger crowds each year, and this year’s attendees will have even more activities to enjoy. Shiner Picnics are known statewide for their great food, music, country auction, fun, culture, and tradition.

A country store, featur-ing kolaches, pigs in the

blanket, canned and baked goods, will begin at 8 a.m.

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

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

Meal tickets are $8.The big country auc-

tion begins at noon with many unique items up for sale, including cattle, homemade quilts, an-tiques, Spoetzl Brewery memorabilia, homemade

IOOF donationThe Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38 I.O.O.F. made a donation to The Gonzales Young Farmers to be used in conjunction with the Fisher House project. We are grateful to the Young Farmers and very thankful for those soldiers who have given so much. We pray for a speedy recovery for them. Pictured from left are Derek Grahmann Noble Grand, and Lanny Baker, President) (Courtesy Photo)

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Smiley Liquor election scheduled by 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

Efeso Igesia BautistaHwy. 87 Smiley

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 Bap-tist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

EpiscopalEpiscopal Church of the 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 Meth-odist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

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

Emmanuel Fellowship1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

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

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

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

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

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

Places of Worship

RodRigueZBody ShopP.O. Box 8101839 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales, TX 78629

Phone: 830-672-6715Fax: 830-672-6717

Email: [email protected]

Family Dentistry of GonzalesGentle Quality Care

606 St. LouisGonzales, TX 78629

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

Logan Insurance AgencyHOME AUTO FARM

COMMERCIAL BONDS

Jim Logan516 St. PaulPO Box 100

Gonzales, Texas 78629

Travis Treasner(830) 672-6518

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

Dry FertilizerCustom Application &

Soil TestingSTEVE EHRIG830-263-1233

P.O. Box 1826Gonzales, TX 78629

Morgan Mills830-857-4086

HOLIDAY FINANCECORPORATION

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

Luxury Motors830-672-7500113 US Hwy. 90A EGonzales, Tx 78629

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

Ann HaubDirector(830)672-6865

Brandi VinklarekAssistant Director

(830)672-2065921 St. Peter St. & 1214 St. Louis

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

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Greetings in the name of the Lord! I pray this finds you all blessed beyond measure. I apologize for not writing last week, and will try to get ahead of the game. So let’s dive back in to our study of Romans 8. We will begin in verse 22.

Romans 8:22 “For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of child-birth together until now.” In the previous verses we learned that Paul was using the word creature or creation to refer to

the state of a believer in Christ. Now this same word he shifts to all of creation in the sense of nature, or the earth, the planet. Paul in a sense gives the earth a consciousness. It was subjected to sin and decay

of the present age (vs.18) by no fault of it’s own, and now it groans in eager anticipation of the day it will be renewed and no longer subject to drought, famine, disease, pollution and the like. Paul uses this illustra-tion because it is something that Jews would be familiar with. (See Isaiah 65:17.) Sim-ply put it looks forward to be-ing free from sin.

Romans 8:23 “And not only this, but also we our-

selves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we our-selves groan within our-selves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the re-demption of our body.” Now we see that the sons and daughters of God also await the time when we will live in a world that is free from all sin and everything evil. The first fruits Paul speaks of is rendered “foretaste” in the NLT. We who are filled with

the Spirit of God have been given a sample (foretaste) of the Glory to come. I want to point out here that the word adoption is the same as in previous verses, but now it refers to a different adop-tion. This is indicated in the phrase “as sons”, which speaks of already being a member of God’s family.

This adoption is of our new glorified body. This will be the same body as Christ since the resurrection. 1John 3:2 “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.” When He appears we will be like Him! Hallelujah! No more aging, aches and pains, sickness, or disease.

Romans 8:24 “For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?” Now Paul pinpoints the exact moment when we received the hope of a world and existence free from sin, and the hope of our glorified body. This point was when we were saved. Even someone who has no knowledge of God or His Word, and gets saved has a sudden overwhelming de-sire to see Jesus and to wor-ship Him for eternity. I know this preacher did. In the popular song “I Can Only

Imagine” by Mercy Me, they are wondering what they will do the first time they come face to face with Jesus.

They list several options from dancing to being still to falling on their knees. I find in my studies of scrip-ture that most everyone who comes face to face with the Glorified Christ “falls on their face .”(See Revelation 1:17, Acts 9:4.) The NLT concludes this verse thusly “If we already have some-thing we don’t need to hope for it.”

Romans 8:25 “But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.” Now Paul re-minds us that we must wait with perseverance, in oth-ers words patience. Patience is the favorite word of most Christians. LOL! Actually it is one of the 9 fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5.

God is above all, God is wiser than all, and God knows the beginning from the end because He is eternal. He has plans for our future, plans of good and not evil. He knows what He is doing, and we must wait. I am somewhat of a self-taught expert on waiting. But I know He cares for me and loves me from the foundation of the world. He knew us before He formed us in our mother’s womb. Trust in Him in all areas of life. Amen and be blessed friends and family.

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2011 Fall League Registration ScheduleAges 4-12

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Registration Dates at WalmartSaturday, August 6th 10am-2pm

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SHINER CATHOLIC CHURCHFALL PICNIC, SUNDAY, SEPT. 4, 2011

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS PARK(formerly LEGION PARK), SHINER, TX

Masses:Saturday - 5:00 pm (Polka Mass)Sunday - 7:30 & 9:30 am

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Music & DancingInside AIR CONDITIONED Hall

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11 am-1 pmAccordion Music

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Shiner Hobo Band3 - 7 pm

Jodie Mikula Orchestra &Donnie Wavra Orchestra

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Someone asked me to explain how a person is to know the dif-ference between the things we can control and the things we cannot control. This is an impor-tant point. People who try to take on what is not in their power to handle will continually be frus-trated by their failed efforts.

To clarify, having control means having the power- the ability- to change an undesir-able condition to better suit our needs— without the use of ma-nipulation, force or cruelty.

A good starting point is to ask yourself: “Do I have the power to do something about this situation without doing what is morally wrong?” Then go through your available options. If you can’t do anything about the situation, let God do it. Stop trying to come up with ways to do what can’t be done. If you can do something, then formulate a strategy and do whatever it takes (legally and morally right) to make things change for the better.

For example- What can you do if you’ve lost your job and can’t pay the bills? Eliminate unneces-

sary items (like cable and eating out). Make payment arrange-ments with creditors while job hunting. If ‘the’ job can’t be found then ‘a’ job will have to do. Sur-vival is on top of the priority list. Pride at the bottom. Sometimes we just gotta do what we gotta do.

Things under our control:• Our emotions. Sound judg-

ment is required to solve prob-lems and emotions are er-ratic. Negative emotions will never breed positive results. It takes practice to reel them back in when they go wild. But we do have the power to put those ba-bies to bed.

• Our behavior. One defini-tion of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expect-ing different results. Many times the problems we are facing are the consequences of our past

choices. But, faulty behavior can be corrected if it is recognized as wrong, and we care enough about ourselves and others to fix the is-sues that cause problems.

• Our attitudes. Pity-parties and blame games are pointless. People with sorry attitudes have a lower chance of getting ahead because people don’t like being around someone who drags them down. Happiness is a choice that we must make every day.

Humans are three part cre-ations— Spirit, Soul, and Body. They are in this order for a rea-son. God intended our spirit to regulate the activities of our soul (mind, will, emotions) and our body. Because our souls and our bodies were never meant to run our lives, they can be controlled.

• Our finances and overall suc-cess are directly related to our choices. Those who plan for their future are likely to get where they want to go. The economy and available opportunities may de-ter our progress, and adjustments may be necessary to get what we want, but we have the power to get ahead financially if we are

willing to work hard, save and spend wisely.

• Our health. Barring accidents and/or disease, people born in good health are likely to remain healthy; if they take care of them-selves by eating nutritious foods, getting enough rest and exercise, and are wise in their choice of friends and activities. However, people who are born healthy can damage their health and shorten their lives by choosing to abuse their bodies in some way.

Things never under our con-trol.

• The behavior of others. Peo-ple will mistreat us, misjudge us, misunderstand us, cheat on us and lie to us as long as they choose not to change their behavior. No amount of yelling, crying, hitting or cussing will change a person who doesn’t want to change.

• The emotions of others. Some people will never like us. Some will never love us. Some will never love us as much as we love them. This includes our own fam-ily--because they are human too.

• Nature/Weather- Nothing we do will make the seasons change

before their time. The drought will end when God is ready to pour down the rain.

• Laws. Once laws are set we’ve got to follow them or reap the consequences.

• Aging –Our bodies degener-ate and our appearance changes the longer we live. I figured out why. By the time we get to the age where our eyes and ears don’t work, our skin doesn’t snap back, our bones ache and our muscles sag—we are ready for the re-newed body God promised us.

• Death. It will take us quietly or kicking and screaming—but it will take us.

There you have it. With prac-tice we can take total control over our emotions, our attitudes and our behavior. By carrying out a plan of action much can be done about our health, finances and success.

Let’s enjoy each season of life—nature’s and our own. So, work hard, play hard and pray hard. Don’t lose yourself to the pres-sures of life. God’s got your back.

love, eloise

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Lions Fajita DinnerThe Lions Clubs annual Beef Fajita Dinner will be held Thur-

day, Aug. 25 from 5-7 pm at the Lions Pavilion in Indepen-dence Park. Advance tickets at $7 each are available from any Noon Lions Club member. Presale tickets are suggested, as only a limited number of tickets will be available that evening at the pavilion as food supply is available. A convient drive-thru will be available to pick up orders. Profit from the event is used to fund various Lions charitable programs.

Riverside BarbecueYou get your chance to enjoy Ken Hedrick’s superb barbe-

cue Saturday, September 17th. to benefit Riverside Commu-nity Center.

Pick it up from 11 AM till 1 PM at Riverside Community Cen-ter, corner of St.Lawrence and Water Streets. See Ken or a Pilot Club member for a ticket.

You can enjoy whole OR half briskets at $35 or $20, whole OR half Pork Loins for $30 or $15, or a rack of ribs for $20.

You can call Ken at 540-4940 to order, before September 9th.

Sundowner’s 4-HThe 1st meeting for Sundowner’s 4-H club will be held on

Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. at the Riverside Community Center.New and old members need to enroll with 4-H connect, any

questions regarding enrollment, please contact the Extension office at (830) 672-8531.

‘Wake-Up Call’First United Methodist Church of Gonzales will host the “Wake-

Up Call for God’s People” on Sept. 11, at p.m. in the sanctuary of the church. The event is open to the public.

The event will include a simulcast with Anne Graham Lotz and Joel Rosenberg, as well as music from the Dove Award-winning trio Selah.

Belmont VFD fundraiserThe 21st annual Belmont Volunteer Fire Dept. barbecue and auc-

tion is scheduled Saturday, Sept. 17 from 5-8 p.m. at the Belmont Fire Dept. Plates will be $7 each.

Job CorpsThe Job Corps is currently enrolling applicants aged 16-24 in over

20 career fields. If you need a GED, High School Diploma and a Driver License give us a call. College training is available as well. Get started today, call 512-665-7327.

Pesticide TrainingAnyone wishing to obtain a private pesticide applicator li-

cense to purchase restricted use pesticides on their property is invited to attend this training. People attending this class need to come to the Texas AgriLife Extension-Gonzales Coun-ty Office to purchase a study manual and obtain sample test questions prior to September 8, 2011. Cost of study materials is $40.00 and the fee for the class is $10.00 For more informa-tion, contact the Extension Office at 830-672-8531.

Shelter VolunteersThe Guadalupe Valley Family Violence Shelter is looking for

volunteers to attend advocate training. The training is manda-tory, but flexible times are available. Individuals that complete the training will become valuable advocates to our commu-nity members in need of crisis intervention and services. The training and materials are free. Volunteers are also needed for the “Cranny,” the thrift store operated by the shelter. Please call our office at (830) 372-2780 or our hotline number at 800-834-2033 for more information.

Benefit BBQThere will be a BBQ plate sale to benefit Dean May on Saturday,

August 27th at 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Boomer’s Sports Bar, 2513 Harwood Rd., Gonzales.

CWJC RegistrationChristian Women’s Job Corps of Gonzales County is taking

applications for their fall semester which begins on Tuesday, September 6. CWJC is a free job/life skills training program of-fering women a fresh start in life.

Call Sherry Poe, Director, at 672 6180 or drop by the Bethany House at 721 St. Louis between 9a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday thru Friday.

Fire Dept. BBQGonzales Fire Department will hold a BBQ Chicken Dinner

Fund Raiser from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 at the fire house. Drive-thru only, donations $7.

Class of 1971The Class of 1971 needs an update on addresses of classmates for

their 40th reunion. Contacts: Nancy at [email protected], 512-297-8500 or Jacque830-672-2626

Donations NeededThe Learning Center is seeking donations of caps and gowns. If you

have donations, please contact Ann Gaines Rodriguez at the Gonza-les Learning and Career Center, PO Box 116, 1135 St. Paul St., Gonzales, TX 78629, 830 672-8291 / 830 672-1076 fax or e-mail [email protected]

Dementia-Alzheimer SupportThis group meets the first Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m. in

the Narthex of the First United Methodist Church. This meeting is free and open to the public. Shirley Goss, Wesley Nurse is the facilitator. It offers health-wellness education and supportive programs related to dementia. You are welcome to attend. For more information, call 672-1031.

Parkinson Support GroupThis group meets the second Thursday of every month at 10 a.m. in

the Narthex of the First United Methodist Church. This meeting is free and open to the public and is facilitated by Wesley Nurse, Shirley Goss. Educational and supportive programs are offered. For more informa-tion, call 672-1031.

Free Exercise ProgramsFlex & Tone is held every Tuesday and Thursday, 11-11:45 in the Fel-

lowship Hall of First United Methodist Church. These are chair exercises using exercise balls, dowels and hand weights. Come on, join us, and get fit. Exercises are led by an RN with blood pressure assessments available.

Walk-Exercise your way to fitness is an Video exercise available at First United Methodist Church. It is offered every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 3 pm, and every Wednesday at 2 pm. This group meets for 45 minutes in the Fellowship Hall. It consists of low impact aerobic exercises and is facilitated by Shirley Goss, Wesley Nurse. Blood pressure assessments are available at each class. Come and have great fun and socialization along with gaining fitness.

pastries, noodles and hun-dreds of other items. The cattle auction will begin at 3 pm. Bring your lawn chair and enjoy the auction.

For those who like to dance, there will be free mu-sic in the air conditioned hall with keg beer available in the hall. Accordion music begins at 11 a.m. The Hobo Band will perform for dancing and listening pleasure from 1-3 p.m. Jodie Mikula Orchestra and Donnie Wavra Orches-tra will play from 3-7 p.m.

The evening ticket dance will feature the Kyle Park, Emotions, and Thorn Shep-herd from 9 p.m.-l a.m.

Outside biergarten mu-sic will include Jack Motley from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. You can bring your lawn chair, sit in the historic beer hall on the old time benches or use the hay bales that will provide a unique seating area under the shade trees.

Los Kolaches will be fea-tured on the outside bingo pavilion from 7:30 - 11 pm for your dancing pleasure.

Over 30 prizes will be given away at 10:00 p.m. In addition, this year’s special big prize is a 2011 Kawasaki Mule 4010 Trans 4x4 with 12 ft. utility trailer w/ramp gate plus 2 other prizes. Limited tickets will be sold and are available at Shiner businesses, at the parish of-fice or at the picnic.

Arts and crafts booths will be set up in the old din-ing hall. Vendors can rent a space for $50. Call (361) 594-2024 for more informa-tion.

Other attractions will in-clude old fashioned bingo, fish pond, ring toss, wheel of fortune, plant and cake wheel, as well as a variety of games for the kids.

Hamburgers and hot dogs will also be available in the evening.

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

There is sure to be some-thing for everyone. Check out the picnic flyer on the church website www.ssc-mshiner.org or call the par-ish office at 361-594-3836.

Michelle London, who is proud to share her favorite recipes with other home-town cooks, that the club has become so popular and is growing so fast.”

Founded in 2010, Just A Pinch Recipe Club offers free memberships and pre-mium perks. Join us in the kitchen at www.justapinch.com.

Belle Oaks Inn Pecan Orange Bread

Michelle London (Gonzales)Ingredients

1 can(s) Pillsbury Grands (8 count) buttermilk biscuits

1 can(s) Pillsbury Grands (5 count) buttermilk biscuits

Ic sugar1 stk unsalted butter, melted

2 sm oranges1/2 c confectioner’s sugar

1/2 c pecans, chopped1 pkg cream cheese

1 dash(es) orange extract

Directions• Spray a large bundt pan

liberally with non-stick spray and set aside.

• Preheat oven to 375 de-grees.

• Pour sugar into a small

bowl. Zest both oranges and add to sugar then mix to com-bine. (Reserve oranges to juice for glaze.)

• Melt butter then pour a small amount into the bundt pan and spread 1/2 the pe-cans in the bottom.

• Open the biscuits. Taking one biscuit at a time, open each biscuit and insert 1 tsp cream cheese into the center. Press to seal.

• Dip the biscuit in butter then in sugar-orange zest mixture, coating entire biscuit.

• Stand each biscuit in bundt pan on its side. Repeat with remaining biscuits, creat-ing a circle around the bundt pan.

• Pour remaining butter over biscuits then sprinkle re-maining pecans on top.

• Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes, or until biscuits are puffed and golden.

• Remove from oven and turn bread out from bundt pan onto desired serving plat-ter.

• Mix confectioner’s sugar with the juice from the orang-es to create a glaze. (Can add a dash of orange

extract to intensify orange flavor.)

• Drizzle glaze over bread while still warm.


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PICNIC: Shiner getsready for annual fest

Health Fair plannedin Gonzales Oct. 15

Yoakum ‘talks trash’ at clean-up meeting

The Yoakum City Coun-cil held its first meeting to “talk trash” for a good cause Tuesday night. The meeting involved plan-ning the Community Clean-up this Fall.

The event is scheduled for Oct. 1, and will involve city employees, elected of-ficials and volunteers.

“Citizens can call for pick-up of large trash and debris anytime between now and clean up day,” said City Clerk Theresa Bowe.

Bowe said the transfer station at the end of Dunn St. will be open to accept limbs and brush.

“City personnel will be coordinating everything and directing people on where to go,” Bowe said.

No toxic, liquid waste or paint will be accepted during the cleanup. Any citizen, business or orga-nization wishing to vol-unteer as an individual or clean-up team is asked to call Yoakum City Hall at (361) 293-6321.

Volunteers cleaned the city in the Spring during the first community clean-up of the year. More infor-mation about the clean-up will be available on the city’s website next week. Look for more informa-tion in The Gonzales Can-non in issues leading up to the event.

By NIKKI [email protected]

There’s a Health Fair “Healthy Families of Gon-zales County” coming to town! The Gonzales Com-munity Health Center will be hosting its “24th An-nual Health Fair” on Sat-urday, October 15, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Victoria School of Nursing at the corner of Hwy. 90A and St. Jo-seph Street. Flu shots will be available for $18.00. Free blood pressure, pulse and respiration screenings will be available. Infor-mation on family plan-ning, diabetes, hyperten-sion, nutrition and WIC services will be available.

There will be health educa-tion booths from various health-related organiza-tions in Gonzales and sur-rounding counties, plus food demonstrations at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. There will be an area designated for the kids, with games and prizes. There will be door prizes. Everyone is invited to be a part of this commu-nity event. We are making health care fun!

The Community Health Centers of South Central Texas, Inc. has been serv-ing the community with their health care needs for years. For more informa-tion, please call 830-672-6511 and ask to speak to Linda Koricanek or Chris-tina Cordova.


Members of the Saturn Friendship Club met Aug. 16 in the home of Eva Boscamp. Sandra Parr served as co-hostess. The theme for the afternoon meeting was “Remembering School Days.”

The main serving table held a centerpiece showing a stack of school books sitting on an arrangement of colored construction paper. Atop the books was a miniature old time pupil’s desk and a tiny red apple. Pencil, ruler, scissors, crayons and a glue stick lay at the base. Silk daisies completed the arrangement along with a small framed statement, “To teach is to touch a life.” Sev-eral members of the club are retired teachers and everyone pres-ent had School Days memories.

When 13 members and a guest, Irma Cobler, had arrived De-

votional Leader, Nancy Littlefield, offered a word of prayer. The ladies helped themselves to pimento cheese sandwiches, chick-en salad, cocktail franks, cubes of cheese, grapes, strawberries, crackers, and ice tea.

When all had finished eating, the meeting was called to order by Mary Kelly, Secretary-Treasurer, as both the president and the vice-president were unable to attend. The club prayer was read in unison and the motto “To make the best better” was stated.

Nancy Littlefield’s devotional dealt with impatience when having to wait. She stated, “It drives me crazy to sit and do nothing for an extended period of time.” But something hap-pened recently while visiting “Old Faithful “ geyser in Yellow-stone National Park that changed her mind and gave her a new

outlook about using time differently while waiting.When she and her husband arrived at the geyser, it had just

completed its eruption. It would be approximately an hour and ten minutes before it happened again. They passed some time in the visitor’s center and in Old Faithful Inn but still they had time to wait. As they sat and waited she began to take notice of all the interesting things going on around her. She took no-tice of the different people, young and old. She heard different languages, some she recognized others she didn’t. She admired the beautiful blue sky, the green of the trees. She recalled other beautiful and unusual sights found in the park. Time passed more quickly. Soon the geyser began its eruption and all at-tention turned to it. As it erupted in a huge gush of water and steam, there was a collective, ”Ahhh !” People from all over the world experienced the same awe and amazement at Nature’s power.

It was then that she recalled Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God.” She ended with the question, “Isn’t that what we all need to do a lot more often?”

Minutes of the July meeting were read and approved and the financial statement was accepted. Members were reminded to pay their birthday dues.

Suggestions were made for the location for the Thanksgiv-ing Dinner Meeting. Sandra Parr is to get additional informa-tion on the suggested restaurant.

Following the theme of the afternoon Eva Boscamp invited anyone who wished to do so to recall a School Days memory. The remembrances were varied. Some were amusing, most were happy but some were sad experiences.

The one thing everyone agreed on was the happy fact that we, as students, never had to start back to school in August. It was always in September. Back in the 30s and 40s in some areas it depended on when the cotton was all picked. Later, for a number of years, The First Day of School was always on the day after Labor Day.

Vivian Benton, Sandra Parr, Nancy Littlefield, Betty Britsch and Jo Brunner were the Birthday Ladies for August, They were recognized and honored with the Birthday Song. Each received a gift from their Secret Pal. Virgie Brown, a retired member, living at The Heights of Gonzales was fondly remem-bered. Members were reminded to send her a Birthday card on August 31st. Door prizes were awarded by the luck of the draw to Vivian Benton and Mary Kelly.

Eva Boscamp read a brief history of how the Ice Cream Sun-dae first came into being 130 years ago in Two Rivers, Wiscon-sin. It happened when a customer at an Ice Cream Parlor in that city asked for some of the chocolate sauce used to make Ice Cream Sodas be put on his dish of ice cream. Very soon this became popular as a five cent treat. They were first called Sundays and served only on Sunday. The spelling was changed to “Sundaes” for one of two reasons. Either a glass salesman misspelled the name writing up an order for the dishes in which they were served or it was considered disrespectful by the religious leaders of the day to name the ice cream treat for a day of worship. So the “sundae” was born.

The ladies had great fun creating their own Ice Cream Sun-daes with vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream and a variety of toppings They tasted scrumptious eaten with home-made cookies. The meeting ended with lots of laughter, con-versation and merriment. A number of ladies stayed to play games of Farkle.

The next meeting will be on September 19th at the Cistern Schoolhouse, Libby Hopkins and Elizabeth Brosch as host-esses.


Saturn Friendship Club celebrates School Days memories

Leesville Country Fair, Belmont VFD events coming upSandi’s Country

Fried News

Sandi Gandre

Well this is how hot and dry it is. My brain cells evaporated and I can’t remember anything. I for-got to tell you that this month was time for breakfast over at the Bel-mont United Methodist Church because August has five Sundays.

The annual fundraiser for the Belmont Volunteer Fire Depart-ment is in downtown Belmont on September 17th. The flyer says that we are having chicken and brisket barbeque plates for $7.00 each. I think that serving starts at around 5PM or so. There is a raf-fle, music, dancing, auction and silent auction. You read in the paper about the fires that were being fought over near Harwood and how much damage they did. Keeping equipment and training up to snuff is expensive. These people are not getting paid. They are volunteers.

Don’t forget that the Leesville Country Fair is Saturday, Octo-ber 8th, at 10:00AM at the pavil-ions by the Leesville Cemetery. This is the annual fund raiser for the Leesville Cemetery and pro-vides a $1000.00 scholarship for a local high school student. There will be live entertainment by the O’Neal Brothers Band. There is an auction, a silent auction and raffle drawing, a Country Store, and Flag Presentation. For the kids—All Free—bouncer moon walk, animal exhibits, face paint-ing, craft activity table, Bean Bag Toss, Fish pond, Fire Truck and a Police Car. There will be plenty to eat and drink (No alcoholic beverages). It is come rain or shine under two covered pavil-ions. At this point and time, I don’t think anyone would care if it poured rain. Of course, know-ing just how our weather oper-ates, we might have had a couple of floods by then, but somehow I seriously doubt it.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Joe Kotwig, Annie Kotwig (Mam-Maw is Joe’s mother); Kenneth Crumley, Jesse, Candy Brown, Gilby, Hes-ter Behlen, Susan, Roy Wright, Lynn (who is Rudolpho and Edna

Garza’s daughter as well as Rudol-pho and Edna: Elson Schreiber(a former employee of Johnson Oil); Kathryn, Karen Roecker Mahan, Roland Barthels, Mary Jane Keith, Bill and Marie Lott, Laddie Studler, William Fink, Doris and Alvin Hewell; Brenda; Lisa Rodriguez, Joe Keith, Deb-bie and Bill Read, Sandi Gandre, Aunt Georgie; Lawrence Walshak and Joan; Joyce Schellenberg, Pete Kallies, Lillie Lay, Mildred O’Neal, Louise Rossow, Selma Vickers, Teresa Wilke, Carl and Vida Tindle; Aunt Betty Gan-dre, Anna Lindemann, Doug Parker, Ann and Bubba Bond; Shirley Dozier, Tommy Daum, Britt Hindman, Sean Weda, Scott Hindman, George Fink, the fam-ily of Marjorie Macalister, the family of Gaston Thurmond, the family of Joy Maynor; the fam-ily of Kenneth W. Baker and our troops and their families, and RAIN.

I have learned that Mil-dred O’Neal is a resident at The Heights. Perhaps they can do some therapy that will enable her to get along a little better. Mrs. Annie Kotwig hasn’t been doing very well. We need to say lots of extra prayers for her.

Paw Paw Allen went visiting. He got to see Aunt Georgie as well as other friends at The Heights. Now he knows why we just love to talk and visit Aunt Georgie. She is a mighty interesting lady. I think that I need to frame that picture of Aunt Georgie riding an elephant. Yes, indeed, she did. She rode an elephant at the zoo. I never would have believed it if I hadn’t seen it. Love you!

Somehow we managed to sur-

vive another trip to San Anto-nio and back. That was one hot, long, tiring trip. I usually don’t have to wait long at this particu-lar doctor’s office. It was a thirty minute wait to even get into his office. Then after I saw him and discussed meds etc. a person has to go to another area to get your next appointment. I waited and waited. I finally had to ask the re-ceptionist what the problem was. They had lost my folder in the back in the shuffle.

In the meantime, there was another lady waiting. Her name was Darla and I asked where she was from. Oh she is from Luling and lives down in Ganders Slough. And to her shock, I did know where Ganders Slough was located. I told her where I lived and she says, “I know another lady who lives on that highway and her name is Connie Bond. You can imagine that I almost fell over. She car pooled with Connie to work at the IRS in Austin. I said that Connie was married to my cousin, Mike Bond. This conver-sation continued and oh yes, she know Paw Paw (Paul) Allen, and oh she is kin to the Allens. She asked me about my new pink and white breast cancer awareness cane. I told her I got it from John Davis, and she laughs and says “Oh he is my cousin too.” Then she says that her father worked at the Luling Post Office for 34 years and that either her Grand-father or Great-Grandfather Jones had a store in Kingsbury. Now people we just about talked ourselves out so you can see how long we were waiting to obtain all that infor-mation from each other. So Hello Connie from Darla.

We were so tired that we didn’t even stop at Wal Mart in Seguin. We came right on through Seguin and parked our vehicle right out-side our hometown eatery, The Belmont Social Club. By the time we got inside, we both had to use the restroom, needed a big glass of tea, and real food. I think I was in a total trance by that time. It was so cool and shaded from

the hot sun, and there was soon to be food arriving at our table. Then through my stupor I saw Pastor Paul and wife Karen eat-ing at a table with Jack and Janie Finch. I apologized that I didn’t come over to hug and shake their hands right away because I truly was so tired and hot that I couldn’t even think straight. Then you never know who is going to come sneaking out of the back room. Here comes lovely Mrs. Sara Roecker and Barbara Wied-ner, and Dottie Kallies. The men come wandering to the front ever so slowly. I think they were full of good food. There was Allen, and Mr. Melvin had to come over and check everything out, and I finally corralled Pete Kallies to see about the brain tumor. They didn’t split as much of his head open, but they got all of the tumor out. It was malignant and they are sending him to an oncologist as a precaution. They were cheering that they didn’t have to go back to San Antonio for four weeks.

We had decided we could only afford to go to Belmont Social Club one day of the weekend, and chose Saturday night when Deep Waters was playing. Their band leader is Wyatt Aarp, and yes, he does have a car dealership in Seguin and sells some mighty pretty Dodge Pickups. He has in his band Walter Friedick, whose Uncle did own the Friedick Caf-eteria. He has trouble keeping up with his bass player, Lloyd Waxler. I can see why. Lloyd plays a bass guitar with 6 strings. This band is great and plays songs like Cherry Pie, The House of the Rising Sun, Margaritaville, and a lot of more songs from the sixties or so era. They will be there every third Sat-urday, so mark your calendars for Deep Water and some moldy old-ie songs, and if you throw a few requests at them, they maybe can play those too. Mr. Wyatt Aarp also plays at the VFW in Seguin on Wednesday nights. This next week we have Best Friends on Friday and then the Kerr Creek Band with the leader being Dr.

Bob Williamson there on August 27th, on Saturday.

Congratulations to Katie Abra-meit on acquiring the position of First Grade Teacher at Marion, TX. We wish her good luck and much happiness teachers those little first graders, who in this day and time, can think they know it all even at that age. Mat-tie sang a pretty Happy Birthday song to someone in the back. I asked Mattie if she was ready to go back to school and she said, “Yes”. Please be careful wherever you are. Kids are coming out of unusual streets, and parents are trying to get time schedules down into a routine. There are buses and extra late practices for band and football. So let’s be careful around our schools and elsewhere.

We have played furniture tag in our house since Saturday. Itsy Bitsy had claimed our almost new queen sized bed for himself when it was on the porch. The bed was moved into the bed-room. Another bed took its place. So Itsy came in here to keep up with his bed. The kitchen counter took off across the room to an-other location where I can have cabinets on both sides. Then the craft table was put up again with both leaves out so that I could sort out the stuff that I had not been able to organize. We put up a different step in a different way to hop on my bed, and little short, fat, Hugo couldn’t make his rear bounce hard enough to jump up there. We had to heighten it about two inches and oh; he was so happy that he now could get up on the bed to see his sweetie, Pollyanna. So now everyone is settled down in the coolest place they could find. My oxygen line has been moved over far enough and the room is finally cooling off a little bit. Maybe we all can get some sleep around here.

Have a good week, and God Bless, and please we would love to have some rain falling from the sky.

Well folks, I suggested to the Can-non this past week that it would be nice if they would run articles on places to eat around the surround-ing area, not just in Gonzales but all the nearby little towns.

Next thing I know, General Mun-dy Dave Mundy responded back to me “you say you’d like to write res-taurant reviews for us?”

At first I thought he was just kid-ding, but when I realized he was se-rious this misplaced city gal decided why not try it.

You will find that I plan to tell it as I see it, and that cleanliness will play a recurring role in each review.

My husband and I retired and moved here from El Paso. One thing I really miss is eating out and trying to find what is available and get to try some new places. This is where I need your help.

I need you to suggest eateries to visit, sample and review. Maybe you have not even tried it yet, and would like me to investigate it for you.

Here is my first example of what my future columns will be like.

While in La Grange recently, I ate lunch at the Sealand Seafood and Steak Restaurant (www.sealandsea-foodandsteak.com) located at 2359 W. State HWY 71.

My first thought about the big blue building was they must be going for the “ocean” look. Upon entering I was pleasantly surprised at its decor, plus it was roomy and

clean. They have a bar and TV’s were playing, but not so loud that you can’t have a nice conversation. The staff was very friendly.

The menu offers all types of ap-petizers like alligator, calamari, fried mushrooms, corn nuggets, to name a few. The seafood choices are oys-ters, shrimp, crab, crawfish, catfish, scallops and lobster tail. If tilapia or salmon are your desire, they have that too.

If you want soup, they have gumbo by the cup or bowl. Steaks are also part of the menu: T-Bone, Rib Eye and Filet Mignon steaks for $17.99. And of course you can get Chicken Fried Steak or Chicken Fried Chicken if you’re looking for some down-home comfort food.

They also offer a child menu for the kiddos, where you can find a range of items, from grilled cheese sandwiches at $2.99 to Grilled Tila-pia with shrimp for $11.99 during lunch. The lunch hours are Monday through Friday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Pro’s: The lunch menu includes a tossed salad, main entrée and one side. Our selections were chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy, fried oysters and a baked potato. Our salads were fresh. The serving of steak was very generous and tender. My husband’s fried oys-ters had a great batter and were so good. The loaded baked potato was

delicious.

Con’s: The mashed potatoes tast-ed like instant, so I skipped them. When the waitress came I asked her if they were instant potatoes and she said yes they were half instant and half real. Go figure!

Overall: Great menu and the en-tire establishment was very clean, including the restrooms. You can be sure we will be returning for an-other meal. Give it a try and tell me what you think!

Remember to send your sugges-tions to [email protected]

Until next time, happy dining!Phyllis Autry

Dining Delights:

A Review of “Sealand Seafood & Steak Restaurant” in LaGrange

By Phyllis Autry of Gonzales

Autry


Lost: Lost set of keys in city of Gonzales. Approx. around August 8. Offering reward of $25 for keys. Call 979-224-8013.

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.

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

NOW HIRINGDump Truck/Water Truck Driver - Class B License required. Maintainer/Heavy Equipment Op-erator - Experience preferred. E.F. Ehrig & Sons, Ltd., 221 PR 2003, Gonzales, TX 78629. 830-437-2873.

Full-time and Part-time Cooks needed at Kloesel’s Steak House in Moulton. Great pay, paid vacation. 361-596-7323. Apply in per-son.

Taking applications for a Cook in Di-etary Department. Full time position with benefits at The Heights of Gon-zales Nursing and Rehabilitation Cen-ter. Please apply in person at 701 N. Sarah DeWitt Drive, Gonzales, TX.

General Labor - Shop help, must have valid TX driv-ers license. Will be responsible for driving company vehicles and equip-ment on daily basis. Misc. shop duties, including some stencil layout and sandblasting. Con-crete experience a plus. Must be able to lift heavy objects.

Need a responsible person who is look-ing for a steady job. Pick up an applica-tion at 5233 N. US Hwy. 183, Gonzales.

Need a Better Life? Free Job/Life skills for women. 672-6180, Sherry Poe.

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.

618 Qualls, Friday/Saturday, 7-11 both days. Clothes, mat-tress, TV, quilt rack, heater, dutch oven, rug, lots of misc. items.

Radio Controlled “R/L” model air-plane kits. Kits are complete. En-gine and radio sold seperate. Kits range from $5.00 to $15.00. Call for de-tails, 512-431-0823.

Like new, 26” Men’s 21 spd., $50 obo. Call Theresa at 830-203-5212.

2000 Buick Century, large capacity Es-tate Clothes Dryer, Kingsize mattress & standard box spring. 857-8090.

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.

Excellent condition. 20” push mower, weed eater, $125/both. 361-741-2604, Yoakum.

Maytag Washing Machine. $150.00. Call 361-208-3565.

For Sale: 3 ft. long model Destroyer. $40.00. Call 672-5784.

FOR SALE: 35mm Minolta SLR Film Camera, 3 lenses, strobe, filters, tri-pod, case. $75.00. Call 830-822-6857.

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.

Fresh shelled peas. Cream, purple hulled & black eyed. Also unshelled peas. Sold by the bushel. 2001 Water

St., Gonzales.

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.

2003 Golf Cart for sale. Call 830-857-6208.

Radio Control Air-plane parts/kits. If I don’t have it, I can get it. Lockhart, TX. Call 979-393-8642.

For Sale: Calf table/shoot with self catch gate. $950. 830-437-5747.

For Sale: 14 feet by 40 feet Morgan Building. Used 9 months as library. Fully complete with electrical lighting and A/C heat pump unit. Floors sanded and painted. Steps with landing. Equipped with electrical me-ter loop. Excellent condition. Ideal for office space or nice work building. Contact Business Manager at 361-594-3836.

Whirlpool Heavy Duty Gas Dryer. Good condition. $75. Can be seen at 511 Church St. 830-857-4993.

Fresh Produce. Watermelons, Can-taloupes, Toma-toes, Squash, Cu-cumbers, Onions, Peppers & Peas. 2001 Water Street, Gonzales. 512-227-6950.

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Gonzales County Commissioners’ CourtProposed Salary Increases for Elected Officials

For Fiscal Year 2011-2012

Pursuant to the Texas Local Government Code, Section 152.013, notice is hereby given that the Gonzales County Commissioners Court will meet at the Courthouse on Monday, the 12th of September, at 9:00 a.m.

The Commissioners Court shall consider a proposal to raise the annual salaries of the Gonzales County elected officials, to become effective on October 1, 2011, as follows:

County Judge Juvenile Board State Salary SupplementCounty ClerkCounty Treasurer RLF/ORCA GrantCounty Tax-Assessor-CollectorCounty Attorney State Salary SupplementDistrict ClerkJustice of the Peace, Precinct 1Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4Constable, Precinct 1 Rabies/Wild Animal OfficerConstable, Precinct 3 Subdivision Compliance Officer Permit OfficerConstable, Precinct 4County SheriffCommissioner, Precinct 1Commissioner, Precinct 2Commissioner, Precinct 3Commissioner, Precinct 4

Elected Official

FY 10-11 FY 11-12 Proposed

Salary LongevityAuto

Allowance Salary LongevityAuto

Allowance$46,091.85$3,400.00$15,000.00 $1,310$40,435.20 $1,500$38,628.76 $1,450 $2,400.00$40,435.20 $2,400$42,412.92$20,833.00$40,435.20 $2,400$36,618.56 $900 $3,200 $36,618.56 $3,200$36,618.56 $3,200$27,854.96$7,080.00 $2,400 $7,400$27,854.96$10,000.00 $2,390$27,854.96 $1,550 $45,760.00 $1,270$46,099.96 $1,330$46,099.96$46,099.96 $2,400$46,099.96 $1,310

$46,291.85$3,400.00$15,000.00 $1,430$44,000.00 $1,620$39,828.76 $1,570 $2,400.00$44,000.00 $2,400$43,612.92$20,833.00$44,000.00 $2,400$37,818.56 $3,200 $37,818.56 $3,200$37,818.56 $3,200$29,054.96$7,080.00 $2,400 $29,054.96

$10,000.00 $2,400$29,054.96 $1,670 $55,000.00 $1,390$47,299.96 $1,450$47,299.96$47,299.96 $2,400$47,299.96 $1,430

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICECITY OF GONZALES

GONZALES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The Gonzales Economic Development Corporation, by this instrument, noti-fies the public of the commencement of the 60 Day Public Comment Period and a PUBLIC HEARING on the following Small Business Incentive Grant Applications that have been presented to the GEDC Board for their consider-ation. The maximum grant amount is $25,000.00 and a 50% minimum match is required. The grant applications are available at City Hall for viewing by the public during the 60 Day Public Comment Period.

1.) Marlene Metzler, Owner of Outback Bar & Grill, 520 St. Paul Street, Gonzales2.) Barbara Crozier, Owner of Laurel Ridge Inn & Antiques,827 St. Jo-seph Street, Gonzales

The GEDC will hold a Public Hearing the 24th of October, 2011, at the Gon-zales City Hall, 820 St. Joseph St., during the Regular Meeting that begins at 6:00pm, to allow for public comment on these projects and the proposed ex-penditure of Type B Sales Tax funds. After consideration and voting by GEDC, the projects will go to City Council for their approval of the expenditure of funds at their next meeting. The GEDC encourages citizens to participate in the public comment and public hearing stages of all GEDC projects. Citizens unable to attend meetings may submit their views to Carolyn Gibson, Economic Development Director for the City of Gonzales, by mailing them to P.O. Drawer 547, Gonzales, TX 78629. For additional information, contact the Economic Development office at (830)-672-2815.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

In compliance with V.T.C.A., Texas Local Government §111.007 and §111.0075, Gonzales County Commissioners Court will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on the Proposed Budget - Fiscal Year 2011-2012 on Monday, September 12, 2011, 9:00 a.m., at the County Courthouse, Commissioners Courtroom, 414 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas.

The County Judge’s Proposed Budget was filed with the Gonza-les County Clerk on August 22, 2011. At the conclusion of the Public Hearing, the Commissioners Court shall take action on the Proposed Budget.

This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $ 379,266 or 6.32878%, and of that amount $ 269,055 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year.

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CLASSIFIEDS: For Sale: 3 pt. Chip-p e r / S h r e d d e r , never been used, $600. Also Windmill Seeder, $250. 830-540-4971.

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.

Hats from the mak-ers of Koozie-Nor-wood 48 @ 192.08 “plus” transporta-tion charges. 4 color heat transfer. Color of hats - Red, yellow, pink, green, bone, khaki, or-ange, black navy and royal. That’s only $4.00 a hat. DBK Advertising. 830-437-5142 or 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 Di-gests 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 poinsettia” pottery bowl. Large. Great gift. $35. Call (512) 917-4078.

Pecans for Sale. This year’s crop. Shelled, Halved. $10/1 lb. bag. 512-417-3032.

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.

2 pipe BBQ pits for sale. Ozarka Water cooler with bottle. Call 361-208-3565.

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 Benth, $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 paint-ing, landscape, $3800 (512)917-4078.

For Sale: Picnic tables built with treated 2x6 lum-ber with bolts and screws. No nails. 4, 6, and 8 foot sizes available. For more details call 830-540-4776 or 830-857-3273. Delivery Available.

John Deere 350 C Dozer. 90% Condi-tion Overall and 1988 Wrangler, new motor. 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.

Heavily fertil-ized, horse qual-ity, coastal square & round bales. Bebe, Tx. 210-326-6053.

1977 WW 2-horse straight load bum-per pull. Good con-dition - ready to haul. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.

17 clover hay. Hay for cows. $45 a bale. Call 512-917-4078.

Old western saddle, needs repair $150 (512) 917-4078.

2 wheel trailer. Call Robert at 830-203-0540.

Beautiful 6 month old dark brown all leather sofa & lo-veseat, 4 recliners built in. Very com-fortable. Need to sell, too large for room. Store will not take back. They are custom made. Paid $4,000, will take $3,000 for them. Call 672-3613.

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 antique set twin beds, antique wardrobe, table with chairs, sofa and two matching chairs. 830-672-7347.

For sale 3 piece an-tique loveseat, lamp’s new and used mo-bile chair with bat-teries. 1827 St. Louis 830-672-8034.

3/2, Singlewide Mobile Home. All electric, 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 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.

Grill Guard and Run-ning Boards for 2002 Durango. Westin Brand, excelllent condition. $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 deal on new Chevrolets and GMCs and over 100 used vehicles with financing to fit most credit situa-tions. Grafe Chevrolet GMC - Hallettsville, TX - 800 798-3225 or 361-798-3281.”

FOR SALE: 2007 Toyota Camry LS - 48,000 miles; auto; a i r - condit ioned, power locks, etc. Great condition; be-low Blue Book price. Call in Gonzales - 404-502-0340. (Cell-phone).

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.

2BR/1BA home in Shiner. Contact 361-594-3201 or leave message.

3BR/2BA home for rent on 318 DeWitt St/ Central Air. Big back yard. $850/mo., $500/dep. Call 830-445-9294.

3BR/1Bath Mobile Home for rent. $600/month plus $300 deposit. Lo-cated at end of Oil Patch Lane in Gon-zales. Call 210-416-0041.

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.

Small efficiency apartment for rent. $250/month, $150 deposit. Located at the end of Oil Patch Lane in Gonzales. Call 210-416-0041.

I want to share my gift of making a room come alive. I can see the room and vision what I can do. Clean pic-ture frames, knick-knacks, move fur-niture around. If thats what it takes to make my vision come alive. Guar-anteed you will be enchanted. Just give me a try, give Laura’s Gift a call. 830-203-5180. Free estimates on site.

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.

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ANGELSOur caring home companions help seniors live at home. Hygiene assistance, meals and housework. Service provided up to 24-hour care. We let you choose your caregiver! Top references and af-fordable rates. Visit-ing Angels Toll Free 855.859.6989.

House cleaning services available. Reasonable rates. Servicing Gonzales and surrounding areas. References available. Call Bar-bara at 979-777-8710 or email [email protected].

Experienced 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 es-timates. 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 estimates 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.

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. Excellend condi-tion. Call 361-218-1880.

2008 Honda Four-trax with only 250 miles $3,500 o.b.o. 830-857-5236.

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J Bar B FoodsDriver for Instate Deliveries

Must have Tractor/trailer experi-ence. Class A CDL. Reefer experi-ence a plus. Experience with deliv-ering grocery warehouses a plus.

Home daily. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Exdellent benefits offered. If

interested please apply in person at 1078 Hwy 90 W, Weimar, TX.

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APARTMENTS

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Bobtail Truck DriverDay & Night Positions Available

Requirements:Class A CDL with HazMat/Tanker Endorsements

Must 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

WANTED:

CDL DRIVERS NEEDED

J Bar B FoodsProduction Employees

needed for J Bar B Foods at our Weimar and Waelder facilities. Needed to perform a

variety of job duties ranging from: Operating mixing, stuffing and cooking

machinery, placing and removing product from racks, washing items used in the

production of our products, inspecting and packing the finished products.Qualified

candidate will have the ability to work in a COLD environment. Follow instruc-

tions and directions. The ability to interact cordially with our employees to

accomplish common tasks is essential to this position.

Excellent benefits offered. MUST be available to work overtime and

weekends.Please send resume and salary requirements

to:[email protected] interested please apply in person at

J Bar B Foods, 1078 Hwy 90 W, Weimar, TX or at

100 Main Street, Waelder, TX.

J Bar B FoodsStockers Needed

in our Weimar Plant. Must be able to work in the cold. Forklift and Palletjack experience a plus. If

interested, please apply in person at 1078 Hwy 90 W,

Weimar, TX.Adult Education ESL

Instructor position available at Community Action Inc. in the Gonzales area. Applications

required and available at www.communityaction.com

and 101 Uhland Rd., Ste. 107 in San Marcos. EOE.

Drug Free Work Environment.

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

WANT A SALES CAREER/WITH NO LAYOFFS?

34 year old company is expanding rapidly in this area.We will select people for the following positions:

8 SALES REPRESENTATIVESNew - $600 WKLY to $800 WKLY & UP

Experienced - $750 WKLY to $900 WKLY & UP

Rapid Advancement/Excellent 10 year Retirement/Professional Training/Unlimited Income/Incentives

If you want to get paid what you are worth and have a sincere desire to succeed, we want to talk to you.

Call Mr. Freedman at 1-800-527-0996(Mon & Tues 9:00am-5:00pm)

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CLASSIFIEDS: Harley Sportster, 883 Custom, 2005 model. Hwy. guard bars, detachable windshield, saddle bags, windshield bag. Yellow custom paint, garage kept, excellent condition, never laid down. 9K

miles, tires excel-lent, new battery & new rear tire. $5,200.00 FIRM. Call 830-560-0238.

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.

For Sale: 2007 Hon-da Shadow, VT 750 C2, 3,902 Miles. Like New condition. $5,000.00. Call after 5:00 p.m. M-F. 830-540-3555.

2006 Buell Blast 500cc bike. Made by Harley-David-son. Only 2,100 miles. Gets 62 miles to a gallon. Great fun, easy to ride, beginners or ex-perienced. $2,500 obo. Located near Old Moulton. Cell, 830-857-0734, after 6, can call 361-596-7317.

1990 25ft Dutch-

man travel trailer for sale. Fifthwheel hitch, queen size bed and couch, rear bathroom with closet, gas stove and microwave, new tires. Gonzales area, $4,000. 830-857-4750.

2002 Jayco Eagle 27’ bumper-pull travel trailer w/slide out. New a/c. $7,000. Also, 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.

2003 Golf Cart for sale. Call 830-857-6208.

1976 Ford Eldorado Motorhome. V-8, super clean, good motor & A/C. New refrigerator. $3,700/obo. 830-437-5659 or 857-6565.

FOR RENT: 2-RV Parking Sites, shade trees, all hook ups. 5 miles East Gon-zales. $350/mo. Call 263-0292.

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.

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.

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.

2003 Dyna Super-Glide Harley 100 yr. Anniv. Gold Key ad-dition windshield, backrest, forward controls. Great con-dition. $7,500. 830-875-2278.

1996 Pace Arrow. Ready to travel. Good condition. Runs well. 830-660-3883.

2009 38’ Landmark. 3 slide-outs. Like new. King size bed. Great Buy. $39,900. 830-437-5211.

For Sale or Trade. 2006 Yamaha V-Star 1100 Midnight Custom motorcycle w/helmet & deluxe motorcycle cover

for sale or trade. Purchased new July 2007 - currently has only 987 miles - Pristine condition, garage kept & ma-ture owner-must see to appreciate. $5,400 or trade for good condition Jon Boat, Jet Ski, or Pontoon boat. I can email photos. [email protected]. 830-672-6033.

Having Fun with piano lessons with Shelia Wright 1622 N. College St. Youth and Adults Flexible Schedule (830) 672-2719.

CKC Regis-tered Miniature Dachsund puppies. Call 830-888-0165.

Free coonhound mix pups. Two spayed females, 1st shots, wormed, 6 months old. Res-cued after aban-doned on dirt road. Smart, healthy, gen-tle, already hunting together. Get along with other dogs. 830-540-4591.

FREE 1/2 Lab Pup-pies. Call 830-857-6208.

For Sale: Dog car-rying cage. Asking $40.00. Call 361-208-3565.

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 Sammie Gibson at (830) 203-8666.

Splish Splash Time for a bath! Groom-ing with loving touch... We strive to give your pet a pawsitive experi-ence. We do diffi-cult dogs. We also brush teeth. Master Groomer Stacy Gar-cia at 830-540-3344 or 972-464-6312 or Shirley at 830-540-4365.

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.

Male, 8 wks. old Schnauzer/Terrier Mix. Free to good home. Socialized with children, other dogs and a cat. Call 830-203-8444 be-fore 1 p.m.

2 Great Dane pup-pies. Asking $225. 857-5147.

Rhodesian Ridge-back and lab mix puppies. With ridges $50. They are blond, brown and tan. Without ridges, $25. Will be big dogs around 75-100 lbs. Call Leia Dalton at 830-263-2570.

AKC Bichon Pup-py’s. Shots and wormed. Females, $500; Males, $450. 830-540-4368. 830-203-8511, cell.

Turn your favorite pet photo into a work of art! Artist Brenda Shannon, Pastel or Acrylic. Great gift idea. (512) 917-4078.

Cute, playful, pure-bred shorthair Chi-huahua puppies. 6 wks. Male & fe-male. Black and tan markings. 1st shots, wormed. $150 each. Christine, 830-875-9519.

5 Cockatiels. 2 years old. Yellow and gray. $50 each. Call 830-534-5930.

3 female geese, 1 male goose. Also laying hens to pick from. Call 361-594-4319.

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.

Baby Guineas. $2.00 each, your choice. Multiple colors. 8 3 0 - 5 4 0 - 4 0 6 3 . Leave number, will return call.

For Sale: Guinea eggs for setting. Call 830-672-7384.

For Sale: Calf table/shoot with self catch gate. $950. 830-437-5747.

For Sale: Sorrell 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.

Three “M” Boer Goats has County Bred breeding goats for the 2012 Livestock Show for sale. All were born March - May 2011 and are show qual-ity. Our ranch has provided Cham-pion goats to the livestock show each year since 2008. Join our winning team today and purchase your next Champion from us. (830) 491-8508. www.threemboer-goats.com.

Black Limousin & Black Angus Bulls. Also Heifers. Gentle. Increase your wean-ing 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.

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SKR Realty512-284-0801

E-mail: [email protected] www.skrrealtytexas.comSheila Robbins - Broker

RESIDENTIAL297 HOWARD LANE, Gonzales - Located on Guadalupe River adjoining Lake-H, 2/1, app. 1,068 sq. ft. Very nice. Move in ready, Deck, fishing pier!..........................................................................................................................................................$148,500First North Street, Harwood - .49 ac lot w/2 storage bldgs, water, septic, electricity avail-able..................................................................................................................$20,0004-H Lake Property - 90B - Gonzales, 41 ac. lot w/MH, Mature trees. Great for weekend getaway; rental property....................................................................................$55,000110 First North St., Harwood - 3/1, app. 1,410 sq. ft, FP, 2 storage bldgs, nice lot.................................................................................................................................$46,000277 HOWARD LANE, GONZALES - 1.168 acres - beautiful river property, rock home, app. 2,648 sq. ft., open kit with family room and dining area glassed in with panoramic view of water. Wrap around porch. Located on the Guadalupe River, adjoining Lake 4-H. Workshop and fishing pier......................................................................$282,000189 CR 280, Harwood - 3BD/2BA, app. 1,574 sq. ft, 2 dining areas, 2 family rooms, FP, enclosed bonus room, covered deck, 10x20 storage bldg.........................$94,989

Farm & Ranch11439 HWY 90A, Gonzales - 5 acres, ranch fenced, ag exempt, barn with 1/2 bath, elec., septic....................................................................................................$157,80016.96 ACS - 77CR 391, Gonzales - 3/2 rock home, app. 2,131 sq. ft. barn, outdoor arena, 2 storage bldgs, water well.................................................................$290,000

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Rental Property94 Glendale - Luling - Brick home with 2 car attached garage, 3BD, 2 1/2 BA, Office, Fireplace, fenced yard, Refrigerator, Stove, Washer and Dryer included. Located in great neighborhood. ...................................................................................$1,200/mo

HOMESvTHOMPSONVILLE 2br/1ba home on 30 ac. Recent new metal roof, remodeled and updated. On CR 240 in Thompsonville........................................................................................... $199,500vGONZALES 2br, 1 bath, 1 car garage................................$74,500

FARM & RANCHvGONZALES 28 acres, 2 story, 3BR, 2 Bath custom built home..............................................................................................$375,000

ACREAGEvTHOMPSONVILLE 10 ac. fronting CR 240........ $4,900.00/ac.vWAELDER 97.44 acres, 4BR ranch house, great house, oil/gas income, Ranching/Investment............................................$750,000vGONZALES 68 acres, Ranch/Investment/Apartments/Business...........................................................................................$673,200vGONZALES 25 acres. Fronts Hwy. 304.......................$112,500vWAELDER 10.49 acres. New perimeter fence............$4,900/acvGONZALES 78 acres. 2 tanks, fenced.......REDUCED to ....................................................................................................$3,450/acvRED ROCK 181 acres......................................................$895,000

COMMERCIALvGONZALES 7.62 acres w/access to Sarah DeWitt. Bank Foreclosure, great investment.....................................$42,000vGONZALES 68 acres. Investment/Apartments/Business............................................................................................$673,200vWAELDER Poultry Farm. 4 breeder hen houses, 50 acres, mo-bile home.........................................................................$1,250,000

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HomesDuplex, + 2 M/H set up, Moulton..... $56,000Ideal family home - Rivercrest, 3BR/2BA...$130,000..Reduced......$115,0001602 Water St.-commercial/rental..$150,0002342 FM 108, 3 bd.,2 story home...$145,000

Land4 acs with extra nice redonehome....$155,00070 acs., wooded, hills, game, tanks........................................................$420,000153 acs., FM 2091...........................$795,0008.7 acs., city limits..........................$120,00058 acs., trees, potential, edge of town.................................................................$12,000/Ac.

Commercial4+ Acres, city ..................................$125,0006 Acres, 183 N., city........................ $195,000Highway 183 N: 1.9acs., across from new motel.................................................$65,0001.4 Acres - US 183S., 3BR/2BA, MH., of-fice....................................................$150,000Lot - Live Oak....................................$8,000

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2006 28ft Pilgrim BPull. Large kitchen,

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2006 Morgan FW 28ft BPull, w/smooth Exterior. Queen Bed.

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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.

Brick Home for Sale. 4BR/3BA, 1513 St. Michael Street on about 1 acre. Lots of trees. 830-857-5231 or 830-857-5236.

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.

6+ Acres for Sale or Lease. Build to suit. End of Oil Patch Lane. Call 210-416-

0041.

FOR LEASE. 2.70 acre yard with 1568 sq. ft. building with attached 1440 sq. ft. shed, built for large equipment including two 12’ access doors for trucks. Electrical, water, highway frontage, easy on and off truck en-trance, close to city of Gonzales. 830-857-4905.

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.

Want to Buy used electric wheelchair, 5 yrs. old or approx. Jet 3 Ultra. 830-437-2232.

Wanted: Any make rifle, caliber 22-250. Call 830-857-1781.

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.

Wanted: Wooden shelves. Approx. 6 ft. tall x 12-30 inches deep, x 30 inches wide. 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.

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.

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.

Hello. Need some-one to fill in for an absent employee for a day or two. Maybe I can help. I’m 54, female, co-ower auto shop, 16 yrs, Dental Asst. 3 yrs, Photographer, newspaper & aer-ial, weddings, etc, great with the pub-lic & full of common sence. 24 hr. prior

notice. Will be glad to drop by before hire. Laura Gift, 830-203-5180.

JCK Services. Tree shearing, brush stacking, stump treatment, small brush grubbing. Call Jeff (830) 263-1016 or Wayne, (830) 857-3611.

Welding, Fabrica-tion and repairs. Call 830-437-5747.

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.

Electrical wiring, t r o u b l e s h o o t -ing & Repairs, new construction, a d d i t i o n s , m e t e r loops, ceiling fans, metal buildings, panel upgrades, etc. 830-437-5747.

Photographer - Pro-fessional, Afford-

able, and Conve-nient. Specializing in families, children and maternity pho-tography sessions. Or relax and enjoy your special day by hiring “Memo-ries by Maxwell” to shoot your birth-d ay / a n n i ve r s a r y party, retirement ceremony, wed-ding, baptism, or other memorable event. Call Nikki today to schedule your event or ses-sion. (512) 227-4040. Located in Gonzales. Will travel to events within surrounding area.

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Individuals with arthritis are often stuck between a rock and a hard place. Doctors want people to exercise to keep up the range of motion in affected joints. However, even some limited movements can cause pain and suffering to those with arthritis. F u r t h e r m o r e , individuals with arthritis may shy away from the activities they once enjoyed because the pain is simply too overwhelming.

Instead of simply sitting on the couch watching television, there are a number of different things arthritis sufferers can do to pass the time and reconnect with past hobbies and interests. It might just take a little re-outfitting of the

tools that are needed to participate.

GardeningGardening is a

popular pastime for people of all ages. But the repetitive motions of digging and tilling as well as gripping a multitude of tools can take the joy out of the hobby. People with arthritis can make some changes. Raised garden beds or container gardening eliminates the stooping and bending associated with traditional gardening. With c o n t a i n e r s , individuals can place the containers on a counter or table and do all the work at a comfortable height.

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are good for those with arthritis. Also, look for tools with larger grips and handles to be easier on arthritic hands.

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arthritis find the fine-detail work they grew accustomed to is not very comfortable with arthritis. Instead, there are many other crafts that can be practical.

Ceramics are one craft where the activity can also be the exercise. Using a pottery wheel or hand-molding doughs and other modeling media can be a way to stretch and work the hands and fingers. Using paintbrushes equipped with wider grips can make painting possible.

Mural painting is another option. Again, those with arthritis can choose tools with wide handles to make grasping easier. Large designs on walls or canvases will be easier to handle than smaller pieces.

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Baking and pastry creation is one area where people can show off creative skills. For those who love to bake but have trouble kneading and working dough, food processors, bread machines and kitchen stand mixers can take the work out of those processes.

Cooking is not only a rewarding hobby, but also an activity that can benefit the household.

Having arthritis doesn’t mean a person has to give up on the activities he or she enjoys. It merely involves a few tweaks that can still make these hobbies enjoyable.


The St. Paul Cardinals take their first step in defense of their state championship Friday whenteh Cardinals travel to Pettus in the season opener for both teams, but big dreams are on the minds of more local teams besides the Cardinals.

The 10th-ranked Shiner Comanches kcik off the season against Industrial with big dreams of their own after a late-season run last year propelled them into the playoffs.

Also on tap will be Luling hosting Na-varro, Cuero traveling to Wimberley, Hal-lettsville visiting Ganado and Sacred Heart hosting Yorktown.

The reign of new Cardinals head coach Paul Johnston will begin as his charges face a formidable opponent. The Eagles return 13 starters from an area finalist that went 9-3 in 2010. Pettus had one of the best turn-arounds in Class 1A last year, winning five more than in the previous season, and is just about everybody’s favorite to win District 16-1AII.

“We’re really excited about this team,” said Pettus head coach Steve Marbach. “We know the expectations are high and that’s all fine and good, but what matters is how you execute on the field.”

The Eagles return seven defensive starters,

including standout linebacker Austin Caril-lo (128 tackles), but their true firepower lies on the other side of the ball. Quarterback Ryan Beck was an all-state honorable men-tion after throwing for 2,156 yards, running for 626 more with 36 total touchdowns. His receiving corps includes another all-state honorable mention in Hunter Tomlin (43

catches, 978 yards, 13TD) and junior Casey Jones, who caught eight scoring passes.

“Pettus is pretty good,” Johnston said. “They were tough last year and look pretty physical this year. They have a very balanced offense, they’re a threat to throw it and run it.”

FLATONIA — Year Two of the Chris Freytag era officially kicks off tonight as the Flatonia Bulldogs play host to the Nixon-Smiley Mustangs in the 2011 season opener.

After winning just once last year, Freytag is optimistic about his squad’s chances of seeing marked improvement in the win column this year.

“I’d give us about an eight,” he answered when asked to rate their offseason progress on a scale of one to 10. “We still have quite a few things to fix, but comparing this year to last year we’re way ahead of the game in terms of understanding what we’re trying to do.”

The Bulldogs had beaten the Mustangs in the previous two meetings before they lost last year 21-7. Nixon-Smiley head coach Carlton McKinney is

hoping the combination of fa-miliarity and momentum will spur his team to victory.

“They lost a few key com-ponents, but they’re basically the same as last year and I ex-pect them to be better,” he said. “We watched their scrim-mage against Hallettsville, so we think we have a pretty good idea of what they’re going to do. They’re throwing the ball a lot but we’ve faced two teams in our scrimmages that throw 60 per-

cent of the time, so we’re going to try to go out and control the tempo with our offense.”

That game plan worked ex-tremely well for the Mustangs in last year’s contest as they aver-aged over seven yards a carry en route to rushing for 318 yards. Flatonia is going to have to find a way to slow down running backs Joe Medina and Alex Her-nandez, who ran for 155 and 94 yards respectively.

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Opener may be pivotal for Mustangs, ‘DogsAPACHES, Page C4

Apaches takeon CC Millerto open season

By MARK LUBE and CEDRIC [email protected]

Off and runningThe Gonzales Apaches looked sharp during their scrimmage Thursday against Aus-tin St. Michael’s. The Apaches open the season tonight on the road against Corpus Christi Miller’s Buccaneers. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Area teams open year with big hopesBULLDOGS, Page C4

With the season opener at Corpus Christi Miller looming, the Gonzales Apaches have some positives after several weeks of practice and two scrimmages.

After reviewing the film from last week’s action at Austin St. Michael’s Academy, head coach Ricky Lock and the rest of the coaching staff discovered something: that the team had not played all that bad as first thought.

“We drove the ball up and down the field. It was not as bad as I thought,” he said. “But we can play a lot better. We have high expectations for the players and they talked about it a lot.”

When a team has high expectations, they are going to evaluate and work to cor-rect every single mistake.

“There were some good things out of the St. Michael scrimmage,” Lock said.

He said the team has battled back to work hard in practice after taking some constructive criticism from the coaches.

“Our guys want to win and they want to do the right thing,” Lock said. “They are not trying to mess up. There is just a lot to correct early in the year in every football

It is the dream of almost every prep athlete in the country to play well enough to receive an offer from a prestigious Division One school. Not only does it provide the opportunity to get a collegiate education for free, but it prolongs the life of their playing career and often allows them to do so on a nationally-televised stage.

How unfortunate that now due to greed and sheer avarice, the athletic scholarship has become akin to Af-firmative Action - an idea conceived amidst good intentions whose percep-tion becomes tainted and almost evil in its application.

This has been quite a year for college football, but for all of the wrong rea-sons. In the last 12 months we’ve seen traditional powerhouse schools like Auburn, Ohio State, USC and even up-and-coming programs like North Carolina, all hit with sanctions center-ing around their student-athletes ac-cepting improper benefits from boost-ers and/or agents. The latest scandal involves the University of Miami, who rose to prominence in the late 1980’s with arrogant swagger and a style of play that led them to being labeled the Bad Boys of college football.

Some of the infractions the Hurri-canes are accused of committing we’ve heard of countless times before in oth-er programs - the $100 handshakes, big pay for big plays, and new cars for superstars. But a lot of the allegations made against the “U” are so outra-geous they would make Jerry Springer blush!

It seems that from 2002 to 2010 a rather unscrupulous individual named Nevin Shapiro lavished 72 Mi-ami athletes with numerous gifts in-cluding cash, entertainment in multi-million dollar homes and yachts, paid junkets to high-end clubs and restau-rants, jewelry, bounties for injuring opposing players, travel, prostitutes and, on at least one occasion, an abor-tion. In return for all of his “generos-ity” Shapiro, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for his role in a $930 million Ponzi scheme, was al-lowed unfettered access to the campus including watching games from the sidelines and even leading the team out of the tunnel on to the field.

Needless to say this is the most fla-grant display of lack of institutional control the NCAA has ever seen, even more egregious than the SMU scandal of 1986 where it was revealed that 13 players were paid $61,000 from a slush fund provided by a school booster. Not the smartest of moves to make, since the school had been placed on three years probation a year earlier for several recruiting violations.

For their transgressions the Po-nies received the “death penalty,” the harshest penalty an NCAA school can get. The rule stipulates that if a second major violation occurs at any institu-tion within five years of being on pro-bation in the same sport or another sport, that institution can be barred from competing in the sport involved in the second violation for either one or two seasons. It’s been issued five times before, but only once to a foot-ball program.

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Scrimmage actionA Shiner ball carrier comes to an abrupt stop at the hands of two Yoakum defend-ers during Friday’s scrimmage action. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Miami scandalwarrants deathpenalty, but canNCAA pull it off?

IGLEHART, Page C8

FOOTBALL, Page C4

The Flatonia Lady Bull-dogs swept a tri-match at Rice Consolidated with the hosts and Sealy on Aug. 16.

The Lady ‘Dogs beat Rice in three four sets (26-24, 21-25,25-15,25-19). Leanna Dunk had 14 kills; Alex Bruns had 16 assists; Courtney Mica had 14 digs and Bruns had four aces.

Flatonia beat Sealy 3-2 (16-25, 25-15, 24-26, 25-21, 15-10). Dunk had 16 kills; Bruns had 20 assists; Mica had 12 digs, and Abi-gail Rodriguez and Abigail Schacherl had two aces.

•Hallettsville swept Luling 25-4, 25-12, 25-11 on Friday. Lauren Jones had 24 points and 18 assists for the Lady Brahmas while Sha’Tiara Runnels had six aces and three blocks; Cas-sidy Targac had nine kills and Madison Schindler had six digs.

The Lady Brahmas fell to Round Top-Caramine on Tuesday, 22-25 8-25 23-25.

Jones had 16 assists and

10 points; Targac had nine kills and 12 blocks while Cheyenne Dowdy had four blocks.

• The Shiner St. Paul volleyball team swept Fay-etteville on Tuesday, 25-11, 25-14, 25-21. Marissa Yn-clan had 13 kills and three blocks; Kourtney Knesek had 16 assists; Bethany Pokluda and Kylie Natal had four digs each. St. Paul is 7-3 on the season.

The Shiner St. Paul ju-nior varsity played in the Industrial Tournament Aug. 17-18.

The Lady Cardinals won their first two. First, beating Bloomington 25-21, 25-13. McKenzie Krest had four digs; Kymberlie Malatek had four aces and four as-sists and a block;Christina Squyres scored 11 points; Elise Patek had one block and Samantha Siegel had five kills and four digs. St. Paul then beat Wharton 25-19, 25-11 with Melanie Wagner getting six assists

and one ace; Siegel getting nine kills and two aces and Squyres getting nine digs.

St.Paul faced Tidehaven in the final, falling in three 24-26, 25-17, 16-14. Siegel had seven kills and four aces; Wagner had four aces; Malatek had five assists; Squyres had seven digs and 18 points; Samantha Natal and Elise Patek had two blocks.

• The Shiner Lady Co-manches fell to Burton in four games on Tuesday (25-20, 25-21, 25-17,25-17).

LaNeshia Hunt had 15 kills and scored 10 points; Cassie Stafford had 27 as-sists; Emmalie Berkovsky had five blocks; Ryah Mi-chalec had 35 digs.

The Lady Comanche ju-nior varsity defeated Bur-ton.

• The Sacred Heart In-dianettes swept Nixon-Smiley 25-19, 25-22, 25-22.

Adrienne Klimitchek had three blocks and five kills; Robyn Pavlicek had

five kills;Caitlin Orsak had nine digs; Jenna Brown had three aces, and Shelby McElroy had 16 assists.

“We played a really good match at times, especially in the first game,” Sacred Heart coach Wanda Orsak said. “We came out ready to play. In the second and third games we would take the lead and let them gain points on us. We would never hold a commanding lead. We have to quit let-ting our guard down once we have taken a lead.”

“This was an important win for us going into dis-trict next week.”

Nixon-Smiley won the junior varsity match 25-19, 25-26, 26-24 and Sacred Heart won the freshman match, 25-11 25-22.

• Rice Consolidated de-feated Yoakum 3-2 (25-19, 21-25, 21-25, 25-21, 16-14). For Yoakum, Ashtyn Henkes had 23 kills; Calle Witte and Ryan Hagan had 13 digs; Camille Desmet had 50 assists; Henkes had seven blocks; Witte had a pair of aces. The Lady ‘Dogs are 6-6 on the sea-son. The Yoakum junior varsity swept Rice 25-8, 25-16.

The Gonzales Cannon Thursday, August 25, 2011Page C2

By MARK [email protected]

Lady Apaches lack consistent play, hitting in loss

Deep hitGonzales’ Brittney Pakebusch gets into the air to de-liver a deep hit while attempting a kill during Tues-day’s action in Smithville. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Volleyball RoundupLady Bulldogs sweep tri-match

Soccer sign-upsFall league registration for the Gonzales

Youth Scocer League is scheduled 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 27 at Lion’s Park Field. Teams will be available for ages 4-12. First practices are scheduled the week of Sept. 6,w ith the first games set the week of Sept. 17.

To access applications by e-mail, visit www.gonzalesyouthsoccer.com.

Fall baseball/softballLooking for dedicated baseball and soft-

ball coaches and players interested in play-ing fall ball at the Shiner Starplex.

The league will be for players ages 8 to

18. Season will begin in September. Contact

Mike McCracken at 361-655-2909 or [email protected] if interested or for more information.

Apache photos neededApache alumni: We are looking for pic-

tures of players who received all district or state honors in football or went to college to play(send both). Doesn’t matter what year you graduated. We need the pictures to put in the field house so that our kids can see the Apache history.. You can email them to coachclack@ hotmail.com or call 361-275-1156.

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SMITHVILLE — Volley-ball teams need consistent play and solid hitting in or-der to be successful.

Both of those attributes were missing part of the time for the Gonzales Lady Apaches Tuesday night in Smithville.

The Lady Tigers defeated Gonzales 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 20-25, 25-15) and the loss drops Gonzales to 4-5 on the season.

“We must have consis-tency,” Gonzales head coach Kim Payne said. “And we were not consistent tonight.”

Shaky hitting caused the Lady Apaches a lot of dif-ficulty in the non-district match.

“We need to be a hitting team and hit the ball,” Payne said. “When we hit the ball (well), our opponents are on the run. When we do not hit well, we come up short.”

It took Gonzales the first several minutes and the first double-digit points of the

first set to settled down and get into rhythm.

The Lady Tigers got kills from Madison Hannusch and Trina Deyo, and got some help from the Gonza-les miscue to race out to a 10-0 lead.

The Lady Apaches were able to pull a couple of the points back before Smith-ville took over again and opened a 17-6 lead and looked to be sailing toward a quick win in the first set.

Gonzales came out of the fog and it was game on.

Danyelle Glass and Brittney Pakebusch com-bined on a block to cut the lead to 17-9.

Service from Jessica Cantu and plays from Pak-ebusch and Lindsey Akers brought Gonzales closer at 19-14.

Carly Bozka got a ser-vice ace and Smithville miscues allowed Gonzales to forge a 21-21 tie.

But the Lady Tigers fought back and a kill from Lindsay Carver on game point brought the

first set to a close, and Smithville had to breathe a sigh of relief after the monstrous Lady Apache rally.

Early in the second set, Gonzales, led by some plays by Pakebusch and Akers, got some leads.

Smithville battled back and went on top, courtesy of their serving.

Gonzales stayed in con-tention, getting kills from Glass and Shayla Simper.

With a 24-15 lead, the Lady Tigers appeared to close to putting the second game away when they got too intense on a block and gave Gonzales a point.

The Lady Apaches then got four more straight points on Simper serves and a kill from Allison Raley.

Deyo then made a play to give the Lady Tigers the win in set No. 2.

In the third set, Bozka got an ace and Glass made a block to put the Lady Apaches up 3-0 at the start.

The Lady Tigers did

manage to close the gap and not let Gonzales run away with the game.

Gonzales got good ser-vice from Kiley Braune and more kills from Raley, Sim-per, Pakebusch and Glass.

Bozka’s service at the end gave Gonzales the win to cut Smithville’s match lead to 2-1.

In the fourth set, af-ter taking the initial lead, the Lady Tigers went to work, holding off the Lady Apaches for the set and the match victory.

For the Lady Apaches, Raley had a dozen kills, Akers had seven and Pak-ebusch had six. Braune had 21 assists and Cantu had 12; Bozka got 19 digs with Shayla and Morgan Simper getting nine each.

Pakebusch had seven blocks, Akers got three and Raley got two.

Gonzales also got good effort from Jerika Vega and Lynnea Fink in the match.

The Gonzales junior var-sity swept Smithville 25-21, 27-25.

Scramble WinnersWinners in the weekly Wednesday Scramble at Independence Park Golf Course in Gonzales was the team of Joe McCaskill, John Hahn, Jerrod Hoyle, Phil Mc-Caskill, Roy Staton and Mike Turk. Taking second was the team of Randy Robin-son, Bobby Robinson, Scott Moeller, Luther Dungen and Raul Contreras. (Cour-tesy Photo)

Lady Apache senior set-ter Jessica Cantu is one of several seniors who head coach Kim Payne will look to carry the team through the mountains and valleys of the 2011 volleyball sea-son.

Cantu said she will lead by communicating all sorts of things with her teammates.

“I will talk to the team a lot and when one of them messes up, talk to them and encourage them to do better,” she said. “I will tell

them it’s okay and they will do better on the next one.”

“When we are on the court, I will tell them to shake off the mistake and focus on the next play.”

Cantu’s leadership and encouragement will ex-tend outside the gym.

“I will make sure they are doing their jobs out-side of games and prac-tices,” she said. “I will have to make sure the girls are staying out of trouble.”

Cantu said she was en-couraged by the two-a-day workouts.

“Coach (Payne) said we are going to go far this

year,” she said. “I believe it too. I think we have the talent; we have hitters; we have setters; we have dig-gers.”

Cantu will get help from fellow seniors Brittany Pakebusch, Lynnea Fink and Jerika Vega in leader-ship and encouragement.

“They will help by cheering on the team and consoling the other play-ers when they make a mis-take,” she said.

Cantu said the chem-istry among the Lady Apache spikers is very good.

“We are all good friends.

There is no drama and ev-erybody meshes together,” she said. “Knowing every-one on the team allows me to know what to expect from each one.”

Jessica Cantu

By MARK LUBE

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Communication is the key, says Cantu

HALLET TSVILLE—The accomplishments of parents can be an inspira-tion to their offspring.

Or the accomplish-ments of grandparents.

Just like it is for Hal-lettsville Sacred Heart’s Regan Hall.

The senior offensive/defensive lineman is the grandson of Charlie Hall of Yoakum, who was a four-year standout with the University of Houston and then went on to have a NFL career as a line-backer with the Cleve-land Browns.

“I want to be just like him,” Regan Hall said. “I believe in everything he has taught me. He has shown me how to be a man.”

Charlie Hall was draft-ed in the third round of the 1971 draft by the Browns. His almost-10-year career had him play-ing in 146 games, starting in 104 with 68 tackles and 13 interceptions.

Regan Hall said his grandfather, who resides in his hometown of Yoa-kum, comes to some of his Sacred Heart games.

“Every game I think of him,”” he said.

Charlie Hall’s work

ethic has rubbed off on Regan.

“We both give 150 per-cent effort in each game we play in,” he said. “He was a hard tackler and playmaker and that is what I aspire to be.”

Charlie Hall wore the number 59 for his years as a Brown in the Buck-eye State.

That is the same num-ber donned by Regan Hall when he takes to the field this year for the In-dians.

The younger Hall is op-timistic for this year.

“Our season is prom-ising from what we have shown in scrimmages and workouts so far,” he said. “We know more now than we did at the same time last year.”


Regan Hall

Football’s in theblood for Indians’OL-DL Regan Hall

SHINER — For the second tournament in a row, the Shiner Lady Comanches vol-leyball team played Victoria St. Joseph in the final.

And for the second tournament in a row, St. Joseph came away with the title, winning 2-0 (25-20 25-17). The teams also met in pool play.

For the Lady Comanches, Ryah Michalec had seven digs; LaNeisha Hunt had five kills and one block; Lauren Oden had one block; Cassie Stafford had 11 assists and Kaylyn Benes had five points.

Stafford, Michalec and Hunt all made the All-Tournament team for Shiner.

Shiner defeated Randolph 25-18, 25-13 to advance to the final. Hunt had 11 kills and 11 points; Stafford had 22 assists and Oden had 15 digs.

The Lady Comanches defeated Weimar to open bracket play, 26-24, 25-23.

Kristin Schacherl and Jordan Pietsch had six kills each; Oden had a block; Hunt had 11 points, 17 digs and three aces and Staf-ford had 15 assists.

Shiner opened Pool A play with a 2-0 (25-10, 27-25) victory over Randolph. Kris-tin Schacherl had 14 points; Michalec had 16 digs; Hunt had 12 kills and Stafford had 23 assists. For the Lady Ro-Hawks, Bebekka Gould had five assists; Jasmine Warring had eight blocks and Natalie Nowland had three aces.

The Lady Comanches played St. Joseph for the first time in the tournament in the second pool game.

Shiner came out ahead, 25-20 25-18. Sch-acherl had eight kills; Oden scored eight points and had two blocks; Michalec had 18 digs and Stafford had 17 assists.

The Lady Comanches closed out pool play with a 25-20, 25-17 win over Halletts-ville Sacred Heart. Oden scored nine points; Michalec had eight digs; Hunt had nine kills and Stafford had 13 assists.

St. Paul takes consolation prizeThe St. Paul Lady Cardinals played so

well in the tournament on Thursday and in their first game on Friday, they might have forgotten to bring their ‘A’ game for Friday’s second match, against Fayetteville.

But St. Paul still found a way to victory, sweeping Fayetteville 25-23, 25-21.

“We did not play our best,” St. Paul head coach Dana Beal said. “We played well in yesterday’s game and played well in our game this morning. I thought we were flat in this game.”

The Lady Cardinals showed that they would never give up the fight.

“We showed that we have a lot of charac-ter,” Beal said.

Behind aces from Alexa Schaefer and Kourtney Knesek, the Lady Cardinals opened a 6-2 advantage.

Fayetteville eventually fought back to a 10-10 lead.

Some hitting errors by St. Paul and ace helped Fayetteville to a 14-11 lead.

St. Paul soon tied the game at 18-18.Aces by Knesek and kills by Katelynn

Leist and Marissa Ynclan helped give St. Paul a 21-19. It was four points each as St. Paul won the first set.

In the second set, Fayetteville battled to a small 13-11 advantage. The Lady Cardinals got a slew of good service from Schaefer to take a 16-13 lead.

Kali Kocian got several aces near the end to close out the win.

In the first bracket game, the Lady Cardi-nals fell to Randolph 16-25, 19-25. Ynclan had eight kills, Knesek had 22 aces, nine as-sists and four digs.

In the consolation bracket, St. Paul swept Weimar 25-9, 25-21. Ynclan had 13 kills and three blocks; Knesek had 18 assists and Schaefer had five digs enroute to the conso-lation final.

The Lady Cardinals won the consolation title with a 25-14, 25-14 win over Halletts-ville Sacred Heart. Ynclan had nine kills and a block; Knesek had five aces and 15 digs; Madison Kurtz had seven digs and Knesek and Ynclan had one block each.

Nixon-Smiley earns third seed out of pool play, fall to St. Joseph; finish in con-solation semis

The Lady Mustangs defeated Weimar 25-16, 21-25, 25-21 in what Nixon-Smiley head coach Jane Iams described as “defi-nitely scrappy by both teams”.

“I am glad we won, “Iams said. “Weimar gave us a run for our money. It is good to experience a game like this because it shows us that we still have to continue to work.”

In the first set, the Lady Mustangs jumped ahead, 8-1 on the service of Jennifer Flores and Hailey Boatright to go along with kills from Jessica Flores, Devon Tristan and Abi-gail Scarbrough.

Weimar eventually tied the set at 11-11 before Nixon took 14 of the next 19 to win.

In the second set, Weimar jumped ahead early and stayed in the lead the whole way with the Lady Mustangs closing down to just a couple of points at several stages in the game. In the third set, the Lady Mus-tangs came out with energy and took a 9-3 advantage.

Weimar only really closed down near the end but it was too late.

In other pool games, Nixon defeated Fay-etteville, and lost to Flatonia and St. Paul.

The Lady Mustangs fell to St. Joseph 19-25, 14-25 in bracket play and was ousted by Hallettsville Sacred Heart, 26-24 20-25, 19-25 in the consolation semifinals.

Flatonia flawless in pool playThe Lady Bulldogs opened their pool

play with a 25-20, 25-20 win over St. Paul. Leanna Dunk had 10 kills; Alex Bruns had 15 assists; Courtney Mica had seven digs with Mica and Abigail Schacherl getting two aces each.

Flatonia then defeated Weimar 2-0 (25-17, 25-19). Bruns had eight kills; Dunk and Bruns had 10 assists; Mica had eight digs and Bruns and Schacherl each had a pair of aces.

The Lady ‘Dogs then beat Nixon-Smiley 25-14, 25-12. Dunk had six kills, 11 assists and two aces with Mica chipping in seven digs.

Flatonia wrapped up pool play with a 25-16, 25-17 win over Fayetteville.

Head coach Rodney Stryk said Flatonia did not play with a lot of intensity.

“We need to play at our level of intensity and not the level of our opponents,” he said.

The Lady ‘Dogs got an early jump in the first set due to the serving of Kaci Pavlicek and couple of kills from Leanna Dunk.

Fayetteville got close at a couple of points but could not hold off Flatonia in the end.

In the second set, Fayetteville got the first couple of points and Flatonia rallied for a 6-3 lead with service from Dunk.

The Lady ‘Dogs went up 13-10 on help from Pavlicek, Chandler Fike and Bruns.

Flatonia then went on a 12-7 run to close out the set and match.

Abigail Rodriguez had six kills; Bruns had 13 assists; Mica had five digs and Dunk had three aces.

The Lady ‘Dogs opened bracket competi-tion against Hallettsville Sacred Heart.

Flatonia won 2-1 (25-14, 24-26, 25-13). Dunk had 13 kills; Bruns had 18 assists; Mica had nine digs, and Pavlicek and Dunk had two aces.

The Lady ‘Dogs ran into a buzz saw in the form of St. Joseph, falling 7-25, 18-25. Dunk had five kills; Bruns had 10 assists and Mica had eight digs.

Flatonia closed out the tournament in the third-place game against Randolph with a 25-20, 25-12 sweep. Dunk had eight kills; Bruns had 14 assists; Mica had six digs and Bruns made two aces.

Indianettes finish second in consolation bracket

The Hallettsville Sacred Heart India-nettes had a tough time in pool play, falling

in all three games. They beat Fayetteville in bracket, lost to Flatonia and defeated Nix-on to face St. Paul in the consolation final where they fell.

Randolph beat the Indianettes in the opener, 25-19, 28-26. Shelby McElroy had 14 assists; Adrienne Klimitchek had 15 digs and three aces and Shyanne Schlauch had six kills.

Sacred Heart fell in two to St. Joseph, 16-25, 18-25. McElroy had six assists; Cait-lin Orsak had six digs and one ace and Schlauch had four kills.

Sacred Heart then played the hosts, fall-ing 20-25, 17-25. Klimitchek had two kills; Orsak had three digs and one ace; McElroy had eight assists with Robyn Pavlicek and Schlauch had three kills.

The Indianettes bounced back against Fayetteville 25-18 25-12. Klimitchek had six kills, Kirsten Heger had three aces; Jenna Brown had four digs and McElroy had nine assists.

Sacred Heart next was beaten by Flatonia 14-25, 26-24, 13-25. Klimitchek had four kills and two blocks; Orsak had four digs and two blocks; Pavlicek had four kills and McElroy had 14 assists.

The Indianettes defeated Nixon 2-1 (24-26, 25-20, 25-19 to advance into the con-solation championship. Klimitchek had 11 digs, two aces and one block; Schlauch had six kills and McElroy had 17 assists and two aces.

St. Paul overcame Sacred Heart 2-0 (25-14, 25-14). Schlauch had two kills, Orsak had eight digs and McElroy had five assists.

“We did not show up for the consolation final,” head coach Wanda Orsak said. “We were not aggressive and St. Paul that is ag-gressive took advantage. Bad passing pre-vented setting which did not allow for a lot of kills.”

“The rest of the tournament went good. We did not win in pool play but played some good matches and that is why you play tournaments. To see a lot of action.”

Sacred Heart is 5-9 after the Shiner Tour-nament

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Shiner takes second in tourney; St. Paul wins consolation

DeLeon takes on new role as team leaderCross Country Roundup

When she was a younger and less experienced runner, Gon-zales cross country senior Kim DeLeon received plenty of ad-vice, tips and encouragements from the seniors and the other experienced cross-country ath-letes.

DeLeon will get her first big opportunity to share what she has learned Saturday at the Yoa-kum cross-country meet at Yoa-

kum City Park.“I help them to become good

runners just like the assistance I got when I was new,” she said. “By helping them to be good runners, it helps the team overall.”

DeLeon will give the new runners expert training advice.

As well as advice on how to get more enjoyment out of the sport.

“When we go on runs togeth-er, I will give them tips on how to pace themselves,” she said. “I also tell them they need to make

sure they are having fun while they run.”

During meets, the veteran runner will tell the younger athletes of her own experiences during the season.

“I will tell them what my rac-es were like and how I handled them,” DeLeon said. “I pass to them what I had learned while competing at races. I will always tell them to have fun while they race.”

DeLeon said she also will heap the encouragement and

positive thinking on her young-er teammates.

“I encourage them and tell them things like give it all you’ve got and you still have some en-ergy left,” DeLeon said. “These were some of the same things I was told by the seniors when I was still young.”

Gonzales will join hosts Yoa-kum and several other teams in-cluding area team Moulton.

The girls’ race is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. followed by the boys’ race at 9.

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‘Dunk’-ing a killFlatonia’s Leanna Dunk (8) drives home a kill during action against Fayetteville. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Block at the netNixon-Smiley’s Abigail Scarborough sails high to bat down a kill attempt by Wei-mar’s Hannah Treptow during tournament action. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Slamming a pointSt. Paul’s Katy Denson sails high to slam home a kill. (Photo by Mark Lube)

The Cardinals will not a field a polished product due to the late-ness of Johnston’s arrival. Former head coach Jake Wachsmuth left the program two months ago, leaving little time for acclimation.

“We’re still learning the new system,” said Johnston. “I’ve been real pleased because we have great guys who have a great work ethic and great attitudes. It’s just a matter of getting the new stuff repped. Because we’re still learn-ing we can’t afford to turn the ball over or have silly penalties. We’re in a new system, but we still have to pay attention to the basics of football.”

“The biggest thing for us right now is trying to replace those eight seniors who graduated. We loss our whole defensive line and four of our five offensive linemen. We’re still trying to fill in for those positions and also replace an all-state quarterback.”

Stepping into the void un-der center will be junior Dakota Kresta, who played defensive back last season.

“He’s a great kid, but he’s still learning the system,” said John-ston. “He threw the ball well in our scrimmage and I very pleased with how he did.”

Fortunately for Kresta he will not have to shoulder the offensive load alone. He will be sharing the backfield with two all-state picks in running backs Adam Hollen-bach (2,000 yards, 47TD) and Martin Kennedy.

After watching the Cardinals scrimmage Nixon-Smiley last week, Marbach said the team has a new look but maintain the same qualities that made them state champions.

“They have a completely dif-ferent personality on offense,” he said. “Last year they were a power run and play-action type team, now they’re throwing the ball around. They’re spread with big, wide splits on the offensive line and four or five wide receiv-ers spread out. They’re running some different stuff defensively too, but they’re still physical and aggressive. They’re tackling well and they’re flying to the ball.”

“We know St. Paul is not a very deep team this year, but we ex-

pect them to be tough. Hopefully we can come out playing at a fast tempo and wear them out.”

Industrial at ShinerThe Comanches take the field

Friday hosting Industrial and hoping the momentum of last year’s late season success will spur them on to greater achievements. Shiner went three rounds deep in the 2010 playoffs and enter this season ranked 16th in the Asso-ciated Press’ preseason poll and 10th in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football.

“Our returners have made a lot of progress,” said Shiner head coach Steve Cerny. “It’s just a day and night difference from where they left off last year. We had a great offseason this summer, we had a lot of people who showed up for every session. I’ve just been very impressed with the overall performance of everybody. They have a great attitude and great chemistry, and you have to have that in order to be successful.”

Industrial comes to town re-turning seven starters from last year’s 9-4 regional semifinal-ist. The Cobras were hit hard by graduation, losing 17 lettermen.

“I know they had a strong team last year and they lost a lot of players, but the tradition in Industrial is a lot like Shiner,” Cerny said. “They’ve looked solid in their scrimmages, but they’re not quite as big as they were last year. But they still have strength and a lot of speed, especially in their quarterback because he can fly. I’m sure there are also good players in that underclass that are going to step up. We’re definitely looking for a tough game.”

The Comanches will field a strong defensive unit and have several weapons on offense. However one of the key’s to the game will be the play of new quarterback Jacob Stafford, who beat out Brady Cejka in a closely-contested offseason battle.

“From the beginning we had Jacob running with the first bunch, mainly because Brady means so much to our second-ary,” said Cerny. “Our goal right now is trying to have as many people going one way as possible. Jacob will start for us on Friday, but Brady has done an outstand-

ing job as well.”Cerny said he believed the out-

come of the game will ultimately rest in the way the defense per-forms.

“We’ve got to play physical,” he said. “Whenever you play Indus-trial you’d better bring that part of the game or else you’re going to be in trouble because they play hard. We’ve got to utilize our quickness and fly to the ball.”

Navarro at LulingThe Eagles open with the Na-

varro Panthers who went several rounds deep in the playoffs last year.

They fell to Wimberly in the re-gional finals of Class 3A.

Luling head coach Michael Waldie said the Panthers are a tough and talented team who are well-coached.

The Eagles had their final scrimmage against a 4A oppo-nent and play two 3A’s in the first two weeks.

“I feel Navarro is a good open-ing challenge for us,” he said.

The Panthers will be running out of the ‘Slot T’ formation.

“They are happy with gaining three to four yards every play,” Waldie said. “They will control the tempo. The key for our de-fense is to not get frustrated and to cut off their drives.”

He said Luling has faced a lot of running team who utilize the Slot T.

The Panthers’ offense will be led by running back Eric Schleier and L.J. Anderson, who could move from running back to quar-ter back. Other offensive players are linemen T.J. Shannon, Ruben Hernandez and Rolando Davilia.

Navarro has a very solid de-fense led by defensive back Greg Bowles, end Zane Conlin, line-backers Evan DeLeon, Chris Se-tak and Schleier along with line-man Brian Bormann.

“We will need to find a way to effectively attack their defense,” Waldie said.

Hallettsville at GanadoThe Brahmas jump right into

the season with a road opener at the 1A Ganado Indians.

Hallettsville head coach Tom-my Psencik said the Indians are highly ranked.

Ganado returns 20 lettermen and 18 starters from a 11-1 re-gional finalist 2010 squad.

“We will have our hands full and if we want to stay on the field with them, we will have to be very physical,” he said.

Ganado runs a veer option out of power sets such as the pro and wishbone.

“They run the ball about 90 percent of the time,” he said. “Our defense will have to be physical, use leverage and make sure they know what to do.”

On defense, the Indians run a 4-3 with a Cover 2 set in the sec-ondary.

“They are a sound defense that does not do anything fancy,” Psencik said. “They have a bunch of seniors and a lot of talent on defense.”

With Ganado’s size advantage, the pressure will likely be on the Hallettsville offensive line.

“Our offensive line must be physical to handle their defensive line which will be a challenge for us,” he said.

Key players for the Indians are RB-DB Josh Labay, QB-DB Trey Thedford, FB-LB Tyler Gorman, OL-DL Roman Leal and TE-DE Case Silliman.

Yorktown at Sacred Heart The Indians take on the speedy

1A Wildcats.“Yorktownh is very talented

with lots of skilled players. They are also very fast,” Sacred Heart head coach Pat Henke said. “We need both our offense and de-fense to be very physical, espe-cially up front.”

The Wildcats generally stick to an I-formation-orienteed offense to take advantage of their tre-mendous speed, Henke said.

“Our defense has to contain them by getting to the ball and tackling well,” he said. “We have to tackle well because if we do not, we will not be able to catch them.”

The Yorktown defense appears to emphasize stopping the run-ning game.

“They will go with a Split-6 de-fense which is basically an eight-man front,” Henke said.

Ball security will be a must for the Indian offense, with York-town’s speedy offense.

“We must secure the ball and excel at our running game,” he said. “The big key will be to play more physically up front on of-fense and defense.”

Players to watch for Yorktown are WR-DB Jayden Barefield, RB Rodryck Williams, RB-LB Derek Franke, LB Lane Strieber and LB Cody Lubyinesky.

Cuero at WimberlyThe Cuero Gobblers will face

the Wimberly Texans, a similar opponent and a similar situation.

“It’s just like last year (when both teams entered the game state-ranked), except

they’re even better than they were,” Cuero head coach Rick Owens said.

Cuero has young skilled play-ers this season but a seasoned of-fensive and defensive line.

“Having line experience will give our skill positions time to develop, last year it was the other way around and they (Wimber-ley) took advantage of it,” Owens said.

The Texans return 18 lettermen and 16 starters from a 14-1 (5-0) state semifinalist team.

Players to watch are QB Brady Lambert, WR-DB Brennen Black-more, TE-LB Nick Alana, C-DE Colton Fonville, RB-LB Trinity Wilson, RB-DE Kolby Kelly and TE-DE Connor Kothmann.

Yoakum at ColumbusThe Bulldogs open the 2011

regular season at Columbus.The Cardinals are going to be

big birds.“Columbus has some good

speed and has some good size,” Yoakum head coach Brent Ko-rnegay said. “They have solid players at tailback, fullback and middle linebacker.”

He said the key for the ‘Dogs was to play solid defense and sol-id offense.

“Defense needs to play well and the offensive needs to have no turnovers and be consistent,” Kornegay said.

The Cardinals advanced to the 2010 area round with an 8-4 fin-ish. They return 16 players and 10 starters.

Key players for Columbus are LB Kyle Appelt, RB Taylor Long, OL Braden Richter, OL Luke Schobel and DB Darrius Stephens.


Whoa thereTwo Gonzales defenders close in on an Austin St. Michaels ball carrier during action from last week’s final scrimmage. The Apaches suit up for keeps starting Friday night when they travel to Corpus Christi to take on the Miller Buccaneers. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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season.Miller’s offense is run through their

dual-threat quarterback Tyrell Clay who passed for 857 yards and seven touch-downs and ran for 574 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Lock said Miller has a couple of fast re-ceivers that Clay will be looking to throw the football to: Aaron Howard and Lio Cruz.

“The quarterback and his receivers are the majority of their offense,” he said. “We know we need to focus on those guys. We need to prevent the big plays and make them earn their offensive yards.”

When the Buccaneers stay on the ground look for Jason Trevino and Den-nis Grant to play the key running back roles.

Miller will run the 4-2-5 defense, which is what the Apaches defense runs.

“Their defense is improved from last year,” Lock said. “They are aggressive, and they do things that can hurt us but they do things they we can take advantage of.”

Ball security and the ability to keep the chain gang on the move are the keys for the Apache offense to contribute to a success-ful season opener.

Last week against St. Michael’s, the Cru-saders ran an unusual defensive scheme

— a line that twists on every single play.Lock said it would be difficult to see

how much the offensive line has improved since few teams deploy the defensive line twists like St. Michaels.

Key defensive players for the Bucca-neers are LB Justin Trevino, who led in tackles with 62 last year, DB Decain Lev-ingston and DB James Whiteside.

The Miller game will be the first of six regular-season games away from Apache Stadium.

And more if Gonzales qualifies for post-season play.

The Buccaneers qualified for the play-offs last season, going two rounds deep and falling to West Columbia in the area game.

“Miller got better towards the end of the year,” Lock said. “They were not good at the start. But won a lot of games at the end of the year.”

“It will be a good challenge for us. They have a lot of confidence right now.”

Recently, Miller’s home field, Buccaneer Stadium, had some renovations complet-ed including a new turf playing surface.

“They are dedicating the stadium im-provements at this game. It will be a big deal so they will be fired up for us,” Lock said. “We got them pretty good last year so they are going to give us everything we want.”

“We’re probably stay in our base 4-3 defense,” said Freytag. “Our success is going to be based on how we come off the football and fly around to the football, that’s what I expect our kids to do. We know Nixon was very suc-cessful in their first scrimmage and they looked pretty good against Shiner St. Paul last week, so I expect a good football game because we know they’re pretty darned good.”

In order to reverse last year’s outcome, the Bulldogs are also going to have to improve on a woeful offensive performance. They only managed 95 total yards with 35 coming on 27 near-futile rushes. They also punted five times and fumbled away six balls, losing half of them.

Freytag is looking for the re-cent emergence of talented sophomore Dalton Griffin to add more bite to their running game, which also includes last year’s top rusher Andreas Melendez and

Mitchell Mica.“I knew Dalton was a good

football player, but he’s been real-ly impressive,” he said. “He played a lot last year as a freshman and he’s running the ball very well now.”

The other big offensive guns for Flatonia will be receivers Will Bruns and Zane Ponder, and quarterback Colby Mica, who completed 6-of-11 for 58 yards and a score in their last meeting.

“I think Mica is probably their best football player,” said McK-

inney. “He was pretty accurate when we saw him last week. He throws the ball really well and the receivers do a good job of getting to the football. Our biggest thing is if we can eat up the clock, then that will keep their offense off the field and help us in containing the quarterback.”

In addition to Medina and Hernandez, the Mustangs will look for productive carries from their own young gun in running back Miguel Hernandez.

“Miguel has really stepped up,”

McKinney said. “He had a couple of starts last year as a sopho-more, but he’s had a really good summer. He’s put on 10 pounds, developed more strength and is playing really well for us.”

“We’re just going to come out and play hard and hope to have more points than they do when the time runs out. We fully ex-pect to be competitive in all of our games this year and that will give us the opportunity to win, which is all you can ask for.”

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BULLDOGS: Flatonia looking for revived success

APACHES: High-poweredMiller to test Gonzales

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GONZALES APACHESRecord: 0-0

A 26 at CC MillerS 02 LulingS 08 at Austin LanierS 16 at ColumbusS 23 Yoakum*S 30 at Poteet*O 07 Sam Houston*O 14 OpenO 21 at Pleasanton*O 28 La Vernia*N 04 at Cuero*

YOAKUM BULLDOGSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at ColumbusS 02 La GrangeS 09 at HallettsvilleS 16 EdnaS 23 at Gonzales*S 30 Pleasanton*O 07 at La Vernia*O 14 Cuero*O 21 OpenO 28 at Poteet*N 04 Sam Houston*

CUERO GOBBLERSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at WimberleyS 02 at Liberty HillS 08 at BellvilleS 16 CalhounS 23 at Pleasanton*S 30 La Vernia*O 07 Open*O 14 at Yoakum*O 21 Poteet*O 28 at Sam Houston*N 04 at Gonzales*

POTEET AGGIESRecord: 0-0

A 26 at SA Central Cath.S 02 DilleyS 08 at Carrizo SpringsS 16 Waco RobinsonS 24 at Sam Houston*S 30 Gonzales*O 07 at Pleasanton*O 14 La Vernia*O 21 at Cuero*O 28 Yoakum*N 04 Open*

LA VERNIA BEARSRecord: 0-0

A 26 OpenS 02 Canyon LakeS 09 at GiddingsS 16 at WimberleyS 23 BanderaS 30 at Cuero*O 07 Yoakum*O 14 at Poteet*O 21 Sam Houston*O 28 at Gonzales*N 04 Pleasanton*

PLEASANTON EAGLESRecord: 0-0

A 26 SA EdisonS 02 at SA LanierS 09 SA JeffersonS 16 at Aransas PassS 23 Cuero*S 30 at Yoakum*O 07 Poteet*O 13 at Sam Houston*O 21 Gonzales*O 28 OpenN 04 at La Vernia*

SAM HOUSTON HURRICANESRecord: 0-0

A 26 SA BrackenridgeS 02 at SA SouthsideS 09 SA BrennanS 17 at SA EdisonS 24 Poteet*S 30 Open*O 07 at Gonzales*O 13 Pleasanton*O 21 at La Vernia*O 29 Cuero*N 04 at Yoakum*

NIXON-SMILEY MUSTANGSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at FlatoniaS 02 BloomingtonS 09 at YorktownS 16 at Sacred HeartS 23 at Dilley*S 30 Poth*O 07 at Three Rivers*O 14 Karnes City*O 21 SA Brooks*O 28 Stockdale*N 04 Open

DILLEY WOLVESRecord: 0-0

A 26 CharlotteS 02 at PoteetS 09 La PryorS 16 at CotullaS 23 Nixon-Smiley*S 30 OpenO 07 at Poth*O 14 Three Rivers*O 21 at Karnes City*O 28 SA Brooks*N 04 at Stockdale*

POTH PIRATESRecord: 0-0

A 26 MarionS 02 at Falls CityS 09 at George WestS 16 NataliaS 23 Stockdale*S 30 at Nixon-Smiley*O 07 Dilley*O 14 OpenO 21 at Three Rivers*O 28 Karnes City*N 04 at SA Brooks*

STOCKDALE BRAHMASRecord: 0-0

A 26 Falls CityS 02 JourdantonS 09 at St. PaulS 16 OdemS 23 at Poth*S 30 Three Rivers*O 07 at Karnes City*O 14 SA Brooks*O 21 OpenO 28 at Nixon-Smiley*N 04 Dilley*

THREE RIVERS BULLDOGSRecord: 0-0

A 26 George WestS 02 NataliaS 09 at JourdantonS 16 at KenedyS 23 SA Brooks*S 30 at Stockdale*O 07 Nixon-Smiley*O 14 at Dilley*O 21 Poth*O 28 OpenN 04 at Karnes City*

KARNES CITY BADGERSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at KenedyS 02 at MarionS 09 at UC RandolphS 16 LulingS 23 OpenS 30 SA Brooks*O 07 Stockdale*O 14 at Nixon-Smiley*O 21 Dilley*O 28 at Poth*N 04 Three Rivers*

SA BROOKS TIGERSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at RungeS 02 at San Marcos BaptistS 09 Center PointS 16 at SA St. GerardS 23 at Three Rivers*S 30 at Karnes City*O 07 OpenO 14 at Stockdale*O 21 at Nixon-Smiley*O 28 at Dilley*N 04 Poth*

LULING EAGLESRecord: 0-0

A 26 NavarroS 02 at GonzalesS 09 at WoodsboroS 16 at Karnes CityS 23 Canyon LakeS 30 OpenO 07 at Lago Vista*O 14 at Comfort*O 21 Ingram Moore*O 28 at Marion*N 04 Blanco*

LAGO VISTA VIKINGSRecord: 0-0

A 26 La PryorS 02 at Aus. East. MemorialS 09 at Waco RobinsonS 16 Austin ReaganS 23 at San SabaS 30 OpenO 07 Luling*O 14 at Ingram Moore*O 21 Marion*O 28 at Blanco*N 04 Comfort*

INGRAM MOORE WARRIORSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at NataliaS 02 UC RandolphS 09 at HarperS 16 at Crystal CityS 23 MasonS 30 OpenO 07 at Blanco*O 14 Lago Vista*O 21 at Luling*O 28 at Comfort*N 04 Marion*

MARION BULLDOGSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at PothS 02 Karnes CityS 09 at SA ColeS 16 UC RandolphS 23 OpenS 30 GoldthwaiteO 07 Comfort*O 14 Blanco*O 21 at Lago Vista*O 28 Luling*N 04 at Ingram Moore*

COMFORT BOBCATSRecord: 0-0

A 26 LytleS 02 Skidmore-TynanS 09 MasonS 16 at FredericksburgS 23 BoerneS 30 OpenO 07 at Marion*O 14 Luling*O 21 at Blanco*O 28 Ingram Moore*N 04 at Lago Vista*

BLANCO PANTHERSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at Canyon LakeS 02 at LexingtonS 09 SomersetS 16 at SA ChristianS 23 SonoraS 30 OpenO 07 Ingram Moore*O 14 at Marion*O 21 Comfort*O 28 Lago Vista*N 04 at Luling*

HALLETTSVILLE BRAHMASRecord: 0-0

A 26 at GanadoS 02 RefugioS 09 YoakumS 16 at PalaciosS 23 Edna*S 30 at Rice Cons.*O 07 Hempstead*O 14 OpenO 21 at Van Vleck*O 28 Hitchcock*N 04 at Industrial*

EDNA COWBOYSRecord: 0-0

A 26 NeedvilleS 02 George RanchS 09 BolingS 16 YoakumS 23 at Hallettsville*S 30 Van Vleck*O 07 at Hitchcock*O 14 Industrial*O 21 OpenO 28 at Rice Cons.*N 04 Hempstead*

VAN VLECK LEOPARDSRecord: 0-0

A 26 SchulenburgS 02 at LouiseS 09 at WeimarS 16 OpenS 23 Industrial*S 30 at Edna*O 07 Rice Cons.*O 14 at Hempstead*O 21 Hallettsville*O 28 OpenN 04 at Hitchcock*

HITCHCOCK BULLDOGSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at Clear FallsS 02 DanburyS 09 Tomball LutheranS 16 Lutheran SouthS 23 OpenS 30 at Industrial*O 07 Edna*O 14 at Rice Cons.*O 21 Hempstead*O 28 at Hallettsville*N 04 Van Vleck*

HEMPSTEAD BOBCATSRecord: 0-0

A 26 OpenS 02 at StaffordS 09 at Austin ReaganS 16 Brookshire RoyalS 23 at Rice Cons.*S 30 Hou. St. John’sO 07 at Hallettsville*O 14 Van Vleck*O 21 at Hitchcock*O 28 Industrial*N 04 at Edna*

RICE CONS. RAIDERSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at RefugioS 02 SomersetS 09 at ColumbusS 16 OpenS 23 Hempstead*S 30 Hallettsville*O 07 at Van Vleck*O 14 Hitchcock*O 21 at Industrial*O 28 Edna*N 04 Open

INDUSTRIAL COBRASRecord: 0-0

A 26 at ShinerS 02 GanadoS 09 at TidehavenS 16 SomervilleS 23 at Van Vleck*S 30 Hitchcock*O 07 OpenO 14 at Edna*O 21 Rice Cons.*O 28 at Hempstead*N 04 Hallettsville*

SHINER COMANCHESRecord: 0-0

A 26 IndustrialS 02 BrazosS 09 at SchulenburgS 16 at WeimarS 23 NavarroS 30 at Ben BoltO 07 Ganado*O 14 at Yorktown*O 21 Flatonia*O 28 OpenN 04 at Louise*

FLATONIA BULLDOGSRecord: 0-0

A 26 Nixon-SmileyS 02 Sacred HeartS 09 BloomingtonS 16 at St. PaulS 23 at ThrallS 30 at BurtonO 07 Yorktown*O 14 OpenO 21 at Shiner*O 28 Louise*N 04 at Ganado*

YORKTOWN WILDCATSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at Sacred HeartS 02 at Agua DulceS 09 Nixon-SmileyS 16 at Falls CityS 23 KenedyS 30 OpenO 07 at Flatonia*O 14 Shiner*O 21 at Louise*O 28 Ganado*N 04 at SA Cornerstone

LOUISE HORNETSRecord: 0-0

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GANADO INDIANSRecord: 0-0

A 26 HallettsvilleS 02 at IndustrialS 09 at East BernardS 16 TidehavenS 23 George RanchS 30 PalaciosO 07 at Shiner*O 14 Louise*O 21 OpenO 28 at Yorktown*N 04 Flatonia*

ST. PAUL CARDINALSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at PettusS 02 at SA CornerstoneS 09 StockdaleS 16 FlatoniaS 24 Bryan St. JosephS 30 at Austin RegentsO 08 Brazos Christian*O 14 OpenO 21 at St. Gerard*O 29 at Sacred Heart*N 04 St. Dominic Savio*

SACRED HEART INDIANSRecord: 0-0

A 26 YorktownS 02 at FlatoniaS 09 at Faith WestS 16 Nixon-SmileyS 23 at Hyde ParkS 30 LouiseO 08 Bryan St. JosephO 14 at SA St. Gerard*O 21 St. Dominic Savio*O 29 St. Paul*N 04 at Brazos Christian*

SA ST. GERARD ROYALSRecord: 0-0

A 26 at Nueces CanyonS 02 Cedar Park SummitS 09 SA CornerstoneS 16 SA BrooksS 23 D’HanisS 30 at SabinalO 07 at St. Dominic Savio*O 14 Sacred Heart*O 21 St. Paul*O 28 at Brazos Christian*N 04 Schertz John Paul II

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BRAZOS CHRISTIAN EAGLESRecord: 0-0

A 26 Cypress ChristianS 02 SnookS 09 at Tx. School DeafS 16 St. JosephS 23 Woodlands Christ.S 30 at Faith WestO 08 at St. Paul*O 14 at St. Dominic Savio*O 21 OpenO 28 SA St. Gerard*N 04 Sacred Heart*

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HOUSTON TEXANSRecord: 0-0

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N 06 ClevelandN 13 at Tampa BayN 27 at JacksonvilleD 04 AtlantaD 11 at CincinnatiD 18 CarolinaD 22 at IndianapolisJ 01 Tennessee

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Meet the ApachesThe annual “Meet the Apaches” night at Apache sta-dium drew a big crowd Friday, with band, cheerlead-ers, the Apache Flames and all the GHS sports teams on hand to meet the public. (Photos by Nikki Maxwell)

Nixon-Smiley athletic director Carl-ton McKinney was a standout member of the SMU basketball team from 1986-1988 and he recalled what it was like at the school after the decision came down.

“I came in right before so I kind of got both sides of it,” he said. “It changed the atmosphere on campus completely. By no means do I condone the actions of the administrators and players who were involved in the illegal part of it, but I know it really destroyed the uni-versity from that aspect.”

The sanction was appropriately named by the media because it all but killed the SMU program. The full pen-alties included the cancellation of the 1987 season, the cancellation of all 1988 home games, the extension of existing probation to 1990, the extension of existing bowl game and live television bans to 1989, the loss of 55 new schol-arships over four years, the concrete ban of nine boosters, a reduction in the number of assistant coaches the school was allowed to hire, and a ban on off-campus recruiting until 1988.

The aftermath of the penalty included several recruits and players leaving for other schools and a once elite program left in shambles. SMU went on to have only one winning season in the next 20 years and didn’t make another bowl game appearance until 2009 when they won the insignificant Hawaii Bowl.

The question now is does the NCAA dare use its most lethal disciplinary weapon against Miami and risk the dec-imation of another high-profile football giant? McKinney doesn’t think they will.

“I’d be really surprised if they issued another death penalty,” he said. “We’re talking about nearly 30 years since that happened and they (SMU) still have not recovered. Back then they had Eric Dickerson and Craig James and were one of the top-flight programs in the country. They haven’t even come close to reaching that pinnacle again since. I know the NCAA wants to fix the prob-lem, but I don’t know if that’s the right way to do it. Not only does it hamper the football team and the athletic pro-gram, but it totally changes the percep-tion of the university in general.”

While the debate over the selection of an appropriate amercement continues, two better queries to pose are why does this environment exist and how do you eradicate it? McKinney contends these conditions inevitably arise when suc-cessful programs in large metropolitan areas begin to emerge, just like when he was at SMU at its zenith.

“Back then there was a lot of new mon-ey in Dallas and it was a very materialis-tic place,” he said. “It’s a difficult thing to ask a coach or an administrator to police all of those things. You can know all the rules and go over them with the kids, but as we know a lot of them come from situations that are very difficult. When someone offers them something, you can hope they make the right decision, but that’s not always the case with 18 and 19-year old men and women. We’re talk-ing about football teams that have 150 athletes in their program, so it’s physi-cally impossible to watch every single athlete every minute of the day.”

I told him I thought the problem lies not necessarily with institutional com-pliance efforts, but with the sleazy jock-sniffs like Shapiro. He totally agreed but said keeping snakes like him out of your garden is an unattainable goal.

“Trying to control the hangers-on is a difficult task because you have to iden-tify them first,” said McKinney. “We had them back then and they’re still out there today. The situation didn’t surprise me because when you are in Miami or Dal-las or Los Angeles, they are going to be there. If you’re in a major city, it’s tough to control all of those other things that come into play and it’s virtually impos-sible to keep them out.”

“You can go out of your way and hire private investigators or whatever to help out, but it’s still a daunting task. It’s like you can have the best security system in the world for your home, but if some-body really wants to break into it then they’re going to find a way to break in. That’s exactly what happens in these situations. The more success a program has, the more of those kinds of individu-als they attract.”

It’s a rare situation where the prob-lems are easily identified but no one has an effective way to address them. Is the solution to start paying these athletes a stipend in addition to their valuable full-ride scholarships? After all, these

schools are making millions of dollars off student-athletes who aren’t even al-lowed the time off to work and hold down jobs during the school year.

Maybe we should reduce the num-ber of scholarships which will decrease the number of players, which will make them easier to monitor. But is it worth depriving hundreds of high school se-niors the chance to earn a free education

in an attempt to catch a handful of rule-breakers? Definitely not.

I’m certain the answer lies somewhere in improving the morals of all the par-ties involved - the boosters, the coaches and the kids themselves. Whatever you think, it will be interesting to see what the NCAA will do with the biggest scan-dal of what was already the most scan-dalous year in college football history.

IGLEHART: McKinney knows impact of NCAA ‘death penalty’Continued from page C1

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It was Summer Warfare at the Edwards Association Center Saturday. Wallace Gordan (top) put the big twist on Mr. B and stole off with the title belt, while it took both of the Vaudvil-lains to take down Gonzales’ Slim Sexy (top left). El Latino (middle left) got worked over by Lemos Dos and El Resplen-dor, but partnered with Alamo Kid to win two of three falls. Jack Jameson was no “Gentleman,” but Bolt Brady rallied to win the Zero Gravity Title (middle right). Draven the Warrior (above) choked off a challenge by Kevin Knight (above) while Angel Blue (left) survived hair-pulling tactics to lay out Ruth-less LaLa. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

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It was sweltering at the Edwards Association Center in Gonzales on Saturday, but the action in the ring was pretty doggone cool.

The Texas Wrestling Federation delighted a crowd of about 200 with a six-bout pro wrestling card which kept people on their feet and only seemed to build enthusiasm as the evening progressed.

The event helped raise funds for the Edwards Associa-tion, and promoter J.B. Perez said the success of this event is likely to make Gonzales a regular stop for the TWF, which also features shows in Seguin, Cuero and Luling. The Gonzales Cannon will give away free tickets for the Sept. 3 show in Seguin; stop by our office at 618 St. Paul.

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The fans attending Saturday’s “Summer Warfare” put on by the Texas Wrestling Federation at the Edwards Association Community Center had a chance to not only get into the action, but to get up-close and personal with the wrestling performers themselves.

Cuero youngster Tyler Boone (top inset) celebrated his birthday and even got a moment in the ring wearing his Lucha Libre mask prior to the start of the fun.

The fans quickly established which wrestlers were their favorites, which ones were “despicable” and which ones they’d challenge themselves if they weren’t busy tending their chidlren (top photos).

Tyler Pettus (center left) got as chance to get up-close and personal with that crazy Scotsman Wallace Gordan, while petite Angel Blue (center) proved to be a favorite among some young ladies attending the event who were eager for her autograph on merchandise. David Sexton (middle right) was goggle-eyed at the chance to see some of the wrestlers.

The success of the event prompted promoter J.B. Perez (right, with Law-rence Fryar of the host Edwards Association) to declare that TWF will be bringing more events to Gonzales in the future. “We were here a couple of years ago and we had a hard time filling chairs,” he said. “This time we had to go find extra chairs and I think some people still wound up standing all night. I really appreciate the reception we got tonight.”

(Photos by Dave Mundy)

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Friday, August 26Jake Kellen at Yoakum Gin

& Feed, 9 p.m.Battle of the Bands feat.

Pale Horses at Scooter’s Dance Hall, Moulton. Tickets $8.

Clint Martin Band at Old Coupland Inn and Dancehall, Coupland

Tracy Lawrence at Cow Boys Dance Hall, 3030 North-East Loop 410, San Antonio.

Saturday, August 27Texaco Country Show-

down at Yoakum Gin & FeedBattle of the Bands feat.

Trevor Cole Band at Scoot-

er’s Dance Hall, Moulton. Tickets $8.

Quiet Company with Tornahdo, Toadies, The Orbans, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Ume, The Black Angels at the Whitewater Amphitheatre, New Braun-fels, starting at 2 p.m.

Sunday, August 28Country Magic Band at

Texas Country Oaks Dance Hall, Edna, 6-10 p.m. $7 cover.

Ted Nugent with Lisa Bouchelle at Backstage Live, 1305 E. Houston, San Anto-nio, 7 p.m.

The Go-Gos at Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress Ave-nue, Austin. Ticket info: www.stubhub.com.

Thursday, September 1Thursday Night Acous-


Clint Martin Band at Jerry B’s, Kenedy.

Saturday, Sept. 3Charla Corn at Fayette

County Fair, La Grange, 8 p.m.Country Magic Band at

Cistern Store, Cistern, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. No cover.

Thursday, September 8Thursday Night Acous-


Friday, Sept. 9Molly Hatchet at The Lynn

Theater, Gonzales (Tentative: Details: mollyhatchet.com).

Dolly Shine at Scooter’s Dance Hall, Moulton. Tickets

$8.

Saturday, Sept. 10Molly Hatchet at the Texas

Rally, Somerville. Gates open at noon.

Johnny Cooper at Scoot-er’s Dance Hall, Moulton. Tickets $10.

Friday, Sept. 16Thom Shepherd at Scoot-


Saturday, Sept. 17Perfect Stranger at Scoot-


Country Magic Band at Watterston Dance Hall, Wat-terston, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. $6 cover

Sunday, Sept. 18Bad Bob and the Cow

Paddy Daddys at Old Moult-on Bank, Moulton. For tickets call 361-596-7499.

Musicians and Venues: To add or update events, contact us via e-mail to [email protected].

This week’s top 40 requested Texas independent music tracks at RadioFreeTexas.org:

1. Brian Coy And The Remaining Few Turkey On The Bottle2. Brian Coy And The Remaining Few Momma Save Me3. Agave Posse Band Slide Another Brew4. Tyler Cannon Sweet Southern Thing5. Scotty Thurman And The Perfect Trouble Band Good To See You6. Kat Moore Band Shadows7. Red Dvorak You Ain’t Going Nowhere (With Tim Lewelling, Steve Judice & Slim Bawb8. Beau Hinze And The Back Porch

Shufflers Thunderstorms & Dominoes9. Jody Jenkins Brings Back Amarillo10. Bryant Carter Band Southern Crawl11. Hunter McKithan & The Offenders Dirty Little War12. Max Stalling 6x9 Speakers Revisited13. Town Walsh Cold Light Of Day14. Mark Monaco Empty Glass15. Steve Judice Only By A Stone16. Tyler Cannon Smile and a Wink17. Slim Bawb J’Ai Beson D’une Biere18. Mo Robson Lucky’s19. Josh Ward Band Jebediah Beane20. Donny Waits Pushin’ Gears21. Bryan Fontenot Too Drunk To Be Drinking22. Kat Moore Band Home23. Max Stalling I Ain’t Drinking Alone24. Jackson Lee Brooks Band Ballad Of A Broken Heart

25. William Clark Green Tonight26. Midnight River Choir Soul Food27. Brian Burns I Stood Up28. Hunter McKithan & The Offenders Falling From High29. Mark David Manders Three Sheets to the Wind30. Jobe Wilson Band Fish & Bread31. Brad Dunn & Ellis County Red White And Blue32. Mark Monaco Never Let You Down33. Slim Bawb Big Easy34. Kat Moore Band Country Through And Through35. Turnpike Troubadours Long Hot Summer Days36. Steve Judice Pvt. Miller’s Mama’s House37. Jimmy Kaiser Galveston Lights/Can’t You See38. Band of Heathens Look At Miss Ohio39. Beau Hinze And The Back Porch Shufflers Double Stack Mack40. Zack Walther Band Tonight (The Night Of Our Lives)

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CANNON KID’S CORNER

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Travel is in your immedi-ate future, Aries. You just won’t be sure yet if it will be a long trip or a day just to get away from it all. Re-gardless, it’ll involve fam-ily, too.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Start putting your money where your mouth is, Tau-rus. There’s only so long a person can keep stringing along others. Sooner or later your time will be up.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, it’s time to make up your mind about an important decision that’s going to effect others. The next few weeks will be ex-tra busy, so start preparing.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, you are in a festive mood and you don’t really know how you are going to celebrate. Others are will-ing to join the party if you let them participate.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23You haven’t been feeling like yourself lately, Leo. Others have noticed the change in your demeanor and have questioned it. Things will subside shortly.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, avoid making any big changes in the next few days. Your personal life is about to undergo a big change, and you will have a lot of choices to consider.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23It’s alright to take other’s advice once in a while, Li-

bra. You don’t always have to march to the beat of a different drummer. Think about this in the next few days.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, there’s so much going on daily that it’s easy for you to feel scat-terbrained and make mis-takes. It’s definitely hard to focus when there is confu-sion.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, a relationship is strained and you are asked to mediate the situation. Don’t get too excited about being a referee, though. It comes with much respon-sibility.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, you need a break from things but don’t know what the break will be just yet. Start jotting down ideas that will relax your mind and your body.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, things are about to heat up and you may feel overwhelmed in the next few days. Don’t let your temper get the better of you or it could lead to more stress.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, bide your time be-cause change is on the hori-zon. Events that unfold will not be what you expected.

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Puzzle Answers

It was way back in the 17th century when noted Scottish scholar Patrick Young made the following sage observation: “The trouble with weather forecasting is that it’s right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.”

About once a week, a frog will shed its skin. Then eat it.

If you’ve watched many old Westerns, you’ve doubtless seen Native Americans scalping their enemies. You probably don’t realize, though, that the brutal practice didn’t originate with the Indians. When the Dutch and English settlers were trying to clear out the natives, they were paid a bounty for each scalp they brought back. The Native Americans adopted the practice only after the Europeans’ arrival on the continent.

The country’s first pizzeria opened in 1895 in, unsurprisingly, New York City.

Those who study such things say that 70 percent of Americans have visited either Disneyland, in

California, or Disney World, in Florida.

If you want to have an especially memorable -- and chilly -- vacation, consider heading to Finnish Lapland. There, more than 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle, you can stay at the Kakslauttanen Hotel. The quarters aren’t luxurious, but the sights are amazing. All the accommodations are geodesic glass igloos, offering amazing views of the aurora borealis.

Are you a snollygoster? If so, you’re shrewd, which isn’t

a bad thing, but you’re also rather lacking in principles.

When Andrew Jackson was running for president in 1828, his opponents called him a stubborn jackass. Jackson was proud that he was known for obstinately sticking to his guns, so he started using the image of a donkey on his campaign materials. The Democrats have been using that symbol ever since.

***Thought for the Day:

“Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts.” -- Leo Rosten

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