Gonzales Cannon October 11 Issue

A Hallettsville man is in custody after an early morning shooting left two people dead and two others in-jured.

On Sunday, October 7 at ap-proximately 12:34 a.m., Gonzales police officers were dispatched in reference to a shooting in the 1400 block of Klein Street, across the street from The Ebony Club. Oth-

er agencies also responded to the call including Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, Waelder Police Department and Gonzales County Sheriff ’s Department dep-uties. They arrived on scene to find three victims injured from appar-ent gun shot wounds.

EMS personnel arrived to treat the victims and transported them all to Gonzales Memorial Hospital, with the exception of a fourth vic-tim who transported herself to the

hospital prior to the first respond-ers’ arrival. Authorities said she was later released.

Frederick Lamon Smith, 39 of Gonzales, died at the hospital and was pronounced deceased at ap-proximately 3:24 a.m. by Justice of the Peace Deidra Voigt.

Unconfirmed sources from the scene reported that Smith, who was characterized as a hard-working family man, was at the club with some relatives. When some mem-

bers of his family got into a verbal altercation with a group of other men, Smith reportedly stepped in and played the role of peacemaker. The other men briefly exited the club before returning and opening fire, according to these sources.

Taylon Edow Porter, 23 of San Marcos, was later transported to Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, where he eventually succumbed to his injuries.

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Actors fire the Gonzales Cannon to simulate the “first shot” of the Texas Revolution at the Battle of Gonzales re-enactment Saturday at Pioneer Village as part of the annual Come and Take It festivities. Comfortable weather helped draw a sizeable crowd to the battle re-enactment as well as other Come and Take It events. See a full wrapup of this year’s festival in Section B. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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Shiner Homecoming RoyaltyMeloni Berger was named 2012 Homecoming Queen for Shiner High School on Friday night. She was escorted by Brady Cejka. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

Luling Homecoming RoyaltyCarley Glass was named Homecoming Queen and Aaron Ber-mudez was selected Homecoming King during ceremonies Fri-day night. (Photo by Mark Lube)

One director’s comment about watering cattle stirred some con-troversy during Tuesday’s Gonza-les County Underground Water Conservation District Board of Directors meeting.

Directors were discussing pay-ing the district’s Water Mitigation Fund bills when District 4 director Barry Miller raised an objection to a $12,133 payment to Drillink Inc. for drilling a well for a landowner.

“We cannot spend that $12,000 to a mitigation contractor who is not approved (on the district’s list

of approved contractors),” Miller said. Miller defeated Benson for the District 4 seat in last spring’s elections.

Board president Bruce Patteson said it was his understanding the landowner claimed the well drilled was an emergency because his cattle had no access to water. “Our

rules allow that for an emergency, don’t they?” he said.

“It is not an emergency to supply water to cows,” Miller replied.

The comment sent a ripple of gasps through the Commissioners Courtroom audience, since many of those attending the meeting are

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Gonzales County Com-missioners on Tuesday heard from a pair of organi-zations offering to help the county maintain roads be-ing damaged by Eagle Ford Shale traffic.

Commissioners heard presentations by Tailored Products Group, a compa-ny which makes a product which helps stablizes road beds, and from Klotz Asso-ciates, an engineering firm offering to help the county identify road and bridge damage and seek compen-sation from drilling compa-

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CUERO — DeWitt County Sheriff ’s depu-ties have arrested Ron-nie Joe Hendrick, 41, of Yorktown for the 2001 murder of Pamela Shelly of Ashdown, Arkansas.

Hendrick was arrested after the cold case was reopened by the DeWitt County Sheriff ’s Office.

Shelly’s death was orig-inally ruled a suicide by authorities in 2001 af-ter she was discovered

with a gunshot wound in a home located in the northwest area of DeWitt County. After a lengthy investigation by DCSO Investigator Carl Bowen, additional information was obtained leading to the grand jury indict-ment of Hendrick.

Hendrick was already in custody at the DeWitt County Detention Center on an unrelated charge.

Hendrick is being held in the DeWitt County Sheriff ’s Office De-tention Center under

$500,000 bond set by District Judge Kemper S. Williams. He was ar-raigned by Justice of the Peace Peggy Mayer of Cuero.

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Thought for the Day

“I’ve been bar-becued, stewed, screwed, tattooed, and fried by people claiming to be my friends. The human race has gone back-ward, not forward, since the days we were apes swinging through the trees.”

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October 11, 1878On this day in 1878, Kiowa chief Satanta committed suicide

by jumping out his prison window. Satanta was born around 1820, probably in what is now Kansas or Oklahoma. He first emerged as an orator at the Medicine Lodge Treaty council in October 1867, where he came to be known as the “Orator of the Plains,” although that title may have been a tongue-in-cheek reference to his long-winded speeches rather than sin-cere praise for his speaking abilities. In 1871 Satanta and his fellow chiefs Satank and Big Tree were arrested for their part in the Warren wagontrain raid. Satank was killed while trying to escape. The trial of Satanta and Big Tree at Jacksboro was a celebrated event, primarily because it marked the first time Indian chiefs were forced to stand trial in a civil court. The jury convicted the two men and sentenced them to hang, but Texas governor E. J. Davis commuted the sentences to life.

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SEGUIN — Cody J. Lorenz pleaded guilty to felony murder Monday morning in Second 25th District Court.

In response to his plea, District Judge W.C. “Bud” Kirkendall convicted Lorenz of the offense and scheduled sentencing for 9 a.m. Nov. 27.

Murder while commit-ting a felony is a first-degree felony punishable by a sentence of five to 99 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

Lorenz, 21, of Seguin, was charged in the death of Amber Robbins, 19, who died in a two-vehicle collision in December 2011 at the intersection of Highway 46 and West Kingsbury Street.

Lorenz’s case was on Monday’s docket for a jury trial, but he had made the pretrial decision that if the jury found him guilty sentencing would be done by the judge.

After his plea and con-viction, Lorenz was re-turned to the Guadalupe County Jail.

At noon Monday, pro-spective jurors sum-moned for duty Monday were being questioned for possible service in a civil case.

District Attorney Heather McMinn had said last week that she was ready to take the Lorenz case to trial.

“On behalf of the fami-ly, I think it is a relief that he accepted responsibili-ty,” McMinn said Monday afternoon.

McMinn said she had not yet made a decision

on what sentence to rec-ommend when Lorenz returns to court Nov. 27. She said she’ll be con-ferring with the victim’s family about what sen-tence they believe is suf-ficient.

Lorenz’s attorney, Veryl Brown, did not respond to a request for comment about the case.

Lorenz’s plea, which was an “open plea” and not the result of a plea bargain, did not include a plea of guilty regard-ing the issue of a deadly weapon (the vehicle driven by Lorenz) having been used in the commis-sion of the offense.

The collision that killed Robbins was reported shortly before 10 p.m. Dec. 29, 2011. Seguin police said Robbins was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Trail Blazer going south on Highway 46. At the intersection with West Kingsbury, her Chevro-let was struck by a 1997 Dodge pickup driven by Lorenz. Witnesses told police the Dodge had run a red light at the intersec-tion.

Robbins died at the scene, and Lorenz was taken to Guadalupe Re-gional Medical Center where he was treated and

released.Police said marijuana,

drug paraphernalia and alcoholic beverages were found in the Dodge pick-up, and Lorenz initially was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor posses-sion of marijuana.

Two weeks later, lab test results showed Lorenz’s blood alcohol content to have been 0.17, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08, and he was rearrest-ed on Jan. 13 on a charge of murder while commit-ting a felony. Authori-ties said the felony was Lorenz’s third offense for driving while intoxicated.

First- and second-of-fense DWIs are misde-meanors, but DWI be-comes a felony with the third and subsequent of-fenses.

In another case on Monday’s docket, Rob-ert Flores, 32, of Seguin, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily injury to a family member, and Kirk-endall sentenced him ac-cording to the terms of a plea agreement.

Flores was sentenced to a seven-year term in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with credit for 235 days served in the county jail.

Flores was indicted in April on two counts of assault causing bodily in-jury enhanced by a prior conviction for misde-meanor assault of a fam-ily member in Novem-ber 2003 in Guadalupe County court-at-law. His indictment also showed a prior felony conviction for manufacture or deliv-ery of a controlled sub-stance in January 2007 in 25th District Court.

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Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office Report for Sept. 30-Oct. 6:

10/02/12Green, Allen Author, 05/1978, Bastrop. Local War-

rant – Theft of Property >$1,500 <$20K. Requires $3,500 Bond. Transferred to another Facility with Detainer.

McDonald, John Angus, 07/1975, Nixon. Austin Parole Division Warrant – Claim Lottery Price Fraud >$200 <$10K. Remains in Custody.

10/03/12Smith, Feron Leonard, 03/1982, Gonzales. Local

Warrant – Possession of a Controlled Substance PG 1 >1G <4G. Requires $50,000 Bond. Local Warrant – Possession of a Controlled Substance PG 1 >4G <$200G. Requires $50,000 Bond. Remains in Cus-tody.

10/05/12Vargas, Gabriel Ray, 12/1977, Cameron. Lo-

cal Warrant – Evading Arrest Detention. Requires

$3,000 Bond. Milam County Warrant – Criminal Nonsupport – Count 1. Milam County Warrant – Criminal Nonsupport – 2. Milam County Warrant – Criminal Nonsupport – 3. Remains in Custody.

Kremis, Seth Robert, 12/1991, LaVernia. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$1,500 <$20K. Re-quires $50,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.

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

GCSO 05DPS 05GPD 09WPD 00NPD 01Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 20

Yoakum Police Department weekly incident re-port for Oct. 1-7:

10/01/12Case #12-408, Zamora, Matthew, 21, Yoakum,

106 Ellen May; Offense, Disorderly Conduct,; Dispo-sition, Fine/$584/Rel.

Case #175561, Warrant Arrest, Ford, Frankie, 34, Yoakum, 204 Trimmel; Offense, W#10-659-Speed-ing; Disposition, Fine/$219.20/Rel.

Case #12-407, Mathis, Broderick, 25, Yoakum, 208 Plaza; Offense, Assault-C; Disposition, Fine/$364/Rel.Case #12-408, Disorderly Conduct, 702 Irvine; Disposition, Court Citation.

Case #12-409, Assault-Fel3(FV), 104 Poth; Com-plainant, The State of Texas; Disposition, Investiga-tion.

10/05/12Case #175622, Flores, Kevin, 17, Yoakum, 900

Irvine; Offense, YPD/DPS Detention; Disposition, Fine/$664/Rel.

10/06/12Case #12-410, Arocha, Brianna, 20, Yoakum, 307

Plato; Offense, Assault-A (FV); Disposition, Trans/DCSO.

Case #12-411, Burglary-Vehicle, 204 Irvine; Dis-position, Investigation.

A vehicle loaded with 15 suspected illegal aliens escaped law enforcement about 10:30 a.m. Oct. 5 after a high speed chase in DeWitt County.

Sheriff Jode Zavesky said a deputy attempted to pull over an extended cab Chevrolet pickup on Thomaston River Road on suspicion of sto-len license plates, but the driver sped away on U.S. Highway 87 South, reaching speeds up to 90 mph.

Zavesky said the driver then turned onto

Fordtran Road before driving onto a property where the occupants, eight of whom were riding in the bed of the truck, bailed out as the driver got into terrain where the sheriff’s cruiser could not follow

The Victoria County Sheriff’s Office, Depart-ment of Public Safety aircraft, Connally and Stevenson prison units scent dogs and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents responded.

Officers caught one adult male from Hon-duras, but the others, including five women, es-caped.

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AUSTIN—You asked, we listened. The Texas Department of Transportation launched the newly redesigned www.txdot.gov. The new website was created specifically with the needs of Texans in mind. From drivers and individuals with a business focus to elected officials and other government staff, the new TxDOT website will undoubtedly provide much better service to all Texans who use it.

“The redesign of the TxDOT website reflects our commitment to listening to people all over the state and delivering

a great customer experience,” said Phil Wilson, TxDOT executive director.

The new website includes several key features and functionality that sets it apart as a true best-in-class site. For ex-ample, users will have the ability to per-sonalize the display of local news and “How Do I?” areas on the homepage. Also, the guesswork in finding the ap-propriate person to contact for inquiries has been eliminated with the interac-tive “Contact Us” tab in the expandable footer.

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SEGUIN — Seguin is in-vited to rally behind its first lady of law enforcement. Mary Kelso, wife of Seguin Police Chief Kevin Kelso, continues her fight against Non-Hodgkin’s Lympho-ma.

Kelso, who also works for the office of County Clerk Teresa Kiel, will be receiv-ing plenty of community support during a fundrais-ing effort scheduled in her honor. The fundraiser bar-becue, auction and dance is scheduled for Saturday Oct. 27 at the Guadalupe County Covered Dance Slab.

Ken Kiel, one of the co-ordinators for the event, says he couldn’t help but lend a hand in the effort. Kiel says not only does Kel-so work for his wife in the county clerk’s office but as chairman of the Guadalupe County Crime Stoppers Program, he has come to know and become friends with Chief Kelso and his family.

“She’s been going through medical treatments and ra-diation and chemo for the past several months. So she’s been at work and then she has had to take some time off from work -- her

vacation days, sick days -- all that was running out be-cause of her medical condi-tion. So a couple of girls in the office, Dalena Krueger and Monica White, as well as some of the other girls had just started the conver-sation (of the fundraiser) because Mary is going to be going through a bone mar-row transplant. The process is going to start Nov. 1 and Mary is going to have to miss work because of that,” said Kiel.

Kiel says while the fund-raiser effort is obviously to alleviate her family’s financial burden with all the medical bills, it’s also a way to honor Mary for her courage and continued faith to continue on and battle her illness.

“One of the things that has just really impressed me about Mary through all this -- and my wife has shared this with me -- is that Mary is such a troop-er. I think the dynamics of all this in the county clerk’s office started at the sort of shocking news that Mary was diagnosed with cancer. She felt fine. There was just a pain in her back. That carried on for a while and then she finally went to a doctor and then that led to the diagnosis. So it was sort of a shock because she wasn’t feeling that bad

other than her back was hurting a little bit. It has sort of been an dynamic of when Mary is there, all the girls want to help on Mary’s (work) load. But on the other hand, Mary wants to be treated nor-mal and part of the team and she wants to uphold her end of the workload and she’s asked if she can come in after hours. She wants to do what she can because she loves her job and loves the girls that she works with and so forth,” said Kiel.

As for the fundraiser, Kiel says it will be filled with plenty of events. He says the fundraiser gets underway in the afternoon with washer-pitching and plenty of great tasting food.

Tickets for the brisket and sausage plates are $8 each. Tickets are avail-able now at various loca-tions. They include Gift & Gourmet, This, That and the Other, Cascades and at radio station KWED and the Seguin Daily News. A bank account has also been established on be-half of Kelso at First Com-mercial Bank. Anyone wishing to contribute an auction prize are asked to contact Kiel at 303-4593, Monica White at 305-7397 or Dalena Krueger at 832-1476.

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Mary Kelso, right, leaves her hand print on a survivor’s banner held this past spring during the annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life event. Tickets are now available for a fundraiser to help support her and her family.

The Second Annual Pink Ribbon Brunch will be held on Saturday, October 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Gonzales Pres-byterian Church.

Held in celebration of October being Breast Can-cer Awareness Month, the event will feature a buffet of wonderful homemade goodies that have a break-fast flair and many that will have a luncheon flair.

The tickets are available for a $10 donation and there are a limited num-ber of tickets available. All funds raised will go to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Gonzales County 2013.

This year’s guest speaker will be from the Gonzales Memorial Hospital Foun-

dation. They will be in-forming about the new 3D Mammography Machine that is coming soon to the hospital. We will be the first rural area in the state of Texas to have such high technology available. Even in the larger urban areas, this technology is fairly un-common. There was a lot of hard work that went into getting such cutting edge equipment and everyone is thankful for their efforts.

The Brunch will also fea-ture live music to dine by. A silent auction with loads of wonderful items will be available for those who are interested. It’s never too early to start holiday shop-ping. There will also be a number of door prizes. If anyone is interested in

donating an item to the si-lent auction or door prizes, please let us know.

The “Best Decorated Pink Hat Contest” is back by popular demand. Deco-rate a hat in pink, wear it in to the brunch and show it off to everyone. The one who gets the most votes from those at the brunch will win a prize. There will be a prize for adult entries and one for student entries.

Dress in pink and join family, friends, and survi-vors for this great celebra-tion of hope. For additional information, to make do-nations or purchase tickets, call Shari Johnson at 830-857-1149, Rebecca Flores at 512-669-8196 or Janice Williamson at 830-857-5694.

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nies.“Those county roads are

being destroyed by trucks they were never designed to carry,” said Al Richard-son, vice president of Tai-lored Products. “When a lot of these roads were built in the 1950s, they were four to six inches deep. To carry that kind of traffic they should be 6-24 inches deep.”

Richardson said his com-pany makes a product from grain and molasses that produces a strong cement-ing acation between the soil on which a road rests and the road materials, helping to lessen damage.

He offered commission-ers the chance to test the product on a short length of road as a way to see how it performs. Com-missioners mentioned several roads needing or under repair where the test might take place, including CR294 in the Cheapside area.

Michael D. Schlichte of Klotz Associates told the court that his company wants to help the county focus on bridge and road repairs and work with drilling companies on ontaining compensatory

funds for those repairs.“We’ve probably inspect-

ed more bridges in Texas for TxDOT than any other company,” Schlichte said. “We focus on bridges that might have been compro-mised.”

Schlichte said his firm uses its engineering ex-pertise to document what damage has been done.

“What we have been able to do is document the damage and get the oil companies to fund the repairs,” he said. “For the most part, the oil compa-nies want to be good citi-zens.”

Commissioners will re-view the presentations be-fore possible future action.

In other business Tues-day, the court:

• Named Juanita Domin-guez and Louis Kuntschik two two-year terms as Emergency Services Dis-trict commissioners;

• Released a $5,000 cash

bond to Weems Geophysi-cal Inc.;

• Approved a proclama-tion designating Octo-ber as Domestic Violence Month in the county;

• Approved a new con-tract with Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson LLP for collection of delin-quent taxes;

• Approved advertising for bids for a new pickup truck for Precinct 4 and the purchase of a used pickup truck for Precinct 1;

• Approved an interlo-cal cooperation agreement between Precinct 3 and the Texas Department of Pub-lic Safety which will enable DPS to help locate persons who have failed to appear in court;

• Accepted gifts of gravel loads for road repairs from SAWS, Forrest Oil and Ro-setta Resources;

• Set the date for the county’s annual Christmas party on Dec. 11.

cattle owners.“I know somebody out

there who’s got 20 dead cows (from lack of wa-ter),” director Steve Ehrig said. “I don’t think that man would appreciate what you just said.”

Miller said the land-owner should have re-acted before the situation reached ‘emergency’ sta-tus.

“He should have been able to tell long before then” the cattle’s water supply was down, Miller said. “I think the man should be fined for ani-mal abuse.”

The board voted to table the payment to

Drillink pending approv-al of the firm’s mitigation status.

Directors also heard from one landowner urg-ing them to fire Miti-gation Manager David McMullen over what he termed a “conflict of in-terest.”

Pat Rosato said that because McMullen, who last month asked the board to find a replace-ment for him but offered no specific timetable, has accepted a position with Canyon Regional Water Authority and “that is in direct conflict with his position with the district. He should not be em-ployed any further by the district.”

Directors took no ac-tion on the matter during the meeting.

The board reviewed a presentation from Groundwater Manage-ment Area 13 consultant William Hutchison on how to evaluate the mod-eling used in creating Desired Future Condi-tions (DFC) with actual measurements, which at times can vary widely.

Hutchison told the board the DFC is based on a single model formu-la and gave a persentation with slides indicating that water drawdown var-ies widely from county to county and even within counties throughout the region.

In other action Tuesday, the board approved two permit applications by landowner Roy Cantrelle for re-equipping existing wells.


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The last victim was iden-tified by authorities as Tony Anthony Hernandez, 24 of Gonzales. He was trans-ported to University Hospi-tal in San Antonio on Sun-day and was listed in stable condition as of 1 p.m. on Monday.

A Texas Ranger out of the Seguin office and Inves-tigator Frank Allenger with the 25th 2nd District Attor-ney’s office were brought in to assist with the investiga-tion. On Sunday, warrants for one count of first degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon were issued for Parris Brown, 24 of Hal-lettsville. Brown was locat-ed and placed into custody without incident.

As of press time, Brown was being housed in the Gonzales County Jail in

lieu of bonds totaling $200,000.

He was charged Wednes-day with an additional count of capital murder of multiple persons.

Brown was a standout running back at Halletts-ville High School. He was named the District 26-3A Offensive Player of the Year in 2005, earning an All-State honorable mention. He had most recently been employed as a truck driver with Certification Oilfield Rentals.

It had been originally reported that this shooting incident was connected to another one that took place later that same night in Cu-ero, but Gonzales Police Captain Alan Taylor con-firmed that the incidents are unrelated. He also said the investigation is still on-going with more arrests ex-pected.

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Gonzales school trustees on Monday ap-proved several policy updates, including dis-trict policy regarding how end-of-course ex-ams will affect students’ grade-point averages.

The Texas Legislature last year mandated that end-of-course exams must make up 15 percent of a student’s grade for the year in a course, but left it to individual school districts to determine local policy on implementation.

Superintendent Dr. Kim Strozier presented a policy which allows students to re-take the end of course test but makes the score from the first test administration the one which counts for grade-point average determination.

“There are a number of instances where stu-dents will want to re-take the test to increase their score, and we want to encourage that,” she said. “Even if they passed the test the first time, there are a number of instances when they would want to try to improve their score.”

Trustees also heard a construction up-date which indicated that several issues have pushed back the anticipated completion of renovation projects at the district’s three el-

ementary schools.Deputy superintendent Larry Wehde told

the board that there has been “one problem after another” in finishing work at North Av-enue Intermediate.

“When you renovate, there’s more issues be-cause when you look behind walls you never know what’s going to be there,” he said.

He said crews also ran into a problem with the adhesive for the gym floor not sticking to the concrete because that concrete had been sealed several years ago. District crews are stripping the seal off before the adhesive is tried again.

There has also been an issue with some sub-contractors, he said, with some unionized crews refusing to perform certain tasks others are performing.

In other business Monday, trustees ap-proved the Gonzales High School improve-ment plan for 2012-13; passed a resolution no-tifying the Secretary of State the district would retain its authority of exercising eminent do-main power; approved a GISD emergency operations plan; and approved TASB Policy Update 95 and a local policy on compensation of non-exempt employees.

Four members and ten visitors enjoyed lunch and visiting at the 72nd Gonzales High School Reunion, Class of 1940. The meeting was held at the Belmont Social Club Restaurant, on Saturday, Sept. 29th. Members attending were Richard Troell of Wichita, KS., Doris Grisham of Seguin, Clare Hall of Gonzales and Nolan Her-rington of Bullard, Tx.

Visitors were Ruby Gandre of Gonza-les, Ruth Steen, Gonzales, Otha Grisham

of Seguin, Truman Parr of Waelder, San-dra Randolph of Gonzales, Norma Troell, Wichita, KS., Mary Alice Herrington of Bullard, Tx., Mildred Lauraine of Gonza-les, and Christina and Ronnie Menking of Cost.

Special thanks to Ruby Gandre, for the time and work involved getting things or-ganized for the reunion.

Time and place of next year’s reunion will be announced later.

Visitors at the Class of 1940’s Reunion Include (seated from L to R), Ruby Gandre, Ruth Steen, Otha Grisham, Truman Parr. Standing, (L to R), Norma Troell, Sandra Randolph, Mary Alice Herrington, Mildred Lauraine, Christina Menking and Ron-nie Menking.

Class members of Gonzales High School Class of 1940 who met for their 72nd Reunion recently include (L to R) Richard Troell, Doris Grisham, Clare Hall & No-lan Herrington.

By DAVE MUNDY

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The Gonzales Tourism Advisory Commit-tee has awarded a grant of $7,500 to Classical Guitar Alive, an Austin-based nonprofit or-ganization, to film the pilot episode of a new public television program in Gonzales. The program is called American Classical, and is a co-production with Classical Guitar Alive and San Antonio PBS station KLRN-TV. The Gonzales Tourism Advisory Committee’s award has also led to additional funding for the project, including a $5,000 matching grant from Charles Parker, Classical Guitar Alive’s President.

“There is nothing like it on tv right now,” says Classical Guitar Alive Executive Director, Tony Morris. “The format of American Clas-sical is part home tour, part house concert. Viewers nationwide will enjoy a feast for the senses that combines the intimacy of a thrill-ing exclusive concert with a personally guided

tour through ravishingly beautiful homes. Gonzales is the perfect place for the pilot epi-sode of American Classical, not only because it has so many spectacularly beautiful homes, but also because Gonzales has a long history of starting things, (like Texas) that become much bigger and change the world.”

San Antonio PBS tv station KLRN also has a history of launching successful programs. KLRN filmed the very first episode of The An-tiques Roadshow, which has become the most successful program in PBS history.

Tony Morris currently hosts a nationally-broadcast radio program Classical Guitar Alive!, which is broadcast each week on over 200 public radio stations across the US and in-ternationally. For more information, he can be reached at (512) 657-1400 or via email: [email protected] and via the web-site: www.ClassicalGuitarAlive.org


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nounced Friday that the Jury Trial scheduled for Monday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. at the Gonza-les County District Court has been canceled. Those who have received jury summonses may disregard them. For details call 830-672-9754.

SCV to meetThe Sons of Confederate Veterans, Texas

Bonnie Blue Camp #869 and Col. Gustav-Hoffmann Camp #1838 will be honoring the soldiers who fought in the War Between The States at the Harwood Cemetery, located at South 2nd Street in Harwood.

This memorial will be on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. All participants will be in period cloth-ing. The group needs to hear from families who have Civil War soldiers buried there.

Both Confederate and Union will be hon-ored.

For more information, contact Linda Miller at 210-420-5461.

Harkey BenefitA barbecue benefit to help defray medical

expenses for Caldwell County Sheriff’s Deputy Randy Harkey is scheduled 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Rotary Pavilion at Inde-pendence Park in Gonzales. Harkey suffered a stroke recently. A barbecue brisket, sausage, beans and German potatoes plate will be avail-able for $7. There will also be a drawing, baked goods sale and more events; tickets in the drawing are $1 each or $5 for six. To purchase tickets in the drawing or barbecue, contact Brandi Vinklarek at 830-203-0892, Dean Vin-klarek at 830-203-0692, Mary Irle at 830-203-1154, Debbie Toliver at 830-857-3974, Sanya Harkey at 830-203-0131 or Dorothy Gast at 830-931-5712.

Free piano lessonsFree piano lessons for students 8-18 are be-

ing offered in Gonzales.There are 10 weekly lessons that take place

from 3:45-4:45 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Gonzales Public Library, lo-cated at 415 St. Matthew.

Registration must be done at the library by a parent or legal guardian and library member-ship is required. No telephone registrations will be accepted.

For more information, call the library at 830-672-6315.

Health FairThere’s a Health Fair coming to town! The

Community Health Centers of South Central Texas will be hosting its “25th Annual Health Fair” on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 9 a.m.-11 p.m. at the Victoria School of Nursing at the corner of Hwy. 90A and St. Joseph Street. Flu Shots will be available for $15. Free blood pressure, pulse and Blood Sugar screenings will be avail-able.

Information on family planning, diabetes, hypertension, nutrition, and WIC services will be available. There will be health education

booths from various health-related organiza-tions in Gonzales and surrounding counties, plus healthy cooking demonstrations. There will be an area designated for the kids, with games and prizes. There will be door prizes. Everyone is invited to be a part of this commu-nity event. We are making health care fun!

The Community Health Centers of South Central Texas, Inc. has been serving the com-munity with their health care needs for over 45years reaching out to surrounding counties. For more information, please call 830-672- 6655 and ask to speak to Christina Cordova or Melissa San Miguel.

Bunco NightVictoria College Nursing Students present

their Fundraising Bunco Night. $25 per person. Dinner will be served. Prizes and door prizes will be given. Bring a friend! Please RSVP by November 12, 2012 to Kristin Schuette All pro-ceeds beneift Victoria College Gonzales Cam-pus

Saturn HomecomingThe 56th Saturn Homecoming will take

place on Sunday, Oct. 14.This is a day of reunion, fellowship, and re-

newing friendship. Bring your favorite covered dishes.

An auction will also be held during the event.

Caldwell ForumThe Caldwell County Sheriff’s Association

will be hosting a County Political Forum on October 17 at the Lion’s Club, located at 220 Bufkin Lane (next to the Lockhart Police De-partment).

This forum will focus on local candidates that are running for Caldwell County Offices and the public is encouraged to attend. The doors will open at 5 p.m. and the forum will start at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Elected Offices included in this forum are: Commissioner Pct 1, Commissioner Pct 3, Con-stable Pct 1, Constable Pct 2, Tax Assessor/ Col-lector, and Sheriff.

For more information, call the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Association at 512-964-1795.

Elks Ladies Style ShowThe Gonzales Elks Ladies will present the an-

nual Ladies Champagne Luncheon and Style Show on Saturday, Nov. 10.

Entitled “Dreamin’ For A Cure,” the event will take place at the Elks Lodge, located at 1222 E. Sarah DeWitt Drive, beginning at 11 a.m.

Pre-sale only tickets are $25 and can be pur-chased at Shear Designs Boutique, W.B. Farm & Ranch, or from Elks Ladies members. Proceeds benefit the local American Cancer Society Re-lay for Life event.

For more information, call 830-672-2615 af-ter 6 p.m.

CATI Square DancersThe Come and Take It Square Dance Club of

Gonzales is offering lessons beginning Mon-day, October 22 from 7 to 8 P. M. Two free “open house” sessions will be held on Monday,

October 1 and Monday, October 8 from 7:30 – 9:30 P. M. These two “get-acquainted” op-portunities will allow prospective students a chance to learn a few basic steps and to meet the friendly dancers. Lessons and “open hous-es” will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, located across the street from the south side of the courthouse in Gonzales, at 414 St. Louis St. Come give it a try. Everyone is welcome!

Square-dancing is an enjoyable social form of exercise, appropriate for all ages, teens to “seniors.” For more information, please call 830-672-7384 or 830-672-9307 or 830-672-3224.

Free organ concertFor the fifth consecutive year, the Presbyte-

rian Church of Gonzales will showcase its 1925 pipe organ with a concert during the Winter-fest celebration.

The free concert will be held Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. Visiting organist Paul Keith of Austin will perform a selection of classical and mod-ern pieces. Refreshments follow the event.

For more information, call the church office at 830-672-3521.

Livestock ShowThe Gonzales Livestock Show Association

recently announced its show requirements.To be eligible for the Gonzales Livestock

Show: all exhibitors must be members of Gonzales 4-H or FFA prior to November 1; and exhibitors and a parent/guardian must attend one drug residue avoidance class.

Classes will be held at Gonzales High School cafeteria on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m.; Mon-day, Nov. 26 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 5 at 9 a.m.

Updates may be acquired by visiting the new Gonzales Livestock Show Association Facebook page and Show rules may be picked up at the County Agent’s office.

Lamb and goat validation will be held Wednesday, Oct. 10th at J.B. Wells Showbarn. The times are from 5-6 p.m. for Lambs and from 6-7 p.m. for Goats. All market and breed-ers must validate at this time.

Smoke Meat saleThe Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38

I.O.O.F. is now taking orders for their annual Smoked Meat Sale.

Chickens (about 3 lbs.) will sale for $8 each, sausage (3-lb. packages) will sale for $11, turkeys (8-10 lbs.) will be available for $22 each and ham (5-6 lbs.) for $26 each.

Orders must be turned in by Nov. 15 and will be delivered or picked up on Dec. 12.

For more information, contact Larry Mer-cer at 830-672-2982 or any other Odd Fel-low member. All proceeds will go to benefit the children and organizations that help the children in Gonzales area.

Youth Center BBQThe Gonzales Youth Center Bar-B-Que will

be held on Sunday Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gonzales Jr. High Cafeteria.

The plates will consist of delicious beef

brisket, potato salad, beans, and pickles, on-ions, bread and dessert for only $8. You may dine in or go through the drive-through pick up on St. Louis Street.

Ken Hedrick will again head up the fantas-tic cook team. Tickets are available from any Youth Center member or can be purchased at the event. Any briskets left after 1 p.m. will be sold for $40 and halves for $20.

Please plan to eat with us Sunday, Oct. 21 after church and help the Youth Center con-tinue serving our kids. If you would like to help, need tickets or need more information, call Pat Anders at 830-857-3483.

Hermann SonsGonzales Hermann Sons Lodge #175 will

meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 at the Hermann Sons Hall. There will be an elec-tion of officers for 2013 followed by a meal; members are asked to bring side dishes or desserts.

Benefit donationsAn account has been set up to benefit a

wheelchair-bound Gonzales resident recov-er from a construction accident.

Jo West’s gas line was accidentally rup-tured on June 20 by a construction company working on a home. “I was without gas to cook an hot water for showers for a month and a day,” West said, creating a major finan-cial burden.

An account has been set up in West’s name at Prosperity Bank to help defray the financial costs. For details, contact her at203-9124.

Movies in the Park The City of Luling will sponsor “Movies in

the Park” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at Longer Park. The show will be “Real Steel.” The event is sponsored by the City of Luling, Luling Cham-ber of Commerce and other local supporters.

Bring your blankets and lawn chairs to en-joy this free event. Longer Park is located on South Magnolia Ave and East Bowie St.

Delhi VFDThe Delhi Volunteer Fire Department is

having their 3rd annual Gun Drawing and Chili Supper on October 27. To purchase your ticket for a chance to win 9 different guns contact a Delhi Fire department member or call 830-263-1555. We hope you will join us at the Chili cook-off & supper from 4-6pm on October 27th.

Head StartTMC Golden Crescent Head Start offers pre-

school services to children ages 3-5 years, in-cludeing education, nutrition, dental, social, disability, health and mental health. Gonzales Head Start is now accepting applications at the Gonzales Head Start Centers at 1600 Elm Street or 925 Wells Street. For information call 361-582-4441.

To apply for head Start, you will need a copy pof the child’s Birth Certificate, proof of income, proof of address and a current immu-nization record.

Women’s ConferenceEl Centro Cristiano “Agua Viva” (The Christian Center of Living Water) of Waelder will be

hosting a Women’s Conference titled “We Can Do It Lord by Your Grace.”The event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the center, located at 1012 Highway

90E in Waelder. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. with a Continental Breakfast. The confer-ence will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with lunch being served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Pastor Chris Porter at 830-328-2672 or Vickie Mica at 830-305-6789 or 830-788-7122.

Hooper BenefitThere will be a benefit fundraiser to defray medical costs for local resident Sherri

Hooper at 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at the American Legion Hall in Gonzales. Hooper suffers from autoimmune disease and began chemotherapy in July. Advance meal tickets are $20 and available Monday through Friday at Gonzales Livestock Market and at Scott Dierlam State Farm Insurance. There will be live and silent auctions as well as a drawing conduct-ed by Gonzales County Go-Texan Committee members. For details, call Lavonne Hayden at 713-560-9764 or Roxie Bean at 830-203-0705, of e-mail [email protected].

Community garage saleThe Thompsonville Ladies Club annual garage sale will be held on Saturday, October

13 from 8 am till ? at the Thompsonville Community Center. Lots of items.

Union protesters demonstrated outside the premiere of the new pro-education re-form movie “Won’t Back Down.”

“’Won’t Back Down,’ get out of town,” and “Move on over, corporate takeover,” the protesters at the “Won’t Back Down” premiere intoned. If their slogans were ju-venile and the instincts thuggish, the cal-culation of their self-interest was exactly right — unions shouldn’t want anyone to see this film.

In an outraged public letter, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, Ran-di Weingarten, complained that the movie traffics in “the most blatant stereotypes and caricatures I have ever seen.”

Really? Weingarten must never have seen a World War II movie, or a film fea-turing a hooker with a heart of gold, or pretty much any romantic comedy.

What makes “Won’t Back Down” so objectionable to her isn’t that its charac-ters are stereotypes but that they are rev-elations. Time-serving teachers beholden to a union obsessed with its prerogatives and power don’t often show up on the big screen, or we’d hear about more union pickets of movie openings.

“Won’t Back Down” is about a plucky working-class mother, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, whose dyslexic daughter is “getting crushed,” as she puts it, at the aw-ful local elementary school. She enlists a teacher at the school, played by Viola Da-vis, to work with her to trigger a parent-teacher takeover of the failing school. A great contest between the reforming duo and the powers that be ensues, and -- I’m probably not spoiling it for anyone if I re-veal this -- the duo prevails.

The villain in “Won’t Back Down” is the system, with the union playing an outsize role in it. That makes it a more complex portrayal of education than the typical classroom movie that celebrates the he-roic efforts of one teacher. The teachers in “Won’t Back Down” are burdened by a

lackluster principal, a deadening culture of mediocrity at their school, and their fear of losing their union protections when pre-sented with the possibility of something new.

If all she cares about is the depiction of the teachers in the movie, Weingarten should be pleased. Many of them -- after agonizing over their loyalty to the union and considerations of their own interest -- decide to do the right thing and support a radical reform of their atrocious school.

The chief producer of the film, Walden Media, has an interest in promoting edu-cational change. It’s a sign of the times, though, that Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis broadly support the film’s message. Davis said of the protesters, “There was not one person -- I guarantee you -- that was outside there protesting with a picket sign who had their child in a failing school.”

In one scene in “Won’t Back Down,” a union official with a history of union or-ganizing in her family asks plaintively, “When did Norma Rae become the bad guy?” When she became a cog in a union machine that protects an educational sys-tem that everyone knows isn’t working. “Won’t Back Down” may make Randi We-ingarten angry, but it mostly should make her afraid for her cause.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Re-view.

(c) 2012 by King Features Synd., Inc.

Saul Alinsky’s play book is being used in south Texas by local liberals.

On Monday, October 1, the South Tex-as Alliance for Progress, in cooperation with Citizens for Responsive Government and several other conservative grass roots groups, held a press conference on the steps of the San AntonioCity Hall to express their concerns and opposition to SA Mayor Julian Castro’s Pre-Kinder Tax. Midway through the press conference, a group represent-ing the Cesar Chavez Education Fund and LULAC marched onto the press conference site and began shouting and disrupting the press conference.

It was a typical Saul Alinsky mob tactic, rather than respecting law and order, rather than behaving in a civil respectful manner, rather than allowing the free expression of an opposite viewpoint, these leftist militants chanted, screamed, and showed their politi-cal, social, and emotional immaturity.

While their disruption of the press con-ference was inconvenient, it showed those who witnessed the disruption including the media, a clear and distinct view of the two Americas that are on a political collision course.

The conservative view was shown where behavior is based on the rule of law, Judeo/Christian moral values, and respect for op-posing views.

The liberal view was shown where people behave like mobs and shout their opponents down; where Liberals view themselves as victims; where they seek revenge, not jus-tice; and where liberal politicians manipu-late socially insecure people for their own gain.

Even more disturbing was the unwitting admission by one of the Chavez/LULAC protestors that their disruption had been “coordinated with the Mayor’s office.” If SA’s Mayor Castro is encouraging mobs to disrupt the peaceful assembly of his opposi-tion, what is next? Perhaps he will use the SAPD to arrest the opposition.

Then there was the arrogance of two high

level SA city officials. Peter Zanoni from the SA City Manager’s office and Adam Gree-nup from the Mayor’s office, walked past the press conference as it ended. In spite of the citizens’ requests to talk to them, they both refused and did not show common courtesy to the citizens they are supposed to serve. On the contrary, their arrogant disdain for conservative citizens was evident.

Unfortunately, there seems to be an ef-fort to intimidate conservatives in south Texas. In one case, Conservative state rep-resentative Raul Torres’ campaign has been threatened by ACORN. In another instance, Floresville’s liberal Mayor Daniel Tejada has ignored citizens’ requests for a transparent government and he has even appointed city council members in violation of state law.

South Texas, like the rest of the U.S., is facing a critical election in November that will decide the direction of the nation. In a recent panel discussion at St. Mary’s Uni-versity in SA, a young panelists who leads the “Occupy SA” movement, stated that only government can take care of people because “religion has failed and charity does not ex-ist.”

Americans must change the direction of our society and nation, and the change must start at the state and local level of govern-ment.

George Rodriguez is president of the South Texas Political Alliance.

Saul Alinsky tactics in the hands of Julian Castro


In Our ViewWant to stop the violence? Change the culture

El Conservador

George Rodriguez is a San Antonio resident. He is the former President of the San Antonio Tea Party, and is now Executive Director of the South Texas Political Alliance. He is a former official in the U.S. Justice Dept. during the Reagan Administration.

GeorgeRodriguez

RichLowry

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

‘Won’t Back Down’ draws outrage fromself-serving unions

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There were several comments posted to our website Monday about the shooting incident which claimed the lives of two young men over the weekend. Unfortunately, the posters didn’t follow our rules and didn’t include their names on their posts, so we could not ap-prove them for publication on the website, but the gist of most posts was: “How very sad! Gonzales used to be a safe town. Now we’re like a ghetto with shootings and stab-bings all over!”

On the one hand, they’re right: violent crime used to be unheard of in small Texas towns; there were incidents, but they were so few and far between that an incident like this reverberated for months.

On the other hand, Gonzales re-ally isn’t any different from a lot of other small towns around the state and the country: violent crime has become more commonplace.

It’s not a matter of the town be-ing a “ghetto,” however. If anything, Gonzales is being revitalized eco-nomically and is taking steps to re-verse that image of “decay” that so many people associate with violent

crime.It is instead our decayed culture

which is at fault. We have, as a soci-ety, come to accept the violence — and in many cases, we celebrate it.

Certainly our entertainment media has helped to desensitize the population to the horrors of real life with the gratuitous violence displayed on television and in the movies. The film-makers say all the blood and gore is portraying “real-ism” — but that’s untrue.

In the movies, the Bad Guys al-ways learn their lesson when The Hero beats them up. But here in the real world, the Bad Guys lick their wounds for a few days, then come back and shoot at you while you’re in your car with your kids.

It’s gotten worse in recent years, thanks to another entertainment genre. Much of what passes for “popular music” these days cele-brates and glorifies crime, violence, vulgarity, sexism, racism and drug use — and you parents out there tacitly approve of it because you buy it for your kids!

The vile nature of “gangsta rap” has transcended being merely an-noying noise and now influences fashion. The haute-couture look of having your pants “sag” below your butt came from the Los An-geles County Jail, where an abun-dance of inmates and a shortage of jail uniforms led to many prison-ers walking around having to hold their pants up because they were too big.

Those who are “sagging” are proudly telling the world, “Hey! I’ve been in jail, and I’m proud of it!”

You’d think that parents would feel a sense of duty to teach their kids that being a criminal and go-ing to jail is a disgraceful thing. Yet you can walk around town — any town — and see toddlers, children

and young teens dragging along with their britches falling down, because their parents bought those clothes for them.

I’ve seen grown adults who are otherwise responsible, caring in-dividuals dressed like they were raised in the Crips or the Bloods. What example are you setting for your kids?

There are those out there who think the way to stop the violence is to make gun ownership illegal. All that would do is to ensure that only criminals have guns, and would instead increase the violence — by assuring the criminals that their victims can’t defend themselves.

Murder was almost unheard of in Gonzales’ pioneer days— yet al-most everyone owned one or more guns.

The problem is that we rational-ize and enable criminal behavior. “He grew up in a bad environ-ment,” the enablers say. “He never had a chance.”

That’s not a reason, that’s an ex-cuse.

Ending the violence won’t be easy. The justice system isn’t

stacked in our favor.Every year, legislators weaken

penalties, bleeding-heart judges accept the most trivial of excuses to set thugs free, prosecutors ac-cept easy plea bargains rather than fighting for a full conviction to keep their “win” record high, and conscienceless defense lawyers make a mockery of our justice sys-tem.

If you want the violence to stop, don’t tolerate the culture which produces it.

Don’t dress your kid like a thug and it’s less likely he’ll become one. Don’t buy that child the accoutre-ments of gang culture. Control that child’s access to entertainment me-dia.

Don’t give the criminals the idea that they’re welcome. If some trunk-thumper parks in front of your business, call the police and report it, and refuse service to that vehicle’s occupants. It’s your right, not theirs.

We can’t depend on “the gov-ernment” to stop the violence. We have to do it ourselves — by chal-lenging and changing our culture.

This radio transcript is an interview includ-ing former VP of Mara-thon Oil Kevin Henning, Nebraska rancher Nick Schrunk, and commen-tated by “News from the Camphouse” host Her-man W. Brune.

Brune: Where is home and what’s the popula-tion?

Schrunk: Atkinson, Nebraska, and the popu-lation is about 1200 peo-ple. The closest Wal Mart is 150 miles.

Brune: What’s the ge-ography?

Schrunk: We’ve got land in the Sand Hills, and we’ve got five quar-ters (160 acres each) of irrigated farm land.

Brune: Where does the irrigation water come from?

Schrunk: It comes from the Ogallala Aquifer. We also have a water well business. It’s not uncom-mon in our area to dig a post hole and get 10 gal-lons of water per minute. It’s one of the best aqui-fers in the world with clean plentiful water. The irrigation wells are 250 feet deep and pump 1,000 gallons per minute.

Brune: You’re saying that a three-foot deep post hole will produce water. Over how large of a geographic area is that possible?

Schrunk: You can go 20 miles to the west and this is the case. If you go east, there is a layer of clay. But 20 feet down, under the clay – is the water again.

Brune: And this is the area designated for the

Keystone Pipeline?Schrunk: Yes, a bunch

of landowners have been fighting against the pipe-line. They’re still work-ing on exactly where it’s supposed to go. But one problem is that the pipe-line is supposed to be seven feet underground. That puts it in the aqui-fer. You can’t dig that deep in the Sand Hills. Then the second concern is having an oil leak in our aquifer. The Ogallala is essential to our liveli-hood. We don’t want to see the aquifer corrupted. The Sand Hills are frag-ile. If you stir up the earth and ruin the topsoil it will blow away. And that won’t change for the rest of our lives. So, we’re try-ing to preserve the land.

Brune: Being a water well man, describe the aquifer.

Schrunk: It’s a sand aquifer on the upper level and then it turns into gravel. And there’s a tremendous amount of water in the gravel. An-other concern is that the easement for the pipeline is being bought and not leased. Then the pipeline company has applied for

water well permits along the pipeline. We’re afraid that there are plans to ship our water to south-ern states.

Brune: Okay, I under-stand concerns about oil leaks. But the notion of moving water from one state to another sounds like hype from the rumor mill. That would take an amazing amount of leg-islation. We’ve seen and heard similar rumors when our Texas counties were voting on whether or not to have Ground-water Conservation Dis-tricts. And those worries were partly generated by the Trans Texas Corridor. But moving groundwater from Point A to Point B isn’t as simple as buy-ing land and owning a pipeline. So now let’s ask Kevin Henning to weigh in on this issue.

Henning: There must be a balance between industry and landown-ers – and that’s tough. For our nation, the Key-stone Pipeline is very important. We have a tremendous amount of oil being developed in the Dakotas. Presently, that oil is being moved by rail which is not very ef-ficient. The pipeline will also create a lot of jobs and put money into the economy. It will also al-low us to send the Cana-dian crude south. Getting that Canadian oil could reduce our imports from Venezuela and countries that aren’t friendly to us. So, I support the pipe-line but also realize we must consider the land-

owners we may affect. This is a good debate. We want to develop the oil but not hurt our natural resources. I should state that these are my opin-ions and may not reflect those of my former em-ployer. But as you look at pipelines across our na-tion, statistically it’s the safest way to move oil, gasoline, and diesel fuel. There is much more risk involved when hauling these products over land. So, pipelines are safe. The issue is what happens in the event of a leak. Even though the pipeline com-pany says there will never be a leak, and they can be built where they will be no corrosion – we know humans are involved. It’s not uncommon to have a backhoe dig into a line, and, possibly that’s why Trans Canada is buy-ing the easement instead of leasing it. That way they’ve got more control

to protect the pipeline. The dilemma, in this in-stance, is knowing that once in a while a pipe-line will leak and there should be a contingency plan. And the landown-ers should be aware of the contingency plan. Pipeline companies have computers that can detect a leak instanta-neously. But then the question is how much oil comes out in a leak? And how will it be handled and cleaned up? The en-vironmental studies that have been done should address those issues and I’d encourage the land-owners to have the Key-stone folks describe the contingency plans. Don’t tell the landowners it’ll never happen. Tell them how you’ll correct the problem if it ever oc-curs. Then find out what the pipeline looks like. How thick are the walls of the pipe? How often

is it checked for corro-sion? How often is the line checked and cleaned inside? They need to de-scribe all these items to the landowners. Are they willing to buy landown-ers insurance policies against damages caused by a leak? Again – for our nation this pipeline is critical. And for Key-stone it’s critical that the pipeline doesn’t leak.

Brune: What about the notion of moving groundwater?

Henning: That’s too political. Nobody gives up water whether you’re talking about moving it from East Texas to West Texas, or, the Great Lakes south. The idea is too political. And the pipe-line itself could be used for natural gas in two or three generations if the oil plays out. But I seri-ously doubt there’s any considerations of using it for water.


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RobertsDavid Roberts is the Executive Vice Presi-dent and Chief Operating Officer of Mara-thon Oil Corp.

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A spirit of progress forchange in South Texas

At a time when much of America is still struggling to put people back to work, gen-erate revenue for local, state and federal treasuries and attract large, capital invest-ments, the Eagle Ford Shale has trans-formed south Texas into a model of eco-nomic growth for the rest of the country.

Amid all the activity and excitement, we find ourselves at a critical moment in time.

Without question, we’re fortunate to be in the midst of an energy supply revolu-tion, due largely to the application of ad-vanced technology and continued innova-tion in the oil and gas industry. But we also face significant social, environmental and geopolitical challenges that have accompa-nied this growth.

If we’re going to deliver on the promise of the Eagle Ford, we must recognize, em-brace and commit ourselves to develop-ing solutions for dealing with these many challenges. Doing so in a vacuum will only spell failure. All stakeholders — local com-munities, operators, regulators and elected officials, to name a few — must continue to work in a spirit of cooperation if we’re going to further advance this opportunity and realize the full potential, and the full benefits, of these vast resources. We’ve made significant progress, but there’s still much work to be done.

At Marathon Oil, we’re proud to be a part of the Eagle Ford Shale equation. This asset is a priority for us, and our invest-ment reflects that – over the next five years, we plan to spend approximately $1.6 bil-lion annually to responsibly grow our op-erations and increase production in south Texas.

As an industry, our progress is tied di-rectly to our ability to assure local commu-nities we can deliver energy and economic security simultaneously, and that we’ll be able to do so in a safe and environmentally responsible manner while balancing im-pacts on infrastructure.

We certainly don’t have all the answers, but we’re working hard to tackle pressing issues such as traffic and road safety, work-force training and water use. What’s more, we’re addressing these challenges in collab-oration with stakeholders who represent all walks of life in the many communities that make up the region.

An excellent example is the ongoing work by Texas Railroad Commissioner Da-

vid Porter and his Eagle Ford Task Force, a forum established by Commissioner Por-ter to open lines of communication among a diverse set of stakeholders that includes operators, local government leaders and the environmental community.

Another notable development is the launch of the South Texas Energy and Economic Roundtable – better known as STEER – an industry association formed to serve as a one-stop educational resource and liaison with local officials, residents, the media and other stakeholders.

Marathon Oil and other operators are helping to promote safe driving through a number of initiatives, and we’re partnering with colleges, school districts, workforce development groups and recruiters to help both individuals and local businesses adapt to the current job market.

We’re also very conscious about concerns over water use in oil and gas operations, and how that might impact supplies. Mara-thon Oil is committed to minimizing our use of fresh water and we estimate that less than 3 percent of the water used in our cur-rent Eagle Ford operations is categorized as drinking water. We’ve also significantly reduced the amount of water we’re using in our hydraulic fracturing operations by employing a polymer gel mix – commonly used in ice cream and other foodstuffs -- to produce a thicker, more viscous fluid.

Clearly, south Texas is experiencing a positive transformation that can manifest itself in many ways — more and better pay-ing jobs, improved infrastructure that in-cludes better roads, better schools and oth-er public services. But even beyond these benefits, what’s being created is a spirit of progress that will allow people to build a future for themselves and their families — a future in which people have the ability to pursue broad opportunities right here at home in Texas.

Dear Editor,Trash pick up at my house did not hap-

pen because my trash can had two suit-cases in it.

The City has said that cans must not weigh more than 50 pounds. I put out the trash myself, carrying it with only one hand, and BFI can’t carry it off? Really?

We pay to get trash hauled off.

Jovita RamirezGonzales

Thanks to everyonefor dad’s memorialDear Editor,

I would like to express my deepest thanks to everyone who helped and contributed to the memorial services for my Dad, A.C. Newman. I am once again amazed and humbled by the help, in both spiritual and manual forms, from so many people. I am glad for and proud of the impact my Dad had on so many lives. A special thanks to Belmont Methodist Church. Thank you to the members of Oak Valley Baptist Church, Monthalia Methodist Church and Eastside Baptist Church. Thank you to all my family and friends. God Bless you all.

Mark NewmanGonzales

Opposing Voter IDsupports election theftDear Editor,

We have never met, but I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your edito-

rial column and newspaper as a subscriber. Keep up the good work.

I am a 55-year-old, 100% disabled, re-tired Air Force Master Sergeant. Now, I have just begun to fight. I recently canceled my membership in AARP because of an ar-ticle it published about Voter ID.

The article deals with Voter ID require-ments in the 50 states (57 states, i fyou are Obama). I am truly amazed at the require-ments. Only 11 states require photo IDs to cast a vote. Of those 11, three are awaiting Justice Dept. approval, and five have court challenges to the law.There are 39 states that require NO photo ID or only request an ID or non-photo ID. This is unbelieve-able.

There can only be one reason that a pho-to ID is not required in all 50 states, and that is to steal elections. No other reason can be given. No other argument will suf-fice.

It is time for people who care about this country to stand up and let their voices be heard. I can no longer keep my mouth shut.

I would also like to say to Ken Mosher III (chairman of the Gonzales Co. Democratic Party): you cannot be serious about your stances on the Marxist Democratic Party. If so, you are in sad shape. If you really be-lieve that wealth redistribution is the cor-rect way to go just send me a check every week for, say, $500 as long as “your” paper is in business. That would do just fine. That should make you feel good.

Michael R. IveyMSgt, USAF (Ret.)Gonzales

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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For the most part we had beautiful fall weather for the Come and Take It celebra-tion. Somewhere I heard the speculation that there were over 4,000 people roaming around in the downtown square area at one time. I hope that Lindsay, the lost flying chicken, was found. I guess that you should not enter your two year old pet chicken in the flying chicken contest. Then there were the few who vandalized and shot up the town and each other. I’m sorry for that. Things like that didn’t need to happen. It wreaked a lot of havoc and caused a lot of heart ache.

Our Apache Marching Band is going to another pre-UIL marching contest this Wednesday in Troy. I hope that they don’t have to march in pouring rain this time. The Percussion and Pit is scheduled to help in the con-cession stand on Thursday, but of course they will take help from anyone. There are lots of great pictures from the Come and Take It parade on the Apache Band Booster Facebook page for your en-joyment.

Get ready to attend the Leesville Country Fair, next Saturday, October 13th, at the Leesville Methodist Church grounds under the big covered pavilions, come rain or come shine. This benefits the upkeep of the Leesville Cemetery and the surrounding buildings. It also provides a scholarship for graduating local seniors. There will be games for the youngsters. There are all kinds of food to be bought to satisfy your appetite. The Kerr Creek Band will be there for your listening plea-sure. There is a live auction and a silent auction. In the live auction one of the quilts that the Happy Quilters have labored over and stuck their fingers with pins and nee-dles will be on the “auction block”. The other quilt and pillow shams is in its own raffle. Then there is the store

with jellies etc. I heard that someone had made some table runners. Bring your camera, your money, and meet your friends and long lost cousins about 10am or so and join in the fun.

The pumpkins are also arriving for the pumpkin patch over at the Monthalia United Methodist Church on October 13th. I think the time was at 5:30. If you are not sure, call Jackie Gandre. They will need help unload-ing pumpkins.

The Belmont Commu-nity Club will meet at the Belmont Community Cen-ter for their regular meeting on the fourth Tuesday, Oct 23rd, at 2pm. Make plans to see you there.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Justin Klosel, Joe Kotwig, Paul Villareal, Glenn Ma-latek, Christian, Diana Garcia, Terry Bowman, Mr. Bill, Michael Barnard, Jesse Esparza; Bill and Marie Lott, “Sarge” Dunkin; Lou-ise Jones, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, Velma and Bobby Bullard; Mildred O’Neal, Melda Rios, Aunt Frances Gandre, Shirley and Glenn Mikesh; Maria Cas-tillo, Selma Vickers, Char-lie, Landis, Gene Robinson, Keith Glass, Timothy Black, Jack Black, Teresa Wilke, Sandi Gandre, Aunt Betty Gandre, Linda Nesloney, Marie Schauer, Esther Lin-demann, Anna Lindemann, Tony Black, James Soefje, Noreen Soefje, Harold Pape, Lanny Baker, Flo, Norman Wundt, Lucy Jones, Ann Bond; Case Martin, Mar-guerite Williams, Shirley Dozier, Mandy and Wm. (Ressie) Brietschopf; our military and their families, And Thank You God for the wonderful rain.

I had my taste buds all set for a rib eye steak on Saturday night and I was not disappointed. Dale over at the Belmont Social Club fixed the most deli-cious rib eye steak and the baked potato just topped it off. We listened to one of our favorite bands, Deep Water, with their fearless leader Wyatt Arp. Walt, the drummer, hadn’t been feel-ing good so he said Hello from a distance. They were busy as could be with a big party in the back. I was be-ginning to think that one of the waitresses had devel-oped wings she was moving so fast.

Case Martin went for a checkup at M. D. Ander-son recently. They received such a great report that I think everyone was floating on a cloud for just a minute. Many prayers have been said for Case and still are being said. His blood work came back showing that he had developed B cells and another test showed that he would not have to receive another type of injection. I saw a picture of Case with his little cousins and he has gotten all of his hair back and looks like he has caught up with them in his growth. We praise God that this wonderful little boy can now lead a healthy life. Sometimes it cheers us to hear “good news” in these areas because so much of it is bad.

It was so good to see Ernest and Mariposa in WalMart the other day. Er-nest is looking so relaxed and Mariposa is one happy dog sitting at his feet. Er-nest is a very special per-son and one of my special friends. I enjoy seeing him if and when I get to Gonza-les, which isn’t very often. It was also the first time I had been in the new HEB. It is a very nice store. While I was in there, I met up with Mary Jean Neuse. I used to work with Mary Jean at the bank. Then who round-ed the corner but Henry Bruns. I usually see Henry in Luling but I hadn’t seen him in quite a while either. I was happy to get a hug from Henry. Then I met up with David Williamson. Now David is a real talker. But the main thing on Da-vid’s mind these days is that he now Grandpa to a little girl named Miracle and the second name is either Har-mony or Hope. Either way Miracle has given Grandpa David Williamson a new lease on life.

Biscuit certainly is en-joying the cooler weather. She is a little fatty and the hot weather does her in especially since she is an outside dog. You have to understand that Biscuit is not very, well not very graceful. And her ears flop up and down like wings. But oh she is so happy with this weather that she takes off running in front of me and flops down on the top stop waiting for me to catch up with her with her tail just wagging to beat the band. Oh and I pet her on the head and tell her that she is a wonderful dog and she runs circles around on the little deck. All the while Munchie is looking at her with this disgusted look on his face as if to say, “This is so stupid”.

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This king-sized quilt will be raffled off during the upcoming Women’s Fall Festi-val at First Lutheran Church in Gonzales. The quilt was stitched by Velma Marek. (Courtesy photo)

First Lutheran Church will hold its annual Women’s Fall Festival and Quilt Raffle on Saturday, Oct. 27.

The event, which was formerly known as the Bake & Soup Sale, will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the church’s Fellowship Hall, located at 1206 St. Joseph Street in Gonzales.

For the 16th time, Vel-ma Marek has stitched and donated a quilt for the raffle. The pattern of the king-sized quilt is called “The Farm” done in warm Autumn colors with off-white background. The drawing will be held that day at 12:30 p.m.

The Festival will have home-made soup (by quart to-go or eaten

there), sandwiches, baked items, silent auction, face painting, country store, a demonstration of five-finger braiding and Amish knot rug making all with live accordion music accompanying the activities.

Raffle tickets are avail-able from the church of-fice, China Basket gifts and Frames & Things.

A group of friends of the Ron DeVries fam-ily hosted a brunch and wedding shower honor-ing Melissa (DeVries) Fontenot at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, Saturday morning. At the registry table, manned by friends, guests re-corded their presence for the party; the lace edged white linen cloth accented with a footed, crackle-glazed moss green glass epergne, held an arrangement of deep purple mums, ivory ros-es, fern fronds and ivy tendrills.

Guests were served a breakfast casserole of

eggs and sausage, various sweet breads with either cinnamon frosting or fruit glazes, orange juice and coffee from a silver urn, in crystal cups and plates; the napkins were in deep purple. The serv-ing table , covered in soft mossy green brocade was centered with a mirrored, tall, crackle-glazed green glass matching epergne and flanked by two large votive type candle hold-ers of the same design. Flowers on the serving table were the same, yet more lavish arrangement of the purple mums, ivo-ry roses, fern fronds and trailing ivy garlands.

Melissa’s Mother, Patsy DeVries, attended for her

daughter who was unable to schedule the trip and she was aided by Melissa’s sister Tiffany DeVries, as they opened the gifts. A corsage fashioned in the same vibrant colors, was presented to Patsy DeVr-ies. The hostesses’ gift was a set of tray tables in a marbleized design and a set of table flatware in Melissa’s choice design.

The groom, Don-nie Fontenot has served with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan where he was injured and now is deployed in the Army Reserves; they are living in Baton Rouge, LA. Ron and Patsy will be deliver-ing the couple’s gifts in mid October.

By CAROL DUBOSESpecial to The Cannon

A Free Legal Aid Com-munity Meeting with Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid law-yers will be held on Octo-ber 12 at 6 p.m.

The event, which will be held at the Gonzales Learn-ing and Career Center lo-cated at 1135 St. Paul, will offer free legal assistance to low income residents of our area. Food will be served.

For more information or to ask questions, call 512-374-2716.

The Come and Spike It

Volleyball Tournament will take place on October 20 at Independence Park in Gonzales.

Registration runs from 4-5 p.m., tournament starts at 6 p.m. Entry fee is $160 per team or pre-register by October 13 and pay $140.

The tournament benefits the Gonzales Learning and Career Center. T-shirts will be awarded to the first three teams in each division.

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A Pet Parade will be held on October 27 at the Brickyard Pavilion at Inde-pendence Park.

Registration starts at 11 a.m., parade starts at noon, and contests will take place right after the parade.

A photographer will be on hand to photograph proud pets and their own-ers.

For more information, call 830-672-8291.

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The new me. Well, 53 lbs less of me than I weighed 5 months ago! Heck, at 68 I still have it! — Posted by Jim Cunningham

Lauren got a Reserve Grand in Sr. Division at the State Fair of Texas today! What a way to start out her senior year. — Posted by Janie Campion

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The 26th annual Leesville Country Fair is set for Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature live enter-tainment by the Kerr Creek Band, an auction, a silent auction and a raffle.

There will also be a Coun-try Store, a flag presentation, plenty of food and drink and free entertainment and games for the kids, includ-ing a fire truck and po-lice car. This is an annual fundraiser for the Leesville Cemetery and the area high school scholarship program. The fair will be held rain or shine under two covered pa-vilions.

• The annual Barn Sale at the J. B. Wells Park will be held Nov. 2 and 3 this year and will feature demonstra-tions on making chaps and boots, antiques, repurposed furniture and signs, hand-made jewelry and many other items that people are looking for.

The event has become popular enough to make it to the list of favorite barn-style sales in the magazine Flea Market Style. Found-ed by sisters-in-law Tracy Smith and Suzanne Sexton, the event was held at the Sexton place in Cost until it got just too big and rains made parking impossible. It

was lucky for the two wom-en, since they’d had about 100 shoppers through the third year, but this turned to about 1,000 shoppers and 50 craftspeople, local and oth-erwise. Be sure to put this on your calendar for the first weekend in November.

• The Pilgrim Country Opry will be held on Satur-day Oct. 13 at the Pilgrim Community Center, with the Pilgrim Heirs Band and special guests Brandy Be-hlen, Bill Barrington and Dennis Patteson. The meal will be fried catfish and all the trimmings, served from 5 to 6 p.m. for $6 a plate. The show costs $4 each and starts at 7 p.m.

• The J. B. Wells Park will have three & one-half Ami-gos Thursday through Sun-day, and the Lone Star Clas-sic Steer and Heifer show will be held at the Show Barn.

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Gonzales LivestockMarket ReportThe Gonzales Livestock Market

Report for Saturday, October 6, 2012 had on hand: 837 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold $2-$3 higher. Packer cows steady.

Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $215-$275; 300-400 lbs, $195-$220; 400-500 lbs, $160-$185; 500-600 lbs, $140-$155; 600-700 lbs., $125-$129; 700-800 lbs, $120-$123.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $91-$111.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $175-$210; 300-400 lbs, $145-$165; 400-500 lbs, $135-$151; 500-600 lbs., $121-$131; 600-700 lbs., $1145-$117.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and commercial, $70-$73; Cut-ters, $73-$78; Canners, $58-$68; Low yielding fat cows, $65-$68.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 &

2, good heavy bulls; $91-$95.50; light weights and medium quality bulls, $83-$87.

Stocker Cows: $850-$1,150.Pairs: $1,050-$1,250.Thank you for your business!!View our sale live at cattleusa.

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Nixon LivestockCommission ReportThe Nixon Livestock Commis-

sion Inc. report had on hand, Oc-tober 8, 2012, Volume, 1,262.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $165 to $175 to $225; 300-400 lbs., $161 to $171 to $223; 400-500 lbs, $146 to $156 to $193; 500-600 lbs, $129 to $139 to $160; 600-700 lbs, $120 to $130 to $142; 700-800 lbs, $115 to $125 to $134.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $159 to $169 to $200; 300-400 lbs, $143 to $153 to $180; 400-500 lbs, $132 to $142 to $188; 500-600 lbs, $119 to $129 to $153; 600-700 lbs, $112 to $122 to $139; 700-800 lbs, $99 to $109 to $117.

Slaughter cows: $50 to $81; Slaughter bulls: $80 to $97; Stock-er cows: $750 to $1,425; Pairs, $800 to $1,625.

Hallettsville LivestockCommission ReportThe Hallettsville Livestock

Commission Co., Inc. had on hand on October 2, 2012, 1,431; Week ago, 1,573; Year ago, 2,225

GREAT RAINS!! The market was higher this week. Better qual-ity calves and yearlings sold most-ly $2 to $5 higher. 5 and 6 weight seems sold as much as $8 higher. Demand good in all areas on the better kinds. Plainer types mostly steady..

Packer cows and bulls sold $1 to $2 higher on approx. 90 hd. Total.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $73-$83; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $62-$73; light weight can-ner cows, $51-$62.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $93-$98; utility & cutter bulls, $86-$93; lightweight canner bulls, $78-$86.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: un-der 200; Few, $240-$280; 200-300 lbs, $200-$225; 300-400 lbs, $185-$205; 400-500 lbs, $155-$187.50; 500-600lbs, $132-$165; 600-700 lbs, $125-$146; 700-800 lbs, $122-$136. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $230-$270; 200-300 lbs, $180-$220; 300-400 lbs, $158-$186; 400-500 lbs, $138-$176; 500-600 lbs, $123-$150; 600-700 lbs, $117-$128; 700-800 lbs, $113-$124.

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

Cuero Livestock Market ReportCuero Livestock Market Report

on October 5, 2012, had 1,717 head.

Had 179 cows and 11 bulls. The packer market continued to be steady and some cases it seemed a little higher. Seasonal runs con-tinue to hold this market back.

On October 19, 2012 we will have 80 stockers cows with 30+ with calf with the balance being palpalated. These are 4-6 year old cows with some brangus and crossbred cows. Will sell at noon.

The calf market was much stronger with some of the lighter calves as much as $10/cwt or more higher. All other classes were at least $1-$3/cwt higher. Good wheat pastures are stimulating the demand. As usual the replacement heifer market is a solid $10-$15/cwt higher than the feeder heifers.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $87-$94.50; lower grades, $75-$85.

Packer cows: breakers, $68-$74; boning, $70-$76; canners & cutters, $68-$77; light & weak, $50-$65.

Palpated dry Cows: $73-$100.Pairs: None.Steer and bull calves: under

200 lbs, $184-$255; 200-250 lbs, None; 250-300 lbs, $183-$206; 300-350 lbs, $192-$202; 350-400 lbs, $181-$200; 400-450 lbs, $175-$196; 450-500 lbs, $156-$176; 500-600 lbs, $145-$166; 550-600 lbs, $142-$160; 600-700 lbs, $135-$149; 700-800 lbs, $129-$132.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $114-$124.Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs.

$219-$265; 200-250 lbs. ONLY 4, $152-$198.50; 250-300 lbs, $153-$192; 300-350 lbs, $140-$186; 350-400 lbs, $148-$202; 400-450 lbs, $141-$158; 450-500 lbs, $141-$180.50 (Repl); 500-550 lbs, $135-$157; 550-600 lbs, $128-$158; 600-700 lbs., $125-$136.50; over 700 lbs, $119-$142. (Repl) means a replacement heifer was top price.

Winner in the Gonzales Main Street Happy Fall Y’all Scarecrow contest was the team from Gonzales Healthcare Center (right).Taking second place (below left) was Storey Jewelers, represented by Christina Melchor & Britney Jones.Third-place team was the crew from Johnson Oil Co. (below right) — Robin White, Lorrie Corley, Sally Maulding, Lisa Pakebusch, Rosemary Nish, Melinda Wright, Christie Haub, Shelley Warner (not pictured: Janice Whiddon & Elaine Brzozowski.All the winners received prizes furnished by The Cannon.

Scarecrow Contest Winners

RADNOR, Pa.— Penn Virginia Corporation an-nounced this week that it acquired approximately 4,100 net Eagle Ford Shale acres in Gonzales and Lava-ca Counties for approxi-mately $10 million.

Under existing joint venture agreements, other non-operated working in-terest owners are expected to acquire approximately 17 percent of the net acreage in Gonzales County and approximately 46 percent of the net acreage in Lava-ca County, increasing our Eagle Ford Shale acreage position by approximately 3,000 net acres to a total of approximately 30,000 net acres (approximately 40,100 gross acres).

The acquired 3,200 net

acres of leasehold in Gon-zales County is adjacent to our development area and is estimated to contain ap-proximately 20 horizontal well locations, excluding any down spaced drilling opportunities. The acquired 895 net acres of leasehold in Lavaca County is comple-mentary to existing lease-hold in nine units, with an estimated addition of ap-proximately 10 horizontal well locations.

Penn Virginia Corpora-tion is an independent oil and gas company engaged primarily in the develop-ment, exploration and production of natural gas and oil in various domes-tic onshore regions includ-ing Texas, Appalachia, the Mid-Continent and Mis-sissippi. For more informa-tion, please visit our website at www.pennvirginia.com.


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AUSTIN — Texas Railroad Commis-sioner David Porter has announced that Governor Rick Perry appointed him to serve as the Official Representative of Tex-as to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC).

The IOGCC is a multi-state govern-ment agency that works to ensure our nation’s oil and natural gas resources are conserved and maximized while protect-ing health, safety and the environment. It was formed over 70 years ago when several states joined together to resolve common issues in the industry without federal inter-

vention.“It is an honor to serve as the Official

Representative for our state, and I would like to thank Governor Perry for this ap-pointment,” Commissioner Porter said. “Texas is the nation’s top energy producer and, like the IOGCC, is known globally for its leading role in energy policy. I will continue to work closely with other states to keep the federal government at bay and maintain responsible development of our nation’s abundant natural resources.”

As the Official Representative for Texas, Commissioner Porter will serve as host for

IOGCC’s 2012 Annual Meeting October 29 through October 31 in San Antonio. The meeting will serve as a forum for dia-logue between state officials who are help-ing shape the future of oil and natural gas exploration and production.

Porter’s on-going responsibilities as Representative include serving as spokes-man for the group in Texas, meeting with the Governor to discuss current issues, au-thoring/sponsoring IOGCC resolutions, voting during business session, participat-ing in committees and regularly attending meetings.

Perry names Porter to interstate commission



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handcrafted, one-of-a-kind hats. The history and the hats continue

with Texas Hatters’ anniversary party: “85 Years of Topping the Best.” The event happens Saturday, Oct. 13, at Manny Gammage’s Texas Hatters, Inc. located at 911 South Commerce Street in Lockhart, Texas. The shop opens at 9:30am. The party starts at 11am and runs until 6pm. Admission is free.

Emcee for the day is Dallas Wayne, host of Sirius XM’s show “Willie’s Road-

house.” Live music starts at noon with performances all day from more than 15 acts. The party culminates with mu-sic from Dale Watson and his Lone Stars from 5pm-6pm. BBQ plates will be for sale from Black’s BBQ, and Texas Rain Water will provide free bottled water.

Joella Gammage Torres, president of Texas Hatters and third generation hat maker, explains what the 85th anniver-sary means to her.

“My grandfather, Marvin Gammage

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band, David A. Torres, former apprentice to my dad, now master hat maker. Today, my son, Joel, is coming up as our fourth generation and adding a whole new spin.

It makes me proud to carry on the tradition of hat making, and it means so much to celebrate such a milestone with my family, and we are grateful to every-one for their support over the years. We invite folks to look around the hat shop, enjoy the music, do some dancing and have fun!”


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Gonzales County RecordsGonzales County Courthouse DeedsSeptember 1-30Zimmerman, Henry (Atty-In-Fact) and

Ashmore, Esther to Zimmerman, Henry, w/d, Mineral Int. in 320.00 Acres, Peter Pate A-374 & Wm. Robertson A-396 Svys.

TP Poultry, Ltd. and Lester Sr, Thomas E. (Pres) to Wes Pac Energy LLC, o/l, 61.10 Acres, Richard Bibb Svy, A-104.

Davis, James H. (DBA) and JD Minerals to Marathon Oil EF, LLC, o/l, 19.803 Acres, W B Lockhart Svy, A-315.

Garcia, Jose Manuel to Garcia, Martin, Capu-lin-Mosqueda, Rosa Maria Sandra, w/d, Pt. Lts. 20-21, King’s 6th Addn, Gonzales.

Lytle, Sylvester to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Lytle, Leonard S. to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Lytle, Mona and Williams, Mona Lytle Mur-phy (AKA) to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Green, Michael to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 50.00 Acres, Joseph Dillard Svy, A-177.

Luke, Marian to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.]

Stonework, Jean Luke to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-361.

Jack McCullough Group, LP and Mc-Cullough Group LP, Jack to EOG Resources, o/l, 181.49 Acres, Daniel Davis Svy, Gonzales & DeWitt Counties.

Silva, Deciderio, Villasana, Dianna, Gomez, Maria, Villasana, Gloria, Villasana Jr, Linardo, Martinez, Natividad, Villasana, Lauro, Silva, Jennifer and Villasana, Oralia Silva to Neu-mann, Travis J. and Neumann, Arlene S., w/d, Lts. 5-6, Blk. 1, Nance Addn, Nixon.

Cook, Chad to Pickens Real Estate Invest-ments, LLC, w/d, 0.290 of an Acre (Lts. 11-12 & Pt. Lt. 10, Blk. 2) Newman Heights Addn, Gonzales.

Jones, Gary W. and Jones, Kristen Blair, w/d, 11.161 Acres (Tract 20) Running Wolf Subdvn, Green DeWitt Svy, A-16.

Ray, Art to Southern Bay Energy, LLC, o/l, 90.00 Acres, Prosper Hope Svy, A-252.

DuBose, James L. (Trustee), DuBose, Darlene M. (Trustee) and DuBose Trust, J.L. to Mahon, Durward and Steward, Sally A., w/d, 0.366 of an Acre (Pt. Lt. 3, Blk. 6, RG 1) West of Water St., Gonzales.

Gonzalez, Mark Anthony to Alvarez, Jose Inez and Alvarez, Maria Santos, w/d, Lt. 9, Blk. 36, Nixon.

Shannon, William and Shannon, Linda F. to Seaward, Michael R. and Seaward, Brenda D., w/d, 0.29 of an Acre, Peter Winn Svy, A-464.

Seaward, Michael R. and Seaward, Brenda D. to Schoenfield, Kenneth, w/d, 0.29 of an Acre, Peter Winn Svy, A-464.

Parker, Edwin F. and Schoenfield, Kenneth, w/d, 10.442 Acres, William Small Svy, A-425.

Loader Services, Inc. to Schoenfield, Ken-neth, w/d, Lts. 3-4 & Pt Lts 1-2, Blk. 2, Colley’s 1st Addn & Pt. Lts 1 & 4, Blk. 14, Glover’s Addn, Smiley.

Rancho De Ancho, L.P. to Ironwood Oil & Gas LLC, o/l, 150.854 Acres, Allen B. Williams A-79, Turner Barnes A-112 & B Z Boone A-110 Svys.

Brown, Jon S. to Marthon Oil EF, LLC, o/l, 19.803 Acres, W B Lockhart Svy, A-315.

Davey, Jeffrey S. and Davey, Deborah J. to Eagle Ford Hunter Resources, Inc, o/l, 15.040 Acres, J A Heuser Svy, A-244.

Mang, Johnnie P. to Eagle Ford Hunter Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 6.67 Acres, Turner Barnes Svy, A-112.

Kocian, Betty Jean to Eagle Ford Hunter Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 8.00 Acres, A B Hammett Svy, A-281.

Kocian, Donnie Cooley to Eagle Ford Hunter Resources, Inc., o/l, 8.00 Acres, A B Hammett Svy, A-281.

Knotts, Earnest G. and Knotts, Linda J. to Ea-gle Ford Hunter Resources, Inc., o/l, 8.00 Acres, A B Hammett Svy, A-281.

Grady, Melinda to Eagle Ford Hunter Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 6.67 Acres, Turner Barnes Svy,

A-112.Hanzalik, Sharon to Eagle Ford Hunter Re-

sources, Inc., o/l, 6.67 Acres, Turner Barnes Svy, A-112.

Mills, Regina and Mills, Jeffrey Blaine to Dreyer, Jene and Dreyer, Barbara, w/d, Pt. Lts. 41-42, Country Villace, Sec. 2, Gonzales.

Harvey, Morris L. and Harvey, Pamela S. to Schoenfield, Kenneth, w/d, Lts. 1-3, Blk. 2, Lowry Ware Addn, Nixon & 0.34 of an Acre, JJ Tejada Svy, A-448.

Thomas, Jeanette Marie to Parkcrest Miner-als, LLC, o/l, 215.05 Acres, Wilson Simpson A-426 & Joseph Dillard A-177 Svys.

Bishop, Anthony L. and Bishop, Linda L. to Bishop, Anthony L. (Trustee), Bishop, Linda L. (Trustee) and Bishop Living Trust, w/d, 5.38 Acres (Lt. 35) Settlement at Patriot Ranch, Unit 1.

Soefje Jr, Louie E. and Soefje, Louie Ernest (aka) to Soefje, Otto E., w/d, 27.620 Acres, Jose De La Baume Svy, A-434.

Asaad, Maria L. to Villegas, Francisca, w/d, 1.42 Acres, P S Barnett A-122 & C Hinds A-268 Svys.

Assumed NamesGarza Jr., Juan J. – Shady Grill, Nixon.Bhakta, Mukesh – Care Free Inn, Gonzales.Malik, Tufail Mohammad – Corner Stop,

Gonzales.Stevens, Vickie – B & V’s and That’s Art!, Har-

wood.Sullivan, Dan and Sullivan, Kathy – R.U.F.

Gear (Reel Ugly Fish), Waelder.Winter, Anna – Microtel Inn and Suites,

Houston.Guzman, Dawn Wulf – Angels & Outlaws,

Gonzales.Marriage LicenseSirilo, Alonzo and Fellers, Kristina Ann.McCord, Brandon Lee and Nicoletti, Nancy

Nicole.Autry, Justin Russell and Valenta, Nina Dena.Rathmann, Cass Monroe and Patek, Delly

Dee.


Recent well location reports from the Texas Railroad Commission

DeWitt County

API No.: 42-123-32885Classification: Fld. Dev. and Hori-

zontalOperator: Petrohawk Operating

CompanyLease Name: Muir EWell No.: 7HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 7.13 miles N.E.

of WesthoffSurvey Name: C. Fulcher, A-20Acres: 704


zontalOperator: Burlington Resources O

and G Co. LPLease Name: Musselman Unit CWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Total Depth: 17,000 feetDirection and Miles: 8.8 miles W. of

YoakumSurvey Name: J.D. Clements, A-10Acres: 347.54


zontalOperator: Petrohawk Operating

CompanyLease Name: Sonny Seifert AWell No.: 7HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 9.24 miles N.W.

of YorktownSurvey Name: I RR Co, Section 59,

A-266Acres: 473.72

Gonzales County


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Brothers UnitWell No.: 7HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Total Depth: 12,000 feetDirection and Miles: 9.6 miles S.E.

of CostSurvey Name: S. Gates, A-228Acres: 946


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Brothers UnitWell No.: 8HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Total Depth: 12,000 feetDirection and Miles: 10.8 miles S.E.

of CostSurvey Name: R.H. Wynn, A-474Acres: 946


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Otto UnitWell No.: 6HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Total Depth: 13,000 feetDirection and Miles: 1.7 miles S.E. of

GlazeSurvey Name: J.D. Clements, A-9Acres: 244.17


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Otto UnitWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Total Depth: 12,900 feetDirection and Miles: 1.7 miles S.E. of

GlazeSurvey Name: J.D. Clements, A-9Acres: 244.17


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Allen Trust UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Total Depth: 11,200 feetDirection and Miles: 2 miles N.W. of

SampleSurvey Name: George Gwinn, A-223Acres: 562.49


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: McClure UnitWell No.: 8HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Total Depth: 11,000 feetDirection and Miles: 2.2 miles N. of

KokernotSurvey Name: W. Hill, A-27Acres: 994.50


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Hansen Kullin UnitWell No.: 8HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Total Depth: 12,000 feetDirection and Miles: 11.8 miles S.E.

of CostSurvey Name: O. Von Roeder, A-462Acres: 640


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Sample UnitWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Total Depth: 11,100 feetDirection and Miles: 0.1 miles S.W.

of SampleSurvey Name: I. Milliman, A-356Acres: 541


zontalOperator: Forest Oil Corp.Lease Name: Mahan-CrunkWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


of SmileySurvey Name: R. Sellers, A-419Acres: 437.70


zontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF LLCLease Name: Brown InvestmentsWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Total Depth: 18,200 feet

Direction and Miles: 10.7 miles S. of Gonzales

Survey Name: J.D. Clements, A-9Acres: 752.56

Lavaca County


zontalOperator: Eagle Ford Hunter Re-

sources Inc.Lease Name: Addax HunterWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


of MoultonSurvey Name: W. Strode, A-52Acres: 656.58











API No.: 42-285-33668Classification: Fld. Dev.Operator: Cathexis Oil and Gas LLCLease Name: DugatWell No.: 1Field Name: GataTotal Depth: 12,000 feetDirection and Miles: 15.4 miles S. of

HallettsvilleSurvey Name: H. Martin, A-335Acres: 275


zontalOperator: Penn Virginia Oil and

Gas LPLease Name: Freytag UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


of MoultonSurvey Name: W. Chase, A-9Acres: 700.37

API No.: 42-285-30061Classification: Fld. Dev. and Re-

EntryOperator: Magnum Producing LPLease Name: Briscoe CWell No.: 2Field Name: Sheridan SW (Wilcox

8,200)Total Depth: 8,300 feetDirection and Miles: 5 miles S.E. of

SheridanSurvey Name: HT and B RR Co, Sec-

tion 3, A-247Acres: 80

Recent oil and gas completions according to reports from the Texas Railroad Commission

DeWitt County



and G Co. LPLease Name: Weischwill Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)Survey Name: T.C. Bell, A-65Direction and Miles: 4.8 miles S.E.

of EcletoOil: 663MCF: 992Choke Size: 10/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 4,873Total Depth: 18,412 feetPerforations: 13,075-18,193 feet


zontalOperator: Geosouthern Energy

Corp.Lease Name: Judd-Turner AWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)Survey Name: S. Pharrass, A-377Direction and Miles: 4.77 miles S.E.

of WesthoffOil: 490MCF: 2,760Choke Size: 11/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 7,440Total Depth: 18,231 feetPlug Back Depth: 18,181 feetPerforations: 13,698-18,161 feet


zontalOperator: Geosouthern Energy

Corp.Lease Name: H. Mueller 18AWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)Survey Name: W.H.H. Davis, A-645Direction and Miles: 7.79 miles N.W.

of NordheimOil: 288MCF: 1,519Choke Size: 9/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 7,515Total Depth: 19,895 feetPlug Back Depth: 19,831 feetPerforations: 13,422-19,753 feet


zontalOperator: Geosouthern Energy Corp.Lease Name: Judd-Turner AWell No.: 3HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)Survey Name: S. Pharrass, A-377Direction and Miles: 4.77 miles S.E.

of WesthoffOil: 490MCF: 2,920Choke Size: 11/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 7,740Total Depth: 20,220 feetPlug Back Depth: 20,075 feetPerforations: 13,453-20,065 feet

API No.: 42-123-32544

Classification: Fld. Dev. and Hori-zontal

Operator: Burlington Resources O and G Co. LP

Lease Name: Culpepper Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)Survey Name: F. Fassett, Section 22,

A-707Direction and Miles: 7.6 miles N.W.

of YorktownOil: 739MCF: 1,210Choke Size: 10/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,308Total Depth: 18,693 feetPerforations: 13,286-18,458 feet



and G Co. LPLease Name: Lackey Land A 639 Unit

AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)Survey Name: I RR Co, Section 58,


of YorktownOil: 1,332MCF: 2,366Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,675Total Depth: 19,000 feetPerforations: 13,498-18,784 feet



and G Co. LPLease Name: J. Wallis Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Survey Name: J. Wait, A-490Direction and Miles: 8.7 miles N.W.

of CueroOil: 647MCF: 4,398Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 6,527Shut In Well Pressure: 7,772Total Depth: 19,289 feetPerforations: 14,085-19,096 feet



and G Co. LPLease Name: Jansky Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Survey Name: I RR Co, Section 55,


of YorktownOil: 1,068MCF: 3,852Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 6,857Shut In Well Pressure: 6,998Total Depth: 18,768 feetPerforations: 13,391-18,560 feet



and G Co. LPLease Name: Borgfeld Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)Survey Name: F. Fassett, Section 22,


of YorktownOil: 802MCF: 1,280Choke Size: 10/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,790Total Depth: 18,632 feetPerforations: 13,234-18,408 feet



and G Co. LPLease Name: Hartman Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Survey Name: W. Quinn, A-394Direction and Miles: 4.1 miles N.E.

of RungeOil: 250MCF: 1,428Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 1,892Shut In Well Pressure: 7,165Total Depth: 18,796 feetPerforations: 13,846-18,571 feet



and G Co. LPLease Name: Langhoff Unit BWell No.: 1Field Name: DeWitt (Eagle Ford

Shale)Survey Name: J.E. King, A-297Direction and Miles: 6.3 miles N.W.

of YoakumOil: 2,827MCF: 600Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchTubing Pressure: 3,842Shut In Well Pressure: 6,905Total Depth: 18,115 feetPerforations: 13,288-17,894 feet


zontalOperator: Matador Production Com-

panyLease Name: Matador K. Love OrcaWell No.: 1H

Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)Survey Name: F. Gonzales, A-194Direction and Miles: 10.6 miles N.W.

of YorktownOil: 1,793MCF: 2,171Choke Size: 16/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 5,280Total Depth: 18,292 feetPlug Back Depth: 18,242 feetPerforations: 13,048-18,106 feet

Gonzales County


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Boysen UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: W.C. Jones, A-289Direction and Miles: 0.1 miles S.W.

of SampleOil: 2,540MCF: 2,236Choke Size: 40/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,142Total Depth: 16,368 feetPlug Back Depth: 16,270 feetPerforations: 10,990-16,116 feet


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Boysen UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: W.C. Jones, A-289Direction and Miles: 0.1 miles S.W.

of SampleOil: 1,941MCF: 1,781Choke Size: 34/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,361Total Depth: 16,376 feetPlug Back Depth: 16,290 feetPerforations: 13,266-16,280 feet


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: H.F.S.Well No.: 7HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: J. Oethkin, A-369Direction and Miles: 10.3 miles S.E.

of CostOil: 2,445MCF: 1,986Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,629Total Depth: 15,857 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,771 feetPerforations: 11,042-15,766 feet


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: H.F.S.Well No.: 8HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: J. Oethkin, A-369Direction and Miles: 10.3 miles S.E.

of CostOil: 2,120MCF: 1,708Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,456Total Depth: 15,940 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,851 feetPerforations: 11,340-15,846 feet


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Crozier Williamson

UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: W.A. Hall, A-270Direction and Miles: 6.8 miles S. of

SmileyOil: 1,055MCF: 930Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,023Total Depth: 16,029 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,944 feetPerforations: 11,301-15,934 feet

API No.: 42-177-31893Classification: Fld. Dev. and Horizon-

tal RecompletionOperator: Lucas Energy Inc.Lease Name: Hagen Ranch UnitWell No.: 1Field Name: Pilgrim (Austin Chalk)Survey Name: S. Hendricks, A-261Direction and Miles: 8 miles E. of

WrightsboroOil: 351MCF: 170Choke Size: NonePumping: YesTotal Depth: 13,044 feetPerforations: 8,814-13,044 feet


zontalOperator: Forest Oil Corp.Lease Name: Tinsley-VanaWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: G.W. Barnett, A-110Direction and Miles: 8.3 miles S.W.

of SmileyOil: 780MCF: 130Choke Size: 26/64 of an inchPumping: YesTotal Depth: 11,984 feetPlug Back Depth: 11,843 feetPerforations: 7,270-11,802 feet

The Gonzales County 4-H Banquet was held Thursday, Aug. 2 at the First United Methodist Church.

During the banquet, Ken Hedrick was rec-ognized as this year’s Friend of 4-H. The Gonzales County 4-H honored Hedrick for his years of service, guarding the livestock animals at the Gonzales and Waelder Livestock Shows. He has served as sift judge at the Waelder Livestock Show and has provided support of lamb projects across the county.

Each club has the op-portunity to recognize an outstanding adult leader for their club. This year’s recipients were Natalie Knesek for Sun-downer’s 4-H, and Mike Kuck for Rising Star 4-H. This year’s Adult Leader Scholarship Award win-ner was Lindsey Kuck.

The Jr. Miss and Jr. Mis-ter Awards are the high-est awards presented to intermediate aged 4-H members. This year the award winners were Haley Clampit, and Kristofer Knesek. This year’s out-standing club members were Haley Clampit from Sundowners 4-H and Lindsey Kuck from Rising Star 4-H.

Receiving awards for record books at the district level were: Madelynn Brown, Lau-ren Campion, Braden Clampit, Haley Clampit, Derrick Davis, Cullen Eppright, Kathleen Kne-sek, Kourtney Knesek, Kristofer Knesek, Kym-berlie Malatek, Ash-lynn Tatsch, and Skylea Tatsch.

This year’s District Food Show participants were Rebekah Baker, Is-abell Clay, Parker Clay,

Cullen Eppright, Kam-eron Knesek, Kathleen Knesek, Kristofer Kne-sek, Mary San Miguel and Bre Wolff.

During the banquet, the 2012-2013 officers

were installed, they are: President-Derrick Davis, Vice-President-Lauren Campion, Sec-retary-Gretchen Single-ton, Treasurer- Cullen Eppright, Parliamen-

tarian-Haley Clampit, Reporter-Zachary Sin-gleton, District Council Representatives-Derrick Davis, Kristopher Kne-sek and Lauren Cam-pion.


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County 4-Hers hold annual banquet

Cora Brown was selected as the Gonzales ISD Trans-portation Department Employee of the Month for the month of August. Brown has been working for Gonzales ISD as a bus driver since 2003. Although often overlooked and forgotten, day after day like the other bus drivers and monitors in the Gonzales ISD Transportation Department, Ms. Brown is dedi-cated to transporting her students safely from their homes to school in the morning and then back home in the afternoon. She realizes that it is a big respon-sibility to have up to 77 students on her bus in her charge and does not back away from her duty. Cora Brown has shown that she is willing to go above and beyond what is expected of GISD employees and is a valuable asset to the Gonzales community. (Courtesy photo)

Square Lee Williams has been selected as the Em-ployee of the Month for the month of September for the Gonzales ISD Transportation Department. Wil-liams has been driving for Gonzales ISD for 11 years and is currently driving a Special Education bus. He is a safe and dedicated driver who takes pride in driv-ing students with special needs. Mr. Williams is an asset for the Gonzales ISD Transportation Depart-ment. (Courtesy photo)

Recently members of the Gonzales County 4-H helped to serve meals at The Heights Nursing Home on family night. Members helping were Mary San Miguel, Ashlynn Tatsch, Gretchen Singleton, Dillon Mills and Lonnie Soefje. (Courtesy photo)

Gonzales County 4-H recognized Mr. Ken Hedrick as this year’s recipient of the Friend of 4-H award. He is pictured here with 4-H members and their sponsors, Dwight Sexton and Janie Pineda. (Courtesy photo)

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The air in Downtown Gonzales was filled with aromatic smoke on Sunday morning as the cookers were out to compete in the T-Bone, Beans, and Chili cookoffs. Among those who put their culinary skills on display were Poochy Kridler (left) and Jerry Killen (above). (Photos by Cedric Iglehart)

First Place, Beans: Me, Myself and I — Brenda HodgeFirst Place, Chili: Medieval Mudd Dog Chili — Rich-ard Hobbs and Jake Hobbs

Come and Take It T-Bone Cookoff, Sponsored by the Guadalupe Valley Cattlewomen, First Place: The Beefeaters (Sponsored by Lindemann Fertilizer) Mark Lindemann and Steve Breitschopf

Second Place, Beans: S&S Beans — Brady Stewart and Will Stewart

Third Place, Beans, Second Place Chili, Third Place Chili: S&S Beans — Smoke Eatin BBQ Boys — Kenny Hodges, Jane Kifer, Wade Zella, Mike Zella, Eric Line-brink.

Showmanship, Chili and Showmanship, T-Bone Coo-koff: Cody Hill Outlaws (Donnie Petru, Brenda Petru, Cathy DuBose, John DuBose)

Third Place, T-Bone Cookoff: K&K, Joe Kotwig, Jerry Killen

Second Place, T-Bone Cookoff: Team Borrer (Spon-sored by Borrer Electric) Jimmy Borrer, Michael Mer-cer, Keith Borrer, Monty McGuffin

Presentation, T-Bone Cookoff: Johnson Oil Co., Tom-my Walleck, Jannice Whiddon, Michael Garcia, Mi-chael Esparza, Gabe Molina, Bernardo Guerrero (not pictured: Crystal Borrer)

GVCA $500 Scholarship Winners: Steven Gottwald (Senior at Texas A&M) Garen Reese (Junior at Texas A&M, not pictured)

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Andrew Munoz had seeds flying everywhere as he devoured 24 peppers in 90 seconds to win the Jalapeño Eating Contest. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

“The California Kid” Walker Schobe attempts to put a couple of more down at the buzzer of the Jalapeño Eating Contest. Schobe ate 19 to finish in second. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

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Gonzales Classic Crusiers Car Show 2012 Award Winners

Class A Cars Pre-1954 Org/Restored: 1st Gentry Garner, Gonzales, 1937 Plymouth; 2nd Danny Sarvis, Converse,1920 Olds 442

Class B Cars 1955-1959 Org/Restored: 1st Janus Shaw, Luling, 1957 Chevy Belaire; 2nd Jeff Downy, Gonzales, 1959 Ford Galaxy 500

Class C Cars 1960-1969 Org/Restored: 1st Chris Mott, Victoria, 1969 Chevy Camaro; 2nd Ken Staats, New Braunfels, 1962 Chevy Impala

Class D Cars 1970-1986 1st Billy Trubert, San Antonio, 1974 Dodge Dart Sport; 2nd Myrtle McCalin, Luling, 1985 Nissan Spartin II

Class E Cars Pre-1954 Restored/Modified: 1st Don Jones, Georgetown, 1950 Chevy Fleetline; 2nd Dan Wyaran, Gonzales, 1931 Ford Sedan

Class F Cars 1955-1959 Restored/Modified: 1st Billy Willenberg. Lockhart, 1955 Chevy Belaire 2nd Janus Bennett, Dale, 1955 Chevy Belaire

Class G Cars 1960-1969 Restored/Modified: 1st Robert Trevino, Schertz, 1966 Chevy Nova; 2nd Jim Palmer, Austin, 1961 Chevy Impala

Class H Cars 1970-1986 Restored/Modified: 1st David Hybner, Victoria, 1973 Chevy Camaro; 2nd Jack Tumlinson, Gonzales, 1972 Chevy Nova

Class I Ford Cars 1955-1959: 1st Bruce Baker, Gonzales, 1959 Ford Galaxy 500; 2nd PD Coffin, Gonzales, 1956 Ford Custon Line

Class J Chevy Cars 1955-1959: 1st Bill and Joyce Myers, Cuero, 1955 Chevy 2-door Sedan; 2nd Jack Johnson, Luling, 1955 Chevy 2-door Sedan

Class K Mustangs 1964 ½-1986; 1st Jack and Dorothy Allman, Martindale, 1968 Ford Mustang; 2nd Josh Cox, Kyle, 1966 Ford Mustang

Class L Corvettes 1953-1986: 1st Janis Hagan, Aransas Pass, 1959 Chevy Corvette; 2nd Larry Eduardo, Gonzales, 1966 Ford Mustang

Class M-Trucks Pre-42’ Org/Restored: 1st Bruce DuBose, Gonzales, 1929 Ford AA Truck

Class N-Trucks 1942-1966 Org/Restored: 1st Gentry Virden, Seguin, 1958 Chevy Truck; 2nd Patricia Bennett, Dale, 1966 Chevy Truck

Class 0 Trucks 1967-1968 Org/Restored: 1st Tommy Kelsh, Brazonia, 1971 Chevy Truck; 2nd Wetton Cox, Luling, 1972 Ford Gram Toni Rancher

Class P Trucks Pre-42’ Org/Modified: 1st Ronnie Keys, College Station, 1938 Chevy Truck

Class Q Trucks 1942-1966 Org/Modified: 1st Janus Tallous, Martindale, 1962 Studabaker Truck

Class T Youth 15 and Under Open: 1st Aedan Wyman, Gonzales, Pedal Car

Class U Motorcycles Original: 1st Gunny Almaquer, Luling, 2003 Harley Davidson; 2nd Martin Perales, Gonzales, 1996 Harley Davidson

Class V Motorcycles Modified: 1st Joshua Blanton, Rosanky, 2004 Suzski GSXR 1000

Class W Low Riders: 1st Joe Carranzah, San Antonio, 1972 Chevy Impala; 2nd Jesus Reyes, San Antonio, 1966 Chevy Impala

Class X Race Cars: 1st Armando Alcorta, San Antonio, 1967 Chevy Camaro;2nd Mike Schultze, Seguin, 1994 Chevy S-10;

Class Y Unfinished: 1st Jimmy Bailey, Victoria, 1929 Ford Model A Tudor Sudan; 2nd Dwayne Kisis, New Braunfels, 1950 Studabaker

Class Z Open Show ’87 and Up: 1st Rebecca Hagan, Aransas Pass, 2005 Chevy SSR; 2ndAl Duvall, Cuero, 2003 Chevy Jeff Gordor Monte Carle

Class AA Rat Rods: 1st Jason O’Keefe, Martindale, 1929 Ford Model A; 2nd Larry Nichols, New Braunfels, 1929 Ford Model A

Class BB Pro Touring Rods: 1st Ned Mauldin, Round Rock, 1953 Studabaker Champion; 2nd William Budwitt, Sierra Vista, 2012 Chevy Camaro 2L-1

Class CC Builder’s Choice: 1st Scott Adams, Gonzales, Limited Modified; 2nd James Bennett, Dale, 1955 Chevy Belaris

Class DD Street Rods: 1st Wayne Thumann, Weimar, 1934 Ford Sedan; 2nd Willis Ragsdale, Buda, 1936 Ford 3 Windon Coupe

Best of Show: Wayne Thumann, Weimar, 1934 Ford Sedan

There were a total of 132 entries which is a new Car Show record, The 2011 show had 125 entries.

The Gonzales Classic Car Cruisers would like to thank all of the sponsors for the 2012 show: White’s Service Co. - Air Conditioning & Heating; Vaz Clinic; Low Cost Insurance; Holiday Finance; Circle G Truck Stop; H&H Cattle; West Motors Sales, Service & Towing; Luxury Motors;Texas Trampoline MFG & Sales;

Lo’s Auto Sales; Sage Capital Bank; Prosperity Bank; Lone Star Bank; Dent Dawg/Pro Glass; Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union; Mark Newman Construction; Seydler Hill/O’Bannon Funeral Home;

Rihn Income Tax Service; Tips, Toe & Bows; State Farm Insurance; D&G Automotive & Diesel; Allen’s Body Tech; Mi Lupita; The Heights ;Kel-Co Construction; Gonzales Cannon; McDonald’s ;Caraway Ford;

Auto Zone; Auto Trader; McLeroy Land Group; Gonzales Livestock Commission; Jeff ’s Auto Paint & More; National Lifestyle Centers; LULAC Council #4693; Mr. Taco; AC Collision Center; Circle T Motors;

M&K Automotive & Field Services; Running M Bar & Grill – Gonzales, Tx; Teed Shirts; Capital Monument Co;Guerra’s Grill & Catering;Next Concept Motorsports; Victory Cleaners; DuBose Insurance; Matco Tools (On both sleeves); KCTI AM 1450.

Some of the winners in the Come &Take It 5K on Saturday. Katelyn Keyser, Jose Silvestre, Kasey Spahn, Christine Rodriguez, Bira Lorfing, Irene Rinehart, Kellie Menking, Linda Bright, Maray Herndon, Blaine Morgan, Bryan Martinez, John Rodriguez, Devin Lehnert, Dominic Miller, Kaige Miller, Allen Kocian, Chevo Tristan, Jeff Ceraosek, Robert Koenning, Kenneth “Smokey” Spahn, Kelly Cara-way, Dennis Nesser and Clyde Bates. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Craig Woodman and Melanie Grabowski (above) were the winners in Saturday’s Come and Take It Canoe Race, while Erin Magee finished first in the women’s un-limited division. (Photos by Mark Lube)

Full-time positions available for Certi-fied Nurses Aides. Excellent benefits included. Please ap-ply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N.

Sarah DeWitt, Gon-zales, Texas. for more information please call 830-672-4530.---------------------------Part-time position available for Activity

Assistant. Must be available for week-ends. Experience in long term care pre-ferred. If interested, please apply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.---------------------------The Gonzales In-dependent School District has the fol-lowing positions open: 1. Full-Time

Custodians; 2. Part-Time Custodians. Contact Clarence Opiela (Director of Maintenance) or Val Ramirez (Custodian Coordinator), Gonza-les I.S.D. Warehouse, 1615 St. Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas 78629, telephone, 830-672-7507.---------------------------Bluebonnet Trails Community Ser-

vices is seeking an individual to con-tract as a Family Partner in Caldwell and Gonzales Coun-ties. Provides peer mentoring, educa-tion, supports to parents of children with mental illness. Must be a primary guardian/caretaker of a child/ adoles-cent with mental ill-ness. Requires high school diploma and reliable transporta-tion. Hours variable. $15.00/hour. Apply at bbtrails.org under Co n t r a c t i n g / Pro -curement. ---------------------------Pest Control Tech-nician wanted. Will train. Require refer-ences. Very physical position. Only seri-ous inquiries only. Fill out application at 2929 US Bus. Hwy. 183, #37, next to Mc-Coys. For more infor-mation, call 830-672-1870.---------------------------Positions available for Certified Nurses Aides on Memory Care Unit. Spe-cial Skills required.

Please apply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.---------------------------

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J.M. Oilfield Service, a family oriented company is seek-ing professional & reliable Class A CDL employees. Require-ments: 2 years ex-perience tanker and must be willing to get HazMat endorse-ment ASAP. Call 830-672-8000.---------------------------AVON Representa-tives Wanted! Great earning opportuni-ties! Buy or Sell! Call 830-672-2271, Inde-pendent Sales Rep.

213 Saint James St. Friday & Saturday, Oct. 12 & 13. 8:00 a.m. Blk. computer cabinet, household items, toys, ceiling fans, light fixture, televisions, antique office desk, metal desk with top, glass & metal sofa table.---------------------------The Thompsonville

Ladies Club annual garage sale will be held on Saturday, October 13 from 8 a.m. till ? at the Thompsonville Com-munity Center. Lots of items.---------------------------Garage Sale. 884 CR 236. Saturday, 12-5; Sunday, 12-5. Little bit of everything.---------------------------Garage Sale in Cost on Hwy. 97 next to Cost Store. Fridays & Saturdays 9-4. Lots of warm blan-kets, sheets, pillow cases, furniture, toys, coats, jackets, warm clothes for children, shoes, all sizes, jew-elry, appliances, books & much, much more.---------------------------1614 Huisache. Sat-urday, October 13. 8-12. Cancel if rain. Lots of items.---------------------------2 Family Yard Sale. Friday & Saturday, October 12-13. 8-5, both days. 718 James St. Miscella-neous stuff.

For Sale: Cage large, off the ground. By 2ft, cage size about 3 1/2 ft. front, 2 ft. deep. 2-3 ft. high. Tray slides out end on bottom for clean-ing. Has top large opening & side opening. clean can be put in house. $65.00 firm. 830-263-4608 anytime.---------------------------Medium size bird cage, slide out bot-tom to clean trays to feed & water & extras. Aqua Green. $25.00. 830-263-4608.---------------------------Baby walker, eating tray combo and it is a red race car, plays tunes and lights up. Ages 6 months-1 1/2 year baby. Cool must see! $40.00. 830-263-4608, daytime or

evening.---------------------------Troybilt Trimmer with attachments (edger, tiller). 4 cycle, uses straight gaso-line. $250. 361-741-2604.---------------------------Kenmore Washing maching. Excellent condition. $150. Call 361-741-2604, any-time.---------------------------Antique metal wood burning stove. $175. 512-917-4078.---------------------------Large shower chair. 19” color TV w/stand, stand has rollers. 857-8090.---------------------------2 Lounge Chairs, 6 ft. tall headboard, bed frame, oak dining table, antique egg incubator, entertain-ment center, lamp stand w/drawers, booth dining table, planter boxes. 361-594-4307.---------------------------Large amount qual-ity items. Everything $85.00; worth about $300. Health prob-lems prevent garage sale. In Lockhart. Mel, 512-376-9396.---------------------------For Sale: Scentsy Warmer (Fire Depart-ment), never been opened or used. $35. 3 Leather scents, $5.00 each. Dell Key-board and Mouse. $10.00 set. 830-305-2521.---------------------------Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.---------------------------Used Dell Computer. Keyboard & Monitor. $250 cash. Call 512-917-4078.---------------------------FOR SALE Used cy-clone fencing and post. 1990 Dodge pick up with lift gate. Can be seen at GHA 410 Village Dr. Gonzales, Texas. For information call Jeanette Conquestat 830-672-3419.----------------------------Upright piano for sale. Great for kids starting piano les-sons. All keys works. Needs to be tuned. $100. Call 830-832-5965.----------------------------Gasoline operated Hedger, $125; 5 HP Tiller, $200. Both in excellent condition. 361-208-3565. ----------------------------Craftsman Riding Mower. 30” Mower/Mulcher. 13.5 HP Model 536.270300. Purchased April 2011..used 6 times. Exc. Condition. $600.00. 830-560-0238. ----------------------------For Sale: Headache Rack, Bumper Hitch, Aluminum Running Boards, 5 office desks, Lift Chair, Antique Bed, Leather Sofa Bed. 1109 FM 532 West, Shiner. 361-596-4403.

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GARAGE SALES

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to place yourfree garage sale ad.

Invitation to Bid for the City of GonzalesNotice is given that the City of Gonzales is requesting

sealed bids for fuel

Bid Specifications for Gas and Diesel

Tanks to be supplied by distributor at these locations; 300 gallon tank with stand for gravity fill, Dyed Diesel tank at J.B. Wells. 300 gallon tanks with stands for gravity fill (300 gallon Dyed Diesel). 500 gallon tanks with stands for gravity fill (500 gallon Gas Tank) at Public works. 300 gallon combination tank and stand for gas and dyed diesel, located at Golf Course.

Bulk oil tank for motor oil to be filled as per needed. Tanks are to be equipped with digital metering devices. Tanks to be able to be pad locked.

Bid cost should be for delivery of gas and diesel to J.B. Wells, Public Works, and Golf Course. The Sewer Plant and Police Department are to supply a diesel generator.

Successful bidders must be able to disburse fuel using a credit card type system at a local location, which provides or includes identification of ve-hicle/equipment, mileage/hours and pin number for activation.

Billing should be on a master bill with a break down by department.

Bids should be submitted as “Cents per Gallons over in Ground”.

Submit bids to:City of GonzalesP.O. Box 547820 St Joseph StreetAttn: Kristina VegaGonzales, Tx 78629

Bids are to be turned in by October 24, 2012 no later than 5:00 p.m.Bids will be opened on October 25, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.

Gonzales County Underground WaterConservation District

Well Mitigation ManagerThe Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District (GCU-WCD) has set up a mitigation fund for the purposes of investigating, evaluating, and implementing water well mitigation activities. The District is seeking to hire an employee to implement and administer the mitiga-tion fund and its policies.

Requisite Skills/Requirements • Project oversight experience including budgeting and scheduling of contractors • Water well knowledge • Ability to interact with the public • Computer experience: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access • Have own vehicle

Work Hours/CompensationFlexible work schedule during the week. Must be able to work some weekends and attend board meetings the second Tuesday of each month. Salary commensurate with experience.

Statement of Qualifications/ResumesStatement of qualifications/resumes must be received by November 5, 2012 to be considered. Send to: Gonzales County UWCD 920 Saint Joseph Street, Room 129 P.O. Box 1919 Gonzales, TX 78629

For additional information contact the GCUWCD General Manager at (830) 672-1047.

The GCUWCD reserves the right to accept or reject any and all respons-es received under this notice.

ORDINANCE NO. 2012-29

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GONZALES, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE 2011-20 BY CORRECTING THE TAX RATE LEVIED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2011 AND ENDING MARCH 31, 2012; PROVIDING FOR PUB-LICATION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.


AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GONZALES, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 14.100N OF THE GONZALES CODE OF ORDINANCES BUILDING PERMIT BY ADDING A SUBSEC-TION (a)(1)(E); EXCEPTION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND A SEVERABIL-ITY CLAUSE.


AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GONZALES, TEXAS, FIX-ING AND LEVYING MUNICIPAL AND VALOREM TAXES ONALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF GONZALES, TEXAS, FOR THE YEAR 2012, FOR THE CURRENT EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2012 AND ENDING MARCH 31,2013, AT THE RATE OF $0.2329 PER ONE HUN-DRED DOLLARS ($100.00) VALUATION; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PRO-VIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Now Hiring

Apply today, Start today!!!Production/Poultry Processing:

• Maintenance • Back Dock Hanger • Back Dock Driver w/ Class A CDL • 2nd Processing • Sanitation (Nights) Feed Mill - FM 108 S., Gonzales Production • Day & Night Shifts Available

Mon.-Fri., 8-10 hr. days Must have proof of identity and eligibility to work in the

U.S. Drug screening as applicable to position.

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Human Resources603 W. Central, Hwy. 87, Nixon, Texas

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

Patrol OfficerThe City of Gonzales is

accepting applications for the position of Patrol Officer

with the Gonzales Police Department.

Applicants must be TCLEOSE certified and will

be subject to a physical fitness test, written exam

and drug screen test. Salary $41,000 plus benefits.

Applications may be picked up and returned to the

Gonzales Police Department

716 St. Paul StreetGonzales

830-672-86868 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday

through Friday. Closing date for this position is October 26,

2012. The City of Gonzales is an Equal Opportunity

Employer.

WANTED:

CDL DRIVERS NEEDEDBobtail Truck Driver

Day & Night Positions AvailableRequirements:

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

Insurance, 401K and vacation included

Applications available at:Schmidt & Sons, Inc.

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

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

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HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Plant Openings Plant Palletizers & Cleanup Positions

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

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

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

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

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

W.B. Farm and Ranch Supply is taking applications for these positions:

SalespersonSkills needed: Product Knowledge, Computer Skills (General),

Customer Service oriented. Full time Guaranteed. 40 hours per week.

Full time Truck DriverLocal Delivery Zone. Class A CDL required. Forklift experience required

Forklift DriverForklife experience/Certification

Yard Hand/Customer Service

Apply in person2031 Water St. (Hwy. 183 N.), Gonzales, TX 78629

NO PHONE CALLS ACCEPTED

GARAGE SALES

MISC. FOR SALE

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

Fertilized Johnson Grass Bermuda Hay. Large round bales. $50. 857-3324.

Want to Buy: Oliver 60 Tractor. V.A.C. Case Tractor. Run or Not. 361-293-1633.----------------------------For Sale: 231 Massey Ferguson Tractor. $9,000. 830-437-2358 or 830-857-0800. (08-23-12)----------------------------5 Bale Hay King Trailer & Bale Flip-per Loader. Load hay without getting out of truck. Video on baleflipper.com. $13,500. 512-565-5927.

Dining room table, solid wood, with six high back chairs and leaf to extend table, $200.00. Large china cabinet, $200.00 . 830-672-2604.----------------------------7 pc. dinette, $95; coffee and end table, $75; Rollaway Bed, $35; 37” TV, $15; 2 office receptionist chairs, couch, table, etc. 361-596-4096. ----------------------------For Sale: Queensize mattress set, $200; complete desk w/hutch, $30; Dining Room table with 4 high back chairs, sol-id wood, $300; Low back swivel recliner rocker, $150. Call 672-3728.----------------------------Small round dining table with leaf, ex-tends to oval. $50. Vintage pub table with extensions, $175. Black metal fu-ton with mattress & cover. Like new. $75. 830-540-3382.

Low Overhead = A Better Deal for YOU! Locally Owned, We Sell For Le$$. Fayette Country Homes, RBI 32896. Open Mon-Sat. 9-7, Sundays, 1-6. 800-369-6888.----------------------------This Month’s Special - 2013 Model 16x80 3+2, Delivered, Set, A/C, $36,900. Fayette Country Homes, RBI 32896. Open Mon-Sat., 9-7, Sundays, 1-6. 800-369-6888.----------------------------3bedroom/2 bath-room singlewide available. $27,900. Call if in need of housing. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.----------------------------Just Arrived-Repo 4 Bedroom Double-wide Palm Harbor Priced to Sell... Fay-ette Country Homes, RBI 32896. Open Mon-Sat., 9-7, Sun-days, 1-6. 800-369-6888.----------------------------OILFIELD HOUSING - 2 bedroom, 2 bath-room with washer and dryer, office

spaces, must see to appreciate. 830-305-6926. RBI#36486.----------------------------Between 4-5 Acres for Sale. Double-wide. Excellent con-dition. Hwy. front-

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

2008 Mustang GT with Shelby package and low miles (48K),

22” chrome wheels with performance tires, 5-speed manual transmission, leather interior, Shaker 500 sound system with 6 CD/MP3 changer, and auto windows.

$25,000 OBO. Call or text 830-263-1212.----------------------------For Sale: 2001 Chev-rolet Silverado 1500 - $7,500. 2nd owner pickup with low miles, cold A/C, spray-in

bed liner, grill guard, towing package and more! Call Lauren at (361) 648-5049 for more info.

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HELP WANTED

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HAY FOR SALE

FARM EQUIPMENT

MOBILE HOMESFURNITURE

Check out this opportunity to join the best company in the region. We are an international company, an industry leader, a friendly place to work, and we have great benefits.

You need a high school diploma or GED and the ability to: • Learn operation of plant processing equipment • Demonstrate communication skills, initiative and judgment in problem-solving • Work 12-hour rotating shifts • Work safely, following rules and procedures • Learn to drive a forklift • Lift up to 55 lbs on a frequent basis

**Preference will be given to applicants who have: • 1-2 years trade school education • 2 years of industrial or plant work experience • Supervisory potential • Forklift experience

All applicants must apply through their local Texas Workforce Solutions Office. Be sure to request an application for

Southern Clay Products, Inc.

Southern Clay Products, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

ORGANO OPERATORSouthern Clay Products, Inc.

in Gonzales, TX

Petro American, LLCOilfield Servicesin Smiley, Texas

Is now taking applications for the following positions:

PushersRoustabouts

Pushers must have a minimum of 2 years experience.

For more information call (Tuesday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.):

Celinda Ramirez - 956-369-0645or

Marcus Olivarez - 956-369-0734

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

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

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

EquipmEnt OpEratOr

Applications for ballot by mail shall be mailed to: (Las solilcitudes para boletas de votacion adelantada por correo deberan enviarse a:)

Lee Riedel (Name of Early Voting Clerk) (Nombre del Secretario de la Votacion Adelantada) P.O. Box 77 (Address) (Direccion) Gonzales, Texas 78629 (City) (Ciudad) (Zip Code) (Codigo Postal)

Applications for ballots by mail must be received no later than the close of business on: October 30, 2012(Las solicitudes para boletas de votacion adelantada por correo deberan recibierse para el fin de las horas de negocio

Issued this the 9h day of October, 2012.(Emitiada este dia 9th de October, 2012)

Signature of County Judge (Firma del Juez del Condado)

NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION(AVISO DE ELECCION GENERAL)

To the registered voters of the County of Gonzales, Texas;(A los votantes registrados del Condado de Gonzales, Texas:)

Notice is hereby given that the polling places listed below will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., November 6th, 2012, for voting in a general election to elect (presidential electors, if applicable), Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, and state, district, county and precinct officers.

(Notifiquese, por la presente, que las casillas electorales citados abajo se abriran desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. el 6th de noviembre de 2012 para votar en la Eleccion General para elegir (electores presidenciales, si es aplicable). Miembros del Congreso, Miembros de la Legislatura, y oficiales del estado, distrito, condado y del precinto.)

On Election Day, voters must vote in their precinct where registered to vote.(El Dia de Eleccion, los votantes deberan votar en su precinto donde estan inscritos para votar.)

Location of Election Day Polling PlacesInclude Name of Building and Address(Ubicacion de las casillas electorales el Dia de Eleccion)(Incluir Nombre del Edificio y Direccion)County Courthouse, 414 St. Joseph, GonzalesAmerican Legion Hall, 1512 N. Robertson, GonzalesCity Building, 820 St. Joseph, GonzalesGonzales County Nixon Annex, 603 N. Central, NixonBelmont Community Center (Methodist Church), 14335 Hwy. 90A W, BelmontTexas Elks Children’s Services (Elks Hospital), 1963 FM 1586, OttineHarwood Community Center, 101 CR 230 N., HarwoodWaelder Community Center, 311 Hwy. 90 W., WaelderSmiley Fire Station, 208 N. FM 108, SmileyPeach Valley Youth Camp, 581 CR 357, GonzalesJ B Wells Jr Park, Multi-Purpose Facility Show Barn, 2301 CR 197, GonzalesLeesville Cemetary Assoc, 6077 CR 155, LeesvilleCheapside Community Center, 18 CR 297A, CheapsideGuadalupe Valley Telephone Co-Op, 67 FM 466 S, Cost.

Precinct Number(s)

(Numero de precinto)

For early voting, a voter may vote at any of the locations listed below:(Para Votacion Adelantada, los votantes podran votar en cualquiera de las ubicaciones nombradas abajo.)

Locations for Early Voting Polling PlacesInclude Name of Building and Address(Ubicacion de las casillas electorales de votacion adelantada)(Incluir Nombre del Edificio y Direccion)Courthouse Annex, 1709 Sarah DeWitt, GonzalesNixon City Bldg., 100 W. 3rd St., NixonWaelder City Bldg., 300 Hwy. 90W, Waelder

Days and Hours of Operation

Dias y Horas Habiles10-22-12 through 11-2-12

Monday-Friday, 8:00a.m. to 4:30p.m.

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

Various PositionsNew entry level wages.

We offer 401k, Vacation, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance. Apply at Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms, Inc.

County Road 348, Gonzales, TX. 830.540.4516. KPMF is an EOE.

Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms solicita personal de tiempo completo inmediatamente en

Diferentes ÁreasNuevo Sueldo Inicial

Ofrecemos el plan 401K, Vacaciones, Seguro de Salud, Dental, de Visión y de Vida. Interesados favor de aplicar en Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms,

Inc., Country Road 348, Gonzales, TX 830.540.4516. KPMF es un

Empleador con Igualdad de Oportunidades (EOE)

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2003 Saturn L200 - Gas Saver - $5,888. (830)303-4381.----------------------------2011 Chevy HHR - Good clean vehicle - $15,991. (830) 303-4381.----------------------------2000 GMC Savana Sherrod Custom Van only 39K miles, $9,991 - 830-305-1330.----------------------------2009 Toyota Corolla S only 44K miles, great gas saver, $13,998. (830) 303-4381.----------------------------2008 Dodge Avenger with only 69K miles, $12,995 - 830-305-1330.----------------------------2007 Suzuki XL7 SUV, 46K miles, $16,888 - 830-305-1330.

Mobile Homes for rent: 3 b e d r o o m / 1 b a t h , fully furnished, some homes have Wi-Fi. 900 Old Shiner Rd., Yoakum, 361-582-6593 or 361-798-0816.----------------------------3 mobile homes for rent in Leesville on Hwy. 80. Call 830-534-6525.----------------------------FOR RENT: 2bed, 1 bath trailer. New kitchen floor. For more information call Samantha at 830-857-5812.

Charming 1/1 home on 2 wooded acs, w/lrg. deck in coun-try, 77 North, paved road. $775/mo., No pets/smokers. 512-415-6483.----------------------------3/2 Large home on nice lot. $1,250/mo. Stove, refrigerator, included. Families or Oil Field Workers welcome. 713-501-3416.----------------------------2BR/2BA, 1,750SF(+/-) home for lease 7 mi. north of Gonzales on gravel road. Central A/C, full kitchen w/appliances. $1,300/mo. + deposit. Email [email protected] country home, 2BR/1BA, near Bel-mont. Hwy. 90A. No pets. $650/mo. $400/deposit. 830-424-4685.

2 and 3 Bedroom houses for rent. $650 & up + deposit. Cur-rent references a must. Furnished or unfurnished. Call 830-672-5169.----------------------------For Rent: 2BR/2BA/2CG home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for information.----------------------------3BR/2BA Brick house for rent. 1 mile North of Yoakum. AC, washer, dryer. Large access driveway in & out for truck park-ing for large bobtails. Oak grove, great for BBQ’s and entertain-ing. Available Now. Call 361-293-6619, leave message.----------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call JR, 512-292-0070, 830-857-5727.----------------------------

House for RentCompletely fur-nished house, 3 or 2 bdrms, one room furnished as office, one full bath, fully equipped kitchen, microwave, washer and dryer, large storage space, yard maintained. No pets. Cable and Wi-Fi. Near County Clerk’s office. Convenient for two landmen. $1,250 a month plus utilities. Call 830-672-6265 or 830-857-4251.--------------------------For Rent in Luling. 3 bed, 1 bath, Central Air & heat. $850/month, $600/depos-it. 830-832-3163. Earl Landry.----------------------------Single Suite. Perfect for Supervisor for Oil Company. Full kitch-en, washer/dryer, TV/Full cable, wireless internet. No smok-ing inside. No Pets. Fully furnished and all bills paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070----------------------------Home For Rent. Country Home. com-pletely remodeled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hard-wood floors, roof for AG Project. Na-varro ISD between Seguin & New Braun-fels. $1,000 month,

$1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.----------------------------

ATTENTION OIL AND GAS PIPE LIN-ERS - CREW HOUS-

ING AVAILABLEFurnished with all bills paid -- Full Kitchen - Personal bedrooms and living room. WEEKLY RATES AVAILABLE. Please call JR at (512) 292-0070 or (830) 672-3089.----------------------------

MOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE

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

sq. ft. in Nixon. $1,000/mo. Call 830-857-6921.

Office space for rent. 1,500 sq. ft. Recently remodeled. 314 W. Cone. If interested call 830-672-4433.----------------------------For Rent: Industrial Property for rent. M1 Ind. Storage Yard, 70x130. Church Street. 830-423-2103.----------------------------For sale or lease. 10,000 sq. ft. Bldg. with multi-level loading docks - Prime location - with offices and separate garage. Call 830-857-5448.----------------------------For Lease: Small of-fice space w/work-shop located at 339 St. George. Recently Renovated, $400/month. For more information please (830) 672-5580.

For Lease: commer-cial 1,500 + square foot warehouse in Luling. Hwy. front-age. $850 per month. 830-305-6248. (10/4/12)----------------------------12 acres/house/of-fice with Hwy. 80 frontage between Belmont/Nixon near Leesville. Will sub-divide. For sale or lease. Would make a great oil field yard or residence. Call Pey-ton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.----------------------------Land for lease for oil field service equip-ment. Prime loca-tion. 4 miles N. on 183. 2 1/2 acres. Elec-tric, water, parking, storage. Call 203-0585 or 672-6922.

3BR, 2BA 1670+Sq. Ft. Upstairs apart-ment on Residen-tial Lot in nice area of Cuero, $1,185/mo. includes all Util. with cable and WiFi, fully furnished - incl. linens. Hotel-style kitchenette (no sink or stove), but full-size fridge, mi-crowave & Keurig brewer. Hot plate ok, outdoor bbq w/pro-pane & charcoal grill onsite. No pets. $750 deposit, 3 mo. lease. (361) 484-1922, leave message.----------------------------2BR, 1 bath nicely, fully furnished apart-ment. TV/Cable/Internet ready, washer/dryer, no pets, no smoking, good neighborhood, covered parking for one car, deposit, rent plus all utilities. Call 830-672-6265.

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Need a job as a care-giver, as live-in or to help with clerical, customer service, telemarketer or teachers aide. Have 30+ years experi-ence. Great refer-ences & background check, dependable, caring and love chil-dren. If iterested call 830-391-4837.Willing to mow lawns in morning or evening. Also will do weedeating. Not affiliated with any company’s. 830-263-0909.----------------------------Lawn mowing ser-vice, residential & commercial. Will also mow oilfield yards or large oil related busi-nesses. Liability ins., free estimates and low cost. No job too large or too small. 830-263-4181.(TFN)

Child care in home. I have 2 openings, Curriculum and meals included. Please call for details. 830-263-0058.

203 Big Sky 38’ Fifth wheel Travel Trailer. 3 slideouts, very, very nice. 3 1/2 yrs. Bum-per to bumper war-ranty left. $17,900. Call 512-914-8347.----------------------------RV For Sale. Older unit. 5th wheel. $2,900. Contact Rich-ard, 830-556-6905.----------------------------Ford Motorhome. 44,000 orig. miles. All working. $2,995. 830-857-6565.

Travel Trailer for rent or sale. Rent is $300.00 per week with all bills paid. willlocate at RV park of your choice and I pay the RV Rental. Or $1,000.00 per month with all bills paid. Will sell travel trailer for $55,000. Call 830-351-0943 for details.----------------------------Full furnished Travel Trailers for rent. Will rent weekly or monthly. Pets al-lowed. $50.00 de-posit. $300.00 per week or $1,000.00 per month. Call Terry for details, 830-351-0943. Will relocate to RV Park of your choice. All utilities paid. All trailers will be available first week in October for move-in.----------------------------Travel Trailers or RV space for rent. Great family environment. Great location in Smiley. $225/week for the Travel Trailer or $900/month, all bills paid included. If interested please call 830-203-9255 Lisa or Daniel @ 361-790-6305. Hope to hear from you.----------------------------Fully furnished Trav-el Trailers for rent. Will rent weekly or monthly. Pets Al-lowed. $50.00 De-posit. $300 per week or $1,000 per month. Call Terry for details, 830-351-0943. Will relocate to RV Park of your choice. All utili-ties paid. All trailers will be available first week in October for move in.----------------------------Travel Trailer for rent for RV space in Smiley. All utili-ties included, good healthy environ-ment. 830-203-9255 or 361-790-6305.----------------------------30’ Travel Trailer w/2 slides for rent in RV Ranch in Gonzales. Swimming pool, laundry facilities, shower house and all bills paid. $300 a week. 830-305-6926.----------------------------28’ Travel Trailer for rent. Can be moved from job site. Call 830-305-6926.----------------------------

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

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

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

2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. Independent Suspension. Wind-shield and Roof. 4x4. Asking - $4,950.00 in very good condition. Call 830-857-4670.

For Sale: CKC Reg-istered Miniature Dachsunds. 1 fe-male, 2 males. $200 each. Has 1st shots & wormed. Call 830-888-0165.----------------------------Free dog to good home. Large female dog, brown, tame, gentle. Chip paper work with her. Call 830-481-4707.----------------------------Free to good home. German Shepherd mix puppies. Pri-marly black with Shepherd markings. Mother purebred. Current on shots and wormed. 830-672-2631.----------------------------We stock Sportmix Dog and Cat Food, Demon WP for those ants and scorpions. Gonzales Poultry Supply, 1006 St. Paul Street, 672-7954.(TFN)

For Sale: Beauti-ful Western Rop-ing Saddle, blanket included. Excellent condition. $400.00 cash only. call Ms. Miller, Waelder. 830-788-7123.----------------------------For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonzales weekly. 830-540-3536.----------------------------For Sale: 2 & 3 year old red & black Bran-gus Bulls. No Papers. Good selection. Call 830-437-5772.----------------------------Baby Guineas. $2.00 each. Call for info. 830-660-2526 or 830-540-4063.----------------------------“Black Limousin and Angus Heifers and Bulls, Gentle In-crease your weaning weights. Established breeder since 1971. Delivery available 979 561- 6148 “ ----------------------------Nanny Boer Goats (adult). Ages: 1yr-4yr. Pkg. Deal (4). $320.00. 830-560-0238 to request photos..please send an email request to [email protected] or text me at above num-ber.----------------------------Muscovy ducks for sale. $10.00 each. 830-263-2482. (TFN)----------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heifers also, 8 months to 2 years. 830-540-4430.----------------------------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.

MINI-GOATS. (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.

3BED, 1 Bath House For Sale! 0.985 acres on Hwy. 80, 8 miles north of Nixon, TX. 78140. 1048 sq. ft with 400 sq. ft. deck attached. Recently remodeled. Central Air and Heat. Appli-ances stay! $89,999. Ph. 830-203-9383. No owner financing available.----------------------------FOR SALE BY OWN-ER: 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath, single story home in Gonzales. Beautiful wet bar and gour-met kitchen with granite counter tops. Large pantry utility room. 2 car garage with workshop, nice pool and spa, huge covered porches. All on or nearly 1/2 acre. $249,000. Call 210-844-4963.----------------------------Older couple down-sizing 15 acres (10 acres fenced), house, 3/1 1/2, Barn, ponds, trees. Wharton County. $137,000. 979-533-3262.----------------------------4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New applianc-es, remodeled, new master bath. 830-857-6488.----------------------------House for Sale/To Be Moved: 3BR/1Ba frame house, pier & beam foundation, central A/H. Buyer responsible for moving house from property, $6,000. 830-857-4172.

Modern home on 165-acre ranch lo-cated between Gon-zales and Shiner on paved road FM 443. Highly improved with scattered oak trees, improved grasses, hay field, cross fencing and stock tank. Recent-ly updated 2,300 square foot home, 3BR, 2BA, two live-in areas. Property includes large hay barn, equipment building shop and cattle pens. Shiner ISD. Possible owner financing available. 361-648-4090 or 361-935-1109.

Wanted to lease land for cattle graz-ing. Must have water and fences. Contact Mitchell Hardcastle, 830-857-4544.----------------------------90x60 lot for sale. For more info, call Jose at (936) 488-8115.----------------------------5 Acres or more to lease. For Storage or Oilfield Equipment etc. 1 1/2 mile from city limits off 183 S. Call 830-263-4888 for information.

Pampered Chef Demonstrator. Host a Show! It’s Easy! Choose from a Cook-ing Show, Catalog Show, Facebook Show or if you need an item, here is my site, https://www.pamperedchef.biz/zavadil. Dee Zavadil, 830-857-1495.----------------------------Lucky Shots by Dee.Need Family Por-traits, Family Re-unions, Birthdays, School Pictures, Weddings, Etc. 830-857-1495 ----------------------------Electrical wiring, troubleshooting & repairs. 830-437-5747.----------------------------

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Residential189 CR 280, Harwood - 3BD/2BA home with sunroom and cov-ered porch to enjoy the country views! Storage building. $84,000.3 AC - 473 Crockett Lane, Settlement at Patriot Ranch - Beau-tiful countryside views offered with this 2BD/2BA main home and detached guesthouse. $239,000.18 AC - 5224 Sandy Fork Rd, Harwood - 3BD/2BA home per-fect for the country getaway! 2 car detached garage, 30x40 run-in shed. Large tank, fully fenced. $244,500.14 AC - 1491 Highsmith Rd, Luling - Partially cleared and wood-ed. 3BD/2BA home with stained concrete and additional living/bonus room. Detached storage building. $245,000.960 S Pecan, Luling - 1 AC lot with modern 4BD/3BA/3 car ga-rage home, office, open floor plan great for entertaining! $340,000.220 Parkview, Luling - 3BD/2BA, updated kitchen features, gran-ite counters. Large den w/fireplace. Nice upgrades. $155,500.715 S. Pecan, Luling - 4BD/2BA split bedroom features hardwood floors. Large, fenced yard, water well, alley access. $137,700.

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The state champion Flatonia Lady Bulldogs will serve as parade marshals during Czhilispiel this year. (File Photo)

Can you imagine what it must feel like to have hun-dreds of friends cheering you on?

Can you imagine win-ning the state champion-ship softball title and having your hometown fans fill the stadium to a sellout with “Standing Room Only” and an attendance that outnum-bered all of the other games including the 2A through 5A tournaments?

Can you imagine hav-ing a “Victory Welcome” when you return to your hometown with friends and neighbors surrounding you with cheers, shouts, laughs, and cries while jumping up and down hugging each other?

Can you imagine the Mayor of your town sign-ing a proclamation honor-ing your winning team and the County Judge signing a

proclamation congratulat-ing the Bulldog team? What about leading the 4th of July Parade down Main Street with the hometown folks cheering you?

Can you imagine being a coach anticipating such a victory? Well that is what we will ask the Flatonia girls softball team and coaches at this year’s Czhilispiel Parade as they are honored as Pa-rade Marshals.

The Parade Marshals are chosen by WAGs (Women’s Action Guild) organiz-ers who support the com-munity youth and look for Marshals who contribute to the community and show a willingness to be involved in their town’s activities. One would think that this Championship more than qualifies this team and its coaches to receive this year’s honor.

They are the Champions! They are the Pride of Flato-nia this year and will serve

as the Parade Marshals for the 2012 Czhilispiel “40” Pa-rade! Nineteen girls which includes three seniors, two juniors, seven sophomores, seven freshmen, and three coaches all share in this amazing victory, show-ing the town and the State of Texas what talent, hard work and determination can achieve.

Just like Thomas Edison once said, “Opportunity is missed by most people be-cause it is dressed in overalls and looks like work!” These Champions know what work looks like and in their situation it is dressed in ma-roon & white with a Bulldog mascot.

Some of these teammates have been together since they began playing T-ball and Little League baseball in elementary school. Some of these same teammates won the Little League 7-8 year old machine pitch All-Star Tournament in 2004.

The town will be excited once again at the Flato-nia Czhilispiel 40 Parade when it begins at noon on Sunday, October 28. The Champion Girls’ Softball team members riding will include most of the 2011-12 team members: Alexandra Bruns, Alanis Ribera, Crys-tal Rodriguez, Courtney Mica, Brooke Migl, McK-enna Lopez, Kylie Mica, Kimberlyn Michalec, Han-nah Siptak, Chandler Fike, Kaci Pavlicek, Tanya McK-inney, Katelyn Strickland, Katie Steinhauser, Ronnisha Davis, Maecie Mikulenka, Jaycee Fike, Taylor Wil-liams, Abigail Schacherl, and coaches: Head Coach Rodney Stryk, Coach Kay-lyn Boenisch, and Co-AD Chris Freytag.

Czhilispiel 40 Parade will salute state champions

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The Leesville Coun-try Fair will be held Oct. 13, starting at 10 a.m., on the Methodist Church grounds, under the two covered pavilions, in Lees-ville.

There will be a draw-ing, auction, silent auction, country store, flag presen-tation, activities for the kids including Bouncer Moon Walk, animal exhibits, face painting, ring throw, foot-ball throw, bean-bag toss, fire truck and police car.

The Kerr Creek Band

will be providing live enter-tainment and there will be plenty of food and drinks.

The fair is the annual fund raiser for the Leesville Cemetery and the area high school scholarship pro-gram.

***The Pilgrim Country

Opry is scheduled Saturday at the Pilgrim Community Center, 12809 FM 1116 in Pilgrim.

Music will be provided by the Pilgrim Heirs Band with special guests Brandi Behlen, Bill barrington and Dennis Patteson.

The menu includes a cat-fish dinner with trimmings for $6. Serving starts at 5

p.m. and the music starts at 7 with a $4 admission charge. For details, call 830-534-8499.

***Numerous local and out-

of-town groups will be per-forming Southern Gospel and Country Gospel selec-tions at the First Baptist Church in Smiley on Sat-urday, November 3, 2012, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Bring your guitar or other instrument and share your talent. There is no ad-mission charge for this eve-ning of entertainment. A pot luck dinner will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Church’s Fellowship Hall.

By DIANNE RAEFSpecial to The Cannon

Gonzales High School’s Apache Theatre Department is currently in rehearsals for their fall production, “Leaving Iowa.” The play opens October 28th at 2 p.m. in the Gonzales Junior High Auditorium with follow up performances on Novem-ber 3rd at 7 p.m. and November 4th at 2 p.m. “Leaving Iowa” is a hilarious, sen-timental comedy about the adventure of family vacations. Everyone can relate to this comedy and many of the colorful characters they meet on their journey down the old American highway. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $3 for students, and will be available from Gonzales High school or the box office. Pictured are Trent Trullender as Wayne, Brooke Neuse as Jessie, and Clayton Kelley as Old Don. (Courtesy photo)

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Nineteen members of the Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital met for a luncheon on September 25th at Craft Crossing Shop in the work room. Sandwiches were ca-tered by Robert’s Deli.

1st Vice President Betty Fink announced the pro-gram was learning how to make and making tray favors for patient trays in observance of national holidays through out the year. Also, she stated our October 30th meeting will be at 2 p.m. in the Hospital Dining Room on The Texas Heritage and will include the program by Polly Fink and Marilyn Qualls on the Texas Pioneer Museum and the Texas High School Ro-deo Museum.

2nd Vice President Noris Gibson reported 294 vol-unteer hours worked in August with 100-hour bars being earned by Lois Will-mann with a total 2,303 hours, Cecilia Williamson with her total of 3,506 and Leona Zella with her total of 2,712.

Treasurer Leona Zella reported the August net profit of $453.18. Also, she reported as the Gift Shop Chairman that all is well and that we will be order-ing more stock of the col-lector dolls nearer to the holidays.

Other Committee Chair-men reported as follows:

• Good Cheer - Sally Brown sent cards to six families.

• Memorials - Cecilia Williamson reported a to-tal of $35 in memorials for Leonard Fryer and Elsie Spitzenberger.

• Scholarship - Betty Fink said no new applica-tions for scholarships have been received, there was no change in fund balance and that the Gonzales Health Foundation Board would be meeting that night.

• Special Projects - Doro-thy Klapuch reported we still have not received bill-ing charges on our last do-nation of equipment voted upon in May 2012.

President Barbara Kori-canek report eight mem-bers attended the funeral services honoring Elsie Spitzenberger and thanked members for their con-sideration and action. She also reported that the Texas Association of Healthcare Volunteers (TAHV) Dis-trict Convention will be held in Victoria on Octo-ber 22nd. Those attending are to wear uniform jackets with name badges.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer may come by the hospital Gift Shop and fill out an appli-cation or contact Kennon Brunkenhoefer at 830-672-3096.


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Obituaries

Seydler-Hill Funeral Home“Proudly Serving the Gonzales Area Since 1914”

906 St. Paul, Gonzales830-672-3232

Hope Salazar,

1932-2012

SALAZARHope Salazar, 79 of

Gonzales, passed away on Wednesday, October 3. Hope was born Novem-ber 8, 1932 in Gonzales to Lee Trevino and Margarita Castillo. She was a mem-ber of the Gonzales Family Church.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joe Salazar; one son, Rocky Salazar; one daughter, Ra-chel Anzaldua; and two grandchildren, Daniel Salazar and Christopher Anzaldua.

Survivors are her two sons, Joe Daniel Salazar and wife Pattie of Louisi-ana and Gabriel Salazar of Gonzales; two daughters, JoAnn Martinez and hus-band Victor of Gonzales and Charlotte Acuna and husband Eladio of Seguin; one brother, Felix Trevino of Galveston; and one sis-ter, Celia Camacho of New Iberia, Louisiana. She left behind 35 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchil-dren to cherish her mem-ory.

Funeral services were held Monday, October 8 at the Buffington Funeral Home Chapel and intern-ment followed at the St. James Catholic Cemetery, officiated by Pastor Glenn Benhart and Eladio Acuna.

Pallbearers were: Justin Navejar, Lee Metting, Ga-briel Salazar, Rocky Salazar

Jr., Ronnie Flores Jr., Pat-rick Laredo, and Ryan Lar-edo. Any words of comfort can be left online for the Salazar family at www.buff-ingtonfuneralhomegonza-les.com.

Arrangements made by Buffington Funeral Home, 424 St. Peter Gonzales, TX 78629; 830-672-3322.

DUNNEdna Lucile Martin

Dunn of Nixon passed away Thursday, October 4 at the age of 98.

She was born March 19, 1914 in Leesville to Rachel Hensley and James Terrell Martin. She married Jack Dunn March 30, 1936 in Nixon. To this union was born one son, Jack Leslie and one daughter, Jimmy Lu.

She and her father owned and operated Martin Bar-ber Shop and Beauty Salon in Nixon for more than 50 years. Lucile is preceded in death by her parents; hus-band, Jack Dunn; sisters, Doris Montgomery and Lily Jo Polan; and grand-son, James Dunn.

She is survived by her son, Jack L. Dunn and wife Alice of Stockdale; daugh-ter, Jimmy Lu Mills and husband Jerry of San Mar-cos; grandchildren, Dana Hyatt and husband John of Midland, Darren Mills and wife Christy of Spring Branch, Derek Mills and wife Pam of Round Rock, D’Laine Westmoreland and husband Scott of San An-gelo, David Dunn and wife Sharon of Stockdale, wife of the late James Dunn, Cheryl Dunn of Flores-ville; great-grandchildren, Raechel, Joshua and Luke Hyatt, Amalie and Jack Mills, Peyton and Cooper Mills, Samantha and Faith Dunn, Jacqueline and Lydia Westmoreland, Dylan and Matthew Dunn; and broth-

er, James Terrell Martin Jr. of Ozona.

Funeral services were held Sunday, October 7 at the First United Method-ist Church in Nixon, Rev. George Bradley officiated. Interment followed at Nix-on Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 410 North Franklin Avenue Nixon, TX 78140. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.finchfu-neralchapels.com.

Dianna Davis,1945-2012

DAVISDianna Davis of Gonza-

les went to be with her Lord Wednesday, October 3. She was blessed with 67 years.

Dianna was born July 13, 1945 in Luling to Jeff K. Davis and Sadie Moore. She was a member of the McNeil Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Douglas Davis; and one sister, Evelyn Davis. Sur-vivors are her two sisters, Juanita and husband Jack-son Woods of Gonzales and Belvie and Bob Raper of Richmond; one nephew, Bobby McClary of Corpus Christi; and two nieces, Tracy Lewis of Richmond and Lisa Derrick of Austin. Also two special friends, Brittany Rhoades and Rose Bolton, to cherish her memory.

Visitation for Dianna Davis were held Friday, October 5 at 6 p.m. at the Buffington Funeral Home Chapel in Gonzales. Fu-neral Services were held on Saturday, October 6 at the McNeil Baptist Church with internment following at Hall Cemetery in Har-wood, officiated by Rever-end Ted Bosworth.

Pallbearers are Timothy Moore, David Johnson, Johnny Derrick, Todd Mc-Neill, Bobby McClary Jr. and Bobby McClary III. Any words of comfort can be left online for the Davis family at www.buffington-funeralhomegonzales.com.

Arrangements made by Buffington Funeral Home, 424 St. Peter Gonzales, TX 78629; 830-672-3322.

Pet Parade set Oct. 27Time for the Gonzales Learning and Career Center fundraisers: Annual Pet Pa-rade and contests! GLCC is the local adult education center in Gonzales County, which offer classes, includes GED, ESL, computer and more. GDA and Gonzales shelter dogs/pups will be there to support ’em! The event will take place at the Brickyard Pavilion in Independence Park. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m., the parade starts at noon and contests will immediately follow. The contests include Best Pet Costume, Closest Pet/Owner Lookalike, Most Unusual Pet an Best Pet Trick.To take part in the parade is free; there will be a $10 entry fee per contest. We’ll also have a raffle and silent auction, concessions and a chance to have pho-tographs taken. Here are the rules: please, only pets belonging to a 4-legged species (we write the rules that way to accommodate some disabled pets we know and love!); leashes, restraints or cages required; owners must bring water and clean up after pets. We reserve the right to ask owners to leave with their pets. Please mark the calender and join this special FUN event.

Leona Zella (left) and Lois Willmann were two of three volunteers who received their 100-hour bars during the last meeting of the Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital. The third person, Cecilia Williamson, is not pictured. (Courtesy photo)

By KATHLEEN CADDELL

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What’s Up at the GYCHere’s what’s happening at the Gonzales Youth Center

this weekend:

Thursday, Oct. 11• Open 3:30-6 p.m.• 4:15 p.m. - Flower Bed Cleanup. Earn 300 points.• 5:15 p.m. - Arts and Crafts Halloween decorations.

Saturday, October 13• Open 3:30-10 pm• 4 p.m. - Arts and Crafts• 5 p.m. - Scavenger Hunt• 6:30 p.m. - Movie• 7 p.m. - Pool tournament

The GYC Fall BBQ is coming up Sunday, October 21 at the Gonzales Junior High Cafeteria. Brisket Plates only $8. Get your tickets from the center today.

The Gonzales Youth Center offers Tutoring from 3:30-6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with help in all subjects. We can help you get your grades up and keep them there. Get in the habit of coming in and staying ahead with your classes. Students working in homework lab will earn 200 points an hour. The Center is open from 3:30-6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and Saturday from 3 until 10 p.m.

Ride bus # 21 from North Avenue or the Junior High and ride the GYC Bus home after 6 p.m. All students must be picked up by parent or ride the bus home when we close. No Walking Home!

According to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), almost three-quarters of water used inside the home oc-curs in the bathroom, with 41 percent used for toilet flushing and 33 percent for bathing. The remainder of indoor water use is divided between clothes washing and kitchen use, including dish washing.

Outdoor water use varies greatly across the country. For instance, in California, 44 percent of all house-hold water use is outdoors, while in Pennsylvania only 7 percent is used outdoors.

Understanding where you use water most can provide hints on where the most water can be con-served.

Seek the leakLeaks are the biggest wa-

ter waster. The silent toilet bowl leak is probably the single greatest water waster in homes. A leak of one gal-lon every 24 minutes—an average amount—totals 2.5 gallons per hour or 60 gal-lons per day! To check your toilet for a leak, place a few drops of food coloring in the tank and wait. If the color appears in the bowl, then there’s a leak. Often these leaks can be fixed

with a few minor adjust-ments, cleaning calcium deposits from the toilet ball in the tank, or by replacing worn valves.

Fix the drip There is no such thing as

a little drip. A leaky faucet with a drip of just 1/16 of an inch in diameter can waste 10 gallons of water every day or 24,700 gallons per month. You can turn off that drip by replacing worn washers or valve seats.

Hidden LeaksUse your water meter to

check for hidden leaks that may occur in unexposed piping.

1. Turn off all faucets and water-using appliances and make sure no one uses wa-ter during the testing pe-riod. Remember to wait for the hot water heater and ice

cube makers to refill, and for regeneration of water softeners.

2. Go to your water me-ter and record the current reading. Wait 30 minutes. (Remember: no water should be used during this period.)

3. Read the meter again. If the reading has changed, you have a leak.

4. If you have a water well, listen for the pump to kick on and off while the water is not in use. If it does, you have a leak.

Water ConservationResourcesThe Environmental Pro-

tection Agency’s Water-Sense program promotes water efficiency and en-hancing the market for water-efficient products, programs, and practices. Since the program’s incep-

tion in 2006, WaterSense has helped consumers save a cumulative 46 billion gallons of water and $343 million in water and sewer bills. These services are explained in greater detail on their website at http://www.epa.gov/watersense .

The Texas Water De-velopment Board’s water conservation staff provides services to help cities, utili-ties and districts establish

effective water wise conser-vation programs. They loan out and provide training for leak detection and me-ter testing equipment, and assist with water audits. They can also provide wa-ter conservation brochures and educational materials for schools for free or min-imal cost to utilities and government entities. These services are explained in greater detail on their web-

site at http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/assistance/con-servation/consindex.asp.

Water conservation is a key link between balanc-ing current and future wa-ter needs. If you have any questions concerning wa-ter conservation you are encouraged to contact the Gonzales County Under-ground Water District of-fice at (830) 672-1047.

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PLEASANTON — The Atascosa County Sheriff reported Wednesday afternoon that Atascosa County Commissioner and prominent local rancher and businessman Tommy Shearrer was murdered earlier in the day on a county road near Pleasanton.

Radio station KSAQ FM 102.3 reported that Atascosa County Sheriff ’s investigators along with several other agencies were at the scene of the homicide believed to have occurred between 8:15 and 8:30 Wednesday morning about four miles north of Pleasanton.

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Every high school foot-ball season is composed of three phases: non-district, district and (if you’re fortu-nate enough) the playoffs.

The Apaches enter into the second phase this Friday when travel to La Grange for the District 26-3A opener for both teams.

Gonzales (4-1) heads into league play with a full head of steam after beating budding rival Sam Hous-ton on the road last week 61-6.

“I was surprised (by the score) because they looked very good on film,” said Gonzales head coach Ricky Lock. “We got out there and got up on them pretty quick and they just stopped playing hard somewhere around the second quarter. I give credit to our players because they really got after it and did what they had to do to get the win.”

The outcome was made even more impressive be-cause the Apaches were able to grind out 398 yards on the ground playing without leading rusher

Cecil Johnson, who was suspended for violating an unspecified team rule. His absence was filled admira-bly by the combination of D.J. Gonzales, Zack Lopez, Alays Ramirez and Morgan Martinez.

“Those guys stepped up and played really well,” Lock said. “They are very capable football players

and it’s good to know that we can have a player miss-ing and just plug somebody else right into the system and keep on rolling.”

“The biggest reason why the backs played so well is our offensive line because they really dominated up front. They’ve done a great job all year and we feel like they are one of the

strengths of this team.”Apache Nation will get

their first glimpse of the newly-realigned district when the game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. at Leopard Stadium. The other dis-trict mates include Cuero, Smithville, Yoakum and #7 Giddings.

“This district is a night-mare,” Lock said. “Every week it’s going to be a war. You have to be ready to an-swer the bell every time out because it’s in the top three in the state in terms of be-ing competitive.”

The two teams are head-

ing into this matchup hav-ing traveled similar paths this season. La Grange dropped their opener to Marble Falls 56-36, but have since won four in a row by a combined score of 175-16.

“They are very good and really talented,” said Lock. “They are leading the dis-trict in offense with one more yard than we have. We’re first in defense and they’re second in defense.”

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Apaches open district play at La GrangeGonzales at La Grange

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Area Game of the WeekMustangs try to garner first win vs. Stockdale

Stockdale at Nixon-Smiley

Friday, 7:30 p.m.Mustang Stadium

The Nixon-Smiley Mus-tangs welcome neighbor Stockdale to Mustang Field at 7:30 p.m. Friday for their latest quest to get that first win of the season.

Nixon is coming off a 41-15 loss to Dilley that was tied at 7-7 at one point in the game.

Nixon head coach Carl-ton McKinney said the Mustangs made progress in the game.

“The kids came out play-ing aggressively,” he said. “We were playing at a high level of intensity and we moved the ball well.”

Most of the Wolves’ scores came as the result of Mustang turnovers.

“Our turnovers are an execution issue and we will continue to work on them,” McKinney said.

Stockdale is 3-2 on the year and 1-1 in district play. Their two setbacks are to Falls City (38-0) and Dilley (25-18). In their most recent outing, the Brahmas toppled Natalia 48-14.

“Playing Stockdale is al-ways a difficult game for us,” McKinney said. “They are a playoff team that re-turns a lot of starters and they have aspirations to advance in the playoffs.”

“We will do our best to contain Stockdale. We re-ally need to focus on exe-cution. With our inexperi-ence, every single game is an opportunity to improve our knowledge, skills and how we play the game.”

The Brahmas have a solid running game with fullback Matt Valdez in the lead with 790 yards on 96 rushes and eight touch-downs. Running back Dustin Mossier has 191 yards on just 18 attempts and two touchdowns.

Quarterback Hunter Peridolla has completed 10-of-28 passes for 109 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. Valdez is the leading pass catcher with 91 yards on 10 catch-es and one touchdown.

McKinney said the

Brahmas will line up in multiple formations on of-fense.

“Stockdale will come out in trips, two plus two and will go under center with heavy formations,” McK-inney said. “Our defense has to be prepared for ev-erything they throw at us.”

On defense, the Brah-mas run the ‘27’.

“The linebackers are re-turning starters and are very solid,” McKinney said. “Our offense will need to not miss assignments and needs to execute well.”

Peridolla and Dylan Dunn, as linebackers, will lead the Brahmas’ defen-sive effort.

Two unbeaten teams meet up tomorrow to kick off their district play.

The Hallettsville Brah-mas host the Palacios Sharks at Hallettsville Me-morial Stadium. The Brah-mas (5-0, No. 4 in DCTF Class 2A Division 1 rank-ings) are coming off a bye week.

In other local action, St. Paul hosts Schertz John Paul II, No. 3 Shiner is at Kenedy to start their dis-trict campaign, Luling travels to Jourdanton for a district game, Flatonia starts their district at Hol-land, Lockhart is at Buda Hays, Cuero is at Gid-dings, Hallettsville Sacred Heart takes on Bryan St. Joseph on the road and Yoakum starts 26-3A play at Smithville.

Palacios at HallettsvilleThe No. 4 Brahmas had

a good start to the sea-son, winning the first five games they played. Hal-lettsville will host Palacios (5-0) at 7:30 p.m. tomor-row to begin their District 14-2A Division I play.

The Brahmas were off

last week after defeating Weimar, 27-2, back on Sept. 28.

Head coach Tommy Psencik said the time was used to heal some injuries and work on fundamen-tals.

The Sharks have played (and beaten) Boling, Tide-haven, Aransas Pass, Van Vleck and Stafford on the year.

On offense, the Sharks have two looks — spread and Power I, using unbal-anced front lines with both formations.

“They throw and catch well, and can run too,” Psencik said. “They are well coached and have a lot of confidence. Our defense will need to stop the run and control their passing attack.”

Palacios runs the 4-3 on the defensive side of the ball.

“I am hoping we can run the ball well against their defense,” he said.

Shiner at KenedyShiner opens district at

Kenedy, on the heels of a 33-32 win over Weimar last week.

“Both sides gave up some big plays,” Shiner head coach Steven Cerny said. “We just happened to get the breaks.”

A couple of fourth-quarter turnovers by the Wildcats helped the Co-manches (5-1) find victory.

The Lions currently hold a 4-1 mark with wins over Karnes City, Pettus, Skid-more-Tynan and San An-tonio Hawkins.

Cerny said Kenedy is a spread team that plays very physically and runs an ag-gressive 3-3 stack defense.

Quarterback Rolando Zepeda has completed 26-

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Celine Markert (22) sets a ball for Danielle Pohl (15) during Yoakum’s win over Gonzales Tuesday night. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Yoakum ousts competitive Gonzales squad in four sets

YOAKUM — The Lady Bulldogs did manage to take care of business against a very-determined Lady Apache team 3-1 (25-19, 22-25, 25-19, 25-16) Tues-day night at Bulldog Gym to keep their fire stoked.

“It was a good win for us and it helps our momen-tum,” Lady Bulldog head coach Alisha Boysen said.

However, it was not a completely flawless match for Yoakum.

“It was a little frustrating at points because we started out strong and hit a wall,” Boysen said. “It feels like we lifted our foot off the gas pedal.”

For Gonzales it was back to the drawing board, still in search of ways to get back on the winning track.

“We have got to learn how to stay with oppo-nents,” Lady Apaches head coach Kim Payne said. “We need to not get down by six or seven points because then we have to rally and try to dig out of a hole.”

Yoakum gained a 9-1 advantage in the open-ing set on serves by Callie Witte and Jaccari Hights, and kills by Lesley Seiden-berger and Danielle Pohl. Gonzales whittled the lead down to 9-4 on serves from

Shayla Simper. From that point, Yoakum went on an 10-2 run, and Gonzales got a couple of points back on plays from Kendall Foug-erat and Simper.

At 20-9, Yoakum looked poised to quickly put away the first set. It did not quite happen that way.

The Lady Apaches scored seven straight points, in-cluding two aces by Mor-gan Simper. Yoakum broke the serve and then scored two more points to go ahead 23-16.

At game point, 24-17, Gonzales remained alive for a few more plays, get-ting a kill from Danyelle Glass and an ace from Shayla Simper. The Lady ‘Dogs finally finished the game on an Gonzales mis-cue.

Early in the second set, Gonzales took early leads on plays by Allison Raley, Lindsey Akers, Shayla Simper and Fougerat. The service of Latrice Brown helped Yoakum get its first lead at 18-17.

The Lady Apaches even-tually came back and got the winner on a kill from Raley.

In the third set, Hights and Seidenberger helped give the Lady ‘Dogs a 4-1 advantage. Kills from Brown and Pohl put Yoa-kum on top 15-5 later in the set.

Gonzales fought back to close down to 20-13 but service from Seidenberger and another Pohl kill but Yoakum up 23-13. Gonza-les came right back with a block from Glass and Foug-erat, and Glass soon got a kill to trim the lead to 23-16.

The Lady Apaches got more points on serves from Raley to come within 23-19 before a two-point spurt for Yoakum ended the game.

In the fourth set, Gonza-les managed to stay within striking distance until late in the game, when Yoakum scored five straight with a 20-16 lead for the set win and the match victory.

For Gonzales, Kiley Braune had 24 assists; Ral-ey had 10 kills and 13 digs; Akers had nine kills and two aces; Morgan Simper had two aces and so did Shayla Simper. Carly Boz-ka had 21 digs and Foug-erat had two solo blocks.

For Yoakum, Seiden-berger had 20 kills, 19 digs and one ace; Witte had 38 assists, one ace and 12 points; Brown had one ace; Pohl had eight blocks.

The Lady Apaches fall to 1-5 in district while Yoa-kum rises to 20-13 and 4-2.

Gonzales won the ju-nior varsity match 2-1 (17-25, 27-25, 25-17) and the freshmen match 25-17, 8-25, 25-8.

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of-57 passes for 362 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions. Main receiv-ers are Weston Hallmark with 18 catches for 186 yards and two touchdowns, and Dominic Cruz with eight catches for 182 yards and four scores. Lions’ leading rusher is running back Cedric Mejia who has 274 yards on 48 carries and three touchdowns.

“Our offense must con-tinue to improve on ball protection. Turnovers are becoming an issue for us late in the season,” Cerny said. “Kenedy comes right at you so we must pick up their stunts. If you let one man through the line, it is a turnover waiting to happen in the veer system.”

Luling at JourdantonThe Eagles 3-3 (2-0) play

their second district road game as they head to Jour-danton for a 7:30 p.m. game tomorrow.

“I expect this game to be extremely physical,” Luling head coach Colby Hensley said. “Jourdanton is an es-tablished program while Goliad had some newness to it. Since the Indians are a built team, it will present a different challenge to us.”

The Indians are 2-3 (0-1) with wins against Dilley and Carrizo Springs. They opened district with a close 21-20 loss to Goliad. Run-ning back Brandon Pacheo leads the ground game with 78 carries for 432 yards and five touchdowns.

Jourdanton lines up in the Single Wing and Slot-T offense, similar to what Luling faced with Blanco.

Hensley said control-ling the line of scrimmage and winning the battle up front will be key for their defense.

On defense, Jourdan-ton lines up in a 4-2 with a split-cover 3 look. Key players on the defense are the linebackers and several players on the defensive line.

Hensley said he feels the offensive line played their best game of the season last week against Goliad.

“We need to build off that mentality, and get big push and get moving,” Hensley said. “If we have no turnovers and execute, we have a good chance to at being happy at the end of the game.”

Flatonia at HollandThe Flatonia Bulldogs

start district play with a road trip to Holland at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.

Flatonia (3-3) dropped its third game in a row to Burton.

“We did not play that well against Burton, partly because they were a really good team,” Flatonia head coach Chris Freytag said. “Our kids never gave up, hung their heads or had a poor attitude. They will be ready to roll.”

The Holland Hornets won five of their first six games, losing only to Granger (28-14) and de-feating Jarrell, Moody, Bartlett

Temple Central Texas and Temple Holy Trinity.

Freytag said Holland has size on its offensive and de-fensive lines but just not a lot of speed.

“Their offense goes through their quarterback Alex Cantu, who can throw or run,” he said. “Our de-fense will need to shut Cantu down and do a better job of wrapping up tackles. I thought we did not play physical on defense against Burton. We need to punish

opposing ball carriers and cause turnovers.”

Holland will fly to the football on defense.

Freytag said the offense must stop turning the ball over, which has proven costly in recent games and must control the clock and line of scrimmage with the run game.

Lockhart at Buda HaysThe Lockhart Lions play

in their third district con-test of the year after re-bounding from a loss to Seguin on Sept. 28 to defeat Schertz Clemens, 36-14 on Friday, and are 1-1 in dis-trict.

“It has been some time since Lockhart beat Cle-mens, so we are fired up about the win,” Lions head coach Paul Kilby said.

The Rebels (4-1) are 1-1 in district as well, defeating rivals Kyle Lehman 28-10 and losing to Kerrville Tivy 31-10.

Quarterback Caleb Kim-bro completed 40-of-62 passes for 668 yards, five touchdowns and two inter-ceptions. His two main tar-gets are Granger Studdard (19-297, touchdown) and Shawn Leerssen (7-155, two touchdowns).

Kimbro also figures huge in the Rebel rushing game as he has six rushing scores and 376 yards on 41 car-ries. Marcos Solis has ran 56 times for 377 yards and three touchdowns.

“Buda Hays is an out-standing team,” Kilby said. “I think Caleb Kimbro is an All-State candidate and Granger Studdard is an excellent receiver. We will have to slow down those two and their running backs.”

He said Lockhart’s of-fense must control the foot-ball and block well against the Rebels’ aggressive de-fense.

The game is important for both teams.

“A win puts us in the mix and a loss puts us behind the eight ball,” Kilby said.

Cuero at GiddingsThe Gobblers (2-3) kick

off their 26-3A portion of the year with a road game at Giddings tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.

The Buffaloes are 5-0 on the season and ranked No. 13 in Class 3A. Quarterback Adam Dock has thrown for 593 yards, six touchdowns and one interception on 33-of-62 passing.

Key receivers are Deon Hickey (9-196, touchdown) and Greg Haywood (8-172, two touchdowns). Hickey is the leading rusher with 275 yards on 31 attempts and four touchdowns.

Cuero was off last week and spent the time prep-ping for district and work-ing on fundamentals.

“Giddings is deserving of their ranking,” Cuero head coach Travis Reeve said. “They are a tremendous team, well-coached and will present challenges for us.”

He said Giddings runs a spread offense and will get the ball to several different playmakers.

“We need to contain their offense, play assignment football and play team de-fense well,” he said.

The Buffaloes run a 4-2-5, have size on the front line ,and a speedy linebacker and secondary corps.

“We have to execute and move the ball on them,” Reeve said.Hallettsville Sacred Heart

at Bryan St. JosephThe Indians (2-3) are

on the road for the second straight week as they take on Bryan St. Joseph at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.

Sacred Heart won a Thursday game against the junior varsity squad from Austin McCollum, 43-14.

“We were able to work on our passing game, includ-ing the play-action pass, because we had control of the game,” Indians head coach Pat Henke said.

The game against the Ea-gles marks the start of dis-trict play for Sacred Heart.

“It is good to open dis-trict play, where everyone is 0-0,” Henke said. “We are the defendings 1A/2A champions and so everyone will be shooting for us.”

“We will need to play our best football.”

Bryan St. Joseph lines up in the spread with four- and five-receiver formations.

“We need to play good pass coverage and pressure the quarterback,” he said. “We also need to be aware at all times so they do not bust a running play up the gut.”

“Our offense needs to play physical, run the foot-ball and control the line of scrimmage.”

Yoakum at SmithvilleThe Yoakum Bulldogs

head into District 26-3A play off their bye week and fell to Rice Consolidated, 21-13, in its most recent game.

Head coach Brent Ko-rnegay said the ‘Dogs used the time to install the game plan for the Smithville game.

“The Tigers are a good, physical football team,” he said. “Both of their lines are physical.”

Smithville bases a power running game out of the shotgun, using quarterback Denton Cooper and run-ning backs Gray Morris and DaArron Jackson.

The Tigers run a 4-3 on defense with a physical line, strong linebackers and a secondary that flys to the football.

“Our defense will have to tackle well and not get pounded up front,” Korne-gay said. “Our offensive line must maintain their blocks. I feel this game will be won or lost in the trenches.”

The Tigers hold an iden-tical 3-2 record with wins over Lampasas, Marble Falls and Rockdale. Smith-ville has dropped games to Sealy and Liberty Hill.

John Paul II at St. PaulThe Cardinals opened

district play with an 19-18 win over Bryan Brazos Christian.

“We made some mis-takes but we made plays in the end and found a way to win,” head coach Jake Wa-chsmuth said.

St. Paul hosts 1-2 Schertz John Paul II at 7:30 p.m. to-morrow at Comanche Sta-dium.

“John Paul II is a young team that is new to 11-man football,” Wachsmuth said. “It will be a different type of game because they are young but they play hard.”

“Brazos Christian was a very experienced team and after you win a big game, you are always a little con-cerned about a letdown the next game.”

John Paul II is Wing-T team on offense that will run the football a bunch while defense lines up in a Split formation.

Quarterback Michael McCabe is the leading rusher with 48 carries for 368 yards and seven touch-downs.

The Cardinal offensive must control the game and continue to work on elimi-nating turnovers while the defense has to prevent any kind of big play.

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PREVIEWS: Luling prepares for second district road match

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more, who is third in car-ries in Class 3A with 110. He is averaging over 6.5 yards per carry, having run for 742 yards and eight touchdowns.

“He’s very capable,” said Lock. “La Grange is a tailback-oriented offense and they like to throw off of play action, using the running game to set up the passing game.”

Their aerial attack has been very effective this year under the guidance of quarterback Logan Vin-klarek. He has completed 63 percent of his passes for 652 yards and 10 touch-downs, plus is carrying a very efficient passer rating of 186.4.

“He’s a big guy and he really throws the ball well,”

Lock said. “He has the abil-ity to put some heat on the ball and he can throw with touch also, so he can do a lot of things with the foot-ball.”

The La Grange defense is billed as a 4-3, but it func-tions more like a 50.

“It basically is a 50 be-cause they generally run five down linemen and two linebackers in the box,” said Lock. “They are very sound defensively.”

The lynchpins of the Leopard D are the senior duo of defensive tackle Trey Cook and linebacker Kolby Kolek, who finished last season with 124 tack-les.

“They have a big de-fensive tackle that’s unbe-lievable,” Lock said. “He’s about 6-5, 260 pounds. The linebacker is as good as we’ve seen, plus their safe-

ties will hit you and play the run extremely well.”

In order for Gonzales to give themselves the best opportunity to come away with a win, Lock said his team is going to have to pay attention to detail and execute effectively on both sides of the ball.

“La Grange doesn’t make a lot of mistakes,” he said. “You’re going to have to beat them because they are not going to beat them-selves. They don’t turn the ball over very much and they don’t have a lot of penalties. They are very well-coached and funda-mentally sound.”

“It’s going to be a battle because La Grange is very, very good and they’ve played well up to this point. This has all of the makings for a great contest.”


APACHES: Game against La Grange could be toughest yet

Pictured above are the winners of the Wednesday Night Scramble held at Independence Golf Course in Gonzales on Oct. 3. They were David Frazier, Roy Staton, Brian Mitchell, Dale Holcomb and Russell Moody. The second place team (below) consisted of Wess Sullivan, Keith Staggs, Gary Richardson, Mike Moe and Aaron Burek. (Courtesy photos)

Wednesday Scramble Winners

The Giddings Buffaloes are ranked seventh in the state in Class 3A, according to this week’s Associated Press Texas High Football Poll.

Giddings (5-0) beat Caldwell last week 44-23 to maintain their position from the previous week. Giddings will open league play in District 26-3A this Friday against Cuero be-fore traveling to Gonzales on Oct. 19.

In the poll conducted by Dave Campbell’s Tex-as Football magazine for Week 5, Giddings is still ranked at number 13.

Hallettsville (5-0) re-mained at No. 4 in DCTF’s Class 2A-DI rankings. The

Brahmas, who were idle last week, cracked the Top 10 of the AP this week by coming in at number 10.

Shiner is still holding down the third spot in DCTF’s Class 1A-DI rank-ings after beating Weimar 33-32. The Comanches (5-1) are ranked 7th in the AP Poll.

Cardinals Snap Skid with 31-9 Win

A big first half effort from the University of the Incar-nate Word offense and de-fense led to the team pick-ing up a 31-9 victory over visiting Lone Star Confer-

ence rival Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday night at Benson Stadium.

The Cardinals (2-4, 1-3) halted a four-game losing streak with the win and improved to 3-0 all-time against the Lions (1-4, 1-3).

Quarterback Deric Davis led the Lions going 20-of-34 passing for 204 yards. He finished with 13 yards rushing, including a rush-ing touchdown. Garrett Smith led all receivers with seven catches for 66 yards. Danny Mason led the de-fense with nine tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks.

The Cardinals are back in action next week at Texas A&M-Kingsville.

BRIEFS

Giddings maintains Top 10 status in latest polls

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Friday Night LightsGonzales manhandles Sam Houston, 61-6

SAN ANTONIO — The Hurricanes met a tornado Thursday, and it was the Hurricanes that blinked.

The last few seasons have seen the Gonzales Apaches and Sam Houston Hurri-canes tangle in some real barn-burners, but Thurs-day’s meeting at Burbank Stadium missed out on being added to that list of classic struggles.

“We’ve had some real wars with Sam the last couple of years, so I was kind of surprised,” Apache head coach Ricky Lock said after his club had blitzed the Hurricanes by a 61-6 score. “They’re just a young team this year. They lost a lot of seniors last year, and I know they’ve had some injuries. There’s several of their key players I didn’t see out there tonight.”

While the Hurricanes were missing several key names, the Apaches went into battle minus running back Cecil Johnson, who missed the contest over an unspecified disciplinary issue. Unlike Sam Hous-ton, however, the Apaches didn’t miss a beat.

D.J. Gonzales stepped into the lead tailback po-sition and delivered 165 rushing yards on just 11

carries, including two touchdowns. The Apaches finished with 398 ground yards on 57 carries and rolled up 27 first downs.

“D.J. ran strong tonight,” Lock said. “I think every-body who got in there ran real strong. Zack (Lopez) looked real good, and I thought (Alyas) Ramirez ran real hard, too, and Morgan (Martinez).”

In the last three weeks, the Apaches have out-scored opponents to the tune of 156-19. Lock said his task will be to keep his players from getting over-confident heading into their first two district games against La Grange and state-ranked Giddings.

“That’s gonna be a good question,” he said.

The Apaches answered the Sam Houston question early on Thursday, romping 60 yards in seven plays to grab an early 6-0 lead.

D.J. Gonzales carried the ball on six of those seven plays, ripping off gains of 13, 9, 13 and 8 yards for first downs before covering the final three years plow-ing right up the middle.

The Apaches extended the lead at the end of the first quarter on a nice march after a Hurricane punt, punctuated by a 50-yard breakaway by Gon-zales on the second play

of the drive. Lopez came on for the final three car-ries of the five-play, 83 yard march, scoring from four yards out.

The wheels came off for the Hurricanes in the sec-ond quarter as the Apaches capitalized on two pass interceptions and a fum-ble recovery to score four times en route to a 41-0 halftime lead.

The Apaches’ Darrance James pilfered a Tomaria Stringfellow pass and re-turned it 28 yards to set up the first scoring drive of the period. Gonzales carried twice for gains of 10 and 27 yards before Lopez walked in standing up from five yards away, and Matt Hill-man’s PAT kick made it a 20-0 game.

The Apache defense al-lowed just two first downs in the opening half, and forced a punt on the Hurri-canes’ next possession. The Apaches responded with a 70-yard, six play march keyed by a 31-yard burst by Lopez who dragged two tacklers with him. Hillman punched it in from a yard away to make it 26-0.

One play later, Coltin Russell picked off a second Sam Houston pass and re-turned the ball to Sam’s 44-yard line to set up another run to paydirt. Hillman and Russell hooked up on

a 19-yard completion to spark the six-play drive, with Gonzales rambling untouched into the end zone from nine yards out.

The wildest play of the evening took place on the

ensuing point-after at-tempt. Martinez, holding for Hillman, fielded a high snap and circled in the backfield looking for a tar-get before finding Russell on the near sideline at the

2-yard line. Russell made the catch, then managed to stay in bounds to cross the goal line with a two-point conversion to make it 34-0.

Things went from bad

The Apaches had little trouble in dispatching Sam Houston with a 61-6 win last Thursday night. Pictured are two Sam Houston defenders trying to prevent Alyas Ramirez from further gain during this power run. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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Eagles use special teams play to lift them over Goliad on Homecoming

LULING — You would think the team that is the recipient of a lucky break on special teams would be fired up and have momen-tum. Especially if the spe-cial-teams play came after they had just scored.

That was not exactly the case in Luling’s Homecom-ing game against Goliad Friday night at Eagle Field.

The Tigers had just whit-tled Luling’s (3-3, 2-0) lead down to 13-10 in the third quarter and then looked to have recovered a short kickoff inside Eagle terri-tory.

Luling coaches pleaded their case that their return player had been signaling fair catch. The officials dis-cussed the play and ruled Goliad gained possession of a live ball.

However, it was the Ea-gles’ defense and practically

every other team personnel and Luling fans that were fired up by the sequence of events.

Luling grabbed the mo-mentum, slowed Goliad down on offense from that point and scored two un-answered touchdowns to come away with a 27-10 victory.

“Our defensive group takes a lot of pride in not giving things up in any situation they get put in,” Luling head coach Colby Hensley said. “They tried to find a way (out of the chal-lenging situation) and they did.”

Goliad (4-2, 1-1) gave the ball to Isaiah Fair on the first play at the Eagle 39 but he was greeted in the backfield and dropped for a 6-yard loss.

“We put them is second and long, and momen-tum was back on our side,” Hensley said.

The Tigers ended up

punting to end the drive, and for the rest of the game, Goliad quarterback Dalton Strum seemed to always be under intense pressure from Lulling’s defensive line.

“The defensive line play-ers have worked really hard in the weight room for the three years I have been here,” he said. “The work is paying off because they are able to get some push and have some speed.”

The Eagles failed to put any points on the board their first four offensive drives.

Hensley said it was mat-ter of not being able to fin-ish off their drives.

“I thought we were able to move down the field but just stalled. We did it a cou-ple of times,” he said. “Then the guys started to get some attitude once they got the momentum going and in the second half, just would

By MARK [email protected]

Wide receiver Josh Alvarez hauls in the game-winning score for Luling just a lit-tle out of the reach of Goliad’s Colby Berger. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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By DAVE [email protected]

#6 Shiner outlasts scrappy Weimar Wildcats, 33-32

SHINER - In a contest that wasn’t expected to be close, the Shiner Coman-ches outlasted Weimar 33-32 last Friday.

“Going into the game we saw we were 24-point favorites,” said Shiner head coach Steven Cerny. “But we saw on film that Wei-mar had a good ball club, so I wasn’t sure where they came up with that spread. It was a good game for us go-ing into district.”

The Comanches (5-1) were actually outgained by Weimar (2-3), but the Wildcats were often their own worst enemy in com-mitting 11 penalties and turning over the ball three times.

“I thought the biggest difference in the game was their offensive penalties be-cause it put them into some long situations,” said Cerny. “That really swung things our way, but our kids just never quit. I was proud of their effort.”

Shiner opened the game with a three and out before punting the ball inside the Weimar 25. Juwan Almeida gained two yards on a keep-er before his first pass was intercepted by Brady Cejka and taken out to near mid-field.

Trevion Flowers ripped off 17 yards on first down and three plays later, Evel Jones burst up the right side for a 27-yard touch-down. It only took Weimar five plays to answer back as Jakyle Harris found the end zone from 14 yards away to tie the score at 6-6 with 3:42 left in the first frame.

Midway through the sec-ond, the Comanche defense was tested by an eight-play march that resulted in a punt that gave Shiner a 1st and 10 at their own 15. Ja-cob Stafford fumbled on the first down run and Weimar recovered at the Shiner 29.

The short ensuing drive

was aided by a roughing the passer call and capped when Seth Helmcamp went in from six yards. The run failed and Weimar was up 12-6.

Shiner’s next score was set up on a Wildcat punt. The ball sailed over the punter’s head and he was decked by Cole Strauss to give the Comanches a first and goal from the four. Jones powered in on the next play for his second score of the night, but the run failed to leave the game tied at 12-12.

Weimar returned the kickoff to the Shiner 42 and on the next play, Del-exus Gordon outraced ev-erybody to the end zone. Almeida made the kick to give Weimar a 19-12 ad-vantage at halftime.

A great return of the second half kickoff gave Weimar possession at the Shiner 42. Almeida hooked up with Helmcamp on a quick gainer before Harris broke out a weaving run for a 39-yard touchdown that

put Shiner down 26-12.The Comanches’ first

possession of the second half went much better than the one in the first. They ran off eight plays before Caleb Curtis twisted and turned his way in from 17 yards for a score. The pass failed and the lead was cut down to 26-18.

Late in the third quarter Max Huth put a jarring hit on Gordon, knocking the ball out and recovering at the Weimar 25. Three plays later, Stafford blasted in from the 10 and a pass from Flowers to Cejka tied the game at 26-26.

The Wildcats were fac-ing a third and nine on the first play of the final period when Almeida had his of-fering swiped by Chad Neubauer to give Shiner the ball at the Weimar 23. Three plays later Flow-ers rolled left looking to pass, reversed his field and scrambled into the end zone for a 22-yard touch-

Craig Kniefel brings down Weimar’s Delexus Gordon during Shiner’s 33-32 win on Friday. (Photo by Collin Scott)

By CEDRIC [email protected]

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LOCKHART - The Lock-hart Lions (4-1, 1-1) came off a 38-12 loss last week to the Seguin Matadors.

That loss put them in the losing category in district, but they got back into the win column when they beat Schertz-Clemens 36-14 last Friday night.

Entering the game, the Lockhart Lions were aver-aging 445.8 rushing yards per game, while also aver-aging 43.3 points per game. The Clemens Buffaloes came into the game with-out a win, while allowing opponents to score an aver-age of 32.3 points per game.

Lockhart would open the game with a bang as they scored on their first pos-session. The Lions would travel 70 yards, and sopho-more running back Curtis Hawkins would take it up the middle for a two-yard touchdown run with 5:26 left in the first quarter. The extra point would be made by junior kicker Jordan Johnson, making the score 7-0.

The Buffaloes would come knocking on the door, but the Lions defense was too strong as free safety Tyrell Williams would in-tercept a pass in the end zone to give the ball back. That interception would spark the Lions to drive the

field and score up the mid-dle from six yards out with 4:57 left in the half, pushing the lead to 14-0.

The game continued to stay close as the Buffaloes scored on a touchdown pass from the 10-yard line with 1:08 left in the half. The Lions went into half-time with a 14-7 lead.

The Buffaloes would open the second half with a big 71-touchdown run by running back Demarius Burton. That score on their first possession would tie the game at 14-14 with 11:19 left in the third quar-ter.

However, the Lions would fight right back and take the lead again in their next possession, scoring on a difficult back of the end zone 18-yard touchdown pass from senior quarter-back Charles Ereaux to Williams, making the score 21-14.

After forcing the Buffa-loes to punt from deep in their own end zone, the Li-ons would take over on the Buffaloes’ 39 yard line. That great field position lead to a Marcos Rodriguez six-yard touchdown run with 10:42 left in the game, extending their lead to 28-14.

The Lions would then pile on to the score as ju-nior running back C.J. McKinney would score on a 43-yard touchdown run. The Lions would then con-

vert on a two-point conver-sion as Ereaux passed to wide receiver J.D. Franco fi-nalizing the score at 36-14.

After the game, Lockhart Head Coach Paul Kilby spoke about the team’s ef-fort.

“It wasn’t just shown to-night. It started on Mon-day,” he said. “These kids are very resilient.”

“We had a heartbreak-ing loss last week, fum-bling the ball 13 times, and they are probably more resilient than the coaches sometimes. They were determined to show that they were better than they played last week.”

Kilby would go on and talk about how the defense performed.

“They just were fantastic tonight,” he said. “This was our best defensive perfor-mance of the year so far.”

McKinney, who was a key player in the game, mentioned what helped him do so well.

“I think it is the team-work, work ethic, and ev-erybody’s hard work,” he said. “It’s not just me, it’s the team.”

Game SummaryLockhart 36, Schertz Clem-

ens14Clemens 0 0 7 7–14Lockhart 7 7 7 15–36Scoring summaryLCK -- Curtis Hawkins 2-yard

run (Jordan Johnson kick), 5:26, 1st.

LCK -- Levi Mair 6-yard run (Jordan Johnson kick), 4:57, 2nd.

CLE -- Brett Walker 13-yard pass from J.J. Elkins (Christian Overman kick), 1:08, 2nd.

CLE -- Demarius Burton 71-yard run (Christian Overman kick), 11:19, 3rd.

LCK -- Tyrell Williams 18-yard pass from Charles Ereaux (Jordan Johnson kick), 6:18, 3rd.

LCK -- Marcos Rodriguez 4-yard run (Jordan Johnson kick), 10:42, 4th.

LCK -- C.J. McKinney 43-yard run (J.D. Franco from Charles Ereaux), 1:48, 4th.

Team Statistics C LFirst downs 14 22Rushes/Yds 18/140 59/339Comp/Atts 13/32/1 3/5/0Pass yards 128 78Punts 3 0Punting Yards 90 0Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1Penalties-yards 3-30 5-35Individual StatisticsRUSHING – Schertz Clemens:

Demarius Burton 8-118, J.J. Elkins 1-4, Scott Braud 6-23, Devin Car-lin 1-(-1), Isaiah Steen 1-2, Ben-nett Ritter 1-(-6). Lockhart: Mar-cos Rodriguez 18-73, Juan Lopez 2-(-7), Levi Mair 7-30, C.J. McK-inney 21-188, Curtis Hawkins 11-55,

PASSING – Schertz Clemens: J.J. Elkins 13-32-128-1. Lockhart: Charles Ereaux 3-5-78.

RECEIVING – Schertz Clem-ens: Burton 2-15, Daniel Martinez 3-23, Kristian Carmona 1-4, Pres-ton Bass 3-41, Ritter 3-32, Brett Walker 1-13. Lockhart: Rodriguez 2-60, Tyrell Williams 1-18.


By SHAWN TRIPPUTISpecial Cannon Correspondent

Friday Night Lights

to worse for the Hurricanes just moments later. Jvoni Badie-Jones evaded a heavy pass rush, but coughed the ball up as he tried to scram-ble and the Apaches’ J.T. Miller recovered the ball on the bounce, rambling 22 yards before being dragged down.

On the next play, Hill-man flipped a nicely-ex-ecuted tight-end screen to Cameron Smith, who turned it into a 15-yard score.

Gonzales turned the of-

fense over to the second string to start the third quarter, and the Apache re-serves took full advantage of their snaps on the field.

An interception by Ramirez deep in Hurri-cane territory set Gonzales up with the ball at Sam’s 4-yard line, and two plays later Ramirez punched across the goal line from two yards out to run the score to 48-0.

The Apaches mounted another time-consuming drive to open the fourth period, marching 49 yards in nine plays after a short

punt. Martinez hit Ramirez with an 8-yard pass in the flats for the score and a 55-0 lead.

The Apache defense was dominant most of the game, but an odd bounce of the ball gave Sam Hous-ton its only score midway through the final period. A pass from freshman QB Dewayne Brown slipped through the clutches of two defenders before winding up in the hands of Terrance Winkfield, who turned it into a 69-yard scoring play.

But Gonzales marched right back, after a 36-yard

kickoff return by Lopez. The Apaches covered the remaining 46 yards in nine plays, with Martinez charg-ing into the end zone from five yards out with 1:04 re-maining. Martinez knelt on the ball on the two-point try.

Game SummaryGONZALES 61, SAM HOUS-

TON 6Score by QuartersGHS 13 28 7 13–61Sam 0 0 0 6–6Scoring summaryGON -- D.J. Gonzales 3 run

(kick failed)GON -- Zack Lopez 4 run

(Matt Hillman kick)GON -- Lopez 5 run (Hillman

kick)GON -- Hillman 1 run (pass

failed)GON -- Gonzales 9 run (Coltin

Russell pass from Morgan Marti-nez)

GON -- Cameron Smith 15 pass from Hillman (Hillman kick)

GON -- Alyas Ramirez 2 run (Hillman kick)

GON -- Ramirez 8 pass from Morgan Martinez (Hillman kick)

SSH -- Terrance Winkfield 69 pass from Dewayne Brown (run failed)

GON -- Morgan Martinez 6-yard run (run failed)

Team Stats Gonz SamFirst downs 27 3Rushes-Yds 55-398 16-32Passes 5-7-0 4-15-3Pass yards 53 100Punts 0 4-27.8Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2

Penalties-yds 1-15 5-45Individual StatisticsRUSHING: Gonzales - D.J.

Gonzales 14-194, Zack Lopez 9-85, Matt Hillman 3-6, Darrance James 5-28, Morgan Martinez 9-61, Francisco Diaz 1-5, Alyas Ramirez 16-47, Eduardo An-gel 1-1. Sam Houston - Tomaria Stringfellow 5-(-4), Jvoni Badie-Jones 3-23, Roland Walker 4-25, Dewayne Brown 4-(-12).

PASSING: Gonzales - Matt Hillman 3-4-0-35, Morgan Marti-nez 2-3-0-18. Sam Houston - To-maria Stringfellow 3-6-2-31, Jvoni Badie-Jones 0-7-1-0, Dewayne Brown 1-2-0-69.

RECEIVING: Gonzales - Cam-eron Smith 2-16, Coltin Russell 1-19, Alyas Ramirez 1-8. Sam Houston -Terrance Winkfield 2-70, Khiry Darby 1-21, Jacobi Watkins 1-9.


GONZALES: Reserves come into the game and do a great job

Lockhart defeats Clemens, 36-14 for win in district

C.J. McKinney turns the corner on this run during Lockhart’s 36-14 win over Schertz Clemens. McKin-ney finished with 188 rushing yards. (Photo by Shawn Tripputi)

SHINER - St. Paul opened district play with a close one as they pre-vented a two-point conver-sion against Bryan Brazos Christian on Friday, win-ning 19-18.

The Cardinals had a pair of 100-yard rushers in Martin Kennedy (12-134) and Adam Hollenbach (17-115), who scored a touch-down each. Dylan Barton also added 32 yards on six rushes and one touchdown.

St. Paul took a 6-0 lead on the Barton 21-yard run in the first quarter with the PAT no good. Kenny Honnas scored from 56 yards for Bryan Christian and their point after was no good. St. Paul regained the lead, 12-6, in the third as Hollenbach scored from the 1 and kicked the point after. Bryan Christian got a 41-yard pass from Gentry Gayle to Justin Duewll but missed the game-tying ex-tra point.

St. Paul got a 9-yard run from Kennedy and led 19-12 to start the fourth quar-ter. Honnas scored on a 2-yard run in with under nine minutes left in the game.

Game SummarySt. Paul 19, Bryan Brazos Chris-

tian 18SP 6 0 13 0-19BC 0 6 6 6-18Scoring SummarySP-Dylan Barton 21 run (kick

failed)BC-Kenny Honnas 56 run (kick

failed)SP-Adam Hollenbach 1 run

(Hollenbach kick)BC-Justin Duewall 41 pass

from Gentry Gayle (kick failed)SP-Martin Kennedy 9 run (pass

failed)BC-Honnas 2 run (run failed)Team stats S P

BCFirst downs 1 6

8Rushes-yards 37-277

46-203Passes 4-7-0

1-4-0Passing yards 5 4

48Punts-yards 1-36

4-106Fumbles-lost 2-1

1-0Penalties-yards 6-55

5-50Individual statsRUSHING — St. Paul: Martin

Kennedy 12-134, Adam Hollen-bach 17-115, Dylan Barton 6-32, Mitchell McElroy 2-(-4). Brazos Christian: Kenny Honnas 28-152, Will McCurdy 6-59,Gentry Gayle 4-(-14).

PASSING — St. Paul:McElroy 4-7-0-54. Brazos Christian:Gayle 1-4-0-48.

RECEIVING — St. Paul:Kennedy 2-26, Marco Ynclan 1-16, Barton 1-12. Bryan Chris-tian: Duewall 1-48.

Sacred Heart 43, McCallum JV 14

AUSTIN – While known for their preference to pound the football on the ground, the Sacred Heart Indians showed they can also fly the friendly skies if needed.

Quarterback Leightin Pilat completed 6-of-7 passes for 157 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Indians (2-3) to a 43-14 win over the Austin McCal-lum junior varsity, 43-14, Thursday night at Noack Field in Austin.

Pilat rushed for 106 yards on six carries and a 66-yard touchdown run. Jonathan Vanek added 104 yards and a touchdown on 123 car-ries.

The Indians opened scor-ing with a Pilat’s touchdown run in the first quarter and added Vanek’s touchdown run. Sacred Heart went up 22-0 in the second as Vanek hauled in a 15-yard pass from Pilat.

McCallum got on the board with a 45-yard run.

Near the end of the frame the Indians scored twice more — Casey Jirkosvky caught a 39-yard scoring catch and Vanek hauled in a 33-yarder.

In the third quarter, Jirkosvky had a 29-yard touchdown catch and Mc-Callum got another long run for a touchdown to cap scoring.

Game SummaryHallettsville Sacred Heart, 43

Austin McCallum JV 14SH 15 21 7 0-43AMJV 0 6 8 0-14Scoring SummarySH-Leightin Pilat 66 run (Cade

Brewer pass from Pilat)SH-Jonathan Vanek 13 run

(Evan Wick kick)SH-Vanek 15 pass from Pilat

(Wick kick)AMJV-45 run (run failed)SH-Casey Jirkovsky 39 pass

from Pilat (Wick kick)SH-Vanek 33 pass from Pilat

(Wick kick)SH-Jirkovsky 29 pass from Pilat

(Wick kick)AMJV-44 run (conversion run)Team stats S H

AMJVFirst downs 1 9

7Rushes-yards 36-275

30-177 Passes 6-7-0

3-7-0Passing yards 157

7Punts-yards 2-86

4-120Fumbles-lost 1 - 1

0-0 Penalties-yards 2-20

2-18Individual statsRUSHING—Sacred Heart:

Leightin Pilat 6-106, Jonathan

Vanek 12-104, , Scott Stoner 3-13.PASSING—Sacred Heart: Pilat

6-7-0-157.RECEIVING—Sacred Heart:

Vanek 3-81, Evan Wick 2-68, Stoner 1-8.

Dilley 41, Nixon-Smiley 15

DILLEY – The Dilley Wolves scored on two fum-bles returns and on a punt return to get past Nixon-Smiley, 41-15, on Friday.

Dilley’s only score of the first half came on a 70-yard fumble return by Joe Gar-cia. Nixon got a score in the second period as Nick Pena connected on a 19-yard strike to Garrett Earlywine.

The Wolves then ex-ploded for 20 third-quarter points as Leonard Garcia scored on a 3-yard run, Marco Rodriguez returned a fumble for 24 yards and Orlando Bernal scored on a 2-yard run.

The Mustangs (0-5) got another score in the fourth frame as running back Tristan Newman took off for a 62-yard touchdown run and Earlywine caught a two-point pass from Pena to close down to 27-15.

Dilley scored twice more on a 75-yard punt return by Bernal and Will Urban scored on a 36-run.

Game SummaryDilley 41, Nixon-Smiley 15N 0 7 0 8- 15D 7 0 20 14-41Scoring SummaryD-Joe Garcia 70 fumble return

(Juan Cantu kick)N-Garrett Earlywine 19 pass

from Nick Pena ( Oscar Torres kick)

D-Leonardo Garcia 3 run (kick failed)

D-Marco Rodriguez 24 fumble return (Will Urban run)

D-Orlando Bernal 2 run (pass failed)

N-Tristan Newman 62 run (Earlywin pass from Pena)

D-Bernal 75 punt return (kick failed)

D-Urban 36 run (Urban run)Team stats N DFirst downs 12 10Rushes-yards 45-133 23-

175Passes 9-15-0 4-13-0Passing yards 138 39Punts-yards 4-135 4-130Fumbles-lost 4-2 1-0Penalties-yards 6-50 5-40Individual statsRUSHING — Nixon: Tristan

Newman 9-63, Nick Pena 15-24, Jared Van Auken 6-24, Tom Pala-cio 8-17, Miguel Hernandez 5-5, K. Martinez 1-1, Justin Ramos 1-(-1). Dilley:Will Urban 11-106, Sabby Torres 1-48, Alan Espinosa 1-28, Leonardo Garcia 6-11, Or-lando Bernal 1-2, Fabian Garza 1-1, Jeremy Herrera 1-1.

PASSING — Nixon Pena 7-13-0-98, Newman 2-2-0-40. Dilley: Urban 4-13-0-39.

RECEVING — Nixon: Garrett Earlywine 7-108, Newman 2-30. Dilley: Herrera 3-19, Torres 1-20.

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not be denied crossing that end zone. I was proud of them.”

Hensley praised the Luling running attack, which involved quarter-back Trayden Staton as well as Brendon Cubit, Shaft Cubit and Quinton Grant.

The Eagles are 2-0 in dis-trict play for the first time in some time.

“I do not know the last time Luling started 2-0 in district,” Hensley said. “I probably need to do some research on it. After go-ing 1-0, the boys were ex-tremely excited and we had one of the better weeks of practice we have had. I am excited to see what 2-0 does for them.”

The Tigers drove 71 yards after stopping Luling on fourth-and-7 play at the Goliad 29.

Colby Berger took an op-tion pitch from Sturm and raced to the Eagle 41 and was awarded with 15 more yards on a Luling personal foul. Later, Goliad faced its own fourth down at the 25 and Sturm found Davis Ohrt for 16 yards to the 9. Jeremy Pena had a 3-yard gain and fullback Joseph Burns scored from the 6 on the next play to give Goliad a 7-0 lead.

The teams exchanged punts for a while and Luling got a break, set up by its tenacious defense.

Goliad was pinned at its 10 and Burns went up the middle to about the 12 but had the ball stripped and Luling recovered.

To add insult to injury for the Tigers, they were assessed a personal-foul

call and Luling set up at the 7. Brendon Cubit had a 2-yard rush and Grant car-ried for 3 to the 2.

Brendon Cubit scored from on the next play and the game was knotted at 7-7.

Goliad had a kickoff re-turned from its 19 to the Eagle 45. Burns coughed up the ball a few plays later to give the Eagles posses-sion near midfield at their 43. A home-run ball by Sta-ton was incomplete to end the half.

The Eagles opened the second half with a58-yard drive in nine plays and over four minutes. Luling was able to convert both first- and second-down plays with ease until inside the Tiger 20 where they had third down at the 16. Staton found Josh Alvarez in the corner of the end zone for a 13-7 lead, with the point after no good.

Goliad then marched from their 43 and ended up at the Eagle 17 where Sturm connected on a 34-yard field goal to bring the Tigers to within three points.

After forcing Goliad three and out on the drive that had started because Goliad recovered the kick-off, the Eagles marched 93 yards in less than two minutes. Grant gained 13 yards to the 20 on the first play, Staton went to Taylen Moore for 16 for yards to the 36 and a personal foul on Goliad moved the ball to past the 50.

Staton busted a 27-yard run behind his offensive line and Grant reached the 9 two plays later.

Staton scored on the 9-yard run and hit Jorge Munoz for a two-point play and a 21-10 lead with 10:13 left in the game.

Luling made a special-teams play of its own as Go-liad fumbled on the kickoff return. However, the Eagles went three and out.

The Eagles put the icing on their 2012 Homecoming cake with two minutes to play as Sturm dropped back to pass on fourth down but was sacked by A.J. Burks to give Luling the ball at the Tiger 17. A few plays down the road, Grant snuck in from the 1 for the final touchdown of the evening.

Game SummaryLuling 27, Goliad 10G 7 0 3 0-10L 0 7 6 14-27Scoring SummaryG-Jeremy Pena 6 run (Dalton

Sturm kick)L-Brendon Cubit 2 run (Shaw-

nessy Marshall kick)L-Josh Alvarez 16 pass from-

Trayden Staton (kick failed)G-Sturm 34 FGL-Staton 9 run (Jorge Munoz

pass from Staton)L-Quinton Grant 1 run (kick

failed)Team stats G LFirst downs 5 17Rushes-yards 32-73 43-176Passing 3-10-0 8-12-0Passing yards 15 77Punts-yards 5-204 4-130Fumbles-lost 3-3 1-0Penalties-yards 11-58 2-20Individual statsRUSHING — Goliad: Jeremy

Pena 9-29, Colby Berger 3-28, Dalton Sturm 16-13, Joseph Burns 2-5, Isaiah Fair 2-(-2). Luling: Quinton Grant 18-86, Brendon Cubit 16-57, Trayden Staton 8-39, Shaft Cubit 1-(-6).

PASSING — Goliad: Sturm 3-10-0-15. Luling: Staton 8-12-0-77.

RECEIVING — Goliad: Davis Ohrt 1-16, , Berger 1-5, Pena 1-(-6). Luling: Josh Alvarez 6-51, Tay-len Moore 1-16, Grant 1-10.


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down. Kris Patek was true on the point after kick and Shiner held a 33-26 lead with just over 10 minutes left to play.

A penalty on the kick re-turn gave Weimar the ball at their own 30. Harris got loose on first down and was on his way to a score before Jones made a great hustle play by tracking him down and making the touch-down-saving tackle at the Shiner 20. Gordon made three straight runs and the last one got into the end zone from 12 yards out. The extra point kick failed to account for the final score.

Game SummaryShiner 33, Weimar 32Shiner 6 6 14 7–33Weimar 6 13 7 6–32

Scoring summarySHI -- Evel Jones 25-yard run

(kick failed), 7:04, 1st.WEI -- Jakyle Harris 14-yard

run (kick failed), 3:42, 1st.WEI -- Seth Helmcamp 6-yard

run (run failed), 6:41, 2nd.SHI -- Evel Jones 4-yard run

(run failed), 3:44, 2nd.WEI -- Delexus Gordon 42-

yard run (Juwon Almeida kick), 3:20, 2nd.

WEI -- Jakyle Harris 39-yard run (Juwon Almeida kick), 11:10, 3rd.

SHI -- Caleb Curtis 17-yard run (kick failed), 6:32, 3rd.

SHI -- Jacob Stafford 10-yard run (Brady Cejka from Trevion Flowers), 0:29, 3rd.

SHI -- Trevion Flowers 22-yard run (Kris Patek kick), 10:14, 4th.

WEI -- Delexus Gordon 12-

yard run (kick failed), 8:09, 4th.Team Statistics W ShinerFirst downs 14 19Rushes/Yds 26/254 46/307Comp/Atts 11/20/2 1/4/0Pass yards 120 -3Punts 3 4Punting Yards 95 146Fumbles/Lost 1/1 5/3Penalties-yds 11-80 6-58Individual StatisticsRUSHING – Weimar: Delexus

Gordon 4-62, Seth Helmcamp 2-(-8), Jakyle Harris 11-157, Otis Newhouse 1-1, Juwan Almeida 8-42. Shiner: Evel Jones 13-84, Ja-cob Stafford 9-53, Trevion Flowers 17-108, Caleb Curtis 7-51, Tyler Patek 1-11.

PASSING – Weimar: Juwon Almeida 11-18-120-1, Seth Helm-camp 0-2-0. Shiner: Trevion Flow-ers 1-4-(-3).

RECEIVING – Weimar: Seth Helmcamp 3-37, Payton Wells 4-39, Torre Johnson 2-28, Jakyle Harris 1-4, Seth Chadwick 1-12. Shiner: Evel Jones 1-(-3).


Leightin PilatQB, Hallettsville Sacred HeartPilat was a big reason why the

Indians won their second straight game, completing six of seven passes for 157 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-14 rout of Austin McCallum’s JV. He also ran for 106 yards and another score.

Honorable Mentions• D.J. Gonzales, Gonzales. Making

his first varsity start at running back, he rushed for 194 yards and two touch-downs on 14 carries in the Apaches’ 61-6 win over Sam Houston.

• Jonathan Vanek, Sacred Heart. Caught three passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Austin Mc-Callum JV. He also ran for 104 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries.

• Zack Lopez, Gonzales. Rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns on nine car-ries in the win over Sam Houston.

• Evel Jones, Shiner. Ran for 84 yards and two touchdowns in the Comanches’ 33-32 win over Weimar.

• Alyas Ramirez, Gonzales. Had 47

yards and two touchdowns on 16 rushes in the win over Sam Houston.

• Martin Kennedy, St. Paul. Rushed 12 times for 134 yards and a score in the Cardinals’ 19-18 win over Bryan Brazos Christian.

• C.J. McKinney, Lockhart. Had 188 rushing yards and one touchdown in the Lions’ 36-14 win over Schertz Clemens.

• Adam Hollenbach, St. Paul. Ran 17 times for 115 yards and a score in the win over Brazos Christian.

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ATHENS — The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Cen-ter will host the annual Halloween at the Hatchery the evening of Thursday, October 25.

Local businesses and or-ganizations will hand out free candy, and the center will be decorated through-out with a Halloween theme.

The event runs from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and is expected to attract about 3,000 people. No one will be admitted before 6:00 p.m., and no pets are al-lowed. Minors must be ac-companied by an adult.

Admission is $1 per per-son; proceeds will benefit the Rainbow Room of Hen-derson County, Henderson County Humane Society and the East Texas Crisis Center.

Halloween at the Hatch-ery is TFFC’s way of giving East Texas families a safe place to go trick-or-treat-ing while raising money for local causes. The Anglers Pavilion will be the site of a fright-free area featuring prize and game booths for

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this area should park in the overflow parking lot on Peninsula Point Road and enter through Gate C.

Decorations for the event are made possible by sponsor donations, and local businesses and orga-nizations provide candy and hand it out to visitors. Sponsors at press time in-cluded: First State Bank, Prosperity Bank, Texas Farm Bureau, Wulf Out-door Sports, Athens Dental Works, Texas Trust Credit Union, Athens Marina RV Park, Citizens National Bank, Citizens State Bank, Island Tans, Bancorp South Insurance, Sonic of Athens, KCKL, Red Hat Rentals, East Texas Radiological Consultants, Aaron’s Sales and Lease, Mark Roberts DDS, Byron Briggs DDS, Athens EDC, Beyond the Garden Gate and First State Bank of Brownsboro.

The Athens 4H club will assist with decorating. There is still time for spon-sors wishing to reserve a table to give out candy or organizations wishing to help decorate for the event to contact Jim Booker at 903-670-2266.

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From coaches’ reports

The Shiner volleyball team defeated Weimar 3-2 (25-20, 25-14, 24-26, 22-25, 15-10) on Friday.

Lauren Oden had four aces and four blocks; Juli-anna Rankin had 14 kills; Kristin Schacherl had four aces, 39 assists and 21 points; Amanise Coleman had four blocks, and Mea-gan Chumchal had 36 digs.

The Lady Comanches notched a 3-0 (25-11, 25-7, 25-9) win over Prairie Lea on Tuesday.

Schacherl had 24 assists and seven aces; Coleman had eight kills and five blocks, and Rankin had 14 points and eight kills.

The wins improved the Lady Comanches to 22-13 and 8-1.

• The Gonzales varsity volleyball team fell to Gid-dings on Friday, 15-25, 19-25, 13-25. Allison Raley had nine kills an six digs; Kendall Fougerat had five blocks and three kills; Kiley Braune had 21 assists and Carly Bozka had 11 digs. Danyelle Glass had five kills.

Gonzales won the junior varsity match 25-18 and 25-18 while Giddings won the freshmen game, 25-10, 25-16.

• Sacred Heart got back on track Thursday with a 3-0 (25-9, 25-12, 25-9) win over Universal City First Baptist.

Adrienne Klimitchek had eight kills and nine as-sists; Rachel Saulnier had four aces and nine assists; Kirsten Heger had four digs, and Jami Shimek had two blocks.

Sacred Heart won the

junior varsity match, 25-9 and 25-7.

The Lady Indians swept New Braunfels Christian 25-7, 25-23 and 25-14 on Tuesday to improve to 6-4 in district play.

Klimitchek had 11 kills; Shimek had seven blocks; Saulnier had 18 assists and five aces; Kirsten Heger had nine digs.

“This match put us one step closer to the end of our district season,” Sacred Heart head coach Wanda Orsak said. “We try to play a little better every match because we are a team that hasn’t come close to its peak.”

• The Nixon-Smiley Lady Mustangs dropped to 2-6 in 28-2A play with a 3-0 (14-25, 12-25, 11-25) loss to No. 17 Schulenburg on Saturday.

Alena Alvarez had one ace and five assists; Hailey Boatright had one ace and three kills; Savannah Mar-tinez had three kills, one block; Devon Martinez had three kills and Treca DeLe-on had nine digs.

The Lady Mustangs fell to No. 14 Poth on Tuesday, 12-25, 10-25, 25-23, 13-25.

Megan Guerra had 11 assists; Boatright had two aces and nine kills; Alvarez had eight digs; Mirando Carrilo had eight digs and Devon Tristan had three blocks.

The Lady Mustangs are 2-7 in district after the Poth match.

• The St. Paul freshmen defeated Sacred Heart last week, 25-18, 25-19. Jordan Pawelek had one block and one dig; Juliette Siegal had three aces and one dig; Jen-nie Williams had five assists

and three aces; Shaylynn Malatek had two kills and one dig.

The Lady Cardinals JV swept Austin Veritas 25-13 and 25-13. Kaitlin Capple-men had four kills; Victo-ria Kusac had nine assists, four aces and three digs, and Clairie Spaeth had two blocks.

• The Yoakum Lady Bulldogs swept Cuero 25-21, 25-10, 25-18, on Friday.

Callie Witte had 22 as-sists and 14 digs; Lesley Se-idenberger had 13 kills and one ace; Latrice Brown had 10 points; Faith Hagan had one ace; Shelby Pesek had 10 points and Danielle Pohl had three blocks.

Yoakum is 19-13 and 3-2 on the year.

The Yoakum JV defeated Cuero 25-20, 25-16

• The Luling volleyball team split district matches last week.

On Oct. 2, Luling fell to Nixon-Smiley 25-22, 20-25, 20-25, 23-25 and won 3-1 (18-25, 25-20, 25-11, 25-7) at home Friday against Stockdale.

• Flatonia split its district matches last week.

The Lady Bulldogs lost to Shiner on Oct. 2, 19-25, 13-25 and 19-25.

Crystal Rodriguez had five aces and eight digs; Al-anis Ribera had 10 assists; Meredith Pavlica had four kills and one block; Chan-dler Fike had four kills and Katie Steinhauser had four kills.

Flatonia swept Prairie Lea 25-14, 25-11, 25-20.

Fike had seven aces, six digs and nine kills; Abigail Schacherl had 11 assists.

Flatonia is now 9-24 and 4-4 in district.

Lady Comanches dispatch Weimar to pick up a victory

Volleyball Roundup

From coaches’ reports

The Gonzales cross-country team had a small contingent of runners at the Round Rock Invitational at McNeil Park last weekend, the same site for the UIL State Meet in November.

For the varsity girls, Alejandra Diaz DeLeon was No. 241 in 14 min-utes, 34.20 seconds, Han-nah Lorton was No. 282 in 15:00.70 and Kelsey Hardy was No. 327 in 15:42.10

Gilbert Chavez was No. 54 in 18:00.72 to lead the varsity Apaches; Ashton Williams was No. 223 in 20:10.9 and Jose Olalde followed in 20:11.50; Max Moreno was No. 251 in 20:33.90; Dalton Couch was No. 270 in 20:56.20; Edward Buvalcaba was

No. 296 in 21:30.20; Pat-rick Ramirez finished in 24:01.10 for No. 354; Au-gust Bordovsky was No. 358 in 25:03.0 and Jesus Diaz DeLeon was No. 362 in 25:34.30.

• Shiner cross country teams competed on home turf on Saturday in the Shiner meet.

Kristin Schacherl fin-ished in No. 19 for the varsity girls while Maggie Grosenbacher was No.22; Tabitha Blaschke was No. 36; Keely McCarthy was No. 45; Meloni Burger was No. 47; Shanan Pardy was No. 48 and Kaci Jamson was No. 53.

Ethan Berger led the var-sity boys with a No. 35 fin-ish, Ethan Zissa was No. 38 and Colby Jahn was No. 59. Daniel Hernandez was No.

66 and Chase Schroeder finished No. 72.

Rose Egan came in No. 15 and Whitney Williams No. 30 for the junior varsity girls. On the junior high girls side, Brooke Kloesel was No. 14, Greta Grosenbach-er finished No. 16, Jenna Berkovsky was No. 27, Bernice Cruz was No. 36, Abby Thomas was No. 47, Brittany Villarreal was No. 52, Madison Jalufka was No. 79, Claire Patek was No. 82 and Victoria Veit was No.78. Other runners were Sammy Kremling, Al-lie Koone, Emma Hull, Kai-ley Williams and Sabrina Blaschke.

Junior high boys runners were Alan Flores in No. 46, Luke Petru in No. 56 and Colton Pardy in No. 64.

Gonzales runners show well at Round Rock Invitational

Cross Country Roundup

From coaches reports

The junior varsity Apaches took advantage of a rare Friday night game at Apache Field and defeated the Hurricanes 29-6.

The Apaches scored first on a three-yard run by Jaime Tellez. Nestor Solis added the PAT. The second Apache score came as a re-sult of a fumble recovery by Travis Schauer on the 25 yard line. A few players lat-er, Brant Philippus scored on a run from 8 yards out. Solis PAT was good.

Philippus would score again before half from two yards out to make the score 21-6 at half. The Apaches had a lone score in the third period on a four yard pass completion to Schauer.

The Apache defense would add a safety in the 4th period.

The offensive line con-trolled the line of scrim-mage all night. Marvin Lewis, Dakota Jesek, So-lis, Jorge Gallejos, and Ernan Hernandez were praised for their play. The Apache defense was led by Tellez, Ernest Por-ter and Nathan Burek. The Apaches are now 4-1 on the season.

• The Flatonia JV edged Columbus 20-18.

• The SLE Cardinals played Our Lady of Vic-

tory in Victoria last week and lost 38-16. Once again, the offense was led by the passing of Austin Barton and the running of Conor Kresta, who have steadily improved over the season.

The Cardinals gave up 30 first-half points as OLV scored on big plays. But the Cardinals’ determina-tion helped them to close the gap before halftime as Nathan Wagner scored on a short run and the two-point conversion was add-ed by Kresta. Then follow-ing OLV last touchdown of the first half and with only two seconds on the clock, Barton found Kresta for a 65-yard touchdown pass and run for the two point conversion was added by Barton on a quarterback keep.

In the second half, the Cardinal defense stood firm through the third and fourth quarters giving up no touchdowns and forc-ing four three and outs for OLV.

Defensive leaders in Kresta, Barton, and Clay-ton Reese helped the Car-dinals keep OLV’s offense off the field and out of the end zone.

Late in the fourth quar-ter, Barton dropped back to pass and was picked off and the ball returned for a touchdown and the two-

point conversion added to give the final score of 38-16. Despite the setback, the Cardinals offense took the field and marched the ball down to the OLV 20-yard line before time expired.

The Cardinals played hard and showed great im-provement on both offense and defense, and great de-termination to keep fight-ing no-matter the situation.

SLE will play host to Hallettsville Sacred Heart today behind the school at 5:30 p.m.

• In Gonzales CYFL ac-tion, the freshman Apaches lost to Goliad, 21-13, on Sept. 22 and defeated Cu-ero 22-18 on Saturday.

The sophomore Gonza-les Black fell to Halletts-ville, 14-0, on Sept. 22 and the Orange team defeated Yoakum Silver, 31-6, on Sept. 22 and lost to Yoakum Blue, 15-6, on Saturday.

The Junior Gonzales Black lost to Yoakum Sil-ver, 21-0, on Sept. 22. The Junior Orange fell to Cuero, 6-0 on Sept. 22, lost to Go-liad, 25-6, on Sept. 29 and suffered a 26-0 setback to Yoakum Silver on Saturday.

Senior Black lost 20-15 to the Lavaca Rams on Sept 29 and defeated Cal-houn Gold, 27-0, on Sat-urday. Senior Orange team blanked Titans White, 19-0, on Saturday.

JV Apaches roll over the Sam Houston Hurricanes, win 29-6

Subvarsity Football Roundup

Leading the Way

Jordan Johnson (60) provides the lead blocking for Zack Lopez (middle) while Matt Hillman looks on during this play from Gonzales’ win over San Antonio Sam Houston last Thursday night. For game story, see page C3. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

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