Gonzales Cannon Nov 17 Issue

Gonzales Apache pride runs deep, like the pride of being a U.S. military Veteran. The two merged on Apache Field last Thursday when a little known historic fact about the U.S. Army’s Apache he-

licopter (AH-64) was shared with the crowd during the Gonzales Independent School District Vet-eran’s Day Celebration. The aircraft was parked on the 50 yard line as a backdrop to the ceremony and pep rally which followed.

Guest Speaker Col. Kenneth McGinty, a Gonzales High School

graduate, served on the committee at The Pentagon which was choos-ing the name for the advanced at-tack helicopter in the mid 1970’s. He explained to the patriotic crowd that the Army wanted to name their aircraft after Native American Tribes, and when reading the list of suggested names he immediately

knew which one had his vote.“Halfway down the list was the

name ‘Apache’, and after explain-ing my own Apache pride to the committee, they agreed with my recommendation,” McGinty said. But the pilot’s connection to the aircraft did not end there.

It’s safe to say there was no “under-the-table” dealing going on during Monday’s Gonzales County Commissioners Court meeting. In fact, commissioners pretty much made sure almost everything was tabled.

“Should we table the motion to ad-journ?” Precinct 3 Commissioner Kevin

LaFleur offered jokingly to conclude a meeting which saw the members table a number of action items until next week’s meeting, including reinstating the county’s burn ban.

The commissioners opted to table re-implementing the burn ban they lifted two weeks ago because of weather forecasts in-dicating a moderate rainfall on Tuesday.

Precinct 2 Commissioner Donnie Brzo-

Authorities and residents of Gonzales began assessing damage and cleaning up the debris Tuesday afternoon after powerful winds from a severe thunderstorm which struck the city shortly be-fore lunchtime.

The National Weather Service reported at 11:20 a.m. that it had received re-ports from emergency per-sonnel in Gonzales of “wind damage from a severe thun-derstorm.” The NWS report indicated that power lines had been snapped, tree limbs had been broken and some trees uprooted and there were reports of dam-ages to a number of build-ings.

The NWS had issued a severe thunderstorm warn-ing, but the tornadic activi-ty witnessed by many lasted only a few moments and

no tornado warning was is-sued.

NWS reports indicated the city of Gonzales re-ceived nearly 2 inches of rainfall on Tuesday.

Witnesses and staff at the Gonzales Cannon office on St. Paul heard a powerful “whooshing” sound, indi-cator of tornado-like winds very close to the ground.

Students at Gonzales High School were report-edly evacuated to the base-ment of the building.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Power lines were downed by flying tree branches, tele-phone poles along St. Peter St. were ripped out of the ground and the roofs of a number of buildings — in-cluding the Gonzlaes Police Dept. and the Twin Cedars Food Store on St. Andrew St. — sustained damage.

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A Gonzales firefighter works feverishly to try to gain access to a vehicle which was crushed by bricks fall-ing off a collapsed building facade on St. George St. in Gonzales shortly after a severe thunderstorm blew through the area Tuesday, but the good news is the vehicle was not occupied at the time. According to Emily Castillo, the vehicle belongs to her daughter, Letisha Rodriguez, and had been driven Tuesday by Rodri-guez’s boyfriend, Roy Barron, who works at T-Rex Child Therapy nearby. Castillo said Barron normally takes his lunch in his vehicle, but on Tuesday Rodriguez had picked him up to have lunch elsewhere just minutes before the storm hit. “If it was any other day, he might have been in there,” Castillo said. “We’re just thankful everyone is all right.” (Photo by Debbie Toliver) STORM, Page A10

Residents begin to assess damage following storm

Gonzales gets a good scare

Happy Birthday!November 22nd

Thomas Wayne Irle, Jr.

SportsLocal squads advance

in football playoffsSection C

VeteransCeremonies pay tribute

to our honored heroesPage B1

Way to GoGJH students earn

region band honorPage A8

Commissioners ‘run the table’

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Local veterans show Apache pride runs deep

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Apaches with an ApacheDuring Veteran’s Day ceremonies at Apache Field on Nov. 10, members of the award-winning Apache Band took time out to pose with a U.S. Army AH-46 Apache attack helicopter generously landed at the field for the occasion. It turns out the chopper was, in fact, named for the Gonzales Apaches — Gonzales native Col. Ken McGinty was part of the development team that chose the nickname for the war-bird. (Photo by Nikki Maxwell)

Early deadlines setThe Cannon will have an early press deadline for next

week’s paper because of the Thanksgiving Holiday.Our normal press day is Wednesday for Thursday dis-

tribution. Because of the holiday, next week’s paper will be printed on Tuesday and distributed on Wednesday.

Advertising deadline for our annual Gift Guide will be this Friday at 5 p.m.; deadline for all other news, adver-tising and classified copy will be noon on Monday.

The Cannon staff wishes all our readers and advertis-ers a very happy Thanksgiving!

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Gonzales Co. Sheriff’s Office Report

Thought for the Day

“Make no laws whatev-er concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free, you will have a hundred lawyers prov-ing that ‘freedom does not mean abuse, nor liberty license;’ and they will define and define freedom out of existence.”

Voltaire

November 17, 1835On this day in 1835, the people of Cincinnati, Ohio, decided

to aid the cause of the Texas Revolution by raising funds to procure two cannons. Since the United States was taking an official stance of neutrality toward the rebellion in Texas, the citizens of Cincinnati referred to their cannon as “hollow ware.” Two guns, probably six pounders, were manufactured at the foundry of Greenwood and Webb in Cincinnati and then shipped down the Mississippi to New Orleans. The can-nons arrived in Galveston at the beginning of April 1836, ac-companied by the family of a Dr. Charles Rice. The guns were presented to representatives of Texas under the sponsorship of Dr. Rice’s twin daughters, Elizabeth and Eleanor. Someone in the crowd made notice of the fact that there were two sets of twins in the presentation, the girls and the guns, and thus the cannons became the Twin Sisters.

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DeWitt Co. Sheriff’s Office Report

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2002 Saturn LS

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DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report for November 4-9

Jail Average Daily Count - 87Inmates Housed for Other Agen-cies - 9

November 4Nicholas Johnson, 20, of Yoakum, Violation of Probation / Posses-sion ofControlled Substance (Victoria County), Bond of $30,000, Viola-tion ofProbation / Possession of Con-trolled Substance (Victoria Coun-ty), Bond of$30,000, DCSO

November 6Ronald Taylor, 20, of Cuero, Mi-nor in Consumption of Alcohol, Court Date Set, Cuero PDLoren Chacon, 26, of Nordheim, Public Intoxication, Fine of $355, DCSOJustin Burnside, 26, of Nord-heim, Possession of Controlled Substance PG 3<28 G, Bond of $4,000, Possession of Controlled Substance PG 1 > 1 G < 4 G, Bond of $10,000, DCSORodolfo Salazar, 55, of Cuero, Driving While Intoxicated 2nd, Bond of $2,000 (PR), Cuero PD

November 7

Daniel Ybarra, 33, of Cuero, False Report to Police Officer, Bond of$6,400.00, DCSOFrank Vasquez Jr., 41, of Houston, Capias Pro Fine/Unsafe Speed, Fine of $263, Capias Pro Fine/No Drivers License, Fine of $273, Capias Pro Fine/FTA, Fine of $442, DCSOConrado Lira Jr., 35, of Cuero, Theft LT $1,500.00/W 2 or More Previous Convictions, Bond of $5,000, VPD, CPDMelissa Gamez, 33, of Cuero, Theft LT $1,500.00/W 2 or More Previous Convictions, Bond of $5,000, VPD, CPD

November 8Santos Marciano Zuniga, 58, of Cuero, Theft Property $20<$500 by Check, Lavaca Co, Cuero PDJames Mejias, 21, of Cuero, As-sault / Family / House Member Impede Breath / Circulation, Bond of $25,000, Cuero PD

November 9Robert Garcia Jr., 33, of Cuero, Revocation of Probation / Man-ufacture Delivery Controlled Substance PG 1 >= 1G < 4G, No Bond, DCSOFelix Villarreal Jr., 29, of Kenedy, Evading Arrest Detention with Vehicle, Bond of $5,000, DCSO

Tiffany Koenig, 31, of Cuero, Theft by Check, Bond of $1,000, Cuero PDJoshua Salinas, 23, of Grand Prairie, Revocation of Probation / Burglary of Habitation - Intend Other Felony, No Bond, DCSOMauro Gonzalez Jr., 28, of York-town, Revocation of Probation / Driving While Intoxicated with Child (Karnes County), Bond of $40,000, DCSOGuadalupe Gamez Jr., 26, of Cue-ro, Revocation of Probation / De-livery of a Controlled Substance, No Bond, Cuero PDElias Hernandez, 23, of Cuero, Revocation of Probation / Aggra-vated Assault w/Deadly Weapon, Bond of $75,000, Revocation of Probation / Felony Escape, No Bond, Revocation of Probation / Possession of a Controlled Sub-stance, Bond of $45,000, DCSO

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Report for Nov. 6-12:

November 6Melendez, Jose, 11/1990, Yoa-kum. Public Intoxication. Immi-gration Detainer. Picked up by ICE.

November 10Martinez, Phillip, 09/1982, San Antonio. Local Warrant – Theft Stolen Property <$1,500 2/More w/Previous Conviction. Requires $7,500 Bond. Atascosa County Warrant – Theft of Service >$20

<$500. Requires $2,000 Bond. Atascosa County Warrant – Bail Jumping and Fail to Appear. Re-quires $285.00 Bond. Remains in Custody.McNabb Christopher Aaron, 05/1991, Houston. Commit-ment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated. Remains in Custody.

November 11Vela, Roel, Jr., 10/1974, Pasadena. Commitment/Sentence – Driv-ing while Intoxicated. Released – Weekender.

Total Arrest, Court Commit-ments, other agency arrest and processings:GCSO 04DPS 00GPD 11WPD 01NPD 02Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00US Marshals 01Total 19

Gonzales Municipal Court Notice for the date of Nov. 9, 2011: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 fail-ure 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 ap-pear. In addition, you may be denied the renewal of your driver license from the Depart-ment of Public Safety and collection of debt fees by attorneys at law.

Enrique Lopez FloresEmuil GreathouseHugo HernandezSepulveda Francisco MorenoBrandon Ray Garcia Jose Alfonso Reyes-HernandezFabian Humberto Medrano Eva Gonzales Solange Alexis Martinez Jennifer Tealer Ashley MolinaJoshua Mario Berma Candace Nicole MoseleyBonnie Willis Anthony CastillejaJoseph Guadalupe Maldonado Eugenio MartinezCarrie Holdman Joe Dale Ochoa, Jr.Pierre Parker Jessica StatonMario Villegas HernandezMatthew David DagJorge Espino Sammuel PollingCarl Brian White Matthew WilliamsAmy Nicole MartinezTyler Lee McklinleyVodrich Terence Gipson

Senglav OrchCales Anton RileyFranciso Javier RangelJoseph Dominic ArriolaDaniel D. FranzettiMireya Almazan Stacy Eugene HuntJoseph Lee Vera Simon CantuVictor Castillo-Chavira Johnny CantuWilliam Marquis Robinson Jonathon Eugene HuntBruce Evan Nicoletti Durance JohnsonDorsett Johnson Amanda SixtosBrenda Freeman Lyle H. ThomasTroy Rosales

The above listed defendants need to con-

tact the court as soon as possible at 830-672-2815. If you have any outstanding fines your name may make the next list.

Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office Calls for Service from Nov. 7-11

November 7Deputy Noe Miranda was dispatched to a location on FM 966 to assist at the scene of a one-vehicle rollover.Deputy Noe Miranda was dispatched to a location on Hwy. 90A West in reference to an animal complaint.Deputy Noe Miranda responded to a location on CR 1G in refer-ence to a disturbance.Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dispatched to a location on FM 531E to assist at the scene of a motorcycle accident. The driver was transported to Yoakum Community Hospital by EMS.Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dispatched to a location on FM 155 in reference to a suspicious person.

November 8Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dispatched to a location on Hwy. 90A East in reference to a domestic disturbance.Deputy Noe Miranda was dispatched to locations on Hwy. 90A East and FM 530 in refer-ence to cattle on the roadway.Deputy Noe Miranda was dispatched to a location on CR 95D in reference to a subject discharging a firearm in a public place.Deputy Jimmie Heiman was

dispatched to a location on FM 2616 in reference to a domestic disturbance.

November 9Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dispatched to a location on Hwy. 95N in reference to a cow on the roadway.Chief Deputy JR Peters and Sgt. Mike Buchanek responded to a location on County Line Rd. to assist Fayette County deputies with a search for illegal im-migrants after a bailout. Three subjects were apprehended and transported to the Lavaca County Jail.Deputy Chris Rosales was dis-patched to a location on Hwy. 77 South in reference to a theft.Deputy Chris Rosales was dispatched to a location on Hwy. 95N to issue a criminal trespass warning.

November 10Deputy Allen Rutledge was dispatched to a location on FM 966 in reference to a deceased person.Deputy Jim Jakubek arrested a subject for an outstanding warrant.Deputy Chris Rosales was dispatched to a location on CR 261 in reference to cattle on the roadway.Deputy Chris Rosales was dispatched to a location on Hwy. 90A East in reference to a

disturbance.Deputy Chris Rosales was dispatched to a location on CR 257A in reference to property damage.Deputy Chris Rosales was dispatched to a location on FM 530 in reference to a cow on the roadway.

November 11Deputy Noe Miranda was dispatched to a location on Hwy. 90A West in reference to suspi-cious activity.Deputy Noe Miranda was dispatched to a location on CR 213 in reference to property damage.Deputy Noe Miranda was dispatched to a location on CR 14F in reference to a suspicious person.Deputy Noe Miranda responded to a location on Hwy. 95N to assist at the scene of a three-vehicle accident. There were two fatalities.Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dispatched to a location on FM 957 in reference to a calf on the roadway.Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dispatched to a location on Hwy. 90A East in reference to a suspi-cious vehicle.Deputy Jimmie Heiman was dis-patched to a location on Hwy. 77 North to remove a deer carcass from the roadway.

Lavaca Co. Sheriff’s Office Report

Traffic stop yields bustFayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on Friday Nov. 11, the Fay-ette County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Canine Unit assisted Trooper Paul Kohleffel with a traffic stop. Kohleffel conducted a traffic stop on a Chevy truck en route to Houston from Zapata. After Kohleffel stopped the vehicle, several criminal indi-cators were observed. Kohleffel received consent to search the vehicle. Kohleffel and Deputy Randy Thumann searched the vehicle and observed a false auxiliary diesel tank on the bed of the truck that contained approximately 284 pounds of marijuana. The driver, Edgar Ivan Torres, 23, of Laredo and his passenger Jose Angel Ceja, 28, of Zapata were both arrested and taken to the Fayette County jail for Possession of Marijuana. Pictured are: Richard Krenek, Trooper Kohleffel, Deputy Thumann and Lt. Woodrum. (Courtesy Photo)

Gonzales County Courthouse DeedsFrom November 1-30

Brown, Ginger E. to Brown, Michael L., w/d, 68.00 Acres, Richard Heath Svy, A-256.

Sklar Jr., Adolph and Sklar, Louise Ann to Sklar Rocking S Ranch LLC, w/d, 7.15 Acres, M Jamison Svy.

Perryman, Janet J. to Diamond M Drilling & Ex-ploration Co., o/l, 60.00 Acres, Jesse Strother Svy,

A-427.Plotke, Jetta to Diamond M Drilling & Exploration

Co., o/l, 60.00 Acres, Jesse Strother Svy, A-427.LaFleur, Kevin and LaFleur, Deborah to Ford, Don

and Ford, Nancy, o/l, 2.6450 Acres (Pt. Lt. 27, Tier 2) Orig Outer Town Gonzales.

Barnick, Cheryl and Gholson, Cheryl Barnick to Ford, Don and Ford, Nancy, o/l, 31.71 Acres, Andrew Winters Svy, A-471.

Gonzales County Deeds

Gonzales school trust-ees on Monday gave the go-ahead for the demo-lition of the old White Gym at Gonzales Junior High, awarding a contract for the project to a com-pany which specializes in building demolition.

“That’s all this company does, and they were the only one of the nine bid-ders that met our specifi-cation for getting it done over the (Christmas) holi-days,” deputy superinten-dent Larry Wehde said.

The board awarded the $46,950 bid to Grant McKay, which indicated in its bid it could accom-plish the job within 14

days. Wehde said a lot of the interior demolition could take place prior to students being released for the holiday break, and the district was hopeful of having the project com-pleted before students re-turn in January.

The board also voted to amend a number of local and legal policies as part of TASB Update 91, as well as amending another local policy for students participating in extracur-ricular activities.

Current GISD policy gives students participat-ing in athletics and other extracurricular activities up to 20 excused absensc-es from class while partic-ipating in those activities, but Gonzales High School

principal Joe Martinez noted that “when you have kids that are partici-pating in FFA, cheerlead-ing, athletics and other things, those days go in a hurry.”

Wehde also told trustees of an interesting conun-drum the district finds itself faced with: it may have too much money.

Wehde explained that because school funding comes with codes attached requiring money to be spent on certain programs, the district is possibly look-ing at a shortfall of spend-ing on career and technol-ogy programs despite the fact the district has experi-enced increased enrollment in that area.

Federal regulations re-quire that district spend at least 90 percent of that funding each year, but “We’re still going to be about $35-40,000 short” this year, he said.

“We’re going to have to beef up spending in those codes,” he said. In response to questions from board members, he noted the ca-reer-technology funds can only be spent at the high school level.

zowski said he favored re-implementing the ban, but Precinct 1 Commissioner K.O. “Dell” Whiddon, pre-siding over the meeting in place of County Judge Da-vid Bird, pointed out that weather forecasts called for rain on Tuesday.

“I know, we probably just jinxed the rain,” LaF-leur quipped after the court opted to table the issue

until next week’s meeting. For the record, a power-ful thunderstorm gave the county a solid soaking on Tuesday.

Commissioners also vot-ed to table action on add-ing insurance for the Old Jail Museum to the county’s policies, paying for the in-surance for the personal vehicle of an unpaid vol-unteer deputy in the Sher-iff ’s Office, and adding a part-time dispatcher for the

Sheriff ’s Office.Sheriff Glenn Sachtleben

told commissioners he had penciled in the part-time position during budget workshops and hadn’t been aware the position was not included in the budget until recently.

“I think it was an over-sight that it was left out,” he said. “There’s way too much traffic when things get tight.”

County auditor Becky Weston said there had been a part-time dispatcher po-sition for the department in the budget several years ago, but told commission-ers that “Y’all did away with that. I assumed all officials had looked at their (copies of the budget).

“We have to pay this person because she has performed work for the county, but we could have avoided all this,” she added.

The court voted to table the item until next week to give members time to re-view their notes from the budget workshops.

Also tabled was selecting a surveyor for right-of-way purchases for two bridges in the county.

Among the items ap-proved by commissioners was an interlocal agreement with the City of Gonzales giving the city oversight of subdivisions located with its extraterritorial jurisdiction.

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GEDC approves two SBIG grant requests

Smiley voters approve liquor salesGISD board gives green light to White Gym demolition

VETERANS: Gonzales hasa role in AH-64’s history

COUNTY: Holds off burn ban

A missed turn-aroundA white Ford pickup crashed into the side of the Turn Around Tavern on St. Paul St. early Saturday morning, causing an undetermined amount of damage. The driver, identified by police as Annie Tieken, told investigators she was using th eparking lot at the watering hole to turn around when her foot hit the accelera-tor pedal instead of the brakes. She was transported to Gonzales Memorial Hos-pital by Gonzales EMS. There was no immediate word on whether any charges might be filed in connection with the accident. (Courtesy Photo)

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Hegar visits GonzalesState Sen. Glen Hegar (right) chats with Gonzales County Republicans Richard Green and Deidra Voigt Tuesday during a luncheon meeting. Sen. Hegar also attended a meeting of Gonzales officials to discuss issues surrounding the EagleFord Shale and Devel-opment. Also attending the lunch meeting were Harold and Dorothy Morgan of Harwood, Bob Hol-mes of Nixon, Sam Turk of Gonzales, Myrna McLeroy, Vernon Couch, Hegar aide Kimberly Buzard, and Ray and Mayme Hause of Nixon. (Photo courtesy Maymie Hause)

“A few months later the Gonzales Mayor called me and asked me if I could “borrow the keys to my bosses’ car,” he laughed. The AH-64 was first flown on Sept. 30, 1975, just in time for the annual Gonzales Come And Take It celebration, which occurs the first weekend in October.

“How appropriate that the first time it (Apache helicopter) was seen in public was here in Gonzales,” McGinty said proudly. “I flew into town just in time for the pa-rade!”

He said a Gonzales High School student asked to take a picture with him and the helicopter, and that young man is now a Major in the U.S. Army, flying the Apache helicopter in Afghanistan.

Gonzales graduates and veterans U.S. Army Gen. Sam Turk and Staff Sergeant Bob Young echoed McGinty’s pride in Gonzales and military service.

“I hope many of you students may choose to serve and earn the proud title of Veteran,” Turk said, quoting Psalm 33:12. “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheri-tance.”

Turk was a helicopter pilot attached to 121st Aviation Company, part of the 13th Combat Aviation Battalion in Soc Trang, Vietnam. Decades later he was Adjutant General of Texas, in direct charge of the

military forces of Texas, including the Army National Guard, Air National Guard and State Guard. He served more than 40 years in the U.S. Army.

When Young addressed the crowd, he commented on the importance of military veterans of all era’s.

“Many refer to the veterans of World War II as the ‘Greatest Generation,’ but please remember the veterans of other bat-tles and their sacrifices,” Young said. “The white crosses in veteran cemeteries show the cost of liberty. And never forget the P.O.W.’s (prisoners of war) and the armed forces who are engaging terrorists today.”

Members of the Gonzales VFW (Veter-ans of Foreign Wars) presented the colors (U.S. and service flags) during the ceremo-ny. After the speeches, the Gonzales High School Mighty Apache Band performed patriotic music as local veterans from each branch of service placed wreaths in front of the Apache helicopter and faced the crowd.

When the program ended, hometown he-roes and veterans from various campaigns shook hands and embraced. Tears sprung from hard memories, but also from pride, as future veterans gathered in front of the Apache helicopter with their high school class and to pose for photographs. McGinty and other veterans looked over and smiled at the symbolic aircraft and the students who were gathered excitedly around it.

History was repeating itself.


The Gonzales Economic Development Corp. board of directors on Monday ap-proved two grant applica-tions while also moving to amend the GEDC policy on small-business incentive grants.

The GEDC board voted to approve a $2,500 Small Business Incentive Grant to Gilbert Perez and a $25,000 grant to Mike Hanson. Per-ez’s grant will be used to re-pair the roof of his income-tax preparation service, while Hanson told board members his grant will be

used to help build an 8-unit hotel-like complex.

“It’s kind of a poor man’s bed and breakfast,” he said. The complex will include seven single rooms and one suite and will be available for $25-40 per night.

Board members also heard from several previous grant recipients with up-dates on their projects.

Marlene Metzler said her new business, the Running M Bar & Grill on St. Paul St., has already had its “soft opening” and the bar sec-tion of the business is opera-tional.

“We should be opening the kitchen on Wednesday,”

she said.Barbara Crozier said her

Laurel Ridge Inn & An-tiques, which is expanding to include a bed-and-breakfast operation, has had its first “test guest” and “we should be ready for occupancy around Thanksgiving.”

Board members also heard from Jackie Mikesh and Larry Garrett of Victo-ria College, the recipient of a $400,000 land purchase to facilitate expansionb plans at the school.

“Our enrollment contin-ues to grow, such that we’ve already authorized an addi-tional position,” Garrett said.

The board later voted to

amend the rules of its SBIG program slightly, lowering the awardable amount to $10,000 and providing for a two-year clawback to ensure participating businesses are-within city codes and ordi-

nances.The board also voted to

opt in to a marketing alli-ance with the Guadalupe Valley Electroc Cooperative and the cities of Yoakum and Cuero. The alliance will enable the four entities to share marketing resources to attract new businesses to the region, in addition to their individual towns.

The Lake Wood Recre-ation Area boat ramp will close on Monday, Nov. 21 to deepen the existing ramp cove and prepare for the construction of a new ramp.

“A new ramp will be built to better accommodate the safe launching of today’s larger, heavier motor boats on the lake,” said Wilfred Korth, GBRA chief ranger.

The lake level is expected to remain the same level during construction and boaters wishing to launch their boats may use the Cost Monument boat ramp.

Construction of the new Lake Wood Recreation Area boat ramp is being funded by GBRA and a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Boat Ramp Grant.

Construction is sched-uled to be completed mid-January, and a new ramp should be installed and ready for use.

By DAVE MUNDY

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Lake Wood boat ramp toclose Monday

Since the public an-nouncement of my chang-ing job status in last week’s issue, I have received numerous phone calls, emails and visits.

I want to thank the friends and readers who have shared their thoughts and support for my deci-sion. Many of them told me they wish I wasn’t leaving The Cannon, and recalled specific articles we published since the news-paper was established in August 2009.

Through all of the mem-ories, photographs, and countless meetings and interviews, I have shared a snapshot of history with this community. It has been my honor and plea-sure to be part of a move-ment in Gonzales — a true grass roots effort for read-ers to express themselves by standing up for what they believe in and making their voices heard.

Many of the people who came to the office during my last days at The Cannon were part of that initial core group of rebels who helped spearhead and finance The Cannon nearly 2 1/2 years ago. Together we have grown, both as a team and as individual citizens, with open eyes and a willing-ness to say and do whatever is necessary to defend our rights and principles.

To all the Cannon share-holders I say, “Thank you.” Without your faith and trust I would not have been given the opportunity to help create this newspaper, which has become such a crucial part of my life and identity.

With all of this on my

mind, I naturally started thinking back to what would have happened if things had gone differently in July 2008. Here are some possibilities:

If I had not been relieved from The Gonzales Inquir-er, I would probably still be working there as Managing Editor. Which means The Cannon would not exist. It also means I wouldn’t have had to give myself a crash course in how to create a newspaper from scratch, thus truly learning what I am capable of personally and professionally.

I remember those first few days when I actually Googled - “How to create a Newspaper” - and several pages actually came up!

If I still worked there I would also never have met Dave Mundy, who came to The Cannon in the early days as a Sports Editor, and given his vast civilian news-paper management knowl-edge, quickly grew in the ranks.

Dave has become a val-ued peer, friend and ad-visor, and I will always respect him. As military veterans we are cut from some of the same cloth, just in different patterns, and as journalists we both have seabags full of word-war stories. Despite his messy desk I will miss sharing an

office with him. His intel-ligent wit and jaded, sar-castic humor helped me get through some rough days, and I will always be grateful that he stepped into my life and through the doors of The Cannon.

As for the rest of “Team Cannon,” we all have something incredibly un-usual in common. The six

of us: Debbie Toliver (Ad-vertising Manager), Doro-thy Voigt (Business Man-ager/Advertising), Sanya Harkey (Subscriptions/Classifieds/Graphic De-sign), Mark Lube (Sports Editor), Cedric Iglehart (Regional News Editor) and myself, all worked for the same newspaper since 2008 — The Gonzales In-quirer.

The irony is really strong when you consider that Ce-dric was hired to fill my po-sition as Inquirer Managing Editor about six months after I left that seat. Now here we are at The Cannon where history is repeating itself — on my terms this time. He joined us on a part-time basis about a year ago, and now I am turning over the Managing Editor position to Cedric, a vet-eran newspaper man with the utmost professional integrity and ambition. He worked at several newspa-per, including The Victoria Advocate. From hard news to sports, he is versatile in his coverage abilities, and I know he will continue to do a wonderful job for our readers.

Sports Editor Mark Lube joined The Cannon part time last year and full time a few months ago. Mark

I have recently heard some people voice argu-ments of class warfare and victimization as the core reasons for support-ing Obama and his liberal agenda. Their emotional arguments needs to a strong dose of reality and hard cold facts.

They argue that the rich should pay more taxes to support the gov-ernment. The fact is that the federal debt is $14.5 trillion. Add to this figure the debts which many states like California have and the debts that local govern-ments like Detroit and New York City have, and the combined wealth of all the millionaires and billionaires could not pay for off these debts or maintain their level of spending.

They claim that some very rich peo-ple like Warren Buffet have offered to pay more taxes. The fact is that there nothing preventing Buffet or anyone else from writing a check to the Trea-sury if they wish. Why wait for an act of Congress if you’re sincere about paying more taxes?

Another argument is that conserva-tives are interested in protecting the rich. Conservatives want everyone to be rich. They support the free market system which breeds economic suc-cess for individuals rather than de-pendence on the government and/or on political bosses.

Liberals also say the government needs more money to create jobs. The fact is that the government needs money to create jobs, and it is already $14.5 trillion dollars in debt. The pri-vate sector can and will create jobs if government regulations will get out of the way. We should also remem-

ber that the government does not create wealth but rather takes it.

Perhaps the worst ar-gument some liberals make is to accuse con-servatives of not want-ing to help the poor. To answer this question we need to define what “help the poor” means. Does it mean giving people something free and at the expense of someone else, or does it mean giving a

person the opportunity to grow their own wealth?

People who claim that government is the only way to help and protect the poor, are promoting fear and doubt in society. Liberals have created an “in-dustry of poverty” with government funded social and welfare programs that have kept some families poor and dependent for generations. The only ones who have prospered are political bosses who pander those government programs.

Suppose the federal government gave everyone under the poverty line a one-time allotment of $2 million. Each person would be responsible for their own economic development, and the government debt would be dimin-ished. However, some people would succeed and some would not because economic equality is impossible.

Liberals conveniently try to take a higher moral ground when arguing about role of government. However, a small government is best because it allows for the economic, political, and social growth of the individual. Per-sonal freedom and responsibility are what made America great and what is key to making us prosperous and strong again.


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So many subjects, so little space ...I shot my first turkey this weekend.

Scared the crap out of the people in the frozen food section at H-E-B. I don’t see what the big deal is, trying to dig all those little pellets out of a fro-zen bird is a real chore.

That reminds me a little bit of the now-famous Letter to the Editor that a newspaper — maybe it was the Huffington Post, I forget — got a while back. It lambasted hunters for killing defenseless animals and told them they need to get their meat at the grocery store, where animals are not harmed.

+++++State and county elections officials

are looking into the conduct of elec-tions at the Gonzales County Annex in Nixon after another publication in the county ran an illegal photograph of someone casting a ballot.

A photograph on the front page of the other newspaper’s Nov. 10 edition identifies a person as casting an early ballot in the recent constitutional amendment election. Section 61.014 of the Texas Election Code specifical-ly prohibits the use of “any mechani-cal or electronic means of recording images or sound within 100 feet of a

voting station.” I don’t think the photo was taken

with the intent of influencing the vote, but we need to adhere to both the letter and the spirit of the law. The Secretary of State’s Elections Division told me Tuesday there is no statutory penalty for the violation.

One of the duties of elections judg-es is to enforce state statues on vot-ing, including prohibiting recording devices and photo-taking.Gonzales County Clerk Lee Reidel said she was not immediately aware of the photo-graph but would investigate.

+++++For those of you who are, like me,

perpetual procrastinators when it comes to cleaning the kitchen — a word of advice.

No matter how long you leave that last little ounce or so of chili in the pot on the stove, it will not clean itself up or disappear on its own. As a matter of fact, after a couple of days it begins taking control of the kitchen.

+++++We often deride television for keep-

ing society supplied with idiocy and for its rabid left-wing bias on news coverage, but a couple of television outlets have gone too far this time.

It’s time for Governor Perry to call the Texas Legislature into special ses-sion to prevent godless Yankee carpet-bagging communists from destroying our civilization.

I speak, of course, of Sunday’s ter-rorist attack on our living rooms per-petrated by television stations KEYE out of Victoria and KENS out of San Antonio.

Both stations are CBS affiliates, so we know in advance they are run by godless Yankees. CBS has the Na-tional Football League contract to broadcast AFC games; hence, both those stations should carry the NFL team from the AFC located closest to them — the Houston Texans. On Sunday, both chose instead to show the Dallas-Buffalo game.

And to make matters worse, when the Dallas-Buffalo game proved to be “uncompetitive,” KENS switched to the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game! So not only did whoever made that deci-sion anger the growing first-place-in-the-AFC Texans’ fan base, he/she/it ALSO ticked off the established Cow-boys fan base.

The Fox affiliates in San Antonio and Austin, meanwhile, were carrying a game featuring — get this — New Orleans. (Someone needs to clue in the Fox guys that we sent the Katrina people home a couple of years ago.)

Gurneys in Huntsville are too hu-mane a punishment for this despica-ble act of treason. We need guarantees that local TV stations will carry the local NFL teams.

Texans have an inalienable right to watch their football teams —the Tex-ans, or even the Cowboys — on televi-sion. That right should not be usurped because some TV station’s program manager is secretly an Iranian agent working to bring down our society. “Market rating” and “audience share” is not an excuse; these TV stations are here to serve the public trust as a pub-lic service, according to the licenses we issue them.

In Texas, watching the home team is a right we are born with.

On Sunday, my ire was dampened somewhat because radio station KILT out of Houston carried the live broad-cast on internet radio. I didn’t get to see the big-strike touchdowns by Ja-coby Jones and Arian Foster, but I got the next best thing.

I wonder if I can get Mike Han-son and his petition forces to drum up support for an initiative to force the local Time Warner outlet to offer Houston’s KHOU-TV instead of one of those other CBS affiliates.

+++++Speaking of the garage-sale ordi-

nance; since the aim of the ordinance is to prevent people from operating unlicensed businesses out of their home, shouldn’t we also apply that to some other businesses operating out of private residences?

Perhaps the car-stereo installation and repair business in the 200 block of Smith St. would be a good starting point, or maybe the home-pharma-ceutical business on St. Vincent St., or even one of the, uhm, international travel assistance agencies operating from several residences along St. Pe-ter St.

The acid test of the American Dream is whether people can rise beyond the circumstances of their birth.

With Occupy Wall Street doing for income inequality what the tea party did for debt, the state of the American Dream is more and more central to the political de-bate. Are we divided be-tween the top 1 percent and a vast wasteland of the dispossessed, as many of the Occupy Wall Street protesters have it? Or are we still the land of op-portunity, as top House Republican Paul Ryan in-sisted in a recent speech at the Heritage Foundation?

The answer is that we are still a mobile society, although not as much of one as we might wish. If the nihilistic despair of the Occupy Wall Street crowd is detached from reality, neither is self-congratula-tion in order. If Paul Ryan is right to say “class is not a fixed designation in this country,” it is much too fixed at the bottom of the income scale. The Ameri-can Dream is alive, but ragged around the edges.

Are we better off than our parents? Yes. Accord-ing to Scott Winship of the Brookings Institution, data from the Pew Eco-nomic Mobility Project show that two-thirds of

40-year-old Americans are in households with greater incomes than their parents when they were 40.

Then there’s the ques-tion of how Americans are faring relative to everyone else. If they are born in the bottom fifth of the income distribution, do they get out? Winship notes that if it were a matter of ran-dom chance, 20 percent of people would remain in the bottom fifth. Instead, about 40 percent stay in the bottom. That means 60 percent make it out (the good news), but most don’t make it far (the bad news). Only a third make it into the top three-fifths.

“Picking the right par-ents,” as Winship puts it, has an enormous impact. A child born to parents in the bottom fifth has about a 17 percent chance of making it to the top two-fifths, while a child born to parents already in the top two-fifths has a 60 percent chance of staying there.

We are particularly bad at getting people, and es-pecially males, out of the bottom. One study Win-ship cites showed that in the United States, 42 per-cent of sons of fathers in the bottom fifth stayed there as adults.

This stagnation is less a statement about the struc-ture of America’s economy than about its culture. As Ronald Haskins, also of the Brookings Institution, wrote in an essay for the publication National Af-fairs, “economic mobility is constrained above all by personal choices and behaviors.” He argues that society’s leaders “should herald the ‘success se-quence’: finish schooling, get a job, get married, have babies.” If Ameri-cans finished high school, worked full time at a job that matched their skills and married at the rate they did in the 1970s, the poverty rate would be cut 70 percent.

These old-fashioned bourgeois virtues, and particularly marriage, rarely figure in the public debate. Everyone is more comfortable talking about taxes or the banks, as the America Dream frays.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

(c) 2011 by King Fea-tures Synd., Inc.

Dear Editor,Rick Perry was a de-

cent, God-fearing Texan once; I believe it, I truly do. I can even understand his fall to the tempta-tion and seduction of the glamour and prestige of-fered by a post in Wash-ington, D.C. He made a mistake by turning on his homeland and running away to join the circus of Washington, D.C. and by now, I am sure he knows it.

Unfortunately for us, he has become an incred-ible embarrassment and as Daniel Miller pointed out some weeks ago, he has caused the rest of the country to look at Texas, as a whole, with distain. The absolutely absurd and embarrassing appearance Rick Perry made on The Late Show last night was the last nail in the coffin.

It is time to “man-up”, Mr. Perry, realize that you are thankfully out of your league, swimming in a cesspool with sharks and come home. If there is any Texan left in you, you will stand up before

your people and admit your shortcomings, take charge of the state and finish the job you prom-ised to do. It is not too late to right some wrongs and stand tall with YOUR people.

Texas never deserted you; you deserted Texas.

Since the seduction of Washington, D.C. seems to be inherent in elected politicians, the only way Texas will ever become free is for its citizens to create a roar that can-not be ignored and force a referendum vote. We must create a roar so powerful that our Texan officials will realize the greatness that is the des-tiny of Texas and the fact that they could play a role in it.

John D. SchuttCollege Station

Drug store makesa good impressionDear Editor,

In these times when good customer service is hard to find, I have been blessed to find it, par ex-

cellence! Last week I had a CD made at the CVS in Seguin, but when I got home, the CD wasn’t in the pocket, it was empty. So, I called the Manager, who I didn’t know and he didn’t know me, Jeremy Stokes, and asked if he would put the CD in the mail to me. He said he would put it in the mail right away.

The next afternoon, he appeared at our front door and said, he just couldn’t put it in the mail, so he brought it to me. I thought the least I could do was let you know about this, Mr. Editor, in the hopes you will publish my letter and let your readers know the kind of manager Mr. Stokes is, one who wants his cus-tomers to have the best customer service he can possibly give them.

JoAnn LiefesteGonzales

Agenda 21 antiethicalto democratic systemDear Editor,

In reference to George Rodriguez’s column (“The sneakiness of UN’s Agenda

21,” Nov. 10) The trouble is once again that those subscribing to the Agenda 21 ideal do not represent the people who elected them. Again “free” coun-tries are being governed from without ostensibly by the UN which is insinuat-ing itself into the govern-ment of countries and even into the laws which gov-ern those countries. How many times do you hear the phrase “in accordance with UN principles” these days. All of these resolu-tions and representations need to be put to the people by plebiscite to truly reflect the will of the people. Un-

fortunately the fat, dumb and stupid public is only marginally less dumb and stupid than the press which happily skips along with the beat and hardly raises any contentions at all. To be governed from outside by “noble” institutions like the UN is risky at least and dangerous at best. The re-sult may be that Democrat-ic countries in the future may have to go into the “Soylent Green” business to feed their billions.

Dimitri (Jim) FranghisAustraliavia gonzalescannon.com

Best wishes to Nikkiin your new position

Thanks Nikki for your hard work and contribu-tions through The Gonza-les Cannon. Best of wishes to you for your new ven-ture in Luling. You will be missed.

Pam PettitjohnGonzales

Nikki = Cannon!I would hope that this

is someone’s idea of a bad joke.

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Sleep, marvelous sleep. It’s one of those things you might take for grant-ed - that is, until it eludes you.

The amount of sleep needed is dependent on age and varies from individual to individual. Newborns can sleep away three-fourths of the day. Toddlers and preschoolers need 11 to 14 hours of sleep each day. The amount of sleep needed gradually declines until adulthood when most people require around 7 to 8 hours. Seniors may find their sleeping pat-terns fluctuate due to changes associ-ated with aging.

You might be surprised to learn that seniors aren’t the only ones who struggle with a sound night’s sleep. According to the National Institute of Health more than 70 million Ameri-cans experience insomnia. That is, they have trouble falling asleep, stay-ing asleep, or they wake up before

they have gotten enough sleep.You might find your sleep inter-

rupted by night sweats during meno-pause. A bed partner’s snoring might be keeping you awake. Conditions such as restless leg syndrome and sleep apnea are more serious in na-ture. Restless leg syndrome is a neu-rological disorder that causes uncom-fortable sensations in the legs. Sleep apnea is a serious breathing disorder marked by loud snoring and periods

when breathing brieflly stops. You need to seek treatment for problems like these.

No matter the cause, it can’t hurt to discuss your sleep problems with your doctor or me. I can go over the list of medications or supplements you are taking to see if any could be interfer-ing with your sleep. Some common culprits are antihypertensives, beta-blockers, and hormones.

Decongestants taken too close to bedtime or long acting, 24 hour decongestants can pose a problem. Even common pain relievers can be a problem since some contain caffeine. Never stop taking any prescription medication without first discussing it with your doctor.

You can do many other things to improve your sleep. For starters, try to keep regular bedtimes and wake times, even on the weekend. Use your

bedroom only for sleep. To prepare your body for sleep avoid stimulating activities and substances during the evening hours. This includes alcohol, heavy eating, especially spicy or high sugar foods, fluids, nicotine, and caf-feine.

Exercise is good for you, but sepa-rate it from bedtime by at least a few hours. Make the time right before bed really relaxing with calming ac-tivities and soft lighting. Wearing earplugs or an eye mask, using a fan, or heavy curtains may also create an environment more conducive to sleep. If you use a night light make sure it’s not too bright.

If you feel you have done every-thing “right” and you still have trou-ble sleeping, you may want to talk to your doctor about other ways to pro-mote sleep, such as relaxation tech-niques or behavorial therapy. Over

the counter sleep aids such as vale-rian or melatonin might also prove to be helpful.

If all else fails, prescription sleep medications may be an option if your insomnia is interfering with your daily activities. Your doctor or I can discuss potential choices with you. Anxiolyt-ics can ease anxiety that may be in-terfering with sleep. Antidepressants are helpful if depression is a problem and are also used to help sleep pat-terns even when depression is not a problem. Hypnotics are prescription medications that promote sleep.

Seek advice before considering either prescription or over-the-coun-ter (OTC) sleep medications. If any side effects occur from medications always make sure to discuss these with your doctor or me.

I hope this helps you have many hours of sleep, marvelous sleep.

The CannonThursday, November 17, 2011 Page A5

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MAXWELL: Not straying farContinued from page A4

and I shared an office at The Inquirer for about year. During that time I learned all the words to the song, “Nothing Going to Break My Stride,” because the eternal op-timist played the YouTube video several times a day.

I didn’t mind the song the first 300 times, but after that I admit I wanted to hide his keyboard from him. But seriously Mark is a wonderful guy and talented writer, who loves his job and demonstrates his passion in his work. The young athletes he profiles are always happy to see him at their games and meets, and their parents appreciate his time and efforts. He is one of a kind (and we even forgive him for being from Okla-homa.)

Sanya Harkey was the first of my Inquirer alumni to join me at The Cannon in Spring 2010. Sanya also worked for the San Marcos Daily Record a few years ago. She is a multi-talented and tireless trooper who juggles her graphic design, subscriptions, and classified duties better than anyone on America’s Got Talent. For years, Sanya was under-utilized and under-appreciated at her previous news-paper position. To say she works hard is an understatement, and through it all she is the cheery face who greets you when you step into The Cannon’s door, and most of the time, she is the voice answering The Cannon’s phone. Stop by and meet her sometime.

What can I say about Debbie Toliver. Be-sides being an advertising Gu-Ru, she is a great friend, and we share the same twisted sense of humor. Debbie joined The Cannon full time as Advertising Manager in October 2010. She stepped into that role at a crucial time for The Cannon, and our success since then is due in large part to her sales efforts. I am grateful to her for taking that leap of faith because she can sell steak to vegetarians!

I recall the first day we met, when I was hired at The Inquirer and the publisher was introducing me to the rest of the staff. We locked eyes, shook hands, and a few smart-ass comments later we knew we were going to hit it off. The scary part is we are a lot

alike, which has made for some very in-teresting situations. Never a dull moment with Debbie and I will miss our daily dish.

Dorothy Voigt joined The Cannon this past summer and quickly became an essen-tial part of our team. Her ability to switch gears between business management, de-livering the paper and pitching in with ad sales, has helped the paper grow and flow. Dot worked with Debbie and Sanya for decades at The Inquirer, so it just seemed natural to everyone that she come on board with us here. The day she officially reported for duty the team seemed com-plete to me. There is something wonder-fully magical about a group of people who can stick together through the rough times and make it out alive on the other side. Our friendship has grown during the past few months, and I truly believe she is where she belongs.

So here I am, taking my own leap of faith. Through all the tears I shed (and there will be many) I do not regret my decision to change my professional course, but I do re-gret leaving a team of talented friends who have become my newspaper family.

That family also includes our readers, many whom have told me they will miss my writing. Good news, I am moving on to another job (City of Luling Main Street Manager), but I am not moving out of The Cannon entirely. I will be a contributing writer submitting columns, news and fea-ture articles highlighting the happenings of the Luling area. The Cannon has many readers in that neck of the woods, and we’ve learned that neighboring communi-ties like to read about each other.

So for now I say good-bye, but I am not going far. And as corny as it sounds, no matter where I am, the staff and readers of The Cannon will always be in my heart. God Bless you and never give up on your-self or your dreams. You never know what you are capable of until you try. And if nec-essary, Google it!

You can reach Nikki Maxwell at: [email protected].

Is there any Texan left in Perry?

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Veterans Day atApache Field wasa wonderful event

Gonzales LivestockMarket ReportThe Gonzales Livestock Market Report for

Saturday, November 12, 2011 had on hand: 1, 538 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and year-lings sold steady. Packer cows sold steady.

Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $149-$165; 300-400 lbs, $147-$167; 400-500 lbs, $142-$152; 500-600 lbs, $130-$141; 600-700 lbs., $126-$131; 700-800 lbs., $119-$126.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $92-$111.Stocker-feeder heifers: Medium and large

frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $129-$134; 300-400 lbs, $136-$141; 400-500 lbs, $124-$131; 500-600 lbs., $119-$126; 600-700 lbs., $116-$119.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and com-mercial, $43-$52; Cutters, $57-$69; Canners, $34-$39; Low yielding fat cows, $51-$64.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $69-$73; light weights and medium quality bulls, $59-$65.

Stocker Cows: $425-$800.Pairs: $725-$1,125.Thank you for your business! View our sale

live at cattleusa.com.

Nixon LivestockCommission ReportThe Nixon Livestock Commission Inc. re-

port had on hand, November 14, 2011, Vol-ume, 1,664.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $142 to $152 to $180; 300-400 lbs., $131 to $141 to $175; 400-500 lbs, $126 to $136 to $159; 500-600 lbs, $117

to $127 to $143; 600-700 lbs, $113 to $123 to $137; 700-800 lbs, $103 to $113 to $128.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $118 to $128 to $141; 300-400 lbs, $114 to $124 to $163; 400-500 lbs, $112 to $122 to $150; 500-600 lbs, $109 to $119 to $137; 600-700 lbs, $106 to $116 to $126; 700-800 lbs, $101 to $111 to $125.

Slaughter cows: $40 to $51 to $69; Slaugh-ter bulls: $59 to $69 to $76; Stocker cows: $460 to $970.

Hallettsville LivestockCommission ReportThe Hallettsville Livestock Commission

Co., Inc. had on hand on November 8, 2011, 1,711; Week ago, 2,016; Year Ago, 1,975.

Better quality classes of calves and year-lings sold steady to $3 higher. Demand very good.

Packer cows and bulls sold $1 higher on 480 hd. total.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $54-$68; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $42-$54; light weight canner cows, $30-$42.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $69-$80; utility & cutter bulls, $61-$69; lightweight canner bulls, $54-$61.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200 lbs, $130-$185; 200-300 lbs, $128-$177.50; 300-400 lbs, $125-$172; 400-500 lbs, $118-$162; 500-600lbs, $118-$144; 600-700 lbs, $115-$132; 700-800 lbs, $110-$125. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $122-$165; 200-300 lbs, $120-$148; 300-400 lbs, $120-$145; 400-500 lbs, $116-$136; 500-600 lbs, $113-$128; 600-700 lbs, $110-$122;

700-800 lbs, $95-$117. No. 2 & 3 Steer & Bull Calves: under 200 lbs, $95-$128; 200-300 lbs, $93-$126; 300-400 lbs, $90-$124; 400-500 lbs, $88-$118; 500-600 lbs, $85-$112. No. 2 & 3 Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $90-$122; 200-300 lbs, $90-$120; 300-400 lbs, $87-$117; 400-500 lbs, $84-$112; 500-600 lbs, $80-$110.

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

Cuero LivestockMarket ReportCuero Livestock Market Report on Novem-

ber 11, 2011 had 2,556 head.Had 569 cows and 20 bulls. Bulls and cows

were about $2.00 higher. Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $70-$75; lower

grades, $60-$68.Packer cows: boning cows, $59-$65; cut-

ters mainly, $45-$65; few, $40-$45; low yield-ing cutters, $35-$48; canners, $20-$40.50; one, $15.

Dry cows, $41.50-$65; palpated, $48-$81.Cow and calf pairs, $550-$1,000.The calf market was very active with some

classes as much as $10/cwt higher. All were at least as high as last week’s increase in all prices.

Steer Calves: 250-300 lbs, $129-$171; 300-350 lbs, $122-$164; 350-400 lbs, $116-$165; 400-450 lbs, $116-$147; 450-500 lbs, $120-$149; 500-600 lbs, $121-$141; 600-700 lbs, $121-$124. Heifers: 200-250 lbs, $120-$138; 250-300 lbs, $120-$154; 300-350 lbs, $120-$150; 350-400 lbs, $116-$153; 400-450 lbs, $121-$146; 450-500 lbs, $122-$133; 500-600 lbs, $115-$123; 600-700 lbs, $108-$121.

2011 Spend Bucks toWin Bucks Program

Look for the Spin Bucks Win Bucks Christmas Tree sign

at participating Businesses.(Look for list of businesses

in next weeks edition of The Gonzales Cannon.)

Grand Prize$200 in gift certificates

Second place$150 in gift certificates

Third place$100 in gift certificates

Fourth place$75 in gift certificates

Fifth place$75 in gift certificates

Sixth place$50 in gift certificates

Seventh place$50 in gift certificates

Eighth place$50 in gift certificates

Ninth place$25 in gift certificates

Tenth place$25 in gift certificates

The drawing for over $800 in certifi-cates will be held between 8 and 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 29 at KCTI Radio Station.

The Veterans Day Celebration held on Thursday at Apache Field was just great. Thanks to the Gonzales ISD for setting up this program to honor and thank our veterans. The stage was well set with the Apache Helicopter perched on the 50-yard line.

School children gathered to enjoy the event and there was a good crowd of townspeople. We hope this will be continued.

The Spend Buck to Win Bucks program will kick off on Nov. 15 and run through Dec. 24, so look for the Christ-mas-tree posters in the windows of participating merchants. When you make your purchases, be sure to register for the prizes.

Certificates will be given as prizes and can be redeemed at any par-ticipating business. We hope to have most of our merchants signed up for this and it will keep some of our mon-ey in Gonzales for the holidays, which benefits everyone down the line. The drawing for prizes will be held on Dec. 29 at 8 a.m. at KCTI.

The Crystal Theatre had a good run for “Nunsense” and there was a rush at the end to get tickets as the word spread about how good it really was. The cast was great and it was a truly funny show. Hope you got to see it.

There were people from all around the area attending, in-cluding Shiner, Moulton and Hallettsville.

The Running M Bar and Grill opened last week and will be open Monday through Friday from 5 p.m to midnight, and from 1 p.m. to midnight on Saturday and Sunday. It is located on Confederate Square, at 520 St. Paul Street and is owned by Marlene Metzler. We welcome her to downtown and know this will be a good addition to the area.

The Come & Take It Association will have their final meet-ing of the year on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the chamber office.

South Texas Tour Team Roping will be at the J.B. Wells Park on Thursday and Bar J Team Roping will be there on Friday.

Science Guy

Steve Scott is a former science teach-er at Gonzales High School.

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Everyone has had the experience of eating that fabulous traditional American Thanksgiving dinner: Tur-key, dressing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, green bean cas-serole, sweet tea, dinner rolls, pecan pie… Oh man, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Everyone has also had the experi-ence of the strong urge to nap just after eating that meal. The after-din-ner lethargy has been attributed to a chemical L-tryptophan, an essential amino acid that has a documented sleep inducing effect.

L-triptophan is used in the body to produce the B-vitamin, niacin, as well and being metabolized into serotonin and melatonin. These chemicals exert a calming effect and regulate sleep.

The truth of the matter, though, is even if you skipped the turkey, you would still have the same drowsiness. L-triptophan needs to be taken on an empty stomach and without any other amino acids or proteins in order to make you drowsy. So, what is it about

the meal that knocks us out?It’s more complex than you may

think.The carbohydrates found in the

starches, like the dressing, pota-toes, sweet tea and desserts increase the L-triptophan levels in the brain that lead to the production of se-rotonin. The extra carbs stimulate the pancreas to make more insulin. This causes other competing ami-no acids to leave the bloodstream and enter the cells of our muscles. This increases the relative concen-

tration of L-triptophan making its effects more prominent.

The fats consumed in the meal, from the dressing, butter, gravy, and desserts slow down the diges-tive system, giving the meal plenty of time to take effect. They also take a lot of energy to digest, so the body directs more blood to the di-gestive system from other parts of the body, including the brain. This also causes you to feel less ener-getic after eating it. Overeating in general, which we usually do with a thanksgiving meal, causes the same effect.

If alcohol is included in the meal, its depressive nature will add to the urge to sleep.

Also, because of our busy pace, this meal gives us a time to relax around the table (and the TV afterwards) which in itself is very calming.

So, enough of the science, just bring on the food!

Send your science related questions to [email protected]

The 32nd Matejek Annual Reunion was held at the York-ktown Fire Department Meet-ing Room on Sunday Oct. 23 in Yorktown.

After the blessing led by Margaret Matejek, everyone enjoyed the delicious food brought by the families attend-ing. A short business meeting was held following the meal.

A time of silence was ob-served to remember those who have passed on since last year’s reunion: Ruth Zaiontz Ibrom, Dolores Ludwig, Bill Zaiontz, Gene Parker and Walter Hemmi.

It was decided to have the next reunion again at the Yor-ktown Fire Department Meet-ing Room on Sunday, October 28, 2012. A new item at the reunion will be a 50/50 split on raffle tickets that will sold on the day of the reunion.

Cash prizes were awarded to the following winners: Old-est Lady: Evelyn Matejek Ja-nyssek of Yorktown 73 years. Oldest Man: Clarence Mate-jek Cuero, 80 years. Young-est child: Layla Ann Lucas of Cuero, 2 years, daughter of Tommy Lucas, Jr. and Kristin Thomas. Longest married

couple: Buddy and Shirley Wolff of Gonzales, 43 years. Most recently married couple: Nicole and Trandon Leist of Meyersville, 4 years. Traveling

longest distance: Mehmet Ozcelik, Switzerland. First time attendees: Mehmet Ozcelik of Switzerland, Kelsey Kelley of College Station, Janee Persyn

of Pleasanton and Holland Parker of Victoria. Kids’ prize: Haydon Leist of Meyersville and the Main Door Prize was won by Buddy Wolff of Gon-zales.

Margaret Matejek made a cash donation the reunion fund.

A big thank you to Pat-rick Matejek of Yorktown for handling the live auction, Diane Moeller of Meyersville for registering the attendees, Sharon and Carl Matejek for preparing for the reunion, Margaret Matejek of Cuero for presiding over the busi-ness meeting, and Shirley Wolff of Gonzales for keep-ing the records of the busi-ness meeting, live and silent auctions, and to all who helped in any way to make our reuinion a success.

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I wonder about these people who live and forecast weather in San Antonio who are living on top of this concrete and as-phalt. They get a little bit of run off with the water and think that they have too much rain. They need to come out here and start digging down to try to find some moisture and then shut up about having enough rain. This Mike Osterhage is worried that we might get and inch and one/half of rain. Oh goodness, I pray that we get at least that. If I ever meet this guy in person, I am going to enlighten him about the need for rain for the cattlemen and farmer. He talks like if he gets his big toe wet, that he might melt.

Go Apaches!!! They are play-ing Wimberley at Canyon in New Braunfels on Friday night. Go up there and make the bleachers full of orange colors. Our Mighty Apache Marching Band will be there to back them up with their drum rolls and the rest of the grandeur. Wimberley thinks that they are tough. But Gonzales is tougher!!!

The Belmont Ladies will have their club meeting on the regular club meeting date, November 22 at the Belmont Community Cen-ter. Each member should bring a snack to this meeting. Thanks-giving time we get to have a little tasty feast. We have important business to discuss concerning our roof estimate at the Novem-ber meeting. The Christmas Party for the ladies has been set for De-

cember 6th.The Leesville area churches

all got together and decided to have a community Thanksgiving dinner over at the Encouraging Word Church from noon to 2PM on November 19th. John Gilbert’s band will be singing along with some great congregational sing-ing.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Joe Kotwig, Kenneth Crumley, Gilby, Ru-dolpho and Edna Garza, Elson Schreiber, Kathryn, Dena Black, Karen Roecker Mahan, Sabrina Flores, Bill and Marie Lott, Do-ris and Alvin Hewell; Lisa Ro-driguez, Hester Behlen, Aunt Georgie; Danny and Joyce Schel-lenberg, Pete Kallies, Mildred O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Louise Rossow, Selma Vickers, Gene Robinson, Blaine Welker, Teresa Wilke, Sandi Gandre, Carl and Vida Tindle; Evelyn Newman, Aunt Betty Gandre, Anna Lin-demann, Ann and Bubba Bond; Shirley Dozier, the family of Tom Dolezal, and our troops and their families, and RAIN—and we do need more.

I talked with Bubba (Clyde) Bond a couple of days ago be-cause everyone is always ask-ing me about him and Ann. He says that he and Ann are doing reasonably well. He has Home Health coming in and giving Ann the more complete care that she needs. Otherwise he has a family living with them taking care of them both and other total twen-ty-four hour care for Ann. I am so happy that he lucked out and found someone to care for both of them.

Ta! Da! In trying to trace down some lost packages, I learned that the Leesville Post Office will at least be open until the first of the year because the postal depart-ment doesn’t want our packages to be lost. However, they want us to mail all our packages to help them out too. Wouldn’t it be great if they just kept procrastinating and totally changed their minds about the whole deal?

While we were at the Belmont Social Club on Friday night John Hansen was going to honor our Vets by singing God Bless the USA. There were several other Veterans in our midst, but we were most honored to have Mike Brocker from Yoakum, Texas, there. He is ninety years old and served three years during World War II in the Pacific front. It was a very moving scene as we all stood and honored him and all of our Veterans. There certainly were great and appropriate ceremonies in Gonzales honoring our Veter-

ans and giving a more detailed history of the Apache helicopter.

Mike Brocker and his wife were having a delightful time dancing to the music. His daughter and husband had brought them this time and several times before. He was dancing as he went out the door. Many blessings to him and all of the other Veterans.

Saturday night Clark Grien and Two Way Street played some very good dance music. They had a different bass player, Mike, who loved singing and playing and would give any song that your requested a try. Clint Martin is supposed to be there on Thurs-day, Nov. 17th. Best Friends will be there Friday, November 18th, and our singing car dealer, Wyatt Arp and Cool Water on Novem-ber 19th. My how fast this month is flying by. It will soon hit De-cember and that will be that end of the year. And oh, that Court-ney Watson is into Buttermilk Pie baking. Yummy! Yummy! They are good. I knew that somebody was taking orders for pies but I am truly sorry Courtney. I just didn’t peg you as the Pillsbury Dough Girl.

You know by now that I have no patience what so ever with computers. I am going to get one of those Dragon Speaks software programs and see if I can master one of those speaking programs where I don’t have to touch the keyboard with my hands. Well anyway, we came home Saturday evening and the flies had invad-

ed.(You know a person really has to watch how they talk about flys in Gonzales County. There used to be a Judge Fly and a Dr. Fly and I would venture that there were some little Flys in residence too.) Several other people had fussed about those nasty flies. I don’t even know where our fly swat-ter is any more. I just call on Itsy the cat. I bang on the floor with a spoon and here Itsy will come with a lope. Itsy was in the loft at the time so he had to come down from his two x six inch high div-ing board. I am ashamed of these other two cats. They haven’t mas-tered that walk yet. Itsy walks across that runway with that fluffy tail a swishing from side to side like he is on a runway mod-eling his new fur coat, which is exactly what that show off cat is doing. Dililah, who has no tail, can’t balance it and Samson, sits down below it on the other end, gauges its height and makes one mighty leap up about three feet high straight up in the air and lands on the six inches pretty as you please. I told Itsy that if didn’t have those flies eradicated by the next morning that I was going to confine him to a space where he couldn’t wave that big beautiful tail around in the hair. And you know poor Itsy took me at my word. I wasn’t bothered with a fly all day long on Sunday. That is one vain cat. There is no way that he was going to have his tail locked down under wraps.

Have a good week and God

Sandi’s Country Fried News

Sandi Gandre

Love, EloiseEloiseEstes

Faith versus fear: if God said it, that settles itFaith is a strong belief- a

conviction-that something is true whether or not it can be proven. Everyone has faith in something. What do you believe?

Many of us who profess to have faith crumble un-der pressure. God wants us to see for ourselves that what we say with our lips sometimes doesn’t match up to what is in our hearts. I’ve discovered that what-ever is in my heart is squeezed to the surface when I am under pressure. My faith is tested often. So it is with us all. Some-times this is the only way to discover what we truly believe in. Sometimes this is the only way to know the true measure of our faith.

Our belief system can help or hinder us. Faith in the right things can carry us over life’s rough patches when our own physical and/or emotional strength gives out. This is Positive Faith. Here’s an example of Negative Faith.

Spiders take up resi-dence everywhere in the country. Most are good to have around. I don’t mind sharing my country space with the good ones. However, I have a real is-sue with any insect that can cause an emergency visit to the hospital. That is why the Black Widow and Brown Recluse are the source of some anxiety for me, and are not on my wel-come list.

Not long ago I picked up a trash bag from the back-yard and tried stuffing it into a trash can that was already overstuffed. The day this particular inci-dent happened I was in a hurry to go somewhere. So I did what seemed the next best thing, I placed the bag on top of the pile, deciding to move it to the curb just as it was. When I put my hand under the bag, and grabbed hold of the handle with my other hand, something popped under my thumb. I cringed as I looked under the handle to see what had exploded. To my dismay, I caught sight of a bunch of black legs extending from a pool of gooey mess. My first thought was “Black Widow!”

Not wanting to give in to the worst possibilities,

I proceeded to wash my hands so that we could leave as planned. That is when I noticed the red spot near my thumb. A strange feeling washed over me as I stared at the mark that seemed to be growing right before my eyes.

Fear besieged me and my body began to react to my raging emotions.

Unexpected waves of fear and doubt caused me to physically struggle against the terror that was quickly overtaking me. The more I entertained the thought that I had been bitten by the infamous

Widow, the sicker I felt. My stomach got so upset that I almost threw up. My ears got hot and my head began to swim.

I managed to reel in my emotions long enough to profess faith in God’s ability to protect me from harm. But, when I picked up a phone book to call a doctor, ‘Just to check on symptoms,’ my knees got weak and my body began to shake.

Prayer should always be our first response to any crisis. This is especially true if your tendency is to run for medical assistance with every unfamiliar twinge in your body. It’s good to know your body and to know your mind. Consid-ering my uncanny ability to create five-act plays from one random thought, I had a notion that my symptoms

might be caused by my own anxiety, and was not thoroughly convinced that I was mortally wounded. So, I forced myself to hang up the phone and resumed praying.

My decision to continue standing on God’s Word was not an easy one. Until 9:00 that night panic kept attacking me. I had to keep reminding myself that God promised to protect me (Ps 91); that my faith would shield me against harm (Eph 6:16); that God’s spirit within me is able to over-come anything. (1Jn 4:4) These promises enabled me to overcome the urge to panic in the midst of doubt and fear.

This episode taught me a lesson. Believing strongly in the worst possibility is an expression of faith. It’s just faith in the wrong thing.

When the fear of getting sick causes us to get sick, or when doubt causes us to panic, we are exhibiting very strong faith. When you look at it this way you will realize how much fo-cus you are capable of. All you have to do is learn to channel your ability to fo-cus on the right thing.

Emotions are powerful engines. They can drive you to places you’ve never dreamed of going. Fear can paralyze you. Anger can cloud your mind and cause you to groundlessly harm others. Grief will consume your energy. Despair can cripple you into inactiv-ity. Whenever emotions

control your responses to situations, faith in God—in His ability to take control of your problems—can’t be exercised.

Negative emotions like doubt and fear show us we’ve been exercising the wrong Faith Muscle. God has given each of us a mea-sure of faith that is built up by reading the bible and dismissing anything that does not line up with truth.

You will know when your faith is firmly estab-lished when you can say

“If God said it, then that settles it.”

love, eloise

Band members selectedThree students from Gonzales Junior High School were chosen to perform as members of the Region 18 & 26 Band after they auditioned Saturday, Nov. 12 in Smithville. Pedro Deluna (tenor saxophone), Ivan Longoria (tuba) and Clay-ton Wilkerson (tuba) were selected from among the 500 area students who tried out. The students will perform with the band in a concert Saturday, Nov. 19 at Hutto High School.(Courtesy Photo)

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Dear Friends and Family,

I can only say “Thank You” which is not nearly enough for all the support you gave me and my family during Daniel’s ill-ness.

To Father Paul Raaz of St. James Catholic Church and Rev. Chris Irving of First Baptist Church for a beautiful service.

To my children and grandchildren who all were so helpful and supportive when needed, taking us to Doctor appointments or just listening, yes and even to cry with me sometimes.

I can’t imagine how we could have made it without our friends, and Christian families. A special thank you for all the food pro-vided by my church family at First Baptist Church during the days of treatment. We would be gone for hours and come home to a hot meal. Most of all a big Thank You for all the prayers and phone calls, how comforting when you are tired and feel-ing sad for the phone to ring and someone says I’m thinking of you and praying for Daniel.

A special thank you to First Baptist Church and the Knights of Columbus for the wonderful meal provided following the service.

To Sundance Center for Cancer Care and Cancer Centers of South Texas in New Braunfels, Thank You. A very special thanks to Dr. Hisey and the staff at Memorial Hospital for the great care you provided for Daniel in his last days and the caring concern for my family, words can not express my ap-preciation.

Daniel was a simple wonderful man who would have been amazed at the large turnout of family and friends, however I’m a believer so I know he is with our Lord and we will see each other again.

Thank you so much,God Bless,

Zilpha Dolezal

Obituaries

Sandra Ann Arriola, 1960-2011

ARRIOLASandra Ann Arriola, 51, of

Gonzales passed away Thurs-day, November 10, 2011. She was born September 9, 1960 in Gonzales to Jesse and Emilia Tabera Arriola. San-dra graduated from Gonzales High School with the class of 1979 where she had been active with the Apache Drill Team, Spanish Club, DEKA, and the Gonzales Apache High School Band. She had been a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She is survived by her daughters, Davila Ann Nichols (Cedric) of Gonzales, Emily Ann Arri-ola of Killeen, Sissy Ann Arri-ola of Gonzales, Christy Ann Arriola of Gonzales, sons, Jesse Arriola and Joseph Ar-riola (Layla) both of Gonza-les, mother, Emilia Tabera of Gonzales, sisters, Sylvia Ague-ro (Mike) of Bryan, Sarah Torres (George) of Gonzales, Sonia Olivares (Joe) of Austin and 12 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father and nephew George Torres, Jr. A rosary was recit-ed for her at 7 p.m. Wednes-day evening and a Mass of Christian Burial was held at 1 p.m. Thursday November 17, 2011 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Fr. Paul Raaz as celebrant. Interment was held in St. James Catholic Ceme-tery. Pallbearers: Jesse Arriola, Joseph Arriola, Cedric Nich-ols, Miguel Aguero, Christo-pher Torres and Michael Lee Torres. Honorary pallbearers: David Anthony Rodriguez Ramirez, Fabian “Bucky” Ramirez, Camren Ramirez, Avery Arriola. Memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church Parrish Hall Building Fund or the Ameri-can Cancer Society. The fam-ily had received friends at the

funeral home Wednesday evening. Services were under the care and direction of Sey-dler-Hill Funeral Home.

David R. Hastings Sr., 1960-2011

HASTINGSBrother David R. Hastings

Sr. entered this world through the love and union of Leslie and Melvella Garner Hast-ings. He confessed his faith in Christ at an early age, under the leadership of his pastor, the late Reverend Dr. R. Arm-strong at the Providence Mis-sionary Baptist Church.

Around the year 1998, Da-vid relocated to Austin, Texas, becoming employed by the Texas Highway Department. He later married Debra Polk, and to this union no children were born. In 2001, David then moved to San Antonio, Texas, where he worked for the Select Vinyl Company.

He was a 1979 graduate of Gonzales High School. To re-lax, david thoroughly enjoyed riding and caring for his hors-es and playing pool.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie and Melvella Hastings; maternal and paternal grandparents; and by one grandson, David Ray III.

He leaves to think of him and smile, his wife Debra; a daughter, Natalie BuShea Hastings; two sons, David Ray Jr. and Brian Martinez, along with their mother Su-san, all from Austin, Texas; Ricky Flowers of San Antonio, Texas; four sisters: Alice Flow-ers (Donnie), Christine Kline (Noah), Vivian Mathis (Reavi-ous), and Sandra Washington, all of Gonzales; two brothers: George Wright Jr. of San An-tonio, Texas, and Stanley Ray King of Houston, Texas; a host of nieces and nephews, uncles,

aunts and cousins.When “his roll was called

up yonder,” Angela Flowers, his longtime patient, loving and caring companion, was by his side.

Services were held on Nov. 12, 2011 at Providence Bap-tist Church. Arrangements by Harris Family Funeral Home, 127 Hwy 90A, Gonzales.

Fay Meyer, 1933-2011MEYER

FAY MEYER, age 78, of Stafford, Texas passed away, Tuesday, November 8, 2011. She was born July 28, 1933, in Louise, Texas. Fay was a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was Char-ter President of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post # 4010, in Stafford, and President of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary District 16. Fay also served as Texas Chairman of the La-dies Auxiliary to the VFW’s Cancer Aid and Research. An avid bowler, she traveled with her husband, Robert, all over the state of Texas competing in various tournaments. She was preceded in death by both her parents; two brothers and three sisters. Fay is survived by her husband of fifty- nine years, Robert; sons, Frank, Don, Ken, and their spouses; seven grandchildren; nine great- grandchildren; one older brother; and numer-ous other loving relatives and friends. A visitation with the family was held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, November 12, 2011, at Earthman Southwest Cha-pel, 12555 South Kirkwood, Stafford, TX, with a Funeral Service at 11:00 AM. Inter-ment followed at 3:00 PM, Saturday, November 12, 2011, at Moulton Cemetery, Moult-on, Texas. Flowers can be sent to Earthman Southwest Fu-neral Home.

Scout food driveThe Boy Scouts of Gonzales will be doing

a food drive to benefit GCAM this Saturday morning, Nov 19. We will be picking up food from front porches starting at 9 a.m. GCAM is especially in need of canned green vegetables, cereal, peanut butter, and other non-perish-able items. The Scouts want to thank everyone in advance for their support. If we miss your house on Saturday morning, please call us at 672-6869 and we will come get the food.

RFL team captainsAmerican Cancer Society Relay For Life in

Gonzales County Team Captain’s meeting Monday, December 5, 2011 at 5:15 p.m. at the Abiding Word Lutheran Church at 1310 St. Louis Street in Gonzales. For more information, may contact Carolyn Kocian at 830-672-9403 or Kristie Mercer at 672-7581.

Community ThanksgivingEl Centro Cristiano “Agua Viva” (The Christian

Center of “Living Water”) of Waelder is holding its 2nd annual Community-Wide Thanksgiving Dinner.

The event will take place on Thursday, Nov. 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Waelder Com-munity Center, located at 311 Highway 90 West.

The dinner is for all residents in the Waelder area and will be offered free of charge, al-though monetary donations would be appre-ciated to go toward the church’s scholarship fund.

For more information, call Vickie Mica at 830-305-6789 or Pastor Chris Porter at 830-203-0620.

Youth for Christmas 5KAll area runners and walkers are being asked

to participate in the 2nd annual Youth for Christmas 5K Run/Walk and Kids K.

The event will start at 8 a.m. in front of the St. James Church, located at 417 N. College in Gonzales. Runners will head east on St. Louis and wind through the Disc Golf Park out to St. Lawrence, where they will finish in front of the church.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Catholic Youth of Gonzales and Waelder for funding of religious youth activities.

Medals will be awarded to overall male and female runners and to the top three in each standard age division. The first 100 registered participants will receive a Youth for Christmas T-shirt.

Registration fee for the 5K is $20 and $10 for the Kids K. Checks should be made payable to St. James Catholic Church-Youth for Christmas 5K. Mail entry and registration fee to: St. James Catholic Church-Youth for Christmas 5K, 417 N. College St., Gonzales, TX 78629. To register online, visit the website www.active.com/run-ning/gonzales-tx/youth-for-christmas-5k-run-walk-and-kids-k-2011.

Santa’s HelpersSanta’s Helpers will hold their Monthly Meet-

ing on Thursday, November 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Country Village Square.

Community BingoThe Heights of Gonzales is having Commu-

nity Bingo, Friday, November 18th at 2:30 p.m. It is free to play. Bingo winners will receive $1 for each Bingo and $50 split for Blackout. Must be 55 or older or a resident of a Care Facility to win blackouts. Hosted by Hospice of South Texas, Gonzales Memorial Healthcare Systems and The Height of Gonzales.

4-H poinsettia saleGonzales County 4-H members will again

be selling Poinsettias this year. The sale will be on Friday, December 2nd 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. at Marrou & Company. Everyone is invited to come by and see the beautiful flowers. All pre-sale orders for flowers and wreaths are to be picked up that day between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.

For more information please contact the Gonzales County Extension Office at 830/672-8531.

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

a non-profit, multi-church ministry would like to bless you with a free lunch. Meals will be dis-tributed Saturday, Nov. 19 beginning at 11 a.m. in the GCAM parking lot located at 708 St. Louis Street. Volunteers and donations are welcome. Contact Linda at 361-275-1216.

Breakfast Bake SaleThe St. Paul High School Student Council will

hold a breakfast bake sale on Monday, Novem-ber 21 before school beginning at 7:30 am in the school parking lot. Breakfast items include: donuts, homemade breakfast tacos, home-made muffins, homemade banana nut bread, homemade pigs- in- a- blanket, and fresh fruit cups. Please come out and support the St. Paul High School Student Council.

DeWitt Traffic MeetingThe DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office will be

hosting an organizational meeting of stake-holders whom are interested in or impacted by the recent increase in traffic caused primar-ily by the Eagle Ford Shale play in DeWitt and surrounding counties. It is hoped that working together, we can achieve a planned approach to our traffic needs.

Due to the increase in traffic numbers, complaints by drivers and road condition, it is necessary for us to deal with the current situ-ation as well as producing a well planned and systematic approach to our needs in the future.

We invite you to our organizational meet-

ing to be held on Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. in Cuero. The exact location will be determined later and those who RSVP will be notified. Please RSVP by November 15, 2011 to [email protected] or 361-275-0899.

Delhi VFD RaffleDon’t miss out on the Delhi VFD 2nd annual

gun raffle. Tickets are $20 for a chance at eight different firearms. Drawing will be held on Dec. 17 at the Delhi Community Center along with our Chili Cook-Off and chili dinner. Please come join us from 4-6 p.m. on Dec. 17.

Delhi bazaarThe Delhi Ladies’ Club will host its annual ba-

zaar from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Delhi Community Center on Highway 304 near FM 713. There will be handmade crafts, baked goods and a drawing for a queen size hand-made quilt at 3 p.m. Quilt tickets are $1 each or six for $5.

Thanksgiving pie saleThe Learning Center announces its third an-

nual Thanksgiving pie sale! $15 for a pecan or apple pie, $10 for a pumpkin pie. Orders must be placed by noon on Monday Nov 21 and pies will be available for pick up on Tues Nov 22 1-4 or Wed Nov 23 9-12. Need it delivered? We’ll see what we can do!

Call us at 830 672-8291 to place an order.Proceeds will help us keep providing free

GED and English as a Second Language classes to folks from Gonzales, Lavaca, Guadalupe, De-witt, Karnes, and Caldwell counties.

Book Club MeetingThe Gonzales Book Club meets on the third

Thursday of the month. This month’s meeting will be on Nov 17, from 10-11am at Liford’s Books and Fine Art to discuss “The Scarlet Let-ter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Everyone is wel-come and invited to attend. Please join us!

Monthalia Pumpkin PatchAll are welcome to come to the Pumpkin

Patch at Monthalia United Methodist Church, 1926 County Road 112, Cost, Texas. Please con-tact Jackie at 830-437-5730 for information and scheduling.

Senior Citizens CenterThe Gonzales Senior Citizens Center would

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

We serve a hot delicious 1/3 RDA delicious meal noon each day. The cost of the meal is a $2.00 voluntary donation that is applied to the total cost of the meal.

We would like some suggestions for activi-ties that you would like to see at the Gonzales Center.

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

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

Piano LessonsGonzales Library. Piano Lessons: FREE. Stu-

dents: Age 8-18. Lessons: once a week. Regis-tration at Library by Parent/Guardian. Library Membership Required. Telephone Registration NOT Accepted.

Job CorpsThe Job Corps is currently enrolling appli-

cants 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 avail-able as well. Get started today, call 512-665-7327.

Shelter VolunteersThe Guadalupe Valley Family Violence Shel-

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

Donations NeededThe Learning Center is seeking donations of

caps and gowns. If you have donations, please contact Ann Gaines Rodriguez at the Gonzales 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 ev-

ery 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 in-formation, call 672-1031.


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of Twin Cedars reported he was in his office at the store when the storm hit. “I looked out the win-dow and saw the roof was in the parking lot,” he said.

Meteorologist Bill Hecke of ra-dio station KCTI confirmed that

funnel clouds had been sighted at several spots in the county and that what caused the damage in Gonzales could have been the powerful downdraft of a funnel cloud -- a tornado which does not hit the ground.

“We had a funnel cloud report-ed north of Nixon between Nixon

and Smiley on FM 97, that was reported by law enforcement,” he said. “We also had a report of a funnel cloud about six miles west-southwest of Gonzales near Cost and another north of Gon-zales.”

Hecke said the strong winds accompanying funnel clouds can

sometimes be as strong as a weak F0 of F1 tornado.

“As this system blew through, we had reports of a 68-mph wind gust around Medina (south of San Antonio),” he said.

City Manager George Blanche of Nixon said the only damage re-ported in his area was a downed

power line near Nixon-Smiley High School.

Gonzales firefighters worked feverishly on a vehicle off St. George St. which was crushed by bricks flying off a building fa-cade before it was determined no one had been in the car when the bricks crushed it.


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Paying Tribute to Our Heroes

From Apache Field to veterans posts and schools, residents across the region turned out on Thursday to pay tribute to our honored veterans.

Veteran Jeff Pesek (left photo) salutes after laying a wreath hon-oring fallen comrades during ceremonies at Shiner Catholic School.

Col. Kenneth McGinty (left) joined Staff Sgt. Bob Young and Gen. Sam Turk in bringing their reminiscences to the crowd at Apache Stadium, while Bill Hecke (bottom right, far right) was the fea-tured speaker during activities at the Gonza-les VFW Post.

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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

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

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

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

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

Christian

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

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

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

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

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

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

Henson Chapel United Method-ist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

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

Emmanuel Fellowship

1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

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

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

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

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

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

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

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

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

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…that a free Thanksgiving ZUM-BA class is being offered by instructor Patsy Scherrer? It will be held at the Richardson Christian Center in Nix-on on Monday, November 21 from 6:30–7:30. The introductory class is for anyone over twelve years of age.

…that the Second Annual Leesville Thanksgiving Dinner will be held on Saturday, November 19 from noon until 2:00? The meal is sponsored by community churches and will be served at Encouraging Word.

…that the Second Annual Nixon Thanksgiving Celebration will be held on Sunday, November 20 at 5:00? It is sponsored by the local ministerial al-

liance and will be held at First Baptist Church.

…that answers to anything you ever wanted to know about success-ful pheasant hunting in Ohio can be found right here in Nixon? All you need to do is strike up a conversation with Bob Wendel, Bryce Wagener, Josh Holmes, Trevor Henderson, or Sam Henderson.

NIXON —The Nixon city council met Monday, November 14 in its regu-lar monthly meeting with the following members present: Mayor Bonnie Chessher, John Mercier, Cindy Pieprzica, Hector Dominguez, and George

Pena. Dorothy Riojas was not present.

After a presentation by PABS Management, LLC regarding recommenda-tions and fiscal advantag-es to be found in a city-wide recycling program, council members agreed to consider the possibil-ity.

Stop signs were ap-

proved for the corners of North Washington Av-enue and East 5th Street, making the intersection a four-way stop.

The council voted to adopt a resolution to tax tangible personal proper-ty in transit, which would otherwise be exempt pur-suant to Texas Tax Code Section 11.253. It was agreed the action should be on the books for use in the future.

Approval was given toward an ordinance au-thorizing City of Nixon Combination Tax and Subordinate Lien Revenue

Certificates of Obligation, Series 2011. This provides for the payment of said certificates by the levy of an ad valorem tax on all taxable property within the city. This further se-cures said certificates by a subordinate and inferior lien on and pledge of the net revenues. The city will authorize the terms and conditions of said certifi-cates relating to issuance, payment, security, sale, and delivery. The city also authorized the execution of a paying agent/registrar agreement, a purchase and investment letter, a

letter of representation with the depository trust company, and an effective date. The rate will be 2.37 percent.

An official proclama-tion was adopted welcom-ing new businesses that have moved to Nixon and honoring all established local businesses. This, the first full week following Veteran’s Day, was desig-nated for this purpose in 2011, and annually here-after.

The council’s allot-ment of 45 votes toward the election of members to the Gonzales County

Appraisal Board of Direc-tors was assigned to Bud Wuest, county commis-sioner.

After an executive ses-sion, an amendment was added to truck ordinance #0-2011-10-17: South Congress and West Third Avenue are to be desig-nated as “no thru trucks” zones. Based on a waiver request by Holmes Foods, Inc., it was approved for their trucks to use Ran-cho Road.

Council approved em-ployment of a part-time code enforcement per-son.

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By CEDRIC [email protected]

Luling looks at plans for capital projects

Trunk or Treat at SPHThis past Halloween, Shiner Catholic School hosted their first ‘Trunk or Treat’ on the school grounds. Here, Philip Pilat, Ben Janecek, Mary Ann Stock and Diana Machacek are all smiles as children learn of St. Conrad of Constance. St. Con-rad did not let his fear of spiders keep him from worshiping the Lord. From the trunks of teachers’ decorated cars, each participating class presented a brief biography on their chosen saint. They then handed out treats which included prayer cards, book marks, candy and other items relating to that saint. The af-ternoon affair was a safe, enjoyable and educational event highlighting Jesus and prayer as the ‘treat’ in Christians’ lives. The Church honors saints as holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives. The students learned of how God calls each one of us to be a saint. (Courtesy Photo)

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LULING — City Council took a look at the city’s long-range needs in the area of wastewater treatment during a workshop meeting Tuesday and was told the city is looking at costs of around $6.5 million to address facility aging and other issues over the next couple of decades.

Consultant Bradley C. Loehr of Be-fco Engineering told the council that the price-tag looks steep at first, but not spread out over a period of years. “This is something you can program into the budget a little bit each year,” he said.

That drew a sigh of relief from council-man John Wells.

“I don’t know how many bake sales we’re gonna have to have,” he quipped.

City manager Bobby Berger said the wastewater study presented to the city Tuesday as part of the city’s overall mas-ter plan is “a planning tool.” We’re al-ready looking for grants and other tools

to do some of these,” he told the council.Loehr told the council the city’s two

primary wastewater treatment facili-ties were last upgraded in the 1990s and that the major expense on both will be improvements to or new sludge drying beds. The current facilities’ sludge beds take too long to dry out for disposal, he said.

Both facilities will also require a num-ber of minor transitions, he said, such as changing painted-iron handrails to gal-vanized steel or aluminum. Repairs will also need to be made to the clarifiers and trickle filters as well.

The newly-acquired Hot Springs Plant, while a much smaller operation, is in more need of repair, Loehr said. The arms on the clarifier at that facility no longer turn, meaning that sludge is filtered only along a narrow strip of the bed.

Other improvements discussed includ-ed turning all of the city’s sewage-lift sta-tions from above-ground to submerged facilities.

By DAVE MUNDY

[email protected]

Nixon council designates week for honoring businessesBy KEY GARNERCannon Correspondent

WAELDER — The Waelder In-dependent School District Board of Trustees took another look at its telecommunication device policy during a regular meeting Monday night.

“One of your fellow board members called and asked that this item be placed on the agen-da,” said WISD superintendent Mark Weisner. “She said she re-ceived several phone calls ask-ing that the financial part of the policy be looked at again.”

Last June, the board changed the student handbook by adding a revision prohibiting the use of cell phones, laptops and other such devices on campus during regular school hours. First-time

violations of the code result in a $30 fine and a second offense car-ries a fine of $50. A third offense will result in complete forfeiture of the device, not to be returned.

Suggested as an alternative was that in lieu of a fine, students could per-form manual labor or work off the penalty in some other fashion around campus.

“The problem with that is then we would have to get someone to super-vise them,” said Weisner. “While that is an option, I don’t know if it’s an at-tractive option in terms of our man-power usage.”

Trustee Cathy Hernandez said she believed the board did sufficient de-liberation on this topic previously and the policy should remain the same.

“We had issues with this the first time around when it came to the dol-lars,” she said. “Some of us (board

members) met the other board mem-bers halfway because we originally wanted $50 to be the first fine. I un-derstand someone wanted to revisit this, but it’s like going back and redo-ing work.”

She made a motion to leave the policy unchanged and it was second-ed by Avery Williams. The motion passed unanimously.

In other business, the board:• Accepted Gonzales County

Extension Agent Dwight Sex-ton, Delores Martinez and Chris Mindieta as adjunct teachers.

• Cast all of the district’s votes for Lauren Clampit for the Gon-zales County Appraisal District Board of Directors.

• Cast all of the district’s votes for Frank Hines for the Caldwell County Appraisal District Direc-tor.

Have You Heard?By KEY GARNER

Cannon Correspondent


Found: Wedding Ring left at Wal-Mart. Call (830) 445-6597 and describe.

Lost - 5 Donkeys. 1 Black, 4 white. I-10, 304, Hensling Lane area. 830-437-2952.

The Heights of Gon-zales Activity De-partment is looking for a fridge/freezer to hold supplies for event refreshments. If you would like to donate or know of one that is reason-ably priced, contact Gwen Koncaba, 830-672-4530. --------------------------Gonzales Learning Center seeking do-nations of caps and gowns. Call 830-672-8291 for infor-mation.--------------------------Job Corps is cur-

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

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Gonzales Tx 78629 --------------------------WRITERS NEEDEDThe Cannon, your regional weekly for Gonzales and sur-rounding counties, is taking applica-tions for regional c o r r e s p o n d e n t s in Luling, Waelder, Moulton, Shiner, Flatonia, Halletts-ville, Yoakum, Cu-ero, Smiley and Nixon to cover everything from meetings to feature stories to sports. Pay is on a per-assignment basis. Please contact Gen-eral Manager Dave Mundy at [email protected] position available for MDS Coordinator. Must be Licensed Voca-tional Nurse with knowledge of MDS in Long Term Care. Please apply in per-son at The Heights of Gonzales Nurs-ing and Rehabilita-

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

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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.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSCITY OF GONZALESGONZALES, TEXAS

300 BLOCK ST. GEORGE STREETIMPROVEMENTS

Separate sealed bids addressed to the City of Gonzales (OWNER) clearly la-beled “ATTENTION: CITY SECRETARY, 300 BLOCK ST. GEORGE STREET IMPROVEMENTS” will be received at Gonzales City Hall, 820 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas 78629, until 2:00 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, and then publicly opened and read aloud immediately.

This project entails the demolition and reconstruction of approximately 400 linear feet of street (300 Block of St. George Street) including sidewalks, curb & gutter, storm sewer and water and wastewater lines. The new construction includes approximately 7,000 SF of Sidewalk, 900 LF of Curb & Gutter, 1,500 SY of Pave-ment consisting of limestone and 2 course surface treatment with an alternate for HMAC, and approximately 350 LF 36” Storm Sewer, plus storm sewer laterals and curb inlets. It also includes the installation of approximately 430 L.F. of 8” PVC Water Line, 265 LF PVC wastewater line, 440 L.F. of irrigation line, 440 L.F. of electric conduit, 6 trees in tree wells and 6 Lamp Posts and Lights. The pro-posed work shall also include installation of erosion controls, traffic controls, and removal and disposal of demolished and excess materials.

The Contract Documents, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Bid Proposal, Bid Bond, Agreement, Performance and Payment Bonds, General Conditions, Special Conditions, Notice of Award, Notice to Proceed, Tech-nical Specifications and Plans, together with any Addenda are available at Doucet & Associates, Inc., 427 St. George Street, Suite 304, Gonzales, Texas 78629, (830) 672-1205, or at Doucet & Associates, Inc., 7401B Highway 71 West, Suite 160, Austin, Texas 78735, (512) 583-2600. Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents may be examined and purchased for a non-refundable fee of $30.00.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a cashier’s check or certified check upon a national or state bank in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total actual bid price payable without recourse to the City of Gonzales, or a bid bond in the same amount from a reliable surety company as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into a contract and execute required performance and payment bonds.

The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder; however, the right is reserved, as the interests of the OWNER may require, to reject any and all bids, and to waive any informality or minor defects in bids received. Bids may be held by the City of Gonzales for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of the opening for Bids for the purpose of reviewing the Bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding of the Contract.

A pre-bid conference will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 2:00 o’clock p.m. at City Hall. A site visit will be made during the conference; however, con-tractors shall make their own individual site inspections and/or investigations to make themselves aware of existing conditions/issues. Failure to make adequate observations and/or ask questions shall not be grounds for requesting additional work or services. Questions shall be forwarded to J. Keith Schauer, P.E., 427 St. George Street, Suite 304, Gonzales, Texas 78629, (830) 672-1205, by 5:00 o’clock p.m. Friday, November 18, 2011.

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Revenue ColleCtion CleRkPart-time position with the revenue

collection department. This is an entry level office/clerical position responsible for customer service

and assisting customers with city-related business. Must have knowledge of secretarial procedures,

cashiering, bookkeeping, and telephone operations. Must be efficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. High school Diploma or equivalent. A

minimum of one year experience in general office or accounting experience recommended. Hours

vary from 19-38 per week. Applicant must be able to pass a pre-screen drug and alcohol test. The City of Gonzales is an equal

opportunity employer and encourages all interested parties to apply.

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Christian Kids Daycareis having a Garage Sale

Saturday, 8-12 at 1214 St. Louis.Shelves, desks, toys, chalkboard,

baked goods, hot cocoa, misc. odds-n-ends.

Come out and get a good bargain!!!Proceeds are being donated to

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FOR SALE: Queen size mattress, Box Springs & frame. $75.00 Call Debbie, 672-7100 or 857-3974.--------------------------Westein Running Boards. $140. For pictures or any questions, please email [email protected] Windberg - Winters Velvet Mantle - $250.00. Signed Affidavit of Limited Edition 12x36 in frame. Email [email protected] for pictures or any questions.--------------------------Baby and Womens Clothes for sale. Cheap. Call 361-772-5566.--------------------------25” Color TV & en-tertainment center. Excellent condition. 830-672-6414.--------------------------For Sale: Hydrau-lic Motor Lift, Hy-draulic Transmis-sion Jack, 2 motor stands, Large Air Compressor, Fridgedair, double door ice box, Elec-tric stove (range), 9 months old, Shop Grinder & vice w/table and numer-ous other tools etc... Prices are negotia-ble. Call for prices. 830-857-4997--------------------------1979 International 5 ton Ramsy winch, rolling tailboard, Hydraulic Crane (detached), down riggers. Like new tires. Runs good. $8,000 obo. Individ-ual, 830-660-2813.--------------------------MUST TAKE IT ALL! Barbie Dolls, some still in packages, purses, games, kitchen items, VHS tapes (new & used), more! All for only $100! Call 713-449-8861.--------------------------Power Box Asphalt Paving Machine and Roller. Good Condition. $9,900. Call after 5 p.m. 361-594-3668.--------------------------Small computer desk, wood, $40.00 obo. Large play-pen, $25.00. Both in great condition. 830-203-9159.--------------------------For Sale: pickup bed utility trailer, $125. (830) 377-8814.--------------------------Deer Hunters: For sale; feeder and feeder parts; cam-eras etc. 830-857-5720 --------------------------

ATTENTION TRUCKERS.

Cobra 25, NW Ltd, Classic CB, Igloo Ref. Cooler, Wave Box, Portable Mi-crowave. $50.00 each. 361-596-4502 or 361-401-0556.--------------------------

--------------For Sale: Used 2x4’s. Call 263-1181 for in-formation.--------------------------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.--------------------------For sale: Float tube for fishing, like new. $50 obo. Also elec-tric trolling motor-make offer. 857-5720.--------------------------Baby bed for sale. $60. Call 254-931-5712.--------------------------Electric Hospital Bed, $300. 12 func-tion exercise bi-cycle, $65. Prices Negotiable. 830-582-1120, Nixon.--------------------------Insulated 6x8 stor-age building. Like new. Used as a pro-duce cooler. $1,000. Call 512-227-6950.--------------------------Proform Treadmill. Model 380CS. Pro-grammable, in-cludes built-in fan, speaker for IPOD radio. Like new con-dition. $350/obo. Contact Liz, 830-263-2103.--------------------------Whirlpool Heavy Duty Gas Dryer. Good condition. $75. Can be seen at 511 Church St. 830-857-4993.--------------------------For Sale: Thomas Playmate with Col-or Glo Chord Organ. Good condition. All instruction books included. Call Sue, 672-2192.--------------------------Utility trailer. All wired for lights. Current tag. $575. 512-917-4078.--------------------------Commercial, Martin Luther King, Desk and many other calendars with your chosen informa-tion. Personal ser-vice at your busi-ness. Spread your website or business information all over South Texas. 830-437-5142 or cell, 830-857-0876.--------------------------Prayer Shawl, 38x72, handmade, $75.00. Animal or bird cage, utility wire, 14x18, $60.00. 512-917-4078.--------------------------FREE 3 haul Fiber-glass boat, 16 ft. Needs work & no leaks. Call for infor-mation. 830-540-3574.--------------------------Fullsize Mattress & Box Springs, $100. Queensize Mattress and Box Springs, $175. Both in ex-cellent condition & sanitized. 830-672-3728.--------------------------2 young ladies black jackets size 14. One is leather. 672-8034.--------------------------Old Readers Digests for Sale. Call 830-672-3362.--------------------------Autograph picture of Muhammad Ali/Cassius Clay (60’s), Certificate of Au-thenticity (11x16), $1,400. Yellow Lab Stud Service. (806) 577-3962.--------------------------Beautiful hand-

made “orange poin-settia” pottery bowl. Large. Great gift. $35. Call (512) 917-4078.--------------------------Culligan Water Softner and Rust Remover, old cars, elect. water heater, 2001 Fiber Truck bed w/key, Hay Bal-ers, Bar B Q pipe. 830-437-5759.--------------------------128 used letter-size hanging file folders, most have colored tabs, excellent con-dition. $30 cash for all or $7 per 25. 830-672-1106.--------------------------Computer, printer & desk, all $400. Stamina #4755 ex-ercise machine. Like new condition. $100/obo. 672-2267.--------------------------4 tires. LT2457QR17 in good condition. $100 obo. 830-672-2075.--------------------------Metal Bench, $150; Organ, $50; School desk & books of all kinds. Just out of Moulton on 532. Call 361-596-4403.--------------------------Tanning Bed for Sale. 1996, 24SF. $300. Children’s wardrobe, good condition. $300. 672-7127.--------------------------Beautiful Vintage water color paint-ing, landscape & water. 12x19. $375. Antique very or-nate picture frame. 16x20, $295. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Dalhart Winberg original oil painting, landscape, $3800 (512)917-4078.--------------------------For Sale: Picnic ta-bles built with treat-ed 2x6 lumber with bolts and screws. No nails. 4, 6, and 8 foot sizes available. For more details call 830-540-4776 or 830-857-3273. De-livery Available.

Oak Firewood, $100/Cord; $50/1/2 cord; $30/Wheel-barrow; $5.00/bun-dle. Delivery Avail-able. Discounts on large orders. Hwy. 304 Delhi area. 830-857-4286.--------------------------For Sale: Post Oak Firewood - year old - size and quantity to fit your need. De-livery available. Call for prices, 830-540-

4776 or 830-857-3273.

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

For Sale: 4 bale hay hauler. $1,000. (830) 437-2826.--------------------------For Sale: Case 970 tractor, new rear tires. $5,000. (830) 377-8814.--------------------------John Deere 350 C Dozer. 90% Condi-tion Overall and 1988 Wrangler, new mo-tor. Sahara special Make offer on Jeep and Tractor. Call 857-1781.--------------------------For Sale: Cat D6C Dozer, power shift, hydraulic single blade, Hyster Winch w/cable, brush cab, extra set tracks pads. 830-437-5759.--------------------------Ford 3000 Tractor. Diesel. $4,800. Call 830-203-9385.--------------------------1977 WW 2-horse straight load bum-per pull. Good con-dition - ready to haul. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------Old western saddle, needs repair $150 (512) 917-4078.--------------------------2 wheel trailer. Call Robert at 830-203-0540.

6 pc. Solid Oak Bed-room Set. $500/OBO. Call 361-772-5566.--------------------------Solid wood double bookcase head-board, $50. 36x62 solid wood table, $40. 672-8390.--------------------------Bar Stools, 2-24” dark w/rattan cane, swivel seats, nice. $35.00 each. 2-24” V-finish ladder back w/woven seats. $15.00 each. 830-263-1702.--------------------------Cargo style sofa. $100.00. Call 361-772-5859.--------------------------Custom Designed Western motif 3 panel decorative screen, 54”x78 1/2’, horses, brands & leather look, $395. 512-917-4078.--------------------------For sale 3 piece an-tique loveseat, lamp’s

new and used mo-bile chair with bat-teries. 1827 St. Louis 830-672-8034.

Bank Repo in excel-lent condition. Easy finance or Cash bids accepted. 512-308-9204 rbi35271. Cen-tralTexasRepos.com--------------------------New 2012 Clayton 3 bedroom, 2 baths. $25,750 every day low pricing. 512-308-9204 rbi35271. w w w. B a s t r o p H -omeSource.com--------------------------’07 Doublewide, sits on 10 ac. Homesteaded, AG exempt, chain-link fence in yard and around 10 ac. Large deck on front, small one in back. Covered dog pen, outside night light. Different types of sheds. Water Softener tanks at-tached to back of house, for inside water only. 4BR/1 Bath, LR, carpeted, rest have linoleum. Master bedroom has walk-in closet, very roomy, high ceilings all through house. Ceiling fans in all 4 bedrooms and Living room, also White block Fireplace never used, Island kitchen between kitchen & dining room w/bar-stools. Silver cabi-nets. Belmont area, Gonzales School Route. Call Candy, LREB at 210-365-2803. --------------------------2002 Fleetwood Festival Ltd. 76x16 in excellent condi-tion. 3 bedrooms and 2 bath. I am selling it for the pay off, est. $24,000. The payments with Wilson County tax-es are about $250 a month. It is located in La Vernia and needs to be moved. Call Megan, 830-477-9792.--------------------------3/2, Singlewide Mo-bile Home. All elec-

tric, excellent con-dition. Also, Zenith 25 in. console TV and 25 inch color TV. All in excellent condition. Call 830-672-6414.--------------------------For Sale: 3br/2ba Fleetwood Mobile Home. 1,728 sq. ft. New roof, lami-nated wood floors, new windows, new furnace and door. Antique bath tub. 85% completely new remodeling throughout house. Must sell fast and be moved. Reduced $18,000/obo. Call 830-445-9889.--------------------------For Sale: 7.3070 Acres w/1973 Dou-blewide Mobile Home. 14 mi. South, FM 1117 in Seguin, TX. Mobile home is in need of repair. New water well. There are two sep-tic tanks on proper-ty. Asking $56,000. Call 830-401-0147.

1977 Chevy 1/2 ton, 2 wd, 4 spd, special ordered. Orinal own-er. $3,000 obo. 830-857-1506.--------------------------1995 Z71 Club Cab. 350 engine, toolbox, bedliner, rails, AC/Pwr., Auto, $1,800. 830-460-0995.--------------------------2006 Corvette, 16,000 miles. Very Clean. $33,000. Call 830-672-7040.--------------------------1997 Chevrolet 1500, short bed, V6, 128,000 miles. $2,600. Call 830-672-7040.--------------------------1999 Dodge Quad Cab. 5.9 engine, automatic, 85,000 miles. Clean. $13,500. Call 830-672-7040.--------------------------4 20” XD Series wheels from a 2008 Toyota Truck. Asking $800/obo. Call 830-857-6434.--------------------------For Sale: ‘94 Cadillac DeVille. $600. Call Luis, 830-339-0645.

Mercury Grand Marquis LS. Load-ed, 146,284 miles. $3,000. 830-437-2961.--------------------------For Sale: Bully Brand Sidesteps stainless steel for a Crew Cab Silverado. New body style. Asking $200/obo. Like new. 830-857-5598.--------------------------For Sale: 1981 Chevy dually, 10’ dump bed, $1,800. 1986 Chevy dually, welding bed, $1,800. 1970 Ford gravel truck, new brakes, $1,000. 1965 Chevy 1/2 ton pick-up, flat bed, $600. Call (830) 377-8814.--------------------------Grill Guard and Run-ning Boards for 2002 Durango. Westin Brand, excellent con-dition. $300. Call 830-560-0238.--------------------------For Sale. Older Buick Regal Sport Car. En-gine is gone. Body, tires are almost new. Air condition system is new. Make me an offer. 361-594-2129. Shiner, County Rd. 299, Box 577.--------------------------1988 Wrangler, new motor. Sahara special and John Deere 350 C Dozer. 90% Condi-tion Overall. Make of-fer on Jeep and Trac-tor. Call 857-1781.--------------------------“SIMPLY THE BEST deals on new Chev-rolets and GMCs AND 3 over 100 used vehicles with financ-ing to fit most credit situations. Grafe Chevrolet GMC - Hal-lettsville, TX - 800

798-3225 or 361-798-3281.”--------------------------1989 Ford Conver-sion Van. Super clean interior, good motor & A/C, transmissions slips, $1,900 firm. 830-437-5659 or 857-6565.--------------------------2000 Jeep Wrangler SE Sport 2D, New Tires and New Sony Stereo. 107,000 miles. Great Condition. Ask-ing $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.

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Address Property Owner/Applicant

SE Corner of Seydler St. KP Enterprises, LLCand Schurig LaneParcel #12473, 12488, 12487

All interested parties are encouraged to attend.

Please visit the City website at www.cityofgonzales.org or City Hall to view Agenda.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Gonzales will hold a Public Hearing on November 29, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. in City Council chambers at City Hall to consider the request of a rezone from R-1 Residential to a R-2 Resi-dential at the below address:

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012/2013

The City Council of the City of Gonzales will conduct a Public Hear-ing on the proposed budget for use of City Funds for the Fiscal Year Beginning April 1, 2012, and ending March 31, 2013. All interested citizens are hereby notified that the hearing will be held at the Gonzales Municipal Building Council Chambers, 820 St. Joseph Street at 6 p.m., Tuesday, December 6, 2011.

The purpose of the Public Hearing is to receive early public comments in writing or verbally on the proposed budget. All citizens are encour-aged to attend this public hearing and present their views to the City. The Gonzales Municipal Building is accessible to the disabled; disabled individuals who might have difficulty in attending this public hearing should contact this office of the Mayor to arrange for special assistance. If anyone interested in attending the public hearing requires a transla-tor, please contact the office of the Mayor prior to the public hearing so arrangements may be made. If you cannot attend in person, written comments may be submitted and will be accepted by the city until the public hearing is concluded.

I certify that a copy of the December 6, 2011, Notice of Public Hearing was posted on the City Municipal Building bulletin board on the 15th day of November 2011, at 3:00 p.m. and remained posted continuously for at least 72 hours proceeding the scheduled time of the meeting.

____________________________ Candice Witzkoske, City Secretary

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2009 Honda Trail-wagon, w/dump bed, headlights, re-ceiver hitch & seat belts. 2wd w/rear dif-ferential. $2,500. For more information, 672-8580.--------------------------2007 Saturn Ion, 56,000 Miles $5000 worth of perfor-mance parts. $9000 OBO 830-203-0282.--------------------------For sale: 1998 GMC P/U, V8 automatic, 2D Extended Cab, 181K miles, bed liner, tow-package, $3,800. 830-203-0287.

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

Belmont. 3 br/2 ba, fireplace. $850/mo., $850/dep. 830-437-5312. 830-832-7813., cell.--------------------------3/2, $850/mo., $500/dep. 318 De-Witt St. 830-445-9294.--------------------------3/2, like new 1,800 sq. ft. in Nixon. $1,000/mo. Call 830-857-6921.

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

For Lease: Small of-fice space w/work-shop located at 339 St. George. Recenlty Renovated, $400/month. For more information please (830) 672-5580.

Need your house or office cleaned? Call 512-216-4901 or 512-644-7682. Good References.--------------------------

HEY LOOK HERE!Are you looking for a job to help you supplement your income? A reward-ing job caring for

someone in their home who has Al-zheimers Disease. Do you have refer-ences and experi-ence and do you have a big heart? Then call me, it’s a rewarding job and it will make you feel awesome to know you’ve helped someone else. Call 830-391-4837.--------------------------You Vacation, I’ll take care of the place. Includes pets, yard, grand-ma. References. Ma-ture lady. Gonzales, 512-296-4845.--------------------------Do you need your house cleaned? No job is too small or too big. $10-$15/hr. Available M-S. Call Brittany Balderas at 445-0703. --------------------------House cleaning services available. Reasonable rates. Servicing Gonzales and surrounding areas. References available. Call Bar-bara at 979-777-8710 or email [email protected] Care Giver excellent ref-erences available for private setting in home hospital and nursing home. Day and night. 361-865-0286 or 832-655-9195.--------------------------Dennis Fojtek (Me-chanic), Moulton, Tx. 713-408-9388. Repairs the follow-ing: tractors, lawn mowers, tillers, chain saws, trucks etc.--------------------------Private Caregiver. 20+ years experi-ence. Hospice certi-fied. Looking to do private duty, cook, clean, drive. 361-772-2011.--------------------------Ironing done, in my home can pick up & deliver. References if needed. Call Lou-ise (830) 582-1120.--------------------------Will clean your house. I’m depend-able and have refer-ences. Call Mary at 830-672-4691.--------------------------All-around handy-man available. I also build sheds, 16x8 tool shed. Call 830-857-1959.--------------------------Building Demoli-tion – House, barns, etc. 830-263-0663 or 830-203-0540.--------------------------Hand for Hire, Odd Jobs Done, FREE estimates. Anything you don’t want to do, Junk hauling, Tree Removal, Lot clearing, House pressure washing, office help, ranch, farm, lawn & Flower beds, Barbed wire

fence repair, gutter cleaning, I do win-dows. One call does it all. Call Terry (830) 203-1503 or (830) 857-5927.

Need help with lawn or pool? Please call Gene Kridler at 830-857-1576.--------------------------Lawn care & shred-ding. Call for free estimates. 830-203-9385.--------------------------Lawn mowing ser-vice, residential & commercial. Li-ability ins., free esti-mates and low cost. No job too large or too small. 830-263-4181.--------------------------Will mow yards - reasonable rates. Call for free esti-mate, 830-857-5147.

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

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

GREAT DEAL!1997 Kountry Star 34 ft., 5th Wheel. 2 slideouts, upgrad-ed kitchen, ducted A/H, 11 storage c o m p a r t m e n t s , ceiling fans. NADA.com/RV appraised RV at $15,900. Ask-ing $10,000. Great home for oilfield. Located in Rock-port, TX. 361-645-1009.--------------------------2004 Wildcat 5th Wheel RV. 28 ft., equipped to sleep 5, w/lrg. slide con-taining sofa & di-nette. Lots of stor-age. Adapted to pull as gooseneck. Excellent condition. Call 361-218-1880.--------------------------2004 Fleetwood RV Pecos pop-up. Like new, only pulled from dealer. $4,000. Both units located near Old Moulton. Call 857-0734 or 361-596-7317.--------------------------1976 Ford Eldorado Motorhome. V-8, super clean, good motor & A/C. New refrigerator. $3,700/obo. 830-437-5659

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

FOR RENT: RV Spots. 30 amp hookups, septic & water, trash, all utili-ties paid, country living. Quiet area corner of FM 466 and Hwy. 80 in Bel-mont. 1 mile from river. $15.00 - night; $100.00 - week; $325 - month. $300 month if long term. 6 mths or more con-tract. For more info call 830-339-0307.--------------------------RV Sites Available in Nixon. $350/mo. in-cludes utilities. Call 830-857-6921.--------------------------FOR RENT: 2-RV Parking Sites, shade trees, all hook ups. 5 miles East Gon-zales. $350/mo. Call 263-0292.--------------------------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 or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.--------------------------2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. In-dependent Suspen-sion. Windshield and Roof. 4x4. Ask-ing - $4,950.00 in very good condi-tion. Call 830-857-4670.--------------------------For Sale: Motor-cycle trailer, $100. (830) 377-8814.--------------------------2008 Honda Four-trax with only 250 miles $3,500 o.b.o. 830-857-5236.--------------------------2 80CC Kawasaki 4-wheelers for sale. $900/each. Call 830-534-4996.

Enduro 55 lb. Thrust Minn Kota used 1 hour. $150. 916 Qualls St., Gonzales.--------------------------Boat Fender and life vests. $5 to $10 each. 916 Qualls St., Gonzales.--------------------------For Sale: 2007 Hon-da Shadow, VT 750 C2, 3,902 Miles. Like New condition. $3,000.00. 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.--------------------------2003 Dyna Super-Glide Harley 100 yr. Anniv. Gold Key ad-dition windshield, backrest, forward controls. Great con-dition. $7,500. 830-875-2278.--------------------------Having Fun with piano lessons with Shelia Wright 1622 N. College St. Youth and Adults Flexible Schedule (830) 672-2719.

Chihuahua puppies for sale. 7 wks. old. 1 male, 3 females, $100. Call 830-203-8899 for more infor-mation.--------------------------Adorable Longhair Chihuahua puppy, last one, is looking for a new home, male, 9 wks, pure bred, healthy, play-ful, raised in home with a lot of love. 1st shots, wormed. $125. 830-875-9519.--------------------------Dobermans. AKC Registered, Black/Tan, Born 7-2-11, 4 females. Warlock Breeding. Shots & Wormed, tails and dewclaws, $150. 830-857-3232.--------------------------AKC German Short-hair pointer pup-pies for sale. Great hunters & family companions. Male - $200; female - $250. 830-203-0470.--------------------------Pups For Sale. Great Pyrenees, (1/8 Ana-tolian). Call Sammie Gibson at (830) 203-8666.--------------------------Very cute Rat Terrier puppies. 6 wks old. $75. 830-203-0470.--------------------------Tiny Chihuahua puppies. 8 wks. Registered. S/W, ti-ger striped, Apple Head. $150-$175. 210-379-0771.--------------------------Cocker Spaniels AKC, 3 males, shots & wormed. $250.00. 830-540-4368 or 830-203-8511.--------------------------2 Great Dane pup-pies. Asking $225. 857-5147.--------------------------Turn your favorite pet photo into a work of art! Artist Brenda Shannon, Pastel or Acrylic. Great gift idea. (512) 917-4078.--------------------------5 Cockatiels. 2 years old. Yellow and gray. $50 each. Call 830-534-5930.

Registered Nubian Doe. 2 yrs. old. Not bred. $120. 512-718-0482.--------------------------For Sale: Two Reg-istered Hereford Bulls. One 5-year old herd bull and one 18-month old. Call 830-857-0560.--------------------------Banty’s For Sale. 3 roosters, 7 hens. $5.00 each. 512-917-4078.

For Sale: Minia-ture donkey, male, brown and grey, cross on back. 6 months old. Great pet and farm guard. Fairly friendly. Call 830-263-1441 or 830-672-2346.--------------------------Polish crested Blue Legged Bantam Chickens. 512-272-5147.--------------------------HACCP Trained per-son need to help write HACCP plan for poultry. 830-339-0419.--------------------------Boer Goats for Sale: 1 Billy, 6 mths. 1 Nannie, 6 mth & 5 Adult Nannies. Sell as package deal or individual. 830-560-0238.--------------------------For Sale: Sorrel Gelding, 10 yrs. old. Big, strong, sound ranch horse. Very good looking. Needs a strong rid-er. Gentle, calm dis-position. $850/firm. Call 361-596-4954.--------------------------Black Limousin & Black Angus Bulls. Also Heifers. 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.--------------------------APHA flashy mare for sale. Broke to ride. FMI please call 830-203-0470. $1750.00. Used in Playdays/trailride.--------------------------Pretty Reg. A.Q.H.A. Cremello Colt, 6 months old. Great c o n f o r m a t i o n . Good bloodline - Hollywood Gold & King. $500.00. 830-437-5671 or 830-857-4591.--------------------------Longhorn young bulls and heifers for sale. Foundation genetics. Yard art or breeders. Gold Star Longhorns, Bob Tinstman, 830-540-4591.--------------------------For Sale: Black An-gus Bulls. 1 1/2 yrs. old. $1200-$1500. 830-437-5772.--------------------------Yearling smoky grulla dun filly (solid). Has halter on and has been trailered. Asking $600 OBO. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------17 year sorrel paint with blue eye. Originally trained in western pleasure - used for trail rides. Asking $1,200. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------7 year dun paint. Well trained, ready to finish your way. Asking $2,000. (830) 857-5695.--------------------------White Leghorn chickens, $7.00 each. 830-857-4580.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.--------------------------M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians) 18” to 24” tall. Good weed eaters. Fun to have around. Beautiful silver and white herd sire. (7 left) 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.

2/1 home. 714 Sey-dler St. Owner Fi-nance. $75,000 or best cash offer. Call Martha, 830-556-2280. Habla Espa-

nol.--------------------------511 Williams, Up-dated, 2BR/1BA, central A/C & Heat. Insulated. Wood floors throughout, kitchen & shower hard tile. Nancy, Stobaugh, Realtor, 512-297-8500, Sale or Lease.--------------------------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.5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equip-ment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-

4888 for informa-tion.--------------------------6+ Acres at end of Oil Patch Lane. Zoned Commercial for $180,000. Can divide into smaller tracts. Call 210-416-0041.--------------------------Small acreage for sale or lease on US 183 just North of US 90A in Gonzales. Great for oilfield, etc. 830-203-0470.--------------------------Approximately 10 acres for lease in Gonzales. Great for commercial busi-ness. For more info please call 830-203-0470.--------------------------For Sale: 7.3070 Acres w/1973 Doublewide Mo-bile Home. 14 mi. South, FM 1117 in Seguin, TX. Mobile home is in need of repair. New water well. There are two septic tanks on property. Asking $56,000. Call 830-401-0147.

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Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms has immediate full time positions available for:

Mushroom HarvestersPicker Helpers

IrrigatorProduction Crew

We offer 401K, vacation and life insurance.Apply at

Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms, Inc., County Road 348, Gonzales, TX.

830-540-4516.KPFM is an EOE employer.


HELP WANTED

RECREATION

Transport DriversThree years over the road

driving experience preferred and a current Class A CDL with

HazMat and Tanker endorsements required. Competitive

compensation with night and holiday pay differential. Sign on

bonus available to qualified applicants. Benefits include two

weeks paid vacation, health insurance and 401(k).

Immediate opening for slip seat driver in Gonzales - minimum

4 nights a week.Applications may be picked up

and returned to Johnson Oil Company

1113 E. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, TX 78629

or call Mike Burke, Transportation Manager

830-672-9574, ext. 333.

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Needed Immediately We are expanding our services to your area!

Sign-On Bonus, Great Benefits Package, Paid Holidays & Student loan

re-payment assistance

Well, here at Health Force wetreat both Geriatrics and Pediatrics

patients. You have the option to choose anage group that interests you the most!

For Sale2008 KZ Inferno Toyhauler RV

$45,000Retail Price was $65,000

This 40 foot long RV has THREE SLIDES and sleeps up to ten people. UP to three adults can live in it full-time very comfort-ably (or two adults and two children). It has a full size shower in the spacious bathroom, a nice kitchen with an island, and flat screen digital TV in the living room. Also, two re-cliners and a sofa bed, PLUS, a queen size loft bedroom and two hydraulic lift queen bunk beds in the garage room. The master bedroom has a queen size bed, a full sized wall closet, and two dressers. This rig has TONS of storage inside and out. Would be perfect living quarters for oil and gas pipe-line workers or a retired couple. Call me at (512) 227-4040 or email me at [email protected] for more informa-tion. Trailer hitch to pull it available for $1,500 .

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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 tractors, running or not. Call 361-293-1633.--------------------------Looking for a good, used 3 wheel bike for adult. Call Paula at 672-3747.--------------------------The Heights of Gon-zales Activity De-partment is looking for a fridge/freezer to hold supplies for event refreshments. If you would like to donate or know of one that is reason-ably priced, contact Gwen Koncaba, 830-672-4530.--------------------------Professional Art-ist needs coastal round bales of hay. Will barter for art-work. Brenda Shan-

non, 512-917-4078.--------------------------Wanted: Any make rifle, caliber 22-250. Call 830-857-1781.--------------------------I want to buy a used shower stall & kitch-en 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 shelving, 6-7 ft. tall, 3-5 ft. long, 12-24 inches deep. 832-419-5275.--------------------------Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.--------------------------Small family owned trucking company

looking to lease or purchase 5-15 acres in Gonzales or surrounding area. Prefer w/shop or building. Call 501-589-5097.--------------------------Wanted: Looking for Deer Lease to pay by the day. 361-596-7792.--------------------------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.

Riding lessons in Gonzales. My horses or yours. For more information please call, 830-203-0470. --------------------------Buy loose gem-stones and allow us to custom design your upcoming gift. Over 1,000 cts. to choose from. Call 979-743-5840.--------------------------A/C & Electrical side jobs: New installs, A/C maintenance, Condenser change-outs, Residential & Commercial at affordable prices. Please call David anytime at 830-263-1747.--------------------------Ranch Hand Work. Rounding up cattle,

fence work. Willing to learn. Call Steven & Gerald, 512-538-8950.--------------------------Need help with lawn or pool? Please call Gene Kridler at 830-857-1576.--------------------------Mobile Massage is now serving Gonzales & Luling. Specializing in Therapeutic Mas-sage for pain in lower back, neck, knees etc. Also corporate chair massage. 13 years experience. LMT Steve Turner, Lic. # MT021213. Call 8 3 0 - 8 5 7 - 0 2 7 0 . “Let me help get-ting you mobile.”--------------------------

Brush Busters.Bobcat, w/tree cut-ter attachment, land clearing, mesquite spray-ing, fence building, misc. odd end jobs. Reasonable Rates. Call James at 512-738-0848.--------------------------Electrical wiring, troubleshooting & Repairs, new con-struction, addi-tions, meter 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 “Memories by Maxwell” to shoot your birthday/an-niversary party, re-tirement ceremony, wedding, baptism, or other memora-ble event. Call Nikki today to schedule your event or ses-sion. (512) 227-4040. Located in Gonzales. Will travel

to events within surrounding area.--------------------------

No Limit Accessories

David Matias, Owner

830-263-16331026 St. Paul St.,

GonzalesWindow Tinting,

Commercial.Call for

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Need a monument or marker? Save $$ on monuments, markers. High Qual-ity. Less Cost Monu-ments & Markers. 1405 Conway St., Gonzales, the IOOF Building. 830-857-8070.

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ADOPTIONSARE YOU PREGNANT? A childless married couple seeks to adopt. Large extended family. Financial security, expenses paid. Theresa & Steve. 1-877-801-7256.

AUCTIONSRANCH AUCTIONS - Bank Owned 358 Acres in Terrell, TX selling on Nov. 18 and 125 Acres in Mineola selling on Dec. 9th. Details at www.Bidlast.net or 1-888-300-0005. United Country Coleman & Patterson, Lic# 13489

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DRIVERSDRIVER- STABLE CAREER, No experi-ence needed! Sign On bonuses available! Top industry pay and quality training, 100% paid CDL training, 1-800-326-2778; www.JoinCRST.com

DRIVERS- 57’ Lanes start at 38¢ CPM with 1 year recent experience. SW regional lanes start at 36¢ CPM. Great hometime! Requires CDL-A 1-800-483-5182, www.LKAM.com

DRIVERS- GET MILES and home week-ends, southwest regional! Top pay/benefits. Paid orientation and training. 6 month OTR and CDL required. 1-800-545-1351; www.cypresstruck.com

EXPERIENCE FLATBED DRIVERS: Regional opportunities now open with plenty of freight and great pay. 1-800-277-0212 or www.primeinc.com

PAID CDL TRAINING! No experience needed. Stevens Transport will sponsor the cost of your CDL training. Earn up to $40K first year and $70K third year. Excellent benefits! EOE, 1-800-333-8595, www.becomeadriver.com

SEMI DRIVERS wanted to deliver from Garland or Laredo. Call to get pre-qualified: 1-866-764-1601 or www.qualitydriveaway.com

TOP PAY on excellent runs! Regional runs, steady miles, frequent hometime, new equipment. Automatic detention pay. CDL-A, 6 months expe-rience required. EEOE/AAP; 1-866-322-4039 www.Drive4Marten.com

YOU GOT THE drive, we have the direction. OTR drivers, APU Equipped, Pre-Pass, EZ-pass, Pets / passenger policy. Newer equipment. 100% NO touch. 1-800-528-7825

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FINANCIAL$500 LOAN SERVICE; No credit refused, fast and secure. Easy on the budget. Payments spread out over three months. Toll free: 1-855-626-4373. LoanHere.com

HELP WANTEDWANTED: LIFE AGENTS earn $500 a day. Great agent benefits, commissions paid daily, liberal underwriting, leads, leads leads. Life insurance, license required. Call 1-888-713-6020.

JOB TRAININGAIRLINES ARE HIRING Train for hands on aviation career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified, job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance, 1-888-886-7315

CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy qquipment school. 3 week training program. Backhoes, Bulldoz-ers, Trackhoes. Financing available + Post G.I. bill approved. Local job placement assistance. Start digging dirt now. 1-866-362-6497

REAL ESTATE$106 MONTH BUYS land for RV, MH or cabin. Gated entry, $690 down, ($6900/10.91%/7yr) 90 days same as cash, Guaranteed financing, 1-936-377-3235

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST VIEW Lake Medina/Bandera 1/4 acre tract, central W/S/E, RV/motor home/house, OK only $830 down $235 month (12.91%/10yr), Guaranteed financ-ing, more information call 1-830-460-8354

AFFORDABLE RESORT LIVING on Lake Fork. RV and manufactured housing OK! Guar-anteed financing with 10% down. Lots starting as low as $6900, Call Josh, 1-903-878-7265

LAND LIQUIDATION 20 acres, $0 down, $99/month only $12,900 near growing El Paso. Owner financing, no credit checks, free color brochure, money back guarantee. 1-800-755-8953, www.SunsetRanches.com

SELL YOUR LAND through a statewide advertising network that reaches over 2.5 million readers. Call 1-800-749-4793 for more details.

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NSEF is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit charitable or-ganization created for the benefit of the school dis-trict and will provide fund-ing not allocated by tax dollars. The sole purpose of the NSEF is to benefit the Nixon-Smiley CISD by providing funds for educa-tional programs and activi-ties which are not funded by the normal operating budget. These funds will be used to facilitate stu-dent achievement and skill development, to recognize and encourage staff excel-lence and to expand com-munity involvement from individuals, businesses and

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ROUND ROCK — It was a little windy Sat-urday at the UIL Cross Country State Champi-onships at Old Settler’s Park .

Apparently, the breezy conditions had little to no effect on how the Luling boys performed as they took home the Class 2A team title.

Pacing the Eagles was Michael Barnett who came in second place with a time of 16:21.20. Jose Campos was seventh

in 16:47; Brian Guerrero was No. 31 in 17:48.68 and Fabian Guerrero fol-lowed in 17:55.03; Cas-tillo Danny was No. 47 18:10.68; Will Frazier was No. 51 in 18:17.3 and Arturo Rodriguez was No. 82 in 19:32.86.

The Lady Eagles’ Car-ley Glass won the 2A girls individual title as she finished the two-mile race in 11:50.49.

Luling, as a team, placed fifth with 153 points with Maira Salinas finishing in 12:43.76 for No. 13; Kristaly Munoz was No. 35 in 13:06.95;

Hanna Clark was No. 83 in 14:18.61; Maria Castil-lo was No. 93 in 14:30.88 and Adriana Morales fol-lowed in 14:32.60 and Larissa Carmona was No. 108 with a time of 15:38.39.

The Moulton Bob-katz finished fourth in the Class 1A boys team standings with 123 points. Alex Reyes led Moulton with fifth-place overall finish in 16 min-utes, 58.98 seconds. Ty Ramos was seventh in 17:28; Dennis Lopez fin-ished the race in 18:15.04

HALLETTSVILLE —The last three years, Hallettsville Sacred Heart has not advanced past the second round of the TAPPS playoffs.

They have another shot at throwing that monkey off their backs when they face Colleyville Covenant Christian at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Groesbeck High School.

“This game is very important for us,” said Indian head coach Pat Henke. “We want to get past the hump of the second round which is something we have not done since winning the title back in 2007.”

He said Covenant Christian is the most athletic and best team the Indians will have faced all year.

“They always seem to be in either the fi-nal four or in the state title game,” Henke said.

On offense, the Cougars run the spread and distribute the ball to all of their run-ning backs and receivers.

“Covenant Christian likes to spread the wealth around so we cannot key on any one player,” Henke said.

The Cougars have 2,103 yards passing

SHINER — By virtue of a rare postsea-son forfeit, a rested Shiner St. Paul will duel it out with Garland Christian Academy (GCA) in the second round of the TAPPS Division IV playoffs.

Although the teams have scarcely played each other in the past, there will be an el-ement of familiarity involved. Not only is

GCA a former post of St. Paul head coach Paul Johnston, but its current head coach, Joel Berry, coached with Johnston when they were both at Covenant Christian. Their relationship probably explains why both teams closely resemble each other on offense.

“We’re very similar to St. Paul because we’re also a spread team that operates out of the shotgun,” Berry said. “It will kind of be like watching mirror images on offense. The challenging and fun thing about this game is they have been practicing all year against the same thing we have. It’s not go-ing to be foreign to either of us at all.”

The Swordsmen (10-1, 5-0) have been extremely prolific all year in the scoring de-partment, where they average 55.2 points

SHINER — A well-known opponent awaits the Shiner Comanches in the next round of the football playoffs.

This weekend, Shiner (6-5, 3-1) will meet up in the postseason with Brackettville Brackett for the fourth time in seven years. The Comanches have won each of the previ-ous three meetings, outscoring the Tigers by a total of 84-33.

“This is a team that we’re familiar with and they’re familiar with us,” said Shiner head coach Steven Cerny. “It’s always a very physical game.”

Brackett (5-6, 4-0) earned a first round bye by sweeping District 14-1A DI. The

Two undefeated and ranked teams in No. 16 Gonzales and No. 2 Wimberley meet in the second round of the playoffs this week.

Gonzales-Wimberley game is a special one in that it is one of just three playoff games that has both teams undefeated. The other two are Euless Trinity-Allen and Tyler Cha-pel Hill-Waco La Vega.

“It is definitely a big game for us,”’ Gonza-les head coach Ricky Lock said. “It is the big-

gest game up to this point. When you win, it makes the next game that much bigger.”

Gonzales had lots of fans make the trip to San Antonio for the game against Hondo.

“Our crowd support was tremendous. They packed the stands and were loud. We appreciate that ” Lock said. “Hopefully, we will get more fans since New Braunfels is closer.”

The Tribe improved to 11-0 with a 21-10 win over Hondo Friday in the bi-district round.

The Texans improved to 10-0 with their 38-31 win over Taylor in double-overtime.

“The thing about Wimberley is they are very athletic and have a lot of good players at the skill positions,” Lock said.

The Texans have a lot of potential play-makers on offense.

Lock said Wimberley will line up in a one-back formation with a tight end/flanker and some twin sets.

They will also run two-back formations every now and then.

Wimberley’s main rushers are running backs Dennis Smith (9-60,one touchdown)

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Excitement builds for playoff teams

STATE, Page C6

BRAHMAS, Page C6

Private School Playoffs

Luling runners claimcross country crowns

Brahmas relishrole as underdog

Gonzales spirit buildsOur weekly “Fear the Tribe” flash-card is proving popular for rabid fans of the Gonzales Apaches, both at pep rallies (top photo) and in the windows of local businesses. Show your Apache spirit with the flyer in your window today! (Photos by Mark Lube and Debbie Toliver)

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Leading the wayLuling’s Carley Glass (382) leads the pack en route to the finish line during Satur-day’s state cross country meet in Round Rock. She toured the two-mile course in a time of 11:50.49 to capture the individual state title. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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HALLETTSVILLE — The Hallettsville Brahmas were predicted to finish next to last in their district. Now, they are in the second round of the postseason after edging Marion last week in the bi-district, in a defensive battle 10-7 .

“We feel extremely blessed to be in the area around,” Hallettsville head coach Tom-my Psencik said. “It is exciting for the kids and the community to get this far after we were picked to finish second from the bot-tom in district.”

“Our kids have worked hard for this.”The Brahmas will need the defense to play

well again as they face San Diego 7:30 p.m.

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The Shiner St. Paul girls basketball team took third at the Bracken Christian School Tournament this past weekend.

St. Paul defeated Fort Bend Baptist 65-48. St. Paul cruised to a 16-4 lead after the first quarter and led 34-25 at the break.

St Paul outscored Fort Bend 19-15 in the third frame and had 11 of 19 points in the final eight minutes.

Marrisa Ynclan sank 30 points; Alexa Schaefer bagged another 18 points; Katie Denson had eight points; Kourtney Knesek scored five points , with Mary Adamek and Kate-lynn Leist dropping in two points each. Ynclan had 15 rebounds and Leist had 10. Knesek had five assists and Kali Kocian had four. Leist had five steals, and Kym-berlie Malatek, Schaefer and Ynclan had one block each.

In the semi-final match, St. Paul fell to Marble Falls Faith Academy, 57-46.

The Lady Cardinals trailed 31-22 at the break and 48-34 after three quar-ters. St. Paul held the ad-vantage in the fourth pe-riod 12-9.

Leist led St. Paul with 15 points and Ynclan bagged 11 points. Knesek sank

nine points, Denson had five points, and Bethany Pokluda, Schaefer and Ko-cian chipped in two points each. Knesek made a trio of three-point baskets; Ko-cian, Leist and Ynclan had five boards each; Kocian, Schaefer and Knesek had three assists each and Leist had four steals.

The Lady Cardinals ral-lied to defeat SACS, 57-56, in the third-place game. St. Paul trailed 26-23 at half-time but outscored SACS, 25-13 in the third and with-stood a SACS rally of 17-9 in the fourth quarter.

Ynclan and Leist both had 14 points, Knesek had eight points, Kocian had seven points, Denson scored five points, Ma-latek and Schaefer had four points each and Adamek had one point. Schaefer had one three-point basket; Ynclan had 11 rebounds and six steals, and Schaefer had six assists.

St. Paul fell to Halletts-ville 49-42 on Tuesday. Ynclan led St. Paul with 17 points while Kanesha Moore paced Hallettsville with 16 points bagged in-cluding two three-point buckets. The Lady Brahmas won both the freshman and junior varsity contests.

• The Nixon-Smiley boys opened the season with a 72-41 rout against Schul-enburg.

Seth Barrow and Rob-bie Mejia scored in dou-ble-digits with 15 and 20 points, respectively.

• The Shiner Lady Co-manches defeated Sacred Heart 61-38. LaNeisha Hunt led Shiner with 18 points and Ryah Michalec bagged 14. For the In-dianettes, Emily Kouse re-corded 13 points and Jenna Brown scored seven points. Shiner won the junior var-sity game 26-19.

• The Moulton Bob Katz

defeated Flatonia 57-38. Bronson Zapata led Moult-on with 18 points and Jason Gold had nine points.

For the Bulldogs, Colby Mica bucketed 14 points.

• Yoakum Lady Bull-dogs defeated the Moulton Kitty Cats 61-29. Jones led Yoakum with 12 points and Samuels had 11. For Moulton, Megan Mitchon and Brandee Dolezal sank seven points each.

• TheLuling Lady Eagles opened their 2011-12 bas-ketball season on Nov. 8, at home against the Karnes City Lady Badgers. The Lady Eagles were without four members of last year’s team as they were still in-volved in the state cross country meet.

In the opening stanza the Lady Eagles did put up a good fight against the visitors who were using a very tight man-to-man press. Karnes City led 8-4 after one quarter and in the second quarter , Luling fell behind 23-8 Karnes City pushed their lead to 41-15 after the third quarter and held Luling to just two points in the fourth quarter for a 52-17 decision.

For the Lady Eagles, Cayla Taylor scored 12 points with nine rebounds, two steals, and an assist; Hallie Randall had three points, seven rebounds and a steal; Amanda Lee had two points, six rebounds and three assists; Miranda Sheffield had two rebounds; Araceli Ordonez had two rebounds; Brittany Finley had four rebounds, three blocks and two steals; Re-becca Casares had two re-bounds and Linsey Rios had three rebounds.

• The Lady Gobblers hoops team fell to Indus-trial 42-25. Abby Sheppard led Cuero with 11 points. Industrial won both sub-varsity games.

Gonzales girls basketball coach Andre D’Aversa de-cided, at halftime, to switch his defense from man to zone Tuesday night against the Marion Lady Bulldogs.

Down, just 17-16, the Lady Apaches (0-2) recorded 14 points and held Marion to a mere four points.

But the Lady ‘Dogs rallied in the fourth quarter, outscor-ing the Lady Apaches 11-1 to hold on for a 32-31 squeaker at the GHS Special Events Center.

“It worked for a while (the defensive adjustment),” he said. “The problem in the fourth quarter was we lost our intensity and I prob-ably should have switched us back to man coverage quicker.”

“When we lost our will to pressure the ball, it was over.”

Pressuring the ball enough and rebounding are still the areas the Lady Apaches need to improve.

“They are not the first team I have coached that do not understand that when are you down by a point or two late in the game, you

have to go for the steal,” D’Aversa said. “I feel this is something they will learn in time. I would rather we make these mistakes now (before district).”

He said when Gonzales ran the offense correctly, they did manage a lot of good shot attempts.

“It is minor adjustments we will have to make. The girls have to shoot more and have more confidence,” D’Aversa said. “We had a talk after the game about confi-dence. You could tell in the fourth quarter when they crumbled, they were ner-vous and allowed Marion to come back instead of putting them away. That is just lack of confidence.

“Confidence will get better in time.”

Coming into the fourth frame and down 30-21, Mar-ion got a basket from Kyana Fennell as Rachael Farris pulled downed a rebound and dished the ball to her.

A Haley Jupe three-point basket then cut the lead to 30-26. Alyssa Ward made an unassisted bucket to close the Lady ‘Dog gap further, 30-28.

The Lady Apaches went

ahead 31-28 as Vancheska Russell converted 1-of-2 from the free throw line.

Fennell later grabbed a re-bound and scored to bring Marion to within 31-30.

Cami Davis rebounded a missed Lady ‘Dog shot and fed Rachel Farris for the game-winning basket.

With less than 20 seconds to go, Jessica Cantu got a de-fensive board and took off down the court and the ball eventually got into the hands of Mariah Hastings who was fouled with two seconds left.

Marion 32, Gonzales 31Marion: Kyana Fennell 5 0-0 10,

Haley Jupe 2 0-0 6, Philomena De-Hoyos 2 0-0 4, Cami Davis 2 0-0 4, Rachel Farris 2 0-0 4, Katie Hartman 1 0-0 2, Alyssa Ward 1 0-0 2, Kyra Fennell 0 0-2 0, Nicole Baethge 0 0-2 0. Totals 15 0-6 32.

Gonzales: Brittany Pakebusch 4 1-4 9, Vancheska Russell 2 5-7 9, Donni-qua Sanders 3 0-0 7, Mariah Hastings 2 1-5 5, Taylor West 0 1-2 1. Totals 11 8-8 31.Marion 9 8 4 11—32Gonzales 9 7 14 1—31

Rebounds: Marion 32 (Farris 11, Kyana Fennell 6, Davis 3, Baethge 3, Jupe 3, Meagan Littlefield 1, Hartman 1, Ward 1), Gonzales 29 (Hastings 11, Pakebusch 7, Jessica Cantu 5, Russell 3, Sanders 2, West 1). Assists: Marion 10 (Farris 3, De-Hoyos 2, Hartman 2, Baethge 1, Ward 1, Davis 1), Gonzales 7 (Sanders 3, Cantu 2, Pakebusch 1, Hastings 1). Steals: Marion 5 (Davis 2, Farris 1, DeHoyos 1, Hartman 1), Gonzales 14 (Hastings 6, Sanders 4, Russell 3, West 1). Blocks: Marion 2 (Ky-ana Fennell 2), Gonzales 2 (Hastings 1, Russell 1). Three-point baskets: Marion 2 (Jupe 2), Gonzales 1 (Sanders 1).

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The Gonzales volleyball team, third-place winners in District 28-3A and Class 3A Division II bi-district finalists, had sev-eral members named to the All-District 28-3A teams and the 28-3A All-Academic Team.

Sophomore Danyelle Glass was selected as Newcomer of the Year. Junior Carly Bozka was named to the 28-3A First Team while senior Jessica Cantu and junior Al-lison Raley were named to 28-3A Second team.

Lady Apaches receiving honorable men-tions were senior Brittany Pakbusch and juniors Shayla Simper, Morgan Simper and Kiley Braune.

Several players also made the All-Dis-trict Academic Team — Pakebusch, Lyn-nea Fink, Shayla Simper, Bozka, Morgan Simper, Braune, Lindsey Akers and Raley.

Gonzales finished the 2011 season with their first appearance in the playoffs since the 2007 season and the third appearance overall in program history.

Lady Cardinals take third;Mustangs open with win

Marion’s late run sinks GHS

All-District honorsGonzales volleyball All-District honorees (top photo) included (from left) Carly Bozka, Morgan Simper, Al-lison Raley, Kiley Braune, Brittany Pakebusch, Shayla Simper and Danyelle Glass. Academic All-District honorees (bottom photo) include (front, from left) Carly Bozka, Morgan Simper, Allison Raley, Kiley Braune, Brittany Pakebusch, Shayla Simper, Lindsey Akers and Lynnea Fink. Jessica Cantu (right) was un-able to be present for the photos but was also named to the All-District team. (Photos by Mark Lube)

Lady Apaches earn honorson all-district volleyball

State title game tripscheduled Dec. 16

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Arrangements are being made for a bus trip to the state championship football triple-header in Arlington Dec. 16.

A charter deluxe motor coach will leave Gonzales at 6 a.m. to attend the day’s three state championship games — the Class 2A division II game which begins at noon, the class 3A division II game at 4 p.m. and the Class 4A Divi-sion I title contest at 8 p.m. The class 3A title game would include the Gonzales Apaches, if they reach the finals.

Cost for round-trip transportation plus a ticket is $65; ticket for transportation only is $50.

The deadline for reservations is Friday, Dec. 2. To make reservations or for more information, call 830-822-0830.

The Shiner Lady Comanches were re-warded for their work during the season with Texas High School Coaches Asso-ciation All-State Teams, district honors and selection to the Victoria College All-Star Game.

Members from Flatonia and Waelder squads also made All-District team and All-District Academic teams as well.

Five Lady Comanches were named to the Texas High School Coaches As-sociation Academic All State Teams: Michelle Hamilton earned a first-team mention, while Cassie Stafford and Kaylyn Benes were selected to the sec-ond team. The Honorable Mention Team includes Jordan Pietsch and Ryah Michalec

Two Shiner players, Cassie stafford and Ryah Michalec, have also been se-lected to the Victoria College All Star Game. The All Star game will be played on Nov. 29 at Victoria College Gymna-sium at 7 p.m.

District 29-1A coaches selected staf-ford as the league’s Most Valuable Play-er, naming junior LaNeshia Hunt as the Offensive Player of the Year. Michalec and Flatonia’s courtney Mica were se-lected as the co-Defensive Players of the Year.

Newcomer of the Year was sopho-more Kristin Schacherl of Shiner.

The First Team All-District squad in-cludes: Leanna Dunk, Senior Flatonia; Lauren Oden, Junior Shiner; Lauren Hlavaty, Junior Louise; Shayla Mach-icek, Senior Louise; Alex Bruns, Senior Flatonia; Abigail Rodriguez, Senior Flatonia; Ashley Bridges, Sophomore Ganado; Amanise Coleman, Sopho-more Shiner.

Named to the Second Team were: Kaleigh Kutac, Senior Louise; Diana Garcia, Senior Louise; Hannah Blum-rick, Sophomore Louise; Abigail Sch-acherl, Junior Flatonia; Kaci Pavlicek, Senior Flatonia; Georgi Garza, Junior Ganado; Abby Stanley, Junior Ganado; Shelli Hardaway, Sophomore Prairie Lea; Emmalie Berkovsky, Junior Shin-er; and Julianna Rankin, Sophomore Shiner.

Named to the Honorable Mention Team were Melanie Mamerow, Senior Louise; Chandler Fike, Sophomore Fla-tonia; Hayley Rincon, Junior Waelder; Marcheyell Llanas, Senior Prairie Lea; Taylor Mirelez, Freshman Ganado; Jessica Avelar, Senior Ganado; Ashley Garcia, Sophomore Ganado; Saman-tha Villarreal, Senior Ganado; Jordan

Pietsch, Senior Shiner; and Kaylyn Benes, Senior Shiner.

The Academic All-District Volleyball Team includes: Shelli Hardaway, Prai-rie Lea; Marcheyell Llanas, Prairie Lea; Samantha Matura, Prairie Lea; Harley Newlon, Prairie Lea; Nia Rivas, Prairie Lea; Abby Stanley, Ganado; Chelsea DeLosSantos, Ganado; Ashley Bridges, Ganado; Georgi Garza, Ganado; Am-ber Garza, Ganado; Chelsa Nichols, Waelder; Courtney Orona, Waelder; Matilda Vela, Waelder; Kaleigh Kutac, Louise; Shayla Machicek, Louise; Ash-ley Lutringer, Louise; Adriana Solis, Louise; Lauren Hlavaty, Louise; Kristin Schacherl, Shiner; Lauren Oden, Shin-er; Ryah Michalec, Shiner; Michelle Hamilton, Shiner; Emmalie Berkovsky, Shiner; Cassie Stafford, Shiner; Jordan Pietsch, Shiner; Kaylyn Benes, Shiner; Amanise Coleman, Shiner; Julianna Rankin, Shiner; Leanna Dunk, Flato-nia; Alex Bruns, Flatonia; Kaci Pavlicek, Flatonia; Abigail Schacherl, Flatonia; Meredith Pavlica, Flatonia; Chandler Fike, Flatonia; and Katie Steinhauser, Flatonia

• The Flatonia Lady Bulldogs’ season came to end in the regional semifinals as they fell to Burton 21-25, 21-25, 23-25.

Lady Comanches head 29-1A honorees

From coaches’ reports

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SAN ANTONIO — Just because the playoffs have started doesn’t mean the Gonzales Apaches’ game plan has changed. Gonza-les still wants to control the clock and have long, sus-tained drives to keep their defense off the field.

Gonzales did just that in a 21-10 win over the Hondo Owls in the Class 3A Division II bi-district contest Friday night at San Antonio Northside ISD’s Gustafson Stadium, mark-ing the Apaches’ first play-off win since 2007, the last time the team made the postseason.

The Tribe (11-0) scored twice in the second quar-ter while holding the Owls to a field goal after Hondo got penetration with a long pass play

The Apaches had several drives that used a lot of the clock even if the the offense did not successfully finish the drive with points.

Gonzales scored on the first drive of the third quar-ter that ate up 6:46

“That is what I wanted to do (holding onto the ball for long periods),” Gonza-les head coach Ricky Lock said. “Getting that score on the first drive of the second half really put the nail in the coffin.”

Offensive lineman J.T. Miller said the Owl defense was quick and physical.

“Our offensive line just

had to hold the Owls down and keep on moving,” he said. “We were physical like we always are.”

The defense had a great start to the postseason by keeping Hondo’s spread offense in check with 192 yards passing and just 10 yards rushing.

“I think our defense stepped up and played very well tonight,” linebacker Landon Lock said. “We held them to a field goal early on and they scored (the touchdown) late in the game on a hail mary pass.”

“Our offense did well by keeping the defense off the field most of the time and we were more fresh, and we stopped their choice of of-fense tonight.”

Coach Lock said the Apaches made some ad-justments to their defensive style.

“We ran a lot of different blitzes and changed some others things that we were doing that they had not seen,” he said. “Our de-fense looked pretty good tonight.”

On the game’s first play from scrimmage, Hondo quarterback Cade Rosen-baum completed a 17-yard pass to Nick Stansbury to the Apache 46 but failed to connect with a receiver on three straight passes and the Owls had to punt. The Hondo defense forced the Apaches to go three and out on its first possession.

Gonzales got another de-fensive stop and, following

an Owl 28-yard punt in-side the 20 which Gonzales returned to the 17, began a time-consuming drive. Tailback Cecil Johnson had the drive’s first several carries and combined with quarterback Jon Anthony Casares, moved the Tribe inside the 20. Gonzales lat-er failed to convert a fourth down but had used nearly six minutes off the clock.

The Owls lost 11 yards on their next three plays and had 42-yard punt to their 42 which Casares re-turned all the way to the 18. Following a Landon Lock rush from the fullback spot for 1 yard, Johnson carried for a first down at the 3 and then had a 2-yard gain to the 1 where Casares scored

on the next play.The Apaches faked the

extra point and scored the two-point conversion as kicker Matt Hillman, who doubles as one of the team’s quarterbacks, optioned to holder Cory Espinosa for an 8-0 lead.

On the next drive, the Owls looked certain to score as Rosenbaum threw a bomb to Shane Wolff for 60 yards from the Owl 37 to the Apache 3. A false start penalty on Hondo and a Rosenbaum getting dropped for a loss forced the Owls to settle for a Zane Carroll field goal of 25 yards to cut the lead to 8-3.

Gonzales answered quickly as Johnson fielded the kickoff at the Gonza-les 19 and then brought it out to the Owl 29.Casares had a 9-yard scramble. The Apaches backtracked a lit-tle on a delay-of-game pen-alty but got it back a few plays later when Hondo was whistled for offsides. On second down and 11 from the 19, Landon Lock took a handoff and zipped his way for an 18-yard touchdown run for a 14-3 Gonzales lead.

The Tribe started the third quarter near midfield but had to earn the yards as it eventually reached the Hondo 36. On fourth down and 2 from the 36, Casares scrambled for a 1-yard gain but a 15-yard facemask on Hondo kept the drive alive and Casares later ran for an 8-yard touchdown on the naked bootleg for a 21-3 lead with 5:01 to play in the third period.

The teams traded turn-overs as Casares intercepted Rosenbaum, and the Owls prevented a potential touch-down by recovering an Apache fumble at the Owl 15.

A few drives later, the Hondo defensive made a stand after Casares got his second pick of the night. Hondo was aided by a hold-ing call on Gonzales.

A short Apache punt set up the Owls at their own 44, but they were their own worst enemy with two flags for 20 yards, pushing them back to the 25. Rosenbaum hit two 12-yard passes, one to Eric Hoog and another to Justin Frazier. On fourth down and 5 from his own 49, Rosenbaum went to Wolff for 39 yards to the Gonzales

12. Three plays later, on an-other fourth down, Rosen-baum found Frazier for a 15-yard score and the Owl’s lone touchdown of the night.

Gonzales recovered the onsides kick and ran out the clock.

Coach Lock said the team did have some things to cor-rect in preparation for the area round game as Gonza-les will face the Wimberley Texans.

Class 3A Division II Bi-DistrictGonzales 21, Hondo 10

Gonzales 0 14 7 0—21Hondo 0 3 0 7—10

Scoring SummaryG-Jon Anthony Casares 1 run (Cory

Espinosa run)H-Zane Carroll 25 FGG-Landon Lock 19 run (kick failed)G-Casares 8 run (Matt Hillman kick)H-Justin Frazier 15 pass from Cade

Rosenbaum (Carroll kick)

Team stats Gon HonFirst downs 15 9Rushes-yards 56-280 20-10Passes 0-3-0 13-23-2Passing yards 0 192Punts-yards 3-91 4-133Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0Penalties-yards 7-45 6-60

Individual statsRushing — Gonzales: Jon Anthony

Casares 25-131, Cecil Johnson 27-126, Landon Lock 4-23. Hondo: A.J. Leos 3-22, Alec Wolff 7-20, Cade Rosen-baum 10-(-32).

Passing — Gonzales Casares 0-3-0-0. Hondo: Rosenbaum 13-23-2-192.

Receiving — Hondo: Eric Hoog 4-29, Shane Wolff 3-103, Justin Frazier 3-32, Nick Stansbury 2-22, Paul Duran 1-6.

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In for a scoreGonzales fullback Landon Lock (23) gets outside and turns on the afterburners en route to a 19-yard TD run in the second period Friday. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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Apaches’ ground gamechews up Hondo, 21-10

A safety, or not?Gonzales’ Adrian Molina brings down Hondo’s Cade Rosenbaum in the end zone for an apparent safety dur-ing first-half action Friday. Game officials ruled Rosenbaum was downed at the 1-yard line, however. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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BEAUMONT — Sacred Heart erupted for five sec-ond-quarter touchdowns and Sterling Hrncir scored seven times as the Indians buried Legacy Christian Academy 66-27 Friday in the opening round of the Texas Association of Pri-vate and Parochial Schools Division IV playoffs.

Hrncir, a 160-pound se-nior, scored three times in the final 2:57 of the first half as the Indians extend-ed a 15-14 lead to 44-21 and never looked back. He finished with 196 rushing yards on 23 carries as the Indians pounded out 443 yards on the ground.

Hrncir put the Indians on top in the opening pe-riod with a 5-yard scoring run, with Jared Krischke tossing a two-point con-version pass to Cole Wick. Legacy responded on a 20-yard run by Dylon Ha-thaway early in the second quarter.

A 3-yard TD run by Hrncir extended the Indi-ans’ lead to 15-7, but again the Warriors rallied on a 16-yard pass from Jimmie Briscoe to D.J. Hobbs.

A 1-yard dive by Hrncir extended the Indians lead with 2:57 to play in the first

half, and he added an 11-yard scoring run with 1:48 left. Moments later Sacred Heart recovered a fumble and capitalized on another 1-yard dash by Hrncir to open up a 44-14 lead.

The Warriors got a 90-yard kickoff return for a TD by Chris Bowser to make it a 36-21 game, but the Indi-ans stormed back to score with seven secodns left be-fore intermission on a 21-yard strike from Krischke to Wick.

The third quarter be-longed to Sacred Heart. Hrncir got scoring runs of 2 and 12 yards sandwiched around a 2-yard run by Re-gan Hall to open up a 66-21 advantage before the War-riors got their final score on a 66-yard bomb from Bris-coe to Hobbs.

Legacy ends its season with an 8-2 record, while the Indians advance with

an 11-1 record.

Sacred Heart 66, Legacy 27Sacred Heart 8 36 22 0—66Legacy Christian 0 21 6 0--27

Scoring summaryHSH -- Sterling Hrncir 5-yard run

(Cole Wick from Jared Krischke), 9:27, 1st.

BLC -- Dylon Hathaway 20-yard run (Mason Horbath kick), 9:16, 2nd.

HSH -- Sterling Hrncir 3-yard run (Colton Brown kick), 7:26, 2nd.

BLC -- D.J. Hobbs 16-yard pass from Jimmie Brisco (Mason Horbath kick), 4:23, 2nd.

HSH -- Sterling Hrncir 1-yard run (kick failed), 2:57, 2nd.

HSH -- Sterling Hrncir 11-yard run (Colton Brown kick), 1:48, 2nd.

HSH -- Sterling Hrncir 1-yard run (Sterling Hrncir run), 00:56, 2nd.

BLC -- Chris Bowser 90-yard kickoff return (Mason Horbath kick), 00:39, 2nd.

HSH -- Cole Wick 21-yard pass from Jared Krischke (Sterling Hrncir run), 00:07, 2nd.

HSH -- Sterling Hrncir 3-yard run (Sterling Hrncir run), 8:49, 3rd.

HSH -- Regan Hall 2-yard run (Colton Brown kick), 4:25, 3rd.

HSH -- Sterling Hrncir 12-yard run (Colton Brown kick), 3:29, 3rd.

BLC -- D.J. Hobbs 66-yard pass from Jimmie Brisco (pass failed), 2:35, 3rd.Team Stats SH LegacyFirst downs 29 15Rushes-Yds 59-443 20-116Passes 3-4-0 14-29-2Passing yards 65 197Punts-Avg 1-19 3-38.7Fumbles/Lost 1/0 4/2Penalties-yards 5-35 2-20

Individual StatisticsRUSHING: Sacred Heart, Sterling

Hrncir 23-196, Jared Krischke 9-78, Janathan Vanek 7-49, Colton Brown 4-32, Matthew Holub 4-28, Cole Blu-dau 1-22, Trent Janak 7-23, Regan Hall 1-2, Leighton Pilat 3-13. Legacy, Dylon Hathaway 16-88, Jimmie Briscoe 3-22, Josh Taylor 1-6.

PASSING: Sacred Heart, Jared Krischke 3-4-0-65. Legacy, Jimmie Briscoe 14-29-2-197.

RECEIVING: Sacred Heart, Cole Wick 3-65. Legacy, Aaron Giron 6-48, D.J. Hobbs 5-107, Owen Ayres 3-42.

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Sterling Hrncir

FLORESVILLE — Be-ing in high school, the Shiner defensive players have homework assign-ments each week: study-ing for the Algebra quiz, reading five chapters of a Shakespearean novel, working on chemistry problems and studying up on the tendencies and strategies of the offense of their next opponent..

Shiner certainly did its homework with four interceptions Thursday night at Eschenburg Sta-dium in a 35-6 win over the Kenedy Lions Thurs-day in the Class 1A Di-vision I bi-district play-offs.

“Our coach made us practice really well this past week,” said cor-nerback Brady Cejka, who led the Comanches with two picks. “He said Kenedy threw the ball 40 times in their last game and we were prepared.”

“Kenedy throw the ball well so I figured I had better bring my ‘A’ game. I think I had a good game.”

Cejka and the Coman-che defense were ready for anything and every-thing the Lions brought, including a couple of gadget plays.

“The coaches told us we had to do our home-work and we all did it,” he said. “I studied their offense while I was home during the week. You have to do your home-work when you play Kenedy. They are a good team.”

“Defensively, we played great all game,” said head coach Steven Cerny. “The intercep-tions were big. Brady played well and the sec-ondary came up with some big plays.”

The Comanche offense played ball control foot-ball with 243 yards rush-ing on 57 carries.

They did have some mishaps, three turnovers and some missed block-ing assignments.

“We struggled a little

offensively,” Cerny said. “I thought we came out flat and without emotion at the beginning of the ball game. I do not think it was anything Kenedy did. We just did not ex-ecute.

“We blew a couple of blocking assignments and we lined up wrong a couple of times. We were not always hitting cor-recting on our outside veer and were hitting in-side the tackles.”

The Lions (6-5) re-ceived the opening kick-off and Shiner was called for offsides on the first play.

Quarterback Rolie Zepeda had to pick up a bad snap for a 6-yard loss and later had a 6-yard completion to Tristan Mejia. They had a 42-yard punt to the Comanche 28. Quarter-back Jacob Stafford and running back Caleb Cur-tis alternated on the first three plays and Mar-lon Wallace got in one 4-yard carry.

Shiner went for a fourth-down conversion at the Lion 38 but Curtis was stopped three yards shy.

The Lions running

game went bottled up and Zepeda was flagged late for intentional grounding after trying to elude Shiner pressure.

The Comanches re-turned the punt to the 35 of Kenedy. Wallace took a handoff and darted 34 yards and Stafford scored on a sneak on the next play. Lucian Blaschke booted the point after for a 7-0 Shiner lead.

On the next play, Ce-jka picked off Zepeda to give Shiner the ball at the Lion 25. Zach Lawrence got a couple of rushes to help get the Comanches first down at the 11 and Curtis scored for a 14-0 lead with 1:16 to play in the first quarter.

Kenedy started near midfield, due to a 15-yard Shiner penalty on the kickoff. Zepeda went to Mejia for 16 yards and a Lion first down to the Comanche 39.

The drive ended when Lawrence picked off Zepeda to give Shiner possession near midfield with nine seconds left in the quarter. The Coman-ches could not move the ball and had to punt.

After forcing the Li-ons into a three-and-out,

Shiner drove 66 yards in 7:09 for a 21-0 lead, gain-ing four first downs on the lengthy drive. Staf-ford had a 22-yard pass to Blaschke on third-and-13, and later went to Caleb Kalich for the 11-yard touchdown pass with 2:34 left in the half.

Cejka got his second pick of the night, fol-lowed by Kenedy’s first break as Lawrence lost a fumble after a 5-yard re-ception.

After a 9-yard end-around by Deon May-berry to the Lion 47, the Lions got fancy: Zepeda handed off to Mayberry on an end-around and that turned into a reverse as he gave the ball to Emilio Mendoza heading in the opposite direction. Medoza pitched the ball back to Zepeda who gave it back to him on the flea flicker pass but Shiner blew up the play for a 15-yard loss back to the 32

and the Lions ended up having to punt, getting a good bounce on the 53-yard kick to the Shiner 11, where the Comanches ran out the clock.

Shiner opened the sec-ond half with a 74-yard scoring drive in just un-der five minutes. Cur-tis got a 16-yard rush to midfield. Shiner then strung out each play with modest gains of 3-6 yards each time un-til they reached the 26 where Stafford went to Evel Jones for a 26-yard touchdown pass and a 28-0 advantage.

Trevion Flowers grabbed an interception on the next drive to give the Comanches their fourth of the night but Kenedy returned the fa-vor as James Lopez got to the Comanche 44.

Sammy Martinez got an 11-yard gain to the 31 and Zepeda converted a fourth-and-7 with a

12-yard pass to Mejia to the 16. Several plays lat-er Mejia caught a 5-yard pass to bring Kenedy to within 28-6 with 18 sec-onds left in the third. Nick Nevlud blocked the extra point for the Co-manches.

Kenedy made another defensive play as Mejia picked off Stafford and returned it 31 yards to the Shiner 10.

The Lions later turned the ball over on downs when a Zepeda-to-Men-doza running back screen failed to get into the end zone.

Shiner moved the ball from outside the shadow of its end zone but later had to punt.

The Lions fared no better and punted with Shiner re-turning the ball past the 50.

On third and 10 from the 48, Flowers scooted 14 yards on a reverse to set up his teammates at the 34. Two plays later, it was Jones with a 29-yard run for the final touch-down of the night.

The Comanches will play Bracketville in the Class 1A DI area round 7:30 p.m. Friday in Som-erset.

Class 1A Division I Bi-District round

Shiner 35, Kenedy 6Shiner 14 7 7 7—35Kenedy 0 0 6 0—6

Scoring SummaryS-Jacob Stafford 1 run (Lucian

Blaschke kick)S-Caleb Curtis 11 run (Blaschke

kick)S-Caleb Kalich 11 pass from Staf-

ford (Blaschke kick)S-Evel Jones 26 pass from Stafford

(Blaschke kick)K-Tristan Meija 5 pass from Rollie

Zepeda (kick blocked)S-Jones 29 run (Blaschke kick)

Team stats S KFirst downs 18 6Rushes-yards 57-243 16-28Passes 5-9-2 14-32-4Passing yards 79 87Punts-yards 2-73 5-204Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-0Penalties-yards 3-25 4-35

Individual statsRushing — Shiner: Caleb Curtis

23-93, MarlonWallace 16-79, Evel Jones 5-34, Trevion Flowers 1-14, Zach Lawrence 3-12, Jacob Stafford 9-11. Kenedy:Sammy Martinez 6-20, Deon Mayberry 2-10, Emilio Mendoza 3-8, Rollie Zepeda 5-(-10).

Passing — Shiner: Stafford 5-9-2-79. Kenedy: Zepeda 14-32-4-115.

Receiving — Shiner: Jones 2-42, Lucian Blaskchke 1-22, Caleb Kalich 1-11, Lawrence 1-5. Kenedy: Tristan Mejia 7-65, Mendoza 5-8, Mayberry 1-8, Weston Hallmark 1-6.


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The long arm of the ‘D’Shiner’s Derek Duke (63) tries to break up a pass from Kenedy’s Rolie Zepeda during first-half action in Thursday’s playoff contest. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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FLORESVILLE — Two teams known for their of-fenses slugged it out for four quarters in a defensive struggle Saturday night be-fore the Hallettsville Brah-mas held on for a 10-7 vic-tory in Class 2A bi-district playoff action.

The Brahmas (6-5) ad-vance to face the San Diego Vaqueros (6-4) at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Rockport-Fulton in second-round action.

Both the Brahmas and the Bulldogs piled up the points this season, but nei-ther could get their ground game untracked Friday and defense was the name of the game.

Hallettsville drew first blood when Trevor Mc-Gee tackled Marion’s Doug Giles in the end zone late

in the opening quarter for a safety.

The Brahmas tacked on their only other score with 10:11 remaining in the first half when Braden Kahanek punched it in from a yard away, then threw a conver-sion pass to Trevor McGee.

Giles got Marion on the scoreboard with 5:32 re-maining in the game when he broke loose for a 16-yard scoring run, but the Brahmas held after that to seal the win.

Kahanek hit 14 of 25 passes for 214 yards, whiole McGee made six grabs for 69 yards to pace the Hallettsville offense. Giles, who rushed for 1,615 yards in the regular season, was held to just 49 yards on 19 carries by Hal-lettsville.

Hallettsville 10, Marion 7Marion 0 0 0 7—7Hallettsville 2 8 0 0—10Scoring Summary

HAL - Safety, Trevor McGee tackled Doug Giles in end zone.

HAL - Braden Kahanek 1 yard run (Trevor McGee pass from Kahanek)

Marion - Doug Giles 16 yard run (Alex Eladhari kick), 5:32Team Statistics Hal MarFirst Downs 10 15Rushes-Yards 23-15 37-84Yards Passing 227 157Passes 15-26-0 14-26-00Punts-Avg 5-31 3-41.3Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-2Penalties-yards 4-25 4-30

Individual StatisticsRUSHING -- Hallettsville, Teidrick

Smith 8-(-21), Tim Sheppard 7-23, Braden Kahanek 7-15, Trenton Mc-Gee 1-(-2). Marion, Doug Giles 19-49, Derek Pierce 10-32, Victor Garza 1-1, Dylan Flores 3-(-3), Dakota Goodwin 1-4, LeSean Goring 1-2, Raphael De-Hoyos 2-(-1).

PASSING -- Hallettsville, B. Kahanek 14-25-214-0, Nate Kowalik 1-1-0-12. Marion, Derek Pierce 14-26-0-157.

RECEIVING -- Hallettsville, Trevor McGee 6-69, Dalton Harrington 4-62, Teidrick Smith 2-32, Trenton McGee 1-29, A. Vesely 1-23, Braden Kahanek 1-12. Marion, Alex Alvarado 4-54, Dylan Flores 3-67, Dakota Good-win 2-13, Doug Giles 3-22, Charles Vasquez 1-8, Raphael DeHoyos 1-(-2).

St. Paul advances afterTAPPS boots O’Connell

St. Paul advanced into the second round of the Texas Association of Private and pa-rochial School football playoffs Thursday after Galveston O’Connell was disqualified.

O’Connell (3-6) had apparently used a foreign exchange student who was living with a faculty member, O’Connell princi-pal Marc Martinez told the Galveston Daily News. TAPPS ruled that O’Connell would have to forfeit all games in which the player had played and would have to immediately exit the playoffs.

Information furnished to St. Paul said that TAPPS had found that O’Connell had never established the student’s eligibility

under TAPPS rules, and because of that the student had exceeded his eligibility.

“Based on the information presented by O’Connell High School, the student in question has exceed four years from the date he initially enrolled in the ninth grade and more than three years after he initially enrolled in the tenth grade. Article V of the TAPPS Constitution sets these limitations for eligibility and these limitations are not subject to appeal.”

The TAPPS notification places the school and head coach Anthony Cann on proba-tion through June 2013 season and delivers a public reprimand. In addition, O’Connell would have to pay a penalty of $500 to St. Paul for lost revenue as the playoff game’s host.

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Shiner picksoff Kenedyto advance

and Trinity Wilson (112-680, 10 touchdowns).

Other Wimberley ball carriers are Cameron Morris (28-226, three touchdowns) and Kol-by Kelley (24-221, two touchdowns).

Smith has committed to Texas A&M and is also a solid linebacker, Lock said.

Quarterback Brady Lambert has the ability to make plays with his feet.

He has passed for 1,622 yards on 88-of-157 for 21 touchdowns and six interceptions. On the ground he has 358 yards on 64 attempts and six scores.

The Texans have sev-eral wide receivers for Lambert to swing a pass to —Brennen Blackmore 931-715, eight touch-downs),, Hunter Burtt-schell (20-246, four touchdowns), Davis Holliman (12-244, two touchdowns)and Nick Alana (5-86, two touch-

downs).The Apaches will need

to tackle the ball carrier soundly and not miss as-signments, with Wimber-ley’s ability to make a big play running or throwing the football.

“It is going to be a tough, tough game,” Lock said. “We are going to try to make it as physical as possible.”

The Texans run a ‘split’ defense.

“We will have our hands full,” Lock said. “Wimberley has a very active defense.”

The Texans usually run three defensive backs in the secondary and will play Cover 3 with the oc-casional man coverage.

Lock said the free safety is very active and the cor-nerbacks will give their opposing receivers some cushion.

“Their inside lineback-er, Nick Alana, is pretty good,” he said. “Their de-fense does not make mis-takes.”

Time of possession will

be crucial against Wim-berley.

According to Lock, the Apache offense was on the field in the Hondo game around 30 minutes but said having the ball that long is difficult.

“I will take anything 25 or more minutes,” he said. “But you have to have first downs to accomplish that. We had long drives against Hondo, we just did not always get points.”

“When your offense eats the clock. It takes away the other team’s opportunities for points. If you can hold someone to just three or four opportunities per half, you are doing well.”

Wimberley was sched-uled to play Smithville earlier in the regular sea-son. However, the game was cancelled due to the Bastrop-area wildfires.

The Texans have not known too many defeats lately as they have won 26 of their last 27 games with that loss to coming to Coldspring-Oakhurst last year in the state semi-

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Tigers turned their sea-son around on the backs of their defense, which al-lowed 13.5 points per game in district after giving up 195 points in their first sev-en games.

“They run a traditional 3-4 defense,” said Cerny. “Most likely they will con-vert into a 50 look when we run our double tight offen-sive set.”

Brackett is averaging 22 points per game and likes to control the clock by op-erating out of their patented Slot T attack. The bell cow for the Tigers is running back David Ortega, who ran 33 times for 208 yards and three touchdowns in their last game, a 29-14 win over Center Point.

“He’s probably got more speed than anybody else on their team,” Cerny said. “The Slot T is a misdirec-tion-type offense, so that makes it hard to really key on just one person.”

The last time Shiner faced a similar offense was

back on Sept. 23, when they lost to Navarro 48-21 on Homecoming. The Pan-thers assaulted the Shiner defense by churning out 423 rushing yards.

“I can’t imagine Brackett running it any better than Navarro did,” said Cerny. “That was a big challenge, but it was good practice for us.”

The Comanches will counter with a potent run-ning attack of their own. Their signature veer has been modified to allow their four best runners – Caleb Curtis, Evel Jones, Jacob Stafford and Marlon Wallace – an equal opportunity to get their share of touches. The quartet, who each individu-ally average over five yards per carry, have combined for a total of 31 ground scores.

“There won’t be a whole lot of passing from either side,” Cerny said. “We’re go-ing to have to take advantage of our opportunities when we get them. There’s nothing different that you can do at this stage of the year. You’ve just got to get better at what

you do.”Shiner qualified for area

by knocking off Kenedy, 35-6, last week in the bi-district championship. The Coman-ches scored four times in the contest’s first two quarters.

“I thought we played well in the first half, but we got sloppy in the second half,” said Cerny. “We’re going to try to do a better job of put-ting four quarters together this time.”

The heralded Shiner defense came up big by holding the Lions to 115 total yards, including just 28 rushing. They also in-tercepted Kenedy’s Rollie Zepeda four times.

“They always say de-fense wins championships,” Cerny said. “The way they played the other night, they gave us a lot of chances on offense and good field posi-tion. That’s definitely what you’ve got to have in the playoffs.”

The Class 1A Division I, Region IV Area Champi-onship will kick off at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Somerset’s Bulldog Stadium.



BRAHMAS: Face San Diego

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The Vaqueros are a run-heavy team and half of their offensive production rests on the shoulders of fullback Luis Lopez, who has rushed for 1,874 yards on 187 carries and has scored 26 touchdowns. Running backs Joe Gallegos (106-819, six touchdowns) and Rene Perez (71-492,six touchdowns) are Lopez’s chief backups. San Diego has had over 10 dif-ferent players carry the ball at least one time during the season.

Quarterback Matt Saenz has 119 of San Di-ego’s 161 passing yards on 8-of-27 with one touchdown and one interception.

The Brahmas defense will need to make sure they stop or limit the production of Lo-pez, Gallegos and Perez, and will also need to be prepared for the occasional pass.

“Lopez is a good, tough and balanced run-ner,” Psencik said. “He keeps those legs turn-ing.”

The Brahmas defenders will have to make sure they hit Lopez, not merely touch him hard.

“You have to tackle Lopez and not just bump him,” he said. “If you bump him and not

tackle solidly, he will escape.”The Vaqueros’ offense runs out of the Slot T

and will come out in an unbalanced line every now and then.

San Diego’s defense comes out in the 3-3 Stack and 4-3 formations.

They will blitz heavily from both sets.“They do a lot of twisting, blitzing and

things like that,” Psencik said. “They will come after you. Very seldom do they not blitz.”

Lopez, one of the linebackers, is the leading tackler with 72 total tackles and defensive end Ryan De La Cruz had 39 total tackles includ-ing eight sacks on the year. Hallettsville will need to block those two players.

The Brahma offensive line and blocking backs have their work cut out for them.

“Our line and our backs have to pick up those blitzes. It is one of our goals for this game (protect the ball carriers from blitzes),” Psen-cik said.

Defensive backs Michael Lichtenberger and Adam Contressas lead San Diego with three interceptions each.

The Brahmas are hoping to reach the third round anyway they can.

“We would love to get another win some way,” Psencik said. “There will be lots of prayers said for this game.”

per game. Their high-octane offense has either set or broken over 40 school records this year including one for points in a game when they beat Lakehill Prep 94-66.

The top gun for the GCA offense is their quarterback Hayden Burnett, who has completed 54 percent of his passes for 3,430 yards and 39 touchdowns. The se-nior is also very instrumental in the run-ning game with 1,673 yards and 26 scores on 226 carries.

In their first round 48-27 win over Fort Worth Lake Country Christian, Burnett went 11-for-18 with 287 yards and four touchdowns. He also added 120 rushing and another score on 18 carries.

“Everything runs through Hayden,” said Berry. “He’s been pretty proficient throw-ing the ball for us and he’s our leading rusher as well. He’s just a great competitor.”

When Burnett drops back to pass more often than not he’s looking to throw to Zev Bailey, who leads the team with 52 catches for 1,267 yards and 18 touchdowns.

“Zev is our main receiver,” Berry said. “He’s got good hands and he does a job of

running routes and getting open.”The other important cogs in the GCA

offensive machine include Jeramee Smith (774 yards rushing, 681 yards receiving, 15 TDs), and Cody King (862 yards receiving, 202 yards rushing, 13 TDs).

“We need to be able to execute and do the things that we want to do,” said Berry.

The Swordsmen have been involved in quite a few shootouts this season because of their porous defense, which has given up an average of over 33 points per game. Their defense runs through linebackers Caleb Petersen, the team’s leading tackler with 173 including 119 solo, and Michael Assels (68 tackles, 53 solo and a team-high 5 sacks).

“St. Paul has a really good offense so we’re going to have to be able to slow them down a little bit,” Berry said. “I don’t think you ever really stop a team that does the things that they do.”

Despite the many parallels, one main difference between St. Paul and GCA is their players’ experience level. The Cardi-nals only have three seniors compared to the dozen that appear on the Swordsmen’s roster.

on the season, led by Austin Barr who has thrown for 1,208 yards on 71-of-130 for 15 touchdowns and four interceptions. He has rushed for 195 yards and seven touch-downs on 60 carries.

Micah Lutz leads all Cougar rush-ers with 587 yards on 89 carries and five touchdowns. Kade Thomas had six rush-ing touchdowns on 51 carries for 240 yards.

Receiver Donovan Jeanne has 30 catch-es for 651 yards and nine scores while Garrett Krebs has 510 yards on 26 catches and four touchdowns.

While not the biggest team Sacred Heart has played, the Cougars offensive

linemen and skill positions have a lot of speed, Henke said.

Covenant Christian brings the heat fairly often.

“They do a lot of stunting up front and bring the linebackers on a blitz,” Henke said. “They will mix it up.”

The Indian offensive linemen will need to be able to pick up the stunts and blitzes well so they can be proficient at their of-fensive game plan, running the football and keeping possession.

Defensive back Adam Maxie leads the defense with 125 total tackles on the sea-son and Lutz had 111 and six sacks while lineman Will Carter has six sacks as well.

Defensive back Trey Jackson has five in-terceptions on the year.


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INDIANS: Tackle Covenant

for No. 31; Dallas Rothbauer was No. 74 in 19:43.65 and Jamie Moreno followed in 19:49.93; Mario Pinedo was No. 77 in

19:53.38 and Cameron Jalufka was No. 92 in 20:46.71.

Waelder’s Clay Orona was ninth with a final time of 17:32.36.


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Music Study Club, a part of the Texas and National Federation of Music Clubs, met Tuesday evening at First Baptist Church for a pro-gram celebrating American Music Month, November 2011 hosted by Dae and Joey Moss, Shirley Spoon and Sandra Moore.

Pres.Spoon opened the meeting welcoming all members and one guest and asked Herb Karnau, with Vida Burnett at the piano, to proceed with the Federation Hymn and TOGETHER WE SING. The featured folk song for November 2011 is Till We Meet Again, the very popular song of WW I era which depicts the yearning of soldiers and sweethearts as men go off to war. Singing this song commemorates the brave soldiers of WW I on Veterans Day November 11, 2011. The last living vet-eran of WW I, Frank Buck-les, died February 27, 2011, at age 110.

Pres. Spoon led officers reports which included re-ports of Secretary JoAnn Leifeste and Treasurer Mil-dred Lauraine and annou-jncements with opportu-nities to hear a concert by Mid-Texas Symphony ( De-cember 11th in Seguin) and the November 12th concert of the Singing Cadets of Texas A & M at Round Top, Texas’ International Festival Institute.

Social Committee Ch. Charles Patterson reported plans for the Thursday, De-cember 8th Music Club Christmas Banquet at 7 PM in the Narthex of First United Methodist Church, a catered feast at the cost of $13.50 each; a reservations

list was passed to members at the meeting.

Vice Pres.Vida Burnett introduced guest enter-tainer Howard Gloor at the steel guitar. We learned this instrument originated in Hawaii and has evolved into many versions featur-ing connections with back ground rythym recordings, in different key ranges and different capabilities for cus-toms sounds. We learned it is up to the musician using only melody line notes, to embellish, play variations or obligato notes and only rare-ly, the melody line of a song. It seems to be a very diffi-cult instrument, to a person who has learned keyboard music. Mr.Gloor demon-strated some variations and noted he has learned over the 20 something years, no two perfornamces are alike on the steel guitar. He con-nected the rythym record-ings and played seven songs which were mostly familiar tunes: Bud’s Bounce, All Of Me, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, What A Wonder-ful World, Blue Eyes Cryin’ In The Rain, Crazy Arms and Over The Rainbow, all by American composers. The unique steel guitar sounds

revived memories of fun times with dancing, much enjoyed by all.

Other American music was on piano by Barbara Blanchard playing her ar-rangement of Play A Simple Melody by Irving Berlin, Mildred Lauraine playing the gospel song Redeemed, How I Love To Proclaim It and Carol DuBose, mezzo soprano (with Vida Burnett at the piano) singing Fix Me, Jesus, My Tribute And May The Road Rise To Meet You.

Pres. Spoon led members to speak the NFMC Col-lect, the meeting adjourned and all gathered in the Mall area for fellowshp and re-freshments. The hosts had prepared a colorful fall table covered with a russet bro-cade cloth, centered with an arrangement of gourds, pumpkins, silken fall blooms and brilliant leaves. They served party sandwiches, olives and carrot sticks, a creamy orange salad, crisp cookies, coffee and a cran-berry and citrus punch.

The December 8th Music Club meeting will feature a program by the Handbell Choir of First Presbyterian Church, preceded by a ban-quet.

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AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, many people ex-perience something special but you won’t get the chance. Relax, you’ll have other op-portunities shortly.

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Puzzle Answers

It was 18th-century German scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg who made the following sage observation: “Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.”

“The Battle Hymn of the Republic” (popularly known by a line from the chorus, ‘Glory, glory hallelujah’) was written by Julia Ward Howe in November of 1861 after the author made a trip to Washington, D.C., and reviewed Union troops near the city. The song was published the following February in The Atlantic Monthly magazine, earning Howe a grand total of $4 for what was destined to become one of the most popular songs of the Civil War and a perennial American classic.

When cartoon icon Bugs Bunny first appeared, in 1935, he was called “Happy Rabbit.”

If you’re a cat owner, it probably will come as no surprise that cats spend approximately 80 percent of their time sleeping.

Becoming a sports star is the dream of many young people, so you might think that someone who is signed to a professional baseball contract has it made. You’d be wrong, though; only one out of every 10 athletes who sign such a contract ever becomes a major-league ballplayer.

You’ve certainly heard the old adage “lightning never strikes twice — but, strictly speaking, it’s not true. Technically, lightning always strikes twice. Each lightning bolt is made up of multiple bolts that travel the same

path and strike the same spot in swift succession.

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