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No need to panic, but there is a need to take pre-caution – the West Nile Virus is spread by the Cu-lex Pipiens mosquito and is spreading fast.

“States are reporting more cases than usual,” says Marc Fischer, a specialist in mosquito-borne diseases with the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion (CDC) in Fort Collins, Colo. “There’s been a lot of mosquito activity in most states.”

Texas is getting the worst of it.

Sixteen people have died

of West Nile virus this sum-mer in Texas. That’s out of 381 cases of the illness.

“We’re on track to have the worst year ever,” says Christine Mann, spokes-woman for the Department of State Health Services in Austin.

Nationwide there have been at least 693 cases and 28 deaths, according to the CDC and state numbers released Tuesday. That’s up from 390 cases and eight deaths last week.

Most people who are in-fected with the West Nile Virus, 70 to 80 percent, never know they have it. Twenty to 30 percent de-

SMILEY — Consider-ations of financial support for a baseball/T-ball field project that would ben-efit Smiley-area children in-volved in Little League was reviewed during the Aug. 19 regular meeting of the city council.

Nixon-Smiley Little League president Mark Pompa presented the coun-cil with plans for a new ball field that would be built next to the existing baseball field in Nixon, in order to accommodate the expan-sion of the league and the

number of younger chil-dren participating in base-ball and T-ball.

About one-third of the kids participating in the Nixon-Smiley Little League are from Smiley, which is approximately 30 kids. There is a need for more recreational and athletic ar-eas for Smiley children, ac-cording to city officials.

“Smiley does have a strong influence of kids within the league,” said Pompa.

Pompa asked the council for funds to help build the second field and presented each council member with

Gonzales City Council on Monday vote a drop of nearly two cents in the city’s property tax rate for the coming year.

The council voted to adopt the 2012 Effective Tax Rate of $0.2329 per $100 valuation furnished by Gonzales County tax Assessor-Collector Norma Jean DuBose. DuBose had furnished the city with fig-ures showing an increase in property values in the city of some $24.9 million, creating an effective roll-back tax rate of $.2515. Last year’s tax rate in the city was $.2518.

City Manager Allen

Barnes had recommended the council set the tax rate at the effective rate to give the city room in the budget — a difference of approxi-mately $60,000 — to pur-chase a needed tractor and mower/shredder. Setting at the rollback rate would have triggered a require-ment to hold two public hearings and a final vote on the tax rate, at which coun-cil could have lowered it to at or near the effective rate.

“If you set it at the ef-fective rate now, you can-not raise it in the future,” Barnes noted, adding that increasing fuel costs were another consideration of the slightly-higher rollback rate.

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Funeral services are sched-uled Friday afternoon for a Waelder youth who died in a single-vehicle accident Sat-urday morning in Gonzales County.

Department of Public Safety troopers said that at approximately 8:18 a.m. on Aug. 18, a 2007 Ford F150 was traveling along I-10 near mile marker 639 when it veered into the center me-dian and drove off a railroad overpass. The vehicle fell and burst into flames upon land-ing.

Troopers and witnesses said the vehicle was on fire as they responded to the scene.

According to authorities, the driver was able to exit the vehicle, but the passenger, Courtney Ashlyn Orona, 15, of Waelder, was ruled to have

Paula Jones (top photo, left), Arva Nell Needham (center) and Dena Fritz help prepare food for GISD teachers during a luncheon at First Unit-ed Methodist Church to help welcome back teachers Wednesday. Teachers in GISD also got a rousing start to the week with their annual coffee and convocation hosted by the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce. The teaching staff wil greet their students for the 2012-13 school year starting Monday. (Pho-tos by Mark Lube and Dave Mundy)

AUSTIN—Improving the safety of the traveling public is the number one goal of the Texas Department of Transporta-tion (TxDOT). Even though the number of people killed each year in traffic crashes in Texas has decreased by about 21percent since 2003, there still were on average 250 people killed every month in 2011.

In order to bring this critical and impor-tant issue to the public’s attention, TxDOT will begin to display the year-to-date num-ber of traffic deaths in Texas on more than 700 message signs one week every month, typically the third week of each month. This new effort is designed to remind driv-ers that driving deserves their full attention

every time they get behind the wheel. “We are encouraged about the progress

we’ve made around safety over the last sev-eral years,” said Phil Wilson, TxDOT ex-ecutive director. “But as long as we have a single traffic death we have more work to do. We think that displaying the number of people that have died in traffic crashes to date will have a direct impact on driv-ing behavior. We want to make sure that people arrive at their intended destination safely every time.”

TxDOT encourages drivers to take ac-tion to ensure their own safety as well as that of their passengers by driving the speed limit, paying attention to the road, avoiding distractions such as cell phones, having everyone in the vehicle wear their seat belts, and never drinking and driving.

“It’s not worth your life or someone else’s when the solutions to the transporta-tion safety problems we face every day are so simple. Just by wearing your seat belt, a driver can dramatically improve their chances of avoiding death or serious injury in a crash,” said Carol Rawson, TxDOT’s Traffic Operations Director.

The new displays of traffic fatality num-bers began Aug. 20.

Go to http://www.txdot.gov/safety/for more information on TxDOT’s traffic safe-ty programs.

SEGUIN — Authorities believe that Cody Lorenz may have removed his alco-hol monitor and may have been purchasing beer prior to the wreck that sent him to a San Antonio hospital on Saturday.

Lorenz was seriously in-jured when the truck he was riding in wrecked on Schuenemann Road Sat-urday evening. The driver, Jayson Sponable, is facing possible intoxication as-sault charges stemming from the accident.

Lorenz was flown to San Antonio Military Medical Center following the acci-dent and is currently listed as in stable condition.

An alcohol-related crash last year has Lorenz set to stand trial for murder in connection with the Dec. 29 death of Amber Robbins. Authorities say Lorenz was drunk when his truck plowed into Robbins’ vehicle.

He was released in June on a reduced bond of $125,000, but as part of the conditions of bonding out of jail, Lorenz was required to wear a SCRAM alcohol monitoring device.

The same ankle monitor that 25th Judicial District Attorney Heather McMinn believes was removed and has investigators taking a close look into the wreck and the events that led up to it.

“We are very concerned because it appears that the device was removed prior to the incident,” she said. “Our office is investigat-ing that and reports that he may have been purchasing beer.”

Troopers investigating the accident couldn’t con-firm whether Lorenz was wearing the device or not at the time of the accident, but could confirm that alcohol was found in the vehicle.

According the Alcohol Monitory Systems spokes-person — the company that introduced SCRAM — the device takes multiple sam-

ples throughout the day and transfers the data into a database.

Once the information collected, it is analyzed by the monitoring agency.

“Agency/monitoring of-ficials can review data as soon as it’s downloaded,” Brown said. “But we review all alerts and issue an offi-cial confirmation of a viola-tion within 24 hours of the data download. We submit every alert to a multi-step review process to ensure it meets all criteria for either a drinking event or a tam-per event.”

Gonzales Police have re-ported that an arrest has been made in a case involv-ing theft from a downtown business.

On Aug. 15, the depart-ment received a report of forgery occurring at the Running M Bar & Grill, where two checks were sto-len and cashed.

“During our investiga-tion, it was determined that this case was not going to be a forgery but was instead a theft,” said Capt. Alan

Taylor.Taylor said both of the

stolen checks were made out in excess of $2,100. One was cashed at Mr. Payroll and the other was taken to H.E.B. to be cashed.

A warrant was obtained from Gonzales County Judge David Bird and po-lice arrested Christina Barefield of Gonzales on Tuesday. Barefield was tak-en to the Gonzales County Jail where she was charged with theft of stolen prop-erty more than $1,500 but less than $20,000, a state jail felony.

Barefield was released on Wednesday after on a $2,500 surety bond.

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Gonzales Sheriff’s Office Report

Thought for the Day

“How do you win? By getting aver-age players to play good and good players to play great. That’s how you win.”

– Bum Phillips

August 23, 1937On this day in 1937, Texan Carl Joseph Crane made the

world’s first fully automated landing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. This aviation pioneer and inventor had wit-nessed the birth of aviation in Texas when, at Fort Sam Houston, Capt. Benjamin Foulois first flew the only airplane owned by the United States government. Crane graduated from the United States Army Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field in 1925, and in 1929 he teamed with William C. Ocker to devise revolutionary flying systems and to write the world’s first manual for instrumental flight, Blind Flight in Theory and Practice (1932). He designed the instruments for the first automated landing in 1937, and he held more than 100 patents when he died in 1982

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DeWitt Sheriff’s Office Report

Here is the Gonzales Police Department Report for the period of Aug. 13-20:

Aug. 13Reported Theft At 600 Blk St. Joseph St.Reported Injury To Elderly At 200 Blk Smith.Aug. 14Reported Theft At 700 Blk St. George St.Reported Theft At 1800 Blk Weimer St.Reported Assault At 1500 Blk Gardien St.Reported Terroristic Threat At 400 Blk Sarah De-

witt Dr.Aug. 15Reported Forgery At 500 Blk St. Paul St.Aug. 17Reported Criminal Mischief At 2000 Blk Hwy 183.

Charles Roy Hastings, 41 Of Gonzales, Arrested And Charged With Assault Family Violence And Dis-orderly Conduct At 2100 Blk Water St.

Reported Theft At 800 Blk St. Vincent St.Aug. 18Andrew Wayne Ebert, 37 Of Leesville, Arrested

And Charged With Theft At 1800 Blk Church St.Reported Assault At 700 Blk St. Paul St.Reported Theft At 300 Blk St. Joseph St.Aug. 19Reported Hit And Run Accident At 300 Blk Hwy

90-A.Aug. 20Reported Assault At 900 Blk Cuero St.

Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Report for Aug. 12-18:

08/12/12Garner, Henry Adam III, 11/1990, Cost. Local War-

rant – Evading Arrest/Detention. Warrant Recalled. Local Warrant – Assault Family/Household Member Impede Breathing/Circulation. Charges Declined. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$20 <$500 by Check. Requires $2,500 Bond. Local Warrant – Evad-ing Arrest/Detention. Requires $5,000 Bond. Re-mains in Custody.

Staton, David Grant, 07/1961, Victoria. Local Warrant – Assault Public Servant. Local Warrant – Driving while Intoxicated 3rd or More. Released on $25,000 Bond.

08/13/12Carranza, Trina Marie, 07/1977, Waelder. Local

Warrant – Fail to Identify Fugitive from Justice. Re-leased on $5,000 Bond. Local Warrant – Fail to Iden-tify fugitive from Justice. Released on $500 Bond. Local Warrant – Tamper with Government Record. Released on $5,000 Bond. Fayette County Warrant – Theft of Property >$20 $>500 by Check. Released on $500 Bond. Bastrop County Warrant – Theft of Property >$20 <500 by Check. Released on $500 Bond.

Brown, Jason Trimail, 01/1981, Cuero. DeWitt County Warrant – Forgery Financial Instrument. Requires $30,000 Bond. Released – Transferred to DeWitt County.

Menking, Brian Lee, 02/1976, Harwood. Local Warrant – Evading Arrest Detention. Requires$2,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

Bowi, Thurston Owen, Jr., 02/1966, Killeen. Lo-cal Warrant – Driving while Intoxicated. Requires $2,500 Bond. Remains in Custody.

Barker, Bruce Harrison, 11/1957, San Antonio. Local Warrant – Theft of Property >$500 <$1,500. Released on $3,000 Bond.

08/14/12Riebschlaeger, Tracy Rouse, 01/1968, Aransas.

Commitment/Sentence – Forgery Financial Instru-ment. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Mumphord, D’Mon Anthony, 10/1992, Victoria.

Victoria County Warrant – Possession of a Con-trolled Substance PG 1 <1G. Remains in Custody.

Garcia, Jeremy, 05/1992, Uvalde. Uvalde County Warrant – Burglary of Habitation. Requires $25,000 Bond. Transferred to Uvalde County.

Sepulveda, Tammy Morales, 06/1981, Cotulla. Lo-cal Warrant – Motion to Adjudicate Guilt. Requires $150,000 Bond. Remains in Custody.

Ruiz, Victor Garza, 07/1980, Laredo. Local War-rant – Possession of Marijuana >50lbs, $2,000 Lbs. Released on $100,000 Bond.

08/15/12Castillo, Juan Ramirez, 03/1966, Moulton. Com-

mitment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated 2nd. Remains in Custody.

08/16/12Almaguer, Bruno, 10/1975, Gonzales. Commit-

ment/Sentence – Engage in Organized Criminal Ac-tivity. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Casares, Margarita, 06/1976, Gonzales. DeWitt County Warrant – Theft of Property >$500 <$1,500. Released on $1,000 Bond.

08/17/12Eleby, John Nathan, 10/1949, Gonzales. Com-

mitment/Sentence – Possession of a Controlled Substance PG 1 <1G. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

Richter, Michael Anthony, 09/1959. Palacios. Commitment/Sentence – Driving while Intoxicated 2nd. Released – Weekender/Work Release.

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

GCSO 17DPS 05GPD 08WPD 01NPD 04Constable 00DWCSO 00DEA 00TPW 00GCAI 00Total 35

Yoakum Police Department Weekly Incident Re-port for Aug. 13-19:

08/13/12Case #12-339, U.U. M.V., 1477 Carl Ramert; Dispo-

sition, Investigation.08/16/12Case #12-340, Criminal Mischief-B, 310 Burt; Dis-

position, Investigation.Case #12-341, Assault-A-F/V, 205 Harwood; Dis-

position, Investigation.08/17/12Case #12-342, Assault-Fel-3 F/V, 509 W. Gonzales;

Complainant, The State of Texas; Disposition, Inves-tigation.

Case #12-343, Burglary-Building, 201 US 77A S; Disposition, Investigation.

Case #12-344, Assault-C, 401 Lott; Disposition, Court Citation.

Case #12-345, Burglary-Residence, 314 Walnut; Disposition, Investigation.

08/18/12Case #12-346, Disorderly Conduct-C, 300 Blk.

Nelson; Complainant, The State of Texas; Disposi-tion, Court Citation.

08/19/12Case #12-347, Aggr. Assault/Use Deadly Weapon,

211 Plaza; Complainant, The State of Texas; Disposi-tion, Investigation.

Case #174923, Warrant Arrest, 2Curtis, David, 45, Yoakum, 203 Yoakum; Offense, W#1101-11407-Evading Arrest/Obstruct Police; Disposition, Trans/DCSO.

DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office Report from Aug 9-16

Aug. 9Arrested Drew Dowlearn, 27, of Cuero, Violation

of Probation/Possession of Marijuana, Bond of $500 PR, DCSO

Arrested Charles Caskey, 31, of Austin, Harass-ment of Public Servant (Aransas Co), Bond of $25,000, DCSO

Arrested Scott Rosales, 25, of Yoakum, Driving While License Invalid/Enhanced, Bond of $1,000, Violation of Probation/ Driving While Intoxicated, Bond of $1,000, DCSO

Arrested John Liendo, 24, of Cuero, Reckless Driving, Bond of $500, Cuero PD

Arrested James Cavanaugh, 21, of Cuero, No Drivers License, Fine of $157.10, Duty on Striking Unattended Vehicle, Bond of $500, Cuero PD

Aug. 10Abandoned vehicle on Hwy 87SArrested Derrick Price, 30, of Cuero, Disorderly

Conduct/Language, Fine of $414, Resisting Arrest, Bond of $1,000, Assault by Threat, Fine of $314, Cu-ero PD

Arrested Trent Hopkins, 24, of Cuero, Possession of Dangerous Drug, Bond of $2,000, Cuero PD

Aug. 11Arrested Cory Sepulveda, 22, of Victoria, Posses-

sion of Marijuana < 2 oz, Bond of $1,000, DPSArrested Lorena Navarro, 46, of Cuero, Assault

Causes Bodily Injury, Bond of $2,000, Cuero PDArrested Mark Johnson, 24, of Cuero, Failure to

Appear/Bond Forfeiture/ Theft $1,500 < $20K, A Continuing Transaction, No Bond, Cuero PD

Aug. 12Arrested Lorena Navarro, 46, of Cuero, Assault

Causes Bodily Injury, Bond of $2,000, CPDArrested Cory James Sepulveda, 22, of Victoria,

Possession Marijuana < 2oz, Bond of $1,000, DPSAug. 13Arrested Cyril Ramon, 26, of Corpus Christi, Bail

Jumping and Failure to Appear / Theft Charge, Bond of $1,000 Cash, DCSO

Arrested Roy Allen Bennetsen, 34, of Yorktown, Criminal Nonsupport (Victoria Co), No Bond, York-town PD

Aug. 14

Arrested Felisha Pizzoferrato, 24, of Cuero, Theft by Check >$20 < $500 (Lampasas Co), Bond of $500, Theft by Check (Coryell Co), Bond of $1,500, Cuero PD

Arrested Bryan Sweeney, 19, of Cuero, Violation of Probation/Possession of Marijuana >4 oz < = 5 lbs. Bond of $30,000, DCSO

Arrested John Aschenbeck, 43, of Victoria, Bond Forfeiture/Burglary of Habitation & Repeat Offend-er, No Bond, Theft by Check > $20 < $500 Enhanced, Bond of $1,000, Capias Pro Fine/ Driving While Li-cense Invalid Fine of $342, Failure to Appear/Driv-ing While License Invalid, Bond of $1,000 Cash, Ca-pias Pro Fine/ Failed to Appear Fine of $442, DCSO

Aug. 15Arrested Jason Brown, 31, of Cuero, Violation of

Probation/Forgery Financial Instrument, Bond of $30,000, DCSO

Arrested Francisco Moreno, 21, of Alvin, Motion to Revoke/Possession of Controlled Substance in Correctional Facility, No Bond, DCSO

Aug. 16Assisted DPS with an accident on Walter Muel-

ler RdAssisted DPS with an accident on FM 240

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The Gonzales Elks will be holding their first Soccer Shoot this Saturday, and are teaming up with another new event, the Gonzales Community BBQ Social (GCBS).

This is the last weekend before students return to public school in Gonzales - A perfect time to do something as a family that is FREE. The public is invited to this community event, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 25 at Lion’s Park in Gonzales. Regis-tration for the Elk’s Soccer Shoot begins at 8 a.m. The BBQ Social begins at 10 a.m. Free food and refreshments, music, fam-ily-friendly entertainment, games, infor-mation booths, and an optional commu-nity prayer walk to the Gonzales County Courthouse downtown will be offered.

Bring your lawn chairs and picnic blan-kets, and have some fun. School supply donations will be accepted to help local families prepare for school next week, and monetary donations can also be made to support this growing community event.

The Gonzales Community BBQ Social was created in an effort to bring Gonzales citizens together and reinforce a positive attitude for the next generation. Event organizers believe community spirit, self respect and family values are crucial for a strong and healthy society, and that many

people have lost touch with the concepts of Unity, Faith and Love. The BBQ Social is an event where people can experience these three words in action. This is an op-portunity to get to know your neighbors again, and help lower the violence in our community today.

Community officials have offered their full support through endorsement of this positive event. Thanks to event sponsors for offsetting some of the expenses, and the Gonzales Elks for cooking the meat, this event is free of charge to the public.

Volunteers for the event are needed and greatly appreciated. For more information about the Gonzales Community BBQ So-cial and how you can get involved, please call (512) 227-4040 or visit and “LIKE” our Facebook Page: “Gonzales Community BBQ Social.” See you Saturday!

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Miscellaneous SponsorsPeggy’s Pantry, Zapata, TexasA-Line AutoHyden Highway HaulingTractor SupplyMark Metzler WeldingChoice ProductionsShiner BreweryLedbetters Apache CleanersFamily Dollar StoreSt. Joseph Food Mart - TexacoGonzales VFWSonicMcDonaldsAdams Extract

Volunteers who helped endless hoursAaron AppersonLee RowleyMelissa TaylorWendy GraySanya HarkeyDorothy VoigtKristen Matias-MeehCourtney VoigtBrandi VinklarekSusan WeberBruddy BrownRob BrownKaitlyn BullardBrittany HarkeyKrystal VoigtTo all the City Employees that spent countless hours during the events.

Board of DirectorsBarbara Friedrich - Main Street DirectorKacey Lindemann Butler - ChairmanEgon Barthels - Co-ChairmanDel De Los Santos - SecretaryConnie Dolezal - TreasurerDebbie ToliverSarah Zamora-RiveraRandy HarkeySherri SchellenburgTravis Tressner

Noon Lions New MemberThe newest member of the Noon Lions Club is Leroy Humphrey (center), who was installed at the club’s business meeting on Monday, August 13. Humphrey is flanked by PDG Andy Rodriguez and his sponsor, Lion Sarah Kovalcik, who conducted the installation ceremony. (Courtesy photo)

COLLEGE STATION – Diplomas were awarded to approximately 1,700 Texas A&M University graduates during summer commencement ceremo-nies.

Among those receiving degrees were: Amanda Crozier of Gonzales (Mas-ter of Education - Cur-riculum & Instruction), Ryland Darilek of Flatonia (Bachelor of Science - Ki-nesiology), Caitlin Gibson of Gonzales (Bachelor of Arts - History), Shalane Matula of Shiner (Bach-

elor of Science - Biology), and Timothy Withers of Gonzales (Master of Sci-ence - Visualization).

Texas A&M has also named its honor students for the spring semester, recognizing them for out-standing academic perfor-mance.

Shellie Berckenhoff of Moulton was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll. Berck-enhoff is a senior who is majoring in Human Re-sources Development.

Garen Reese of Gonza-les was named as a Distin-

guished Student. Reese is a senior who is majoring in Ag Communications & Journalism.

The Dean’s Honor Roll recognizes students tak-ing at least 12 semester hours during the summer semester who have main-tained a 3.75 or higher grade point (GPR) out of a possible 4.0. The des-ignation, “Distinguished Student,” recognizes those who earned a 3.5 to 3.74 GPR while taking at least 12 hours for the summer semester.

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died on impact. Passers-by and the driver helped pull her body from the vehicle before it caught fire.

Troopers said the vehicle fire was so hot it hampered efforts to revive the young-ster.

Gonzales County Justice of the Peace Jesse Alma-raz pronounced one youth dead at the scene. The body of the deceased was taken to Seydler Hill Funeral Home, while the driver was taken to University Hospi-tal in San Antonio with was termed by authorities as a “non-incapacitating condi-

tion with laceration to the right arm and back pain.”

Both the driver and the passenger were wearing their seat belts.

DPS said their prelimi-nary investigation of the incident led them to believe that driver fatigue was the likely cause of the accident.

Visitation for Courtney Orona was scheduled from 5-7 p.m. Thursday with a rosary beginning at 7 p.m. at Zoeller Funeral Home in New Braunfels. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Fri-day, August 24, at Oak-wood Baptist Church in New Braunfels. Glen Howe will officiate.

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“Well, we do have some new revenues (from new retail and housing projects) coming in,” noted council-man Lorenzo Hernandez.

“The county and school district both are loweirng their rates substantially, but they have oil and gas rev-enues that we don’t have,” added councilman Clarence Opeila. Barnes noted that the

projections provided by Du-Bose showed no tax revenues on oil and gas properties this year.

“We do not show any oil and gas revenues in the city,” he said. “That may change as drilling starts in city limits, but right now we have none.”

Hernandez motioned to set the tax rate at the lower effective rate, and council voted 5-0 in favor of the mo-tion.

an estimate of cost and ex-penditures relating to ma-terials and labor needed to install the field.

“We’re looking for some funds to help build a sec-ond field alongside the one in Nixon,” Pompa contin-ued. “We want to be able to have two games a night instead of one. We want to be able to have more games and more flexibility in our scheduling.”

The council gave an in-formal and verbal pledge of future support. More re-

view and discussion among the council is planned in order to decide on the ex-act amount of funding that the city can give the Little League, which must be for-mally approved.

“We are going to end up helping them,” said Mayor Ellis Villasana after the meeting. “Kids need a place to play, have fun, and enjoy their younger years. We’ve always had a shortage of places for our children to play and recreate. Baseball is a good thing for kids to spend their spring and summer playing.”

velop West Nile fever, with headaches, fever, joint pains, vomiting or diarrhea and rash.

Less than one percent of those infected with the vi-rus develop West Nile neu-roinvasive disease involving inflammation of the brain, spinal cord or the tissue surrounding the brain.

“About 10 percent of those will die,” Fischer says. “People over 50 and those with compromised immune systems are more likely to develop this form.”

The CDC and Bassett, say the easiest and best way to avoid the virus is to prevent getting a mosquito bite in the first place. Apply insect repellant that contains an EPA-registered active ingre-dient, such as DEET, to skin or clothing before you head outdoors.

Bassett said many people don’t realize the prime times to get bit are dusk and dawn, and people may not worry about their bug bite risk when they are outdoors, or camping or at the beach.

The CDC adds that peo-ple should not spray repel-lants under clothing, over open cuts, wounds or ir-ritated skin, nor near the eyes, mouth or directly on the face. Other repellants

containing Picaridin may be used, and for those con-cerned with chemicals, there is oil of lemon eucalyptus.

But Bassett says with nat-ural products the protection likely won’t last as long.

“You can prevent 90 to 100 percent of bite reactions by applying the appropriate insecticide,” he said.

Such tips can be applied to preventing other insect-borne diseases, like Lyme disease or babesiosis.

After returning indoors, wash the skin with soap and water, this is par-ticularly important when repellants are used re-peatedly in a day or on consecutive days, the CDC says. Treated clothing should be washed also be-fore it is used again. People who have an allergic reac-tion to the repellant should see a doctor.

Health officials also rec-ommend draining stand-ing water, where mosqui-toes breed.

Bassett urged Americans not take the ongoing out-break lightly, and to take steps to protect themselves.

“It’s really no joke,” he warned. “People need to be proactive because although rare, West Nile virus can lead to a severe form that may cause paralysis and encephalitis.”

CITY: Council optsfor effective tax rate

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AUSTIN — Texas At-torney General Greg Ab-bott issued the following statement following Tues-day’s ruling from the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejecting the En-vironmental Protection Agency’s improper and il-legal Cross-State Air Pol-lution Rule (CSAPR):

“Yet another federal court has reined in an overreaching EPA for violating federal law and intruding on Texas sov-ereignty. Texas challenged the Obama Administra-tion’s burdensome and unlawful regulations be-cause they jeopardized electric reliability in the state, threatened job losses for hard-working Texans, and exceeded the limits of the EPA’s author-ity. Vindicating the State’s objections to EPA’s ag-gressive and lawless ap-proach, today’s decision is an important victory for federalism and a rebuke to a federal bureaucracy run amok.”

In a 60-page opinion issued this morning, the court rebuked the EPA for exceeding its statutory au-thority when it issued the CSAPR regulations. The court explained that the

EPA ignored – and vio-lated – the federal Clean Air Act by imposing regu-lations not authorized by federal law. The court also roundly criticized the EPA for ignoring the coopera-tive federalism approach required by the Clean Air Act. Under this system, the federal government identifies pollutants and establishes the national air quality standards – but states retain the author-ity and flexibility to enact their own unique state-based programs that en-sure those standards are satisfied. In its opinion, the court also condemned the EPA for immediately seizing control of states’ permitting programs be-fore states were properly given an opportunity to comply with the EPA’s new emissions limits.

As the CSAPR regula-tions were specifically ap-plied to Texas, the EPA’s overreach was especially onerous. First, the EPA failed to provide Texas the advance notice that is required by federal law when it did not include the State in key aspects of the proposed rule that was published in August 2010 – but then added Texas to the final regulations with-out notice. Further, Texas’ last-minute inclusion in

the EPA’s CSAPR regula-tions was based upon a single air quality monitor in Granite City, Illinois – which was fundamentally flawed not only because a nearby steel mill neces-sarily impacted that loca-tion’s air quality, but be-cause that very location actually satisfied federal air quality standards.

Excerpts from the Court’s opinion:

“…Congress did not authorize EPA to simply adopt limits on emissions as EPA deemed reason-able. Rather, Congress set up a federalism-based sys-tem of air pollution con-trol. Under this coopera-tive federalism approach, both the Federal Govern-ment and the States play significant roles.”

“Our limited but im-portant role is to inde-pendently ensure that the agency stays within the boundaries Congress has set. EPA did not do so here.”

“The Transport Rule includes or excludes an upwind State based on the amount of that upwind State’s significant contri-bution to a nonattainment area in a downwind State. That much is fine. But un-der the Rule, a State then may be required to re-duce its emissions by an amount greater than the

‘significant contribution’ that brought it into the program in the first place. That much is not fine.”

“There is a second, en-tirely independent prob-lem with the Transport Rule. EPA did not stop at simply quantifying each upwind State’s good neighbor obligations. In-stead, in an unprecedent-ed application of the good neighbor provision, EPA also simultaneously is-sued Federal Implemen-tation Plans, or FIPs, to implement those obliga-tions on sources in the States. EPA did so without giving the States an initial opportunity to implement the obligations themselves through their State Imple-mentation Plans, or SIPs.”

“EPA’s approach pun-ishes the States for fail-ing to meet a standard that EPA had not yet an-nounced and the States did not yet know.”

“EPA faults the States for not hitting that impos-sible-to-know target with their SIP submissions. In effect, EPA’s view is that the only chance States have to hit the target is before EPA defines the target. By the time EPA makes the target clear, it’s already too late for the States to comply.”

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Noon Lion of the YearThe Gonzales Noon Lions Club presented its “Lion of the Year” award to Lion Feli-pe Leon. Lion Leon served as club treasurer and tail-twister, as well as headed up several committees during the past year. The plaque was presented to Lion Leon (right) at the club’s meeting on Monday, August 13 by Immediate past president, Brent White. (Courtesy photo)

Invitation to Bid for the City of Gonzales

Notice is given that the City of Gonzales is requestingsealed bids for fuel

Bid Specifications for Gas and Diesel

Tanks to be supplied by distributor at these locations;

300 gallon tank with stand for gravity fill, Dyed Diesel tank at J.B. Wells. 300 gallon tanks with stands for gravity fill (300 gallon Dyed Diesel). 500 gallon tanks with stands for gravity fill (500 gallon Gas Tank) at Public works. 300 gallon combination tank and stand for gas and dyed diesel, located at golf course

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

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

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

Billing should be on a master bill with a break down by depart-ment.

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Submit bids to:City of GonzalesP.O. Box 547820 St. Joseph StreetAttn: Candice WitzkoskeGonzales, TX 78629

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Self-centeredness limits usLove, EloiseEloiseEstes

We have a beautiful white cat named Lily. She is one of the dumb-est (but most lovable) cats we’ve owned. Lily has some of the strang-est behavior I’ve ever seen in a cat. As a very small kitten she got into the habit of ceaselessly pawing at the glass door until someone lets her in. She can do this for hours on end without breaking a sweat. Yes, cats sweat. It amazes me that she hasn’t cut through the glass yet. Whenever she sees us at the kitchen table, she immediately stands on her hind feet, places her front paws on the glass and starts to speed-clean the glass door. We’ve thought of tap-ing cleaning pads to her feet and hiring her out.

Last week, after watching Lily gyrate for over half an hour, I decided to give her a break from “window cleaning” and let her in. When she whizzed past me to get to her food, I saw something outside that needed my attention. So I stepped out, closed the door behind me, and head-ed down the steps. I hadn’t reached the bot-tom step before I heard the scratching behind me. I turned around to see a wide-eyed Lily frantically scratching to get out. Apparently she’d forgotten what she worked so hard to get inside, because as soon as I opened the door to come back in, she sped out to get the phantom “better” thing outside. Guess what happened when I went inside?

I stood there think-ing, “Isn’t that the way it is?” The grass always looks greener on the other side. How many times have we gone after something we thought we wanted, just to dis-cover it wasn’t what we wanted after all? How many times have our futile expectations turned into anger and bitterness? How many relationships have gone down the tubes be-cause siblings, parents or friends begin to envy what the others have? What is wrong with us anyway? How can we ever enjoy what we have if we keep our focus on what is theirs?

This unhealthy ob-session to possess what the other guy has, and which we think we de-serve, is a major source

of discontent. This “perceived” lack causes resentment toward oth-ers, and could turn our anger against God. Envy keeps us from build-ing satisfying relation-ships with those around us. How can we possi-bly get close to people who we can’t be happy for? It is not possible to love someone when we are coveting something they have, and we think they don’t deserve. For you see, envy is not only an unquenchable desire to have the possession, quality or achievement that someone else has, it is a desire to deprive them of what is theirs. Thomas Aquinas de-scribed envy as “sor-row for another’s good”. Envy is considered the seventh deadly sin be-cause it goes against God’s will to love others as ourselves. In Dante’s Purgatory, the punish-ment for the envious is to have their eyes sewn shut with wire because they have gained sinful pleasure from seeing others brought low.

Envy is an ungrate-ful and completely self-centered attitude that has no place in the heart of any true believer. God says that He will bless whom-ever He wants to bless, and whenever it pleas-es Him to do it. It is not for us to figure out why God allows some people to prosper while others wait for their good portions. One thing is certain though, ‘God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called ac-cording to his purpose for them.’ (Romans 8:28) I have seen this promise fulfilled many times in my own life. So, knowing that God doesn’t change His na-ture, I will continue to believe this to be true. This promise should encourage us all.

In addition to the un-merited blessings that God bestows on others, we can’t dismiss the fact that the decisions we make in this life really do matter. Some peo-ple have accomplished position, wealth and healthy relationships through dedicated ef-

fort and wise choices. The people who have made wiser decisions regarding their con-tinued education, ca-reers, life partners, and spending habits, de-serve to reap good from what they have sown. Whereas, faulty deci-sion-making will often reap ugly consequences for us.

Another area of dis-satisfaction that stirs up envy is the desire to have been born into a different family, ethnic background or body. Here again, there is a di-vine reason for this too, and we must learn to be happy with who we are . Trying to change something that can’t be changed will drive us crazy. Living in torment is never God’s desire for any of us.

Stress and anxiety build up when our un-met desires turn to frustration, aggrava-tion, impatience and re-sentment. Do you real-ize what the body goes through when these negative emotions take over? Stressful emo-tions set off chemicals (adrenaline and cor-tisol) into our blood stream which negative-ly affect our bodies in many ways. Continued stressful emotions con-tribute to the onset or worsening of a number of diseases. Studies have shown that illnesses such as cancer, colitis, migraines and asthma are directly related to the amount of stress in our lives.

Self-centeredness is the number one rea-son for discord and the winning formula for unhappiness. Nurtur-ing an envious attitude feeds the monster that will turn on us; a heart full of envy will even-tually destroy our abil-ity to love at all. Prov-erbs 14:30 tells us that contentment leads to health, but envy can eat you up.

Ironic isn’t it? Self-love actually harms our health and may eventu-ally kill us. This is the reason why we are com-manded to love God with all our heart and with all our soul and with our entire mind, and to love our neigh-bor as ourselves.

Love gets the focus off ourselves and brings us health in the process.

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Democrats believe fervently in the folly of Paul Ryan’s ideas, yet somehow can’t speak about them truthfully.

They are confident they can de-stroy Ryan -- not because they think they can win the debate over his proposals on the merits, but because they are certain they can distort those proposals with impu-nity.

Mitt Romney’s inspiring (and inspired) choice of the Wisconsin budget maven as his running mate had commentators on both sides welcoming a clear choice for the country. Romney had done us a fa-vor, they said, in ensuring such a stark clash of visions. The League of Women Voters would approve.

This Hallmark sentiment is nice, though naive. The battle of ideas will be as unsightly and dishon-est as the battle over Bain Capital. If Democrats will lie about Mitt Romney killing a woman, it’s only a matter of scale to lie about him unloosing a near-genocidal assault on America’s seniors.

Immediately upon Ryan’s selec-tion, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina scored Ryan for his “budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy” (except that there aren’t tax cuts, budget-busting or oth-erwise), for bringing to an “end Medicare as we know it by turning it into a voucher system” (except there’s no voucher, and Medicare benefits would stay exactly the same), and for “shifting thousands of dollars in health care costs to seniors” (except the Ryan plan doesn’t apply to today’s seniors, nor will it shift costs onto the se-niors of the future).

The Democrats never want to admit three things about Ryan’s Medicare plan. First, that it doesn’t affect anyone over age 55 and won’t kick in for another 10 years. Con-ceding this makes the job of fright-ening elderly voters trickier, so it is best ignored.

Second, that the current version of the Ryan plan gives future ben-eficiaries the option to keep tradi-tional Medicare. They will choose among a menu of insurance plans, including a fee-for-service federal option, all of which will be required to offer at least the same level of benefits as Medicare now. The fed-eral government will pay everyone’s premiums up to a level matching the second-lowest-priced plan in a given area. There’s no reason a ben-eficiary will have to pay more (al-though he can choose a pricier plan and pay the difference).

Third, that Ryan and President Barack Obama cap overall Medi-care spending at the same level. The president is adamant that the growth of Medicare is unsustain-able -- and rightly so. Everyone ac-knowledges that the program is the foremost driver of our long-term debt. Both Ryan and the president use the same formula of roughly GDP growth plus inflation for set-ting Medicare’s global budget.

What the Ryan plan offers, most fundamentally, is a vision of a re-formed entitlement state that won’t require massive new tax increases or debt to fund. Ten years from now, federal spending still would be at a higher level of GDP than it was at the end of the Clinton years.

This vision -- now at the center of the campaign -- deserves a seri-ous, honest debate, and will assur-edly not get it.

Rich Lowry is editor of the Na-tional Review.

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

It was humiliating, standing there in line at the H-E-B check-outs, watching the lady in front of me load up roughly half a ton of brisket and ribs onto the con-veyor belt.

“We’ve got a cookout this weekend,” she smiled.

The couple behind me spoke no English, but their basket was also full of my two favorite foods — bifsteak and cerveza. They had their Lone Star Card out and ready.

Holding my salad and my strawberry-and-banana smooth-ie, I just wanted to cry.

I’ve always been a proud ad-vocate of Real Texas Food: beef and beer. Unfortunately, my two favorite foods have ganged up on me lately and in one fell swoop turned me into one of those people who have to watch what they eat.

I feel so ... un-Texan.The dietary change and asso-

ciated humiliation were forced on me by a quite painful expe-

rience with something I’d been unknowingly living with for years: gout. I suffered an acute attack early last week that at one point had me in so much pain I couldn’t walk. I out out last week’s paper by rolling around the office in my chair.

Gout earned the nickname of the “Rich Man’s Disease” during the Middle Ages because it af-fected primarily rich people — the only ones who could afford beef at the time. That part has changed, since it now primarily affects lower- and middle-class folks like stubborn newspaper managers whose diets consist

almost exclusively of beef and beer.

It’s caused by the buildup of uric acid in the bloodstream. This chemical gathers in joints and crystallizes, often during periods of sleep, creating swell-ing and pain. This buildup often happens in the big toe; in my case, it was the joint of my right foot and ankle.

Acute attacks tend to last 24-48 hours, but if it’s a particularly bad case, could spread into the bloodstream and affect several joints. It’s most often treated by prescription medication, but as noted I work for a newspaper so I can’t afford that.

I was fortunate to have some associates willing to make a quick run to the store to load me up on leg-cramp pills and potas-sium products to help break up the uric formations; I was mo-bile by Thursday and could have run if I wanted to by Friday. (Not that I would ever run, but I could have.)

Along with an array of vita-mins and supplements, I had to make some adjustments to my diet. Bananas, cherries and other fruits and vegetables made their way to my refrigerator. I’ve always been one of those who maintained that if God had in-tended for humans to eat plants, He’d have given us hooves.

My associates here at The Cannon judged my Friday lunch salad such a newsworthy event, they took photos and posted them to Facebook. The humilia-tion is overwhelming.

I’d always thought this occa-sional foot pain I suffer was re-lated to my days in the Marines, a pinched nerve or something. It would bother me a little once ev-ery couple of months, but it had never before been so debilitating.

My acute attack followed swiftly on the heels of Saturday’s pre-season opener between the Texans and the Panthers — a six-hour orgy of gorging on ribs, sirloin steak, beef sausage and

copious amounts of the National Beer of Texas. This week’s in-home tailgate meal will consist of chicken or some other fowl concoction.

What’s most humiliating about the whole experience, however, is the fact that I’d always consid-ered gout to be something that affects “old people.” I’m way too young for this; after all, I’ve been 29 for 24 years now.

Then again, I’ve always wanted to make that transition from an-gry young man to grumpy old man. Now I have a justifiable reason to do so.

Of course, that means all you attractive young divorcees will have to adjust your plans, too. This will take me out of your market and you’ll just have to chase after guys more your own age.

Then again, if you have this thing for distinguished older men with occcasional health is-sues, well ... let me check with my wife and see if it’s okay.

Left-wing racismleft unchallenged


In Our ViewWisening up my diet after a bout with the gout

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Smearing Paul Ryan

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In yet another shocking example of lib-eral racism, Vice President Joe Biden said “ in the first hundred days he’s (Romney) going to let the big banks once again write their own rules…unchain Wall Street. They’re going to put y’all (speaking to a crowd that included African Americans) back in chains.” What makes Biden’s com-ment more shocking and condescending was that he feigned a southern drawl.

Imagine if Republican nominee Mitt Romney or his running mate, Congress-man Paul Ryan had made that comment. Jesse Jackson and Al Shapton would have immediately attacked them. However, lib-eral racism is common and unchallenged.

In May, Texas State Representative Trey Martinez Fisher said U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett would be favored by His-panics in the general election because he has a “brown heart”. As with Biden’s com-ment, no one said or challenged the com-ment as racist.

Liberals are racist. Why else would they use race and ethnicity to appeal for votes? If a candidate would have used race or ethnicity in their platform in the 1950’s, they would have been branded a racist. In 2012, the President uses his race to court votes. Texas state legislators justify segre-gated congressional districts to elect can-didates of a particular race or ethnicity. Isn’t that racism?

San Antonio Mayor Castro is being touted as “the future” of Texas because he is Hispanic. His twin brother, Joaquin, is favored to win a “Hispanic district” for a congressional seat. Playing the race card comes easily to them. Their mother, Rosie Castro, was a member of the militant Hispanic group Raza Unida Party in the

1970s.In another example of liberal racism,

Texas state senator Leticia Van de Putte declared that the 82ndTexas legislature was anti-Hispanic because it passed the voter ID law. Someone should ask the senator is she is pro-fraud?

Also, the University of Texas is fighting a legal battle to continue using race and ethnicity as factors for considering admis-sions to the law school. They want to con-tinue discriminating!

Obama and his liberal party minions have divided America as never before and it is time to confront them at national and local level. We must ask all candidates if they believe in equal opportunity or in special rights. We must demand account-ability from all our national and state elected officials so that they do not show favoritism to anyone because of race, eth-nicity, gender or any other feature.

Racism is racism regardless of who practices it, and how or why they justify it. The civil rights laws were passed 57 years ago, and it is time to encourage unity and equality, rather than division and hatred. We must tell liberals to stop the racism.


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Looking Downfrom the Saddle

Dear Editor,Recently, a letter to the editor was pub-

lished from Marilyn Thibodeaux, a lady who has given many honorable years serving the Lavaca County Democratic Party, both with party functions and elections. This takes many volunteer hours. Marilyn’s letter was one of reflection, and maybe a touch of sad-ness. She made mention of officials who had run and served as a Democrat. In the not distant past, the Democratic party had a full slate of local candidates, and the majority of votes were cast for Democrats. After the 2008 election, this began to change. Local conser-vative candidates filed on the Republican bal-lot and won their positions. Republican turn out and victories were more than 2 to 1 over theDemocratic ticket. This 2012 election year, candidates running as Republicans dominat-ed the ballot. Few state and local candidates ran as Democrats. Why? What has changed?

The conservative Democrat of our Grand-fathers’ era is no longer. Left Wing Liberals captured the National Democratic Party, and rural grass root Democrat party members did not stand up and defend local values and ide-als. Did anyone speak for the Conservative Democrat?

The majority of Lavaca County citizens be-lieve in individual responsibility, value life, and believe that the family unit should be mar-riage between one man and woman blessed by God. They know that gun ownership protects us from an over-reaching govern-ment, that you should not spend more than you make, and you cannot pay off debt by more borrowing and spending. They believe borders should be secure, that give away pro-grams only attract more illegals, that being a citizen of the United States is special; terrorists should not be given the same rights as Ameri-cans, and it is not unreasonable to prove you are a citizen before you can vote. President Obama just used an executive order to sign the Dream Act and allow illegals to stay here. He bypassed Congress, our elected officials. Placing millions of people on Government run health care will not save money. President Obama’s health care plan takes 700 billion out of Medicare, a program that is broke and failing. We know that the Government con-stantly borrows money from Social Security , and trying to pretend that it can go on indefi-nitely without restructuring is reckless at best, people deserve better.

There is alarm over spending, the deficit, and a possible collapse of the economy. States,

cities, and counties controlled by Democrats are filing for bankruptcy. Instead of lowering spending, they borrow more money and raise taxes. We know that the purpose of taxes should be to run the Government and not to punish people who have worked hard, put their money at risk to build a business, and provide jobs. We know that we did “build that business”.

Yes, a new jail, a renovated and restored courthouse, and a building to be used while the courthouse was under construction are a source of pride which was paid for by the hard work and sacrifice of both the working and retired people of the County. But at what cost? One spending project after another, after an-other , and still another placed the County in debt during poor economic times. Taxes had to be raised time and time again. Businesses and companies were closing, jobs were be-ing lost, unemployment was higher than any time in recent history, and utility costs were rising. Add to those things, the worst drought in years with no feed for cattle pushed many people past the breaking point. Savings, if they were not lost in the market crash, were used to help pay the yearly increase in prop-erty taxes so that homes would not be lost. Current officials are still working to pay that debt, and it continues to be more than difficult and tough for the tax payer.

Voters knew that some Democrat elected officials had lost touch with the people, and the officials did not recognize the economic burden and plight of the taxpayer. Conse-quently, in 2010 the first Republican County Judge was elected with a mandate to get the County back into stable financial condition. The “vision” of Democrat officials which was praised by Marilyn is well and good, but it must be a coupled with a realistic view of how too much spending and debt can cripple a society. We are still paying and will continue to pay off that “vision”. People who live in a dream world, and don’t remember tough lessons from the past, tend to repeat those mistakes. There are still people in office who were part of the poor planning and spend-ing, and voters should not hesitate to remove them from office in the fall election. My last comment and question is this; the old Demo-cratic Party of our grandfathers is no more. Why is anyone still working and voting for the Democratic party?

Brenda CashShiner

Dear Editor:George Archer-Shee (6 May 1895 – 31

October 1914) was a young Royal Navy cadet whose case of whether he stole a five shilling postal order ended up being decided in London’s High Court in 1910. The trial, which became a British cause cé-lèbre, was the inspiration for the play The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan. Archer-Shee was successfully defended against the charges by the notable barrister, judge and politician from Ireland, Sir Edward Carson. Following the acquittal, the boy’s family was paid compensation in July 1911.(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)

I cite the above case because of the time, money and effort that went into a family de-fending a case which was about a young boy supposedly stealing a “five shilling postal order” in 1910 and which was decided in the High Court of London. (There was a time when a shilling was worth about 12 cents.)

Two years ago, I became aware that a cou-ple in Gonzales successfully defrauded the city of almost $10,000. The Gonzales Police Department conducted a very thorough in-vestigation of this which was submitted to the DA who serves Gonzales County last July, but after several months, she ruled

there wasn’t enough evidence to win this case even though the evidence collected and submitted was from the Gonzales Co. Tax Office, the City of Gonzales and a local law firm, which evidence totalled about 150 pages.

The DA did promise she would come to Gonzales and meet with the leaders to go over steps that would keep this from hap-pening again, but that was 8 months ago and so far she hasn’t shown up so others are free to defraud the City of Gonzales too.

But my husband and I were very im-pressed with the police investigation that was conducted.

In 1910, five shillings and the reputation of a young boy was enough to “get the right thing done” but as we all know that time is past and today defrauding the government is common practice, many times as I heard another DA say recently, “because the per-petrator thinks no one will do anything about it”.

However, it is never too late to “Let Right be Done” by the DA who serves this county, and stop “future perpetrators” from de-frauding our local government again.

Doris LiefesteGonzales

The extinct conservative Democrat

Farm and ranch man-agement has direct ef-fects on accessibility and availability of private property to hunters and fishermen. In accordance to that reality, the Fed-eral Farm Bill may either put laid out properties back into crop produc-tion, grazing production, or cause such properties to be sold and developed. Discussing the Farm Bill is Tom Kelley, rice farm-er, and crop insurance salesman from Eagle Lake, Texas.

Brune: This bill seems to be one of the few bills passing through Con-gress in somewhat of a bipartisan effort. Tom, what do we need to know about this bill?

Kelley: The entire bud-get of the U.S. is $2.8 tril-lion per year. The USDA budget is $180 billion. That’s about six percent of the U.S. budget. Of that 180 about $140 to $150 billion is manda-tory spending which is the SNAP program, that is known as food stamps, other food and nutrition programs, and women and infant children pro-grams. So you see the lion’s share of the USDA budget has nothing to do with farmers. U.S. farm-ers make up two percent of the population and get a bad rap because politi-cians will falsely say the entire USDA budget goes to farmers and that’s not true. Then we also know that there are more peo-ple on food stamps than ever before and that gets included into the USDA budget.

Brune: Another factor in this bill is stopping Direct Payments. What happens to agriculture communities when that stops?

Kelley: Those pay-ments began in 1996 Freedom to Farm Bill. It was a move to keep us in compliance with the World Trade Organiza-tion. The government assigned direct payments on yield histories and acreage histories of all crops. It was meant as a support mechanism to keep farmers solvent, and it was begun with good intentions but was poor-ly executed. Then what happened was farmers

were getting paid for not farming, and guess what, some people just col-lected payments. People started buying land and paying for it with the di-rect payments and that was never the intention of the Act. Now, in 2013 it looks like that practice is going by the wayside. On a positive note, there have probably been a few years that the direct payments saved some farmers. However, if this bill doesn’t get through Congress they may do an extension of the current bill for another year. But if it passes the direct pay-ments will be cut, food and nutrition programs will be cut, and crop in-surance subsidies will be cut. There are some con-servation programs that will increase, there are rural development pro-grams that will increase and the green energy programs will increase.

Brune: During the presidential debates there was discussion about eliminating the Departments of Agricul-ture, Education, Energy, the IRS and the EPA. That’s when Governor Perry had his “oops” mo-ment. Nevertheless, how real are such musings of eliminating depart-ments?

Kelley: One of the big-gest problems in Wash-ington is duplication of programs between agen-cies. There are programs in the USDA budget that address rural housing and development. Then there are other agencies that do the same thing. So should low housing in rural areas be under the USDA? I don’t know, but that is duplication of ef-fort. – Most farmers don’t like the direct payments. We’d rather see a target price tied to production. So if $14/hundred is the

target price for rice, and the market price is $12, then the extra two dollars may help in a make or break situation. In Amer-ica we have the lowest percentage food costs per person – in the world. I think most farmers would rather see the target price system where the govern-ment would pay if the market price is too low, but if the market price is more than the target price the government doesn’t pay. Personally, I don’t like direct payments or CRP because if land is laid out, then there’s ground that’s not be utilized and that is costing the community jobs. There’s no fertilizer sales, tire sales, tractor sales, labor, etc. When jobs are cut in agriculture people move to the cities and there’s a new set of problems.

Brune: But in reality has there ever been a time that a market price would exceed a government set target price? And if the target price is set so that profit is guaranteed we’re back to the problem of surplus storage.

Kelley: Yes, my sug-gestion is to set the price marginally above what should be production costs. Then you would see years where the mar-ket price would exceed the target price and the target price would not produce the tremendous surpluses that spurred the 1996 Act. You see, in 1996 the government decided it was easier to pay and cut production, and com-ply with the World Trade Organization, than to pay and store continuing sur-pluses.

Brune: What happens to property values with the land that has previ-ously been laid out or set aside?

Kelley: Land may come back into production and if it’s a good farm, the property value may rise. That would be good for the county, but, if the ground isn’t good for farming and goes back to grazing the value could go down.

Currently, the Farm Bill is stuck in the U.S. Senate. It has previous-ly passed through the House of Representatives with bipartisan support.


2012 Property Tax Rates in COUNTY OF GONZALESThis notice concerns the 2012 property tax rates for COUNTY OF GONZALES. 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 $5,696,653

Last year's debt taxes $354,291

Last year's total taxes $6,050,944

Last year's tax base $965,370,772

Last year's total tax rate $0.6268/$100This year's effective tax rate:

Last year's adjusted taxes

(after subtracting taxes on lost property)

$6,039,527

÷ This year's adjusted tax base

(after subtracting value of new property)

$1,843,453,412

=This year's effective tax rate $0.3276/$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)

$8,323,732

÷ This year's adjusted tax base $1,843,453,412

=This year's effective operating rate $0.4515/$100

x 1.08=this year's maximum

operating rate$0.4876/$100

+ This year's debt rate $0.0097/$100

= This year's total rollback rate $0.4973/$100

-Sales tax adjustment rate $0.1419/$100

=Rollback tax rate $0.3554/$100

Statement of Increase/Decrease

If COUNTY OF GONZALES adopts a 2012 tax rate equal to the effective tax rate of $0.3276 per $100 of value, taxes would increase compared to 2011 taxes by $32,819.

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

GENERAL 3,408,118 ROAD & BRIDGE 2,482,213 DEBT SERVICE 128,759

Schedule B: General Fund - 2012 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 PaidTotal Payment

2006 SERIES REFUNDING

BONDS 180,000 63,271 0 243,271

Total required for 2012 debt service $243,271

- Amount (if any) paid from Schedule A $62,500

- Amount (if any) paid from other resources $0

2012 Property Tax Rates in CITY OF GONZALESThis notice concerns the 2012 property tax rates for CITY OF GONZALES. 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 $651,542

Last year's debt taxes $0

Last year's total taxes $651,542

Last year's tax base $258,753,773

Last year's total tax rate $0.2518/$100This year's effective tax rate:

Last year's adjusted taxes

(after subtracting taxes on lost property)$648,234

÷ This year's adjusted tax base

(after subtracting value of new property)$278,253,820

=This year's effective tax rate $0.2329/$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)

$648,234

÷ This year's adjusted tax base $278,253,820

=This year's effective operating rate $0.2329/$100

x 1.08=this year's maximum operating rate $0.2515/$100

+ This year's debt rate $0/$100

= This year's total rollback rate $0.2515/$100

Statement of Increase/Decrease

If CITY OF GONZALES adopts a 2012 tax rate equal to the effective tax rate of $0.2329 per $100 of value, taxes would increase compared to 2011 taxes by $6,737.

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

UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE 1,487,515

Schedule B - 2012 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 PaidTotal Payment

0 0 0 0

Total required for 2012 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 2012 $0

+ Amount added in anticipation that the unit will collect only 100.00% of its taxes in 2012

$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: NORMA JEAN DUBOSE Title: GONZALES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase

The COUNTY OF GONZALES will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 8.49 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code). Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

The first public hearing will be held on August 27, 2012 at 9:00 AM at Commissioners Courtroom, First Floor, Gonzales County Courthouse, 414 St. Joseph, Gonzales, Tx..

The second public hearing will be held on September 4, 2012 at 9:00 AM at Commissioners Courtroom, First Floor, Gonzales County Courthouse, 414 St. Joseph, Gonzales, Tx..

The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as follows: FOR: Kenneth O. (Dell) Whiddon Donnie R. Brzozowski

Kevin T. LaFleur Otis S. (Bud) Wuest

AGAINST: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: None

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in COUNTY OF GONZALES last year was $65,064. Based on last year's tax rate of $0.6268 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home was $407.82.

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in COUNTY OF GONZALES this year is $69,032. If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.3276 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $226.15.

If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.3554 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $245.34.

Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.

Schedule D - Criminal Justice Mandate

The COUNTY OF GONZALES Auditor certifies that COUNTY OF GONZALES has spent $35,677 in the previous 12 months beginning June 1, 2011, for the maintenance and operations cost of keeping inmates sentenced to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. COUNTY OF GONZALES Sheriff has provided information on these costs, minus the state revenues received for reimbursement of such costs.

Helping Hands MinistryIf 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 distrib-uted Saturday, August 25th beginning at 11 a.m. in the GCAM parking lot located at 708 St. Louis Street. Volun-teers and donations are wel-come. Contact Linda at 361-275-1216.

Childbirth ClassGonzales Healthcare Sys-

tems has scheduled itsnext childbirth class for 6 p.m. Aug. 30. The class is open to all expectant moms and free of charge. During class we will discuss signs and symptoms of labor, the labor process, pain management methods, care of the newborn, infant CPR and breastfeeding. The class will be taught by one of the OB nurses, Rachel Schramm, RN. Moms are en-couraged to bring a support person with them. To RSVP call 672-7581 ext 727, ask for Valerie.

American LegionThe Gonzales American Le-

gion Post #40 will hold their regular monthly meeting Sept. 6, 6:00 p.m. at the Le-gion Hall. Boys State partici-pants will report. All members and prospective members are urged to attend.

Back to School Fun DayThe Edwards Association

will hold a Back to School Fun Day from 6-8:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Aug. 23 at Edwards Field, 1427 Fly. The event includes free hot dogs, a water slide, a moon walk and more fun for the kids.

Head StartTMC Golden Crescent

Head Start offers pre-school services to children ages 3-5 years, includeing education, nutrition, dental, social, dis-ability, health and mental health. Gonzales Head Start is now accepting applications at the Gonzales Head Start Centers at 1600 Elm Street or 925 Wells Street. For informa-tion call 361-582-4441.

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

SCV to meetThe Sons of Confederate

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

This memorial will be on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. All participants will be in period clothing. I need to hear from families who have Civil War soldiers buried there.

Both Confederate and

Union will be honored.For more information, con-

tact Linda Miller at 210-420-5461.

Delhi VFDThe Delhi Volunteer Fire

Department is having their 3rd annual Gun Raffle and Chili Supper on October 27th 2012. To purchase your ticket for a chance to win 9 differ-ent guns contact a Delhi Fire department member or call 830-263-1555. We hope you will join us at the Chili cook-off & supper from 4-6pm on October 27th.

Hospital AuxiliaryThe Auxiliary of Memorial

Hospital will meet at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28 in the hospi-tal dining room.

The program will be pre-sented by Tiffany McCauley of Norma’s House. There will also be drawings for door prizes.

Anyone interested in join-ing the Auxiliary is welcome to attend the meeting. Con-tact Kathleen at 830-672-3740 if you have any ques-tions.

Community BBQ SocialThe Gonzales Community

Barbecue Social is scheduled 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Aug. 25 at Lion’s Park in Gonzales. The event will feature old-fah-sioned family games, booths, and a community prayer walk as well as a free lunch and encouraging music. Please bring your own chairs.

Odd Fellows RaffleGonzales Odd Fellows

Lodge #38, IOOF, 8th Annual Raffle. Drawing will be held Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at the Odd Fel-lows Building on 1405 Con-way St., Gonzales. Ticket pric-es are $20.00 each. 33 Prizes total. Grand Prize #1 is Ca-bela’s $1,000 Gift Card, Grand Prize #2 is Bay Fishing Trip, 3 person, bait included. Tickets available at: Caraway Ford-Mercury, Gonzales; Apache Express Care, Gonzales; Café on the Square, Gonzales, LeAnn Wolff CPA-PC, Gon-zales, Odd Fellows Building,

Gonzales, WB Farm & Ranch, Gonzales, Howard’s, Shiner, Ken’s Kar Parts, Shiner, Hunter Supply, Victoria or from any Odd Fellow Member.

Victoria Master GardenersVictoria County Master

Gardener Association. Fall Plant Sale. Saturday, Septem-ber 8, 2012, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until sold out. Veg Pavilion, 283 Bachelor Drive, Victoria Regional Airport across from tower. While you are there enjoy a stroll through the Victoria Educational Gardens. Don’t miss out on your chance to get some great plants at great prices! Flowers, Shrubs, Vegetables, Citrus, Orchids, Bulbs, Water Lilies, Seeds and more! Special Event. Gently used garden art and supplies for sale. Recycled Pots, Gar-den Art, Birdhouses, Hats and other stuff.

Oilman’s InvitationalThe 48th Annual Luling Oil-

man’s Invitational Golf Tour-nament is scheduled Aug. 25-26. The entry deadline is Aug. 24. Please call (830) 875-5114 for more information. Applications are available at the Luling Chamber of Com-merce.

Master GardenersGonzales Master Garden-

ers. “Come Grow With Us.” Become a Master Gardener. New class starts September 11, 2012. Contact Alan Marek at 830-857-5820 or Texas AgriLife Extension Office at 830-672-8531. http://gonza-les.agrilife.org.

N-S registrationElementary registration

will work differently this year in the Nixon-Smiley CISD. All elementary students enrolled during 2011-2012 will be en-rolled automatically in the 2012-2013 school year. There will be no summer registra-tion days for elementary as there are for middle school and high school.

Violence shelterThe Guadalupe Valley

Family Violence Shelter, Inc. (GVFVS) is a non-profit orga-nization providing services to both residents and non-residents that are victims of domestic violence and sex-ual assault in the counties of Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and Wilson.

GVFVS provides survivors with legal advocacy, case management, counseling, assistance with crime victims compensation and other ser-vices at no cost. For more in-formation, call 830-372-2780 or 1-800-834-2033.

Toastmasters meetCome and Speak It Toast-

masters Club meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, from 12-1 p.m. at the Gonzales County Farm Bureau Community Room, lo-cated at 1731 Seydler Street.

The Toastmasters environ-ment is friendly and support-ive whether you are a profes-sional, student, stay-at-home parent or retiree, Toastmas-ters can give you the skills and confidence you need to express yourself in any situa-tion.

For more information con-tact Club President GK Will-

mann at 830-857-1109 or send email to [email protected], or Gerri Lawing at 830-857-1207 or [email protected].

Parkinson Support GroupThis group meets the sec-

ond Thursday of every month at 10 a.m. in the Narthex of the First United Methodist Church. This meeting is free and open to the public and is facilitated by Wesley Nurse, Shirley Goss. Educational and supportive programs are of-fered. For more information, call 672-1031.

Free Exercise ProgramsFlex & Tone is held every

Tuesday and Thursday, 11-

11:45 in the Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church. These are chair exercises using exercise balls, dowels and hand weights. Come on, join us, and get fit. Exercises are led by an RN with blood pressure assess-ments available.

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


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

Free Gardening SeminarGonzales Master Gardeners are pleased to announce their

third free public education class. Do you want to know more about Fall Vegetable Gardening? Then our seminar on Aug. 30 is for you, and it’s free.

On Thursday Aug. 30 starting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, Liz Pal-fini will be speaking about Fall Vegetable Gardening. Lis is an avid gardener and well understands our local challenges when it comes to vegetable gardening. Liz is an entertaining speaker and an endless source of useful information on growing veg-etables.

So come along to City Hall at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 30 and enjoy a fascinating talk that will help improve your gardening skills. Door prizes include a free soil test for your garden and many other gifts.

For more information contact Carol Bond at 210-216-1713.

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Lainey and Coby Witzkoske discovering the “hat boxes” — Submitted by “MiMi,” Candice Witzkoske

My momma and all her grandbabies on her birthday — Rachael Ortega Serna. — Submitted by Amanda White

Brandon Harvey, age 5, is Having fun trying to see who’s tongue is longer!! — with Brittany Harkey. — Submitted by Brandi Vinklarek

Ok, here they are helping to unpack the boxes....from right to left that’s Jude “the Dude” Robert Melton and Annie “Grampy’s my favorite” Lyn Melton — Submitted by Randy Melton

Journie Matias ready for the beach trip to Port Aransas — Submitted by Debbie Toliver

Celebrating our 13th anniversary Aug. 14th still very much in love! — with Laticia Coulter Musick — Sub-mitted by Keith Musick

Colt ending his first t-ball season!! — Submitted by D’Anna Culak Robinson

Celebrating his 5th birthday! Brandon Sirildo & (Daddy & little bro Thomas in the background) — Submitted by Carolyn Chavarria Sirildo

Hayden with our pound puppies. — Submitted by Ronald Oswalt

The Gonzales Cannon office decor is now complete. SUPER thanks to former Cost resident Tisha Daniels Arnold (now of Houston), who mailed this Houston Texans banner to general manager Dave Mundy!


Obituaries

GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY1330 North College Street, Gonzales, Texas

NOW enrolling students Pre-Kinder (4 yr old) through 5th Grade for the 2012-2013 school year. If you are interested in providing your child with an outstand-ing quality Christian education please call us at 830-672-3838 or 512-738-2232 for more information.We OFFER:

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** Receive a 25% discount off the registration fee if you register before June 1st.

Lillian Gescheidle,

1921-2012

GESCHEIDLELillian Anna Geschei-

dle, 91 of Denton, went home to her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, on August 18. She was an 85-year resident of Gonzales before going to Denton to live with her daughter and family.

She was born March 25, 1921 in the Diamond Grove Community out-side Gonzales to Paul C. Knetig and Martha Friedrich Knetig. She at-tended Diamond Grove school and Gonzales High School.

She received a busi-ness certificate from a correspondence business school and worked in the County Clerk’s office in the Gonzales Courthouse until her marriage in 1946. Lillian married Ray C. Ge-scheidle on November 3, 1946. They had two chil-dren, Martha and Allen.

Ray passed away in Sep-tember 1972 and Lillian continued to live on the family farm until she was 80 years old.

Lillian was a lifetime member of First Lutheran Church of Gonzales and a member of the Morn-ing Circle at FLC. She was a kind and loving person who will be deeply missed by all who knew her. She was known for extraordi-nary baking skills and of-ten provided the rolls, cof-feecakes and kolaches for many occasions. She was a 4-H leader for cooking and sewing while her chil-dren were active in 4-H.

Upon moving to Denton, she attend-ed First Presbyterian Church,Women’s Circle and Bible Study with her daughter, Martha. She had the pleasure of en-joying the arrival of five great grandchildren born to granddaughter Kristin and husband Eric Trum-bauer.

She is survived by daughter, Martha and husband Danny Wall; and granddaughters Juliane of Denton and Kristin and husband Eric Trumbauer; and five great grandchil-dren, Gemma, Zara, Isla, Quinna and Ross of Celi-na; her son, Allen and wife Brenda of Seguin; along with grandson, Paul and girlfriend Cheryl Sclafani of San Antonio. Her sister is Milda Gorden of Gon-zales; sister in law, Mildred

Collard (Alfred) of Hous-ton; and brother in law, Malcolm Gescheidle of Gonzales and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held Tuesday, August 21 at Sey-dler Hill Funeral Home and funeral services were held on Wednesday, Au-gust 22, at the First Lu-theran Church. Interment followed at the Woodmen of the World Cemetery in Gonzales. Pallbearers in-cluded Paul Gescheidle, James Gorden, Dale Sto-baugh, Elgin Heinemeyer, Jarrid Boehm and John Goetz. Honorary pall-bearers included George Ray Gescheidle and Larry Reynolds.

Memorial gifts may be made to First Lutheran Church, Gonzales or the charity of your choice. Ar-rangements under the care and direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home 906 St. Paul, Gonzales, TX 830-672-3232.

Courtney Orona, 1996-2012

ORONAOur beautiful Courtney

Ashlyn Orona was grant-ed her angel wings on August 18. She was born in New Braunfels on De-cember 17, 1996.

Her love, laughter, and passion for life touched all who met her through-out her short, but memo-rable life. She never met a stranger, loved people, and was blessed with her father’s gift of gab. Court-ney loved all animals great and small, continu-ally bringing home any stray in need.

Courtney was a soph-omore-to-be at Waelder High School who excelled academically and par-ticipated in volleyball, basketball, track, and Waelder 4-H. She enjoyed playing the French horn, earning several Concert Regional Band awards.

She worshiped at Waelder Methodist Church, and loved read-ing the epistle on Sun-days. Courtney enjoyed spending time with fam-ily and friends.

Courtney is survived by her loving parents, Rudy and Deanna Orona of Waelder; and two much admired and loved broth-ers, Cody Orona of Kings Point, New York and Clay Orona of Waelder. She is also survived by a

beloved extended fam-ily including maternal grandparents, Robert and Lela Dyson; paternal grandparents, Hijinio and Senaida Orona; uncles, Mike (Dara) Dyson, Al-bert (Coty) Orona and Richard (Georgianna) Orona; and cousins, Au-brey and Wade Dyson and Cecilia Orona.

Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. with a ro-sary beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 23 at Zoeller Funeral Home in New Braunfels. Ser-vices will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, August 24, at Oakwood Baptist Church in New Braunfels, Glen Howe will officiate.

Burial will be in the Lone Oak Cemetery in Geronimo. Serving as pallbearers will be Kevin Brumley, Mike Dyson, Robert Dyson, Albert Orona, Richard Orona, and Preston Tatum. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made in Courtney’s name to: The Master’s School of San Marcos, P.O. Box 707 San Marcos, Texas, 78667.

Please go to the website at www.zoellerfuneralhm for more details.

ALEMANJoe F. Aleman, Jr., 59 of

Victoria, passed away on Friday, August 17, 2012. Joe was born October 30, 1952 to Jose G. and Petra F. Aleman in Nixon, Tex-as. Joe was a very kind, sincere and wonderful man. He touched the hearts of many. He held no grudge toward any-one. He was also a gener-ous and patient man. He loved to go fishing and ride his motorcycle, but most of all he loved his children dearly.

He was employed with Stryker Energy, and they were his oilfield fam-ily. He had many friends with the oilfield, and for that he was blessed. He traveled a lot through his work which led him to Montana where he mar-ried Adilia G. Aleman of Victoria on July 31, 2002. They then moved back to Victoria and remar-ried on February 28, 2003 at our Lady of Victory Church where he was also a member.

He lovingly leaves be-hind his devoted wife, Adilia G. Aleman of Victoria; two sons: John Aleman of Victoria, Cody Aleman of Lakev-ille, Minnesota; four daughters: Kelly Aleman Thompson and husband Joey Thompson of San Antonio, Casey Aleman of Lakeville, Minnesota, Darlene Fraustio and Tessa Hammond of Vic-toria; sister, Julia Aleman of Houston; and brother, George Aleman of Seguin whom he loved very

much. He had four hand-some grandsons: Nathan Thompson, Cody Joe Ale-man, Anthony and Jamin Bloodsaw; one beautiful granddaughter, Shelita Franklin; and one very special great-nephew and little buddy Santos Val-dez, Jr. He also leaves be-hind many nieces, neph-ews, cousins, co-workers, and his entire oilfield family near and far, for there are many.

He is preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Juan Aleman.

Visitation was Thurs-day, Aug. 23, 2012 from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Finch Funeral Chapel, 308 E. Third Street, in Nixon with a Rosary re-cited at 6:30 PM. The Fu-neral Mass will be held Friday, Aug. 24, at 11:00 A.M. at St. Philip’s Catho-lic Church in Smiley with burial to follow at the Lat-in American Cemetery in Smiley alongside his fam-ily. Pallbearers: Johnny Hernandez, Graciano L. Fraustio, Robert King, Ross Paniagua, Richard Mata, and Charles Ale-man. *His favorite quote was “It’ll be fine.”*

Arrangements by Finch Funeral Chapel, LLC, of Nixon (830) 582-1521.

SMITHElise P. Smith, age 90,

of Smiley, died August 16, 2012 in Gonzales. She was born on August 13, 1922 in Sample, Texas, and was a longtime member of the Methodist Church and the Eastern Star. Elise was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Edna (Sample) Piland; her husband, William Mor-gan Smith on December 25, 2008; and her sister, Willeen Bundick. She is survived by her daugh-ter, Sheila Apisa and hus-band, William, of Oahu, Hawaii; a grandson, Wil-liam Tai Apisa and wife Christina of Wilmington, N.C.; four great-grand-children: Tai Apisa, Koa Apisa, Tui Apisa, Manu Apisa, all of Wilmington, N.C.; and two nephews: Tom Bundick and Morris Bundick of San Antonio; as well as many friends.

Viewing and visita-tion will be held Sunday, Aug. 19, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Finch Funeral Chapel in Nixon. The Funeral Service will be held Monday, Aug. 20, at 10:00 A.M. at Finch Cha-pel with the Rev. Harlene Sadler officiating. Inter-ment will follow at the Bundick Cemetery near Smiley. Memorial contri-butions may be made to the Smiley United Meth-odist Church or the char-ity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by Finch Funeral Chapel, LLC, of Nixon (830) 582-1521.

Brett Hill of Caraway Ford was the Gonzales Cannon Pick ‘Em Contest winner for the 2011 sea-son, and this week opens defense of his title.

Our annual “Beat the Experts” football contest begins in today’s paper on Page C7.

He amassed a 133-32 re-cord, eight better than An-drew Rodriguez, manager of Sleep Inn, who was 125-40. Stan Ledbetter of Led-better’s Cleaners and Can-non news editor Cedric Iglehart tied for third with identical records of 124-41.

Hill said it is all about fun when playing in the contest, where each week contestants are asked to pick the winners from a list of 15 football games.

“I think it is a neat thing to compete in,” he said. “It is fun to pick games with others in the contest. It is fun to compete with the all of the local businesses and see who comes out on

top.”Hill said he had a rough

time in Week One and made his picks based on what he read in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football publication.

“You make your picks in the first week on what the teams having coming back this year,” he said. “Af-ter that, you look at who played who and the scores of those games. I do tend to do a lot of research be-fore I make my picks.”

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The Gonzales High School Cheerleaders will be hosting a Cheer Clinic on Saturday, August 25, 2012 from 9:00-12:00 at the Gonzales High School Special Events Cen-ter (New Gym). The clinic is open to anyone from 3 years old and potty trained to 6th grade. Registration cost is $25.00 and will include a snack as well as a tee shirt. On Friday, August 31, 2012, please have your child at the North end of the football sta-dium at 6:45 p.m.; they will perform the “Hello Yell” at the beginning of the game (7:00 p.m.). Please pick your child up after they perform at the North gate, so that can sit with you during the game. Please bring your child back to the North end 5 minutes before the half-time show, so they can perform again. The girls will be going on the field with the cheerleaders just before the band march-es. “When the performance is over, the girls will be held inside the gates of the inner

field until you, the parent, come to pick up your child. Please come and get your child immediately after the performance so that we can be off the field in a timely manner. All children will need to wear their clinic T-shirt, black shorts/pants or skirt, white socks, and tennis shoes to the performance. Please fill out the attached in-formation sheet and submit the form and money to Mi-chele Dolezal at the Gonzales High School office from Au-gust 20th to August 24th be-tween 8:00-4:00 daily, so we can register your child for the cheer clinic or mail the forms to 1801 North Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas 78629.

NO LATE APPLICANTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AF-TER AUGUST 25TH. Please do not ask us to make excep-tions.

If you have any ques-tions, please contact Michele Dolezal at 830-857-1771 or Lena H. Hernandez at 830-203-0255.

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Veterans Memorial donationThe First Shot Cook-Off Committee donated $1500 to the Gonzales County Vet-erans Memorial Fund. Larry Mercer represented the Veterans Memorial and the First Shot Committee Members were Bob Day, Sissy Mills, Bitsy Johnson, Linda Menking, Joe Kotwig and Shirley Breitschopf. (Courtesy photo)

The Gonzales Fire De-partment had an excellent “Weekend Fill the Boot” campaign benefiting the South Texas Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Asso-ciation (MDA).

During their street-side collection campaign, Gonza-les Fire Fighters collected an amazing $2,828.39 in three days (August 16-18) to as-sist those affected by muscu-lar dystrophy. To date, Fire Fighters are the single-largest

contributor to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, do-nating an incredible $26.9 million last year.

Proceeds raised during the campaign will support MDA services and research programs, including MDA’s outpatient clinics for people with one of the more than 40 neuromuscular diseases at UT Medicine.

The Gonzales Fire Fighters wish to sincerely thank the citizens and visitors of Gon-

zales, who graciously donat-ed their money for this most worthy cause.

For more information on the South Texas Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy As-sociation, call 210-650-3181, send an e-mail to [email protected], or visit www.mda.org.

For more information about the Gonzales Fire De-partment, call 830-672-6467 or visit www.cityofgonzales.org/FireDepartment.

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A Gonzales native has used the notion of a passing fancy and now has hopes of transforming it into a thriv-ing business.

Liz Blackwell is the own-er of Indie’s Southern Style, a clothing retail outlet lo-cated at 219 St. Lawrence in Gonzales.

“The name of the store came from my youngest daughter,” Blackwell ex-plained. “Her name is Lyn-die and when she was born

my oldest daughter Mad-die was only two, but she couldn’t say her L’s so she called her Indie. That’s why the name is special.”

The idea behind Indie’s Southern Style is to serve as the premier place in town to acquire quality merchan-dise at affordable prices.

“This is what I consider a middle market store,” said Blackwell. “Our prices range from $10 to $80 and I have a pretty wide range of women’s clothing.”

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SAN ANTONIO — High-level policymakers and local officials from across south Texas will con-vene in San Antonio Thursday and Friday for a first-of-its-kind Texas Economic Development & Energy Summit. Co-sponsored by America’s Natural Gas Alli-

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in town so I know how chal-lenging it is to find work-appro-priate clothing that’s affordable. That was my main mission, I wanted to be able to offer ver-satile and affordable clothing to the women of Gonzales. Some-thing that can be worn from the office to the football game.”

However, the store’s invento-ry doesn’t just cater to women. Indie’s also offers industrial-style clothing.

“We have a bunch of farmers and ranchers in the area, so I have a variety of Wrangler jeans and work shirts,” Blackwell said. “Wrangler is a high-quality brand that’s known nationwide and we can get any kind of jeans that they make.”

Blackwell said she also car-ries children’s jeans beginning at size 1T, plus sizes for women, and she has full line of FR (fire-resistant) shirts and jeans.

“We’re trying to be able to tap into the oilfield boom that’s go-ing on,” she said. “There hasn’t been a place in town for those guys to get the flame resistant clothing that they are required to wear to go on the job sites.”

Blackwell, who works full time at DuBose Insurance, said she didn’t initially set out to become a full-blown entre-

preneur. The seeds for her store were first planted last summer when she got a booth at the Main Street Summer Concert Series.

“I just started with some wholesale dresses that I cus-tomized in ladies and children,” Blackwell said. “I was very suc-cessful with my vision. I re-ally enjoyed it and I got so many compliments on the things I produced. I decided to go a little more mainstream, tap into some markets that hadn’t been hit and in April I started to put my idea in action.”

The idea came as a surprise to Blackwell herself, who had never before had any interest in fashion design.

“I was pregnant with my youngest and our house was under construction so since I couldn’t nest I learned how to sew,” she said. “My mom has sewn my entire life and she used to let me pick patterns for dresses that I wanted her to make. That’s how the whole fashion thing got started for me. It spawned from sewing baby blankets and burp rags to customizing clothes then on to opening a store.”

When it came time to find a location, Blackwell didn’t

have to look very hard. Indie’s Southern Style is housed in the building that includes the popular T-shirt shop Hoopla and Merle Norman Cosmetics, businesses run by her mother.

“My mother was very, very generous in letting me join her,” Blackwell said. “She opened her beauty salon 41 years ago in this building so it has a lot of meaning to me. Mom started her salon from scratch in this very spot and now I get to pursue my dream of having my own store in the same place.”

Blackwell’s mother, Dardenella Davis, said the lo-cation has always been a fam-ily-oriented business spot.

“It’s evolved from the little beauty shop that it once was to what you see today,” said Davis.

Blackwell, who is married to Dakota Blackwell, said be-cause of the close proximity and related nature of all of the businesses on the premises, the location effectively serves as a one-stop shop spot.

“That’s the nice thing about us being here together,” she said. “If an oilfield worker is dropping off cleaning at Victo-ry Cleaners they can purchase an FR shirt from me and Mom

can put the company logo on it for him. By having a clean-ers next door, it’s really helps because we all can feed off of each other.”

Although Blackwell has no plans to leave her day job, she is just wanting to see that the business gets off the ground with a solid start.

“I have some intelligent and hard working employees that I can trust,” she said. “Opening a business that I am not able to be at all day, I really had to have a good team on board. I couldn’t be happier with my choice.”

“Eventually I would love to see us outgrow this building and have to move to a larger location. I’m willing to take this wherever God leads me. All of the bankers have told us that we’ll be lucky to break even in our first year, so that’s our first goal. I’m really trying to stay focused and not get in over my head.”

Indie’s Southern Style is open Monday through Fri-day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Store employees include Carli Weber, Angie Boothe and Mona Lassig.

It’s election time for the chamber! The membership will be electing five new di-rectors from the eight nom-inees on the list. These new directors will serve three-year terms. The ballots were mailed out last week, so watch for it and get it mailed back or brought in to the office by 4 p.m. on Aug. 30.

Nominees on the bal-lot are Cade Bailey, Rosie Brown, Kacey Lindemann Butler, Mary E. Carroll, Wayne Hillman, Lavonne Hyden, Marlene Metzler and Gary Mobbs.

• Another Neighbor-hood Town Hall meeting will be held Monday at the GHS cafeteria for voters in Councilman Tommy Schu-rig’s district. Input from city residents is important to the success of the com-prehensive plan for the fu-ture of our community.

• The 183 Bar & Grill, owned by the Castillo fam-ily and managed by Marina Melgar, has opened at the corner of Wallace and Wa-

ter Street (US 183 Bypass). They offer a selection of breakfast tacos, breakfast plates, wings and lunch ta-cos and are open Sunday through Thursday from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m., 24 hours on Friday and Saturday and they have a drive-thru.

• As of Monday, Aug. 27 everyone will be back in school, so watch out for all the kids in the school zones and remember to leave the cell phones alone while driving through.

• The chamber board will meet on Wednesday.

• Three and One-half Amigos will be at the J. B. Wells Park Thursday through Sunday.

of the move to transition America’s heroes to life in private sector energy jobs.

“The Eagle Ford Shale may be one of the largest natural gas and oil forma-tions in U.S. history,” said Adrian Acevedo, Texas State Lead for America’s Natural Gas Alliance. “This conference is just one example of the natural gas community’s commitment to developing these abun-dant resources safely and responsibly, and to work-ing with South Texas com-munities to ensure they can maximize the significant revenue and job opportuni-ties for future generations.”

The economic develop-ment summit will focus on the nexus between Texas’ energy marketplace, jobs, local growth opportunities and the environment. The conference features a key-

note address from San An-tonio Mayor Julián Castro who, along with key legis-lators, policymakers, and business, academic, and in-dustry leaders, will discuss the local and economic impacts of Eagle Ford Shale development, as well as the state’s economic competi-tiveness and workforce de-velopment efforts.

Among the officials slated to speak Friday are Texas State Senator Carlos Uresti; Chairmen Jim Kef-fer and Allan Ritter, Texas House of Representatives; Hon. Tracy King and Hon. Rafael Anchia, Texas House of Representatives; and Commissioner Rolando Pablos, Texas Public Utili-ties Commission. Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter will offer clos-ing remarks.

“The incredible opportu-nities made available by the recent boom in domestic

energy production cannot be understated,” said San Antonio Councilman Ray Lopez of District 6. “Ener-gy development across the Eagle Ford is providing life-changing economic oppor-tunities, revitalizing whole communities across South Texas.”

Community partners include: Texas Veterans Leadership Program, City of San Antonio, SER Jobs for Progress, Alamo Area Council of Governments (ACOG), and Workforce Solutions.

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Gonzales LivestockMarket Report

The Gonzales Livestock Mar-ket Report for Saturday, August 18, 2012 had on hand: 732 cattle.

Compared to our last sale: Calves and yearlings sold steady. Packer cows sold steady.

Stocker-feeder steers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs., $210-$280; 300-400 lbs, $185-$197.50; 400-500 lbs, $149-$175; 500-600 lbs, $132-$144; 600-700 lbs., $123-$131; 700-800 lbs, $118-$124.

Bull yearlings: 700-900 lbs, $91-$113.

Stocker-feeder heifers: Me-dium and large frame No. 1: 150-300 lbs, $175-$225; 300-400 lbs, $148-$169; 400-500 lbs, $139-$147; 500-600 lbs., $122-$138; 600-700 lbs., $116-$118.

Packers cows: Good lean utili-ty and commercial, $74-$79; Cut-ters, $77-$85; Canners, $58-$68; Low yielding fat cows, $64-$71.

Packer bulls: Yield grade 1 & 2, good heavy bulls; $93-$100; light weights and medium qual-ity bulls, $83-$89.

Stocker Cows: $850-$1,150.Pairs: $1,050-$1,350.Thank you for your business!!View our sale live at cattleusa.

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Nixon LivestockCommission Report

The Nixon Livestock Commis-sion Inc. report had on hand, Au-

gust 20, 2012, Volume, 773.Steers: 200-300 lbs, $195 to

$205 to $235; 300-400 lbs., $157 to $167 to $205; 400-500 lbs, $146 to $156 to $193; 500-600 lbs, $127 to $137 to $160; 600-700 lbs, $112 to $122 to $144; 700-800 lbs, $105 to $115 to $125.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs, $137 to $147 to $187; 300-400 lbs, $136 to $146 to $183; 400-500 lbs, $127 to $137 to $173; 500-600 lbs, $120 to $130 to $145; 600-700 lbs, $111 to $121 to $145; 700-800 lbs, $104 to $114 to $118.

Slaughter cows: $65 to $85; Slaughter bulls: $87 to $100; Stocker cows: $800 to $1,400; Pairs, $1,050 to $1,400.

Notices: We will be closed on September 3, 2012 for Labor Day.

Hallettsville LivestockCommission Report

The Hallettsville Livestock Commission Co., Inc. had on hand on August 14, 2012, 1,211; Week ago, 1,109; Year ago, 2,789.

Better quality classes of calves and yearlings were stronger in all areas. Heavier weights 550 lbs and up sold $2 to $3 higher. Lighter weights were $3 to $5 higher. Demand very good on all classes.

Packer cows and bulls sold fully steady on approx.. 160 hd. Total.

Packer Cows: higher dressing utility & cutter cows, $75-$88; lower dressing utility & cutter cows, $63-$75; light weight canner cows, $53-$63.

Packer Bulls: heavyweight bulls, $97-$103.50; utility & cut-ter bulls, $88-$97; lightweight canner bulls, $78-$88.

Stocker and Feeder Calves and Yearlings: Steer & Bull Calves: under 200; $210-$275; 200-300 lbs, $190-$230; 300-400 lbs, $180-$220; 400-500 lbs, $148-$192.50; 500-600lbs, $128-$158; 600-700 lbs, $120-$140; 700-800 lbs, $118-$130. Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, $200-$270; 200-300 lbs, $165-$215; 300-400 lbs, $148-$182; 400-500 lbs, $132-$166; 500-600 lbs, $124-$152; 600-700 lbs, $117-$130; 700-800 lbs, $105-$121.

Stocker Cows: Good Stocker Cows and Heifers, $1,000-$1,275; Medium Stocker Cows and Heifers, $775-$1,000; Good Cow and Calf Pairs, $1,275-$1,650; Medium Cow and Calf Pairs, $1,000-$1,275.

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

Cuero Livestock Market Report

Cuero Livestock Market Re-port on August 17, 2012, had 1,234 head.

Had 65 cows and 16 bulls. There were not many cows and bulls on hand. The market was essentially the same as last

week’s market. The last 3 weeks have seen little change in these markets.

The calf market was stronger than last week’s market. Real improvement was noted in the lower grades along with a general $2-$3/cwt better prices in all the other classes. Some heifers under 450 lbs look 4-5 dollars per cwt higher. Heavy weight steers and heifers were a solid 2-3 dollars higher. Not many light cattle but a good healthy market for all classes of calves.

Packer Bulls: Hvy. Wts., $85-$95; lower grades, $82-$88.

Packer cows: breakers, $65-$74.50; boning, $68-$78.50; canners & cutters, $68-$89; light & weak, $40-$70.

Palpated dry Cows: NonePairs: None.Steer and bull calves: un-

der 200 lbs, none; 200-250 lbs. none; 250-300 lbs, $186-$222.50; 300-350 lbs, $193-$215; 350-400 lbs, $171-$198; 400-450 lbs, $151-$173; 450-500 lbs, $148-$168; 500-600 lbs, $145-$157; 600-700 lbs, $131-$140; 700-800 lbs, $123-$133.

Over 700 lbs. bulls, $119-$133.

Heifer Calves: under 200 lbs, none; 200-250 lbs, $175-$191; 250-300 lbs, none; 300-350 lbs, $165-$171; 350-400 lbs, $152-$168; 400-450 lbs, $144-$159; 450-500 lbs, $140-$158; 500-600 lbs, $131-$149; 600-700 lbs., $124-$140.50; over 700 lbs, $117-$121.

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Indie’s Southern Style is open for business in downtown Gonzales. The new clothing outlet is owned by the Blackwell family, which includes (from left) Da-kota, Lyndie, Maddie and Liz. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)


Recent well location reports from the Texas Railroad Commission

DeWitt County

API No.: 42-123-32848Classification: Fld.

Dev. and HorizontalOperator: Burlington

Resources O and G Co. LP

Lease Name: Stanchos Unit A

Well No.: 3Field Name: DeWitt

(Eagle Ford Shale)Total Depth: 17,000

feetDirection and Miles:

6.5 miles NW. of York-town

Survey Name: J. Hall, A-217

Acres: 666.46

Gonzales County


Dev. and HorizontalOperator: Penn Vir-

ginia Oil and Gas LPLease Name: Kusak

UnitWell No.: 1HField Name: Eagleville

(Eagle Ford-1)Total Depth: 14,000


11.95 miles NE. of Gon-

zalesSurvey Name: G. Blair,

A-4Acres: 490.19


Dev and HorizontalOperator: EOG Re-

sources Inc.Lease Name: Sample

Baros UnitWell No.: 17HField Name: Eagleville



0.1 mile SE. of SampleSurvey Name: J.L.

Wood, A-473Acres: 640


Dev. and HorizontalOperator: EOG Re-

sources Inc.Lease Name: Verlander




8.5 miles SE. of CostSurvey Name: S.H.

Gates, A-228Acres: 976.83

Recent oil and gas completions accord-ing to reports from the

Texas Railroad Com-mission

DeWitt County


Dev. and HorizontalOperator: Pioneer

Natural Res. USA Inc.Lease Name: Pedraza

01Well No.: 01HField Name: DeWitt

(Eagle Ford Shale)Survey Name: J. For-

ster, A-176Direction and Miles:

7.8 miles NE. of York-town

Oil: 26MCF: 3,676Choke Size: 12/64 of

an inchTubing Pressure: 5,510Shut In Well Pressure:

8,015Total Depth: 17,912

feetPerforations: 13,920-

17,912 feet


Dev. and HorizontalOperator: Marathon

Oil EF LLCLease Name: Anne Fri-

ar ThomasWell No.: 4HField Name: Eagleville

(Eagle Ford-2)Survey Name: J. Mc-

Coy Jr., A-30Direction and Miles:

8.3 miles SW. of YoakumOil: 402MCF: 2,295Choke Size: 12/64 of

an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 5,800Total Depth: 17,990

feetPerforations: 13,513-

17,883 feet

Gonzales County


Dev. and HorizontalOperator: EOG Re-

sources Inc.Lease Name: Smith


(Eagle Ford-1)Survey Name: T.G.

Weeks, A-476Direction and Miles:

6.2 miles SW. of SmileyOil: 1,077MCF: 360Choke Size: 26/64 of

an inchFlowing: YesTubing Pressure: 1,111Total Depth: 14,873

feetPlug Back Depth:

14,782 feetPerforations: 9,890-

14,782 feet


Oil & Gas Activity Report

Dramatic viewCannon reader Denise Murphy was happy to share this magnificent aerial view of her family’s property, which now houses the Reid Well in Gonzales County. (Photo courtesy Eye from the Sky Aerial Photography in Shin-er, 361-772-8768, eyefromtheskyphotography.com)

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Gonzales County Courthouse Deeds

August 1-31Cardenas, Rachel Ann and Pena,

Mary Ellen to Macareno, Jose En-rique Acosta and Arrellano, Rufina Sarabia, w/d, Lt. 8, Blk. 29, Nixon.

Collins, Joan E. to Tuch, Michael and Schmidt, H.C., w/d, 33.039 Acres, R M Green A-227 & James Thompson A-72 Svys.

DSG Investments, Ltd. to Stamp-ort, Shawn David and Stamport, Heather Lynette, w/d, Lt. 13, Cree-kwood Subdvn, J M Salinas Svy, A-59.

Pleshakov, Cecilia to EOG Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 40.00 Acres, Thom-as Jackson Svy, A-30.

Henderson, Irene to EOG Resourc-es, Inc., o/l, 165.05 Acres, Wilson Simpson Svy, A-426.

Henderson, Irene to EOG Resourc-es, Inc., o/l, 50.00 Acres, Joseph Dil-lard Svy, A-177.

Debord, William to EOG Resourc-es, Inc., o/l, 40.00 Acres, Thomas Jackson Svy, A-30.

Debord, Aaron to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 40.00 Acres, Thomas Jack-son Svy, A-30.

Ford, Roi to EOG Resources, Inc.,

o/l, 50.00 Acres, Thomas Jackson Svy, A-177.

Lawrence, Shirley A. to EOG Re-sources, Inc., o/l, 50.00 Acres, Joseph Dillard Svy, A-177.

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

Edwards, Wanda Yvonne to EOG Resources, Inc., o/l, 80.00 Acres, Byrd Lockhart Svy, A-36.

Sage Capital Bank, N.A. to Welch, Sharon J., w/d, 0.319 of an Acre (Pt. lts. 4-5, blk. 48) Orig. Inner Town Gonzales.

Hill, Dan J. and Hill, Jane B. to Hill’s Double T Ranch, LP, w/d, 688.907 Acres, Isaac Bradley A-99, Adam Zumwalt A-501 & Bethel Norris A-49 Svys.

Collins, Danny Phil and Collins, Kathelean to Conner, Douglas J. and Conner, Retia, w/d, 7.89 Acres, elisa DeWitt Svy, A-13.

Marcak, Andrew W. and Marcak, Therese L. to Eagle Ford Hunter Re-sources LLC, o/l, 6.0 AC J A Hueser A-245.

Gordon, Mark to Southern Bay Energy, LLC, o/l, 50.0 Ac C Williams A-80 (Gonzales) A-109 (Fayette).

Daughtery, Daryl Wayne to South-

ern Bay Energy, LLC, o/l, 72.9 AC P Hope A-252.

Gonzales Rental Properties, LLC to Grim, Paul and Russell, Mary, w/d, Pt. Lt. 5 blk. 4 Badger Addn, Town of Gonzales.

Gonzales Rental Properties, LLC to Grim, Paul and Russell, Mary, w/d, 0.64 Ac Pt. Lt 2 RG 1 East of Water St., Orig. Outer Town of Gonzales.

Garcia, Adell to Cantu, Virginia, w/d, Pt. Lt. 1, Blk. 6, Orig. Inner Town Gonzales.

Cantu, Virginia, Cantu, Lisa and Cantu, Henry to Williams, Verle D., w/d, Pt. Lt. 1, Blk. 6, Orig. Inner Town Gonzales.

McRae Energy Corporation to 3-C Real Property Holdings, LLC, w/d, 0.310 of an Acre. (Pt. Lt. 3, blk. 28) Orig. Inner Town Gonzales.

Bruns, Louis N. and Bruns, Ruth Darlene to E-3 Land, Ltd., w/d, Int. in 143.00 Acres, William Newman Svy, A-362.

Bruns, Harold E. and Bruns, Billie to E-3 Land, Ltd., w/d, Int. in 187.00 Acres, Samuel M Gates Svy, A-228.

Brzozowski, Kenneth and Brzo-zowski, Laverne to K&L Oil, LLC, o/l, 80.00 Acres, Gonzales County Schl Land Svy, A-230.

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Eagle Ford rig count falls slightly

The Eagle Ford Shale drilling rig count fell three rigs to 268 this past week.

The number of natural gas rigs run-ning jumped up to 65 this week from 59 last week. McMullen County (10) rejoined the ranks of Karnes (13) and Webb (12) counties this week to be only areas with 10 or more gas rigs running. There are 200 oil rigs work-ing. As you can tell, most of those rigs simply shifted from oil to gas. We also have one disposal well being drilled in Leon County.

There are 250 horizontal rigs run-

ning in the region. The three counties leading development are Karnes with 36 rigs, La Salle with 32 and McMul-len with 30. Dimmit (27), DeWitt (22), Webb (21), Gonzales (17), Frio (12), Atascosa (11), and Live Oak (10) round out the top Eagle Ford coun-ties.

The Eagle Ford Shale Rig Count is an index of the total number of oil & gas drilling rigs running across a 30 county area in South Texas. The South Texas rigs referred to in this article are for ALL drilling reported by SmithBits and not solely wells tar-geting the Eagle Ford formation. All land rigs and onshore rig data shown here are based upon industry esti-

mates provided by the Baker Hughes Rig Count and/or Smith Service Co’s (Schlumberger) Smith Rig Count.

A San Antonio news outlet stirred the pot this week when the organiza-tion reported that oil companies are threatening counties with lawsuits if they go forward with access and im-pact fees. The Texas Oil & Gas Associ-ation responded quickly to the report stating the organization had made no threats to sue any county in South Texas in regard to transportation fees.

As roads deteriorate, we’ll see both oil companies and local constituents lobbying the state legislature to share oil and gas revenues more liberally with areas of development.

Job Corps is cur-rently enrolling stu-dents aged 16-24 in over 20 vocational trades at no-cost!

Will help students get drivers license GED or High School diploma and col-lege training if

qualified. For more info call 512-665-7327.

TBS in Gonzales, TX accepting resumes for 3/4 time admin. position w/FT pos-sible. Job requires excellent organiza-tion, attention to detail, and ability to work independent-ly in a fast-paced, high volume office. Proficiency with MS Office Suite and su-perior phone skills a must. Knowledge of insurance and benefit programs desired. Please fax resume to (830) 672-0018. No walk-ins or phone calls, please.--------------------------Help Wanted: (2 Positions) Office help needed w/computer skills, full-time. Shop/out-side help needed. Full-time, Mon.-Fri, mature, drivers li-cense a must. Apply in person at Capitol Monument, 5233 US 183N, Gonzales.--------------------------Full-Time position requiring a self-mo-tivated person with a strong work ethic, positive attitude, good people skills, a high-school diplo-ma ( or equivalent), and a clean driving record. Apply in person, with a copy of your resume, at NAPA - Kessler’s Auto Supply, 717 St. Joseph, Gonzales. Ask for Crystal.

TAKING APPLICATIONS

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Pass all Pre-Em-ployment Testing including a Weld-ing Test. Please apply in person at Gonzales Manu-facturing Compa-ny, 2900 Johnson Street, Gonzales, TX. Gonzales Man-ufacturing offers an excellent ben-efit package, Paid Holidays, Bonus Programs, Paid Va-cation, Medical, Dental and 401K Retirement Pro-gram.--------------------------

Immediate Opening

Accounting ClerkMust be computer literate & have abil-ity to Multi-Task. Benefits include: Va-cation, Sick Leave, Hosp. Ins., Dental, Vision, 401K Retire-ment. Apply in per-son at: Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., 1680 CR431, Waelder, TX 78959 or fax or email resume with references to: Fax (830) 540-4284; email: [email protected]. No Phone Calls.--------------------------Looking for a fresh start in life? Chris-tian Women’s Job Corps of Gonzales County offers free job/life/computer

skills for women. Call Sherry Poe at 830-672-6180 or 830-857-4960 for more information about fall semester.--------------------------Part-time position available for Jani-tor/Floor Techni-cian. Experience Re-quired. Please apply at The Heights of Gonzales, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gon-zales, Texas.--------------------------Positions available for Certified Nurses Aides on Memory Care Unit. Special Skills required. Please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.--------------------------OakCreek Nursing & Rehab in Luling is currently accepting applications for the following positions, full time C.N.A.’s, weekend RN and PRN L.V.N. Please apply in person at 1105 N. Magnolia, Luling, TX 78648.--------------------------Full-time positions available for Li-censed Vocational Nurses and Certi-fied Nurse Aides. Please apply at The Heights of Gonza-les, 701 N. Sarah DeWitt, Gonzales, Texas.

CDL DRIVERS WANTED

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

Garage Sale. 1317 Donovan, Gonza-les. Saturday, Au-gust 25, 7-? Clothes, (Boys, Girls, Tod-dlers), lots of toys (Infant to Toddlers), Knick-Knacks & Men’s Clothes.

2 Lounge Chairs, 6 ft. tall headboard, bed frame, oak din-ing table, couch & 2 chairs w/horse head & saddle design on them, antique egg incubator, enter-tainment center, glider rocker, lamp stand w/drawers, booth dining 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.--------------------------For Sale: Scentsy Warmer (Fire De-partment), never been opened or used. $35. 3 Leather scents, $5.00 each. Dell Keyboard and Mouse. $10.00 set. 830-305-2521.--------------------------3 cement steps set, 48”x21”. Like new. Asking $125. 4 cement steps set, 48”x28”, asking $75. Trampoline, used, good condition, leg base, has no rust, springs in good condition. Tarp in good condition. No safety cage. Ask-ing $60. You haul any items. 830-540-4277.--------------------------Clavinova Yamaha Digital Piano w/bench. Under War-ranty. $2,700. Call 830-339-0111.--------------------------Chronic Illness, Medical Bills. Every-thing reasonably priced. Long list. Must sell by Mid-Sept. or End. Plan to move away soon. Gonzales, 830-203-8529, M-F.--------------------------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.--------------------------Upright piano for sale. Great for kids starting piano les-sons. All keys works. Needs to be tuned. $100. Call 830-832-5965.--------------------------Unique BBQ Pit, Stagecoach. In-cludes Electric Ro-tisserie $275. Call 512-917-4078.--------------------------Gasoline operated Hedger, $125; 5 HP Tiller, $200. Both in excellent condition. 361-208-3565. --------------------------Craftsman Riding Mower. 30” Mower/Mulcher. 13.5 HP Model 536.270300. Purchased April 2011..used 6 times. Exc. Condition. $600.00. 830-560-0238. --------------------------Electric Hospital bed, $150. 582-1120. --------------------------Stain Glass Win-dow, white tail deer. $275. 512-917-4078.

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Utility trailer. All wired for lights. Current tag. $375. 512-917-4078. --------------------------For Sale: Headache Rack, Bumper Hitch, Aluminum Run-ning Boards, 5 office desks, Lift Chair, An-tique Bed, Leather Sofa Bed. 1109 FM 532 West, Shiner. 361-596-4403.--------------------------Air Framing Nailer. Contractor Series. $75.00. Call 361-741-2604.

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

3. Dirt Scoop, $130, 16’ Grain Auger, new, $175, 7’2 Grat-er Blade, $175, 4500 Mahindra Tractor, 42 hp, like new, $8,500. 830-481-4707.--------------------------Want to Buy: Oliver 60 Tractor. V.A.C. Case Tractor. Run or Not. 361-293-1633.--------------------------For Sale: 231 Massey Ferguson Tractor. $9,000. 830-437-2358 or 830-857-0800. (08-23-12)--------------------------5 Bale Hay King Trailer & Bale Flip-per Loader. Load hay without getting out of truck. Video on baleflipper.com. $13,500. 512-565-5927.

7 pc. dinette, $95; coffee and end table, 475; Rol-laway Bed, $35; 37” TV, $15; 2 office re-ceptionist chairs, couch, table, etc. 361-596-4096. --------------------------For Sale: Queensize mattress set, $200; complete desk w/hutch, $30; Dining Room table with 4 high back chairs, solid wood, $300; Low back swivel re-cliner rocker, $150. Call 672-3728.--------------------------Small round dining table with leaf, ex-tends to oval. $50. Vintage pub table with extensions, $175. Black metal futon with mattress & cover. Like new. $75. 830-540-3382.

Between 4-5 Acres for Sale. Double-wide. Excellent con-dition. Hwy. front-age. 3BR, all electric, all appliances. Call 830-857-1026.

‘78 Chevy Pickup, $2,500. 830-481-4707.--------------------------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.--------------------------Tires for Sale. 4 brand new tires - 255-35-ZR20 Nitto Extreme ZR with Rims - Mar-tin Bros 20” universal rims. $500. 830-857-1340.--------------------------2003 Saturn - Great Gas Saver - $6,988. (830)303-4381.--------------------------2011 Chevy HHR - Certified - Was $18,499 - Now $15,991. (830) 303-4381.--------------------------2010 Jeep Patriot - only 28K miles. Was $19,999 - Now $17,688. (830) 303-4381.--------------------------2011 Dodge Grand Caravan, 42K miles - Was $22,899 - Now

$20,988. (830) 303-4381.--------------------------2011 Chevy Equi-nox - Certified - Was $24,388 - Now $21,988. (830) 303-4381.

3 mobile homes for rent in Leesville on Hwy. 80. Call 830-534-6525.--------------------------FOR RENT: 2bed, 1 bath trailer. New kitchen floor. For more information call Samantha at 830-857-5812.

For Rent: 2 B R / 2 B A / 2 C G home on 183 N. $1,250/mo., plus deposit. Call 830-857-4458 for infor-mation.--------------------------For Rent: 3BR/2Bath, central air/heat, newly re-modeled country home at 1714 CR 383 between Gon-zales and Moulton. No smoking and no pets in house. $1,000.00/month w/$500.00 deposit. First & last months rent due upfront. References re-quired. Available Sept. 1. 830-263-0910.--------------------------House in the coun-try for lease. Large, clean and nice house and nice yard. Lease and de-posit required. 361-594-3233.--------------------------House for Rent. 3/2, 1,100 + sq. ft. CA/H, remodeled, alarm, furnished, washer/dryer, fridge in-cluded. Flex. lease options. Contact [email protected] or call 830-542-9743.--------------------------3BR/2BA Brick house for rent. 1 mile North of Yoa-kum. AC, washer, dryer. Large access driveway in & out for truck parking for large bobtails. Oak grove, great for BBQ’s and enter-taining. Available Now. Call 361-293-6619, leave mes-sage.--------------------------Motel Suites. 2 bed-rooms, full kitchen, porch/small yard. $68 nightly, $310 weekly. Crews wel-come. Call JR, 512-292-0070, 830-857-5727.--------------------------

House for RentCompletely fur-nished house, 3 or 2 bdrms, one room furnished as office, one full bath, fully equipped kitchen, microwave, washer and dryer, large storage space, yard maintained. No pets. Cable and Wi-Fi. Near County Clerk’s office. Con-venient for two landmen. $1,250 a month plus utilities. Call 830-672-6265 or 830-857-4251.--------------------------For Rent in Luling. 3 bed, 1 bath, Cen-tral Air & heat. $850/month, $600/deposit. 830-832-3163. Earl Landry.--------------------------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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NIGHTLY RATESSingle nightly rates starting at $35.00 per night. Which include A/C, Micro-wave, Refrigerator, TV/Cable and fur-nished with all bills paid. Please call JR at (512) 292-0070 or (830) 672-3089.--------------------------For Rent to oilfield or pipeline work-ers 2BR/1BA, CH/A, furnished kitchen in Yoakum. Call 361-293-6821.--------------------------3/2, like new 1,800 sq. ft. in Nixon. $1,000/mo. Call 830-857-6921.

Looking for a nice house in or near Gonzales. 940-284-4255.

Office space for rent. 1,500 sq. ft. Recently remod-eled. 314 W. Cone. If interested call 830-672-4433.--------------------------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.

12 acres/house/of-fice with Hwy. 80 frontage between B e l m o n t / N i x o n near Leesville. Will

subdivide. For sale or lease. Would make a great oil field yard or resi-dence. Call Peyton, 512-948-5306; Da-vid, 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)

Willing to do part-time sitting of el-derly man or wom-an after hospital stay or surgery. Take them to local doc-tors visits, grocery shopping, etc. Call 830-788-7123 for more information. --------------------------Electrical Wiring, Troubleshooting, Repairs, etc. Li-censed & Insured. Call 830-437-5747. --------------------------For Your Specialty Cake Needs. Call Connie Komoll, 830-203-8178.--------------------------Will do house cleaning Monday thru Friday. Call 830-203-0735.--------------------------Sewing & Altera-tions. Jo West. 830-203-5072. Call between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.--------------------------I’M LOOKING FOR

WORKI’m not hiring. Need a job as a Nurse Aide in hospital, Agency or home. I’m a CNA & CPR certified and need work in Medi-cal Center. Fred-ericksburg area ONLY. Full-time. If you have a relative needing excep-tional care in San Antonio, please call and ask for Chell, 830-391-4837.--------------------------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.

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)

RV For Sale. Older unit. 5th wheel. $2,900. Contact Richard, 830-556-6905.--------------------------Ford Motorhome. 44,000 orig. miles. All working. $2,995. 830-857-6565.

Furnished Travel Trailer for rent in 4L RV Ranch. Available immediately. $350 week or $1,000 month. Call 830-305-6926 for more

info.--------------------------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.--------------------------Travel Trailers for rent. Located at J.B. Wells, Gonza-les, Texas. Cheaper than motel. Clean, fully furnished, 32 ft. trailers. $300/ a week. Please call for more info & rates. Pug @ 512-963-0000 or Dawn @ 512-508-6221.

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

For Sale or Trade: 27’ Sailboat, Beam 8’, fiberglass. 361-561-3335. Ask for Jeff.--------------------------2006 Land Prides 4x4 Recreational Vehicle For Sale. Approx. 200 hours. Honda Motor. In-dependent Suspen-sion. Windshield and Roof. 4x4. Ask-ing - $4,950.00 in very good condi-tion. Call 830-857-4670.

Free Kittens. Call 672-7094.--------------------------

PuppiesHalf Lab, Half Pyr-enees. Free to good home. 830-203-1733 or 830-540-4485.--------------------------We stock Sport-

mix Dog and Cat Food, Demon WP for those ants and scorpions. Gonza-les Poultry Supply, 1006 St. Paul Street,

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“Black Limousin and Angus Heif-ers and Bulls, Gen-tle Increase your weaning weights. Established breeder since 1971. Delivery available 979 561- 6148 “ --------------------------Nanny Boer Goats (adults). Pkg. Deal $500.00 (5) or $125 each. 830-560-0238. --------------------------Muscovy ducks for sale. $10.00 each. 8 3 0 - 2 6 3 - 2 4 8 2 . (TFN)--------------------------Laying Hens, $10.00. 512-718-0482.--------------------------For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford Bulls. 8-22 mths old. Heifers also, 8 months to 2 years.

830-540-4430.--------------------------FOR SALE: 4 year old Angus Bull. 830-875-2524.--------------------------WANT TO BUY: Any or Unwanted Hors-es. Call Leejay at 830-857-3866.--------------------------For Sale: Baby & Young Adult Ducks. Mix Breeds. Cost $3.50-$20.00 each. Call 830-857-6844, ask for Tammy Ste-phens.--------------------------M I N I - D O N K E Y S . Great pets, loves people. All ages and colors, some “cross” designs, 36” tall. 830-672-6265, 830-857-4251, 830-672-5152.--------------------------M I N I - G O A T S . (Dwarf Nigerians)

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FOR SALE BY OWN-ER: 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath, single story home in Gonzales. Beautiful wet bar and gourmet kitch-en with granite counter tops. Large pantry utility room. 2 car garage with workshop, nice pool and spa, huge covered porches. All on or nearly 1/2 acre. $249,000. Call 210-844-4963.--------------------------Older couple down-sizing 15 acres (10 acres fenced), house, 3/1 1/2, Barn, ponds, trees. Wharton County. $137,000. 979-533-3262.--------------------------4BR/2BA, 1900 Sq. ft. 210 Tanglewood Trail. New 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.--------------------------Two story, eleven room home which includes three bed-room, two baths. Apprx. 2,500 sq. ft. on about an half acre. Corner lot, zoned for residen-t ia l /commercia l . Luling. $150,000. 830-875-6975.

Modern home on 165-acre ranch located between Gonzales and Shin-er on paved road FM 443. Highly im-proved with scat-tered oak trees, improved grasses, hay field, cross fencing and stock tank. Recently up-dated 2,300 square foot home, 3BR, 2BA, two live-in areas. Property in-cludes large hay barn, equipment building shop and cattle pens. Shiner ISD. Possible owner financing available. 361-648-4090 or 361-935-1109.

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

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HOMESvManufactured home in excellent condition, about 1900 sq. ft., 3bed/2bath, large kitchen, located on 5 acres with many oak trees. County water and GVEC elec. Ready for move in. Fronting Hwy. 304, 2 miles north of Hwy. 90 and about 16 miles from Gonzales. Owner/Agent. Price...........................................................................................$99,500vGONZALES 3/2 new construction, 707 St. Francis...........$199,500vGONZALES 3/1, 108 1/2 St. Francis St................................$40,000vGONZALES 3/2.5, 1714 Gardien St.......REDUCED........$220,000vGONZALES 1006 Seydler St., 2 bed/2 bath, on 2 acres..........$120,500

FARM & RANCHvWAELDER 97.44 acres, 4BR ranch house, great house, oil/gas in-come, Ranching/Investment.....................................................$750,000vGONZALES 28 acres, 2 story, 3BR, 2 Bath custom built home......................................................................................................$375,000

ACREAGEvWAELDER- 10 acres, has utilities.......................................$65,000vREDROCK Good homesite, hunting, and investment opportunity. Property includes producing oil well with $24K annual production rev-enue and Seller will negotiate the sale of mineral rights...........$895,000

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Brick office bldg, downtown. ............$125,00022 ACS., home , pool, guest home.......$465,000New Home - 3/2, great location..........$70,0003BD/2BA, handyman special...............$43,000Park Place: Exceptional Home .......$335,000.New: 1720 St. Vincent, ....................$265,000Lot - Live Oak......................................$8,000507 St. Michael, 3 bd., 2 ba................$78,000

Land14 Acres, Hwy. 90A East...................$115,00090 A East, 35 acs., + home...............$369,00070 acs., wooded, hills, game, tanks...........................................................$420,000

Homes3.7 ACS. 4BR, 3BA, 2LV.................. $150,000306 McClure - 3BR, 1 Bath................$65,0001618 St. Peter - Home and extra lot....$70,000473 Crockett Lane-Settlement - 3 bd., beautiful property..................................$258,0001602 Water St.-commercial/rental....$150,0002342 FM 108, 3 bd.,2 story home.....$145,000792 90-B - Lakefront..............................$89,000312 Cr. Rd. 471, Lakefront + ,3 bd., 1.5 acre lot............................................$150,000

Land11.2 acs., Hwy 90. Gast Rd.......$5,300/Ac.CR 228 - 15 acs., M/H, trees................$87,500153 acs., FM 2091.........................$795,00061 acs., perfect homesite.................$4,990/Ac.3.94 acs., Settlement.......................$65,00010 acs., Settlement.........................$79,0002-4 acs., Sarah DeWitt............$25,000/Ac.1 ac. Seydler St...............................$25,0008.7 acs., city limits........................$120,00058 acs., trees, potential, edge of town................................................................$12,000/Ac.

CommercialLot - Live Oak..................................$8,000401 St. George-approx. 3400 sq. ft........................................................................$170,000

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Assemblies of GodGonzales Family Church Assembly of God320 St. Andrew

First Assembly of God509 E. 3rd St. Nixon

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

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

BaptistClark Baptist ChurchF.M. 794, Gonzales

County Baptist Church Hwy. 87 Smiley

Eastside Baptist ChurchSeydler Street, Gonzales

Elm Grove Baptist Church4337 FM 1115Waelder, Texas 78959

First Baptist Church 422 St. Paul, Gonzales

First Baptist Church403 N Texas Nixon

First Baptist ChurchHwy 108 N Smiley

First Baptist Church406 N Ave E Waelder

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

Greater Rising StarBaptist Church3rd Ave S of Hwy 87 Nixon

Harwood Baptist Church North of Post Office

Iglesia BautistaMacedonia201 S Congress Nixon

Iglesia Bautista MemorialHwy 97 Waelder

Leesville Baptist ChurchE. of Hwy 80 on CR 121

Memorial Heights Baptist Church1330 College Gonzales

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church100 Capes Gonzales

Oak Valley Baptist ChurchHwy. 97 Bebe

Old Moulton Baptist Church2287 FM 1680, Moulton

Primitive Baptist Church1121 N. College Gonzales

Providence Missionary Baptist Church1020 St. Andrew Gonzales

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

Stratton Primitive BaptistFM 1447 9 miles east of Cuero

St. James Baptist ChurchHwy 80- North of Belmont

Saint Paul Baptist ChurchSE 2nd St. Waelder

Shiner Baptist ChurchAvenue F and 15th Street, Shiner

Union Lea Baptist ChurchSt. Andrew St. Gonzales

Union Valley Baptist ChurchFM 1681 NW of Nixon

CatholicSt. James Catholic Church417 N. College, Gonzales

Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchSt. John St. Gonzales

St. Joseph Catholic Church207 S. Washington, Nixon

St Patrick Catholic Church in Waelder613 Highway 90 East Waelder

St. Phillip Catholic Church Hwy 87 Smiley

Christian

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

Churches of ChristChurch of Christ1323 Seydler St. Gonzales

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

Church of ChristE. 3rd & Texas, Nixon

Churches of GodCommunity Church of God1020 St. Louis, Gonzales

Gonzales Memorial Church of God in Christ1113 Hastings, Gonzales

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

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

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

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

Full Gospel Church1426 Fisher, Gonzales

LutheranFirst Evangelical Lutheran1206 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Abiding Word Lutheran Church, LCMS1310 St. Louis

MethodistBelmont United MethodistHwy. 90-A

Dewville United MethodistWest of FM 1117 on CR 121

First United Methodist426 St. Paul, Gonzales

First United Methodist410 N. Franklin, Nixon

Flatonia United Methodist403 E North Main, Flatonia

Harris Chapel United MethodistS. Liberty St. Nixon

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

Henson Chapel United Method-ist1113 St. Andrew, Gonzales

Monthalia United MethodistCR 112 off 97

Smiley United Methodist1 blk S. of Hwy 87

Waelder United Methodist2 blks from Hwy 90 & 97

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

Non-DenominationalAgape Ministries512 St. James, Gonzales

Living Waters Fellowship Church605 Saint Joseph St. Gonzales

Bread of Life Ministries613 St. Joseph, Gonzales

Cowboy Church of Gonzales CountyJ.B. Wells Showbarn

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

Emmanuel Fellowship

1817 St. Lawrence St. Gonzales

Encouraging Word Christian FellowshipHwy. 80 in Leesville

Jesus Holy Ghost Temple1906 Hickston, Gonzales

Lighthouse Church of Our Lord1805 Weimar, Gonzales

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

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

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

Inter-DenominationalFaith Family Church1812 Cartwheel Dr., Gonzales

PentecostalFaith TempleHwy 80 (N. Nixon Ave.) Nixon

Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 21515 Dallas, Gonzales

Temple Bethel Pentecostal1104 S. Paul, Gonzales

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

Presbyterian Pilgrim Presbyterian ChurchCR 210 off FM 1116

Presbyterian Church of Gon-zales414 St. Louis, Gonzales

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

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Morgan Mills830-857-4086

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FamilyLucas-Bryant vows exchangedLabor Day, Grandparents Day:

September is looking busy!Sandi’s Country

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I am grateful to Granella Hendricks for keeping me up-dated on the activities of the Apache Band Boosters. They will have the concession stand open this Thursday for the scrimmage against Columbus selling chips, sodas and cups of ice, candy and pickles. They need people to help with the concession stand. As always they welcome donations and would like to thank those businesses and people who have already donated. They will also be selling member-ships to the band boosters for only $15.00. Grandparents, aunts, and uncles, you all need to support these kids.

The first Sunday of every month is Communion Sun-day at the Belmont United Methodist Church.

The fifth Sunday at BUMC is Celebration/Song Service—A delicious breakfast starting 8:15am on every fifth Sunday. Mark your calendar for Sep-tember 30th.

September 3rd is Labor Day.

September 9th is Grand-parents Day. It would be good if you would at least remem-ber your grandparents with a hug and a hand written card at least.

The Belmont Community Center will have their regular club meeting on August 28th, at 2PM at the Belmont Com-munity Center.

Oh WOW—this is an im-portant day too-September 15th—this is the third Sat-urday of September-the Belmont Volunteer Fire Department BBQ and Auc-tion—check with Kenneth and Gail Schauer and Bob Kidd on how you can help. Our Volunteer Fire Depart-ment is a very important part of our community. It takes money to keep it functioning and up to date.

Now let’s see, Oh, you need to start checking the Belmont Social Club’s Facebook page more often. Hopefully it will be having more current up-dates. After September 1st they will be closing both on Sundays and Mondays. That will give those sweet waitress-es a little more rest.

Remember to circle that date of October 13th for the Leesville Country Fair. Vicki Oncken is calling for sand so I know that means we are going to have games for the kids.

Please lift the following people up in your prayers: Justin Klosel, Joe Kotwig, Alma Hastings, Paul Villar-eal, Glenn Malatek, Christian, Diana Garcia, Terry Bowman, Mr. Bill, Michael Barnard, Ser-gio Domingo Rodriguez, Bill and Marie Lott, Doris Hewell, “Sarge” Dunkin; Louise Jones, Aunt Georgie Gandre; Danny and Joyce Schellenberg, Vel-ma and Bobby Bullard; Jon Bullard and family; Mildred

O’Neal, Doug Walshak, Selma Vickers, Charlie, Landis, Gene Robinson, Keith Glass, Timo-thy Black, Jack Black, Teresa Wilke, Sandi Gandre, Rev A. C. Newman, Aunt Betty Gan-dre, Linda Nesloney, Marie Schauer, Esther Lindemann, Anna Lindemann, Tony Black, Susie Hale, Noreen Soefje, Lanny Baker, Nor-man Wundt, Lucy Jones, Ann Bond; Case Martin, Margue-rite Williams, Shirley Dozier, Matt McGrew, The family of Bill Muelker; The family of Malcolm DeBerry; The fam-ily of Joyce Black; Please pray for rain; For our military and their families; For the victims of the shooting in College Sta-tion, and pray extra for the last incident in Afghanistan.

I heard that Bill Shrader had a very inspiring message for both Belmont and Monthalia United Methodist Church on Sunday. It seems he almost lost his life and is walking around today praising God just because of a miracle. God kept him around for a reason and he is trying to use his life for God’s purpose.

We need some special prayers for Micheal Barnard. He was the truck driver of the big rig that innocently hit the pickup that pulled out in front of him on Hwy 80. He is having trouble with his spi-nal cord especially right down from his neck. He was driv-ing for JM Oilfield who has a business in our area. They are also concerned about the pas-senger of the pickup, Sergio Domingo Rodriguez. I don’t know his condition, but we might as well say some extra prayers for him as well. We pray for their families too.

Congratulations to Kim and Tim Shannon on the birth of their baby boy, Mark Wayne, who weighed in at 7 pounds and 9 ounces. He is being welcomed by his two older brothers, and excited grandparents Mike and Con-nie Bond.

Mamie Nesloney had a rousing birthday party. She celebrated 85 years of living. She was even so spry that she made the beans for the party. Paw Paw Allen, Kathleen Al-len, and Sean Allen had a good time meeting kin folks at the party which was held on the Luling Hwy. somewhere between here and there. (now how is that for Texas direc-tions)

Stanley Burris you have fooled around and procrasti-nated and gotten your name

in the paper just because you have not called me on the telephone as you have been instructed to do. Now I hear that you have been sassy to my dear friend Kathleen down there on Sarah DeWitt Drive. I am truly glad that you are doing well.

Then I heard by the grape-vine that Dorothy Cardwell is somewhat under the weather and is being pampered by daughter Ellen Wundt. I think that is rather nice to have one or more of these kids at her beck and call. Mrs. Dorothy is a very beloved lady and always has a very sweet smile for ev-eryone.

Mr. Bill Lott is being pam-pered by another daughter, Sherry and family. I guess he doesn’t get to see them as of-ten.

Yes, we do appreciate the flashing stop lights on FM 466, but since you have al-ready done the study which shows that the traffic on HWY 80 is up 55% and does warrant those big signs saying INTERSECTION AHEAD then why don’t you just go ahead and put them up and quit talking about it. You know if you would have done something besides talking maybe we would not have had all of these fatalities and inju-ries. Do you realize that there is one person who was injured in one of those accidents that will have to have twenty-four hour care for the rest of their lives? So while you are “talk-ing” think about that person. They live right here in our community.

I treated my old purse so badly that I broke the handles, so I had to get a new one. Dililah has decided she needs to christen it by rubbing on the sides. I am not too happy about that. However, making that clear to Dililah is another story. She does think that cleanliness is next to Godli-ness. And if you mess up a hair on her back, it has to go back into place immediately!

Have a good week, good luck to all of the school kids, teachers, and parents, and God Bless.

It sure is a good thing that I love Hugo. He stole my whole package of peanut but-ter cheese crackers when I was otherwise occupied and carried them across the bed and proceeded to eat them. He wasn’t going to share them either. Twerpt was patiently lying down on the bed about a foot away from Hugo. So I had to rescue my crackers so Twerpt and I could have some to eat.

Have a good week and God Bless.

Jamie Leigh Lucas and Clifford John Bryant were united in marriage on July 7, 2012 at The First United Methodist Church of Gon-zales with Reverend Andy Smith officiating. Jamie is the daughter of John & Edith Lucas of Gonzales and Cliff is the son of Donald Bryant of Guthrie, Oklahoma.

The altar was flanked by arrangements of yellow & white Glads, Asiatic Lil-lies, White Deli Star Spider Mums, Mardi Gras Solidago Asters and White Daisies in footed crystal compotes. The family pews were marked with yellow chiffon & white satin bows.

Emmitt Currie rang the church bells to begin the ceremony. Christina Men-king played “Canon in D” and “Trumpet Voluntary” for the seating of the fami-lies and bridal procession. Ushers Daniel Seale and Trey Lucas seated Rosaline Neuse and Haroldean Watts, Grandmothers of the bride. Wendy Harms, Sister of the groom was escorted by Don-ald Bryant. She wore a silk aqua street length dress and a wristlet of vendela white roses and yellow daisies. Edith Lucas, mother of the bride was escorted by John Lucas. She wore a plum floor length gown with a jacket accented with crystals and carried a Tussie Mussie of vendela white roses and yellow daisies bound togeth-er with ivory ribbon.

John Lucas escorted his daughter down the aisle to the traditional “Bridal Cho-rus”. Jamie wore an Alfred Angelo ivory strapless iri-descent satin gown accented with a sweetheart neckline and pleated design with crystal beading, sequins, corseted back and a chapel length train. She wore an ivory single layer fingertip veil with an iridescent em-broidered edge with crys-tals and carried a hand tied nosegay of white vendela & yellow high exotic roses bound together with ivory ribbons accented with crys-tals, along with her grand-mother Rosaline Neuse’s ivory lace handkerchief. She wore her mother’s pearl and diamond drop earrings and necklace.

The bridesmaids wore charcoal gray chiffon floor length gowns in a design chosen by each. They car-ried garden style nosegays of yellow exotic and spray roses, mardi gras solidago asters, yellow & white dai-sies bound together with sil-ver mesh ribbons accented with crystals. The Matron of Honor was Kristie Lucas Seale and the bridesmaids were Krista Boothe Keefe,

Molly Lucas, and Michelle Cisneros. The flower girls were Callie Lucas and Anna Seale. They wore match-ing ivory chiffon and satin dresses accented with em-broidery, pearls, and se-quins. Callie carried a Tussie Mussie of white vendela ros-es bound with ivory ribbon.

The Best Man was Don-ald Bryant, Father of the groom. Groomsmen in-cluded Iain Bryant, Martin Armstrong, and Josh Lucas. The groomsmen wore tra-ditional black tuxedos with gray vests & ties. Cliff wore a black tuxedo with an ivory vest and tie. The ring bear-ers were Chance Lucas, Ste-phen and Jonathan Seale. They wore tuxedos like the groomsmen and carried ring bearer pillows. Chance, Stephen, Jonathan, and Cal-lie entered the church as the organist played “Jesus Loves Me”.

Guests were registered by Kristi and Blakely Mercer and Kelly and McKenzie McGuffin. The reception was held immediately fol-lowing the ceremony in the Narthex and Fellowship Hall of First United Meth-odist Church. Decorations included Boston Ferns, var-ious sizes of vases of Ven-dela Roses, Yellow Roses, White Roses, Pom Daisies, and Alstomerias arranged on mirror tiles. Duck ar-rangements were on the cake table and in some of the windows. Guests were served a Bar-B-Q brisket meal from Belmont So-cial Club. The bride’s cake was a three tier confection

embellished with fresh yel-low and white roses and daisies. The groom’s cake was a chocolate confec-tion of a red velvet cake of a duck pond. The Candy Table favors from the bride and groom were numerous kinds of yellow, white, and chocolate candies. Guests were served punch from an antique punch bowl be-longing to the brides’ great grandmother, the late Ver-na Bell Brewer..

The House Party in-cluded Sue Boothe, Joyce Barker, Kathleen Borrer, Susie Barfield, Betty Carley, Mary Ckodre, Christi Le-onhardt, Patti Lindemann, Amy Loehmann, Lori and Ashleigh Luensmann, Dottie Lucas, Layne Lu-cas, Robin Lucas, Betty Sample, Jocelyn Sexton, Billie Jo Tieken and Debbie Tieken.

Photographs were taken by Lori Raabe and the cer-emony was videographed by Bruce Tieken.

Shelby Tieken provided music for the evening and the bride and grooms first dance to Mark Wills’ “I Do Cherish You”. The bride danced with her father to “I Loved Her First” by Heart-land. They left the recep-tion showered with bubbles for a Honeymoon along The River Walk in San Antonio. The bride and groom will live in Willow Park, Texas.

Belmont Social Club was the site of the Rehearsal Dinner hosted by the groom’s father, Donald Bry-ant, following the rehearsal Friday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford John Bryant

The Gonzales County Camera Club will be holding their annual photography contest during this year’s Come and Take It Celebra-tion, Friday, October 5 through Sunday, October 7, in downtown Gonza-les.

The show will be mov-ing this year to a new location, the Café on the Square on Saint Joseph Street, announced Con-test Chairman, Dr. Ken-neth Gottwald. All area photographers are en-couraged to enter.

The free exhibit will be open to the public on Friday from 5-8 p.m., Saturday from 1-6 p.m. and Sunday from 1-3 p.m.

An entry fee of $3 per photo must be submitted with all photographs.

Even the youngest shutterbugs, 18 years of age and younger, may enter the Youth category for $2 per photo. This year’s adult categories include Portraits, Archi-tecture, Still Life, Flow-ers, Landscapes, People, Texas History, Animals, Digitally-Altered, and Miscellaneous. All pho-tos must be at least eight by 10 inches and matted to 11 by 14 inches.

Entries are due by Monday, October 1.

For a complete copy of the rules and submis-sion guidelines, contact Kenneth Gottwald at (830)672-8676 or Reta Hines at (830)672-2242. No entries will be ac-

cepted after the deadline.Judging will take place

prior to the show and first, second and third place ribbons will be awarded in each category. Best-in-show will be se-lected from the winners. First place winners will each receive $25, second place $15 and third place $10. The Best-in-Show prize is $100.

This year’s contest will also feature a photo sale fundraiser. Entrants will

have the option to sell any of the photos they submit for judging. A minimum sale price of $20 will be assigned to each photo authorized for sale, but any exhibitor may place a higher price on his or her photograph.

Ten dollars of each pur-chase will be going to the Club and the remainder to the photographer. Pho-tos will remain on exhibit throughout the show and buyers will be able to pick

up their purchases at the close of the show on Sun-day or may have them mailed to them for an ad-ditional fee.

The photo contest has become a popular event at the annual Come and Take It celebration, which commemorates the firing of the first shot in the Texas Revo-lution and club mem-bers are looking forward to a record number of entries.


Saturn Friendship Club News

DAR meets in San AntonioThe Elizabeth Zumwalt Kent Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas met in San Antonio on Saturday, Aug. 11. The members met for lunch at the Menger Hotel. Fol-lowing lunch the members and guests assembled in Alamo Hall at The Alamo for their chapter meeting. Plans were discussed for community projects for the upcoming year. The members are dedicated to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved and maintained the independence of Texas. Pictured are (seated, from left) Linda Fisher, Carrie Self, Sharon Hall, Joy Milstead, (standing) Joan Ermis, Linda Tapley, Agnes Wright, Cathryn Cox, Kathryn Ford, Nelda Patterson and Dixell Wheat. (Courtesy photo)

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OUTSIDE BIERGARTEN MUSIC4-7 pm - Oma & The Oompahs

OUTSIDE BINGO PAVILION7-11 pm - Los Kolaches

Monday, Sept. 3, 2012

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Camera Club announces annual contest

Sundowners 4-H ClubThe Sundowners 4-H club will be starting off the new 4-H year with its first meet-ing at 6 p.m. on Sept. 4. The monthly meetings will be held on the first Tues-day of every month until May. This year, there will be a new meeting location: the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, which is located at 426 Saint Paul Street in Gonzales. The club officers are (sitting, from left): Tanner Hard-castle, Parliamentarian; Josie Stowers, Vice President; Cullen Eppright, Report-er; (standing, from left) Kayla Mason, Secretary; Haley Clampit, President; and Aspen Flach, Treasurer. The three positions for Council Delegates are still open. It is never too late to join 4-H! Please log on to www.4honline.com to join 4-H. If you have any questions, call Melissa Clampit at 830-540-3326 or send email to [email protected]. (Courtesy photo)

CISTERN – Members of the Saturn Friendship Club met on August 20 at the Cis-tern Schoolhouse.

They were greeted by the hostesses for the afternoon, Della Mae Urban, Pat Wer-lein and Penny Snyder. Time was spent chatting about summertime activities, rain, heat, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A Get Well card was circulated for members to inscribe “best wishes” for Vivian Benton, who recently had surgery.

At 1 p.m. the president, Roberta Kilpatrick, called the meeting to order. The Club prayer was recited in unison and the motto stated. When the hostesses invited the members to come and serve themselves from the refresh-ment table, Nancy Littlefield, the devotional leader, offered thanks for the food.

A Mexican Casserole, chips, avocado dip, pasta and vegetable salad, pimento cheese sandwiches and choc-olate brownies were offered along with drinks of choice. A period of congenial con-versation and fellowship fol-lowed.

When the business session resumed, Nancy Littlefield asked if there were prayer concerns. Prayers for Vivian Benton’s hasty recovery, for a Waelder family who just lost a 15-year old daughter in an vehicle accident and a mother in need of immediate help were requested. After a thoughtful prayer for those mentioned, Nancy brought the devotional “Water”. It was based on John 7: (vv.37b, 38a) “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink.”

Nancy told of traveling in far west Texas and New Mex-ico and seeing bare sandy soil with cactus and creosote bushes on one side of the road while fields of green, lush alfalfa and huge pecan orchards were on the oppo-site side. The exact same soil and climate brought forth completely different results. What made the difference? Water and some hard work by the farmer.

She went on to add, ”I

think the same thing can be true of our spiritual lives. Without the water which Je-sus promises us, our lives are dry and desert-like. But if we drink of the water of eternal life, then our lives will be fruitful and our hearts will flow the river of living water.”

It sounds pretty easy but it does require some work on our part, too. Just as the farmer has to seek out the water for his crops, so we have to seek out Jesus. The farmer has to plant and tend his crop. We also have to plant seeds of a fruitful life by participating in prayer, read-ing and studying The Word and worshiping within the Christian community.

With Christ and His pre-cious living water, we can live the joyful, abundant lives that He desires for us. Let’s re-member what it takes to have a bountiful crop, water and work, and then we can enjoy the harvest!”

Roll Call was answered by telling what had occu-pied most of the time over the previous month. Top-ping the list was trying to stay cool and keeping yard plants alive. Followed by time spent with grandchil-dren, helping a daughter move, helping a daughter and family build a house, traveling, spending time in Colorado, getting a new knee and a new car and watching for RAIN. Al-though answers varied, it was agreed it was all time well spent.

The secretary-treasurer, Mary Kelly, read the min-utes of the July meeting which were approved. She gave the financial report which was accepted. Sandy Parr reported the “Tea Pot” visits were nearing comple-tion. The final four mem-bers planned a special din-ner in the near future. At the September meeting it will be decided if the “Tea Pot” project will continue. A brief time was spent offer-ing comments on the Club’s By-Laws being formed.

Birthday Ladies: Vivian Benton, Sandy Parr, Nancy Littlefield, Betty Britsch, Jo Brunner and Virgie Brown were recognized with greet-ing of Best Wishes, song

and a gifts from Secret Pals.Jo Brunner told of a de-

serving single mother with a teenaged son, who had fallen on hard times. She is undergoing chemo for a cancer, was behind on house payments, was wait-ing for financial assistance and needed some help to put food on the table. A free will offering was taken as well as the Club making a generous donation to see her through this time of trial.

Door prizes were award-ed to Frances Griggs and Sandy Parr. Following ad-journment, games of Bingo were played until everyone had received a prize. Win-ners of some of the prizes especially liked their color.

The September meeting will be on September 17 at the Cistern Schoolhouse with Roberta Kilpatrick and Vivian Benton serving as hostesses.

By EVA BOSCAMP

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Ready for ContactDarnell Arnic (4) draws a bead on a Brahma ball carrier during Gonzales’ scrimmage with Hallettsville Sat-urday morning at Apache Stadium. The Apaches outscored their opponents, 3-2. (Photo by Dave Mundy)

SHINER — The Nixon-Smiley Lady Mustangs played well from the be-ginning in sweep of Cuero (25-15, 25-20) in play at the Shiner Tournament of Champions.

“The girls worked hard,” Lady Mustang coach Jane Iams said. “We played well from the start and that is a big deal for us.”

“We just did not bring it today,” Cuero head coach Rebecca Riojas said. “We have to learn when we are down, we have to step it up instead of dwelling on the situation.”

The tournament did al-low Cuero to come closer to finding a suitable player combination on the court.

“We had one lineup go-ing into this tournament,” Riojas said. “Now, we have found a totally different one. I have switched from the 5-1 system into a 6-2 alignment.”

Abby Sheppard got some plays in for Cuero to give them a 7-3 lead. Nixon fought back to take the lead 13-9 on the serves of Kelby Henderson and two kills from Devan Tristan. Nixon continued the run to open up a 19-12 lead on plays from Hailey Boatright and then out-scored Cuero 6-3 for the win.

In the second game, Cu-ero grabbed an early 3-1 lead on a pair of kills from Autumn Means.

Nixon eventually battled back into the lead and the game was tight for a while until a Jennifer Flores kill and serves from Boatright propelled Nixon to victory.

Shiner drops first match of season to Burton

Shiner probably pre-ferred another time to lose their first match of the sea-son.

The Burton Lady Pan-thers defeated Shiner 2-0 (25-16, 26-24) Saturday in the semifinals of the Shin-er Tournament.

Burton opened proceed-ings with an 8-3 advantage, getting kills from Rachel Warner and Desiree Gar-cia. Shiner fought back to trail 17-11 after plays from Kristin Schacherl and Am-anise Coleman, and later LaNeisha Hunt got a kill to close down to 20-15.

Burton then scored five of the next six points for the win.

In the second set, Bur-ton managed to negate the early Lady Comanche advantage, but the tourna-ment hosts came back to within one point, 11-10, on the serves from Lauren Oden.

Two kills from Coleman played their part in giving Shiner an 18-15 advantage. Later, an ace from Meagan Chumchal gave Shiner a 20-17 margin.

Burton rallied for four straight points and the teams exchanged leads as they got closer to game point. Shiner seemed poised with a 24-23 lead to take the set, but a couple of miscues gave Burton a 25-24 lead and a play from Caitlin Blakey sealed the victory for the Lady Pan-thers.

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Lady Mustangs start off Shiner Tourney with a good team winBy MARK [email protected]

TOURNEY, Page C3

Coming ThroughAdam Hollenbach scores on a short run during St. Paul’s scrimmage at Nixon-Smiley that was held Saturday morning at Mustang Stadium. Hollenbach scored four times to lead the Cardinals to a 4-2 win. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

NIXON – Two area pro-grams who figure to be in the hunt for playoff spots this season squared off Sat-urday morning in Nixon.

The Mustangs welcomed the Shiner St. Paul Cardi-nals, who outscored their hosts 4-2 during a 60-play scrimmage.

St. Paul scored twice dur-ing their first 15-play of-fensive series, getting two rushing touchdowns from Adam Hollenbach.

Tristan Newman got the Mustangs on the board when he galloped 65 yards for a score during Nixon-Smiley’s first offensive se-ries.

Hollenbach’s 35-yard touchdown run was the third score of the scrim-mage. It came during the

Cardinals’ second offensive series. Hollenbach reached paydirt again on a one-yard plunge to make the score 4-1.

Nixon-Smiley got a big play in the middle of their last 15-play offensive se-ries. Rudy Acevedo hit Tom Palacio in the flats and the Mustangs picked up 25 yards. Two plays later, Ace-vedo connected with Gar-rett Earlywine for a 35-yard touchdown to account for the final score.

“It’s good to start off the year and get out against somebody else, but usually in first scrimmages you see some good things and you see an awful lot of things that you still have to work on that are not so good,” said St. Paul head coach Jake Wachsmuth. “That’s kind of where we are right

now.”“What we’re trying to do

right now is find as many guys as we can who can play. With our level of play, you’ve got to have more than 11. Overall, I thought our kids played hard.”

Mustangs head coach Carlton McKinney said he anticipated good execution on offense from St. Paul and wasn’t that concerned with the way the scrim-mage ended up.

“It went about how I ex-pected,” he said. “With our new defense, there’s a lot of things that we can’t do right now because we use our linebackers in so many different ways. In a scrim-mage you really don’t want to show too much, so they were basically forced to play passively and that’s not

Cardinals get the better of Nixon-Smiley, winning 4-2

NIXON, Page C2


The Gonzales Apaches and Hallettsville Brahmas enter the 2012 football sea-son with the basics pretty well nailed down.

On Saturday, coaches Ricky Lock of Gonzales and Tommy Psencik of Hallettsville pulled out their Shamoos and worked

on polishing things.“We know we can do that

stuff in the middle of the field (ground game),” said Lock, whose club ran off a 10-0 regular season last year and was derailed only by eventual state champi-on Wimberly. “We spread it out and threw the ball around, mainly to see who can catch the ball. We got people open, we just got to

hit ‘em.”The Apaches got TD

passes from both of their top two QBs, Matthew Hillman and Morgan Mar-tinez, and a 70-yard dash for a score by Cecil Johnson on their first play to take a 3-2 edge in scores Saturday. Gonzales also had a pass interception by Damien Airhart, which would likely have been returned for a

fourth score in a game situ-ation.

“It was a good first scrim-mage,” Lock said. “Last year, we went out in our first scrimmage against St. Michael and looked hor-rible. We’re just trying to find the right people right now. We need to improve our depth. Every school in the state of Texas has depth

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GONZALES, Page C2

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GONZALES: Big plays from Johnson, James go a long way

LULING – The Luling Eagles finally got a chance to hit somebody other than themselves and they seemed to revel in the op-portunity.

Luling hosted Schul-enburg Friday night in a scrimmage whose format was 95 plays broken into alternating series of 15 and 10. The Shorthorns out-scored the Eagles, 4-1.

“We made a lot of mis-takes and there was a lot of hesitation because kids weren’t sure what they were supposed to be doing,” said Luling head coach Colby Hensley. “I think all it’s go-ing to take is a little time watching film to clean it up and we’ll fix our mistakes.”

The Eagles showed our explosive they can be on the first play of their first of-fensive series. Quarterback Trayden Staton executed a nice fake on a play-action pass and hit Ty Anderson deep downfield with a per-fect pass. The play went 80 yards for a touchdown.

The highlight of the re-maining plays in that se-ries was a short pass that was hauled in by Brendon Cubit, whose dazzling run-after-the-catch turned the play into a 40-yard gain.

When they got the ball, Schulenburg converted three times on fourth down and on the 11th play, scored on a 20-yard pass. The receiver made a nice over the shoulder catch in the corner of the end zone despite tight coverage by Luling’s Taylen Moore.

On Luling’s first 10-play offensive series the big play was a pass from Trey Her-nandez over the middle to Shaft Cubit that went for 45 yards. The freshmen Cubit

made another great play when Luling switched over to defense by intercepting a pass.

Schulenburg’s next three scores all came on big gain-ers. The first was a 62-yard option run, next was a 70-yard run and the last was on a 15-yard fade route where the receiver made a leaping

catch. Even though they gave up some big plays, the Eagle defense performed well for the most part. They showed their ability to get physical when Quinton Grant and Abraham Palo-mo delivered bonecrushing hits on back to back plays.

“We didn’t look quite as good as I expected,” said

Hensley. “We had glimpses of what I thought we were, but there were mental mis-takes that I thought we had gone out of our system to show that we’re not quite there yet.”

Luling will travel to Shin-er for a scrimmage with the Comanches on Friday night, beginning at 6 p.m.

SHINER – First-year Shiner volleyball coach Megan Klimitchek believes in running a mostly-tight ship, but feels there are also times to loosen up a little.

“I am a very discipline-oriented coach,” Klim-itchek said. “I like structure all the while having fun at the same time, but also staying focused. I feel by demanding discipline, it will help keep the girls on track.”

She said she also believes in learning and improv-ing fundamental volleyball skills.

Klimitchek inherited a team that was 25-11 (8-1 in District 29-1A), district

champs and regional quar-terfinalists. Shiner lost five seniors to graduation from last year and welcomes back several returning players from last year.

Klimitchek is a 2005

graduate of nearby Hal-lettsville High School. She was a four-year participant on the Lady Brahma vol-leyball and softball team, and took part in basketball and track during her junior and senior years.

Klimitchek attended Al-vin Community College for two years on a full-ride volleyball scholarship and earned an Associate’s De-gree in General Studies. She transferred to Houston Baptist College in 2007 and again competed on the vol-leyball team. Klimitchek was invited to come out for the softball team and played softball for a while.

In 2009-10, her third year at Houston Baptist, Klimitchek served as a student assistant coach for

the volleyball team. She received her Bachelor’s in Multi-Disciplinary Studies in 2010.

“It was basically a teach-ing certificate for elementa-ry school,” Klimitchek said.

Shortly after graduation, instead of searching for a teaching/coaching job, she elected to apply to Lonestar College in Cypress to con-tinue her education.

“I went back to school to pursue my dream of learn-ing sign language,” she said., “I went there for two years and obtained an As-sociate’s Degree/Certificate in Interpreter Technician.”

Klimitchek will teach three U.S. History classes and one Texas History class at Shiner Junior High.

New Shiner coach balances focus, fun

Megan Klimitchek

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Eagles outscored, show promise in scrimmage with Schulenburg

what we worked on in the first two weeks of practice.”

“Offensively for us, fa-tigue set in and that’s when our execution goes down. That’s something that we can work on and get better at. There were some posi-tives there. A lot of the mis-takes that were made were self-induced and we can correct those.”

McKinney said he was excited to see so many of his underclassmen have a good game including the sophomore trio of New-man, Palacio and quarter-

back Nick Pena.“There were several kids

that played well, but I think what we need to have is our more experienced players to step up and play the way they’re capable of playing,” he said. “I don’t think we saw enough of that today, so that’s what we’ll be focus-ing on.”

Nixon-Smiley will next play in a scrimmage on Thursday at Jourdanton, beginning at 6 p.m. St. Paul is scheduled to participate in a tri-team scrimmage with Flatonia and Halletts-ville on the same day at a time to be determined.


Eagles DebutAaron Werlein shows good power and balance while running through two defenders during Luling’s scrimmage with Schulenburg Friday night at Eagle Stadium. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

problems.”“I think most of our kids

knew their assignments, they just have to maintain their blocks better,” said Psencik, whose team got a long touchdown run of its own from Logan Her-rington and a short TD pass from Nate Kowalik to Tied-rick Smith.

“We knew their offensive line was good, and they showed it,” Psencik said of the Apaches. “They looked like they’re supposed to look. Defensively, we’ve got to do a better job of the line setting up our two sopho-more linebackers.”

Both teams had four pos-sessions each with 15 plays for both starting offenses and 10 for the second-team defenses. The Brahmas didn’t get much on their first possession and D.J. Gonzales picked off a pass for the Apaches.

Johnson turned an in-side trap play into a 70-yard jaunt on the Apaches’ first offensive whistle. He added another 23-yard run and Hillman hit Darrance James with a bomb good for 42 yards to set up Gonzales’ second score, a five-yard toss from Hillman to Fran-cisco Diaz.

Airhart and Diaz had interceptions on Halletts-ville’s second set of downs before Herrington took a jet sweep outside and beat the corner to the sideline for a 70-yard score.

The Brahmas’ second of-fensive got another score on Smith’s short TD reception before the Apache Two’s got a TD of their own on a 38-yard sideline streak from Martinez to Cameron Smith.

“We tried some differ-ent things,” Lock said. “We played real vanilla defense, we didn’t do any stunts at all today.”

St. Paul’s Adam Hollenbach was virtually untouch-able for most of the contest with the exception of this good hit made on him by the Mustangs’ Raul Tobar. (Photo by Cedric Iglehart)

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St. Paul played St. Joseph for the second time in the tournament and for the second time, St. Joe came out on top. The Lady Flyers handed St. Paul a 25-9, 25-13 loss in the champion-ship semifinals.

St. Joe opened up a 9-3 lead in the first set and the Lady Cardinals chipped away at the lead, getting ace from Mary Adamek, to close down to 9-5.

St. Joe used the serves of Lauren Kurtz and plays from Natalie Bales and Carly Boles to go ahead 17-7. They then closed out the first game with an 8-2 run.

A Jacy Pawelek kill early in the second game helped St. Paul record the first two points. After the Lady Fly-ers held a small lead, St. Paul came back to tie the game at 4-4. St. Joe blasted away with seven straight points and went on to close out the set 25-13.

For St. Paul, Alexa Schaefer had two digs and two kills; Pawelek had two digs and a kill; Katelynn Leist had two kills, three digs and one assist; Kourt-ney Knesek had three as-sists and one dig; Kylie Na-tal had one dig; Madison Kurtz had nine digs and one assist; Adamek had two digs and two assists; Morgan Long had four kills and one dig; and Samantha Siegal had one ace.

Shiner takes third place in all Shiner-school match

Shiner head coach Me-gan Klimitchek is a firm believer in not obsessing with the past. Therefore, she wanted her players to move forward from the championship semifinals loss to Burton.

“I told them that the loss to Burton is in the past and do not think about,” Klim-itchek said. “Focus on the next game. I told them that and then asked them to read it back to me.”

The result was Shiner de-feating St. Paul 25-13, 18-25, 25-18 in the third-place match.

“Us playing St. Paul was lots of fun,” Klimitchek said. “It was incredible. I love small-town rivalries.”

Krtistin Schacherl, Juli-anna Rankin, Lauren Oden and Amanise Coleman all helped put the Lady Co-manches on top 5-0 early in the first set. Shiner soon rocketed to a 16-5 lead on plays by Rankin and La-Neisha Hunt and held a slight 9-8 scoring advan-tage to win the first game.

At the start of the second set, St. Paul used service

from Kourtney Knesek, Alexa Schaefer and Jacy Pawelek to build 7-5 lead.

Shiner was able to come back and take a slight lead. St. Paul later used a 7-3 run for a 22-18 lead and held Shiner off the board while scoring the last three points.

In the third set, Shiner battled from an early defi-cit and kept on course to the 25-18 score.

For St. Paul, Abby Hull had one assist; Schaefer had two kills, seven digs and one ace; Pawelek had two blocks, one dig and one ace; Katelynn Leist had one kill; Katie Denson chipped in one kill; Madison Kurtz had seven digs and one as-sist; Adamek had one assist; Knesek had five assists, five digs and two aces; Morgan Long had four kills, one block and one dig; while Samantha Siegal had one kill, one dig and one ace.

For Shiner, Hunt had two aces, one block, four digs and 10 kills; Oden had one ace, five kills, two blocks, one assist and five digs; Rankin had two aces, seven kills, two blocks and four digs; Kristin Schacherl had three aces, 13 digs and 21 assists; Coleman had two kills, two blocks, two digs and one assist; Tabitha Blaschke had two digs and two kills; Emmalie Berkovsky had 11 assists; and Meagan Chumchal had one ace and 14 digs.

Tournament roundup Shiner defeated Flatonia

in the quarterfinals, 25-19, 25-19.

Flatonia defeated Fay-etteville 2-1 (25-15, 21-25, 25-22) in the consolation semifinals. Savannah Flood had seven aces, three kills, one block; Alanis Ribera had two aces, one kill and three assists; Crystal Ro-driguez had one ace and five digs; Chandler Fike had one ace, two digs and six kills; Abigail Schacherl had one ace, one kill, nine assists and one block; Meredith Pavlica had four kills and two blocks; Katie Steinhauser had one kill; Kimberlyn Michalec had one kill, two blocks and four digs.

Flatonia took the conso-lation championship with a 14-25, 25-22, 25-19 win over Nixon-Smiley.

Chandler Fike had two aces, six kills, two digs; Abigail Schacherl had two aces, three kills, 13 assists and one block; Crystal Ro-driguez had one ace and three digs; Savannah Flood had one ace, one kill and three blocks; Kimberlyn Michalec had one ace, two

kills, one assists, one block and two digs; Katie Stein-hauser had five kills and one block; Meredith Pav-lica had one kill and one block; and Alanis Ribera had two assists.

Faith Academy defeated Sacred Heart 18-25, 23-25, 22-25 Saturday in the match between the No. 5 seeds.

Jenna Brown had one ace and five digs; Sandra Adams had one dig; Em-ily Harper had three digs and one kill; Amber Labay had one ace, one kill and one dig; Robyn Pavlicek had four kills and three digs; Jaycie Orsak had four digs; Kirsten Heger had five digs and one kill; Adrienne Klimitchek had four kills, two digs, one ace and six assists; Rachel Saulnier had four assists, one ace and one dig; Hailey Smith had one ace.

“Not the start to the season we wanted,” said Sacred Heart head coach Wanda Orsak. “We have gotten better over the last few matches, but our serve-receive has lost almost ev-ery match for us. If we can’t pass-serve then the rest of the game is not possible.”

“There are no excuses because we have returning lettermen from last year’s team. We just have to work harder, work together, and the seniors have to step up and lead from the floor and the bench.”

St. Paul defeated Cuero in the quarterfinals, 25-21, 22-25, 25-19. Alexa Schae-fer had two aces, four kills and 12 digs; Jacy Pawelek had seven kills, three digs, two blocks, one assist and one ace; Katie Denson had three digs; Kourtney Kne-sek had 16 digs, 11 assists, three kills and one ace; Madison Kurtz had 13 digs; Mary Adamek had seven assists, six digs and two aces; Morgan Long had 11 kills, 10 digs and one ace.

In other bracket games, Burton defeated Fayette-ville in the quarterfinals; Victoria St. Joseph beat Nixon-Smiley in the quar-terfinals; Burton defeated St. Joe in the championship game 2-1.

Shiner overcomes slow start, beats Faith Academy

If you are taken out of your comfort zone, try to find another one.

Faith Academy had the Shiner Lady Comanches out of sync a little Thursday in the Shiner Tournament of Champions, but Shiner made the necessary adap-tations and won 2-1 (22-25, 25-17, 25-23).

“Faith Academy got us

out of our system,” Shiner head coach Megan Klim-itchek said. “They were hitting the ball well, and we had trouble refocusing and doing all of the little things.”

After falling in the first set, Shiner roared back to victory in the match.

“We never gave up,” Klimitchek said. “We tried different things, found something and ran with it.”

A kill from Maegan Wilkinson helped give Faith Academy a 4-1 ad-vantage early in the first game. Shiner gradually chipped the lead and tied the game at 5-5 with the service of Lauren Oden.

The Lady Cougars then scored seven of the next eight points. A kill from LaNeisha Hunt and serves from Oden brought Shiner equal at 16-16. Later, an ace from Hunt put the Lady Comanches ahead for the first time with a 19-17 lead.

Faith Academy used the serves of Gabbie Torres to close out the set with an 8-3 run.

To start the second game, plays from Amanise Cole-man and Julianna Rankin,

along with a pair of kills from Hunt, gave Shiner an 8-3 lead. Plays from Cole-man, Hunt and Kristin Schacherl and a Rankin ace sent Shiner ahead to 21-13. Both teams banked in four points each for a 1-1 tie in the match.

In the third set, Faith Academy rallied from a 3-0 deficit to a 10-5 advantage on some Shiner miscues. Shiner was able to knot the game at 11-11 before the Lady Courgars went ahead 15-14 with kills from Tor-res and Sarah Alex.

Serves from Meagan Chumchal, Rankin and Emmalie Berkvosky gave Shiner a 23-20 advantage en route to the 25-23 score.

For Shiner, Hunt fin-ished with six digs, two aces and 12 kills; Oden had five digs, two assists, three aces, and a pair of kills; Rankin chipped in two blocks, two aces, three digs and four kills; Sch-acherl had 10 digs and 18 assists; Coleman had three kills and six blocks; Tabitha Blaschke finished with two blocks, one dig and one kill; Chumchal had eight digs and one ace with Berk-

vosky getting six digs.

Flatonia tries new line-up against Burton

The Lady Bulldogs tried a different personnel com-bination against Burton, but fell to Burton 24-26, 13-25.

“We started the first game well,” Flatonia head coach Kaylyn Boenisch said. “We ran a new lineup in that game. In the second game, we beat ourselves with our mistakes.”

Simple improvements will help the Lady ‘Dogs come together.

“I feel the new lineup could be a strong one for us if we can correct the little things. They are what is killing us,” Boenisch said.

A kill from Rhealee Spies and Rachel Warner, and service from Kate Kieke to boost Burton to a 9-2 advantage. The serves of Crystal Rodriguez helped bring Flatonia to within 9-8.

Burton regained a com-fortable margin before the Lady ‘Dogs battled to a 19-19 tie. Emma Broesche

Shiner Tournament of ChampionsTOURNEY: Lady Cardinals falter in championship semifinals

Net ResultsNixon-Smiley’s Abigail Scarborough (11) tries to get the ball past Cuero’s Mia Knetig while Missy Odom (5) looks on. Below, Amber Labay of Sacred Heart tries to power a shot through the defense of St. Paul’s Katelynn Leist. (Photos by Mark Lube)

Shiner libero Meagan Chumchal makes a play on the ball while Lauren Oden looks on. (Photo by Mark Lube)

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Texas Weekly Fishing ReportNORTH SABINE – Trout are

fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfish are good under rafts of shad on topwaters. Redfish are good in the marsh on small top-waters.

SOUTH SABINE – Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Trout are good at the jetty on live bait and topwa-ters.

BOLIVAR – Trout are good on the outgoing tide at Rollover Pass on MirrOlures, live shrimp and soft plastics. Sand trout and croakers are good on fresh shrimp.

TRINITY BAY – Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet. Trout are good on the shell pads around the wells on soft plastics. Trout, redfish and flounder are good at the spillway on live bait.

EAST GALVESTON BAY – Trout are good for drifters work-ing deep shell on limetreuse and plum plastics. Trout are fair to good on the shell adjacent to the channel on live bait. Birds have worked on calm days.

WEST GALVESTON BAY – Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Offshore is good for kingfish, ling and dol-

phin. Tarpon have been good along the beachfront.

TEXAS CITY – Trout are fair to good on the reefs and in the channel on live shrimp and croakers. Redfish and sand trout are fair to good in Moses Lake on shrimp.

FREEPORT – Trout are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp, Mir-rOlures and soft plastics. The surf has held trout on live bait and artificials when green water creeps along the beach. Trout, redfish, sand trout and sheeps-head are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY – Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over mid–bay reefs. Red-fish are schooling in the middle of the bay and best around slicks.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY – Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and top-waters. Redfish and black drum are fair on live shrimp in Oyster Lake and around Shell Island.

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

ROCKPORT – Trout are fair in the guts and channels on

free–lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are good on piggy perch and shrimp around Mud Island.

PORT ARANSAS – Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Offshore is good for dolphin, ling, kingfish and tuna.

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

BAFFIN BAY – Trout are good on topwaters, croakers and soft plastics around deep rocks and grass. Redfish are fair to good for sight–casters on the flats on small topwaters.

PORT MANSFIELD – Trout are good on topwaters on the edge of the channel and around sand and grass. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes on Gulps and plastics under popping corks. Offshore is good for kingfish, dolphin, ling and tuna.

SOUTH PADRE – Trout are good over sand and grass in South Bay on Gulps, DOA Shrimp and live shrimp. Tarpon are showing at the pass. Redfish

are good on the flats on gold spoons, Gulps and small Super Spooks.

PORT ISABEL – Trout and redfish are fair to good on the flats on live shrimp and DOA Shrimp under a popping cork. Trout are good on the deeper edges and flats on topwaters and live shrimp.

BRAUNIG – Water clear. Black bass are good on crank-baits and Rat–L–Traps near the dam. Striped bass are fair down rigging silver and gold spoons near the jetty. Redfish are fair on perch and shad near the jet-ty. Channel catfish are good on shrimp and cut bait. Blue catfish are fair on cut bait.

CALAVERAS – Water clear. Black bass are good on char-treuse spinnerbaits and crank-baits over reed beds. Striped bass are fair on silver striper jigs near the dam. Redfish are fair on crawfish and tilapia along the shoreline. Channel and blue catfish are good on cheesebait, shrimp, and shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

CHOKE CANYON – Water clear; 86–89 degrees; 14.45’ low. Black bass are fair on watermel-on spinnerbaits and soft plastic worms. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows.

Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers punch-bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLETO CREEK – Water fairly clear; 1.85’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse spinner-baits and soft plastic worms. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

FALCON – Water clear; 88–92 degrees; 39.74’ low. Black bass are good on white spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fish-ing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

BASTROP – Water stained; 87–91 degrees. Black bass are good on chartreuse spinnerbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

FAYETTE – Water stained. Black bass are fair on chartreuse Carolina rigged soft plastics and small spinnerbaits. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut shad.


The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart-ment law enforcement re-ports:

A Guadalupe County game warden was called out at around 10 p.m. for a boat wreck/hit-and-run on Lake Dunlap.

Comal County wardens got the original call and called Guadalupe County for assistance. It was re-ported that around dark, a ski boat ran over the front of a kayak. Fortunately, the man on the kayak suffered only minor injuries and the impact put both boats against the bank in some trees.

The kayaker attempted to get the ski boat operator’s identification and insur-ance information and had no luck. The kayaker was holding on to the ski boat as he tried to reason with the driver. The ski boat driver took a swing at the kayaker, who then took a picture of the operator and the Texas boat registration number with his iPhone.

The ski boat operator then sped off, dragging the kayaker more than 100 yards before he let go. A Comal County game war-den ran the TX number and it came back to a resi-dent on the lake.

The game warden pro-vided the Guadalupe County game warden with the information and he went to the residence.

After a brief interview, the ski boat operator was placed under arrest for as-sault causing bodily injury. Other charges may follow pending further investiga-tion. The ski boat did have transfer marks from hitting the kayak.

Oops, We Did It Again

A Red River County game Warden and two Bowie County game war-dens received information about a possible road hunt-ing incident near a resi-dence.

The property owner and his wife were outside at the time and after hearing shots, the husband, who had been drinking, jumped into his vehicle and began to chase the hunters. While in pursuit, in an attempt to stop the hunters, the man began shooting a pistol out of his window.

The man rammed the hunters’ vehicle and in the process flipped his vehicle over and suffered seri-ous injuries. The hunters had called 911 to report they were being shot at. When wardens contacted the suspected road hunt-ers, they denied having weapons and shooting at anything. Unaware that their 911 call had not been dropped as they believed, in the background officials could clearly hear someone say, “hide the gun in them woods,” and “not that far, we’re gonna come back and get it tonight.”

After hearing the 911 tape, the three hunters gave statements admitting to shooting at multiple ani-mals from the road that day as well as committing mul-tiple burglaries of habita-tions and storage buildings in the Dekalb area.

Wardens also inter-viewed the hunters about a year-long investigation regarding the slaying of an 8-point buck last August in Red River County. The hunters admitted to being on the ranch illegally and shooting the buck leaving it to waste.

A total of 24 cases were filed on the three individu-als. Meanwhile, the over-zealous property owner was filed on for DWI and deadly conduct.

Misguided

A Llano County game warden and a Lampasas County game warden were patrolling Lake LBJ when they stopped a fishing guide.

The guide has been known to keep undersized fish in the past, and after a quick water safety inspec-tion the wardens inspect-ed an ice chest full of fish which included some that were undersized.

The wardens took the guide and fish onto their boat and measured all the fish. They found eight un-dersized crappie and one undersized black bass. Ci-tations were issued and all the fish were seized.

Quick use of iPhone by kayaker leads to arrest of irate boat operator

Little Man lands a WhopperDrake Hunter Holmes of Sherman shattered the junior angler Lake Texoma record for striped bass Sunday with a 5.03-pound, 23.5-inch-long fish.Holmes caught the fish while fishing with his dad, Kennith Holmes. If approved as the official record, the fish will beat the old record of 2.68 pounds caught by Mitchell Kisel of Denison. He caught the striper while they were slabbing on the Table Top area just outside the Little Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma. (Courtesy photo)

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used service to put Burton on top 22-19. Abigail Sch-acherl and Chandler Fike helped give the Lady ‘Dogs a 24-23 lead. Burton then scored three straight to win the first game.

In the second game, Fla-tonia took the first lead, 6-3, after plays by Meredith Pavlica, Katie Steinhauser and Schacherl. The Lady ‘Dogs held the lead until Burton fought back to a 10-10 tie and then turned on the jets with another 10 straight points.

A block from Schacherl brought Flatonia to within 20-11. Burton then used a 4-2 run to close out the game and the match.

For Flatonia, Fike had three aces, one kill, one block and two digs; Crys-tal Rodriguez had two aces and one dig; Alanis Ribera had one ace, seven assists and three digs; Schacherl finished with one ace, three kills, one block and four digs; Meredith Pavlica had four blocks; Steinhauser had one dig.

St. Paul sweeps Sacred Heart after losing to St. Joseph

A coach might not have enough time in between consecutive games to talk with players.

Shiner St. Paul coach Dana Beal had a couple of miles on the bus ride from one gym to another, following St. Paul’s loss to St. Joseph, to get her team back on track and ready to take on Hallettsville Sacred Heart.

“We were not intense and came out flat against St. Joseph,” Beal said. “We talked on the bus ride over to our next game. We dis-cussed that our mistakes are fixable and we got refo-cused.”

The Lady Cardinals bounced back with a 25-13, 25-13 sweep of Sacred Heart.

Sacred Heart coach Wanda Orsak said the In-dianettes had trouble deal-ing with adversity.

“We had a starter out and have to use three dif-ferent lineups, trying to

find some consistency,” she said. “Hopefully, it will come together for us in the next few matches before our district starts.”

Sacred Heart opened the first game with a 2-1 lead as Amber Labay got a kill. St. Paul rallied for a 7-2 on ad-vantage on serves by Alexa Schaefer and a kill by Kate-lynn Leist.

Sacred Heart battled to within 11-10 with an ace from Jenna Brown and lat-er, to 14-13. The Lady Car-dinals then got solid serves from Schaefer and a pair of kills from Morgan Long to score 11 straight points for the win in set one.

Early in the second game, a Leist block, a Long kill and serves from Kourt-ney Knesek gave St. Paul the 6-0 lead, and the Lady Cardinals later extended the advantage to 15-4.

The Indianettes tried to rally on the kill by Kirsten Heger but faltered and St. Paul went ahead 21-7. Sa-cred Heart attempted one last rally with six of the next 10 points, but St. Paul earned the win.

For the Lady Cardinals, Leist had two kills, one dig and one block; Schae-fer finished with five aces, four digs, one block and one assist; Jacy Pawelek had five kills and two as-sists; Madison Kurtz had two digs; Knesek had five assists, four aces, one kill, one dig and one block; Sa-mantha Siegal had one ace and one dig; while Long finished with nine kills and two aces.

For Sacred Heart, Robyn Pavlicek had one kill and one dig; Emily Harper had one kill and five digs; Brown had 10 digs; Amber Labay had two digs; Heger had one kill; Rachel Saulni-er had one assist; Adrienne Klimitchek had two assists and one ace; and Jaycie Or-sak had two digs.

Pool play roundup

Shiner beat Nixon-Smi-ley 25-10, 28-26 on Thurs-day in the tournament’s opening game. Alena Al-varez had two assists; Mi-randa Carrillo had four digs; Devon Tristan had three digs, two kills and

one ace; Meagan Stone had two kills; Jennifer Flores had two digs and one as-sist; Hailey Boatright had four kills and one block; Megan Guerra had one dig and five assists; Abigail Scarbrough chipped in two kills and two blocks; Kelby Henderson had two kills; and Trecca DeLeon had five digs.

Fayetteville beat Nixon-Smiley 2-1 (25-17, 8-25, 25-21) on Thursday. Al-varez had three digs and nine assists; Carrillo had three digs; Tristan had 10 kills and three digs; Stone had one assist and one dig; Guerra had five assists and two digs; Flores had three digs, two assists and two kills; Boatright had one block and six kills; DeLeon had nine digs; Hender-son had one dig and Scar-brough had one kill.

St. Paul fell to St. Joseph, 9-25, 11-25, in its tourna-ment opener.

Leist had one dig; Abby Hull had one dig; Mary Adamek had one assist and one dig; Schaefer had four digs and two digs; Pawelek had three kills and one dig; Kurtz had six digs and one kill; Kylie Natal had one dig; and Knesek had three digs, three assists, one block and one kill.

St. Joe beat Flatonia in two games, 25-12, 25-12.

Crystal Rodriguez had one ace and one dig; Sa-vannah Flood had one ace, one block and three digs; Katie Steinhauser had one ace and two kills; Chandler Fike had three kills, one block and one dig; Mer-edith Pavlica had one kill; Alanis Ribera had six as-sists; and Abigail Schacherl had one dig.

Other results from pool play on Thursday: Cuero defeated Faith Academy 25-19, 25-18; Cuero defeat-ed Fayetteville 25-21, 25-19; Burton defeated Sacred Heart 25-15, 25-12.

Shiner keeps streak alive

The Shiner Lady Co-manches kept their early-season streak going with a 2-1 (17-25, 25-18, 25-18) win over Cuero in Pool A play in its tournament on Friday morning.

Cuero got the early hand as Missy Odom registered a kill that helped give the Lady Gobblers a 3-0 lead, and later a combo block by Abby Sheppard and Mia Knetig advanced Cuero’s lead to 8-2. Shiner then scored six of the next nine points, getting a kill from Kristin Schacherl.

Another kill from Odom put Cuero ahead 15-11 a little later. The Lady Co-manches were able to close to within 20-17, mainly on a kill from Lauren Oden before Cuero scored five straight to end the first set.

Shiner came out on fire in the second game, going up 11-2 on the serves of Schacherl and plays from Amanise Coleman, Oden and Tabitha Blaschke. Cue-ro battled back to 12-6 with a kill from Sheppard.

The teams exchanged points, with Schacherl and Sheppard with kills to put Shiner up 14-7. Cuero then went on an 8-6 run to close down to 20-15. The Lady Comanches then scored five of the next eight points to tie the match at one game apiece.

Odom and Autumn Means made early plays for Cuero to put them ahead 4-1 in the third set. An ace from Julianna Rankin capped a three-point run for Shiner to tie the game.

Cuero jumped back into the lead with kills from Means and Sheppard. Serves from LaNeisha Hunt and a Rankin kill moved the Lady Comanches into an 16-13 advantage.

Plays from Coleman, Oden and Hunt upped the margin to 21-16, and Shin-er scored four of the next six from that point for the victory.

Flatonia more talktative and team-oriented in win

The Flatonia volleyball team was a little more chat-ty in Friday’s pool play win over Sacred Heart (25-18, 21-25, 25-18).

“We did a better job of talking to one another,” Flatonia coach Kaylyn Boenisch said. “There was a more team camaraderie and I thought that it was a huge improvement.”

Indianette head coach Wanda Orsak looked at the positives for her team.

“We won a game,” she said, referring to Sacred Heart’s win in the second set. “My setter Adrienne Klimitchek was still hob-bling a little. She is still not 100 percent, but I do need her to set for us.”

Sacred Heart took the 4-0 lead in the first set on the serves of Rachel Saul-nier. The Lady ‘Dogs came alive and went ahead 12-7 on the serves of Chandler Fike and Savannah Flood, and a kill from Kimberlyn Michalec.

Sacred Heart battled back to within 15-9 and Flatonia went on a 5-1 run. The Indianettes pulled a couple of points back on plays from Sandra Adams and Klimitchek, and were able to come within 23-18 on plays from Klimitchek, Amber Labay and Kirsten Heger

The Lady ‘Dogs closed out the game with a pair of kills by Michalec.

Sacred Heart gained the early advantage in the sec-ond game but serves from Alanis Ribera and a Fike kill put Flatonia on top 20-11. The Indianettes kept on battling with seven of the next 12 points to finish the game and the match.

For Sacred Heart, Adams had one kill; Jenna Brown had three aces and six digs; Emily Harper had two digs; Labay had one ace and two digs; Robyn Pavlicek had two digs; Erin Miksch had two digs; Heger had four digs; Lauren Huser had one dig; Jaycie Orsak had one dig; Klimitchek had three aces, one dig and two as-sists; Rachel Saulnier had two aces and two digs.

For Flatonia, Flood had eight aces and three digs; Ribera had five aces and six assists; Fike had three aces, four kills and one dig; Mi-chalec had one ace and two kills; Schacherl had one ace, three kills, one block, 10 assists and two digs; Ka-tie Steinhauser had six kills and two digs; Meredith Pavlica had two kills and four blocks; and Crystal Rodriguez had six digs.

St. Joe swept Sacred Heart 25-12, 25-12. Jen-

na Brown had four digs; Robyn Pavlicek had three digs and one kill; Erin Miksch had one kill and one dig; Jaycie Orsak had three digs; Kirsten Heger had seven digs; Adrienne Klimitchek had three kills, one dig and two assists; Ra-chel Saulnier had three as-sists, two digs and one ace.

Lady Bulldogs fall to Lady Cardinals

Shiner St. Paul swept Flatonia 25-23, 25-16. For Flatonia, Savannah Flood had five aces and one block; Chandler Fike had five kills, one block and one dig; Katie Steinhauser had three digs and three kills; Meredith Pavlica had two kills and two blocks; Kimberyln Michalec had one kill and one dig; Abi-gail Schacherl had one kill, two blocks and seven as-sists; and Alanis Ribera had four assists.

For St. Paul, Schaefer had five digs, three kills and two aces; Pawelek had three aces and one kill; Leist had three kills, three digs and one block; Katie Denson had one dig and one as-sist; Knesek had six assists, two kills and one ace; Kurtz had five digs and two kills; Adamek has three assists, two aces and one kill; Long had seven kills, one ace, one dig and one assist; and Natal had two digs.

For the Lady ‘Dogs, Sa-vannah Flood had five aces, one kill and one block; Chandler Fike had five kills, one block and one dig; Katie Steinhauser had three kills and three digs; Mer-edith Pavlica had two kills and two blocks; Kimberlyn Michalec had one kill and one dig; Abigail Schacherl had one kill, seven assists and two blocks; Alanis Ri-bera had four assists.

Other results from Fri-day: Faith Academy defeat-ed Fayetteville 25-20, 22-25, 25-22; Cuero defeated Nixon-Smiley 11-25, 25-21, 25-19; Shiner defeated Fayetteville 25-19, 25-13; Nixon-Smiley defeated Faith Academy 25-22, 14-25, 25-20; St. Joe defeated Sacred Heart, 25-12, 25-12; and St. Joe defeated Burton 25-10, 19-25, 25-11.



TOURNEY: Lady Bulldogs have difficulty in getting by Burton

Scramble WinnersThe first place team at the Wednesday Night Scramble held Aug. 15 at Indepen-dence Park Golf Course in Gonzales (shown above) consisted of: John Haver-land, James Kahanek, Gary Richardson, Mike Moe, Landon Allen and Clay Har-ris. At bottom is the second place team, which consisted of Travis Lopez, Levy Johnson, Jonathon Parsons, Clay Sorrels and Dale Holcomb. (Courtesy photos)

Wednesday Scramble Winners

Shiner Stars 10-year old Select Baseball team try-outs will be held at the Shiner Starplex on the fol-lowing dates: Saturday, August 25 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Sunday, August 26 from 10 a.m-1 p.m.; and Tuesday, August 28 from 6-9 p.m.

Select the date which is most convenient for you and come on out to try to earn a spot on the team.

For more information contact, Mark Hybner at 361-772-5678 or send email to [email protected].

Gonzales Youth League soccer signups

The Gonzales Youth League is currently hold-ing signups for the 2012 fall season.

The league is for players ages 4-15.

Registration forms are available online at www.gonzalesyouthsoccer.com. Registration deadline is Aug. 25; practices start Sept. 4 and the first game will be Sept. 22.

For more information, call 830-433-5555.

Hunter Education Course

Instructor Wayne Spahn will hold a Hunter Educa-tion Course on Aug. 25-26 at the Farm Bureau Build-ing in Gonzales.

The class on Aug. 25 will run from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and will go from 3-7 on Aug. 26. The course is sponsored by Ray Raley and Max Barta.

Every Texas hunter who is born on or after Septem-ber 2, 1971, must success-fully complete a Hunter Education course.

Hunters aged 17 and over must successfully complete a hunter education course; ages 12-16 must success-fully complete a hunter education course or be ac-companied by a licensed hunter 17 or older; hunters under the age of 12 must be accompanied hunter 17 or older.

The minimum age of cer-tification is 12, and proof

of certification is required to be on your person when hunting but is not required to purchase a hunting li-cense.

Anyone wishing to at-tend the class will need to register by calling 830-672-3720.

New Bowling League forming in Luling

A Tuesday Night Mixed Bowling League is forming at Oil City Lanes in Luling.

Joining a bowling league is a great way to improve your game, meet new peo-ple and have a fun night out.

Tuesday Night Mixed League begins on Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. Teams will con-sist of four bowlers: men, women or any combination of both.

For more information about the Tuesday Night Mixed League, call the league secretary at 830-672-9020 or 830-263-4218. For information about leagues on other nights, call Oil City Lanes at 830-875-3502 after 6 p.m.

BRIEFS

Tryouts dates announced for Shiner Stars 10 year old select baseball team


SAN MARCOS – The Texas State football team held its annual media day on Sunday afternoon inside the Sac N’ Pac Room of the End Zone Complex at Bob-cat Stadium.

Coaches and players took part in team, individ-ual and group photographs before head coach Dennis Franchione, coordinators Mike Schultz and Craig Naivar, and 11 players on the leadership council met with media.

One of the players was junior Tyler Arndt of Cu-ero, who is competing with Shaun Rutherford for the starting quarterback job. Last season, Arndt made two starts and completed 54 of his 103 passes for 576 yards and three touch-downs. He also threw three interceptions.

“The competition is good,” Arndt said. “It gets you to perform at a high level. You focus on what you need to do, and the competition makes you a lot better.”

Another top returning player is sophomore Craig Mager of Luling. He played and started in all 12 games at cornerback in 2011 and tied a school record for most pass breakups in a single season with 12.

Mager also recorded 51 tackles (38 solo) with 1.5 for a loss, and garnered one interception, one quarter-back hurry, and one forced

fumble.Head coach Dennis

Franchione talked about how 2012 would be a mile-stone season for his pro-gram.

“This is a landmark year in Texas State football his-tory,” he said. “It is our first year in the FBS and our first and only year in the West-ern Athletic Conference, with the Sun Belt on the horizon. There is so much excitement from our play-ers, our fans, our students and our alums, with what is happening with our univer-sity, in so many ways.”

“One of the great things that has happened for us, on the Friday before our play-ers reported, the NCAA changed some rules and we can – if eligible – qualify to go to a bowl game. I told players that I am going to a bowl, I just hope they get to go with me. I hope they qualify too, but I’m going to one no matter what.“

Getting to a bowl game will be a daunting task for the Bobcats, whose sched-ule includes a season-opener at Houston and a conference game against Louisiana Tech. Both the Cougars and the Bulldogs received votes in the 2012 AP Preseason Football Poll.

Other opponents this year include Texas Tech, Nevada, San Jose State and Navy.

“This is a tough sched-ule,” Franchione said. “It is a good challenging sched-ule. I like the fact that we have a couple open dates in this schedule. I think that lets us heal physically, emotionally, and mentally because we will have a cou-ple extra days off and a little extra time to prepare.”

“This is a coast-to-coast schedule. We go from San Jose, California to Annapo-lis, Maryland so it’s great for our players to get to see a lot of the United States.”


By MARK LUBE

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GONZALES – What every coach loves to see is an all-around, well-played game.

Gonzales volleyball coach Kim Payne was blessed Tuesday night as the Lady Apaches swept Bastrop Cedar Creek 25-18, 25-17, 25-15 at GHS Special Events Center.

“We stepped up in all as-pects of the game,” Payne said. “Hitting, passing, all of it. We get better every time we step on the court.”

Senior Allison Raley and junior Danyelle Glass com-bined for 17 of the Lady Apache kills in the match.

“We have been hitting well for the season and hope more as the season progresses,” Raley, who had nine kills said. “With this win, we set a presence that tells other teams to not take us lightly.”

She said good passing and setting allowed the hit-ters to be able to hit the ball well.

For the rest of the team in the match, Carly Bozka had five aces and two digs; Mor-

gan Simper had three aces and one dig; Lindsay Ak-ers led the team with nine aces and chipped in a kill; Shayla Simper had one dig and kill; Cassidy La Fleur had two aces, two digs, 11 assists; Kiley Braune had one dig; Kendall Fougerat contributed one block, and Raley also had one ace.

Cedar Creek opened a 3-0 lead in the first set, thanks in part to a kill from Sabrinna Ringer. Gonzales then scored eight points in a row with the serves of Bozka and plays from La Fleur, Raley and Glass.

The Lady Eagles were able to close the gap down to 10-6 after a couple of Gonzales miscues. The Lady Apaches then scored 10 of the next 15 points to be up 20-11. Cedar Creek fought back to 20-15, get-ting ace from Joelle Foster, and eventually closed down to 22-18 on the kill from Emily Riefel.

Gonzales then scored three straight, getting a Raley kill to end the first set.

In the second game, serves from Bozka and Akers, and two kills from

Glass put the Lady Apach-es ahead 9-1. A little later, Elaine Escobedo and Tori Sparkman got kills to bring Cedar Creek to within 16-13.

Gonzales responded with a 9-4 run to go up 2-0 in the match, getting good service from Akers, Morgan Sim-per, a couple of plays from Raley and an ace from La Fleur.

Early in the third game, a plethora of aces from Akers put Gonzales up 8-1. Serves from Riefel helped the Lady Eagles close the gap down to 10-8 and Cedar Creek later was within 15-13.

“I told them when we have an opponent down, we need to put them down and not let them play with us,” Payne said.

The Lady Eagles got as close as 16-15 before Gon-zales went on a 9-0 run on service from Akers and plays from Raley and Glass.

The win boosts the Lady Apaches’ record to 4-4. Gonzales started pool play in the Schulenburg Tour-nament this morning and also have pool and bracket games on Saturday.

Tip DrillAllison Raley stretches out to tip the ball over the net during Gonzales’ win over Bastrop Cedar Creek Tuesday night. Raley had a team-high nine kills in the match. (Photo by Mark Lube)

Lady Apaches sweep Cedar Creek in victory

From coaches’ reports

The Gonzales volleyball team came in third place of the Silver Bracket at the Columbus Varsity Tourna-ment last weekend.

The Lady Apaches opened pool play against East Bernard, falling 16-25, 18-25. Next, Gonzales played the host Lady Car-dinals, falling in two, 17-25, 14-25. The Lady Apaches finished pool play with a 2-0 (25-19, 25-8) win over Navasota.

Gonzales swept Stafford 25-19, 25-12, in the Silver Bracket quarterfinals. The Lady Apaches fell to Hal-lettsville, 22-25, 24-26 in the semifinals. They took on Weimar in third-place game, winning 25-23, 25-22.

Gonzales opened the season on Aug. 14 with a 3-0 loss at Georgetown East View.

• Shiner St. Paul defeated Fayetteville 3-1 (28-26, 22-25, 25-18, 25-19).

Morgan Long had 11 kills, six digs, one ace; Kourtney Knesek had 13 assists, eight digs, three kills, five aces; Mary Adamek had nine assists, five digs, two aces, one kill; Madison Kurtz had 15 digs; Abby Hull had five kills and five digs; Al-exa Schaefer had six digs, three kills, two aces; Katie Denson had three kills, one dig; Jacy Pawelek had three kills, three digs, one ace; Kylie Natal had three digs and Kymberlie Malatek had one dig

• The Yoakum Lady Bull-dogs varsity volleyball team lost to El Campo in the sea-son opener on Aug. 14 3-0 (20-25, 20-25, 16-25).

Callie Witte had 18 as-sists, one kill, one ace, five digs, one block and had 10 points; Reagan Renken had three kills, three digs, a block and four points; Lesley Seidenberger has 12 kills, one ace, three digs, two blocks and one point; Jaccari Hights has two kills, one assist,one block and four points; Latrice Brown had three kills, three blocks and one point; Faith Hagan had two assists, one ace, one dig and six points, and Shelby Pesek had four digs.

The junior varsity team swept El Campo 25-17, 25-

22 and the freshman team won in three, 21-25, 25-15, 25-16.

Yoakum took part in the Columbus tourna-ment over the weekend. On Thursday, they opened play with a 25-20, 25-9 win over Freer.

Witte had 15 assists, five kills, three aces, six digs and four points; Seidenberger had six kills, four digs and six points; Renken had one kill, one dig and five points; Brown had five kills, two aces and nine points; Hights had two assists, two digs, one kills, two points; Hagan had two kills, one ace, one assist, four digs, three points; Pesek had one ace, one dig and one points, and Lexi Williams had one assist, one dig.

Yoakum then dropped their next game to Halletts-ville, 12-25, 21-25. Renken had two kills, two digs, four points; Hights had three kills, one dig, one block, two points; Pesek chipped in one dig and one assist; Witte had 17 assists, three kills, two digs and three points;Hagan had two as-sists, two digs, four points; Brown had five kills, one ace, one dig, one block, two points; Siedenberger had nine kills, two digs, one block and one assist.

The Lady ‘Dogs rebound-ed with a 25-9, 25-14 sweep of Stafford. Pesek had two digs; Hagan chipped in four assists, one kill, one ace and six points; Brown had four kills, two aces, one block, four points; Renken had three kills; Seidenberg-er had eight kills, five digs, three aces, 12 points; Witte had 11 assists, five digs, two aces, nine points; Hights had one kill, one ace, one block, two points; Williams had three digs.

Yoakum played Sweeny in the bracket round, fall-ing 24-26 and 12-25.

Witte had one kill, nine assists, six digs, three blocks and one point; Ren-ken had two kills and three points; Seidenberger had five kills, four digs, one ace and four points; Hights had four blocks and three points; Brown chipped in two kills, one block and five points; Hagan had one kills, one ace, five digs. Williams had three digs.

• The Flatonia Lady Bull-dogs lost to Rice and Sealy in a dual match at Rice Aug. 14.

The Lady ‘Dogs fell in four games to Rice, win-ning the first one 25-23 then losing three straight 25-19, 25-20 and 25-16.

Kimberlyn Michalec had five aces, one block; Alanis Ribera had two aces, four assists; Chandler Fike had two aces, six kills, five digs; Abigail Schacherl had two aces, four kills, 18 assists; Katie Steinhauser had sev-en kills; Meredith Pavlica had five kills, two blocks; Savannah Flood had three kills; Kylie Mica had one kill, and Crystal Rodriguez had one dig.

Sealy swept Flatonia 25-18, 25-21, 25-11.

Flood had one ace; Fike had one ace, three kills, one block and two digs; Steinhauser had four kills; Meredith Pavlica had three kills, four blocks; Michalec had one kill, two digs; Sch-acherl had one kill, eight assists, two blocks, three digs; Ribera had three as-sists and four digs; Pavlica had four blocks; Rodriguez had six digs.

• Weimar swept Halletts-ville Sacred Heart 3-0 on Aug. 14. The Indianettes fell to Shiner 3-0 (22-25, 13-25, 13-25) on Tuesday.

Sandra Adams had one kill; Jenna Brown had four digs, one kill; Emily Harper had one kill; Amber Labay had one ace and one kill; Robyn Pavlicek had four digs and two kills; Adri-enne Klimitchek had four assists, two kills, one ace; Rachel Saulnier had one ace, one dig; Kirsten Heger had eight digs and two aces while Jaycie Orsak chipped in seven digs.

“We came out and jumped on Shiner playing like we should be playing,” head coach Wanda Orsak said. “Then in the second game we just slowly fell apart again. We have to find that something that is missing.”

The loss drops Sacred Heart to 0-7 on the year.

Sacred Heart won the freshmen match 22-25, 25-19, 25-14 and the Lady Comanches won the junior varsity match, 14-25, 25-15, 25-23.

Gonzales takes third place at Columbus Tournament

Volleyball RoundupTexas State gears up for historic football season

Tyler Arndt Craig Mager

Hardaway, TLU set to launch final season as part of ASC


SEGUIN — Texas Lu-theran opened its 2012 fall camp with 121 players reporting to campus on Thursday.

The group includes 71 newcomers, of which 69 are true freshmen

“We had a very smooth day in terms of getting these guys in here and getting them checked in,” said Danny Padron, TLU’s third-year head football coach. “This is a great group of players, and we are excited for them and their families that they are here with us. We’re ready to go to work.”

The Bulldogs hit the George Kieffer Football Practice Field on Friday morning.

One of the returning players expected to have an impact this season is running back Dominique

Hardaway of Lockhart, who led the team in rush-ing in 2011 with 443 yards and five touchdowns. He also caught eight passes for 98 yards and three more scores.

TLU was picked fifth in the 2012 American South-west Conference Preseason Football Poll. The program goes into its final season in the ASC before it will tran-sition into the Southern Collegiate Athletic Confer-ence.

The Bulldogs will kick the 2012 season on Sept. 1 in Sherman with a road game against Austin Col-lege. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. from AC’s Apple Stadium.

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