Gonzales Cannon Sept. 12 Issue

The Greater Gonzales County Crime Stoppers is requesting assistance with information relating to the following incident.

On Saturday, Septem-ber 7 at about 11:20 p.m., Gonzales Police responded to a call of a man laying in the road near the intersec-tion of Hamilton and Tate Street.

Gonzales EMS respond-ed for medical assistance, but he had already de-ceased. He was later identi-fied to be Cipriano Morin,

65 of Gonzales. “Our investigation has

determined Mr. Morin was ran over by a vehicle be-tween 10:35 p.m. and 11:20 p.m.,” said Gonzales Police Chief Tim Crow.

If you have any informa-tion, please contact Crime Stoppers at 830-672-8477 (TIPP). Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 for in-formation leading to an in-dictment or conviction re-lating to this crime. Callers do not have to reveal their

Gonzales County Commissioners on Monday gave the go-ahead for upgrades to a number of key computer systems in the county, including the Sheriff ’s Depart-ment.

Ken Cruise, the IT Operations Manager for the county, told commissioners the warranties on the two servers currently serving the Sheriff ’s Department are ex-

pired and the servers are no longer able to back one another up because they are at about 92 percent ot total capacity.

“I would suggest we look at upgrading and also the backup for all of our servers,” he said. He also suggested the county up-grade a number of information switches

Gonzales City Council on Tuesday awarded a bid for improvements to the city’s water treatment plant and gave approval to initial platting for the proposed 1835 Village Subdivision.

The Council awarded a bid of $4.2 million to CSA Construction for upgrades at the water treatment

plant. The upgrades will replace the old pressure fil-ter at the plant, which no longer meets standards set by the Texas Commission on Environmental Qual-ity, with a new gravity filter system which will be TCEQ compliant.

City Manager Allen

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Shiner Catholic Schools welcome grandparents in a special salute to start the year. See Page A14.

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Gonzales’ Upton Ruddock recalls his days helping to re-open the Burma Road during World War II. See Page A3.

Upgrade setfor Gonzaleswater plant

The University of Texas-San Antonio Roadrun-ners dared the Oklahoma State Cowboys to “Come and Take It” in their home opener Saturday at the Alamodome ... and, well, they did. The Roadrun-ners got an assist from Gonzales Mayor Bobby Logan and Gonzales Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Daisy Scheske, who carried the “Come and Take It” flag the school has adopted to lead the team onto the field, but despite a great crowd and enthusiasm, the 13th-ranked Cow-boys proved more than enough for the young program to handle and raced off with a 56-35 victory. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

St. Paul High School’s Samantha Siegel was named the 2013 Homecoming Queen and Ben Janecek the Homecoming King during ceremonies Friday night at Comanche Field in Shiner. (Photo courtesy Photos by Lori Raabe)

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Gonzales Healthcare Systems’

7th Annual“DRIVE-THRU”Flu Shot Clinic

We want you and your family to stay healthy!Get your flu shot conveniently, without ever leaving your

vehicle. Drive in, roll down your window, roll up your sleeve and drive out...it’s that easy!

All participants will be registered to win a three month membership at James C. Price Wellness Center!

For more information contact Mary Jane Williamson at 830.672.7581, ext. 216.

Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Time: 7:00am-7:00pmPlace: Gonzales Healthcare Systems’ Parking Lot Sarah DeWitt Drive • Gonzales, TXCost: $25.00 - cash/check/credit card accepted Medicare will be accepted with cards presented at time of serviceMust be 4 years old and older to receive drive-thru vaccination. Other restrictions may apply

PUBLIC HEARINGCITY OF GONZALES

TEXAS CAPITAL FUND MAIN STREET PROGRAM CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN & NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The City of Gonzales is planning to apply to the Texas Department of Agriculture for a grant not to exceed $150,000 under the Texas Capital Fund Main Street Program. As part of this application process, the City of Gonzales requests assistance from citizens identifying community, housing, and economic development needs and selecting priori-ties. A total of one public hearing will be held.

PUBLIC HEARING

The public hearing will be held at Gonzales Municipal Building, 820 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas at 6 p.m., on September 17, 2013. At this meeting the following items will be discussed:• The Texas Community Development Program• All eligible activities under the Texas Community Development Program• Benefits of low/moderate income persons• Level of funding available• Use of past TCF contract funds (if applicable)• Identification of housing and community development needs and/or economic development needs• Selection of priorities• Submission of Views and Proposals

All interested parties, groups, or individuals are encouraged to attend this public hear-ing and participate in the discussion of community development and housing needs and/or development of economic needs. Citizens unable to attend this meeting are in-vited to submit their public views and proposals regarding the community development and housing needs and/or economic development needs any time between regular business hours to City Hall, no later than September 17, 2013.

A copy of the application will be available for review at City Hall between the hours of 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, after October 3, 2013.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

The City will provide technical assistance to groups representative of person of low and moderate income and/or who are residents of slum and blight areas in developing economic, community, and housing proposals for the use of TCDP funds.

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN & PUBLIC HEARING PROVISIONS

The Citizen Participation Plan and Public Hearing provisions are in compliance with the requirements of the Texas Department of Agriculture/Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) TCDP program and are available for public inspection in accordance with TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. Chapter 552.

COMPLAINT PROCEDURE GUIDE

The City will utilize a Complaint Procedure Guide that complies with the requirement of the Texas Department of Agriculture/Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Complaint System, 10 T.A.C. Section 1.11 and 1.13. A copy of the procedure guide will be available for review at City Hall.

HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY & NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individuals who require auxiliary aids and services for this meeting should contact the City Hall at (830) 672-2815. Arrangements have been made to accommodate the accessibility needs of handicapped persons and non-English speaking residents who attend the public hear-ing. The City Hall is wheelchair accessible and wheelchair accessible parking spaces are available. A request for accommodations and interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to the meeting.

RECORDS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

All records will be made available to the public in accordance with Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6252-17a. Any interested party requesting any special needs or desiring more information and/or technical assistance may contract City Hall at (830) 672-2815.

New Heritage Quilters OfficersNewly elected officers for the Shiner Heritage Quilters Guild are (from right) President—Bernadette Kresta; 1st Vice Pres.—Mathilda Melnar; 2nd Vice Pres.—Toni Rogers; Secretary—Carolyn Whitmire; Treasurer—Mary Shafer. The Guild actively promotes the appreciation of quilt making and offers opportunities to learn various quilting techniques.

Obituaries

James DeAlva (Jim)Logan, 1947-2013

LOGANJames DeAlva “Jim”

Logan, 66 of Gonzales, passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Jim was born February 6, 1947 in Yoakum to Ob-ert Clemson Logan and Fannie Mae Thompson Logan.

Jim married Nancy Helen Gennings on Sep-tember 8, 1973 in Dallas. Jim had been very active in community and civic service, he had been an active member of the First United Methodist church where he had served as a Trustee and on the Fi-nance Committee and the Building Committee. He had been a member of the Gonzales Elks Lodge B.P.O.E., and had served as a director of the Gon-zales Chamber of Com-merce, the Come and Take It Committee and the Gonzales Economic Development Corpora-tion.

Jim had been a Rodeo Ambassador for the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and the Houston Stock Show and Rodeo. He has long been working as a Public Relations Rep-resentative for RAM RO-DEOS, attending rodeos while representing RAM Trucks across the country from Alaska to Texas and from Mississippi to Las Vegas.

Jim opened Davis and Logan Insurance Com-pany along with Mike Davis in the early 1980’s. Years later, the company

became Logan Insurance Company.

Jim was an amiable man, loved and respect-ed by those he served. His wealth of knowledge of insurance and cover-ages helped many protect themselves from cata-strophic losses through the years.

Personally, Jim Logan was an unassuming, un-pretentious man known by most as a faithful friend that was gener-ous with his time to aid others in need. He loved the outdoors; he enjoyed playing golf, softball and had played in an over-40 basketball league.

Jim enjoyed hunting deer to a degree, it always seemed as he sat in the deer blind he saw more fences that needed repair and mesquite that needed chopped then he ever saw deer, projects always came became leisure. He enjoyed his early morn-ing coffee and 9 o’ clock coffee drinking friends where certainly every-thing from the drought to problems concerning local, national and in-ternational politics were discussed and certainly resolved.

Jim Logan was a magnif-icent husband and dad. He always put his family first and sharing his faith with his family was tantamount to the love he held for fam-ily and his Lord. As a de-voted Christian man, he seldom raised his voice to his children and if circum-stances seemingly called for vocal firmness, Jim would always apologize for raising his voice shortly thereafter because love always seemed the best method of correction. He was an extremely support-ive and loving husband, as illness slowly drained his strength, he spent his final years preparing his wife and his putting his affairs in order as what appeared imminent became more

clear. To say that Jim Lo-

gan was brave and tough would be a huge under-statement. Jim surely read the book of Job in the Bible for he never complained, never let on that his illness was causing discomfort or winning; for in the end his illness did not win. Jim Lo-gan, this kind, soft spoken, bigger than life man went to his Lord and Savior and can love his family . . . his adoring wife, children and grandchildren more com-pletely and fully now than he could on this earth.

Jim Logan is survived by his adoring wife, Nan-cy G. Logan of Gonzales; his loving daughters and sons-in-law, Shylo Dawn Logan Ulcak (Randon) of Katy and Shelley Elizabeth Logan Thomas (Randy) of Katy; and three pre-cious grandchildren, Karli Leanne Ulcak, Madison Grace Thomas and Peyton Elizabeth Thomas, all of Katy. Jim was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Obert Clark Lo-gan.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 13, 2013 in the First United Methodist Church with Pastor Andy Smith officiating. Inter-ment will follow in Gonza-les Memorial Park.

Pallbearers include: Tommy Ervin, Barry Boothe, Donnie Janicek, Travis Treasner, Donnie Tenberg and Dick Ham-ilton. Honorary pallbear-ers include: Early Morn-ing and 9 O’Clock Coffee Drinkers and Friends of RAM RODEO.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday evening at Sey-dler-Hill Funeral Home. Friends may make memo-rial gifts to the Gonzales First United Methodist Church Capital Campaign.

Services are under the care and direction of Sey-dler-Hill Funeral Home.

Retired TeachersAll education – related retirees are invited to Gonzales County Retired Teach-

ers Association’s Sept. 17 meeting at noon at Café-on-the-Square. Call Ann Laster (672-7609) or Cheryl Meadows (672-7711) for more information.

Helping HandsIf you are in need of a meal, Helping Hands, a non-profit, multi-church ministry

would like to bless you with a free lunch. Meals will be distributed Saturday, Sep-tember 14th , beginning at 11 a.m. in the GCAM parking lot located at 708 St. Louis Street. Volunteers and donations are welcome. Contact Linda at 361-275-1216.

Hunter safetyA Hunter’s Safety & Education Course will be conducted on Saturday, Septem-

ber 14 at 3 p.m. at 5631 US 183 North in Gonzales.Participants will have to register online to complete the classroom portion

of the training prior to the field training on September 14. You must have com-pleted the online training and bring documentation of completion to the field training.

For registration and other details, please contact Wayne Spahn at 830-672-3720 or Ray Raley, Jr. at 830-857-3853.

William Upton Rud-dock was born on a ranch near a Gonzales and is 87 years old. In his youth, the consolidation of county schools caused him to begin schooling two years late, but he would close that gap later.

Drafted in 1944 he trained at Fort Riley as a cavalryman. It was June of ’44 when Upton and his sweetheart Esma Rae tied the knot, and they would later raise two children back in Texas. Now it was time to be-come a replacement G.I. overseas.

His voyage to Bom-bay, India took 31 days. Then it was on to Ledo…in Burma, that was con-ceived to replace the en-emy held Burma Road. It was made necessary when the Japanese closed the Burma Road early in ’42.

Their victory stopped the Chinese from receiv-ing weapons and provi-sions from India, thus

cutting the vital military corridor between China and her allies. In the previous 100 years, the British had given little at-tention to ever defending Burma, and as a result it quickly fell to the Japa-nese.

Upton’s job was sup-posed be lending support to frontline American troops, but then major Jordan, from Texas, con-scripted him to form Jor-dan’s own personal “Tex-as” squad in the 457th Troop Carrier Squadron of the Army Air Corps. Upton was “shang-

haied”…never reaching his assigned 124th Cav-alry.

Hostilities soon be-gan, inflicting severe casualties caused by en-emy artillery and snip-ers. Upton’s duty was to haul water for the infan-try on pack mules, and to retrieve G.I.’s that had fallen in action. He also dug many graves and was under fire many times recovering bodies as a litter bearer during mor-tar attacks. He was also charged with keeping the mules fed with oats that were air-dropped.

Later on the M.P.s came looking for Upton, charging him with deser-tion! It seems the major had not informed the Army of the switch. Up-ton had wondered why his letters had not been answered, and then he received 87 letters during one mail call!

In the months that fol-lowed Upton’s original unit, 457th Troop Car-

rier Squadron, was en route to reopen the Bur-ma Road. It was Febru-ary 1945 and they would soon battle the Japanese during a chaotic battle lasting two weeks…elim-inating the enemy from mountain side pill boxes.

The next battle, over-coming the Japanese oc-cupying the Burma Road, lasted nearly a month causing heaving casu-alties. Fortunately the Americans had air cover and were thus able to win the victory.

The entire Pacific War soon ended with the Jap-anese surrender, and the long way home began. The point system deter-mining who went home first delayed Upton. That delay took place in Kai-wan, China, where he spent five long months. It was also here that Upton was awarded the bronze star by General Witte-meyer for his skills as an organizer and provider of facilities for the waiting

troops. Finally it was time for

Upton to leave his unit, fly to Shanghai, the em-barkation point for sail-ing to San Francisco, then on to San Antonio for discharge…and home.

The opportunity had come to build a success-ful land, cattle, poultry and business enterprise. Ranchland was cheap and the poultry industry was booming. He chose to raise broilers, but even-tually also started a poul-try service company of his own. He had learned to test and de-beak chick-ens, and his skills were in

demand. Later he sold the com-

pany, then oil and gas revenues also began to flow. But Upton was nev-er smitten with the desire to simply accumulate worldly goods because during 1975 both he and Esma Rae trusted Je-sus and made Him their Lord.

Although Esma Rae has been with the Lord for five years now, Up-ton acknowledges he has been well blessed from above, and continues to share his religious faith in the Gonzales commu-nity.

The CannonThursday, September 12, 2013 Page A3

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 you’d like to see the story of your honored veteran featured, contact him at [email protected]

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It is no secret that Texas has a big tar-get on its back placed there by the Obama Administration. Texas is the largest con-servative state with the most political and economic influence, and it has contra-dicted and resisted President Obama and his liberal Administration constantly.

Attorney General Eric Holder has filed suit against the Texas’ Voter ID law even after it was declared constitutional by the Supreme Court, and Democrats have poured money and manpower into Texas to turn it “blue” or “purple” by 2014.

But one of the biggest irritations for liberals in DC is how the Texas economy has grown while most of the nation has whither under Obama’s economic poli-cies.

Texas is blessed with a natural resource which is the bane of liberal environmen-talists: natural gas and oil. It also has taken a pro-business approach creating an economic environment that few state regulations. The combination has allowed Texas to prosper.

Therein lays the background to drama being played out in DC and in Texas. The state’s prosperity goes against the liberals’ economic theory…and something has to give.

Just before the August congressional, staunch liberal Democrat Congress-woman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tx-

30) from Dallas verbally attacked Con-gressman Lamar Smith (TX-R-21) from San Antonio for subpoenaing the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency for the re-search data they use to justify air quality regulations.

Johnson apparently accepts as gospel that mankind is responsible for global warming, and the EPA is protecting hu-manity. She told Smith, “you’ve exhibited a baffling disregard for the scientific pro-cess and the academic and government scientific community in our country”, and claimed it was “simply mind-boggling.”

However, Smith, as the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee is at-tempting to force the EPA to release the science it uses as the basis for costly air regulations, which are being used more to punish the energy industry than to help mankind. The Committee has repeatedly requested the data for the past two years with little to no cooperation from the EPA.

What is “mind-boggling” is that John-

son ignores how the EPA is playing the same game the IRS is playing regarding the Tea Party targeting scandal…just ignore Congress.

Meanwhile back at the ranch (literally) in Texas, Cliff Frohlich, associate direc-tor of the Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas, co-authored a study claiming a wave of small earthquakes in and around the Eagle Ford formation was caused by hydraulic fracturing or “frack-ing”. The study is being used by liberals who are ready to shut down energy pro-ductions in south Texas.

Jim Efstathiou Jr. reported in Bloom-berg on Aug. 27, that Frohlich said, “We

don’t see any evidence that injection in the Eagle Ford appears to routinely cause earthquakes.” But why let the facts inter-fere with the emotionalism of liberal ar-guments?

Energy production in the Eagle Ford has grown to about 600,000 barrels a day ac-cording to the Texas Railroad Commission as result of fracking. This means economic growth to a region of Texas that needs it, and energy independence for America. Texans should not be distracted by other issues, while we lose our economic inde-pendence to phony science and scare tac-tics. Texas should also not be punished for being successful.

If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day weekend.

Doug Larson

It’s a Sunday in September.Super hot on the first day of the month.Dr. Deb, the wife and dog doctor, and

my ownself are cruisin’. A pastime we’ve acclimated ourselves to for over three and half decades. Just to set out and about, on a whim, with no particular place to go.

In our time together of tolerating one another we’ve traversed many a two-lane and interstate in a number of states where we have received mail.

Today we are racking up another little jaunt. And I’m behind the wheel of last year’s anniversary present we jointly pre-sented ourselves. A 1976 MG Midget. Red in color as a sports car ought to be.

You see, our marriage didn’t turn out to be a miscarriage. Last November was our 36th year of cohabitating. As we ex-changed mutual I-dos’ on Nov. 14, 19 and 76. We held our reception at Luckenbach. Kathy Morgan, one of the owners, gave us the hall rental free as a wedding present.

We initially courted on a tennis court (tennis was mighty fashionable during the Seventies – think Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs) in the summer of ’76. The nation’s bicentennial year. Then I, though nine years her senior, mustered up the

moxey to ask her out on a date on July 3rd. Five months later we became man and wife. Some say it was a whirlwind wooing. I feel it was fated.

On any given Sunday of that inaugural year of our time-share it was our custom to cruise out of San Marcos.

Perhaps up to the Hill Country. Where we’d pick up some cabrito at Cooper’s BBQ in Llano. Stop at a roadside park near Baby Head. Roadside parks were a dime a dozen back then along the state highways. We’d take our time and pig out on dead goat. Like I said. We had no particular place to go.

Maybe mosey over to the southeast for a run to nowhere. Look over there. Why it was just my nature to always brake for a sign that read “Cold Beer.” And the little place there in Sublime had just that.

We sipped some suds as a grandmother showed us a picture in Crayon her grand-daughter had drawn for her. And mused she sure wished she had a frame to put it in.

So we backtracked to Hallettsville and purchased a simple little 8X10 frame and returned to Sublime. A grandmother was awfully pleased with the strange couple that happened to stop simply because a sign read “Cold Beer.”

Another Sunday fueled us over to Sweet Home. Where I again gave thought to Baby Head. And wondered if Sweet Home and Baby Head ever featured high schools.

Goodness, what would the mascots be? Picture the Sweet Home Sweethearts tak-ing the field on a Friday night. Or the Baby Head Baldies. Imagine going off to college or the military and boasting you were the starting tackle for the Sweethearts or that you played post for the Baldies.

Anyway, this was in 1976. Back when we were young.

This was a year when a gallon of gas ran you .57 cents and teenage boys lusted and drooled over posters of Farrah Fawcett-Majors and two amateur electronic enthu-siasts developed the Apple computer in a California garage while a young ballplayer by the name of O.J. Simpson signed a re-cord $2.9 million contract to suit up with Buffalo.

Well today, Farrah Fawcett and Steve

Jobs have passed on and O.J.’s in the pen and gas is running just under $3.50 a gal-lon.

And in ’76, only hippies and mad scien-tists were seen with chin whiskers. In 2013, about 98% of the boys and men and 16% of the women sport mustaches and goatees.

I digressed.We are on the road. With the lid down.

Taking our time. Listening to some old-ies on a CD (8-tracks have long ago faded into oblivion). Steering the little MG at a leisurely pace.

We swing by the Shiner Catholic Picnic. Where a passel of folks have congregated. Probably as many church-going followers are in attendance today as the tally of red-necks and hippies that witnessed the com-ing of Willie Nelson at his picnic on the 4th of July in 1976.

Anyway, we’re just a couple of senior citizens. Sporting about on a given Sunday.

And that’s what life is all about. Taking a course that finally leaves you breathless from running around in circles trying to make ends meet. With that thought in mind, I can eye in on the Dr. Deb and fig-ure I can always live on less when I have something to live for … down the road.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

John Updike


In Our View

Liberals have Texas’ energy industry in their crosshairs

Sunday in September: time for a sentimental cruise

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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 Politi-cal Alliance.

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Understanding the criminal justice system

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Jim Cunningham is a former longtime Gonzales news-man and the former interim publisher of the Gonzales Cannon. He now lives in the Moulton area.

Jim Cunningham

When most people think of the criminal justice system the first thought that comes to their minds is one of the many sensa-tionalized television programs that can be seen day and night on a variety of television channels.

Most of the fictionalized crimes depicted on these television programs are solved, of-ten through the use of some cutting edge James Bond-type technology, by a hand-ful of people using laser gadgets and super glue. These lone wolf detectives, crime scene technicians, and district attorneys scurry about our television sets solving the impos-sible and performing miracles. All in under 60 minutes!

The reality is that it takes a lot of highly trained, dedicated people, a lot of time, co-ordinating their efforts to achieve a factual solution to a criminal incident. In fact, de-pending on the type of criminal offense al-leged, there can be a huge number of profes-sionals involved.

Some of these professionals are patrol of-ficers, criminal investigators, victims’ rights advocates, crime scene technicians, physi-cal evidence forensic examiners, forensic interviewers, prosecutors, etc. Sometimes, there can be more than one law enforce-ment agency involved for a variety of rea-sons ranging from jurisdictional questions to areas of specialization.

As an example, let’s look at a sexual as-sault. Ideally, the incident is reported to law enforcement through a 911 call, but can also be reported in a variety of other ways. Patrol officers and/or criminal investigators are

sent to the victim’s location to take the ini-tial report and gather any evidence available at the scene of the crime. If needed, emer-gency medical services (EMS) technicians and paramedics are dispatched as well.

When deemed necessary, a victim’s ad-vocate is also asked to respond to the vic-tim’s location to provide crucial emotional support for the victim and help guide them through this process. If the victim is a juve-nile the parents or a legal guardian is noti-fied, if appropriate, and a forensic interview is scheduled at the local regional Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC). This CAC inter-view is performed by highly trained, profes-sional forensic interviewers.

Depending upon how many hours have passed since the sexual assault occurred, a medical examination is performed at a hospital by highly trained medical person-nel (medical doctors or specially trained registered nurses) which includes another detailed forensic interview and a forensic

examination. If the victim is an adult the same process occurs, with the exceptions that there is no CAC interview and no fam-ily members are notified unless requested by the adult victim.

Every precaution must be taken to pro-tect the privacy of the victim. Any evi-dence collected at the scene of the crime is then properly packaged and held in the responding law enforcement agency’s evidence room and, if appropriate, taken to the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory at one of 13 different locations throughout the state of Texas. Any available witnesses to the incident are located, identified, and interviewed.

Depending upon the available physi-cal and testimonial evidence a suspect (or suspects) is located, interviewed, and/or arrested. The arrest of the suspect, or sus-pects, may occur with or without a war-rant depending on the circumstances.

It is tempting to look at the sexual as-sault example above and think that these types of investigations are routine. Wrong! Every criminal investigation is unique and there is no cookie cutter approach.

When the investigation is completed at the local law enforcement agency level, it is packaged in its entirety and forwarded to the appropriate prosecutor’s office for criminal prosecution.

But it doesn’t end here. There is much, much more to this story, and in the weeks to come we’ll examine the different lev-els of the criminal justice process more closely.

JimTaylor

Jim Taylor is Chief of the City of Waelder’s Police Department.

Chief’s Corner

YOAKUM – The Yoakum City Council agreed to adopt a tax rate of $0.09087 dur-ing its regular meeting Tuesday night.

The tax rate, which is the same as it was for 2012, will go into effect after the coun-cil holds a public meeting before finalizing the rate adoption.

The council also adopted a $17-plus million budget for Fiscal Year 2013-2014. The balanced budget includes revenues and expenditures for the General Fund

($6,514,093), Utility Fund ($10,889,279) and Airport ($24,150).

In other business, the council:• Continued its Juvenile Curfew Ordi-

nance.• Authorized the use of City property

on North South Street for the Crossroads Youth Football League.

• Revised the City’s Employee Wage and Salary Plan to include incremental salary adjustments on an average of 3-5 percent across the board for Fiscal Year 2013-2014.

The Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District board of directors on Tuesday opted to move an unexpected surplus in fees from a water transporter into a fund to ensure contin-ued water quality testing in the county and particularly in the Smiley area.

In approving the district’s 2013-14 op-erating budget, as well as the budgets for the district’s two Well Mitigation Funds, the board was told the district would be receiving an additional $10,000 in unex-pected fees from the canyon Regional Wa-ter Authority over the next year, and board member Barry Miller moved those funds be shifted to specifically fund groundwater quality testing.

During the public comment portion of the meeting, former Smiley Mayor Donnie Janicek and Cost resident Pat Rosato had urged the increased testing. Janicek said the increased pumping activity because of oilfield exploration and production had drawn down the city’s well and could en-danger the city’s water supply.

“Smiley sits about two miles from the ‘bad water’ (geological) line,” Janicek said.

“Please keep a watch on our water quality. The mayor told me this morning the Smi-ley well (level) is dropping) ... and Smiley doesn’t have the money to treat water.”

Rosato echoed Janicek’s concerns, and also urged the board to consider expand-ing the Western and Eastern mitigation funds because oilfield activity will contin-ue to impact landowners with irrigation wells.

The board voted to set the district’s tax rate at .0050 per $100 valuation.

In other action, the board approved sev-eral irrigation well renewals and new per-mits, but tabled action on a request for an exception to the district’s mitigation rules by one landowner whose well had run dry. The landowner had contracted with an outside agent for an emergency lowering of his well pump, but the district’s rules re-quire the mitigation work be done from a list of approved contractors.

The contractor used had not responded to the district’s previous advertisement to establish its list of approved contractors, and the board directed General Manager Greg Sengelmann to re-advertise the miti-gation opportunity to enable other con-tractors a chance to get on the list.


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at the same time to increase the speed of communications.

Cruise suggested replacing the two ex-isting Sheriff ’s Department servers with a newer, single server which would have dou-ble the capacity. An upgrade to the backup system would also move backups out of the departmenty to a secure location.

Commissioners approved the upgrades, also asking Cruise to provide a more de-tailed assessment of the county’s computer systems at a future meeting.

Also Monday, the Court approved a bid from CST Brands, Valero for a parcel of

county-owned property on Loop 131. The property will be used as part of the en-trance to a new Valero convenience store location.

In other action Monday, the Court:• Approved an updated County purchas-

ing policy;• Approved advertisements for flexible

road base materials and liquid asphalt;• Authorized maintenance of the Texas

Community & District Retirement System plan for 2014;

• Approved a number of budget amend-ments and announced the court will meet to formally adopt the 2013-14 tax rate on Sept. 16.

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NIXON – The Nixon City Council on Monday approved and discussed putting the Nixon Volunteer Fire Department’s old fire truck out for public bids.

Several months ago, the city had pur-chased a new and modern fire truck for the fire department. The older 1987 Seagraves fire engine that is no longer in use and ser-vice will be put out for bids soon, with an official public advertisement in the news-paper.

“It is not in good working condition,”

said City Manager George Blanch. “It is just sitting there and needs lots and lots of work.”

Interested persons will be able to bid up until Oct. 11, at which date bidding will be then be closed. The bids will then be opened at the Oct. 14 City Council meet-ing, where the council will then select and approve the highest bidder.

Also during the meeting, the council ap-proved the date of Sept. 23 for a meeting to approve the annual budget and approve the set property tax rate for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. The proposed property tax rate is at $0.3856 per $100 valuation.


By BAIN SERNA

Cannon Correspondent

Yoakum holds tax rate steadyIn commemoration of the sacrifices made by firefighters on 9/11, the staff at the Gonzales H-E-B on Wednesday treated Gonzales firefighters to lunch to honor their dedication. Helping lay out the spread were H-E-B employees David No-vosad, Debra Havel, Jose Silvestre, Donna Spahn, Lisa Arnic, Melody McBride, Leodeli Galvan and B.J. LaBuhn. (Photos by Dave Mundy)

Barnes told the Council that CSA had a lengthy record of experience on similar projects, including a $44 million project in McAllen and a project in Portland similar in scale to the one proposed for Gonzales.

Council members also approved the preliminary and final plats for Avalon Park LLC for the 1835 Village, but Barnes said changes proposed by the developer will force Avalon Park to re-plat and re-submit the project in the next few weeks.

The subdivision is planned for on 55 acres on the northeast side of town, a tract known to locals as the ‘Burchard property.”

During Monday’s meeting, the Council also reviewed preliminary plans for the proposed Library construction from ar-chitects Richard Edwards, Tim Gescheidle and Ron Hobbs. The Council also heard a presentation on planned changes to the city’s employee retirement plan through the Texas Municipal Retirement System Plan.

During a special meeting Sept. 5, Coun-cil gave tentative approval to the city’s mar-keting plan to attract tourists, but council members offered some advice: let’s get vis-ible.

The Council voted 4-1 to approve the Tourism Marketing Plan as presented by Loretta Shirley of Rockin’ S Marketing, with Councilman Tommy Schurig casting the “nay” vote. Council gave its approval contingent on the city’s Tourism Advisory Board making regular reports on the effi-ciency of the advertising.

The plan would expend some $136,000 over the next year marketing the city in a number of travel and Texas-related maga-zines and websites, but several Council members voice the opinion the advertise-ments could be even more visible.

“I think billboards would be more visible than some of these $10,000 ads,” Council-man Clarence Opiela said. “I know when I’m leaving Dallas, I see billboards for visit-ing Shiner.”

Councilman Gary Schroeder said he’d been surprised to see nothing promoting the city in the Texas Municipal League magazine.

“Hello, Texas wouldn’t be here without us,” he exclaimed.

Shirley told the Council that she would re-investigate using highway billboard ad-vertising, but that her research had shown it often gets ignored by motorists.

“Some of those billboards are very ex-pensive, too,” she noted.

Schroeder later motioned for approval of the plan with the proviso the Tourism Ad-visory Board and Shirley consider at least some billboard marketing in the plan.

“Maybe you can shower us with bill-boards,” he quipped.

During the meeting, Council tabled for further study a proposal to provide a tax incentive for businesses locating in the city’s historic downtown district.

The policy initially proposed by Barnes would have provided a property-tax rebate to commercial projects built or renovated in the city’s historic district, but Barnes said the Council might want to consider expanding that area or even approving the rebate for those building new or redevel-oped homes in the district.

The Council directed Barnes to continue studying the issue and bring it back for ap-proval at the November meeting.

In other action, the Council:• Approved an update to the city’s per-

sonnel policy allowing employees to sell up to 24 hours of sick time back to the City;

• Reviewed the city’s Comprehenisve Financial Audit for the fiscal year ending March 31;

• Established a policy allowing Mayor Bobby Logan and Barnes to administra-tively approve letters of support for various organizations seeking grants;

• Approved the sale of beer by the Knights of Columbus during Come and Take It;

• Approved the holding of a Pet Parade on Confederate Square Oct. 26 to benefit the Gonzales Learning and Career Center;

• Approved the operating budget for 2013-14 for the city and the Gonzales Economic Development Corp. and set the city’s tax rate at $.1845 per $100 valuation;

• Authorized the pass-through of credit-card charges when used to pay for various permits.

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Saturday, September 7, 2013 had on hand: 1,928 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and year-lings sold $1-$2 lower. Packer cows sold steady to $2 lower.

Stocker-feeder steers: Medium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $225-$235; 300-400 lbs, $190-$230; 400-500 lbs, $170-$185; 500-600 lbs, $149-$165; 600-700 lbs., $138-$141; 700-800 lbs, $132-$135.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $91-$105.Stocker-feeder heifers: Medium and large

frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $175-$210; 300-400 lbs, $165-$175; 400-500 lbs, $142-$160; 500-600 lbs., $135-$143; 600-700 lbs., $127-$132.

Packers cows: Good lean utility and com-mercial, $75-$80; Cutters, $79-$85.50; Can-ners, $61-$68; Low yielding fat cows, $69-$76.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $97-$105; light weights and medium quality bulls, $85-$94.

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Nixon LivestockCommission ReportThe Nixon Livestock Commission Inc. re-

port had on hand, September 9, 2013, Volume, 1,622, 151 cows, 18 bulls.

Steers: 200-300 lbs, $182 to $192 to $275; 300-400 lbs., $150 to $160 to $220; 400-500 lbs, $141 to $151 to $185; 500-600 lbs, $131 to $141 to $159; 600-700 lbs, $124 to $134 to $147; 700-800 lbs, $115 to $125 to $141.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $162 to $172 to $265; 300-400 lbs, $139 to $149 to $195; 400-500 lbs, $127 to $137 to $163; 500-600 lbs, $123 to $133

to $180; 600-700 lbs, $116 to $126 to $162; 700-800 lbs, $112 to $122 to $130.

Slaughter cows: $65 to $88; Slaughter bulls: $82 to $103; Stocker cows: $900 to $1,100; Pairs, $900 to $1,400.

Hallettsville LivestockCommission ReportThe Hallettsville Livestock Commission Co.,

Inc. had on hand on September 3, 2013, 2,049; week ago, 2,095; year ago, 1,645.

A little lighter holiday run sold steady with last week’s strong sale. Demand continues very strong on the better quality classes of both heavier weight and lighter weights. Plainer types and fleshier types were a little slower.

Packer cows and bulls sold $1 lower.Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cut-

ter cows, $74-$90; lower dressing utility & cut-ter cows, $62-$74; light weight canner cows, $51-$62.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $100-$105.50; utility & cutter bulls, $94-$100; light-weight canner bulls, $84-$94.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200; $210-$245; 200-300 lbs, $200-$238; 300-400 lbs, $190-$230; 400-500 lbs, $167-$210; 500-600 lbs, $138-$169; 600-700 lbs, $136-$164; 700-800 lbs, $130-$138. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $190-$235; 200-300 lbs, $175-$215; 300-400 lbs, $160-$188; 400-500 lbs, $140-$172; 500-600 lbs, $132-$151; 600-700 lbs, $126-$1387; 700-800 lbs, $115-$133.

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Cuero Livestock Market ReportCuero Livestock Market Report on Septem-

ber6, 2013, had 1,852 head.

Had 216 cows and 11 bulls. The packer market was steady with past 4 weeks running. Numbers are up but demand is sufficient to hold at present price levels.

The calf market was a little weaker with plainer types being off $1-$3/cwt. Bigger heif-ers steady with last week. Bigger steers and bull calves were actually stronger by $1-$3/cwt. This left the lighter end of all calves (500 and under) being off $1-$3. This had been the trend all week. After being up to steady for several weeks, this could be considered more of a ‘cor-rection’ week. Demand was good all across the weights with no holes in the market.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $88-$98; lower grades, $70-$86.

Packer cows: breakers, $65-$75; boning, $65-$85; canners & cutters, $80-$89; light & weak, $50-$65.

Palpated, 26 bred cows, $88-$119.Pairs: 4 Pairs, $940-$1,280.Steer calves: under 200 lbs, $198-$240; 200-

250 lbs, $188-$240; 250-300 lbs, $155-$196; 300-350 lbs, $170-$195; 350-400 lbs, $167-$194; 400-450 lbs, $146-$188; 450-500 lbs, $152-$170; 500-550 lbs, $144-$159; 550-600 lbs, $141-$148; 600-700 lbs, $140-$149; 700-800 lbs, $136-$143.

Bull Calves: under 250 lbs, $182-$245; 250-300 lbs, $156-$209; 300-350 lbs, $183-$203; 350-400 lbs, $167-$192; 400-450 lbs, $149-$182; 450-500 lbs, $146-$161; 500-550 lbs, $137-$150; 550-600 lbs, $139-$142; 600-700 lbs, $130-$143.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $120-$129.Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs., $179-$205;

200-250 lbs., $172-$186; 250-300 lbs, $157-$185; 300-350 lbs, $155-$165; 350-400 lbs, $143-$162; 400-450 lbs, $143-$160; 450-500 lbs, $133-$150; 500-550 lbs, $137-$146; 550-600 lbs, $136-$154; 600-700 lbs., $137-$170 bra hfr; over 700 lbs, $110-$130.

Mary Adamek, last year’s band sweetheart and Justin Siegel, last year’s band beau flank Kymber-lie Malatek after presenting her as the 2013 Band Sweetheart during St. Paul’s Homecoming game last Friday. (Photo courtesy of Lori Raabe)

Rotarian Garth Vaz had the program on Aug. 13 and shared with us important aspects of wellness and preventative care. Also in attendance that day was Jerry Hardy. Jerry is the District Governor of Rotary this year. Pictured with President Josh Gray.

Rotarian James Alford had the program Sept. 3 and his guest speakers were Krisslynn Sexton and her mother Joyce Wilson. Krisslynn is a junior this year at GHS. She spoke on her trip to Sydney Australia this past summer were she competed in track. She expressed her gratitude to the community in sup-porting her in this endeavor. She looks forward to making the trip again in the summer of 2015.

Gonzales Odd Fellows Lodge #38, I.O.O.F. an-nounced the winners in their annual fund-raising drive recently.

Grand Prize #1 went to Michael Raindl; Grand Prize #2 went to Gary Ronshausen. These prizes made possible by: Sage Capital Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Lone Star Bank, and Randolph*Brooks FCU of Gonzales. First National Bank of Shiner and First Cast Guide Service ( Capt. John C Ashley ) of Shiner.

Other prizes and their sponsors included, in order: Cheyenne Pate (Fehner & Sons Grain, Gonzales); Ray Raley (Derek Grahmann & Foreverlast Hunting & Fishing); Branden Ulcak

(Michael Mercer Welding, Gonzales); Keith Fisher (Borrer Electric, Gonzales); Ross Hendershot (Larry Mercer); Mike Poklada (Linda Menking , Gonza-les); Raymond Malatek (Al-len’s Body Tech, Gonzales); Trey Sewalt (Apache Ex-press Care, Gonzales);Peggy Barnett (B&J Liquor, Gon-zales); Kenny Caka (H&H Cattle, Gonzales); David Mason (Lehmann Pipe & Cattle LLC, LaGrange, Tex);Brent Meskora; Brian Buesing; Larry Mercer; Philip Roeber; David Al-brecht; Frank Ball; Stepha-nie Gacke; Bradley Fehner; Sheila Yancy; Lori Linde-mann; Robert Hodge; Doug Janda; Charles Greive; Terry Towns; Phillip Storey; Mil-

ton Hines; Kevin Kessler; Milton Milton DeBrouva; Charlene Butler; Gary Gaither; and Peggy Barnett. Prizes 1-11 were donated by those listed in parenthesis.

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Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all who helped the Gonza-les Odd Fellows Lodge #38, I.O.O.F. in their fund raiser.

Pictured from left are John Lamprecht, Jr. Business Assoc. Wells Fargo Bank, Gonzales; Pam Parker Loan Assisant Lone Star Bank, Gonzales; Michael Raindl Grand Prize #1 $1000 Cabelas Gift Card; Gary Ronshausen Grand Prize #2 Bay Fishing trip with First Cast Guide Service; Ryan Spann V.P. First National Bank of Shiner; and Richard P. Wiesman V.P. Sage Capital Bank Gonzales.Not pictured Capt. John C. Ashley and Randolph*Brooks FCU, Gonzales.

Odd Fellows announce winners

The Gonzales Chamber of Commerce welcomed WOAI-TV of San Antonio as an honorary member recently. Making the presentation to the WOAI staff were Dai-sy Scheske, Sasha Kardosz and Charlie Gray. (Photo courtesy Gonzales Chamber of Commerce)

Another old Gonzales building has joined others undergoing renovations. Crews were cleaning up the first floor of the Joseph-Stahl building on Tuesday, the site of the old Guadalajara restaurant. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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API No.: 42-123-33285Classification: Fld. Dev. and Hori-

zontalOperator: BHP Billiton Pet (TXLA

Op) Co.Lease Name: Seifert BWell No.: 8HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)Total Depth: 14,000 feetDirection and Miles: 8.48 miles

NW. of NordheimSurvey Name: I.R. Foster, A-648Acres: 521.59


zontalOperator: BHP Billiton Pet (TXLA

Op) Co.Lease Name: Seifert AWell No.: 5HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


NW. of NordheimSurvey Name: I.R. Foster, A-648Acres: 298.47


zontalOperator: Burlington Resources O

and G Co. LPLease Name: Moore Unit AWell No.: 2Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

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of EcletoSurvey Name: I.W. Griffin, A-630Acres: 360

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and G Co. LPLease Name: Barnhart Unit CWell No.: 5Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


NW. of CueroSurvey Name: J. Bird, A-96Acres: 400



and G Co. LPLease Name: Barnhart Unit CWell No.: 3Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-


NW. of CueroSurvey Name: J. Bird, A-96Acres: 400


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Beall UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Total Depth: 11,800 feet

Direction and Miles: 8.6 miles SE. of Gonzales

Survey Name: B. Lockhart, Section 5, A-36

Acres: 903.46

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

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

2)Survey Name: D. Davis, A-12Direction and Miles: 9.8 miles NE.

of WesthoffOil: 461MCF: 675Choke Size: 10/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 4,878Total Depth: 17,227 feetPerforations: 12,286-16,973 feet


zontalOperator: Geosouthern Energy

Corp.Lease Name: Sonny Seifert AWell No.: 6HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)Survey Name: I RR Co, Section 59,

A-266Direction and Miles: 9.25 miles

NW. of YorktownOil: 806MCF: 1,440Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 6,165Total Depth: 17,995 feetPlug Back Depth: 17,886 feetPerforations: 13,100-17,876 feet

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

1)Survey Name: J. Hughes, A-29Direction and Miles: 8.8 miles NW.

of YoakumOil: 375MCF: 611Choke Size: 13/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 5,423Total Depth: 18,981 feetPerforations: 12,389-18,763 feet


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Floyd UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Survey Name: R. Alexander, A-91Direction and Miles: 6.25 miles NE.

of SmileyOil: 1,603MCF: 595Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: Yes

Tubing Pressure: 1,098Total Depth: 15,562 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,485 feetPerforations: 9,998-15,475 feet


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Daltrey UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Survey Name: R. Alexander, A-91Direction and Miles: 4.75 miles NE.

of SmileyOil: 1,813MCF: 626Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,038Total Depth: 15,665 feetPlug Back Depth: 15,591 feetPerforations: 9,974-15,530 feet


zontalOperator: EOG Resources Inc.Lease Name: Wootton UnitWell No.: 2HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Survey Name: J. Dillard, A-177Direction and Miles: 8.7 miles SE.

of CostOil: 1,613MCF: 804Choke Size: 32/64 of an inchFlowing: YeTubing Pressure: 869Total Depth: 13,707 feetPlug Back Depth: 13,623 feetPerforations: 10,090-13,505 feet


zontalOperator: Forest Oil Corp.Lease Name: Smith-Tinsley 1Well No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Survey Name: J. Tumlinson, A-444Direction and Miles: 8.9 miles SW.

of SmileyOil: 546MCF: 174Choke Size: 22/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 505Total Depth: 12,817 feetPlug Back Depth: 12,751 feetPerforations: 6,933-12,685 feet


zontalOperator: Forest Oil Corp.Lease Name: Mercier-Caraway 2Well No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Survey Name: R.S. Armstead, A-87Direction and Miles: 6 miles SE. of

SmileyOil: 660MCF: 52Choke Size: 21/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 560Total Depth: 12,468 feetPlug Back Depth: 12,305 feetPerforations: 6,725-12,422 feet


zontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF LLCLease Name: Barnhart (EF) BWell No.: 1H

Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)

Survey Name: L. Clements, A-143Direction and Miles: 15.8 miles SW.

of GonzalesOil: 382MCF: 326Choke Size: 16/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 2,256Total Depth: 16,361 feetPerforations: 10,710-16,168 feet


zontalOperator: Marathon Oil EF LLCLease Name: Barnhart (EF)Well No.: 12HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Survey Name: L. Clements, A-143Direction and Miles: 15.8 miles SW.









of GonzalesOil: 398MCF: 1,036Choke Size: 12/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 2,427Total Depth: 16,265 feetPerforations: 10,608-15,944 feet


zontalOperator: Rosetta Resources Op-

erating LPLease Name: Adele Dubose Unit AWell No.: 1Field Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

1)Survey Name: J. Humphrey, A-266Direction and Miles: 6.4 miles SW.

of SampleOil: 946MCF: 680Choke Size: 16/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 2,500Total Depth: 16,920 feetPerforations: 12,094-16,815 feet

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zontalOperator: Penn Virginia Oil and

Gas LPLease Name: Hefe HunterWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)Survey Name: L. Hafner, A-229

Direction and Miles: 5 miles NW. of Shiner

Oil: 1,641MCF: 1,518Choke Size: 14/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 3,850Total Depth: 17,111 feetPerforations: 12,580-18,170 feet



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

2)Survey Name: T. Toby, A-468Direction and Miles: 3.9 miles S. of

MoultonOil: 655MCF: 1,674Choke Size: 18/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 2,907Total Depth: 17,262 feetPerforations: 12,908-17,189 feet



Gas LPLease Name: Platypus HunterWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville (Eagle Ford-

2)Survey Name: D. Burket, A-4Direction and Miles: 2.1 miles N. of

MoultonOil: 1,651MCF: 1,512Choke Size: 28/64 of an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,742Total Depth: 18,198 feetPerforations: 11,300-18,111 feet


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Gonzales County Courthouse DeedsAugust 1-31Huth, Sherry to S.E. Dryer Land Development and

Dreyer Land Development, S.E., w/d, 47.02 Acres J D Clements A-9 & John McCoy A-45 Svys.

Stephenson, Pamela Jean and Wallace, Pamela Jean (AKA) to Baker Jr, Emmet J. and Baker, Judy L., w/d, 0.506 of an Acre, Joseph Dillard Svy, A-177.

Tilson Home Corporation to Avalon Park Gonza-les Development, LLC, w/d, 12.32 Acres (Pt. Lts. 10-11, Rg. 9) East of Water Street, Outer Town Gonzales.

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

Deloach, Dorothy to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 84.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Wharton, La Donna Y to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 84.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Wharton, Charles to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 84.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Harvey, Ruth Marie to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 11.70 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-37.

Tisdell, Rosemary to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 84.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Thomas, Doris Evelyn to Perez, Michael Steven, w/d, Royalty Int. in 373.06 Acres, J A Archer, L C Ju-rey & E Pullen Svys, Gonzales & Caldwell Counties.

Priestley, Cynthia to Argent Energy (US) Holdings, Inc., o/l, 18.00 Acres, James Gibson Svy, A-374.

Barnhardt, Velna to Argent Energy (US) Holdings, Inc., o/l, 18.00 Acres, James Gibson Svy, A-374.

Evans, Oliver to Argent Energy (US) Holdings, Inc., o/l, 18.00 Acres, James Gibson Svy, A-374.

Hughes, Valerie to Argent Energy (US) Holdings, Inc., o/l, 18.00 Acres, James Gibson Svy, A-374.

Gantt, Willie W. (Indiv. & Extr) and Wilkinson Sr, Richard W. (Estate) to Argent Energy (US) Holdings, Inc., o/l, 18.00 Acres, James Gibson Svy, A-374.

Sutton, Lois M. (Trustee), Sutton Jr Revovable Living Trust, Alfred A. and Sutton Revocable Living Trust, Lois M. to Lexington Investments I, L.P., w/d, 0.27 of an Acre (Pt. Lt. 14, Tier 2) East of Water Street, Orig. Outer Town Gonzales.

Thompson, Marilyn C. Morgan to Shiner, Janet Al-icen, w/d, 167.482 Acres, John Cain A-281 & George Tumlinson A-109 Svys.

Marriage LicenseBouler, Tyson Ellis and Fougerat, Kelsey Beth.Riojas, John Michael and Bednarczyk, Rebecca

Ann.Hall, Gregory J. and Caddell, Star D.Whisenant, Jared J. and Hall, Brandy A.Assumed NamesRhodes, Scott – Speedy Emergency Lights, Gon-

zales.Rhodes, Scott – A-1 Pilot Car Services, Gonzales.Walker, Walter Bill – A&A Contracting, Inc., Gon-

zales.Baros, Josh – S Fencing, Victoria.Young, Douglas – Doug’s Painting & Remodeling,

Leesville.Wilke, Marshal - Wilke Shredding, Gonzales.Hernandez, Oliver & Hernandez, Carlos – Broth-

ers Grajales Coffee, Gonzales.Stone, Katherine Elizabeth – Pristine Cleaning

Service, Nixon.West Jr., Fred – West Motors, Gonzales.Dang, Giao – Top Nails, Gonzales.

AgriLife WorkshopThe Texas AgriLife Extension Service will host a Fall Weed

and Brush Workshop on Friday September 13 at the Luling Foundation Farm located at 523 South Mulberry Street in Luling from 9 a.m. until noon. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. Three TDA CEU’s will be offered to pesticide applicators.

Topics to be covered at the program will include “Brush Management”, “Broad Leaf Weed Management”, “Planning for next year”, and “Plant Identification.” Participants will also get to view broad leaf herbicide trials that are established at the farm.

Please pre-register with the Guadalupe County Extension Office by Wednesday September 11th at 830-303-3889 to en-sure an accurate count of handouts. Registration is $10.

Individuals with disabilities should contact the office at least two days prior to the event so accommodations can be arranged. For more information or to pre-register for the event contact the Guadalupe County Extension office at 210 E. Live Oak in Seguin, 830-303-3889.

Jamaica Garage SaleSacred Heart Annual Jamaica Garage Sale, Saturday, Sep-

tember 14, 10 a.m. - ? St. John St, church grounds. Accepting donations. For more information, call Isabel Mata, 830-672-8034.

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 will be provided by the Kerr Creek Band, with an auction, silent auction and drawing help-ing to raise funds for the Leesville Cemetery and area high school scholarship program.

Geronimo VFW DanceWYATT ARP & the Deep Water Band will be playing true

country dance music at the Geronimo VFW Post 8456, 6808 N Highway 123, Geronimo, on Friday, Sept. 13, 7:30-11:30 pm; kitchen/door opens a.t 6 pm. $8 donation. Hall is smoke free and open to everyone. Reservations 830-303-9903/379-1971.

Walk classThere will be a Walk Class/Leslie Sansone DVD offered at

First United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, conducted by Wesley Nurse Shirley Goss, RN. The class is free to the public

Flex-Tone classThere will be a Flex & Tone Exercise Class offered at First

United Methodist Church at 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The class is conducted by Wesley Nurse Shirley Goss, RN and is free to the public.

CWJC classesNew this semester at Christian Women’s Job Corps will be

Freedom classes: Mondays 8:30-10:30 beginning Monday, September 9, led by Julie Winton. Also scheduled will be a Women’s Bible study, “From Dream to Destiny” by Robert Morris, Tuesday mornings 10 - 11:30, Tuesday afternoon 1:30-3 p.m. led by Sherry Poe and Irene Rinehart

For details, call Sherry Poe at 830-857-4960 or come by 721 St. Louis - The Bethany House.

DAR LuncheonThe Thomas Shelton Chapter of the Daughters of the Amer-

ican Revolution will hold a Constitution Week Luncheon on Saturday, September 21.

The luncheon will begin on noon and be held in the Fellow-ship Hall of the First Methodist Church.

Moulton ReunionThe Moulton High School Reunion for 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. followed by a short meeting. A dance will follow from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. with music by the Red Ravens. A fee of $12.50 per person includes a catered meal and dance.

The classes of 1961, 1962 and 1963 will be honored as they have or are celebrating their 50th anniversary since the last reunion.

Graduating classes through the class of 1976 will receive written invitations in mid-August--but the reunion is for any-one and everyone who ever attended Moulton High School.

Those who need to provide a new address or those not identified to receive a written invitation or need more infot-mation should contact Dennis Ellinghausen (361-596-7721) or e-mail [email protected] or Tony Janak (361-596-8185). The Last reunion was held in 2010.

Gardening ClassesThe WIC Wellness Garden offers free weekly gardening

classes to WIC participants and WIC eligible public every Fri-day.

Classes are at 9 a.m. (April-September) or 11 a.m. (October-March). The garden is located right outside of the WIC office, located at 229 St. George St. in Gonzales.

Dietitian Cynthia Green and Gonzales Master Gardeners will teach you how to grow your own food for your family almost anywhere and anyhow you want. Please join us and go home with some delicious produce.

Go to fns.usda.gov/wic to learn more about WIC eligibility, or call the WIC office at 830-672-7083.

Vietnam VeteransVietnam Veterans meet the first Thursday of each month at

6:30 p.m. at the Hotel Texas in Hallettsville. Any veteran serv-ing during the period of 1957-1975 is invited to join. For more information, call Don Williams at 361-798-1499.

Crossroads EquestriansThe Crossroads Equestrian Club meets every second Thurs-

day. New members are welcome. For details contact Glenda Klimitchek at 361-798-2899.

Child CareNeed child care? Contact Workforce Solutions. The Gonza-

les office of Golden Crescent Workforce Solutions offers help in locating affordable child care for those who are workingm attending school/college or in training. You must meet eligi-bility requirements. For details, contact the office at 830-672-2146 or visit www.gcworkforce.org.


Sept. 12, 1866On this day in 1866, the first producing oil

well in Texas came in at a depth of 106 feet at Oil Springs in Nacogdoches County. The Melrose Petroleum Oil Company, which had been organized in December 1865 by Lyne Taliaferro (Tol) Barret and four partners, began drilling in the summer of 1866. Taliaferro, a Na-cogdoches County merchant born in Virginia in 1832, had first contracted to lease 279 acres near Oil Springs in 1859, but the Civil War put a temporary halt to his exploration. The first well produced about ten barrels a day, but the low price of oil and the political unrest accom-panying Reconstruction made the develop-ment of the field unfeasible. Barret suffered extensive financial losses and returned to the mercantile business in Melrose. Later he saw the field developed with an oil boom in 1887. Barret died in 1913. Though he received little acclaim during his lifetime, in 1966 memorial markers were dedicated at his grave in Mel-rose and at Stephen F. Austin State University to mark the 100th anniversary of the drilling of the first producing oil well in Texas.

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The Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital met at 2 PM Tues-day, August 27, 2013 in the hospital dining room with 12 members and one guest present. Guest speaker Deb-bie Nance of the Radiology Department gave a brief pro-gram about the bone densi-tometer now available in our Hospital. She described the procedure to do the test/s she also noted the importance to this test because bone prob-lems are silent, mostly with-out symptoms unknown until a bone is broken. Attendance prizes were won by Robert Bennett and Irene Oakes.

In July 267 volunteer hours were worked with One-Hun-dred hours bars earned by Robert Bennett (his total is 601), Elizabeth, Bennett (her total is 3,511, Irene Oakes(her total is 608) and Billy Dumas (her total is 2,203). It was an-nounced that Dot Henderson will be working in the Gift Shop on Friday afternoons.

New merchandise has been ordered and we are checking the collector doll supply to make sure we have adequate supply for the holidays Dyna DuBose was thanked for cro-cheted baby and child head-bands she has made, now for sale.

There are no new scholar-ship applications however there are changes to actions by two recipients. Tamara Jefferson is undecided about her studies and will not be going to classes, (her schol-arship was $1,500). William Brasfield has opted to drop out of school (his scholarship was $3,000). Arrangements are being made for refunds back to our Scholarship fund.

Announcements: Carol

DuBose described and re-ported about the very im-portant need there is for each person to plan for and have available the two documents MEDICAL DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS AND THE MEDICAL POWER OF AT-TORNEY. Members were urged to pick up the blank forms at the Nurse’s Station in the Hospital and record their personal wishes about medical care near the end of life. President Koricanek an-nounced the T.A.H.V. Con-vention will be September 19th in San Antonio is any member wants to attend.

September 24th will be a Luncheon Meeting at 11:30 AM at Gonzales Food Mar-ket. The meal will cost $8.50/plate. Betty Fink will bring dessert. They will be a sign up sheet posted in the Gift Shop.

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It’s ‘Calico Season’ in GonzalesIt’s Calico Season in Gon-

zales!A new trend in fash-

ion wear? Not exactly. It’s a trend, but it’s not happening in clothing, it’s at the Friends of Gonzales Animal Shelter (FOGAS).

FOGAS has a stylish col-lection on hand of calico kittens and cats like no other year. You can take advantage of this Fall trend during their month-long calico event. During September, FOGAS has lowered their adoption fees to $37.50 for the first calico you adopt and just $50 for two, if you choose a sec-ond calico.

Of course, there are many other sizes and colors to choose from. FOGAS is open Monday through Fri-

day from 3-5 p.m. and Satur-day from 1-4 p.m.

Become a friend and you can follow them on Face-book at Friends of Gonzales Animal Shelter or check out their website www.gonzales-cats.webs.com or www.Pet-finder.com by entering the

zip code 78629, or call the shelter at 830-857-1616 and mention the word “calico.”

You can always stop by FOGAS, located at 505 St. Francis Street in downtown Gonzales, and let one of the calico cuties pick you out.

Jolie is one of several adorable calico kittens avail-able at a discounted adoption rate at the Friends of Gonzales Animal Shelter (FOGAS) throughout the month of September. (Photo courtesy of FOGAS)

Earning 100 Hours bars were Robert Bennett (his to-tal is 601), Elizabeth Bennett (her total is 3,511) Irene Oakes (her total is 608) and not pictured Billy Dumas (her total is 2,203).

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Hopping on for the busJean Reese exorts those attending Saturday’s Gonzales Youth Center Birthday Celebration and Benefit to ante up. The annual gala helped raise more than $60,000 toward buying a new bus for the center, which provides transportation for students using the facility and also for various field trips. Donations are still needed. Contact Pat Anders Ryan at [email protected] if you wish to add a donation. (Photo courtesy Jo Ann Liefeste)

On September 8, First Lutheran Church of Gonzales celebrated with nearly 10,000 congregations across the USA the 25th Anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

“God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday is an opportunity to celebrate our 25th anniver-sary as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America — one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor.

The ELCA is a church that rolls up its sleeves and gets to work. On Sept. 8, across the USA nearly 4 million members, nearly 10,000 congregations joined for a dedicat-ed day of service.

On Saturday, Sept. 7 members of First Lutheran will clean the Jewish cemetery off the Harwood road as they remembered and honored not only their Lutheran, but also the Jewish heritage of their faith.

On Sunday, Sept. 8, First Lutheran joy-fully invited the community to join them in celebration in worship at 10:30, under the theme “Always being made new”, and after worship for lunch in the Fellowship Hall.

This Sunday will also mark the begin-ning of the “Explore God” sermon and study series, held at First Lutheran, as well as in other Gonzales churches, in our effort to create meaningful and helpful conversa-tions among people of any or even no faith convictions.

On Saturday, September 7th members of First Lutheran cleaned the Jewish cem-etery off the Harwood road as they remember and honor not only their Lutheran, but also the Jewish heritage of their faith. Pictured from left are: Paul Watkins, Brent White, Steve Pirkle, Marilyn Neuse, Beverly Pirkle, Teresa Heximer, Savannah Hex-imer, Grace Watkins, Nathan Neuse, Gloria Haug, Richard Krum, Pastor Ildiko Rigney, Gary Heximer, Herb Karnau, Elgin Heinemeyer, Carlos Rigney, Eric McKinney, Darrell Haug.

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Gonzales County Judge David Bird signed a proclamation declaring Sept. 17-23 Constitution Week. Shown with Judge Bird are Daughters of the American Revolution, Thomas Shelton Chapter members Constitution Week. Chairperson Nancy Seitz (left) and regent Melanie Petru (right). (Photo by Mark Lube)


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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

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

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

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

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

EpiscopalEpiscopal Church of the Messiah721 S. Louis, Gonzales (830) 672-3407

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

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

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

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

Henson Chapel United Methodist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

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

Emmanuel Fellowship1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian Fel-lowshipHwy. 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 Fellowship207 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 Gonzales3.3 miles north on 183, Right on CR 235, Right on CR 236

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gonzales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

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In San Antonio I was the proud owner of my personal Botanical Gardens. Literally hundreds of vines, plants, bushes and ornamental trees graced ev-ery square foot of my front, back and side yards. Like most Master Gardeners, I was addicted to greenery of all kinds and needed a chlorophyll-fix daily. My plants lived in perfectly amended soil; each receiving the proper light, moisture and nutrients. Hun-

dreds of worms were purchased to keep the soil aerated and Lady Bugs and Praying Mantis were imported to keep the bugs away. Needless to say…everything I planted thrived.

Our move from San Antonio to the country meant having to carefully uproot and transport at least 6 specimens of everything I owned. This was an arduous task that only a fanatic gardener and devoted husband would under-take. We filled our 16’ trailer to capacity 4 times before we were able to complete the mission and all arrived at their new home in fine condition.

However, this new environ-ment with its sandy loam was foreign to me. Transplanting my pampered treasures with-out having them go into shock required a delicate balance in temperature, soil, water and the right location. I placed them all under the shade of a tree, water-ing them daily as I studied the environments around my prop-erty, then began to design my new garden to ensure that they received just the right amount of shade and light, and were pro-tected from these high winds. Since sandy soil does not have the nutrients needed to make plants flourish, adjustments to the soil were made.

Great care, time and money were spent on keeping hun-dreds of plants alive and well nourished. But, it paid off. They began to grow and blooms of all colors and fragrances sprung forth; attracting hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. I was in heaven again! Every morning I’d take a quiet stroll, with cof-fee cup in hand, to start my day meditating on God’s goodness and creative genius. That is, until the morning the cows came.

That horrible morning, in-stead of peace and beauty, I was greeted by complete chaos and destruction. The first thing I noticed was that my very ex-pensive specimen tree had been uprooted by the cow still chew-ing on one of its branches. I soon realized that most of my one-of-a kind-plants had been eaten to the ground. The blood drained from my head for a moment, and rapidly rose again when I saw dozens of cows partaking of the few plants still standing. As frightened as I am of cows (remember I am a city gal), I charged at them full force. They bolted in all directions as I ran frantically waving my hands yelling non-sense at the top of my voice. My husband shot out of the house, ran interference to keep the cows from running over each other, and herded them to safety as I stood in stock looking at the mess they’d left

behind.Not realizing that cattle pro-

prietors consider cows of more importance than landscaping I took the liberty of mentioning this incident to the person who owned the cows, hoping for at least an apology. The gentleman looked blankly at me, nodded his head and bid me a good day. His response surprised me, but I worked hard at considering his perspective and managed not to get offended.

However, I began to hate cows. Just watching them graze in the neighbor’s field made my blood boil. The nerve!!! I hated them a lot for a very long time. Then, one day I noticed how every animal expresses itself according to its nature, and re-solved that none of them can help doing what they do. So, I forgave them.

Years later this incident helped me understand, and for-give, the way some people are. Paul describes these people by their behavior to the Galatians, saying; ‘it is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repet-itive, loveless, cheap sex; a stink-ing accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trin-ket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small minded and lopsided pursuits; the vicious habit of depersonalizing every-one into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable additions; ugly parodies of community.’ (The Message)

The bible says that we are all born with this craving to appease our desires, and will continue to ‘feed the compul-sions of selfishness’ if we don’t choose to let Christ control our lives. Salvation changes our self-centered nature into one that is motivated by God’s Spirit. Paul tells us what happens when we live God’s way… ‘He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an or-chard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willing-ness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.’ Wouldn’t it be wonderful to see this type of transformation in abrasive, abusive people?

Let’s not take offense or hate people who can’t help behav-ing the way they do. It’s in their nature. Let’s pray for a change in their hearts instead.

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You know Samson has been watching TV and he is so disgusted. He said that this is the craziest thing he has ever seen. He even called his side kick Pe Pe in to watch TV with him. Samson said that when he went to catch a mouse he didn’t go out and tell all the mice that he was soon going to make a raid on the mouse kingdom. Sam-son said that he kept all of his information a secret be-cause he didn’t want them to beef up their resources. But here was this guy speaking from a microphone telling the whole world who he was going to strike and when, and with what. Samson said things were bad over there but things were bad here too. And you had to consider

that despite what that man with the microphone said that a cat had to keep on eat-ing so he would have to keep on catching mice. It sure was going to be hard to keep it down to one tasty mouse meal. Then Samson wonders what excuse the guy in the big White House is going to use then. And Samson woke up from the most horrible dream he had ever had.

The annual fundraiser for

the Belmont Volunteer Fire Department is September 21st. Ask any member of the fire department how you can help or to buy raffle tickets.

September has five Sun-days so Belmont United Methodist Church has their Breakfast before their sing-ing service. So come and join them in the newly renovated Belmont Community Center for breakfast.

The Belmont Community Center Club will be meeting at their regular time at the center on the 4th Tuesday, Sept. 24th.

The pumpkins are com-ing. Over at the Monthalia United Church the pump-kins are scheduled to arrive soon or the pumpkin patch, so get ready.

PRAYER TIME: Joe Kot-wig, Mr. Bill, Jesse Esparza; Bill and Marie Lott, Louise Jones, Sandy Ingram, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, “Sarge” Duncan, Rhonda Pruett, Aunt Frances Gandre, Bub-ba and Sara Roecker, Glenn Mikesh, Lillie Lay, Maria Castillo, Phyllis and Alton Oncken, Selma Vickers, Landis, Keith Glass, Teresa Wilke, Linda Denker, Case Martin, Sandi Gandre, Aunt Betty Gandre, Margie Men-king, Joy Carson, Richard Hidalgo Jr., Arthur Casa-res, Shirley Dozier, Marie Schauer, L.A. Lindemann, Jr.;Graham Kelley, Esther Lindemann, Anna Linde-mann, Lanny Baker, Judy Wilson, Bob Young, Mar-guerite Williams, and our military and their families, and for some rain for this parched earth, and for those who a near the wild fires in CA

We need lots and lots of prayers for L. A. Lindemann, Jr. He is in St. David’s Hos-pital in Austin. He is to be started on radiation to help shrink a mass that is pressing on a vital organ and causing a lot of pain. We are all pull-ing for you LA and praying too.

They had a great Grand-parents Day at Monthalia United Methodist Church. They had fruit, little pigs in the blanket, blueberry loaf bread—that even those on weight watchers could eat. Lori Lindemann went to vis-it with her father in Texana Nursing Home for the day.

Save your little box top things and give them to Lori Lindemann. They can ac-quire useful items for kids in school with them. Fix a little jar in the kitchen to put them in because they are usually on cereal boxes, hamburger helper boxes etc. Lately I have seen on several newer types of items. Every little bit helps.

For those out there who are playing Peewee football and the next one above it, I hope that you are having fun while you learn some-thing. Sean Allen is a coach in Gonzales. It takes a lot of dedication and time on their part too. I don’t mean any of-fense, but the Pee Wee play-ers are so cute because their pads on their suits etc. makes them look like nothing but a football uniform rolling around out there on the field. Then when they try to get up off the ground, they fall right back down on the ground!!

They are so short that falling doesn’t hurt them. My great great nephews Quinn and Gavin play near Seguin.

Please be careful as every-thing is very dry. The Ko-moll’s had a little grass fire. The grass is waving high. When the wind is blowing, it will catch what is left of the grass and burn like crazy. We have a chance for rain from the coast, so pray that we get some. And we did get some.

We just had a little shower today with thunder, wind, and everything. It was great. The world here welcomed it with open arms. It smells so great and settled the dust. Yesterday it bypassed us and it was a big swirl of dust that came our way.

Oh they are having an ex-hibit of paintings at the Oil Patch Museum in Luling un-til this Friday. Some of these paintings are for sale. Our friend Sandra Zoboroski has three paintings on exhibit and for sale. She did not start painting until recently. There are several others from around our area that have them on exhibit. It is a short notice, but maybe you would have time to see it.

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BASTROP — Water clear; 87–91 degrees. Black bass are fair on chartreuse and chartreuse/white Rat–L–Traps over grass. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, nightcrawlers, and punchbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

BELTON—Water stained; 80–84 degrees; 11.65’ low. Black bass are good on watermelon spinnerbaits and trolling Rat–L–Traps. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on hot dogs, stinkbait, and shrimp. Yellow catfish are good on live perch and live shad.

CEDAR CREEK —Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 6.23’ low. Black bass are good on swim jigs, small swimbaits and bladed jigs – deeper fish being caught on Carolina rigs and deep diving crankbaits around brush piles. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on topwaters and Sassy Shad. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines.

FAYETTE — Water stained. Black bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait, liver, and shrimp over baited holes under trees.

SOMERVILLE — Water murky; 84–88 degrees; 6.61’ low. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are fair on chartreuse striper jigs and slabs. White bass are fair on minnows and small spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and white tube jigs. Perch are good on worms. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.

WEST GALVESTON BAY — Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Trout and redfish are good in the surf on live bait and topwaters. Offshore is good for kingfish, ling and dolphin. Tarpon have been caught along the beachfront.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY — Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over mid–bay reefs. Trout are good for waders over reefs on topwaters and plastics. Trout and redfish are good over mud on live mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY — Trout are fair over sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish and black drum are fair to good at Shell Island and Twin Island on live shrimp. Offshore is good for ling, tuna and swordfish.

PORT O’CONNOR — Trout and redfish are fair to good on topwaters and live bait over sand, grass and shell in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp and small topwaters.

ROCKPORT— Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp and Gulps. Redfish are good on piggy perch and shrimp around Mud Island and Estes Flats. Trout are good over shell in St. Charles Bay.

PORT ARANSAS — Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Redfish are good for waders around Pelican Island on Gulps. Offshore is good for dolphin, ling, kingfish and tuna.

CORPUS CHRISTI — Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on piggy perch, Gulps and live shrimp. Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp and piggies.

BAFFIN BAY — Trout are good on topwaters and soft plastics around deep rocks and grass. Redfish are fair to good on the flats on small topwaters and Gulps. Trout are fair to good on soft plastics under a popping cork on the grass in the Land Cut.

PORT MANSFIELD — Trout are fair to good on topwaters on the edge of the channel and around sand and grass along spoils. Redfish are good on the sand on small Super Spooks and SkitterWalks. Offshore is good for kingfish, dolphin, ling and tuna.

SOUTH PADRE — Trout are good along the ICW on shrimp and plastics under a popping cork. Snook are fair in South Bay and around the jetties on DOA Lures and live shrimp.

PORT ISABEL — Trout are good at Three Islands on DOA Shrimp and topwaters. Redfish are good on the Gas Well Flats on shrimp and mullet. Trout are fair to good along the edges of the channel on live bait.

ATHENS—The 28th season of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Toyota ShareLunker program will begin October 1.

Anyone legally catching a 13-pound or bigger largemouth bass from Texas waters, public or private, between October 1 and April 30 may submit the fish to the Toyota ShareLunker program. Fish will be picked up by TPWD personnel within 12 hours.

Anglers entering fish into the Toyota ShareLunker program receive a free replica of their fish, a certificate and ShareLunker clothing and are recognized at a banquet at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. The person who catches the season’s largest entry will be named Angler of the Year. If the Angler of the Year is a Texas resident, that person also receives a lifetime fishing license.

Prizes and funding for the banquet are provided by Toyota, which also provides a Tundra pickup truck for use in picking up and returning the majority of lunkers and their offspring.

The numbers to call to report a

ShareLunker catch remain the same. The voice number, which is answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the season, is (903) 681-0550. If poor cell phone service prevents use of the voice number, anglers can leave a phone number (including area code) at (888) 784-0600. That number is also monitored 24/7 during the season.

Whether you expect to catch a ShareLunker or not, it’s a good idea to program those numbers into your phone before the season begins. Also, if you have a scale, check its accuracy. If you don’t have one, find a place near where you fish that has a certified scale and will weigh fish, such as a feed store, grocery store or bait shop. Official ShareLunker weigh and holding stations have been established at a number of reservoirs; a list is at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/visitorcenters/tffc/sharelunker/holding/.

For complete information and rules of the ShareLunker program, tips on caring for big bass, a list of official Toyota ShareLunker weigh and holding stations and a recap of last year’s season, see www.tpwd.state.tx.us/sharelunker/. The site also

includes a searchable database of all fish entered into the program along with pictures where available.

Information on current catches, including short videos of interviews with anglers when available, will be posted on www.facebook.com/sharelunkerprogram. “Like” this page and you can receive notification and photos of catches as soon as they become available.

ShareLunker entries are used in a selective breeding program at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens. Some of the offspring from these fish are stocked back into the water body from which they were caught. Other ShareLunker offspring are stocked in public waters around the state in an attempt to increase the overall size and growth rate of largemouth bass in Texas.

The Toyota ShareLunker Program is made possible by a grant to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation from Gulf States Toyota. Toyota is a long-time supporter of the Foundation and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, providing major funding for a wide variety of education, fish, parks and wildlife projects.


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Contest Rules1. Any business can enter.2. Fill out an entry form asattached. Or.....3. Call Main Street at 672-28154. Fall Decorations can be any-thing you come up with. Use your imagination!5. Judging will be held on October 2, 2013. First, Second, and Third place winners will be announced.6. This event is sponsored by the Gonzales Main Street

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ATHENS — Individuals or organizations that have made a lasting contribution to freshwater fishing in Texas may be nominated through December 31 for

induction into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.

Nominations may be made in the categories of industry, angler or media. The nominee must be a Texan or Texas organization. Individuals

may be either living or deceased. Selection will be made by an independent committee; induction will take place during the annual Hall of Fame banquet at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.

Prior inductees include

Floyd Mabry, Jackie Hewlett, R.D. Hull, Bob Kemp, Nick Crème, Charlie Inman, Sugar Ferris, Leonard Ranne, Earl Golding, Kathy Magers, the Sabine River Authority, Skeeter Boats, Michael (“Shorty”) Powers, Ray Murski, Albert S. (“Buddy”) Bradley, Richard M. Hart, William B. (“Doc”) Shelton, Charlie Pack, Paul Hinton, Edward Bond, Philip Durocher, David Campbell, Tommy Martin, Lonnie Stanley and Edward Parten.

Members of the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame committee include Philip Durocher, former director of the Inland Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD); Dave Terre, chief of management and research for the Inland Fisheries Division of TPWD; Alton Jones, professional angler; Dan Kessler, Assistant Director of Transportation for the North Central Texas Council of Governments and a member of the Texas State Bass Tournament committee; Dale Rabe, retired, former General Motors executive, current small business owner and member of the Texas State Bass Tournament committee.

Also, Amanda Murski, owner, Murski-Breeding Sales Company; Tim Cook, owner of Cook’s Sharpening Service and conservation director for the Texas BASS Federation Nation; Bob Lusk, publisher of Pond Boss magazine and private waters management consultant; Buddy Bradley, retired, formerly customer relations manager for T.U. Electric and advisor to Shakespeare Tackle Company and Bomber Bait Company; Dr. Billy Higginbotham, professor and extension wildlife and fisheries specialist, Texas A & M University; and Richard Ray, anchor/reporter for Fox4 News in Dallas/Fort Worth.

Nomination forms and instructions are available on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department web site or by calling (903) 670-2255.

Lanny Smalley of Athens, Ala., caught this 13.0-pound largemouth from a private pond near Ben Wheeler in 2012 on a black-and-gold spinner bait. The fish was 26.75 inches long and 18.25 inches in girth.

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By SHANNON SIEGEL

Special to The Cannon

Gonzales schools did well in the first re-lease of the state’s new accountability sys-tem, with three campuses earning recogni-tions in various categories.

The State of Texas introduced a new school-ratings system this year which uses a number of criteria to rank school districts and campuses against other cam-puses which have similar demographic makeup, trustees were told by curriculum director Ron Bragg. The new standards rank districts either as “Met Standards” or “Needs Improvement,” and GISD earned the former ranking.

Individual schools were also measured on their performance in several content areas based on the performance of demo-graphic groups on the new STAAR tests. Gonzales Junior High earned a recogni-

tion for its students’ performance in Eng-lish/Language Arts, while North Avenue Intermediate and Gonzales Elementary both earned recognition in Math. GE also earned a recognition for Student Progress, judging students’ progress from one year to the next.

During the meeting, trustees also rec-ognized the achievements of FFA students from Gonzales High School. This spring, the students competed in the Texas Parks & Wildlife Ag Clays State Trap Event and earned a number of awards, taking first place in the boys’ team and girls’ team competitions and second place in the mixed-team event, as well as a number of individual recognitions.

Superintendent Dr. Kim Strozier report-ed the district has 2,766 students enrolled, and “we expect to hit 2,800 soon.” During the first few weeks of class, the district had a 99.18 percent attendance rate.

The first full day of classes for students of the Shiner Catholic School (St. Ludmila Elementary/St. Paul High) began Aug. 12. School days begin at 8:00 a.m. and dismiss at 3:25 p.m. for grades K-12.

Pre-Kindergarten for 3 and 4 year olds also began Aug. 12.

CAFETERIALunch prices are: $2.50 for grades Pre-

Kindergarten through 2nd, $3.00 for grades 3 through 6, and $3.50 for grades 7 through 12; and $4.00 for adults. Extra milk is 40¢. Shiner Catholic School does not participate in the National School Lunch Program. However, assistance is available for families. Any questions re-garding this should be directed to the prin-cipal.

BAD WEATHERThe Shiner Catholic School will use the

facilities of radio stations KYKM 94.3 Yoa-kum and KTXM 99.9 Hallettsville; KCTI (1450 AM) Gonzales to inform parents of the cancellation of a school day or any change in the school day hours in the event of severe weather. Announcements will be made through the facilities of these radio stations as early as possible.

FACULTY AND STAFFFaculty and staff members reported for

five days of in-service training, which be-gan Monday, August 5.

“BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT”On Wednesday, August 7, the school

hosted a “Back to School Night”. During the early afternoon, all classrooms were open for students and parents to meet the teachers. Elementary students were en-couraged to bring their school supplies and backpacks. Students in grades 6-12 picked up their class schedules in the Cafeteria. A mandatory meeting for all PK3-12th grade parents was held in the church. Immedi-ately following was a meeting for 5-12th grade parents of athletes in the church. The Cardinal Athletic Booster Club host-ed its annual “Meet the Cardinals” in the school cafeteria for athletes in grades 5-12.

Shiner Catholic School is a very special place. We are blessed to have the oppor-tunity to carry out our mission each and every day with the 324 children who are placed in our care. ‘Preparing the Children of God for the Kingdom of God...since 1897’ has been a 116-year tradition for the community of Shiner.

SCS Celebrates Grandparents DayThis past Friday, September 6, the Shiner

Catholic School celebrated Grandparents Day. All parents and grandparents were invited to join the students and faculty in worship and Mass celebration. Immedi-ately following Mass, grandparents were welcomed to visit the classrooms at St. Ludmila and St. Paul. They then met in the Parish Dining Hall to enjoy coffee, juice, pastries and conversation. The St. Paul High School Student Council was in charge of serving and assisting the Grandparents.

Student Council mem-bers Sam Wenske, Victoria Kusak, and Kyle Chunda welcome visitors to Grandparents Day. Principal Neely Yackel, standing in center, was on hand to welcome the many grandparents to Shiner Catholic School’s annual Grandparents Day celebration.

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Members of the Gonzales High School FFA Shooting Sports Team were honored during Monday’s GISD Board of Trustees meeting.

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A much better job by the Yoakum Bulldogs in their second game against Sin-ton, despite falling 35-28 and to 0-2 on the year.

Head coach Brent Ko-rnegay said Yoakum made improvements in Week 1.

“We averaged 6.5 yards a play on offense and I felt that was a good night for us,” he said. “The offensive line did better. We just need to keep getting better.”

Yoakum will face the high-powered Hallettsville Brahmas at 7:30 p.m. to-morrow in Hallettsville.

The Brahmas routed Ga-nado 43-6 and shut down Shiner 39-0 in their first two games.

The Bulldog offense will need to control the line of scrimmage and continue to be physical to match up against Hallettsville’s very stout defense.

Yoakum’s top play mak-ers are Tre’Vontae Hights, Terrence Hall, T.J. Hights, Chase Hermes and Ausitn McCoy.

Yoakum’s defense will have their hands full with all of the weapons on the Brahmas’ offense including quarterback Nate Kowalik, running back Tim Shep-

pard, running back Kaden Hardt and wide outs Jima-rio Grounds, Dalton Her-rington and Trenton Mc-Gee.

“Our defense has to make sure the secondary coverages are correct and get to where their wide re-ceivers are,” Kornegay said. “We cannot let them have the big play.”

Flatonia at SomervilleThe Flatonia Bulldogs

are riding a little higher after notching win No. 1 of the season, a 21-0 shut-out of Hallettsville Sacred Heart last week.

“We played better, we played hard, and we played physical,” Flatonia head coach Chris Freytag said. “Both of our lines con-trolled the line of scrim-mage, we protected the football, forced turnovers and played well on spe-cial teams. Overall, a good game for us.”

The Yeguas are 0-2 on the season after a Week 1 loss to Thorndale, 54-12.

“They are an athletic team and are improved from last year,” Freytag said. “Their players are playing hard.”

The Yeguas run a spread attack on offense and throw the ball 60 percent of the time. Quarterback Nathan

Coronado returns from last year and will be helped out by running back Jarrette Hallford, wide receiver Ke-anu Graves and offensive lineman Tristan Like.

“We will have to contain their speed and tackle well,” Freytag said.

Somerville runs a 3-4 defense with man-to-man coverage in the secondary. Key players on the defense are lineman Eduardo Vega and linebacker DeMarcus Foster.

Freytag said Flatonia must run their ball-control offense and protect the football.

Blanco at LulingLuling takes its 2-0 re-

cord up against the Blanco Panthers in the second straight home game for the Eagles.

“Our boys found a way to beat a team that was real good last year,” Luling head coach Colby Hensley

The Panthers are also perfect after two games with wins against Canyon Lake and Comfort.

“Blanco is very disci-plined and does not make a lot of mistakes,” Hensley said. “They are physical and the kids know their assign-ments.”

Blanco runs the Wing-T on offense, with the leading

rushers Adrien Domin-guez (33-167) and Colton Elrod (20-122). Quarter-back McKay Adamson had 46 yards rushing with one touchdown and has com-pleted 12-of-18 passes for 162 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.

“We have to make sure our defense wins the line of scrimmage and deals with all of the pulls and traps from Blanco’s line,” Hens-ley said.

Linebacker Aikmon El-rod has 20 tackles this sea-son to lead the Panthers’ 4-3 defense.

“We did a good job of blocking in our first two games and must get better against Blanco. We have get on and stay on our blocks,” he said. “Our line and re-ceivers have done well to contribute to our offen-sive success, and we must not have any breakdowns against Blanco.”Nixon-Smiley at Yorktown

The Mustangs close out non-district at Yorktown on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

“We did some good things against Three Rivers but we had too many turn-overs,” Nixon head coach Carlton McKinney said. “Fumbled six times and lost two of them. We need

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Heads UpBy MARK [email protected]

Area PreviewsYoakum up against tough road test, travels to #10 Hallettsville

PREVIEWS, Page B2

GONZALES – The Gon-zales Lady Apaches volley-ball team officially gradu-ated from perfecting the finer points of the game to more advanced strategies and plays.

Gonzales (7-13) swept the Poteet Lady Aggies, 25-8, 25-9, 25-9, Tuesday evening at the GHS Special Events Center.

“We have done all of the little things right,” Lady Apache head coach Sarah Moreno said. “We got our technique down and we are moving to all of the right spots.”

The Lady Apaches are playing with lots of energy after their second straight home win and second win in three matches.

“The girls are pumped. I am pumped,” Moreno said.

Gonzales will now move to the advanced stages with district looming.

“It is time to take things to the next level,” More-no said. “We are going to working on some different plays (in preparation for district).”

Gonzales was behind a little in the opening set 2-0, but came back 5-4 on an ace from Cassidy La Fleur and a kill from Molly Bar-nick. Gonzales then went on a 15-3 run with a Dany-elle Glass ace, three aces from Madison Musick, a

Kendall Fougerat kill, a Brittany Walker kill and a kill by Alex Finch. Later, kills from Brianna Miller and Glass finished off the set for the Lady Apaches.

In the second game, aces from Fougerat and La Fleur, along with kills from Glass and Barnick put the Lady Apaches ahead 11-3. Poteet was able to score a couple of points, closing down to 16-5.

Gonzales then ended the second set on a 9-4 run to go up 2-0 in the match, getting the final point on a Miller kill.

In the third set, the Lady Apaches opened an 11-5 lead on service from La Fleur and Musick to go along with kills from Finch, Brittany Walker and Foug-erat.

Gonzales continued with seven more straight points on the service of Danielle Flowers and two plays from Fougerat.

The Lady Apaches scored seven of the next 11 points, including a kill by Gretchen Singleton, to close out the match.

The Gonzales junior var-sity won 2-0 (25-7, 25-16) and the freshman won 25-10 and 25-21.

Gonzales will host an alumni game at 6 p.m. this Friday at the GHS Special Events Center. All former Lady Apache players are in-vited to attend.

By MARK [email protected]

Bailey Connell gets the ball back over the net while teammate Danyelle Glass looks on during Gonzales’ win over Poteet Tuesday night. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Anessa Carrizales serves the ball for the Gonzales 7th Grade B volleyball team during Monday’s match against Yoakum. For more volleyball action, see roundup on page B4. (Photo by Mark Lube)

If you coach junior high athletics, you love sports or working with youngsters.

Or both.The Gonzales Junior

High has three new coaches for girls athletics — Sahara Bragner, Brooke Schneider and Jordan Pinson.

“My job is fun and I like being around kids,” Brag-ner said.

Bragner is a 2008 gradu-ate of Victoria Memo-rial High School where she competed in basketball and track. She graduated from Texas Lutheran Uni-

versity in May 2012 with a degree in Kinesiology and was a Para Professional for

to clean that up.”Nixon has next week

open and travels to Karnes City on Sept. 27 for its first district game.

“We need to make sure we are sharp against York-town,” he said.

Yorktown is 1-1 on the season as well after falling short to Goliad, 28-7, last week.

The ‘Cats are multiple on offense as they use slot, veer and spread formations.

“It will be a good test for our defense because Karnes City runs all three forma-tions,” McKinney said.

Quarterback Jacob Gar-cia anchors the offense with the help of tailback Logan Romans and fullback Bran-don Smith.

On defense, Yorktown lines up in the split and the main player is linebacker Trevor Reed.

“Our offense will need to know what they are doing,” McKinney said.

Shiner at SchulenburgThe Shiner Comanches

have another tough match up as they travel to Schul-enburg for a 7:30 p.m. game tomorrow.

“Schulenburg is an-other top notch team on our schedule,” Shiner head

coach Steven Cerny said. “They have lots of speed and are sound on defense.”

Schulenburg’s offense is a spread attack and will also lineup the quarterback under center. Quarterback Ross Bluadu (28-of-47, 473 yards, three touchdowns, three interceptions) has size, strength and a big arm.

“We expect them to pass a lot,” Cerny said.

His main receiving target will be Jeff Larara ( 13-280, two touchdowns) and the Shorthorns’ leading rusher is Dameien Houston with 113 yards on 13 carries.

“We have to prevent big plays and contain their speed,” Cerny said. “We have to be able to tackle in the open field because if you make a wrong move, they are gone.”

Schulenburg runs the 5-2 on defense with a size-able line, strong and quick linebackers with a good secondary.

Gerardo Montoya is the team’s leading tackler this year with 15 total tackles.

“We have to improve our timing and our reads on the veer attack,” Cerny said.

Cuero at Beeville JonesThe Gobblers head to

Beeville after garnishing their first win last week against Victoria West, 35-

28.Cuero fans can expect

another good rushing ef-fort from running back D’Anthony Hopkins on the offensive side of the foot-ball with help from Tre Miles and Zech Hopkins.

The Trojans are 0-2 on the season following last

week’s 55-21 setback to Corpus Christi Ray.

Jones’ offense will be run through quarterback Cam-eron Kremers and will be helped by fullback Tristan Pelitire. The Trojan defense will lead on the field by linebacker Jacob Flores.

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ScoreboardFootball

District 26-3A Standings District Overall La Grange 0-0 2-0Cuero 0-0 1-1Giddings 0-0 1-1Gonzales 0-0 1-1Smithville 0-0 0-2Yoakum 0-0 0-2Last game results – Bastrop 28, Gonzales 8; Sinton 35,Yoakum 28; La Grange 28, Columbus 14; Marble Falls 69, Smithville 25; Wimberley 26, Giddings 14 Friday’s game schedules – La Grange at Brookshire Royal, 7:30 p.m.; Liberty Hill at Smithville, 7:30 p.m.; Victoria West at Cuero, 7:30 p.m.; Yoakum at #10 Hallettsville, 7:30 p.m.; Giddings at Bellville, 7:30 p.m.

Game SummariesBastrop 28, Gonzales 8

Score by QuartersB 14 7 0 7–28G 8 0 0 0– 8Scoring SummaryG - Alyas Ramirez 1 run (Brant

Philippus run), 1st, 10:14B - Cameron Barron 41 run

(Alejandro Levya kick), 1st, 8:45B - Logan Allen 14 pass from

Barron (Levya kick), 1st, 3:27B - Mason Homesley 10 pass

from Barron (Levya kick), 2nd, 5:24

B - Allen 42 pass from Barron (Levya kick), 4th, 1:46

Team Stats G B First downs 8 12Rushes-yds 39-214 35-179Passing yds -1 157Passing 3-4-0 11-19-1Punts-yards 4-138 1-44Fumbles-lost 4-3 1-1Penalties-yds 4-30 6-35Individual StatsRUSHING — Gonzales: Alyas

Ramirez 17-131, D.J. Gonzales 8-45, Brant Philippus 7-(-1), Dar-rance James 4-22, Aaron Hunt 3-17. Bastrop: Cameron Barron 14-115, Carrington Waites 11-33, Mason Homesley 7-21, Izaiyah Washington 2-15, TEAM 1-(-5).

PASSING — Gonzales: Philip-pus 3-4-1-0. Bastrop: Barron 11-19-157-1.

RECEIVING — Gonzales: James 2-(-3), Alyas Ramirez 1-4. Bastrop: Logan Allen 5-83, Mason Homesley 3-50, Izaiyah Washing-ton 2-16, Dior Smith-Carter 1-8.

Sinton 35, Yoakum 28Score by QuartersY 0 14 7 7-28S 6 22 7 0-35Scoring SummaryS-Tyler Handson 24 run (kick

blocked)Y-Tre’Vontae Hights 67 run (Ed-

gar Maravilla kick)S-Handson 2 run (pass failed)S-Nick Zepeda 30 pass from

Handson (Eloy Estrada pass from Handson)

Y-Hights 52 run (Maravilla kick)S-Zepeda 32 pass from Handson

(Estrada pass from Handson)Y-Hights 17 run (Maravilla kick)S-Handson 91 run (John Guz-

man kick)Y-Austin McCoy 16 pass from

Chase Hermes (Maravilla kick)Team Stats S YFirst downs 20 19Rushes-yards 39-249 38-283

Continued from page B1

PREVIEWS: Mustangs want to sharpen up on the road at Yorktown

Passing yards 253 94Passes 13-24-0 10-20-1Penalties-yards 7-70 6-45Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-0Punts-average 1-36 3-15.6Individual StatsRUSHING — Yoakum:

Tre’Vontae Hights 19-188, T.J. Hights 6-51, Terrance Hall 8-39, Dantey Eldridge 1-5, Jared Garza 1-4, Chase Hermes 3-(-4). Sinton: Tyler Handson, 19-171, John Guz-man, 16-69, Auggie Rendon 2-5, Colton Cohea, 1-4, Ethan Owens, 1-0.

PASSING — Yoakum: Hermes 5-11-56-1, Tre’Vontae Hights 5-9-38-0. Sinton: Handson 13-24-253-0.

RECEIVING — Yoakum: Aus-tin McCory 3-36, Miguel Resen-diz 2-23, Tre’Vontae Hights 2-17, Casey Morrow 1-12, Garza 1-12, Hall 1-(-6). Sinton: Nick Zepeda 5-136, Mark Villareal 3-24, Jared Acosta 2-39, Guzman 2-27, Ryan Murphy 1-27.

Cuero 35, Victoria West 28Score by QuartersVW 7 7 7 7-28C 14 0 14 7-35Scoring SummaryVW-Zevaught Shelton 66 run

(Ernesto Perez kick)C-D’Anthony Hopkins 2 run

(Pearson Reese kick)C-D’Andre Gallagher 17 run

(Reese kick)VW-Anthony Navarro 23 run

(Perez kick)C-Hopkins 4 run (kick blocked)VW-Jacob Armstrong 28 pass

from Anthony Navarro (Perez kick)

C-Hopkins 1 run (Colby Ebrom pass from Jared Venor)

C-Hopkins 74 run (Reese kick)VW-Shelton 2 run (Perez kick)Team Stats C VWFirst downs 21 21Rushes-yards 46-353 40-240Passing yards 55 124Passes 6-8-0 12-22-1Penalties-yards 3-28 3-15Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1Punts-average 1-39 2-16Individual StatsRUSHING — Victoria West:

Anthony Navarro 25-120, Zevaughn Shelton 8-83, Qualian Bryant 4-20, Gamarquis Girdy 2-14. Cuero: D’Anthony Hopkins 24-202, Tre Miles 6-86, Zech Hop-kins 6-26, D’Andre Gallagher 1-17, Tristan Barefield 2-16, Jared Venor 4-9, Hunter Fales 1-(-1), team 1-(-2).

PASSING — Victoria West: Na-varro 12-22-124-1. Cuero: Vernor 6-8-55-0.

RECEIVING — Victoria West: Jacob Armstrong 7-76, Girdy 2-22, Malcolm Peoples 2-12, Qaulian Bryant 1-14. Cuero: Gallagher 2-21, Pearson Reese 2-16, Brenden Pupi 1-12, Cole Liendo 1-6.

District 15-2ADI Standings District Overall Luling 0-0 2-0Marion 0-0 2-0Jourdanton 0-0 1-1George West 0-0 0-2SA Brooks 0-0 0-2SA Cole 0-0 0-2Last game results – Luling 63, Altair Rice 46; Marion 14, Karnes City 12; Ingleside 28, George West 7; Jourdanton 28, Stockdale 14;

Universal City Randolph 34, San Antonio Cole 25; San Antonio Cornerstone 35, San Antonio Brooks 18Friday’s game schedules – Blanco at Luling, 7:30 p.m.; Marion at Austin St. Michael’s, 7:30 p.m.; Orange Grove at George West, 7:30 p.m.; Jourdanton at Dilley, 7:30 p.m.; San Antonio Cole at Poth, 7:30 p.m.; San Antonio Brooks Academy at San Antonio St. Gerard, 7:30 p.m.

Game SummariesLulilng 63, Altair Rice

Consolidated 46Score by QuartersR 14 12 0 20-46L 21 28 7 7-63Scoring SummaryAR-Jordan Johnson 5 run (Greg

Roy run)L-Trayden Staton 6 run (run

failed)L-Brendon Cubit 1 run (Chris-

tian Herrera kick)AR-Roy 94 kickoff return (run

failed)L-Shaft Cubit 26 pass from Sta-

ton (Staton run)L-B. Cubit 2 run (Herrera kick)AR-Jordan Garner 8 run (kick

failed)L-S. Cubit 21 run (Herrera kick)L-Keeton Coe 47 fumble return

(kick failed)AR- Garner 2 run (kick failed)L-Josh Alvarez 12 pass from

Staton (Derek Franco pass from Staton)

L-Juan Ordonez 44 interception return (Herrera kick)

AR-Todd Nicholas 26 pass from Johnson (kick failed)

L-B. Cubit 66 run (Herrera kick)AR- JaQuad McGrew 45 pass

from Johnson (Johnson run)AR-Johnson 1 run (pass failed)Team Stats AR LFirst downs 14 15Rushes-yards 38-83 23-152Passing yards 238 174Passes 10-19-1 11-16-0Penalties-yards 11-76 9-67Fumbles-lost 6-3 2-1Punts-average 0-0 1-36Individual StatsRUSHING — Altair Rice: Jor-

dan Garner 17-54, Jordan Johnson 15-52, Todd Nicholas 2-3, Ronnie Frey 1-2, Lee Athey 1-(-9), Greg Roy 2-(-19). Luling: Brendon Cubit 11-107, Trayden Staton 9-34, Shaft Cubit 2-16, Juan Ordonez 1-(-3).

PASSING — Altair Rice: John-son 10-19-238-1. Luling: Staton 11-15-174-0, Ordonez 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING — Altair Rice: Nicholas 4-56, Garner 3-71, Turner Mattoon 2-66, JaQuad McGrew 1-45. Luling: S. Cubit 4-75, Josh Alvarez 2-36, Keeton Coe 2-35, B. Cubit 2-10, Desmond Cubit 1-18.

District 14-2ADI Standings District Overall Hallettsville 0-0 2-0Edna 0-0 1-1Hempstead 0-0 1-1Palacios 0-0 1-1Altair Rice 0-0 0-2Industrial 0-0 0-2Last game results – Hallettsville 39, Shiner 0; Refugio 42, Edna 19; Stafford 31, Hempstead 14; Luling 63, Altair Rice Consolidated 46; Ganado 34, Vanderbilt Industrial 7; Palacios 21, El Maton Tidehaven 0

Friday’s game schedules – Yoakum at Hallettsville, 7:30 p.m.; Columbus at Altair Rice Consolidated, 7:30 p.m.; East Bernard at Hempstead, 7:30 p.m.; Goliad at Edna, 7:30 p.m.; El Maton Tidehaven at Vanderbilt Industrial, 7:30 p.m.; Aransas Pass at Palacios, 7:30 p.m.

Game Summaries#12 Hallettsville 39, #6 Shiner 0

Score by QuartersS 0 0 0 0-0H 14 18 7 0-39Scoring SummaryH-Jimario Grounds 38 pass

from Nate Kowalik (Kowalik kick)H-Trenton McGee 19 pass from

Kowalik (Kowalik kick)H-Tim Sheppard 68 run (kick

blocked)H-Dalton Herrington 80 punt

return (kick failed)H-Kaden Hardt 3 run (kick

failed)H-Herrington 63 punt return

(Kowalik kick)Team Stats S HFirst downs 9 11Rushes-yards 48-140 18-90Passing yards 22 187Passes 2-9-1 13-20-1Penalties-yards 5-51 4-35Fumbles-lost 2-2 0-0Punts-average 6-39.0 3-18.3Individual StatsRUSHING — Shiner: Marcus

Coleman 13-49 , Chad Neubauer 6-42, Tyler Patek 16-31, Jacob Staf-ford 11-18, Blake Michalec 2-0. Hallettsville: Tim Sheppard 1-68, Kaden Hart 6-13 , Brent Motal 8-8, Dalton Herrington 1-3, Nate Kow-alik 1-1, Landon McAfee 1-(-3).

PASSING — Shiner: Patek 2-8-1-22, Stafford 0-1-0-0. Hallettsville: Kowalik 11-18-1-173, Motal 2-2-0-14.

RECEIVING — Shiner: Mi-chalec 1-13, Caleb Kalich 1-9. Hal-lettsville: Trenton McGee 4-84, Ji-mario Grounds 4-68, McAfee 2-14, Sheppard 2-11, Herrington 1-7, Motal 1-1.District 15-2ADII Standings

District Overall Bloomington 0-0 1-1Karnes City 0-0 1-1Nixon-Smiley 0-0 1-1Stockdale 0-0 1-1Cotulla 0-0 0-2Natalia 0-0 0-2Poth 0-0 0-2Last game results – Three Rivers 21, Nixon-Smiley 14; Marion 14, Karnes City 12; Bloomington 39, Agua Dulce 6; Jourdanton 29, Stockdale 14; Crystal City 30, Cotulla 19; Lytle 41, Natalia 13; Falls City 36, Poth 0Friday’s game schedules – Nixon-Smiley at Yorktown, 7:30 p.m.; Karnes City at Universal City Randolph, 7:30 p.m.; Bishop at Bloomington, 7:30 p.m.; Falls City at Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.; Hebbronville at Cotulla, 7:30 p.m.; Three Rivers at Natalia, 7:30 p.m.; San Antonio Cole at Poth, 7:30 p.m.

Game SummariesThree Rivers 21, Nixon-Smiley 14

Score by QuartersTR 7 7 7 0-21NS 7 7 0 0-14Scoring SummaryTR-2 run (kick)NS-Tristan Newman 3 run (Ed-

uardo Tovar kick)TR-22 run (kick)NS-Tom Palacio (Tovar kick)TR-33 pass (kick)Team Stats NS TRFirst downs 11 9Rushes-yards 40-195 37-164Passing yards 31 71Passes 4-6-0 3-7-0Penalties-yards 6-53 6-45Fumbles-lost 6-2 3-0Individual StatsRUSHING – Nixon-Smiley: Jar-

ed Van Auken 11-31, Tom Palacio 10-81, Tristan Newman 10-80, Sam Moore 4-20, Nick Peña 4-0, Justin Ramos 1-2, Kevin Martinez 1-2.

PASSING – Nixon-Smiley: Peña 2-2-10, Moore 1-2-9.

RECEIVING – Nixon-Smiley: Garrett Earlywine 2-13, Ramos 1-6.

District 15-ADI Standings District Overall Three Rivers 0-0 2-0Ganado 0-0 1-1Kenedy 0-0 1-1Shiner 0-0 1-1Yorktown 0-0 1-1Last game results – #10 Hallettsville 39, #6 Shiner 0; Three Rivers 21, Nixon-Smiley 14; Goliad 28, Yorktown 7; Kenedy 35, Pettus 6; Ganado 34, Vanderbilt Industrial 7Friday’s game schedules – Shiner at Schulenburg, 7:30 p.m.; Three Rivers at Natalia, 7:30 p.m.; Nixon-Smiley at Yorktown, 7:30 p.m.; Kenedy at Skidmore-Tynan, 7:30 p.m.; Van Vleck at Ganado, 7:30p.m.

District 13-ADI Standings District Overall Weimar 0-0 1-0Flatonia 0-0 1-1Holland 0-0 1-1Thorndale 0-0 1-1Thrall 0-0 1-1Last game results – Flatonia 21, Hallettsville Sacred Heart 0; Florence 23, Thrall 0; Jarrell 34, Holland 40, Granger 12; Weimar 12, Boling 11; Thorndale 54, Somerville 12 Friday’s game schedules – Flatonia at Somerville, 7:30 p.m.; Thrall at Jarrell, 7:30 p.m.; Weimar at Victoria St. Joseph, 7:30 p.m.; Moody at Holland, 7:30 p.m.; Florence at Thorndale, 7:30 p.m.

Game SummariesFlatonia 21,

Hallettsville Sacred Heart 0Score by QuartersHSH 0 0 0 0-0F 7 14 0 0-21Scoring SummaryF-Will Bruns 22 run (Jose Man-

zano kick)F-Marcus Mica 1 run (Manzano

kick)F-Mica 27 pass from Casen No-

vak (Manzano kick)Team Stats F HSHFirst downs 10 5Rushes-yards 42-133 29-78Passing yards 48 12Passes 4-7-0 2-9-1Penalties-yards 5-45 3-15Fumbles-lost 1-1 4-2Punts-average 3-40.3 3-15Individual StatsRUSHING — Sacred Heart:

Jonathan Vanek 17-47, Trent Janak 4-10, Scott Stoner 2-10, Hunter Janak 4-8, Dylan Jahn 2-3. Flato-nia: Will Bruns 16-66, Dalton Grif-fin 8-40, Mitchell Mica 8-25, Eddie

Manzano 3-7, Marcus Mica 4-3, Aaron Manzano 1-3, team 1-(-1), Casen Novak 1-(-10).

PASSING—Sacred Heart: Ston-er 1-3-6-0, Braden Popp 1-4-6-0, Hunter Janak 0-1-0-0, Trent Janak 0-1-0-1. Flatonia: Novak 2-2-36-0, Bruns 2-5-12-0.

RECEIVING — Sacred Heart: Vanak 2-12. Flatonia: Marcus Mica 2-35, Will Bruns 1-9, Novak 1-4.TAPPS DIII, Dist. 5 Standings District Overall Brazos Chr. 0-0 2-0John Paul II 0-0 2-0St. Joseph 0-0 2-0St. Gerard 0-0 1-1Sacred Heart 0-0 0-2St. Paul 0-0 0-2Last game results – Flatonia 21, Hallettsville Sacred Heart 0; Sugarland Fort Bend Christian 48, Shiner St. Paul 0; Bryan Brazos Christian 36, Snook 20; Bryan St. Joseph 61, Temple Holy Trinity 0; Schertz John Paul II 39, Austin Eastside Memorial 6; San Antonio St. Gerard 38, San Antonio Hawkins 28Friday’s game schedules – Normangee at Bryan Brazos Christian, 7:30 p.m.; Snook at Bryan St. Joseph, 7:30 p.m.; Austin Savio at Schertz John Paul II, 7:30 p.m.; San Antonio Brooks Academy at San Antonio St. Gerard, 7:30 p.m.

Game SummariesFort Bend Christian 48, Shiner

St. Paul 0Score by QuartersFBC 13 15 13 7-48SSP 0 0 0 0-0Scoring SummaryFBC-Jackson Beasley 16 run

(Konnor Mallot kick)FBC-Jacob Bruns 22 run (two-

point conversion failed)FBC-Bruns 10 run (Z. Felton

pass from Bruns)FBC-Bruns 9 run (Mallot kick)FBC-Cody Breeman 49 pass

from Bruns (Andrew Amend kick)FBC-Justin Wherry 34 run (kick

failed)FBC-Joshua Washington 55 run

(Amend kick)Team Stats SSP FBCFirst downs 15 15Rushes-yards 38-214 29-327Passing yards 59 99Passes 6-12-0 6-12-0Penalties-yards 7-65 6-35Fumbles-lost 2-2 0-0Punts-average 2-30.5 0-0Individual StatsRUSHING — Fort Bend Chris-

tian: Jacob Bruns 10-130, Jackson Beasley 8-70, Joshua Washington 2-66, Justin Wherry 7-53, Gunner West 2-8. St. Paul: T.J. Bell 16-121, Jed Janecek 7-66, Austin Barton 10-13, Marco Ynclan 2-10, Ryan Geiger 3-4.

PASSING — Fort Bend Chris-tian: Bruns 6-12-0-99. St. Paul: Barton 6-12-0-59.

RECEIVING — Fort Bend Christian: Alexander Pistorius 3-40, Kevin Imperio 2-10, Cody Breeman 1-49. St. Paul: Ynclan 4-37, Janecek 2-22.

GJH, Page B5


Bragner, Schneider, Pinson new coaches at Gonzales Jr. High

Sahara Bragner

Brooke Schneider

Jordan Pinson

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GONZALES – After be-ing nipped on the road at Bastrop last year, the Gon-zales Apaches were looking for a little retribution Fri-day night.

Unfortunately, revenge would not be in the cards as the Apaches were un-characteristically plagued by turnovers and untimely penalties to help the Bears walk away from “The Res-ervation” with a 28-8 win.

“I give credit to Bastrop because they came out in-spired and we came out flat,” said Gonzales head coach Ricky Lock. “We started off real good, but it went downhill from there. It’s just disappointing to get this kind of performance out of some of our players.”

“I thought we would play better than that, but we didn’t and I have to take some of the blame for that. But we’ve got some good football players in our locker room, so we’ll regroup. It’s not the end of the world, we’ve just got to get better.”

After racking up over 600 yards rushing a week ago, Gonzales could only manage 214 against the Bears. Alyas Ramirez led the way with 131 yards on

17 carries including a 60-yard run that surprisingly was the Apaches’ only play over 20 yards all game long.

“It was a frustrating night but the sun is going to come up tomorrow,” Lock said. “It might not be as bright as it was yesterday, but we’ve just got to get back to work. We have three more games to get things right.”

Gonzales scored on the game’s opening drive, a four-play set that was high-lighted by Ramirez’s long run and capped by his one-yard plunge.

Bastrop (1-1) answered in their initial drive by marching 65 yards in four plays to include Cameron Barron’s 41-yard scamper for a score.

The Apaches had their next drive stall, due in part to a 15-yard intentional grounding penalty, and things got worse when D.J. Gonzales’ punt attempt shanked off his foot and only traveled 17 yards.

Bastrop took advantage of the good field position and kept their drive alive when Barron threw com-plete to Mason Homes-ley for 32 yards on fourth down and four. Four plays later, Logan Allen caught a hitch pass and ran it in from 14 yards for another Bear touchdown.

Gonzales got a bit of lift later in the second quar-ter when Brant Philippus nearly intercepted a fourth down pass to give the Apaches the ball on their own eight. D.J. Gonzales got the first down carry, but lost the ball and it was recovered by Bastrop at the Apache 14.

Three plays later, Barron found Mason Homesley in the end zone from 10 yards

out and Alejandro Levya’s third extra point kick al-lowed the Bears to take a 21-8 advantage into the in-termission.

Bastrop returned the sec-ond half kickoff out to their 43, but the Gonzales de-fense began to stiffen from there. Zach Perez-Clack belted Carrington Waites on first down for no gain, then two plays later Barron was pressured into a bad

throw by Jordan Johnson and the pass was picked off by D.J. Gonzales to give the Apaches the ball at their 47.

However, Gonzales would fail to take advan-tage and ended up moving backwards because of an illegal chop block and a 10-yard sack of Philippus that brought up a third and 34.

Stalled penalty-ridden drives and decent punt-ing jobs held both teams at

bay throughout the rest of the third quarter and for most of the fourth. Bastrop would break through again late in the game when a 12-play drive culminated with a 42-yard bomb from Bar-ron to Allen with 1:42 left to play.

Gonzales (1-1) has a bye next week and will next play on September 20 at Austin Lanier.

Bastrop bounces Gonzales to spoil home opener

Gonzales running back Alays Ramirez finds the end zone behind the clearing block of Zach Perez-Clack (left) and D.J. Gonzales (32) during the first quarter of the Apaches’ loss to Bastrop last Friday night. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)


HALLETTSVILLE — In Friday’s home opener against Shiner, the Hal-lettsville Brahmas made no special adjustments or changes.

They just played their game to near perfection.

#12 Hallettsville (2-0) blanked the sixth-ranked 1A Shiner Comanches 39-0 as quarterback Nate Kowa-lik threw two touchdown passes to Jimario Grounds and Trenton McGee while backs Tim Sheppard and Kaden Hardt had one rush-ing touchdown each. Dal-ton Herrington ran punts of 80 and 63 yards back for touchdowns.

“We have a lot of respect for Shiner and know they are well-coached. We know we have to be on the top of our game to play and win

against people like Shiner,” Hallettsville coach Tommy Psencik said. “We were able to make a few plays. Noth-ing special. We just carried out a game plan.

He credited the success of the offensive and defen-sive lines in helping Hal-lettsville to victory.

“We had questions going into the season about our lines,” Psencik said. “We refer to our offensive line as ‘heroes’ because we depend on them that much. “

Shiner, which ran for 364 yards Aug. 30 against Industrial, was held by the Brahmas to just 140 yards on the ground.

“Going into this game, we knew Hallettsville was very good,” Shiner head coach Steven Cerny said. “We would have to play perfect to have a chance to win.”

Shiner had two high snaps on punts which led

to decent field position for Hallettsville and had trou-ble getting anything done on offense.

“We just did not exe-cute early on,” Cerny said. “Once the Brahmas jump on you 14-0, the momen-tum goes their way and they are going to start tee-ing off on you. We are not a throwing team. We can line up and try but it would not have fixed anything.”

He said what concerns him is Shiner being able to work on and improve on minor things.

The Brahmas took the opening kickoff and drove past the 50 but a couple of incomplete passes by Kow-alik forced Hallettsville to punt. They were able to pin Shiner at their 5. Shiner got as far as the 19 but had to punt as well and Halletts-ville had a short field to

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Hallettsville quarterback Nate Kowalik sidesteps pressure from Shiner’s Brian Kloesel during the Brahmas’ big win over the Comanches last Friday. (Photo by Mark Lube)



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drive, starting at the plus-38.

Two plays later, a pass by Kowalik in the flat to Jima-rio Grounds and a block by Herrington sent Grounds to the end zone and the 7-0 lead.

On the next drive, Shiner went three plays and out. Punter Hunter Mraz had to deal with a bad snap and just threw the ball out of bounds. The officials flagged Shiner for inten-tional grounding and Hal-lettsville got the ball at the Shiner 6.

The Comanche defense stepped up and made a play as Brian Kloesel picked off Kowalik and got the ball out the 30.

A few plays later, Hal-lettsville recovered a Tyler Patek fumble and three plays later, Kowalik hooked up with Trenton McGee for a 19-yard score and a 14-0

Brahma Lead.On the next drive, Shiner

got a nice 15-yard counter from Marcus Coleman but the drive eventually stalled and Mraz had another bad snap. The Comanches were fortunate as Hallettsville was called for a running into the kicker foul, giving Shiner a first down.

The Comanches got all the way to the Brahma 32 but on fourth down, Jacob Stafford was stopped shy of the marker and Halletts-ville took over.

Kowalik handed off to Tim Sheppard who raced up the sideline for a 68-yard score and it was 20-0 Brahmas.

On the next possession, Shiner got a first down on a rare pass — Patek to Blake Michalec for 13 yards to the Shiner 41. Five plays later, Shiner had regressed back to the 35 and had to punt.

Herrington fielded the ball at the 20, found some

space behind some blocks and was gone for a 26-0 lead.

Hallettsville went up 32-0 before halftime as they got another Shiner punt at the 36 and drove 63 yards in six plays. McGee hauled in a 42-yard pass from Kowalik to the Shiner 7 and two plays later, Hart scored from the 3.

In the third box, the teams traded a couple of turnovers and punts before Herrington ran his second punt back (63 yards) for a 39-0 lead with no time left in the quarter.

In the last half of the fourth quarter, Shiner had a very promising drive from its 36 to inside the red zone. Chad Neubauer and Cole-man had some productive runs but the game ended as Shiner was at the Brahma 15, with Michalec taking the last two snaps at quar-terback.

From coaches’ reports

SHINER – Shiner St. Paul fell to 0-2 on the sea-son as they were defeated, 48-0, by Fort Bend Chris-tian Friday in Shiner.

Fort Bend got a 16-yard run by Jackson Beasley and a 22-yard run by Jacob Bruns in the first quarter.

Bruns had scoring runs of 10 and nine yards in the second box. He threw a 49-yard touchdown score to Cody Breeman in the third while Justin Wherry had 34-yard run and Joshua Washington had a 55-yard run to cap scoring in the fourth quarter.

Bruns threw for 99 yards and led all rushers with 130 yards on the ground. T.J. Bell had 121 yards rushing on 16 attempts to lead St. Paul on offense.

Luling 63, Altair Rice Consolidated 46

LULING – The Luling Eagles could not help but be involved in another Arena Football-like shoot-out as they pounded Altair Rice, 63-46, in their home opener.

Rice opened scoring with a five-yard run by Jordan Johnson in the first box

and Luling got two scores – a six-yard run by Trayden Staton and a one-yard dive by Brendon Cubit. Rice ran a kickoff back for a touch-down and Luling ended the first quarter scoring with a 26-yard pass from Staton to Shaft Cubit.

Brendon Cubit got the first of four Eagle second quarter touchdowns on a two-yard run. Jordan Gar-ner got an eight-yard run for the Owls, followed by a 21-yard touchdown run by Shaft Cubit and 47-yard fumble return by Keeton Coe. Garner got a two-yard run and right at the end, Josh Alvarez hauled in a

12-yard scoring pass from Staton.

Luling’s Juan Ordonez returned an interception 44 yards for the only third quarter score and the Ea-gles led 56-26 at that point.

Rice outscored the Eagles 20-7 in the fourth quarter as Brendon Cubit scored on a 66-yard run for Luling.

Three Rivers 21, Nixon-Smiley 14

NIXON – The Nixon-Smiley Mustangs came close to starting the season at 2-0 but dropped a 21-14 decision to Three Rivers on

Colton Machart, (on the bottom) Reagan Beal and Travis Raabe combine to make this tackle during St. Paul’s game with Fort Bend Christian last Friday. Also shown is Connor Pruett (blocking #74) and Mar-co Ynclan (1). (Photo courtesy of Lori Raabe)

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Tre’Vontae HightsYoakumThe versatile Hights was

a one-man wrecking crew against Sinton, account-ing for 18 of the Bulldogs’ 28 points. He ran for 188 yards and three touch-downs, completed five of his nine passes and also caught two balls.

Honorable Mentions• D’Anthony Hopkins, Cu-

ero. Ran for 202 yards and four touchdowns in the Gobblers’ 35-28 win over Victoria West.

• Trayden Staton, Luling. Threw for 174 yards and two

touchdowns, plus ran in another score in the Eagles’ 63-46 win over Altair Rice Consolidated.

• Nate Kowalik, Hallettsville.

Completed 11 of his 18 passes for 173 yards and two touch-downs in the Brahmas’ 39-0 win over Shiner.

• Alyas Ramirez, Gonzales. Ran for 131 yards and a touch-down in the Apaches’ 28-8 loss to Bastrop.

• Brendon Cubit, Luling. Rushed 11 times for 107 yards and two touchdowns.

• Shaft Cubit, Luling. Caught four passes for 75 yards and also scored on each of his two runs.

• Tom Palacio, Nixon-Smiley. Had 10 carries for 81 yards and a touchdown in the Mustangs’ 21-14 loss to Three Rivers.

• T.J. Bell, Shiner St. Paul. Had a team-high 121 yards rushing in the Cardinals’ 48-0 loss to Sugar-land Fort Bend Christian.

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The Gonzales Lady Apach-es volleyball fell at Lytle, 22-25, 27-25, 25-20, 25-10.

Danyelle Glass had eight kills and Kendall Fougerat had seven kills. Cassidy La Fleur had 12 assists and Danielle Flowers had 13 as-sists. Molly Barnick had five blocks and Madison Muscik had 14 digs.

“We lost a very hard fought match. The girls played their hearts out and left it all on the court. This is some of the best volleyball I have seen from our team yet,” Gonzales head coach Sarah Moreno said. “Despite the loss, this match has set the bar for our upcoming matches. Intensity was strong and the fight just never wore off. Lytle played very well and never let up.”

The Lady Apaches junior varsity swept Lytle 26-24 and 29-25 while Lytle won the freshman match, 23-25, 25-18 and 25-18.

• The Flatonia Bulldogs swept Hallettsville Sacred Heart, 25-19, 25-13 and 25-16 on Friday to improve to 6-19 on the year.

Maecie Mikulenka had three aces, Alanis Ribera had three aces, Katie Steinhauser had three aces and four kills, Chandler Fike had four kills and Kylie Mica had 10 digs.

On Sept. 3, Flatonia fell to Shiner in 28-1A play, 25-23,

25-9, 23-25 and 25-19. Mi-kulenka had four aces, Sa-vannah Flood had nine aces and one block, Ribera had 21 assists and 10 digs, Fike had 10 digs.

For the Lady Comanches, Julianna Rankin had three aces, Amanise Coleman had 15 kills and eight blocks, Kristin Schacherl had 26 as-sists and 17 digs.

• The Yoakum Lady Bull-dogs defeated Goliad 3-1 (16-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-14) on Friday. Latrice Brown had 11 kills and 11 blocks, Reagen Renken had one ace, Callie Witte had one ace, 28 assists, and 12 points and Faith Hagan had 17 digs.

Yoakum fell to Victoria St. Joseph on Tuesday, 25-15, 24-26, 25-22, 25-7. Witte had 12 kills, 15 assists, two aces, 12 digs and 16 points, Jaccari Hights had 16 blocks, Sheyenne Chumchall had 12 digs and Hagan had 12 digs. St. Joseph won the JV match 25-4 and 25-21 and won the freshman contest, 19-25, 25-10 and 25-10.

• The Hallettsville Lady Brahmas fell to Columbus 25-11, 25-18 and 25-16 on Tuesday.

“The girls played very well. We are still moving forward which is all I can ask. I’m proud of the way we played,” head coach Megan Klim-itchek said.

Emma Wick had five kills,

Heather Henneke had eight assists and two blocks, Lana Hickson had two aces, Abby Fowlkes had two aces, Madi-son Schindler had nine digs, Sarah Smith had two blocls

• The Gonzales 7th A vol-leyball team swept Giddings 25-19 and 25-21 on Thurs-day. The 7th B team fell in two sets, 25-15 and 25-18.

The 8th B team won in three sets, 25-22, 19-25 and 15-13. The 8th A team lost 28-26, 21-25 and 15-11.

On Monday, Gonzales hosted the Yoakum Lady Bulldogs. The 7th B team swept Yoakum 25-13 and 25-14 and the A team lost in two sets.

The 8th B team lost in two sets and the A team fell in three games.

• Hallettsville Sacred Heart opened district with 3-1 (26-24, 9-25, 25-22, 25-14) win over Austin Waldorf on Tuesday.

Emily Harper had eight kills, Jami Shimek had eight kills, three aces and one block, Jaycie Orsak had 11 digs, Rachel Saulnier had 20 assists

“We had a great intense match to start district if you take out the second game,” Indianette head coach Wan-da Orsak said.

The Sacred Heart JV team won 25-14, 20-25 and 25-20.

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Cameron Ramirez lays a big stick on a Cuero ball carrier. The Gonzales Freshman White team manhandled Cuero 25-0 on Saturday morning at the GHS practice field. A roundup of last week-end’s CYFL action can be found on our website www.gonzalescannon.com.(Photo by Mark Lube)


Shiner grinds out win over Hallettsville

NOTICE

OF TAX REVENUE INCREASE

The COUNTY OF GONZALES conducted public hearings on August 26, 2013 and September 9, 2013 on a proposal to increase the total tax revenues of the COUNTY OF GONZALES from properties on the tax roll in the preceding year by 41.93 percent.

The total tax revenue proposed to be raised last year at last year's tax rate of $0.3554 for each $100 of taxable value was $7,220,181.

The total tax revenue proposed to be raised this year at the proposed tax rate of $0.2708 for each $100 of taxable value, excluding tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year, is $10,243,305.

The total tax revenue proposed to be raised this year at the proposed tax rate of $0.2708 for each $100 of taxable value, including tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year, is $10,311,234.

The Gonzales County Commissioners Court of COUNTY OF GONZALES is scheduled to vote on the tax rate that will result in that tax increase at a public meeting to be held on September 16, 2013 at COMMISSIONER'S COURT ROOM, GONZALES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 414 ST. JOSEPH ST. GONZALES, TX at 9:00 AM.

2013 Property Tax Rates in GONZALES COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT #1

This notice concerns the 2013 property tax rates for GONZALES COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT #1. It presents information about three tax rates. Last year's tax rate is the actual tax rate the taxing unit used to determine property taxes last year. This year's effective tax rate would impose the same total taxes as last year if you compare properties taxed in both years. This year's rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate the taxing unit can set before taxpayers start rollback procedures. In each case these rates are found by dividing the total amount of taxes by the tax base (the total value of taxable property) with adjustments as required by state law. The rates are given per $100 of property value.

Last year's tax rate: Last year's operating taxes $1,102,754 Last year's debt taxes $0 Last year's total taxes $1,102,754 Last year's tax base $2,162,262,745 Last year's total tax rate $0.0510/$100

This year's effective tax rate: Last year's adjusted taxes

(after subtracting taxes on lost property) $1,102,338

÷ This year's adjusted tax base (after subtracting value of new property)

$3,929,197,430

=This year's effective tax rate $0.0280/$100 (Maximum rate unless unit publishes notices and holds hearings.) This year's rollback tax rate:

Last year's adjusted operating taxes (after subtracting taxes on lost property and adjusting for any transferred function, tax increment financing, state criminal justice mandate, and/or enhanced indigent healthcare expenditures)

$1,102,338

÷ This year's adjusted tax base $3,929,197,430 =This year's effective operating rate $0.0280/$100 x 1.08=this year's maximum operating rate $0.0302/$100 + This year's debt rate $0/$100 = This year's total rollback rate $0.0302/$100

Statement of Increase/Decrease If GONZALES COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT #1 adopts a 2013 tax rate equal to the effective tax rate of $0.0280 per $100 of value, taxes would increase compared to 2012 taxes by $4,445.

Schedule A - Unencumbered Fund Balance The following estimated balances will be left in the unit's property tax accounts at the end of the fiscal year. These balances are not encumbered by a corresponding debt obligation. Type of Property Tax Fund Balance Interest Bearing Checking 564,035

Schedule B - 2013 Debt Service The unit plans to pay the following amounts for long-term debts that are secured by property taxes. These amounts will be paid from property tax revenues (or additional sales tax revenues, if applicable).

Description of Debt Principal or Contract Payment to be Paid from Property Taxes

Interest to be Paid from Property Taxes

Other Amounts to be Paid Total Payment

0 0 0 0

Total required for 2013 debt service $0 - Amount (if any) paid from Schedule A $0 - Amount (if any) paid from other resources $0 - Excess collections last year $0 = Total to be paid from taxes in 2013 $0 + Amount added in anticipation that the unit will collect only 100.00% of its taxes in 2013 $0

= Total debt levy $0

This notice contains a summary of actual effective and rollback tax rates' calculations. You can inspect a copy of the full calculations at 522 St. Matthew St., Gonzales, TX 78629. Name of person preparing this notice: Crystal Cedillo Title: Gonzales County Tax Assessor-Collector Date Prepared: 08/02/2013

Judson ISD in her first job before coming to Gonzales this year.

She teaches P.E. in addi-tion to coaching girl’s ath-letics.

“There is a lot of support from the other teachers,” Bragner said. “It is a chal-lenge getting the students motivated. My goal as a teacher and coach is be a positive influence on the kids’ lives.”

Schneider is no stranger to the area; she is a 2004 graduate of Yoakum High School where she took part in volleyball and soft-ball. She attended Howard Payne University, graduat-ing in 2009 with a degree in Exercise and Sports Sci-ence.

Schneider taught P.E. at Sealy Elementary from 2010 until 2013. She teach-es eighth grade English, history, science and math.

“I got into teaching and coaching because I love sports and I like kids. I love my job, the people I work with and I love Gonzales,” Schneider said. “I think it is a challenge to keep the kids enjoying athletics.”

She said her goal as a teacher and coach is to see her students learn a lot in the classroom and in ath-letics.

Pinson is a 2008 gradu-ate of Boling High School where he played football, basketball, track, tennis, golf and baseball at one point or another in high school. He is a 2012 gradu-ate of Texas State Universi-

ty, majoring in Exercise and Sports Science.

Pinson served as a stu-dent assistant coach for the volleyball, football and baseball teams at Texas State. His first position was a P.E. teacher at Dalstrom Middle School in Hays where he also coached middle school track and soccer.

Growing up in Boling, Pinson said he likes the small-town feel of Gonza-les. With all of the sports he competed while in high school, Pinson wants the youth of Gonzales to get the same desire he had.

“I want to pass my en-joyment of sports on to the kids I teach,” he said. “I want to build the founda-tion for success at Gonzales High School.”


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Friday.The game was 14-14 at

halftime as Tristan New-man and Tom Palacio had touchdowns for the Mus-tangs.

Sinton 35, Yoa-kum 28

SINTON – Yoakum came up short, 35-28, against Sinton as the Pi-rates produced 500 yards of offense, led by quarterback Tyler Handson who ran for 171 yards and three touch-downs while completing 13-of-24 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns.

Sinton opened scoring with a first-quarter, 24-yard run by Handson and Yoa-kum countered in the sec-ond quarter with a 67-yard run by Hights. Sinton then scored twice – a two-yard run by Handson and 30-yard pass to Nick Zepeda. Yoakum got a 52-yard run from Hights and Sinton scored before halftime on Zepeda’s 32-yard catch from Handson for a 28-14 Pirate lead.

Hights got his third in

the third quarter to bring Yoakum within 28-21, and Handson got a coast-to-coast run of 91 yards to put Sinton ahead 35-21.

Yoakum was not done yet as Chase Hermes tossed a 16-yard scoring strike to Austin McCoy in the fourth for the final score.

Flatonia 21, Sa-cred Heart 0

FLATONIA – The Flato-nia Bulldogs bounced back from their season-opening loss to Nixon-Smiley with a 21-0 win over Hallettsville Sacred Heart on Friday.

Will Bruns got a first-quarter touchdown run of 22 yards and Marcus Mica scored twice for the ‘Dogs in the second frame as he scored on a one-yard run and caught a 27-yard pass from Casen Novak.

The Flatonia defense forced three turnovers in their second straight shut-out of the Indians.

Sacred Heart gained just 90 yards of offense with five first downs. Running back Jonathan Vanek was their leader on offense as he ran 17 times for 47 yards and

caught two passes for 12 yards.

Cuero 35, Victo-ria West 28

CUERO – The Gobblers posted their first win of the season, a 35-28 effort over Victoria West Friday in Cu-ero behind 202 yards rush-ing and four touchdowns by D’Anthony Hopkins.

West got things start-ed with a 66-yard run by Zevaught Shelton in the first quarter. Cuero came back with a two-yard run by Hopkins and 17-yard score on the ground by D’Andre Gallagher. West tied the game at 14-14 at halftime by a 23-yard run by quarterback Anthony Navarro.

Hopkins scored in the third to put Cuero ahead 20-14. West came back to take a 21-20 lead with a 28-yard pass from Navarro to Jacob Armstrong.

Hopkins got a one-yard run to put Cuero back in the lead at 28-21, and he got his fourth and final touchdown on a 74-yard run in the fourth box.


ROUNDUP: Yoakum falls

HALLETTSVILLE — Not very often, do you play a team three times in one season.

The Hallettsville and Shiner volleyball teams met for the third time this season, having played each other once at the Colum-bus Tournament and then again at the Schulenburg Tournament.

Shiner won the match in five sets (24-26, 34-32, 23-25, 25-17, 15-11) to win the season series, 2-1.

Shiner opened the first set with an 8-3 lead, getting plays from Amanise Cole-man, Tabitha Blaschke and Kristin Schacherl. The Lady Brahmas battled to within 9-7 on serves from Kend-all Delvige and a kill from Heather Henneke.

Shiner was able to hold the lead until Hallettsville forced the set to a 22-22

tie on plays from Madison Schindler and Lana Hick-son. The teams traded the lead until Henneke got the set-winning kill.

An ace by Hickson in the second set helped give Hal-lettsville a 5-3 lead. Later in the game, Coleman got a couple of kills to put Shiner ahead 22-18 and in a good position for the win. The Lady Brahmas battled to 22-22 and the teams ban-tered back and forth un-til the Lady Comanches grabbed two straight points on a 32-32 for the win in the extended second set.

Shiner opened set No. 3 with a 5-0 lead as Schacherl got, and Coleman and Jen-nifer Hartl got kills. Hal-lettsville battled back to 9-8 on an ace from Delvige and a Madison Schindler kill.

Plays from Blaschke and Meagan Chumchal helped Shiner pull away to 15-11. Hallettsville later trailed 21-18 before going on a 7-2

run, getting about four kills from Emma Wick in the process.

Shiner overcame an early deficit in the third set and went ahead 21-11 on plays from Coleman, Blaschke and Julianna Rankin along with an ace from Sara Lau-er.

The Lady Comanches won the tie-breaking fifth set with a 15-11 score.

For Shiner, Rankin had two aces and 20 points, Schacherl had two aces and 43 points, Chumchal had two aces, Coleman had 20 kills, Sarah Koenning had two aces, and Blaschke had nine blocks.

For the Lady Brahmas, Schindler had 19 kills, Hen-neke had 28 assists, Wick had three aces, Delvige had three aces, Camille Grah-mann had 24 digs, Sarah Busselman had two blocks and Sarah Smith had two blocks.


Hallettsville’s Kendall Delvige sets for either Lana Hickson (middle) or Emma Wick (2) Friday during the Lady Brahmas’ match with Shiner. (Photo by Mark Lube)


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Mechanic Needed. Must have own tools, experience necessary with car diagnostic vehicles. Come by West Mo-tors, 1701 Sarah DeWitt Dr. for ap-plication & bring resume.--------------------------

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J.M. Oilfield Service, a family oriented company is seek-ing professional & reliable Class A CDL employees. Re-quirements: 2 years experience tanker and must be will-ing to get HazMat endorsement ASAP. Call 830-672-8000.--------------------------AVON Representa-tives Wanted! Great earning opportu-nities! Buy or Sell! Call 830-672-2271, Independent Sales Rep.

Multi-Family Ga-rage Sale. Satur-day, September 14, 7:30-?. 3807 US Hwy. 90A E. 1 mile East of Hermann Sons Hall.--------------------------Sacred Heart Church Annual Ja-maica Garage Sale, Saturday, Septem-ber 14, 10 a.m. - ?. St. John St, church yard. Accepting do-nations. For more information, con-tact Isabel Mata, 830-672-8034.--------------------------Rummage Sale for G-Town Striders Fundraiser. Friday, 12:00-4:00, Satur-day, 8:00-4:00 in Gonzales Chiro-practic Parking Lot, 1304 N. Sarah De-Witt Drive.

Kenmore 80 Series Washing Machine. Top Load. Electronic Temperature Con-trol. Heavy Duty. Works great. $100. 830-672-5716.--------------------------PTO Irrigation Pump - New $3,500, will sell for $1,500. 2000 Honda Ranch-er - Needs battery & seat cover. Esti-mated 400 hrs on it. No less than $1,200. 14’ Aluminum Lowe Boat, been in water 2x, galvanized trail-er, 25 hp Johnson motor, 15 hrs. on it. $2,000 firm. Call 830-263-4126.--------------------------Good used 2 - 17” tires. 2 - 16 1/2 wheels with tires. Truck tubeless - fit Ford, Dodge or Chevrolet -8 hole. Two bolt on bum-per hitches with balls. One steel plate with ball for gooseneck hook-up. Parking space

for travel trailer. Electric & water. Call 672-2335 or 478-607-1178.--------------------------16” Rim, 8 holes, 2 new 14” tires, 4 used 15” tires, 2 used 14” tire & rim, 1 used 15” tire and rim. Oak Dining Ta-ble. 361-594-4307.--------------------------MUST BE MOVED

24X64 classroom, CA/H, cost new $68,800, will sell & deliver for $16,800 in Pandora, Tx on US 87. also, North of Karnes City on FM 887, 4 BR home, very nice. New cost $75,000, will sell & deliver for $17,800. See our website www.homes tobe-moved.com or call 361-533-0846. We buy old homes to be moved.--------------------------1 pool table, slate top, 8 ft., $100. 1 16” Grain Orga, brand new, $179. Gas Edger, $15. 2 office desk chairs, $20/both. 1 mint condition sewing machine, electric, $95. 1 dining room table, 9 chairs, mint condition, $100. 830-481-4707.--------------------------Greenhouses for Sale, 30ftx100ft, as is where, you pick up, at Harwood, in-tersection of 90 & 304. Contact: 281-788-7500.--------------------------GE Washer. Extra Large Capacity. Just like new. $250. 361-208-3565.--------------------------National Geograph-ics in leather bound slip cases. 1982-2000 & maps. Make an offer. Call 437-2046.--------------------------Kenmore Washing Machine, full size, $150. Excellent condition. 361-293-3571, anytime.--------------------------Like new total gym, $350.00. Model 99 300 Savage with 3 9 Leopold Scope, $400. Fred Bear Ko-diak Bow with case

& arrows. $150.00. 830-445-9763.--------------------------10’x10’ Dog Ken-nel. 6 ft. high. Chain link. Canvas roof included. Almost new. $150. 937-238-9707.--------------------------Toro Weedeater, 4 string. $75. 361-208-3565.--------------------------Restaurant Tables. Formica. 2 seats & 4 seats. $100 each. 875-3028.--------------------------Men’s used jeans - perfect for oilfield workers. Faded Glory32x32, 33x30; Rustler, 34x30, 34x34, 36x30. $5/pair. Call 830-672-1106.--------------------------22” Lawn Mower. Self propelled. Ask-ing $100. Excellent condition. 361-208-3565.--------------------------Crocheted Afghans,

baby blankets, sin-gle bed spreads for sale. Can choose own colors. Can come by or call, 203-1270. Green DeWitt Apt. #138.--------------------------Dora the Explorer 20” girls bicycle with training wheels, helmet, elbow pads and knee pads. Used very little, excellent condition. $50 cash. Leave message if no answer, 830-672-1106.--------------------------Nordic Track. Great condition. $60. Shiner, 361-594-2318.--------------------------HP 2500 CM Printer. Professional Series color printer. $25 obo. 672-7546. Ar-lene or Linda.--------------------------Extra wide wheel chair like new. Size 10 W Genuine leather diabetic

shoes, black with velcro closure. Like new therapeutic support knee hi hose for diabetics, size 3x. lge. cals. Mysectomy bra fits right or left proth-esis size 36D. 830-857-6705.--------------------------Electrolux Carpet Shampooer and 1 gallon Shampoo. $125.00. 830-857-6705.--------------------------55 Gallon metal or Plastic Drums. Volume Discounts. $5.00 each. 830-857-4321.--------------------------5-13 inch tires for a race car. They are good for a dwarf car. Good tread, like brand new. $50 to-tal. Call Brittany at 830-203-0762.--------------------------For Sale: Custom made picnic tables; made with treated lumber, with bolts

and screws - will make the conven-tional table with seats attached to table; will also make tables with seat benches sepa-rate from table: 4-6 or 8 foot made for your specific needs. Call 830-540-4776 or 830-857-3273 for pricing and avail-ability information.--------------------------ABOVE GROUND

POOL15’x30’ above-ground pool with deck, 48” high, needs new liner. Buyer disassem-bles, no delivery available. $1,400. Call 830-672-1106.--------------------------7 bags of shred-ded paper & vari-ous boxes. Great for packing. Call 830-519-4176 (Gonza-les).--------------------------5.0 Chest type freezer, 2 TV’s, 1 -

19”, 1 - 25”, 3 infant car seats. Excellent Condition. Call 830-203-8633.--------------------------Kohler 15” water saver toilet, used 2 months. Paid $200, asking $100 cash. Call Barbara, 830-672-1106.--------------------------Party dresses for sale: 4 short, 2 long. Purple, yellow, gold, blue green. Also jackets, men’s jackets, overcoat, etc. Call 672-8034.--------------------------For sale: Singer Sewing Machine with pedal, table w/6 chairs, almost new, hand cro-cheted table cloth, large, white, an-tique 3 pc. Loveseat and other yarn cro-cheted items. Call 672-8034.

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Notice Of Constable SaleJohn Moreno Constable Pct. 4

Under the authority and by virtue of an Execution dated and issued pursuant to the judgment of the Justice Court Pct. 4 Gonzales County, Texas by the clerk of said courts as shown in the following schedule of cases, and to me directed and delivered as Constable in Gonzales County, I have on the date indicated below seized and levied upon, and will on the first Tuesday in October, the same being October 1, 2013, at Gon-zales County Court House Southeast Steps, Gonzales County, Texas, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder all of the right, title and interest of the defendant(s) in the real property as described below in order to satisfy said judgment, interest, penalties and costs.

being a 45.312 acre tract of land, more or less, out of the EZEKIEL W. CULLEN LEAGUE, abstract No. 148, Gonzales County, Texas as described by metes and bounds in exhibit A attached hereto and made a part of hereof LESS AND EXCEPT that certain 4.13 acres described in exhibit b attached, Volume 1103, page 67 and 68.

Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY Constable’s DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY Constable’s DEED.

More Information, Contact: Grace G. Kunde, Phone: 830-379-1487

The Minimum Bid Is All Costs Of Suit And Sale.

SALE TO BE HELDPublished In The 1 day of October, 2013 Between the hours of 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM

Gonzales County Courthouse Southeast StepsTerms: Cash, Cashiers Check, Money order

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For Sale: Concrete parking curbs 6’ long 6” tall plain or painted, 16’ + 20’ long concrete cattle guard bases. Call Vic for pricing, 672-6383 or 857-3827.--------------------------Unicorn Collection for Sale. Call Fran-ces between 9pm-10am, 830-857-6476.--------------------------1800’S Double Bar-rell Shotgun, Rem-ington $1,500. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Antique Straight Razor display case, 18x24 (Memorabil-ia). $695. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Troybilt Trimmer with attachments (edger, tiller). 4 cycle, uses straight gasoline. $250. 361-741-2604.--------------------------For Sale: ORGANIC EGGS. Free Range chickens. $2.00 dozen. Will deliver to Gonzales weekly. 830-540-3536.--------------------------Large shower chair. 19” color TV w/stand, stand has rollers. 857-8090.--------------------------2 Lounge Chairs, 6 ft. tall headboard, bed frame, oak din-ing table, antique egg incubator, en-tertainment cen-ter, lamp stand w/drawers, booth din-ing table, planter boxes. 361-594-4307.--------------------------Large amount qual-ity items. Every-thing $85.00; worth about $300. Health problems prevent garage sale. In Lockhart. Mel, 512-376-9396.--------------------------Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.--------------------------Used Dell Com-puter. 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 Conques-tat 830-672-3419.--------------------------Unique BBQ Pit, Stagecoach. In-cludes Electric Ro-tisserie $275. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Stain Glass Win-dow, white tail deer. $275. 512-917-4078.

MESQUITE BBQ WOOD FOR SALE in Gonzales County. All sizes and shapes, ready to use. (830) 672-6265.--------------------------Firewood: Pickup load is $60.00. If you haul. Delivered is $85. Call: 830-540-4430.

Single round bale trailer, hand crank. $200. 437-2046.--------------------------Round bale carrier for 3 pt. hitch. $150. Call 437-2046.--------------------------D4H Dozer. Serial Number S/N2AC-591, 6 way blade. EROPS with AC. For-restry package on cab, engine enclo-sures. Rear Winch. $40,000 Firm. 830-540-4301.--------------------------2009 Kuhn Knight model 1130 ma-nure spreader for sale. Used for only 3 cleanouts. Very good condition. $12,000. 857-5446.--------------------------Want to Buy: Oliver 60 Tractor. V.A.C. Case Tractor. Run or Not. 361-293-1633.--------------------------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.

Sofa, love seat, dresser and 25-inch color TV. $50 for each. Call 830-857-4125 or 830-672-2719.--------------------------For Sale. Antique beds. Come out of old Alcalde Hotel. Pretty good shape for age. Still looks good. $100 a piece. 512-292-0070. --------------------------

Piano small upright. Excellent condition. $500. Shiner, 361-594-2318.--------------------------Southwestern King-size bed w/com-plete boxsprings & mattresses. Good condition, washer/dryer, never been used, Whirlpool, High table, ceramic, w/4 chairs. Love-seat, cloth, 3 tv’s, 19”, 25” and 32”, color, white micro-wave cart with 2 drawers on bottom, recliner, cloth new conventional toast-er, broiler, white day bed w/trundle bed, both mattresses, white childs desk, chair, leather with foot rest. 830-203-8977, text or call.--------------------------3” latex mattress topper. Queen size. Like new, paid $300, asking $150. 512-921-2792.--------------------------Hospital electric bed, extra long mattress, excellent shape, all works. $125. Most come move it. Jimmy, 830-263-4126.--------------------------Dresser, $50. Couch, $75, good shape. 1725 Seydler St. #26. Betty, 830-857-4125.--------------------------Large Oak desk w/glass topper and large wooded desk. 830-672-3626.--------------------------New Sofa for Sale. $400. Call 830-875-9422, Luling.--------------------------Couch, dresser, buf-fet. $50 each. Call 830-263-1181.

For Sale: Chevrolet 350 engine. Com-pletely rebuilt less than 1,000 miles ago, TBI engine. Re-built TBI included. $600.00. Year mod-el is 1988. I’ll throw in the engine stand it is on. 830-203-0613.--------------------------Suzuki Japanese mini truck. 35,450 miles, spray lined bed, lifted, 4x4. Needs some atten-tion to fuel intake, but should be easy fix. Great for ranch or hunting. $2,000. 361-771-5483.--------------------------1982 Continental Lincoln Mark VI. Buckskin top, gold bottom, $2,995. Only serious buyers call Pat Kelly Logan, 830-672-2542.--------------------------For Sale: 5 16” steel jeep rims, one with brand new Good-year Wrangler tire, P220R70/16. Will sell whole set for

$100 . Or if you just want the tire off the rim, tire will be $25. Call 830-203-9408.--------------------------‘98 GMC 3/4 ton, 4x4, auto., pickup truck, with extend-ed cab. 830-857-4242.--------------------------2004 Nissan Al-tima, 3.5, 6 cyl, AC, Auto trans., power, cruise, gray metallic w/gray interior. One owner. $6,500. 830-540-3382.--------------------------2001 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummings Diesel Quad Cab with 5th wheel hitch, automatic, air, cruise & electric windows & tow pkg. Runs good. Body good - no wrecks. $5,500 or best offer. 210-218-3796 or 830-540-3602.--------------------------2004 Infinity G35, 95,000 miles. Leath-er seats, sunroof, great condition, new tires. 512-775-4399.--------------------------5-13 inch tires for a race car. They are good for a dwarf car. Good tread, like brand new. $50 to-tal. Call Brittany at 830-203-0762.--------------------------2005 CTS Cadil-lac, 4-door, V-6. Brand new tires and chrome wheels. $8,800 firm. Call 830-672-1106, leave mes-sage if no answer.--------------------------For sale: Merucry Grand Marquis. Me-tallic Jade Green Ef-fect. 22 inch rims. C.D. Player. Runs great. $4,000. 830-203-8841. Thomas. Serious calls only.--------------------------1990 Chevrolet Cor-vette ZR1. Special Performance Coop. The LT5 engine is a 32 valve engine with a 16 fuel injections and twin double over head cams. Call: 830-540-4430.--------------------------Car and truck rims for sale. 15” and 14” rims. Can be used on trail-ers, trucks or older cars up to 1980. 437-2232.--------------------------2006 Chevrolet Im-pala for sale. 4-door, V6 engine, a little over 17,000 miles. Silver. One owner. Asking $13,000. 830-672-3147.--------------------------1988 Saab 900 Turbo Coup Convertible. Top work but rebuilt clutch. Good buy. $800. 830-857-5927.--------------------------For Sale: 2001 Chevrolet 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.

Belmont RV Park. We have FEMA trailers for sale. From $2,500 & up or rent to own. Please call 830-424-3600.--------------------------We Buy or Trade for Used Homes. Fay-ette Country Homes, Schulenburg, 800-369-6888. Open Sun-days 1-6. (RBI 32896).--------------------------Used, Repo’s, Trade-ins - If it needed something replaced or painted we did it. Save Thusands. Visit our Web Site. Tierraverdehomes.com. Fayette Country Homes, 800-369-6888. Open till 6pm - 7 days a week. Sun-day 1-6. (RBI 32896).

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICECITY OF GONZALES

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS

The Zoning Board of Adjustments of the City of Gonzales, by this instru-ment, notifies the public of a PUBLIC HEARING on the following project that has been presented to the Board for their consideration:

The property is currently zoned as (C-1) Light Commercial District of which the property owner is requesting a Specific Use Permit for the property listed below to be used as a Christian School, Grades Pre-K 4-12:

APPLICANT NAME: Emmanuel Christian SchoolADDRESS: 1214 St. Louis StreetPROPERTY OWNER: Gonzales K & K Homes Ltd.PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1,2,5,6 4 LafayettePARCEL: 13440

The Zoning Board of Adjustments will hold a Public Hearing September 12, 2013 at the Gonzales City Hall, 820 St. Joseph St. at 5:30 p.m., to allow for public comment on this project. After consideration and voting by Zoning Board of Adjustments and the Public Hearing, the project will either be approved or denied.

The Zoning Board of Adjustments encourages citizens to participate in the public comment and public hearing stages of all Zoning Board of Adjustments projects. Citizens unable to attend meetings may submit their views to Kristina Vega, City Secretary for the City of Gonzales, by mailing them to P.O. Drawer 547, Gonzales, TX 78629. For additional information, contact the City Secretary office at (830)-672-2815.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CITY OF GONZALES GONZALES, TEXAS

STREET REPAIRS TO ST. VINCENT, ST. PAUL, ST. ANDREW AND CHURCH STREETS

Separate sealed bids addressed to the City of Gonzales (OWNER) clearly labeled “STREET REPAIRS TO ST. VINCENT, ST. PAUL, ST. ANDREW AND CHURCH STREETS,ATTN: CITY SECRETARY” will be received at Gonzales City Hall, 820 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas 78629, until 2:00 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, September 19, 2013, and then publicly opened and read aloud immediately.

This project includes the installation of approximately 43,400 square yards of single course surface treatment over reclaimed street repair areas, and 93,000 square yards of single course surface treatment for entire widths and lengths of streets. Alternate bids for 93,000 square yards of 1-1/2 inch HMAC overlay are also being considered. The project will most likely be completed in four different phases, one phase per street, over a twelve month period.

The Contract Documents, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Bid Proposal, Bid Bond, Agreement, Performance and Payment Bonds, General Conditions, Special Conditions, Notice of Award, Notice to Proceed, Technical Specifications and Plans, together with any Addenda are available at Doucet & Associates, Inc., 427 St. George Street, Suite 200,Gonzales, Texas 78629, (830) 672-1205. Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents may be examined and purchased for a non-refundable fee of $40.00 at this location.

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

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

There will not be a pre-bid conference. Contractors shall make their own individual site inspections and/or investigations to make themselves aware of existing conditions/issues. Failure to make adequate observations, investigations and/or ask questions prior to bidding shall not be grounds for requesting additional work or services. Questions shall be forwarded to J. Keith Schauer, P.E., 427 St. George Street, Suite 200, Gonzales, Texas 78629, (830) 672-1205, by 5:00 o’clock p.m., Monday, September 16th.

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Gonzales County Treasurer’s OfficeIs seeking an experienced accounting person

for the Position of:Assistant Treasurer/Accounts Payable

Clerk(Salary Range is from $14.57 to $16.57 per hour)

Assistant Treasurer/Accounts Payable person needed. This is a full-time position. Applicant must be able to handle a heavy workload, be able to work under pressure, handle deadlines, pay strict attention to detail, and have strong accounting skills. Applicant is required to be a very organized and detailed ori-ented person. Position requires strong bookkeeping skills in-cluding the ability to reconcile complex Vendor statements, Bank reconciliations and General Ledger. Must be bondable as according to Local Government Code Section 83.002.

Essential skills: ten-key by touch, computer aptitude, general office skills, well organized, and phone etiquette.General of-fice duties to include: answering phones, data entry, filing, copying, and other duties assigned.

Applications may be obtained at the Gonzales County Trea-surer’s Office, located at 414 N. St. Joseph, Suite 202, or the Human Resources Department located at 414 N. Saint Joseph, Suite 104, Gonzales between the hours of 8am and 4pm or on the web at www.co.gonzales.tx.us. Only completed applica-tions will be considered. Applications received by Septem-ber 23, 2013. A drug and alcohol screen test will be required. Gonzales County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age and handicap status in employment or the provision of services. EOE.

Help WantedDuzy Oliver LLC

Duzy Oliver is looking for employees who would like to work on the Coffee Roasting process. We need your help from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. If you are interested, please contact: Duzy Oliver LLC, 361-960-8308, [email protected] or http://duzyoliver-coffeeroasted.com/

FOR SALE BY BIDS

The Gonzales Independent School District will receive sealed bids until 2:00 PM on Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 for the items listed below. Sealed bids will be received at the Central Office, 926 St. Lawrence, Gonzales, TX 78629.

ITEMS FOR SALE: (Everything sold as is)

Item 1 – 1990 Carpenter 77 Passenger Bus Item 2 – 1991 Carpenter 77 Passenger Bus Item 3 – 1993 Carpenter 65 Passenger Bus Item 4 – 1997 Thomas 65 Passenger Bus Items may be examined by all bidders, at 1615 St. Lawrence. Contact Joe Martinez, Director of Transportation at 830-672-3010.

All bids must be signed and sealed by an authorized representa-tive of the vendor. Indicate the item bidding on and be received prior to, or on, the date and time specified. The district has the right to accept or reject any proposal based upon the best interest of the district and to waive any requirement or technicalities.

Proposals will be considered for approval at the October school board meeting.

MOBILE HOMES


New! 28x56 Loaded, Thermo windows, Total R-60 insulation. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Delivered, set, A/C. If ordered by Nov. 30th, $49,900.00. Fay-ette Country Homes, 830-369-6888. Open till 6pm - 7 days a week. Sunday 1-6. (RBI 32896)

Roadrunner Mobile Home Park, 900 Old Shiner Rd., Yoakum. 3bedroom/1bath fully furnished mo-bile homes for rent. $775/month & $675 security deposit. 361-582-6593 or 361-798-0816.--------------------------For Sale or Lease. 3 BR Trailer House, 2 RV Spots. Leesville. 830-433-0603.

Attn: Oil Field Work-ers. Wyman’s Room-ing House has 4 large furnished bedrooms for rent. Fully equipped kitchen, covered patio w/BBQ pits & much more. $375/wk. 713-501-3416.--------------------------Room for rent for working person. 1BR/1BA. Quiet neighborhood. Call 203-7146 after 4 p.m.

3/2 Large porch, 6 miles S. of Gonza-les. $1,000 Deposit, $800/monthly. Call 437-2370 or 203-1104.--------------------------Four bedroom, two bathroom block home with at-tached carport on Hwy. 304. Central air and heat. De-posit required. No indoor pets. Refer-ences required. Call 830-263-4530.--------------------------2BR/1BA coun-try home. Fully furnished, non-smoker. Hwy. 97W. $1,200/mo., $800/dep. 361-772-7655, after 6 p.m.--------------------------1 Bedroom, 1 Bath Duplex. Separate porch and yard, sprinkler system. AC/Heat, insulated, ceiling fan, appli-ances, tub/shower, utility room. No Pets. $500 + depos-it & references. In Gonzales, Tx. 830-672-2227.--------------------------Home for lease. 3/2 in Gonzales. Quiet neighbor-hood, near schools and new Walmart. Fenced, lg. shaded back yard, lots of extras. 1 car garage with storage area & laundry room. Must pass credit check. $795/mo., $900/De-posit. No pets. Non smoking. Available Sept. 1. For infor-mation and appli-cation, call 713-825-9532.--------------------------3 bedroom, 2 bath house in Gonzales for rent. Washer, Dryer, Fridge, Mi-crowave, Stove and can be fully fur-nished. Remodeled last year with new hardwood floors, Central Air, bath-room tile, 2 car car-port. $1,000/mo., $600/deposit. 830-542-9743.--------------------------2BR, 2 bath - Close to High School, Banks, Hospital. Call (830) 672-5738.--------------------------HOUSE FOR RENT: Must see!!! Charm-ing 2BD/1BA re-modeled house located in country setting at 7102 FM 2091 North (Gon-zales, Texas); Ap-prox. 10 miles from Gonzales. Spacious yard, shade trees, stove/microwave, glass-tiled backs-plash, new laminate wood floors. Call (830) 672-3771 or

(512) 938-9131.--------------------------

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4/3, 2 Living areas around Waelder Area. $800/deposit, $1,300/month. Big yard, front & back. 830-399-5313.(05-30-13)--------------------------Brand new large 2/2 upscale duplex for rent in Gonzales, includes all kitchen appliances, 1 car at-tached garage. No smoking, No pets. $35 application fee, $1,200 per month, $1,200 Security De-posit. Contact Mon-ica with RE/MAX Professional Realty, 830-401-4123.--------------------------Brand new large 2/3 upscale two story duplex for rent in Gonzales with loft, office and fireplace, includes all kitchen appliances, 1 car at-tached garage. No smoking, No Pets. $35 application fee, $1,400 per month, $1,400 Security De-posit. Contact Mon-ica with RE/MAX Professional Realty, 830-401-4123.--------------------------Cottages for Lease. Fully furnished cot-tages for rent in Gonzales, TX. In-cludes all furniture, flat screen TV, lin-ens, kitchen items & appliances (full-size refrigerator, range, microwave, wash-er & dryer). Utili-ties paid. Weekly Housekeeping In-cluded. Month-to-Month Lease. $500 Security Deposit. Application Re-quired. 1 Bedroom, $1,300/month, 2 bedroom, $1,600/month. Call 830-351-1195. Shown by appointment.--------------------------House for Rent. 3BR/2 1/2 BA. 1536 Sq. Ft., w/2 master suites. Perfect for oilfield executive or families. In Marion. $1,100/per month. 830-914-4044.--------------------------2BR/1BA house. 765 Sq. Ft. Large deck on back. $875/mo. Marion, TX. 830-914-4044.--------------------------1ST MONTH RENT

FREE3/2’s from $595/month. Several homes available. www.silentvalley-homes.com. Lock-hart, 512-376-5874.--------------------------Cabin for Rent. 1BR/1BA. Secluded, in country. $100/nightly, Mon.-Fri. or $350/weekly. Week-end rates vary. No smokers. Call 830-857-0986 or 830-857-1418.--------------------------Completely re-modeled inside and out. 2 & 3 bed-room homes. Fully furnished. Rent by night, week or month. Fantastic n e i g h b o r h o o d . Cheaper by night than hotel room. 672-5169.--------------------------3BR/2BA large house. Fully fur-nished, beds, linens, washer/dryer, cable T.V., stove, refrigera-tor. CA/CH. Great for crew. Monthly or lease available.

Home in town, plenty of parking. 512-820-5461.--------------------------Charming 1/1 home on 2 wooded acs, w/lrg. deck in country, 77 North, paved road. $775/mo. No pets/smok-ers. 512-415-6483.--------------------------For Rent: 2BR/2BA/2CG home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for information.--------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call JR, 512-292-0070, 512-656-0521.--------------------------House for Rent. 302 Lancaster, Moulton, TX. Nice spacious 1BR home w/ap-pliances & a large yard. Call for info. 832-633-3950.--------------------------Single Suite. Perfect for Supervisor for Oil Company. Full kitchen, washer/dryer, TV/Full cable, wireless internet. No smoking inside. No Pets. Fully fur-nished and all bills paid. Private Yard/Garage. Weekly, $280; Deposit $300. Call 512-292-0070--------------------------Home For Rent. Country Home. completely remod-eled. 2BR/1BA, CA, hardwood floors, roof for AG Proj-ect. Navarro ISD between Seguin & New Braunfels. $1,000 month, $1,000 deposit. 830-660-7351 or 830-822-5348.--------------------------

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

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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.--------------------------3/2, like new 1,800 sq. ft. in Nixon. $1,000/mo. Call 830-857-6921.

Looking for a 2 or 3BR nice house in Nixon and Leesville area. Call 830-857-1658.--------------------------Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.

Busy Restaurant with large customer base for sale in Smi-ley, Texas. Equip-ment included. Contact Nick or Do-ris, 830-587-6262, 210-373-6869 or 210-883-4271.

Diane’s Splitting Im-ages has 2 booths available for rent. Call 672-7079 or 830-445-9516.--------------------------10 foot by 10 foot office space. Nixon, TX. 830-857-6921.--------------------------Office Space for rent - $650.00 in-cludes water and electricity. No long term contract. Con-tact Kim at Gonza-les Storage Units (next to McCoy’s). 830-672-3763.--------------------------Office Space for rent. 1500 sq. ft., with one acre for truck parking, lo-cated at 314 West Cone Street, Gon-zales, Texas. If in-terested please call (830) 672-4433.--------------------------For Rent: Office space or store front, 960 sq. ft., 1/2 block off square. Kitchen-ette, 1 ba, newly re-furbished. For more information, call 830-672-6265.--------------------------For Rent: Indus-trial Property for rent. M1 Ind. Stor-age 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.

5.5 Acres for Lease/Sale. Cleared, wa-ter well, 3-200 amp loops, and 100 yds off Hwy. 80 w/good county road front-age. In Leesville between Belmont & Luling. Will subdi-vide. Would make a perfect oil field yard or residence. Call Peyton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.--------------------------Land for lease for oil field service equipment. Prime location. 4 miles N. on 183. 2 1/2 acres. Electric, water, parking, storage. Call 203-0585 or 672-6922. (TFN)

One bedroom, one bath furnished apartment. $800 and two bedroom, two bath, $1,200. Short term ok. Gym, wahser/dryer, inter-net, all bills paid in Seguin. Call Keith, 512-757-0280.--------------------------60 hotel rooms for rent in Seguin. Laundry and meal plans available. Call Keith, 512-757-0280.--------------------------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,

microwave & Keurig brewer. Hot plate ok, outdoor bbq w/propane & charcoal grill onsite. No pets. $750 deposit, 3 mo. lease. (361) 484-1922, leave mes-sage.

Looking for sit-ting job for a sweet lady in her home. Includes cooking and will drive for her if she needs me to. Can stay Fri-day night, Saturday night but must be home by Sunday at 3:00. Call 830-519-3044.--------------------------Sitting at night tak-ing care of elderly in their home. Refer-ences, transporta-tion. Call 361-212-8731.--------------------------Need personal service? Will clean oilfield campers, homes and apart-ments. Also offer laundry work, iron-ing and running your personal er-rands. If you need a pair of jeans or shirt ironed for the night out or last minute event and didn’t make it to the cleaners in time, give me a call (830) 203-0716. Referenc-es. Available.--------------------------House cleaning services available. Reasonable rates. Servicing Gonzales and surrounding areas. References available. Call Bar-bara at 979-777-8710 or email [email protected] Home Appliance Repair. Washer, Dry-ers, all major ap-pliances, 30 years experience. Haul Scrap Metal & appli-ances. Call Larry at 361-596-4391.--------------------------Hand for Hire, Odd Jobs Done, FREE estimates. Anything you don’t want to do, Junk hauling, Tree Removal, Lot clearing, House pressure washing, office help, ranch, farm, lawn & Flower beds, Barbed wire fence repair, gutter cleaning, I do win-dows. One call does it all. Call Terry (830) 203-1503 or (830) 857-5927.--------------------------I am looking for a private setting job around Gonzales, Cost or on 1116

(Pilgrim Road). I have 20 years ex-perience. Please call Emily, 830-437-2727; Cell, 820-263-2768.--------------------------Will do house clean-ing Monday thru Friday. Call 830-203-0735.--------------------------Sewing & Altera-tions. Jo West. 830-203-5160. Call between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.

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 re-lated businesses. Li-ability ins., free esti-mates and low cost. No job too large or too small. 830-263-4181.(TFN)

Teenager looking to babysit part-time, infants & small chil-dren. Will take care of at your home or my home. Call for more information, 263-2789.--------------------------Will do child care in my home. Includes meals. Any age (In-fants onup). Have one opening avail-able in August. Call 830-519-3044.--------------------------I am looking for a sitter for my 6 year old daughter for before and after school a few days a week. Preferably someone who can come to my home. References and ex-perience required. Contact me at 830-203-9159.--------------------------Child care in home. I have 2 openings, Curriculum and meals included. Please call for de-tails. 830-263-0058.

2006 Keystone Out-back 30ft Sidney Addition. $14,500. 1 large slideout, nice, clean interior, king bed. 210-279-7267.--------------------------1999 Mountain Aire Motorhome - Ford V10 gasoline en-gine - Onan gen-erator - 2 slide outs - 2 A/C’s - all appli-ances in working condition - driver

side door - sleeps 4-6 - no smoking or pets - VERY CLEAN interior - Call 210-884-7085 - Asking $22,000.

RV Space and RV trailer for rent. All bills included with Dish Network. 830-203-9255.--------------------------Travel Trailer. EV-ERYTHING fur-nished. TV. 183 N. $600/per month. Call 830-875-3028.--------------------------RV for Rent. $300/

wk. Call 512-667-4356.--------------------------Travel Trailer for rent or sale. Rent is $300.00 per week with all bills paid. Will relocate to 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 de-tails.

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The City of Yoakum is accepting ap-plications for the following positions:

Telecommunications Operator (Police Dept:)

One year dispatching experience preferred; TLETS Certifications will be required after

hire; basic computer skills required

Police Officer - Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, OR Master (Police Dept.)

Certified in Texas as a Licensed Law Enforcement Officer; for Intermediate,

Advanced, or Master, must have appropriate TCLEOSE certification; maintain a defensive driving course certificate

ALL positions require a high school diploma or equivalent and a valid Texas

drivers license. EXCELLENT BENEFITS! Apply at City Hall, 808 Hwy 77-A South or

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YOAKUM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

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.

US Hwy. 90A E, Gonzales, TX 78629830-672-7573

NOW HIRING* Inventory

Control Team* Automotive Technician* Overnight

MaintenanceMechanic/Maintenance Position

Successful candidate must be experienced as diesel mechanic or truck maintenance and

willing to work on a variety of projects involving general facility maintenance. We

offer a competitive wage based on talent and experience along with 401K, Vacation, Medical,

Dental, Vision and Life Insurance. Apply at

Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms, Inc

County Road 348, Gonzales, TX830-540-4516

KPMF is an EOE employer

Apply today - Start today!!!

Hatchery: • General Labor (Days)

5628 FM 1116, Gonzales, TX

Call 830-672-9100 for more info.

Must have proof of identity and eligibility to work in the U.S.

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Production/Poultry Processing: • Back Dock Hanger • Truck Mechanic • 2nd Processing • Maintenance • Sanitation (Nights)

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

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

• Mon.-Fri., 8-10 hr. days Competitive Pay...$9.50-$12.00/hr.

(with weekly perfect attendance)

Must have proof of identity and eligibility to work in the U.S.

JOB FAIRTexas Workforce Solutions

1617 E. Sarah DeWittGonzales, TX

Mon., September 23, 201310:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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We have an opening for a

Registered Nurseto join our Surgery Team

on a full-time basis.

Monday thru Friday - 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.Rotating weekday & weekend call.

Circulating and Recovery Room duties.Experience preferred. Certifications

required.

Competitive salary & excellent benefit package

Please contact the Human Resources Office,

Yoakum Community Hospital,(361) 293-2321, extension 108 or for more information, visit our website at

www.yoakumhospital.org

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RV Space for rent. $300 month. All bills included. If in-terested please call 820-203-9255--------------------------Fully furnished Travel Trailers for rent. Will rent week-ly or monthly. Pets Allowed. $50.00 Deposit. $300 per week or $1,000 per month. Call Terry for details, 830-351-0943. Will relocate to RV Park of your choice. All utilities paid. --------------------------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 Trailers for lease or buy. Peyton, 512-948-5306; David, 713-252-1130.--------------------------RV Rentals available at Belmont RV Park Estates. Call Rich-ard, 830-556-6095.

Private RV or Travel Trailer Parking Spot. All hookups are in place and ready to call your home. Fencing on three sides. Located on corner lot with shade trees. Has pad for home to be parked on. $300 per month with $100 Deposit. All bills paid. Located at Luling. This is a private lot, no RV park. Call 830-263-4356 or 830-560-6963 for showing and details.--------------------------Six RV Hookups for long term lease at Harwood. Intersec-tion of Hwy. 90 and TX 304. Contact: 281-788-7500.--------------------------2 RV spaces in town. $295/mo., 1 Mobile home space for rent, $175/mo. Call Finch Park, 672-2955.--------------------------RV Sites Available. Nixon, TX. Clean, quiet, fair prices. 830-857-6921.

For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.

Gruene Harley-Da-vidson is currently buying pre-owned Harleys. Looking to sell your Harley? Call Jon Camareno at 830-624-2473.

2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. In-dependent Suspen-sion. Windshield and Roof. 4x4. Ask-ing - $4,950.00 in very good condi-tion. Call 830-857-4670.

FREE: 1/2 Bassett, 1/2 Catahoula pup-pies. 8 weeks old, vet checked. 830-857-4868.--------------------------Chihuahua’s for sale. 1 male, 3 fe-male. 830-491-1856 or 830-263-2094.--------------------------

ANUE Pet Grooming.

7 days a week. Hand/Scissor Cut. Small, $20 & $30; Medium, $35 & $40; M e d i u m / L a r g e ,

$45. Ask for Susan. 361-258-1505.

Baby Guineas for sale. $2.00 each, your choice. 830-540-4063; 830-660-2526, Harwood.--------------------------Free Donkey’s. 361-772-7655 after 6 p.m.--------------------------2006 Blue Roan handcock mare. 14 hands. Stocky built. Has worked cows, arena rop-ing. Pastured for 1 year. Needs to go to work. $1,200. 361-771-5483.--------------------------For Sale: Black & Red Brangus Bulls. 2 & 3 yrs. old. Good selection. No pa-pers. 830-437-5772. (9-19-13)--------------------------Rabbits for Sale. With cages, with feeders & waterers. all for $300. 361-741-2604.--------------------------Brangus Bulls for Sale. 1-2 yr. old, 3-18 mos., 3-7 mos. Leesville. 281-382-9820.--------------------------Angus Bull for sale. Registered JBarB. 3 1/2 yr.old herd bull. $2,975. 361-798-6250.--------------------------Bulls for Sale. Black Angus and Black Limousin. Breeding ages. Gentle. Deliv-ery available. 979-263-5829.--------------------------Bull For Sale:* Black polled Her-eford (White face). * 21 months old. * Very gentle, home grown. * Throws a predominance of “black baldies” when crossed with black hided cows. * This breed has a history of birth-ing small calves. * Heifer calves make great replacement stock. * Can be reg-istered, if papers are important. * Price $2,500. Charles Nunes, 830-203-0477.--------------------------FOR SALE: Beautiful Bay Mare ( brood mare) 14 yrs. Ex-cellent bloodline (Three Bars & Leo). All offers consid-ered. Pics avail-able upon request: [email protected]. Ph: #. 830-560-0238.--------------------------Fancy Feathers Bantams. Feather Duster Roos. Col-ors, pairs, $20. Will deliver to Gonzales. 512-272-5147.--------------------------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 Brangus Bulls. No Papers. Good selec-tion. Call 830-437-5772.--------------------------

Black Limousin and Angus Heifers and Bulls, Gentle In-crease your wean-ing weights. Es-tablished breeder since 1971. Delivery available 979 561- 6148 .--------------------------Muscovy ducks for sale. $10.00 each. 8 3 0 - 2 6 3 - 2 4 8 2 . (TFN)--------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heifers also, 8 months to 2 years. 830-540-4430.--------------------------WANT TO BUY: Any or Unwanted Hors-es. Call Leejay at 830-857-3866.--------------------------DISPERSAL SALE. Miniature donkeys (28” to 36”), male and female, solid and tricolored, 6 mos. to 4 years. Four year olds may be registered with vet exam/affidavit. Excellent pets, loves people. Priced ac-cording to gender, age and color. 830-672-6265 or 857-4251.--------------------------Dwarf Nigerian goats (miniature), multicolored, male and female, 3 mos. to 2-3 years. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251.

BRAND NEW HOME, 2br/1bath, central air/heat, shingle roof, laundry room with window, front/back porch, nature view surrounds back yard, excel-lent location within walking distance to HEB, restaurants and shopping, MUST SEE! $99,000. 361-293-8172, Cali.--------------------------House for Sale. Beautiful Historic home for sale. 713 St. John. Give me a call if interested. 713-425-9345.--------------------------Wonderful Span-ish style house on 20.59 acres with 2 ponds, 7 horse stalls, 2 storage barns and other outbuildings. Can be viewed at www.littlefieldproperties.com id #79040. Call Tanya (broker) at 361-865-2563.--------------------------Individual would like to buy a 3/2, minimum of 2,000 sq. ft or more house in Gonzales area. Possibly in country. Someone interested in own-er financing w/substantial down payment. 830-203-8492.--------------------------3 Bedroom, 2 bath brick home 3 miles from Gonzales on an acre. $129,000. Robin Baker, 830-305-2959. Remax Professional Realty.--------------------------Home for sale by owner. 2BDR, can be made into a 3 BDR/1BA, corner

lot, storage build-ing. 1404 Cavett St., Gonzales, TX. Con-tact Jen at 830-401-9763 after 6 p.m. $65,000.00. Needs minor repairs. Good starter home.--------------------------4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New appli-ances, 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.

70 Acres - For Sale by owner. FM 443. Outside of Hoch-heim/Dryer area. 210-867-8851.--------------------------17+ acres of cleared land with good fence. Perfect for homesite. 830-857-4242.--------------------------Lots for Lease. Conveniently lo-cated behind WHS (Waelder High School). For infor-mation call 512-299-1627.--------------------------75 Acres Gillispie Co. 10 Min. N. of Fred-ericksburg. Hwy. Frontage, Hunting, Investment or Re-tirement. $7,500 acre. [email protected] to lease land for cattle graz-ing. Must have water and fences. Contact Mitchell Hardcastle, 830-857-4544.

5 experienced hunters looking for at least 800+ acres for hunting in Westhoff area. Bill Cain, 281-684-0165.

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--I’m looking for a 1959 GISD year-

book. Call Jimmy at 361-571-6888.

Belmont RV Park. Belmont Texas Pro-pane Services avail-able. Call 830-424-3600.--------------------------Affordable Welding Service. Call Stan, 830-857-6621.--------------------------Pampered Chef D e m o n s t r a t o r . Host a Show! It’s Easy! Choose from a Cooking Show, Catalog Show, Face-book Show or if you need an item, here is my site, https://w w w.pampered-chef.biz/zavadi l . Dee Zavadil, 830-857-1495.--------------------------Lucky Shots by Dee.Need Family Por-traits, Family Re-unions, Birthdays, School Pictures, Weddings, Etc. 830-857-1495 --------------------------Plumbing Repairs.

All Types of Plumbing.

Master Plumber.Reasonable Rates.

Please Call 713-203-2814 or

281-415-6108.License #M18337

--------------------------No Limit

AccessoriesDavid Matias,

Owner830-263-1633

1026 St. Paul St., Gonzales

Window Tinting, Commercial.

Call for appointment.

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70 Acres. Yorktown/Goliad. Great building sites. Live oaks, brush, hay field. Water wells. Some minerals. $5,500/acres.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~106 Acres. Rockport. Minutes to water, fine dining. Good oaks, coastal bermuda. Nice home plus modular home. Some minerals. $1,400,000.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4 1/2 acres fronting US 183 just north of Gonzales. Barns, pens, water available. $269,500. Will divide - one acre minimum, at $65,000/ac.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~67 acres. NW Goliad. Doublewide. 3/2 with covered porches. Good barn. John Deere tractor w/implements. Mostly Mesquite. $250,000.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~68 Acres. South Cuero. Oaks, brush, hay field. Pens, well. Cross-fenced. $5,300/ac.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~198 Acres, Atascosa County, West of Floresville. Huge Creek Bottom, 2 tanks, water meter, shallow well, electricity, oaks, elms, persimmon, mesquite, black brush. Could this be your new hunting spot? $2,895 per acre. Might divide into two tracts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~260 to 861 Acres. NW Corpus Christi. Lake, Barn, Pens, 2 water wells. Great cattle place. Paved corner. Excellent for Subdividing. Price $2,750 to $3,500 per acre.

HOMESvGONZALES - 4.5 acres w/4 bedroom 2 bath house. Outside Gon-zales city limits. Nearly new central AC. Includes 2 bonus bldgs. $149,000.00. Seller financing with large downpayment. Drive by and check it out: 202 CR 601 E. (Off US 183 N)vTHOMPSONVILLE 5641 Hwy. 90, 2 bedroom, 3 bath, interior recently painted, tile floors, includes washer/dryer, refrigerator on 2 ac-cres......REDUCED..................................................................$114,900vGONZALES 3/2, new construction, 707 St. Francis......GREATLY REDUCED..............................................................................$199,900

ACREAGEvGONZALES COUNTY - C.R. 418, 4 1/2 miles S.E. of Waelder, 25.1 acres, good hunting, open w/nice trees, electric, septic, wa-ter well needs repair, sandy loam, stock tank. Great for horses. Metal barn appx. 30’x50’, old mobile home (no assigned val-ue.) No minerals........................................................$119,225vN.E. GONZALES COUNTY- Best little hunting place in TX! Deer, hog, dove, some turkey. 46.892 wooded acres. Se-cluded, large ranches surround property. My 9 year old grand-daughter shot her first buck last year, 8 pointer! No minerals or water rights convey. Owner/Agent..REDUCED....$5,500/acre.v25.936 acres, Henry Bymer 1/3 League, close to I10, electric nearby, sandy loam, fronts CR420...................................................$98,800

ACREAGE W/HOMEvTHOMPSONVILLE - 33 acres, 2 stock tanks, 1 water well, 4 bedrooms/2 1/2 baths, much more................$395,000

LOTSvFLATONIA- 2 lots (one corner) 100x125............$11,000 for both

COMMERCIALvGONZALES - 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....................................................................$125,000vGONZALES For Lease: 10 to 20 acres, about 5 miles south of Gonzales, just off Hwy. 183.

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CANNON KID’S CORNER

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, you may not like

scheduling too many things in advance, but sometimes it pays to plan and let others know your schedule so their minds are at ease.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21You may experience a finan-

cial windfall this week, Taurus. It may be a good time to ask for a raise or to play the lot-tery. Luck is on your side in the coming days.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, expand your hori-

zons and your path to success will be illuminated. Creativity will bring new opportunities and people into your life this week.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Share your optimism and enthusiasm with others, Can-cer. You may prove unable to contain your happiness, so don’t be surprised if those around you pick up that vibe.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, expect your social life to

take off this week. Things pick up with your friends, and ro-mance might be right around the corner. Enjoy the ride.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, you might think you

can do no wrong at work, but scale back on risky decisions. Right now you have achieved financial stability, and you don’t want to risk that.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, your heart is set on a

lofty goal, but you recognize all the hard work necessary to make that goal a reality. Give it your best shot, and you will be glad you did.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, you may convince

yourself that now is not the

time to spend money on some-thing that will make you feel good, but there is no reason to let fear get in the way of hap-piness.

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A friend or partner could open up a window of opportu-nity for you, Sagittarius. Make the most of this opportunity, and success will soon follow.

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Don’t be too hard on your-self if you don’t get much done this week, Capricorn. There are many enticing distrac-tions, and you can afford to devote some time to trivial pursuits.

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vious of your luck, so be sure to share some of your good fortune with those around you.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, devote ample time

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It was noted wit Ambrose Bierce who made the following sage observation: “All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”

When the famous “Hollywood” sign was constructed in 1923, it read “Hollywoodland.” It was an advertisement for a new housing development and was expected to be in place only about a year and a half. The sign became such a recognizable symbol of the new film industry in Los Angeles that it has been refurbished and rebuilt as necessary for 90

years.

In January of 2004, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of maggots as a medical device for cleaning wounds.

If you’re planning a trip to Laramie, Wyo., you might want to make a pilgrimage to the Ames Pyramid. At the end of a 2-mile dirt road, in the middle of featureless pastureland, you’ll find this 60-foot-tall monument seemingly plunked down at random. The pyramid was built in 1882 near a line of the

Union Pacific railroad and in honor of the railroad’s financiers. It was thought that the monument would be a welcome distraction to railroad passengers traveling through the plains of Wyoming. The decline of railroad travel, however, caused many tracks to be removed, including the line that ran by the pyramid. Now only cows are left to admire this relic of the industrial age.

The 1979 horror movie “Alien” has become a cult classic, but not many people realize that it was originally titled “Star Beast.”

***Thought for the Day:

“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and 50 cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the 50 cents.” -- Marilyn Monroe

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