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Work is proceeding 24 hours aday on the new 24-hour Walmartlocation in Gonzales, and storemanager Adan Davila says he and

his crew are excited about the newand expanded eatures the retail gi-ant will be oering to local shop-pers.

It has expanded by a lot, saidDavila o the store, which will moverom its current location to 1114Sarah DeWitt, roughly tripling thesize o the acility to nearly 124,000

square eet in the process. Te ten-tative opening date is Oct. 23.

Te amount o space availableor shoppers is actually compara-ble to most o the companys larger

supercenters, he said, because thestore design did not incorporateadditional in-store vendors (suchas a bank or money center). Terewill be a ull Subway restraurantinside.

Without all that up ront, wewill have what I think is a much

More details have emerged onthe incident that happened lastweek where a man was killed bylaw enorcement ocers in ruralGonzales County.

According to a press releaserom Gonzales County Sheri

Glen Sachtleben, six deputies romhis oce were doing surveillanceon September 25 on an established

marijuana grow in a northern parto the county, o County Road444B near Waelder. Tere werealso two additional ocers posteda little distance away to providesupport and assistance should suchbecome necessary.

Using night vision equipment,the ocers observed two individu-als approaching the stakeout loca-

tion. At approximately 8:45 p.m.one o the individuals entered thegrow, near where the ocers werelocated.

When the ocers identiedthemselves as Sheris Oce depu-ties, one o the individuals openedre on the deputies, said Sachtle-ben. Tat individual has beenidentied as Jose Luis Millan (age

21) and is now deceased.Another man, 30-year old Dan-iel Ramirez, was taken into custody

and charged with attempted capi-tal murder.

Te incident was the culmina-tion o an extended investigationconducted by the Sheris Oceand other agencies. Early in thesummer, Constable Raleigh Mea-som was notied by a landownerthat there was something happen-ing on his property and upon inves-

tigation, the marijuana grow wasdiscovered. Deciding that he did

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Our annual all eature, the

Beat the Experts ootball

contest, continues in this

weeks edition. See PageC8 to enter!

Welcome To All our comeAnd TAke IT VIsITors

Sheri: slain man fred frst at deputies

SHOOTING, Page A7

Gonzales

Beatthe

experts

The Lynn Theatre

Tickets: Adults $7.00

Children (12 & under) $5.00

4:00 Matinee $5.00 everyone

510 St. Paul, Gonzales

210-687-8466

Oct. 4-10

Fri.: 7:00, 9:15;

Sat.: 4:00, 7:00, 9:15;

Sun.: 4:00, 7:15;

Mon., Wed., Thurs. 7:15

CLOSED TUESDAYS

Sc. 2:

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Sat.: 4:15, 7:15, 9:30;

Sun.: 4:15, 7:15;

Mon., Wed., Thurs. 7:15

Sc. 1:

Gravity - PG-13

Festivalkicks of

on Friday

Gonzales County

resident Dr. Wayne LePori

recently earned unique

international academic

recognitions. See Page

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By CEDRIC IGLEHART

[email protected]

Gonzales Co.

Members of the Gon-

zales County Sheris

Ofce stand in the

midst of several huge

marijuana plants near

the site where a man

was killed by law en-

forcement ocers last

week in rural Gonza-

les County. The grow,

which consisted o

over 4,000 plants, is

believed to be the

largest ever found in

the county. At let, the

plants are bundled pri-or to being destroyed.

(Courtesy photos)

New Walmart to oer

expanded product lineBy DAVE MUNDY

[email protected]

Gonzales three-day Come and ake ItCelebration kicks oFriday, with events gettingunderway ocially at 5 p.m.downtown.

Te estivalcommemorates the Battleo Gonzales on Oct. 2,1835, which marked therst military confict o theexas Revolution whichgained independence romMexico.

A complete listing oentertainment and events isavailable in todays paper onPage A3.

Gonzales Walmart Manager Adan Davila and his crew are about

three weeks away from the opening of their new facility at Sarah

DeWitt Dr. at Church St. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

Shiner and Hallettsville

high schools celebrate

Homecoming. See Page

A3.

Museum to get a scrubbing

For the rst time in 77 years, theGonzales Memorial Museum is go-ing to get a bath.

Gonzales City Council on uesdaygave an enthusiastic go-ahead orCity Manager Allen Barnes to con-tract or an exterior cleaning o the

museum and some additional workto help prevent water rom collect-ing underneath the historic struc-ture. Te museum, which originallyopened in 1936, has never had anextreal cleaning.

Its been neglected too long, saidCouncilman ommy Schurig in in-troducing a motion to give Barnesauthority to work out a deal withMid-Continent Restoration, an ex-perienced rm currently involved inother projects in the Gonzales area.I believe the time is right or resto-ration.

Barnes told the Council hed al-ready been in contact with Mid-Continent respresentatives aboutthe task and had been pleasantlysurprised with their initial estimateo the cost o the project.

You couldve knocked me overwith a eather when it (estimate)came in at $44,000, he said.

Barnes will negotiate a ormalagreement with Mid-Content as

By DAVE MUNDY

[email protected]

Gonzales

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Obituaries

HOMESvGONZALES: Shady Oaks, 3/1, central AC/Heat, large deck, huge backyard,

large trees..................................................................................................$99,500

vGONZALES - 4.5 acres w/4 bedroom 2 bath house. Outside Gonzales city

limits. Nearly new central AC. Includes 2 bonus bldgs. $149,000.00. Seller -

nancing with large downpayment. Drive by and check it out: 202 CR 601 E. (Off

US 183 N)ACREAGE

vN.E. GONZALES COUNTY-Best little hunting place in TX!Deer, hog, dove,

some turkey. 46.892 wooded acres. Secluded, large ranches surround property.

My 9 year old granddaughter shot her rst buck last year, 8 pointer! No minerals

or water rights convey. Owner/Agent..................................................................

REDUCED........................................................................................$5,500/acre

ACREAGE W/HOME

vNE GONZALES COUNTY - Very nice 4/2.5, modern brick home on 22

acres, stock tank, water well, much more. .............................................$329,000COMMERCIAL

.

(830) 203-0477

www.providenceproperties.net

vGONZALES - 820 Oil Patch Lane, 2.25 acres (+/-), raw land with 3 sides

metal equipment shed. Utilities are available at front of property, zoned heavy

commercial........................................................................................ $125,000

PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF GONZALES

TEXAS CAPITAL FUND MAINSTREET PROGRAM

The City of Gonzales is planning to submit an ap-

plication to the Texas Department of Agriculture

for a grant not to exceed $150,000 under the Texas

Capital Fund Main Street Program.

Project Summary

The proposed application for the Texas Capital

Fund Main Street Program will consist of the fol-lowing activities:

Construction of drainage, curb and gutter, sidewalk,

and ADA accessibility on the corner of St. Joseph

and St. Francis Street. The project will benet the

entire City of Gonzales, including low and moder-

ate income persons.

All interest parties, groups or individuals are en-

couraged to review the application and participate

in the discussion of community development andhousing needs and/or development of economic

needs. Citizens are invited to submit their pub-

lic views and a proposal regarding the community

needs any time between regular business hours to

City Hall, Ofce of the Mayor, no later than Octo-

ber 2, 2013.

A copy of the application will be available for re-

view at City Hall between the hours of 8 a.m. 5

p.m. Monday through Friday, after October 2, 2013.

Eugene Randolph

Janicek, 1923-2013

JANICEKEugene Rudolph Janicek,

90 o Smiley, passed awayFriday, September 27, 2013.He was born on March 11,1923 in Milam County, theson o Julius J. and MaryMarak Janicek.

He graduated rom Cam-eron Yoe High School inCameron in 1940. Gene

was working or Consoli-dated Aircra in San Diego,Ca. when WWII broke out.He enlisted in the Army AirForce on 5-5-1942.

At the end o the war onAugust 26, 1945, Genesplane was orced to ditchwest o New Guinea. Allseven men aboard the planegot into two 2-man lie ras.Tey oated through sharkinested waters or 11 days.wo o the crew died on the10th day rom exposure anddrinking salt water. Teywere buried at sea.

On the 11th day, they

landed on animbar Islandwhich was held by the Japa-nese. Tey were later res-cued by the U.S. Air Force.Gene was discharged on 11-11-1945 aer spending over2-1/2 years in the South Pa-cic.

Gene married ErleenWehman Janicek on June14, 1952.

Aer his military service,he was employed with Dun-can Gas Company, SmileyFeed Store, and HolmesFoods, Inc. He retired asOce Manager o HolmesFoods in Nixon with over20 years o service.

Gene was a member othe American Legion Postin Westho and also a mem-ber o St. Aloysius CatholicChurch in Westho.

He is survived by hiswie o 62 years, ErleenW. Janicek o Smiley; son,Donnie Janicek and wieShelley o Smiley; son, Da-

vid Janicek and wie Betho Key West, Florida; son,Mark Janicek and wie a-sha o Smiley; daughter-in-law, Janice Cudney oLuling; brother, RaymondJanicek o DeSoto.

He is also survived byhis grandchildren, DarronCudney and wie Kimberley

o Wimberly; Ryan Cudneyand wie Sherree o Bris-bane, Australia; Ali Janiceko Austin; Blake Janicek andwie Andie o Smiley; ScottJanicek o Dallas; and Emi-lie Janicek o Smiley. Genealso had two great-grand-children Kellar and Ken-nedy Cudney o Wimberly.

He was preceded in deathby his parents; brothers, Aland Gordon Janicek; sister,Rosalie Winrey; and step-son, Carl Cudney.

Visitation will be Sun-day, September 29 rom57 p.m. at Finch Funeral

Chapel in Nixon. Te Fu-neral Service will be held at10 a.m. Monday, Septem-ber 30 at St. Joseph Catho-lic Church in Nixon withFather Kuriakose Ousephociating. Interment willollow at the Bundick Cem-etery in Smiley.

Pallbearers include Dar-ron Cudney, Blake Janicek,

Kerry Dean, Ricky Parker,Bob Peck, and Joe Nui-nez. Honorary pallbearersinclude Bennett Mitchell,Elmo Sample, Ollin Pier-pont, and Bill Rob Miller.

Memorials may be madeto St. Philips CatholicChurch o Smiley, the Smi-ley Hart Public Library, orthe Smiley Volunteer FireDepartment. Arrangementsare under the care and di-rection o Finch FuneralChapel, LLC, P.O. Box 427,Nixon, X 78140, 830-582-1521.

All are invited to sign theguest book at www.nchu-neralchapels.com.

LITTLEFIELDBessie Littleeld, 94 o

Los Angeles, died Sept. 19,2013.

Mrs. Littleeld was bornFeb. 10, 1919 in Nixon,the daughter o John andMargaret Mahan. Shemoved to Los Angeleswith her husband, Hilmer,and daughter, Corleen, in1936.

She worked or morethan 30 years at I Gill-lan and volunteered at theWashington Hospital inher retirement.

She is survived by hergrandchildren, Sean Harp-er and Erin Harper Hill;our great-grandchildren;and her sister, Mamie RuthKennedy o Nixon.

A graveside service willbe held Saturday, Octo-ber 5, 2013 at 2:30 PM atLeesville Cemetery. Me-morial contributions maybe made to the charity oones choice.

Arrangements by FinchFuneral Chapel, LLC, oNixon, 830-582-1521.All are invited to sign theguest book at www.nch-uneralchapels.com.

Te armers and ranch-ers are praising the Lordor this wonderul rain. Wehave not had a rain like thisin a very long time. We hadwonderul lightning andthunder displays but mosto all we had several days oshowers where every drop

soaked into the ground andthen we had some hard rainthat lled some tanks withsome needed water. We got4 2/10ths. A close neighborgot 3 9/10ths. Lola and WadeWilson over toward Leesvillegot 3 8/10ths . Paw Paw Al-len got right at ve incheswith the last rain. Tosearound Cost got around 3-4inches.

We had to go get a ewgroceries and went downFM 466. Te culverts hadnot been cleaned out and itmade lakes in the pastures,and put all kinds o debris

in the bar ditch and a littleon the highway. Tere waswater standing under thepecan trees in the DenmanFarm. Bishops Lake hadcaught a lot o water and thetank by the road a little ur-ther up, did too. Everythingwas clean and sparkling. Tebirds were ying aroundchecking their newly grown

vegetation out. I think thatthe vegetation grew an inchovernight.

September has ve Sun-days so Belmont UnitedMethodist Church has theirBreakast beore their sing-ing service. So come and

join them in the newly reno-vated Belmont CommunityCenter or breakast. Tengo into the church and makea joyul noise unto the Lord.

At Monthalia UnitedMethodist Church there willbe Witnessing and Singingor the 5th Sunday Service.

Also at Monthalia on Oc-tober 7th the Womens BibleStudy group will meet at theParsonage, starting at 6 pm.

At the same time that isgoing on the men will behaving the Mens Brother-hood at the Monthalia Par-ish Hall starting at 7PM.

October 9th is the ChurchConerence starting at 6pmat the Belmont Commu-nity Center. Tis is or thechurches in the Victoria Dis-trict.

Te Leesville CountryFair is Saturday, October12, starting at 10AM at theMethodist Church Groundsat Leesville, exas. It willstart with live entertainmentby the Kerr Creek Band,with an Opening Ceremonyat 11AM. Tere will be aCountry Store with all kindso canned items plus hand-made items in it. We will

have Horse and Buggy Ridesor the Kidsall ree: Ani-mal Exhibits, Face Painting,

Ring Trow, Horse Shoes,Bean Bag oss, and Pump-kin Decorating. Ten oneride the Squiggling Wigglyrain has to be paid or butI bet it will be un.

Te Happy Quilters havebeen busy quilting and madetwo quilts or the auction.Ten they made one quiltor the rafe. I think thatyou should get some ticketsor this rafe because theirquilts are handmade andbeautiul.

Tere will be plenty o allkinds o ood to eat. Teyusually have tamales, rito

pie, chili and cornbread, andpies, cakes, etc.It is come rain or shine

with two covered pavilions.PRAYER IME: Joe Kot-

wig, Mr. Bill, Jesse Esparza;Bill Lott, Louise Jones, San-dy Ingram, Aunt GeorgieGandre; Danny and JoyceSchellenberg, Sarge Dun-can, Rhonda Pruett, AuntFrances Gandre, Bubbaand Sara Roecker, GlennMikesh, Lillie Lay, MariaCastillo, Phyllis and AltonOncken, Selma Vickers,Landis, Keith Glass, eresaWilke, Linda Denker, CaseMartin, Sandi Gandre, AuntBetty Gandre, Margie Men-king, Joy Carson, RichardHidalgo Jr., Arthur Casares,Harold Pape, Brock Stew-art, Shirley Dozier, MarieSchauer, L.A. Lindemann,Jr.;Graham Kelley, EstherLindemann, Anna Linde-mann, Lanny Baker, JudyWilson, Bob Young, Mar-guerite Williams, and ourmilitary and their amilies,

We need to pray or BrockStewarts continued heal-ing and at the same time we

need to thank God or HisMiracle. Last week you mayhave seen a motor cycle ac-cident highlighted on V inSan Antonio that occurredat IH 10 and IH 410. Tecyclist le no skid marksand hit the concrete em-bankment. Tat was Brock.

A miracle happened. Hecracked his skull but therehas been no swelling. Hispelvis was broken but thatwas xed by pins and plates.He had broken vertebraebut they were broken to theoutside and not to the insidewhere it endangered the spi-nal cord. He did have someuid on the inside that theyhad to remove, but verylittle. Tank you God ortaking care o Brock whenhe needed you the most andhelp him recover ully. Hewas talking and sitting upas o Sunday and this hap-

pened on Tursday.Many o you have askedabout L. A. Lindemann, Jr.He is taking chemo and hassome side eects and nau-sea. His immune system is

very low now and he doesnot need to have visitors.However, he would love tohave your cards and a ewcalls. He will take all theprayers that we can send.

Oh Samson has not rid-den in the truck he gothis rst shots. Tat suspi-cious cat is not a travelingcat. Now every time thatcat hears that truck startup, under the bed he goes.PePe thought he was sorto crazy at rst, but now isplaying copycat. I guess iPePe thinks Samson is do-ing it, that maybe the old catknows something that hedoesnt know. PePe is some-what conused as to what issupposed to be araid o atthis point. You can see hisbrain cells working, but they

just cant quite get there.Have a good time at

Come and ake It. GodBless.

Sandis Country

Fried News

Sandi

Gandre

Praise the Lord for the rain; quiltersget ready for Leesville Country Fair


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Dan Veit was born nearShiner, the son o a homebuilder and dirt armer, andturns 90 this year.

Te third o 14 children, heremembers sleeping on theoor o their three bedroomhouse on a mattress cover lledwith corn husks. Everyoneslept well, however, as they wereusually dog tired rom workingin the elds. As kids they wouldwalk ve miles to church i theModel did not start.

Draed at 18, Dan breezedthrough basic training includ-ing inantry, artillery and ar-mor. Arriving in England in1944 he became part o Op-eration Overlord; landing onOmaha Beach in Normandy,France. In England they livedin tents when not training.

On June 6, 1944, dubbedTe Longest Day by GermanField Marshall Rommel, Danand his companions le their

landing cra with heavy backpacks in hip deep water andtried to reach shore.

Both US and German air-planes were overhead. Ger-man shore batteries raked thebeach with eld guns (88s) andburp guns spewing 1150 slugs/minute, that could cut a manin hal. On the beach, anti-per-sonnel mines had to be locatedand disarmed beore movingorward.

G.I.s dropped all aroundhim, but somehow Dancrossed the beach saely withothers advancing towards aGerman pillbox they nally

silenced.Stopping to regroup, they

moved inland as the beach be-came a horrible killing eld. oget a tank operating, Dan wastranserring gasoline rom atruck when umes ignited, im-mediately burning his hands.Medics wrapped his hands buthe could not ght, so he rode aplane back to England due tolack o sufcient care aboardship. Tey encountered a chan-nel storm, lost an engine, butnally saely landed. It wouldtake a month o his hands incasts, swelling, removing casts,and over again until he was

given white gloves and releasedsomewhat prematurely orbattle.

Combat was so intensethat aer three days, G.I.scould sleep standing upright.As a machine gun teammember, Dan learned toswily relocate aer ring atthe enemy, or mortar roundswould quickly nd them.

Dan and General Pattons3rd Army was headed orParis, but not until the hor-

ric hedgerows were behindthem. Paris was captured bythe Germans in June o 40,and Hitler ordered it deend-ed, but a German generalwithdrew instead.

General Pattons ront linevisits were commonplace.Dan remembers when Pat-tons three manned jeepswith machine guns arrivedsingle le. Pattons three stars

were shining on the secondjeep that was usually cov-ered with mud, and so wasthe general.

He always asked, whatkind o smokes do you want?We will send a eld kitchensoon, what would you like?George always kept his wordthe next day, when possible.

Te liberal American me-dia was never kind to Gen-eral George, portraying himas having a wealthy patricianheritagebut Dans buddiesloved him. No other threestar US General visited theront lines in the European

Teatre o war.Dan became assistant

driver and loader o a Sher-man tanks cannon. Oen ittook three Sherman tanksto destroy a German i-ger tank, unless it carelesslyshowed its rear end. But withbigger 90mm cannons, Sher-mans vastly improved theiraverage.

Familiarity with themhelped Dan in repairingdamaged Sherman treads,even in pitch darkness.

Te carnage o OmahaBeach was so horric therewere early thoughts o with-

drawing, but by the end o dayone the beachhead was es-tablishedbecause sufcienttroops were landed to secure it.

Te German high com-mand ailed to counter-attackwith armor in time to stop theallies on the beaches, just asRommel had warned earlierand the nal outcome pointedtowards the deeat o EuropeanAxis powers.

Next week: Part 2 of Dansstory

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Shiner, Hallettsville Royalty

Congratulations to 2013 Shiner HS Homecoming

Queen Kristen Schacherl, escorted by Jacob Staford.

The Comanches put a 45-0 whipping on Thrall. (Photo

by Dave Mundy)

Morgan Mitchon and Dalton Herrington were named

2013 Homecoming Queen and King during ceremo-

nies held at haltime o Hallettsvilles win over Wei-

mar. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

Lew McCreary is a resident of

the Conroe area who also owns

land in Lavaca and Gonzales

counties. He is compiling the

stories of our honored veterans

from throughout the region, es-

pecially those of the World War

II era. If youd like to see the

story of your honored veteran

featured, contact him at lrmc-

[email protected]

Senior Warrior

Salute

Lew McCreary

From Bloody Omaha

to fnal victory:

Shiners Dan Veit

Dan Veit

Look at Me, Dont ILook Great?

Its because Imturning Eight!

We love you!

All your family & friends!

Happy

BirthdayMikayla

Vinklarek!!


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As we head into the annualCome and ake It Celebration thisweekend. I have one wish: that wenever orget what this celebrationis all about.

Its great to have thousands ovisitors to town. Its great to enjoyall the unique vendors and shoptheir wares. Its wonderul to haveso many great music acts playing,and to be able to enjoy so many unevents.

But let us never orget that thiscelebration is all about recognizinga small band o people who decid-ed they would endure no more in-trusion on their God-given rights,who took a stand on principle rath-er than practicality, who dared spitin the eye o a would-be dictatorand tell him: Come and ake It.

Put yoursel in the minds othose men who advanced across

that oggy eld in the pre-dawnhours o Oct. 2, 1835 and askyoursel i we would have the samekind o courage?

Remember that at the time, ex-as was sparsely-settled by variouscollections o colonists and NativeAmerican tribes, the most impor-tant being the Comanche, Kiowaand Cherokee. Tere were the e-

janos, originally colonists rom theCanary Islands brought in by theSpanish government o the previ-ous century. Ten there were the

more newly-arrived Anglo-Ameri-can colonists brought in by empre-sarios like Stephen F. Austin and(in the case o Gonzales) GreenDeWitt.

Te colonists had sworn alle-giance to the ederal government oMexico under the Constitution o1824, and even in October o 1835,most o them still called themselvesloyal citizens o Mexico. Te towno Gonzales had, in act, declared in

a letter its allegiance to the central-ist government o Santa Anna onlya short time beore the outbreak ohostilities.

But there are times when thebest o intentions, the most hope-ul wishes, mean nothing whenmeasured against greed, arroganceand power lust. When Santa Annabegan dismantling the Constitu-tion o 1824, many exians becamealarmed. Some believed that exaswould best be served by seekingadmission to the United States in-

stead William Barrett ravis wasamong these, and he and otherstook part in the Anahuac Distur-bances, reusing to pay customsduties, in 1832 and earlier in 1835.

exas was not the only Mexicanterritory to see unrest over SantaAnnas attempts to centralize ratherthan ederalize government power:active revolts cropped up in severalother Mexican states, and in early1835 Santa Anna brutally repressedan active rebellion in Zacatecas.Te latter event in particular servedto alarm the discontents in exas.

On Sept. 10, 1835, a Mexicansoldier savagely attacked a Gonza-les colonist, provoking outrage. Aew days later, Colonel Domingode Ugartechea, commander o allMexican troops in exas, sent acorporal and ve enlisted men toretrieve the cannon that had been

given to the colonists. Te residentso Gonzales, concerned this actionsignaled an intent by the centralistgovernment to disarm and possiblyexpel them, reused and escortedthe small detachment rom town.

Ugartechea then sent a companyo 100 dragoons (mounted inan-try) to retrieve the gun, possiblynot even knowing that the six-pounder bronze piece was virtu-ally useless and, in the view o onehistorian, little good or anythingother than starting horse races.

Aer putting the detachment oor two days while reinorcementsarrived, a orce o 180 exians gath-ered on the evening o Oct. 1, 1835,and prepared to attack the Mexican

orce.While many o the colonists had

some military experience JamesNiell, or example, had served inthe War o 1812 most were sim-ple armers or tradesmen.

Much o the Mexican garrison inexas were conscripts and convicts,but the main army led by SantaAnna was the largest and best-trained proessional military orcein North America at the time. Teidea o a ew hundred un-drilled,semi-skilled partisans taking onthe premiere army in this part othe world has to be viewed as ool-hardy at best.

Many o these pioneer exians

who advanced through the og to-ward the dragoons o LieutenantFrancisco de Castaneda under-stood the long odds and did itanyway. Like their orebears a hal-century beore at Lexington andConcord, they knew their chanceso winning were slim, but principledemanded they make their stand.

One hundred seventy-nine yearslater, exas is a dierent place.Compared to the Gonzales o 1835,even many o our poorest citizenslive in comort. We dont have

to worry about Indian attacksthese days, but we do have to beconcerned about the drug lords oMexico because, like those earlysettlers, a would-be dictator has de-

cided to punish us by not adheringto the Constitution we agreed toabide under.

Colonists in 1835 rightly earedthat a tyrant wanted to strip themo their right to deend them-selves. Te U.S. Secretary o State

just signed a United Nations treatywhich, i conrmed by the Sen-ate, would severely limit the saleo small arms and ammunitionand give Washington a pretext toopenly attempt disarming us de-spite a Constitutional guarantee tothe contrary.

Te exians who rebelledagainst Santa Anna did so becausethe guarantees which had been set

orth in the Constitution o 1824were being systematically strippedaway. Tis week, citizens acrossexas became slaves to a ederallaw which mandates they partici-pate in a government-run health-care system despite the act theU.S. Constitution clearly deniesCongress any authority not spe-cically spelled out in that Con-stitution.

Our ancestors were very bravemen.

Are we?

Take action locally to prevent

unfettered tyranny nationally


In Our ViewOur ancestors were brave men; are we?

Gun control is impossible

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While the media has been ocused onD.C. and exas Senator ed Cruz ght todeund ObamaCare, conservative ex-ans should not orget the local issues andelections. Tey may not be as exciting andsexy as the national stage, but they just asimportant i not more so.

For example, in Progresso, an indictmenthas been unsealed against Jose GuadalupeLupe Vela, the maintenance director orProgreso ISD, and his sons, Progreso May-or Omar Leonel Vela and Progreso schoolboard President Michael Mikey Vela. Tethree men, all holding elected positions,have been indicted on 10 ederal counts obribery and corruption.

In Starr County, a jury ound that countyattorney Victor Canales must pay HildaGonzalez Garza, a ormer assistant countyattorney, $1.5 million or violating her FirstAmendment rights by ring her aer shedeclared her intention to run or schoolboard against her then-boss political allies,a ederal jury ruled uesday. Te jury ruledthat Garzas intention to run or the RioGrandeCity school board was a substan-tial or motivating actor in county attorney

Victor Canales decision to terminate Garzaabout 14 months ago, court records state.

In El Paso, there have been a series oscandals and indictments regarding schooldistrict ocials. Again, these were electedand appointed ocials who were out ocontrol.

Te U.S. Constitution is written rom acitizen-rst point o view which means,as the late House Leader ip ONeil oncesaid, All politics are local. Political powermust originate with the citizen at the locallevel fow upward to the local, county, state,and ederal governments.

But what happens i the citizen is not en-gaged or exercising his/her leadership andwill? What happens i there is a vacuumin the involvement o citizens? When thathappens, institutions and interests ll the

void.

When the citizen in not involved, thensel-serving political, economic, and socialinterests take control o the decision-mak-ing.

One o the biggest criticisms citizen tax-payer groups has against local, state andederal governments is how big moneyspecial-interests infuence and dominatethe decision making process. Just like an in-dividual citizen acts on behal o their selinterest, a large organized interest will dolikewise. Once entrenched, that interest willbe very dicult to challenge or remove.

In exas we have had political bosses andamilies, and big money interests that haveinfuenced local and state government. Teyrange rom large interests like the Chambero Commerce or the teachers unions, or

bosses and amilies who control local aairs.Te answer to this problem is simplethe citizens must be inormed and act. Tepowers o the Constitution are in the handso citizens and they should remember thatthe deense o the Constitution begins intheir back yard.

ObamaCare, Benghazi, out-o controlgovernment, and all other problems andissues that conservatives complain aboutcould have been prevented i conservatives(real conservatives who listen and respondto the will o the people) would have beenelected early at the local level.

Despots and dictators oppose the ideao a citizen-centered government becauseit is too dicult to control. For them, it iseasier and better to tell people what to do,than to do their will. We should all becomeinormed and active citizens to deeat local,state, and national tyranny.

El Conservador

George Rodriguez is a San Antonio resident. He is the

former President of the San Antonio Tea Party, andis now Executive Director of the South Texas Politi-

cal Alliance.

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Rodriguez

he Navy Yardmassacre wont revive thegun debate in Congressor a simple reason:here is no gun-controlagenda this side o a totalban and coniscationthat would have stoppedAaron Alexis.

he oomey-Manchinbill could have passedCongress unanimously.

he assault-weapons bancould still be in place.Gun-controllers couldhave achieved theirlong-ago goal o barringthe private purchase ohandguns. And everystep o his mayhem atthe Washington NavyYard would have beenunimpeded.

he media rushed,based on erroneousreports rom lawenorcement, to placein his hands an AR-15,the popular rile thathas been used in massshootings beore and thatan assault-weapons banwould prohibit.

he ront page othe New York DailyNews blared Samegun, dierent slay. henewspapers columnistMike Lupica workedhimsel into latherso dudgeon over theoending gun. hey callsemiautomatics like thissports riles, he umed.You bet. Mostly or thesport o killing innocentpeople, and killing themast.

But according to lawenorcement, Alexis useda shotgun, a weapon, as

it happens, that has been

endorsed and promotedby the vice presidento the United States. Ata Facebook town hallearlier in the year, JoeBiden urged a motherconcerned about saety:Buy a shotgun, buy ashotgun.

his may be ineadvice, but there shouldbe no mistake: Shotgunsare dangerous. When itcomes to the sport okilling innocent people,almost any gun will do,especially i it is in apermissive environment

where no one else is likelyto be armed. his makesa hash o the conceit thatthe government can ban aew select guns and makeshooting rampages lesslikely.

Other commonpanaceas would have hadno eect, either. Alexisbought his shotgun roma duly-licensed dealer, notat a gun show. He passeda ederal backgroundcheck with no problem.He didnt have a high-capacity magazine.He reportedly got thehandgun or handguns healso may have used in theattack ater shooting a

security oicer.So the Navy Yard

rampage demonstratesthe essential sterility othe gun-control debate. Itis true that James Holmesand Adam Lanza usedAR-15s. But Seung-HuiCho and Jared Loughnerused 9 mm semiautomaticpistols. And AaronAlexis used a shotgun.

he common theme isthat they were all deeplydisturbed young menwhose acts o murder hada sickening aspect o uttersenselessness. he DailyNews got it backward.Its headline should haveread Dierent gun, sameslay.

Maybe this time wecan have a real debateabout mental illness.When Aaron Alexiscalled the Rhode Islandpolice a month ago totell them that enemieswere harassing him witha microwave machine,it was clear that hewas suering paranoiddelusions and neededhelp. But the authoritieslet him go his merry way,evidently to sink deeperinto the madness hemistook or reality.

It needs to be easier tocompel treatment or thementally ill. here will beanother Aaron Alexis. Iwe cant predict what gunhell use, we already knowhis mental state.

Rich Lowry is editor othe National Review.

(c) 2013 by King FeaturesSynd., Inc.


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Most exans remember October 2nd orthe 1835 skirmish o the 150 exans o Gon-zales with the 100 Mexican troops sent to re-trieve a cannon they used or public deense.Te settlers amous Come and ake It aggained ame as a message o deance to SantaAnnas gun conscation eort. Tese rstexans demonstrated characteristic mettle inresisting governmental decrees that violatedtheir personal reedom and ederated inde-pendence.

As ate would have it, October 2nd has prov-en to be another amous date in exas history.On this day in 1989, the exas Supreme Courtdecision ruled 9-0 in the Edgewood ISD vs.

Kirby case that the school nancing system othe time was unconstitutional and in need orevision by the state legislature.

Since that decision, exas politics andcourtrooms have been dominated byschool unding challenges, and the secondarybut related issue o testing assessments, withnearly no one satised as to how various solu-tions have played out.

Even today, a case led by rich and poorschool districts is being decided in a state dis-trict court and ultimately will work its way tothe exas Supreme Court on issues o airnessand efciency, again.

On this 24th anniversary o Edgewood vs.Kirby, exans should look to the example oGonzales and resist governmental decrees thatrun counter to local independence.

exans should demand that the Austininsiders scrap their top-down approach topublic education policy and the nance sys-tem which redistributes local school propertytaxes rom districts to others. House Bill 5,passed this session, began the process o re-turning control o education to local schooldistricts, but nothing has been done to addressthe school nance dilemma.

In my view, exas should start its reorm e-ort by scrapping the Robin Hood scheme(which takes rom some school districts andredistributes it to others) and replacing it witha better way to und the so-called property-poor districts. Right now under Robin Hood,about $1.1 billion is taken each year rom 374

so-called property-rich districts and redistrib-uted to those property-poor districts.

Heres what we can do to x it. I proposethat exas should eliminate the double taxa-tion o 374 districts and let local school prop-

erty taxes remain local. o make up the $1.1billion increase, you increase the state sales taxby one quarter o one percent and dedicate itto the property-poor districts.

Te time is right or such a change. Teexas economy has changed dramaticallysince 1989 and rich-district, poor-district dy-namics have changed. For instance, shale oilproduction in the Eagle Ford area has trans-ormed many districts rom property-poor toproperty-rich. Needless to say, the perspectivetowards Robin Hood has changed in thosedistricts.

In addition to correcting the nancing issue,exas needs to return control o the classroomto our teachers and our local school districts.

Tere is a better way than teaching to thePearson tests to provide a quality education

or children in exas public schools. (Andthe nationalized curriculum Common Coreshould be resisted or the same reason!)

Te Legislature should continue down thepath charted by HB5, a bill I supported in thelast session, which reduced end-o-course ex-ams, encouraged vocational instruction, anddeveloped multiple pathways to a high schooldiploma.

Education system reorm isnt that compli-cated. We need to be inspired by the peopleo Gonzales who told its government thatenough is enough. Lets put power back in thehands o the local schools through school -nance reorm. And lets let our teachers teachto multiple pathways or a diploma.

Te day started like always. Up at 0430,walk and then eed the dog. Breakast at0530.

Te dining acility here is something tobe seen. Eggs, yep cooked so dry they ake.Bacon nope. French toast? Sort o, but nobutter, no syrup. Hash browns, yep but theylook surprisingly like the French ries romlast night. Some breads, some ruit, andstewed tomatoes? Yes, there are some verystrange ood selections.

Anyway, breakast takes about 10 min-utes as you really only eat what you haveto. In act, all the meals go about this way.Ive seen some mystery meat that you couldmake car tires out o here. Te dog wouldnteven eat it!

So the day started as normal and wewent back to our area and got ready or thedays training. We actually take over thecheckpoints here in a ew days. Currentlythere is another group o dog teams work-ing that mission. o get ready we train andtrain some more. Checking cars, buildings,packages, roads and everywhere somethingmight be. Our head trainer will setup aproblem, hide a sample explosive and weare tasked to nd it.

In the evenings, I go walking with Mad.We do about our miles a night. Tis getshim and me some exercise and a little relax-ing alone time. Last night as I was walkingthrough one o the living areas (all threeroom trailers set up in rows) when Madpulled me to one o the buildings. I saw his

behavior change. He was searching.He was acting as i he had ound an odor

he is trained on. I ollowed his lead and wecame to the door o one o the buildings.Mad searched the ront door seam andalerted. Well, this was not a training prob-lem. Tis was exactly what we were here todo and now I had ound one.

o say the hairs on the back o the neckwere not standing on end would be a longway rom the truth. I made a note o exactlywhere I was and where Mad had picked upthe odor and approached the building roma dierent direction. Mad once again wentto the door and alerted. Tat was enoughor me. I contacted one o the other han-dlers. He and his dog arrived and the samething happened. We were both convincedthe room was hot. Tere was an explosivein the housing area.

We ollowed protocol (no, I wont go intothat) and made the needed notications.We o course pulled back to a sae distance.Within minutes everyone that needed to beinvolved was there. As the area was evacuat-ed and cordoned o, we watched the eventswe triggered. Tree big armored vehicles

showed up and the EOD team took overthe scene. Just like on V, the robots and allwere deployed. Te team leader was beinghelped into his heavy bomb resistant suit(they are not bomb proo, nothing really is)and he started to walk down the long dis-tance to the room. He carried various pieceso equipment with him as the other teammembers watched the area on the screenrom the remote camera on the robot.

Te door o the room being locked, it wasdetermined a universal key was going tobe used. Te bomb-suited team leader re-turned and his team immediately startedpulling the suit o him. When they took othe helmet and ace mask I could see he waswringing wet. It was about 95 outside and

probably 120 in the suit. He downed threebottles o water, gathered some more itemsand suited back up. Again the long walk.

He disappeared behind a concretewall that separated us rom the roomand worked alone. Soon the remainingEOD team members started moving alltheir equipment back inside their vehi-cles and directed everyone to take coverin one the several bunkers that were inthe area. I could still see the openingwhere the suited EOD team memberhad gone. He backed out through theopening and took cover around a con-crete wall.

FIRE IN HE HOLE! FIRE IN HEHOLE! FIRE IN HE HOLE! Wasshouted by the EOD guys by their ve-

hicle and then WHAM!! It was a veryloud bang and a column o smoke rose

over the concrete wall. As soon as thedust settled, the suited member wentback in to the explosion area. He at-tached a long line to something andreturned around the corner o the wall.From there he pulled the line, evidentlypulling something out o the room. Heonce again went back in and shortly a-ter, he started the long walk back to the

vehic les.here his team again pulled the suit

o and he sat on the bumper o thetruck drinking bottle ater bottle o wa-ter. hey talked a moment and the areawas declared All Clear.

We later ound out that the room hadbeen empty or about a month. he p er-

son that had lived there had been senthome or some undisclosed issues. heEOD team leader brieed us, as we haveto show in our records every alert anddetermine what it was. He told us thealert was good and the dogs had donetheir job. He thanked us, loaded up inhis vehicle and cleared the scene.

Funny thing is several o the peoplethat live in that area had given us a lit-tle grie about the dogs and noise theycaused. hey can hear the dogs barkingin the mornings as they go to breakast.Now we were great riends and theytreated us completely dierent. I guessthey realized all it takes to change theirworld is a dog and his handler.

From Iraq (ears still ringing)

his is Jon Harris and this is a Dis-patch rom Downrange-Iraq


In Your View

Some days are a little diferent here in the Middle East

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Tom

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Tom Pauken is former chairman of the Texas

Workforce Commission and the Republican Party of

Texas, and is a candidate for Governor of Texas.

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of

filling space.Rebecca West

Some say or at least I say so that laziness is a dishbest served delivered.

And since 20 and 07 when I bid adieu to theworkorce I have become quite adept at idleness. Asin doing a nuthin. Man, am I a pro at doin a nuthin.

Believe me; the laid-back liestyle o retirementsuits me to a .

So I relish idle time. And some time back whilekicking back at Pavlas avern in beautiul down-town Moulton the spry little lady behind the barqueried me, I you had to do it over, would you doanything dierent?

Behind the bar and in ront o the bar back wasVlasta Pavlas. A petite lady with grinning eyes.

I replied to her query, Rather than puttingwords on paper I probably should have been a per-sonal injury lawyer or con artist, though the two are

basically the same.Apparently Vlasta never considered doing any-

thing dierent. Shes a spirited gal o 87 years old.She and her late husband, George, purchased

the tavern in February o 19 and 59. hats 54 yearsago and quite a spell to hear the spiel o the sippersthatve been seated on the stools and seats inside(top that or alliteration).

At times, Vlasta brings to my little mind a scenerom the old Mary yler Moore television show.Where Lou Grant tells Mary Richards, Mary,youve got spunk. And Mary beams and says,Why thank you, Mr. Grant. Lou replies, I hatespunk.

You see, Vlasta is a eisty little heier. I tell her onoccasion, I hate eisty.

Now Vlasta and I have been known to enjoyriendly banter. She takes my comments in stride.

But shell get in the last word by dishing a snide re-mark right back at me.I things appear to be about to get out o hand in

the establishment or thirst she merely points a in-ger or crowd control. And things settle down.

I suspect over the ive plus decades shes tendedto her busyness shes heard more stories than I everwrote.

One never knows what ones lot in lie will be.Prior to embracing the busyness o the newspaperbusiness I held a slew o jobs. Mostly mundane.

Drew pay or delivering bread, repossessing cars

and trucks, selling insurance, retreading tires, serv-ing a stint in the military. Even owned a couple obeer joints. Albeit, the longest I could tolerate pop-ping caps o longnecks was about a year and a hal.Far short o the 54 years Vlastas been doing it.

I guess I was blessed to have put in 35 years as a

paper man. Working with words. Putting on papera passel o nouns people, places, things through-out my time in ront o a typewriter, and later acomputer.

Met some ine olks and told their stories the bestI could. Without embarrassing them or mysel.

I kept a collection o my eature stories and col-umns rom the papers I papered or and the twonewspapers I owned. Hauled em rom house tohouse, town to town, state to state.

And to toot my own tuba during the time Inewspapered I won a passel o eature writing andcolumn writing awards. From every press associa-tion I was involved with. But I never wrote or mypeers. I only wrote or the reader that bothered topick up the paper.

Awards and plaques are meaningless.So two years ago I tossed the clippings I had

amassed over 35 years. In a dumpster.Forever to be orgotten.hough I do, on occasion, pen a scribbling or

he Cannon, Ive pretty much given up spendingany length o time to thought and typing.

As a line rom a Kris Kristoerson song goes yesterday is dead and gone, and tomorrows out osight

I agree that yesterday is dead and gone, but aslong as there is a breath o lie there is hope or a to-morrow still in sight down the road.

A lesson rom history or

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Tis is an edited transcrip-tion of an interview with exasState Representative Lois Kolk-horst heard on Te News fromthe Camphouse on KULM98.3 FM.

Brune: Tis is another post-legislative session interviewand you may note that I havemany o the same questionsthat I ask each elected o-cial. Te reason is because we

want to know each ocialsstance on topics. With thatsaid, the legislature passed a$200 billion budget and theywant us to vote on dippinginto the Rainy Day Fund. Isthat considered a conservativebudget? And, please tell usthe good things that you sawrom this session this session,as well as, what you didnt like.

Kolkhorst: Youre right. Tebudget is huge. Were the ast-est growing state in the UnitedStates and have the hottesteconomy. Weve got the EagleFord Shale and other shaleplays ueling our economy.Ill also tell you that I did not

vote or the budget in the -nal version. I elt it was toolarge. And, we never votedon this particular item, butembedded in the budget wasa pension pay raise or state

lawmakers like mysel and I

could not vote or that. In theend there were a lot o itemsthat I did support. We put atremendous amount o mon-ey into public education, webolstered support or naturalresources, and we helped re-tired teachers. But in the endI didnt vote or the budget. Itsthe rst budget that I didntvote or in seven terms as arepresentative. Im respectulo members that helped crathe budget but I didnt eel thatwe had sharpened our pencils

enough. Instead we askedcounty and city governmentsto sharpen theirs.

One o the items that I sup-ported was the $2billion bankthat were going to set up or

water conservation planninginrastructure. Tat moneywill be coming rom the RainyDay Fund. You know that orthe last two years weve nothad the ability to send wa-ter to rice armers because othe low levels in the highlandlakes. We must come up withsolutions or thirsty urbanareas. Were in the midst o adrought. I the voters allow usto set up this bank we must

stay very engaged. We mustdecide how to allow permitsor water to urban areas whileprotecting the rural areas. Ithink were taking a step in thegood direction. I know thereare interests in Waller andAustin Counties that wantto send water to Fort BendCounty. Im not interestedin this bank unding watermarketers. Im interested inthis bank unding the exasWater Plan. We started on thisplan with Lt. Governor BobBullock in the late 1990s andwould like to see some o therecommendations proposedby local olks that came up

with solutions when settingup our regional planning pro-cess.

Yes, the budget is big, huge!exas is growing. Im con-cerned because some o the

costs will be recurring. Andwhile our economy remainshot, I dont want to becomeCaliornia. When they hadgood times they built a biggergovernment, but, then theyhad to und it. And when hardtimes hit they didnt make thecuts the way we did during thelast session. We must be care-ul to not become Caliornia.

Brune: During the last ses-sion money was held out o

education unding. Tis ses-sion the money was put back.During the interim there wasmuch discussion that throw-ing more money at educationdoesnt necessarily provideor better education. But leg-islators took steps other thanunding that should help thequality o education.

Kolkhorst: Yes, but now rstI must thank all the olks thatwork in school districts atevery level. I visited with everyschool district superintendentin my district separately. Oneo the items they stressed waswhile money is important amajor problem was the man-

dated end-o-course exams.Tere were 15 end-o-courseexams. So we passed a bill thatcut these exams rom 15 to 5.It also helps us identiy careerpaths or children. We once

tried to push everyone to goto college and Im a big sup-porter o higher education butwe should also look at careersin hands-on technology. Tetrim in the education budgetlast session was the rst cutssince WWII. Tis time we putthe money back.

Brune: What is the attitudetowards Speaker o the HouseStraus.

Kolkhorst: We have a good

working relationship. Hesallowed me to be chairmano the public health commit-tee. He and I do difer on oc-casion. I dont think he wasthrilled that I voted againstthe budget and other initia-tives that he supported but Imust vote and represent mydistrict. I respect anyone thatholds that job and know itsdicult to manage represen-tatives rom across the statewith varying concerns.

Brune: How much o theexas budget is spent on ed-eral mandates?

Kolkhorst: In exas Gov-ernor Perry led the charge to

not do Medicaid expansion.Tere was a lot o pressureby lobbyists to expand, butlooking at the numbers wehave Medicaid implementsin the late 1960s. We have 24

percent o the population un-insured. Medicaid expansionwould have only gotten an-other three percent, and only30 percent o doctors want tosee new Medicaid patients.Te problem is that theyrechanging the law, Obamacare,beore our eyes as they please.exas had to tap the brakes onMedicaid expansion especial-ly when it was going to insureless than one million people.

Economists were hired to putorth alse numbers. I usedstate agency orecasters. Weneed to let the dust settle be-ore we think about anotherederal health program inexas. Health and HumanServices represents more than25 percent o our budget.

Brune: Back to water should the LCRA be underSunset Review?

Kolkhorst: I would sup-port that. While I respecttheir work through the years,there is a huge advantage totransparency. All o the riverauthorities are governmentagencies when it benets

them, and then not agencieswhen it doesnt benet them.I the voters allow this $2 bil-lion water bank to be set up,we have a duty to stay en-gaged. Grassroots works.


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HONDO Te exasNationalist Movement isworking to give exas Re-publicans the right to casta ballot in avor o re-es-tablishing exas as an in-dependent republic via thepetition process dened inexas election law.

Response rom all overthe state has been extremelypositive with block-walkersreporting receiving signa-tures rom as high as 80%o the registered Republi-cans they reached in theirdoor-to-door canvassing.

Te Petition states: Iknow that the purpose othis petition is to place a

reerendum on the 2014primary ballot or the RE-PUBLICAN PARY thatstates: Te State o exasshould reassert its statusas an independent nation.FOR OR AGAINS...

Volunteers or the exasNationalist Movement

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Te NM has countyorganizations in over 40counties covering nearly

70 percent o the popula-tion o exas. Te organiza-tion will have a booth andpetition orms availableduring the Come and akeIt Celebration in GonzalesOct. 4-6.

Due to unsolicited in-quiries rom people all

over the state on Facebook, e-mail, and via telephonecalls the NM is lettingexans everywhere knowthat it will work with thecounty Republican organi-zations statewide to holdpetition signing events toaccommodate those livingin areas which do not yethave a NM county ali-

ate, NM Executive Direc-tor Cary Wise said.

Just reach-out to yourlocal Republican Party or-ganization and let themknow you want them to set-up a petition signing eventand the exas NationalistMovement will work with

them to accommodateexas voters in your area,Wise said.

From the response weare seeing exas Republi-cans will have the opportu-nity to instruct the Repub-lican Party that they wantthem working to achieveexas independence, headded.

Independence question could be on GOP primary ballot

Is $200 billion a conservative budget? Kolkhorst responds

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well as another contractor to shore up themuseums oundation to eliminate waterseepage beneath the building. Both proj-ects must be approved by the exas His-

torical Commission, but Barnes said initialcontacts hes had with HC have been veryavorable.

Tis would be the rst bite on that mu-seum in 77 years, he said. It would makea huge statement to the State o exas, thecitizens o Gonzales and the amilies o themen the museum honors.

Barnes said the city has a surplus ounding in its tourism budget which couldbe used or the project.

During the public comment portion othe meeting, citizen Doris Lieeste readthe names o the Old Gonzales 18 themen who originally took the eld arrayedagainst a hundred Mexican dragoons andreused to turn over the Gonzales Cannon,and urged Councils passage o the Muse-

um agenda item.Also uesday, the Council approved amaximum contract or the renovation othe citys water plant. Te council approvedup to $379.067 to be expended by LNV En-gineering on the project.

Council members also gave a greenlight to an application by Gonzales MainStreet or a exas Capital Fund Main StreetImprovement Program grant. Te grantmoney would be used to make the corner

o St. Joseph St. at St. Andrew St. ADA-compliant.

In other action uesday, the Council: Authorized the use of the Gonzales

Memorial Museum grounds or the Gon-zales Memorial Healthcare Systems annual

undraising Gala on May 3, 2014; Declined to include the Gonzales

County Restoration Association (PioneerVillage) on the citys insurance coverage;

Approved an amended plat for theLous Garden Subdivision. Te developer isre-platting three lots to enable a buyer topurchase an oversized lot;

Authorized the use of ConfederateSquare or the Happy Fall Yall event Oct.26 and the annual Main Street LightedChristmas Parade;

Approved contracts with two com-panies or street improvements along St.Vincent, St. Paul, St. Andrew and Churchstreets;

Ordered a public hearing Nov. 4 for thecitys Capital Improvement Plan;

Declared the citys old burhs truck assurplus and authorized its sale;

Adopted the citys new EngineeringStandards Manual;

Approved the pass-through of cost in-creases or waste collection, which will in-crease costs or homeowners by about 26cents per month;

Approved the re-zoning of parts ofthree lots in the 2400 block o Church St.or mobile home use.


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SHOOTING: Man killedaer ring at deputies

not have manpower enough to successullyhandle a case like this, Measom contactedthe Sheri s Oce.

Tey in turn worked together and setup surveillance, utilizing resources withintheir oces and contacting other agenciesto include the exas Department o PublicSaety, exas National Guard and severalederal agencies.

Because o the tremendous pressureon all state resources rom border securityoperations, most assistance rom that levelwas hit and miss at best, said Sachtleben.Federal resources are usually predicatedon the involvement o the State in someorm or another, hence it nally ell upon

the local ocers to work the operation asbest they could with resources at hand.In the end, it was the Sheris Oce,

Constable Measoms Oce (with some ad-ditional assistance rom both ConstableKen Hedrick and Constable John More-no), local DPS and a tremendous amounto support and work by Gonzales Police

Chie im Crow and the Gonzales PoliceDepartment that brought the entire projectto ruition.

Tis grow is signicant as being oneo the largest i not the largest grow everound in Gonzales County, said Sachtle-ben. It consisted o an estimated 4,000plus plants at its peak.

Te entire grow was cut down as evi-dence, with most o the work being doneby Chie Crow and his ocers and securedwith the assistance o the City o Gonzales.

Te shooting is being investigated by theexas Rangers and any inormation will beturned over to the local prosecutors oceor attention as appropriate. Te remaindero the case, including the marijuana andthe second violator will be turned over to

the ederal prosecutors oce through theBureau o Justice, division o Alcohol, o-bacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Te entire operation hinged upon in-teragency cooperation and would illustratethe highest degree o coordinated law en-orcement resource management or anextended period o time, said Sachtleben.

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better setup or customers and layaway.Tis is much larger than what we have atthe current store, and I think it will be alot more convenient or customers, Davilasaid. Te customer service center is locatedat the ront o the store and will handleeverything rom returns to layaways, theSite-to-Store program and custom-orderedmerchandise.

A special storage area is also up ront,specically or layaway and Site-to-Store.

At the old store, all that was in the backand the bins or layaways and Site-to-Storewere part o the regular back room, nowyou wont have to go rom one side o tehstore to the other to nd what youre look-

ing or, he said.Davila said hes also ver y happy to report

the new acility will have expanded registercapacity. Tere will be 16 regular checkoutlines, as well as six sel-checkouts.

Te pharmacy areas size will remainabout the same as the current acility, butshoppers will now have a drive-throughsystem at the ront o the store to place andpick up prescriptions.

Most o the major retail areas are greatlyexpanded: there is a much larger outdoorGarden Center, toy section, housewaressection, health and beauty aids and sport-ing goods department.

I was really happy we could expandsporting goods, because I like hunting andshing and I wanted to make sure we got a

ull hunting set, Davila said.While some Walmart locations have dis-

continued carrying rearms, the new storewill carry a selection hunting long rifesand shotguns. It will not carry handguns.

It was good to see the rearms intro-duced back into the store, he said. Wehave a lot o customers who are outdoor

enthusiasts, and I think this layout will bevery appealing to them.

Also type o merchandise returning toWalmart will be abrics. Many Walmartlocations discontinued carrying abrics acouple o years back, but Davila said thedemand locally played a role in the returno the abric racks.

Sometimes you have something youthink nobody uses much, then you pull itout, you nd out how many people reallydo use it, he said.

Also expanding will be the electronics/media and digital photography section othe store. Davila said that area will be ullsupercenter size and the photo lab willinclude both electronic kiosks or process-ing as well as online-ordered and customorders.

Aquarium enthusiasts will be happy tonote that live sh will be available in theexpanded pets department.

New to Gonzales Walmart customers,o course, will be a ull grocery section,including resh produce, a deli and bakeryand ull dairy and meat cases, including aseaood case.

Te store will also operate with a muchsmaller receiving/backroom area thanmany supercenters. Davila explained thecompany is constantly working to maxi-mize eciency and decrease the back-door-to-sales foor time.

Te workorce at the store will alsoroughly triple, Davila said, rom the 120 orso at the old store.

Were still hiring, were constantly hir-ing, they can apply online or at the kioskat the old store or when we get the kioskset up here, Davila said. Id say well prob-ably open with 240 or so, and Id like to getus up around 320 to 350 associates duringpeak time to make it smooth or custom-ers.



The new Gonzales Walmart Supercenter will feature 16 regular checkout registers

plus six self-checkouts to help decrease checkout time (top). Also new for local

Walmart shoppers will be a full grocery section (bottom photo), to include a deli/

bakery area, packaged fresh meats and seafood, dairy and produce. (Photos by

Dave Mundy)

Fayette County Sher-i Keith Korenek reportsthat on Saturday, Sept. 28,at approximately 9:00 pm,Fayette County Dispatchreceived a 911 call roma resident on Berger Rd,in Fayette County northo Schulenburg, report-

ing a tractor that or somereason was in the callersyard.

When Sheris Oicedeputies arrived they dis-

covered a male body lay-ing in close proximity tothe tractor. he deputiesimmediately called oremergency medical re-sponse.

Jerome Fillip, 51, waspronounced dead at thescene by Justice o thePeace Dan Mueller. Nooul play is suspected andit has been ruled a arm-

ing accident at this time.Ater speaking with

amily members it wasdiscovered that the startero the tractor had been

malunctioning and thata screw driver was beingused to start the tractor.he tractor was in gearwhen it was started andsprung orward, draggingthe victim and eventuallyrunning over him.

Incident was investigat-ed by the Fayette CountySheri s Oice. Also re-sponding and assisting

with the incident wereexas Department o Pub-lic Saety, Fayette CountyEMS, and Precinct 4 AreaFirst Responders

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Gzl-KkTracy and Mike Gonzales o Brenham announce the

engagement o their daughter, Maggie Gonzales, to

Houston Keck, son o Bill and Willa Keck o Gonza-

les. Maggie is the granddaughter o Mike and Paul

Gonzales o McAllen and late grandparents, Burl and

Catherine Davenport o Waco. Houston is the grand-

son o Morris and Ann Keck o Gonzales and late

grandparents, Karl and Myrtis Windwehen o Gon-

zales. Maggie is a 2008 graduate o Brenham High

School and is a Certifed Nurses Assistant. Houston

is a 2007 graduate o Gonzales High School and 2012

Texas A&M graduate with a degree in Environmen-

tal Geosciences. He is employed with W & M Envi-

ronmental Group, Inc. in Houston. The wedding is

planned or November 2, 2013 in Waco.

Fr. Pete Roebucks Cath-olic Daughters Court 2140met September 24th atSt. James Parish Hall. Ameal was enjoyed aer theBlessing led by Bonnie SanMiguel.

Te meeting began with

a prayer read by Bonnie,Debbie Aleman, SandraBrown and Pam Parker.Te Pledge o Allegiancewas said by members.During the meeting, thePro-Lie Prayer and theprayer or the Armed Ser-

vice were said.Te Court presently has

86 members. Te MealCommittee or this meet-ing, Suzanne Benes, Deb-bie Aleman and Pam Park-er were thanked.

One uneral meal wasserved and the monthlybirthday party was held at

Te exan and Bingo washeld at Te Heights.Bonnie San Miguel and

Elisa Molina judged beansat the First Shot Cook

CDA Sunday is Oct.20th and members willmeet at Church at 8:55 tolead the Rosary beore theMass.

It was voted to donate$250 to the WoundedWarriors meal held at theFisher House and led byKen Hedrick o the YoungFarmers.

Te Pro-Lie Novenawill be participated in bymembers during Sept. 29ththru Oct. 7th. Te prayers,rosaries, and Masses at-tended will be or lives ounborn babies.

Make a Dierence Day isOct. 26th. Members willdo various community ser-

vice projects, such as helpserve at a beneft meal,help at the Youth Center or

donate books there.For Te Morality in Me-

dia project during Oct. 27thru Nov. 7th, memberswill wear and providewhite ribbons to showthat they are against por-nography. Tere will be abasket o these availablein the back o the CatholicChurches.

Te Christmas Party willbe on Dec. 3rd aer a shortmeeting. Tere will not bea meeting in November.

Te next meeting willbe Oct. 22nd. Debbie Ale-man will lead the prayer.Te Food Committee willbe Elisa Molina, ShirleyHodges, Sandra Brownand Mary Ann Brzozows-ki. Bernice Knesek wonthe door prize.

Catholic Daughters News

Te Gonzales Public Li-brary announces the launcho a new automation system.

Te library has receivedan Automation UpgradeGrant rom the ockerFoundation that has madethe librarys catalog avail-able to patrons online. Tecatalog can now be accessed24 hours a day, 7 days aweek rom the City o Gon-zales website.

Te login passwords toaccess downloadable eb-ooks and audio books havechanged along with the up-grade. Patrons interestedin accessing the catalog ordownloading titles are en-couraged to come by orcall the library at (830)672-

6315.

Library getsautomatedcatalogingsystem

By CONNIE KRIDLER

Special to The Cannon

Community CalendarE-Mail Your local information to: [email protected]

Rummage SaleTemplo Bethel Pentecostes Church, 1106 St Peter

will hold their monthly rummage sale in the Recep-

tion Hall rom 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct.

4-5.

Ivey ReunionThe Ivey amily reunion in Memory o Leonard

CurlyIvey is scheduled Saturday, Oct. 5 starting at 11

a.m. at the Gonzales VFW Post. All amily and riends

invited or BBQ lunch and amily un ree o charge.Water slide or the kids. For more ino call 830-494-

4017

Photo ExhibitJoin the Seguin Art League and Guadalupe Re-

gional Medical Center at the reception or their an-

nual photography show How I See It. The recep-

tion and month long exhibit will take place in theSelig room in the East Campus o the GRMC rom

5 to 7 P.M. Oct. 3 with rereshments and an award

presentation. Local and regional photographers will

exhibit their works daily through the end o October

eaturing a variety o subject-matter rom extreme

close-ups, to land and seascapes to critters. The showis sponsored by GRMC as a continuation o their well-

ness initiatives including the arts. GRMC East Campus

is located at 1215 East Court St. in Seguin. For more

inormation on the show see their website at www.

seguinartleague.com or contact Robin Walker at

(830) 876-8980.

Matejek ReunionThe 34th Annual Matejek Reunion will be held

Oct. 27 at the Yorktown Fire Station Auditorium, lo-

cated at 107 West Main in Yorktown.Everyone is asked to bring enough ood or their

amily, and items or the live and silent auctions. Tea,

coee, bread and eating utensils will be urnished.

The doors will open at 10 a.m.; a noon meal will be

served, continuing with a business meeting at which

time cash prizes will be awarded. A live and silent auc-tion will ollow to raise money or the next reunion.

I you need more inormation contact Sharon

Matejek at 361-564-3851.

Old Jail ReceptionSunday, October 27 2-4 p.m. The Old Jail Museum

will be hosting a reception or the countys law en-

orcement oicers and their amilies. The event, which

will include an Open House that will allow or touringo the acility, will also serve as the oicial unveiling to

the community. Rereshments will be served and the

event is open to the public.

Seguin Art LeagueThe Seguin Art League annual photography show

How I See Itwill open October 1 with a reception on

Thursday October 3 rom 5 to 7 P.M. Local and region-

al photographers will exhibit their works through the

end o October at the Selig Room in the East Campuso Guadalupe Regional Medical Center. GRMC East

Campus is located at 1215 East Court St. in Seguin. For

more inormation on the show see their website at

www.seguinartleague.com or contact Robin Walker

at (830) 876-8980.

CATI CookoCome & Take It Bean & Chili Cooko is Sunday, Oct.

6.

The Come & Take It Bean & Chili Cooko is Sunday,

Oct. 6. Set up time is rom 8-11 a.m. on the square, be-

hind the ire department. As soon as you check in atthe registration table you can start cooking. Entry ee

is $15 per entry. Deadline to enter is Friday, Oct. 4 by 4

p.m. at the Gonzales Cannon. Late registration is $20

per entry. You must cook at least two pounds o chili/2

lbs. o beans. Pre-cooked or seasoned chili or beans

are not acceptable. You may pre-soak your beans iniwater. Trophies and cash prizes will be awarded to

the top three teams in each category. There is also a

showmanship trophy that will be given. For an entry

orm or I anyone would like to judge please contact

Dorothy Gast at 254-931-5712 or come by the Gon-

zales Cannon, [email protected].

Leesville Country FairThe annual Leesville Country Fair is scheduled

Saturday, Oct. 12 starting at 10 a.m. at the Methodist

Church grounds in Leesville. Live entertainment willbe provided by the Kerr Creek Band, with an auction,

silent auction and drawing helping to raise unds or

the Leesville Cemetery and area high school scholar-ship program.

Moulton ReunionThe Moulton High School Reunion or all classes

will be held on October 19, 2013 at the KC Hall in

Moulton. Registration and visiting will begin at 2 p.m.

Dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. ollowed by a short

meeting. A dance will ollow rom 7 p.m. until 11 p.m.

with music by the Red Ravens. A ee o $12.50 perperson includes a catered meal and dance.

The classes o 1961, 1962 and 1963 will be hon-

ored as they have or are celebrating their 50th anni-

versary since the last reunion.

Graduating classes through the class o 1976 will

receive written invitations in mid-August--but the re-union is or anyone and everyone who ever attended

Moulton High School.

Those who need to provide a new address or

those not identiied to receive a written invitation or

need more inotmation should contact Dennis Elling-hausen (361-596-7721) or e-mail [email protected] or Tony Janak (361-596-8185). The Last reunion

was held in 2010.

Sunday DanceThe Glen Collins & Alibi Band will be playing great

country dance music at Geronimo VFW Post 8456,

6808 N Highway 123, Geronimo 78115, on Sunday,

October 20, 3-6:30 pm; kitchen/door opens at 2 pm.

Open seating. Hall is smoke ree and always open to

everyone. Ino 830-379-0506/830-379-1971.

GCAA meetingThe Gonzales Community Arican American Interace Church Scholarship Fund will be

conducting its Monthly Business Meeting the rst Thursday o each Month. The next meet-

ing is scheduled or October 3, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Union Lea B/C o Gonzales, Texas. The

public is invited. For inormation contact Eugene Wilson Sr., (830) 857-3764.

American LegionGonzales American Legion Post #40 will hold their regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 3 at the Legion Hall. All members and prospective members are urged to

attend.

WIC Gardening ClassesThe WIC Wellness Garden oers ree weekly gardening classes to WIC par ticipants and

WIC eligible public every Friday.Classes will be held at 11 a.m. throughout the month o October. The garden is located

right outside o the WIC ofce, located at 229 St. George St. in Gonzales.Dietitian Cynthia Green and Gonzales Master Gardeners will teach you how to grow your

own ood or your amily almost anywhere and anyhow you want. Please join them and gohome with some delicious produce.

For more inormation, go to ns.usda.gov/wic to learn more about WIC eligibility, or callthe WIC ofce at 830-672-7083.

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Te Gonzales Retiredeachers Association met atCae on the Square on Sep-tember 17th or a meal. Jerry

Akers cooked the meat andmembers brought side dish-es or desserts. Cheryl Mead-ows decorated the tables.

Te Superintendents romNixon-Smiley, Waelder, andGonzales were guests. Afer

the meal, each gave interest-ing items about their schoolprograms.

Members were remindedto keep record o their vol-unteer hours. Tese are anyactivities or which no payis received. Tey includebabysitting, church lessonsor help, helping someoneand various other things.We are also bringing drinktabs or Ronald McDonaldHouse and cancelled stampsor cancer research.

Te next meeting will beNovember 19th at Pioneer

Village. We are to bring oursack lunch and a drink.


By CONNIE KRIDLER

Special to The Cannon

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Week o October 7th 11thAll lunches served with milk. Yogurt is also o-

ered

MONDAY

BBQ on the bun, Ranch style beans, Sliced pick-

les, Combination salad, Fruit

TUESDAY

Hamburger Pasta Casserole, Green beans, Tossed

salad, Garlic bread, Fruit

WEDNESDAY

Taco salad, w/cheese, lettuce, tomato, jalapenos,

Tortilla chips, Pinto beans, FruitTHURSDAY

Corn dogs, Pork & beans, Sliced pickles, Pickled

okra, Fruit

FRIDAY

Tuna Salad Sandwiches, Cheese Sandwiches,

Macaroni & cheese, Tossed salad, Fresh veggies w/

ranch dip, Fruit

Preparing the Children o God or the Kingdom

o God.

Gonzales ISD School menusOctober 7-11

BreakastEast Avenue , Gonzales Elementary and North

Avenue

Monday - Yogurt w/Graham Crackers, Assorted

Kids Cereal, Breakast Toast, Peach Cup, Apple Juice

Tuesday - Pancake on a Stick, Assorted Kids Cere-

al, Breakast Toast, Fresh Orange Wedges, Fruit Juice

Wednesday - Cheesy Scrambled Eggs, Assorted

Kids Cereal, Breakast Toast, Pineapple Tidbits, Or-

ange Juice

Thursday -Breakast Pizza, Assorted Kids Cereal,

Breakast Toast, Fresh Banana Hal, Fruit

Friday - Sausage Biscuit, Assorted Kids Cereal,

Breakast Toast, Fresh Apple Wedges, Pineapple

Juice

Junior High and Gonzales High School

Monday - Pancake on a Stick, Assorted Kids Ce-

real, Breakast Toast, Peach Cup, Apple Juice

Tuesday - Cinnamon Roll, Assorted Kids Cereal,

Breakast Toast, Fresh Orange Wedges, Fruit Juice

Wednesday - Cheesy Scrambled Eggs, Assorted

Kids Cereal, Breakast Toast, Pineapple Tidbits, Or-

ange Juice

Thursday - Breakast Pizza, Assorted Kids Cereal,Breakast Toast, Fresh Banana Hal, Fruit Juice

Friday - Sausage Biscuit, Assorted Kids Cereal,

Breakast Toast, Fresh Apple Wedges, Pineapple

Juice

Lunch

East Avenue

Monday - Chicken Nuggets w/Roll, Mashed Po-

tatoes, w/Gravy, Steamed Broccoli, Sliced Peaches.

Daily Kids Favorites: Fresh Turkey & Cheese Sand,

Ham Che Salad

Tuesday - Bee Nachos w/Spanish Rice, Charro

Beans, Seasoned Corn, Salsa & Fresh Apple. Daily

Kids Favorites: Fresh Ham & Cheese Sand, Chicken

Che Salad

Wednesday - Pizza Sticks w/Marinara, Seasoned

Carrots, Garden Salad, Diced Pears, Chocolate Chip

Cookies. Daily Kids Favorites: PB&J Sand, All-Amer-

ican Che Salad

Thursday - Hotdog on bun, Seasoned Green

Beans, Cucumber & Tomatoes, Fresh Orange. Juice

Daily Kids Favorites: Turkey Goldsh Sand, Ham

Che Salad

Friday - Chili Mac, Sweet Golden Corn, Garden

Salad, Baby Carrots, Pineapple Tidbits. Daily Kids

Favorites: Fresh Ham & Cheese Sand, Chicken RanchSalad

Gonzales Elementary and North Avenue

Monday - Crispy Chicken Burger, Mashed Pota-

toes w/Gravy, Steamed Broccoli, Sliced Peaches.

Daily Kids Favorites: Chicken Nuggets w/Roll, Fresh

Turkey & Cheese Sand, Ham Che Salad

Tuesday B ee Nachos w/Spanish Rice, Charro

Beans, Seasoned Corn, Salsa & Fresh Apple: Daily

Kids Favorites: Corn Dog, Fresh Ham & Cheese

Sand, Chicken Che Salad

Wednesday-Pizza Sticks w/Marinara, Seasoned

Carrots, Garden Salad, Diced Pears, Chocolate Chip

Cookie!!! Daily Kids Favorites: Cheeseburger, PB&J

Sand, All-American Che Salad

Thursday Seasoned Alredo, Seasoned Green

Beans, Cucumber & Tomatoes, Fresh Orange. Daily

Kids Favorites: Hotdog on Bun, Turkey Goldsh

Sand, Ham Che Salad

Friday Chili Mac, Sweet Golden Corn, Garden

Salad, Baby Carrots, Pineapple Tidbits. Daily Kids

Favorites: Cheese Pizza, Fresh Ham & Cheese Sand,

Chicken Ranch Salad

Junior High and Gonzales High SchoolMonday Homemade Meatloa, Cornbread

Square, Mashed Potatoes, Country Gravy, Steamed

Broccoli, Assorted Fruits, Fruit Juice, Variety o Milk.

Daily Apache Menu: Pepperoni Pizza, Hamburger,

Chicken Nuggets w/Roll & Build Your Own Deli Bar

Tuesday Bee Nachos w/Spanish Rice, Charro

Beans, Sweet Golden Corn, Salsa, Assorted Fruits,

Orange Juice, Variety o Milk. Pepperoni Pizza,

Crispy Chicken Burger, Corn dog & Build Your Own

Deli Bar

Wednesday Pizza Sticks w/Marinara Sauce,

Seasoned Carrots, Garden Salad, Assorted Fruits,

Chocolate Cookie, Apple Juice, Variety o Milk. Pep-

peroni Pizza, Chicken Nuggets w/Roll, Cheesburger

& Build Your Own Deli Bar

Thursday Chicken Alredo Pasta, Seasoned

Green Beans, Cucumber & Tomatoes, Assorted Fruit,

Pineapple Juice, Variety o Milk. Pepperoni Pizza,

Hamburger, Hotdog & Build Your Own Deli Bar

Friday Chili Mac, Seasoned Corn, Garden Salad,

Baby Carrots, Assorted Fruit, Fruit Juice, Variety o

Milk. Pepperoni Pizza, Hamburger, Crispy Chicken

Burger, Hamburger & Build Your Own Deli Bar

Nixon-Smiley CISD School menusOctober 7-11

Monday: Uncrustable peanut butter & grape jelly

sandwich, apple slices, milk & orange juice. Lunch:

Steakngers, w/white gravy, whipped potatoes,

sliced carrots, cucumber slices, wheat bread, ruit

cocktail & milk. Tuesday: Breakast Chicken Biscuit,

milk & orange juice. Lunch: Tamales w/chili, shred-

ded cheese, pinto beans, romaine salad, rice, red

apple & Milk. Wednesday: Breakast Pig-n-blanket,

apple slices, milk & orange juice. Lunch: Cheese-

burger on hamburger bun, lettuce, sliced tomatoes,

sliced pickles, baked ries, pineapple chunks & milk.

Thursday: Breakast Breakast sausage pizza, milk

& orange juice. Lunch: King R anch Chicken, romaine

salad, steamed yellow squash, steamed zuchinni,

banana & milk. Friday: Breakast Breakast on a

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